This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons
.com for more sports history. On April 12, 1971,
the Chicago Cubs faced the Los Angeles Dodgers
in a Monday night game at Dodger Stadium. The
Cubs, managed by the charismatic Leo de Rocher
in his sixth year as skipper, had struggled to
be better than a 500 team over the past five
years and entered this game with a 2 -5 record.
The Dodgers, led by Walt Alston in his 17th season,
had experienced significant success early in
his tenure with six National League pennants
in his first 12 seasons, but had been stuck in
mediocrity as a 500 club over the last five years.
The Cubs sent Ken Holtzman to the mound. Holtzman,
who finished the 1970 season with 17 wins, was
looking to rebound from a poor first start in
the 1971 season, where he gave up six runs in
four innings against the Astros. The Dodgers
countered with Sandy Vance, making his first
start of the season coming off a strong rookie
year in 1970 with a 7 -7 record. This audio recording
is from the Los Angeles radio broadcast featuring
announcers Vin Scully and Jerry Doggett. Run
Becker to second base. Billy Williams in left
field. Ron Sato at third. Joe Pepitone at first.
Johnny Callison in right. Jose Ortiz in center.
J .C. Martin is the catcher. And Kenny Holtzman
the pitcher. For the Dodgers, Maury Wills at
short. Manny Mota in right. West Parker at first.
Richie Allen in left. Bill Sudeikis catching.
Virginia LeFevre makes the start tonight at second
base. Steve Garvey at third. Bill Russell in
center. And Sandy Vance to do the pitching. The
umpires will be Harvey at the plate. Dale Gorman
and Pellacudas on the bases. Both the Cubs and
the Dodgers have identical records in the young
season. Two and four. The Dodgers on the home
stand have seven games left before they go on
an extensive road trip. So they hope to get things
going here at home with the Cubs, the Cardinals,
and then the Astros over the weekend, Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday. Tomorrow night, Milk Pappas
will go against Bill Singer. And then the Dodgers
get set up for the St. Louis series beginning
on Wednesday. Now we're ready. Time to play ball.
The Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs from Dodger
Stadium. And now for the play -by -play, here's
Vince Kelly. Ready? Thank you, Jerry. Hi, everybody,
and a very pleasant good evening to you, wherever
you may be. The Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs,
trying to find out what it's all about. They
both feel they had good ball clubs, and they
both start off on a rocky beginning for 1971.
The Dodgers have had some frustrating games,
but the Cubs have had a couple of dillies. One
in Houston they still have not recovered from,
where they lost the game in the ninth inning
on a balk and an error. Here's Don Kessinger,
the switch hitting shortstop, and he takes low
ball one, 1 -0. Sandy Vance and Bill Sudeikis,
with Wes Parker and Jimmy LaFever, Maury Wills
and Steve Garvey, Richie Allen, Bill Russell,
and Manny Moda. Big chopper to LaFever who has
to back up, gloves it at the chest, and throws
him out. One away, and the batter, Glenn Becker.
Glenn Becker hitting 269. Boy, if he ever was
a company man or a team man, he would be the
guy. What a valuable ball player he is. Right
-hand hitter, Glenn Becker. Sandy Vance reading
Bill Sudeikis. Sandy into the windup and the
right -handed delivers low in the dirt, ball
one, one and all. You might get some idea of
Sandy Vance and how well he is doing tonight.
by the use of one descriptive word on his pitches,
high or low. If he stays low all night, he'll
give the Cubs fits. There's a high fastball in
the count ball, too, 2 and 0. If Vance keeps
the ball down or on the knees on the hitters,
he can be a very tough young pitcher. But if
the ball starts to come up on him, then he's
in trouble. 2 and 0 to count to Glenn Beckard.
Billy Williams on deck. Sandy into the wind -up.
Now the 2 -0 pitch on the way. Pass ball for
a strike. 2 -1. Mance, of course, trying to hook
on as the number four starter in the Dodger rotation.
Trying to join Sutton Osteen and Singer. The
2 -1 pitch to Becker. Very high. Ball three.
3 -1. Now the 3 -1 pitch on the way. Fastball
over, strike two. Full count to Glenn Becker.
Billy Williams on deck. Becker ready and hits
a ground ball slowly to Wills. Maury gloves it
almost at the shoulders and throws him out two
down. Billy Williams coming up. Williams started
his year off in fine style. If you remember opening
day in Chicago, he had a 10th inning home run
to beat Bob Gibson 2 -1. Williams hitting 3 -33,
and he has three home runs in the six games he
has played. Left -hand hitter, Vance Reddy in
delivers, high and inside, ball one, 1 -0. Wanna
know the count of Billy? Bansu works quickly,
comes right back to the plate, fastball and a
high fly ball into shallow right. Lefebvre out
and calling. Moda coming in, but it's Lefebvre.
So it's a rare first inning for a Dodger pitcher
outside of Osteen. He gets out of it one, two,
three, and at the end of half an inning, the
Cubs nothing and the Dodgers coming up. This
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all you've got to lose is crime. Bottom of the
first inning, the Cubs fail to score. The Dodgers
will have Maury Wills, Manny Motta, and Wes Parker.
Maury Wills, inning right -handed against Kenny
Holtzman. Lost his first start of the year going
four and two third innings against Houston Left
-hander beat the Dodgers twice last year and
he has a three -to -one record against them lifetime
fastball high and outside ball one Postman's
lifetime record against the Dodgers 12 victories
and only four defeat. So he's rough He graduated
from the University of Illinois Kenny is only
25. He won't be 26 until November another pitch
outside ball two setting the Cubs defensively
Kenny Holtzman and JC Martin the infield at Joe
Pepitone and Glenn Becker Don Kessinger and Ron
Santo with Billy Williams Jose Ortiz and Johnny
Callison in the outfield the pitch a strike and
the count two and one We were asking Leo DeRosier
about his great young catcher Randy Hundley who
hurt his knee in spring training hurt the other
knee because he had one injury a year ago Two
and ease. The two -one pitch a strike. Two and
two. Anyway, Leo said that Randy Hundley will
catch Wednesday in San Diego. So we said, well,
if it's that close, why doesn't he catch tomorrow?
And as only Leo could say, Leo put it, I'd rather
be 10 minutes late than 10 minutes early. In
other words, there was no reason to rush Hundley,
so give me extra day. Passball is swung on and
missed, apparently. Dropped by catcher Martin,
who tags out Will. And more he turns and rather
unhappy about it walks away. He never broke towards
first. One out. Here's Manny Moda. Kenny Holtzman,
in his rookie year, led the Chicago Cubs in wins
and strikeouts. That would be 1966. His last
two years he won 17. The Cubs feel that he is
now ready to win 20. He's 6 '275 pounder. His
fastball is high, ball one. Last year he worked
in 288 innings, which is a sign of a real star
in the league to work that many. Curveball, but
it's high. It's the first curve he's thrown,
2 -0. He one hit the Giants last year, beat them.
and a tidy little affair 15 to nothing and he's
had a two hitter and a three hitter last year
the next one to motor strike in the count two
and one I did one time last year folks in the
league was starting to consider Holtzman a serious
threat to Don Drysdale's string of scoreless
innings pitches swung on and missed right to
Holtzman had 33 consecutive scoreless innings
before the streak was snapped. Ken Holtzman.
He's been in the leagues since 66 and he is just
now really becoming a star. Left -hander checking
J .C. Martin. Now Ken Ruddy in the 2 -2 pitch.
Fastball fouled away. Kicks off the backstop
screen into the crowd. Among his other credits
for 1970, Holtzman tied a National League record
that held and held solely by Johnny Padres of
the Dodgers. He struck out the first five batters
against the New York Mets that he faced. Here
comes a 2 -2 pitch. Fastball poked on the ground
to Pepitone. Joe to the bag easily for the second
out. Here is Wes Parker. Wes Parker hitting right
-handed against Ken Holtzman. No score, two down
in the first inning. Sandy Vance and left -hander
Holtzman. Breaking ball over for a strike on
one. Tomorrow night should be a dandy, Milk Tappas,
who is off his shutout from Houston, will start
for Chicago. And for the Dodgers, Bill Singer.
Here's the strike one pitch to Parker, outside
and high, one ball, one strike. Holtzman has
had a no -hitter. He no -hitted Atlanta. in August
at Wrigley Field of 1969. He has all the signs
and shown all the credentials of being a superstar.
Line drive at Glenn Beckert, and Mort Parker
has really hit in some tough luck in the first
week of the season. He is at more line drives
with people than any other Dodger. They're out
of order and at the end of an inning, no score.
People have no pride in their work. No spirit.
Nobody really knows his job anymore. Now take
this guy. Now George, I wanna ask you something.
Yes, sir? Would you happen to have any idea why
they call this gasoline Super 76? Well, sir,
wouldn't you say a gasoline with five engine
cleaners to keep your engine, carburetor, and
anti -pollution valve clean is pretty super?
Don't say a word, Marge. Not a word. Union Oil
thinks a clean engine is pretty important. That's
why you'll find five engine cleaners in Super
76, Union Oil's premium gasoline. Because a cleaner
engine runs better, and it helps reduce pollution.
Well, there's a man who certainly has a spirit.
No, he's just the exception that proves the rule.
George, I could almost think you had trouble
admitting when you're wrong. The spirit of 76
lives at Union Oil. Second inning, no score in
the ballgame. The Cubs and the Dodgers. Ron Santo,
the captain of the Cubs, followed by Joe Pepitone,
and then Johnny Callison. Santo gives every appearance
of an outward -going, easy -going guy. He's very
bright, enthusiastic, well -liked by the players
in the league. But Santo has been bothered by
stomach pains for quite some time, and he was
examined today by the Dodgers team physician,
Dr. Robert Woods. Santo... felt that he had an
ulcer. Fortunately, the examination said no.
The pitch is low, close enough for Harvey to
start to bring up his right arm. One in all to
count. However, Ron Santo was warned by Dr. Wood
that they did detect an inflammation in the area
where an ulcer could develop. Here's the 1 -0
pitch. Santo takes low, ball two. Immediately,
you say to yourself, how is he doing? Well, Santo
has been to bat 18 times. He has four hits. That's
a 222 average. The 2 -0 pitch to Ron Santo. Low
again, ball three. However, that's all right
as far as the Dodger pitching plans are concerned.
They don't mind Vance walking somebody as long
as he is low. As we mentioned earlier, the key
to Sandy's performance usually is the use of
the word high or low. Here's a 3 -0 fish on the
way. That's high. Ball four, Stano's a boy. That'll
bring up Joe Pepitone. Joe Pepitone hit 345 against
the Dodgers last year. In fact, six cubs hit
300 or more against the Dodgers. Pepitone is
without a doubt one of the truly big characters
in organized baseball today and one of the better
life pitches high and away ball one one and oh
last year he was chauffeured to and from Wrigley
Field by a limousine with a television set in
the back and he would usually drive alongside
the visiting team bus on the way to the ballpark
and kind of grandly wave his hand how do you
do nice to have you in town Joe left -hand batter
fans delivers and Pepitone takes low ball to
2 -0 Two things have happened to Pepitone In
fact one of a very serious nature, but in the
result of the serious nature He no doubt is hearing
it from the bench jockeys in the league Here's
a 2 -0 pitch coming up to Pep And he hits a high
pop line to shallow center. Wilson LeFevre out.
Russell coming. It's LeFevre as he falls on his
right side. Nice play by Frenchy. One away. In
an article about Pepitone's expenses for the
year. It was mentioned because Joe is in the
hair business. He makes hair pieces. He wears
hair pieces. It was mentioned in the article
that Expense for hair treatment a hundred and
fifty dollars a month And you can just imagine
the bench jockeys in the league letting them
hear about that Here's Johnny Callison who is
391 against the Dodgers last year pass ball for
a strike However, anything is a come -down from
Nate Colbert here at Dodger Stadium Big Nate
just punch holes in the ballpark Callison up
there with one out. Santo at first held on by
Wes Parker. Vance at the belt, a backward glance
at Santo, and Callison a half swing and a popper
up along first base foul. 0 and 2. It has been
a quiet year so far for the Lions. He's standing
in the dugout right now, hands behind his back,
pacing up and down, but he has matured like rare
wine, has Leo. We asked him if he had been kicked
out of a game so far this year, the answer was
no. We asked him if he had been warned about
the fact he would be kicked out of a game this
year, and the answer is no. But he was almost
kicked out of an exhibition game. The strike
two pitch is a ground ball hit slowly to Wills.
He goes back till a fever, that's all. The throw
to first not nearly in time. So the fourth place
takes four. Two down. During an exhibition game
in Tempe, Arizona this spring, Leo disagreed
rather violently with an American League umpire.
And the word is that the American League umpire
kicked him out of the game. And Leo said, wait
a minute. You mean to tell me you're going to
kick me out of an exhibition game and deprive
me of a chance of looking at my young ballplayer
and you, an American League umpire? No way. He
said, what I'll do is I'll go over in the far
corner of the dugout and sit quietly. And that's
just what he did. So he was kicked out but he
didn't go and it didn't count. So the lion is
still untouched, unmarred, and unblemished by
1971. A very good spirit. Here is Jose Ortiz.
He sat in the shadow in Chicago last year of
their center fielder Ken Berry, who is now of
course with the Angels. Ortiz takes low, ball
one, one and all. Ortiz. is 8 -4 -18, including
a double and an RBI. He has been timed going
from home plate to first base in 3 -9, 3 .9 seconds.
The pitch to Ortiz, ground ball down to Wills.
He goes a short way to Lefevre, and that'll do
it. No runs, no hits, a man left. At the end
of an inning and a half, no score. Schlitz, Milwaukee,
and the world. By 19, I first put out the sea.
By 19, I'd sailed around the world. And now?
Well, let's just say I've seen and done a lot.
Enough for a lifetime? I doubt it. But there's
always one more port ahead, so I keep going.
I figure you only get one chance at life. Below
it? Might as well quit. Oh, someday I'll go home.
But right now I'll take home where I find it.
And I find it. Why, I can order a Schlitz in
seven different languages. And if that doesn't
make you feel at home, I don't know what does.
It seems that Schlitz is always one quarter ahead
of me. Which is okay by me. Why settle for less?
When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer.
To the bottom of the second inning, no score
in the ball game, Richie Allen, Bill Sudeikis,
and Jimmy LaFever in that order. And Kenny Holtzman
just about ready to go to work. Here looking
out at the Chicago Bullpen brings back memories
of just a few years ago through the mainstays
of the Chicago Bullpen, Phil Regan, and also
Bob Miller. Remember Bob with the Dodgers went
over to the American League to Minnesota. but
he has come back to the National League and with
the Cubs. Allen takes what looked like a change
turned over, a screwball for a strike, 0 -1.
Ritchie has two hits, one of them was just a
little nubber, the other a line drive double.
0 -1 the count to Ritchie Allen. Oseman delivers,
curve ball grounded down to third, speared there
by Chateau, who throws him out. One away. Bill
Sudeikis coming up During spring training I think
we told you about an interesting story that was
written by Wally Wilson of the Santa Monica Outlook
About Duke Sims and his idea of hitting it was
called breathless hitting well Sims and Sudeikis
are roommates And now Sudeikis is a breathless
hitter. He takes a curveball low ball one. What
does that mean? Well, he expels all the air that
he can out of his lungs before swinging the bat.
And Sudeikis and Simms both feel that it helps
you to be more relaxed, looser, and a much better
swing. The 1 -0 pitch outside ball two. Well,
Simms is hitting 400. Sudeikis is hitting 308.
And when you come to Dodger Stadium, there'll
be some hot air around home plate as well as
up here in the booth. As long as Tim's a sedacist
playing. Two hole pitch. Fastball. Head on the
ground is short. Kessinger gloves it at the belt.
In the dirt, the pep -a -ton and pep comes up
with it. Good play by Joe. Two down. Here's Jimmy
Lafeeva. I can't tell you what a great young
man Jimmy LaFever is and what an asset he is
to the ball club. And it was typical of LaFever
the other day. Bill Russell made an incredible
start of a double play the other night in a ball
game the Dodgers won. Here's a pitch to Jimmy.
Fast ball, low ball, one. And Russell came off
the field and as Bill himself said later, he
was kind of in a state of shock. And the first
guy to greet him, to throw his arms around him
and congratulate him on great play, is Jimmy
LaFever. The boy who might lose his regular job
to Bill Russell, but he's that kind of a guy.
The 1 -0 pitch, high chopper to the left of short,
speared there nicely by Kessinger, throws him
out, and the Dodgers are gone the second inning.
So at the end of two well -played innings, the
Cubs nothing, the Dodgers nothing. You seldom
hear Farmer John mention a fastball. Instead,
he uses the expression, smokes one over you.
I guess it's because smoke is so all -important
in Farmer John's bacon business. In fact, it's
what makes the flavor of Farmer John Bacon so
delectably different. Not just any smoke either,
but the smoke from native western wood. It's
the old -time western way of smoking, and it
gives every lean, meaty strip of Farmer John
Bacon the genuine flavor of the West. Of course,
flavor isn't all that distinguishes Farmer John
Bacon. It's made from the finest eastern corn
-fed pork. And to be sure his bacon is strictly
fresh, Farmer John brings the porkers out here
live. Then the meat's U .S. inspected and dressed
fresh right here in the West. First chance you
get, enjoy Farmer John Bacon, fried up so crisp
it crackles. Believe me, you'll love it. Farmer
John Bacon, gold medal winner at the California
State Fair. It's the Eastern most in quality
and the Western most in flavor. Don't forget
tomorrow night, the concluding game of the series,
the Dodgers and the Cubs, Milt Pappas and Bill
Singer. Then the St. Louis Cardinals will come
in, headlined by Orlando Cepeda, the only man
in the league to hit eight home runs against
the Dodgers last year. Cepeda did it. And along
with Orlando, of course, will be Lou Brock and
Ted Sizemore, who is now playing shortstop for
St. Louis. They'll be in Wednesday and Thursday
night. And then next weekend, the Houston Astros,
Friday night, team night. saturday night ladies
night seven o 'clock game and sunday afternoon
autograph day and senior citizens day so make
your plans and come on enjoy the fun we'll see
you at dodger stadium we hope sometime during
this week let's go to the third no score and
for more play here's jerry doggers all right
benny and catcher jc martin coming on martin
was with san diego the white sox and with the
mets before going to the cubs last year the pitch
comes in low and it's one ball no strikes veteran
catcher He's been around quite a while. He broke
into the Major Leagues in 1959 with the White
Sox. Now the windup in the 1 -0 pitch. Fastball
a little low. Ball two. Two balls and no strikes.
He was acquired by the Cubs just before the start
of the 1970 season. Served as the backup catcher
behind Randy Hundley. Now the 2 -0 pitch on the
way. Strike on a fastball. 2 -1. Martin played
in 40 games for Chicago last year. 2 -1 pitch.
Taking low again, ball free. The Cubs have had
one baserunner, Sandoval, who walked in the second.
The Dodgers have not had a baserunner against
Kenny Holtzman. First game of the two -game series.
Milt Papas, Bill Singer, tomorrow night. Sandy
Vance working here tonight. Now the wind up in
the 3 -1 pitch on the way. Too low, he walked
him. So Vance twice has walked the leadoff batter.
And that'll bring to bat Kenny Holtzman the pitcher.
Ken Holtzman coming on. Ken bats from the right
side. He throws left. And we'll see if Leo puts
the butt on for Holtzman. And now looks at third
base coach Peanut Lowry. And Joe Amalfatano is
coaching at first base. So two local lads in
the coaching lines for Leo. The pitch to Holtzman,
butted in the air. First base wave. Barker has
it. And no play back to first base. So Holtzman
pops up the butt. Well away, holding it first
is Martin. And the batter will be Don Kessinger.
Kessinger coming up. Switch hitter batting from
the left side against Vance. The Dodgers and
the Cubs were all even last year. 3 -3 here,
3 -3 in Chicago. Kessinger into the batter's
box. All -star shortstop for the last several
years. Don out of Mississippi. Pretty good basketball
player there. Takes outside for the ball. One
ball and no strikes. He was the National Leagues
All -Star shortstop for the third straight year
and was named in the Sporting News All -Star
team and won a Golden Glove as the best defensive
player in the league at the shortstop for the
second straight year. And he hit 266. One ball,
no strikes. Pitch on the way. Strike on the inside
corner, knee high. And they want Vance to keep
that ball down and he's doing it quite well tonight.
Kessinger led the league in assists and the second
in total chances in double plays. He led the
team in triples and finished second to Willie
Davis with 14. Powell allowed a play upstairs
to the left and it's a ball and two strikes to
Don Kessinger. He was a standout baseball and
basketball player at the University of Mississippi.
He was all -conference in both sports. Don is
6 '1", weighs 175 pounds. One ball, two strikes,
one out. On it, first Martin. Vance now checks,
runner going, pitch on the waste one on the missed
throw down by Sudeikis. Too high, and he's been
safe. So Kessinger strikes out, and with the
runner Martin going, he beats the throw. Well,
Wills had to go to the second base side of the
bag to handle it. Here's Becord coming on a little
pause for station identification. This is the
Los Angeles Dodgers radio network Glenn Becord
at bat now grounded out his first time up Becord
grounded a will Martin is on second now advanced
check pitch on the way. Fly ball to right field.
Manny Mota coming fast for it. Long way to go.
Can't get it. Drops in for a base hit. The run
is in. And the cut lead one to nothing. As Becker
looks to fly ball to the shallow right field.
Mota raced as far as he could. Skidded. Cut it
on the short hop. And Martin scores the run.
That brings up Willie Williams who popped up
his first time at bat. So Becker gets the first
hit of the game and it's good for a run. So the
walk by Martin, the steal, set up the run, and
Decker kites him in. Here's Williams at bat.
He hits .333 on the air, and he has three home
runs and six runs batted in. Takes the curve
ball high, one ball, no strike. With Bill Williams
off to a good start, he has seven hits. He had
21 trips to the plate. Chicago leading one to
nothing as we play on the top of the third inning.
Sandy Vance checks, delivers to Williams. Half
swing, and it's in there. Kick the bat. One ball,
one strike. Williams tried to check his swing,
had the ball at the bat. Billy had the greatest
year of his career last year. He hit 322, had
42 home runs, and 129 runs batted in. change
up low blocked by Sudeikis and no play. Two and
one to count. Williams is very close in the National
League voting for most valuable player won by
Johnny Bench. He did a lot of things well last
year. He had a great season. Two and one. Now
the pitch. High and away. Ball free. Three and
one. He led the league in runs scored total bases
tied for the most tips. and a second in the league
and runs batted in on home runs. His batting
average is fourth in the league. Three and one
count. Pitch time is in for strike three and
two. So with two out, Becker at first base ready
to go on the next pitch. Williams now has 294
lifetime home runs. Now the 3 -2 pitch. Swung
on a fly ball into shallow center. That's going
to be trouble. Will's going out, can't get it,
drops in for a base hit. Will quickly brings
it back in, holding a third base with Beckham
on a brute single by Williams. So a couple little
fly balls have fallen in the outfield for Chicago,
and the Cubs now have runners on at first and
third, and Ron Sando coming up. Williams sounded
like he broke his fan on that one. hit it off
the end of the stick and blew it just over Will's
head in the center field. Sando coming up. He
walked his first time up. So the walk in the
inning to open it up to Martin has put Sandy
Vance in some trouble. The walk has been cashed
in for a run. And now the Cubs have runners at
first and third with two outs. Sando up. He has
just one RBI so far on the year. Ron hit 267
last year and had 26 home runs. Vance Reddy delivers.
Fast ball high. One ball and no strikes. Saddle
came to the Cubs first in 1960. Four times in
his career, he has driven over 100 runs. 114
last year and 123 the year before. 1 -0 to count
to number 10, the Cubs captain Ron Santo. Fastball
inside, ball 2, and it's 2 balls and no strikes.
Santo leading 2 -0. Runners on at first and third
for Chicago. We're in the third inning. Fans
ready. The look and the pitch. Ground ball toward
second. The Fever has it, plays it to Wills,
but the force there in the inning is over. So
they're all out in the third, one run, two hits,
and two left. The score at the end of two of
the happenings, Cubs won, Dodgers nothing. Hello,
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answers to your questions. Happy birthday to
the Dodgers first lady, Mrs. Kay O'Malley. Celebrating
a happy birthday today and hoping that the Dodgers
can give her a happy birthday present of victory
over the Cubs. Here's Steve Garvey coming on.
So from all of us, a happy birthday also. Steve
Garvey is batting 2 -11 facing Kenny Holtzman.
with checking signs and catch your mark into
the windup for the pitch on the way. Garvey takes
the curve low for the ball. The Dodgers have
a team batting average of 260. But have managed
to win just two and lose four, rather than giving
up quite a few runs. The swing is a high fly
foul off to the right out of play. The Dodgers
have scored 24 runs. They have allowed 24 runs.
But they have 52 hits to the opposition's 35.
The Cubs, meanwhile, have a team batting average
of only 221. They have scored only 19 runs in
16. Garvey takes low ball 2 and it's 2 and 1.
2 -1 count holds from checking Garvey waiting.
Look at the high fly ball to deep right field.
Callison going way back for this one. Going,
going. It's gone. Home run. Steve Garvey is pretty
strong to get that ball to right field. Right
hand batter. It hit between the 3 .50 and 3 .70
mark into the bleachers and the Dodgers have
caught up 1 -1 on Garvey's second home run of
the year. All spring Garvey was going to right
field with good power and then he was pulled
on occasion. And now he opens up this ballgame
for the Dodgers with a home run in the right
field seat. He's by what turned out to be a real
strong one for the Dodgers. Bill Russell waiting.
Ball one count to pitch to Bill. Popped foul
out of play on the count of 1 -1. Russell batting
in the eighth spot. For the home run with Steve
Garvey, we're pleased to present two books of
union a lot of strips to Steve and two books
to the San Fernando Valley Association for Retarded
Children in Sepulveda. One -on -one the count
to Bill Russell. Holtzman delivers. Up high with
a breaking ball, two and one. Holtzman's record
on the air, 0 -1 -1. He worked four and two -thirds
innings in his other appearance in the last six
runs. This is the first home run that he has
allowed to be here. The swing of the drive, the
deep center field, fading back a little bit as
Orte's turn makes the catch for the off. So Rosalaba
on a line drive at the center, and that'll bring
up Sandy Vance. Sandy Vance coming up now. Advance
the batter. Holtzman checking. Advance the right
-hander all the way. A swing and a miss and a
fastball. Strike one. Steve Garveau, home run,
opening up the last half of the third and he
hit it to right field. Now the pitch on the way
to advance. Home run and a miss. Strike two,
oh and two. Garveau has five hits on the year.
Two of them doubles and two home runs, but he
has only one single so far. Here's the 2 -0 -0
-2 pitch, and Vance takes high on the way, ball
one, one and two. The Dodgers might come up with
some pretty good power. And fellows like Garvey,
of course, Grabarca with mid -18 last year, Sudeikis,
and Richie Allen pitch high for ball two -two.
That's the first Dodger team home run. The Cubs
have hit only four home runs. And they have long
been noted as one of the top home run hitting
teams in the league. Here's the 2 -2 pitch to
Vance. Brown ball to shortstop. Kessinger has
it. Here's his throw. It's in time. 2 -0. Vance
rolls to short. Maury Wills coming up. Maury
struck out his first time at bat. Maury Wills.
Will's hitting 2 -17. On the scoreboard today,
Pittsburgh beats Philadelphia 4 -3. Cincinnati
over Atlanta 7 -3. McLaughlin the winner and
Reed the loser. Pitch to Will's a ball. One ball,
no strikes. And St. Louis is leading Houston
by a score of 5 -4. in the ninth inning in Houston.
Rather than say it was a bunt, first base wave,
Pepitone comes to field it, first pace is open,
and Wills beats it out, no close. So Wills putted,
and Pepitone had to come off the bag to play
it, but that time Holton was late getting over
there, and Wills beats out the bunt for a base
pass. That'll bring up Manny Moda, he's grounded
out to Pepitone his first time up. So the Reds
have won their first game of the year. They now
stand 1 -4. And San Francisco beats San Diego
5 -0. And the Giants have moved into the top
spot now. Tied ahead of Atlanta. Moda takes low
and inside. Ball in. Atlanta losing tonight.
Now it's 4 -2. The Giants are 5 -2. Houston five
and two and losing tonight. San Diego three and
four and the Dodgers two and four and the Reds
are one and four. One ball, no strike. Molder
waiting, Will going. Ground ball to our second.
Here's the play to first and the inning is over.
The Molder grounds out. The Dodgers go down with
one run on two hits and leave one on the score
at the end of three. Dodgers one and the Cubs
have one. Super 76, sir? Yeah, please. You know
the trouble today, Marge. People have no pride
in their work. No spirit. Nobody really knows
his job anymore. Now take this guy. No, don't
worry. I want to ask you something. Yes, sir?
Would you happen to have any idea why they call
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is pretty important. That's why you'll find five
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gasoline. Because a cleaner engine runs better,
and it helps reduce pollution. Well, there's
a man who certainly has the spirit. No, he's
just the exception that proves the rule. George,
I could almost think you had trouble admitting
when you're wrong. The spirit of 76 lives at
Union Oil. Three to two, scoring twice in the
eighth inning. Oakland over Milwaukee, five to
nothing. Minnesota beat Kansas City 2 -0 and
Boston over Washington 10 -7. So that's everything
on the scoreboard. We're set to go into the fourth
inning of the ballgame now. Cubs coming back
to play here at Smith. All right, Gary, a run,
two hits for each side. A difference in the ballgame.
A couple of bloop singles to set over the run
for the Cubs. And a line drive home run to the
opposite field by Steve Garvey to get the Dodgers
even. So here's Pepitone, Callison, and Ortiz
in that order. Pepitone left -hand -mitting first
baseman batting 3 -0 -4. Sandy Vans into the
wind -up and the pitch to Pepitone, a change
outside ball one. We told this story once this
spring. We won't repeat it again, but it is a
tip -off on what kind of a character Pepitone
is. It came out after last season. The fact that
he kept begging Leo de Rocher to let him steal
a base. Please let me steal a base. Leo de Rocher
said no. Here's the 1 -0 pitch. High ball 2,
2 -0. And then one day, Leo Derochev blasted
the sign to Joey Amalfitano, left Pepitone sealed.
Well, the sign was for Amalfitano, the coach,
to wink at Pepitone. So Joe took his lead, and
Amalfitano winked, and Pepitone never moved.
The 2 -0 pitch is popped in the air. Will's waiting,
100 now, and makes the catch, one away. Anyway,
just to conclude the story, Amalfitano winked,
and Pepitone didn't move. So Leo gave the steel
sign again and Amalfitana winked and Pepitone
never moved and finally Leo got a little angry
and flashed the sign again and for the third
time Amalfitana winked and this time Pepitone
blew him a kiss. That's Joe Pepitone. Here's
Johnny Callison and lines have fouled into the
lower deck in right field 0 and 1 to count. Callison
hit into a force play in the second inning. Johnny
has three home runs against the Dodgers last
year. He bunts up along the third baseline. Garvey
in a hurry and guns him out and oh what a dangerous
play for Wes Parker. Parker had to actually go
into the runner to handle a throw. and came within
a whisker of one of those head -on collisions.
That's a rare time you'll see Parker get in a
jam like that. West normally is able to get to
the bag and catch that throw in foul ground with
his foot on the bag, but that time he almost
went right head -on into Callison. So Parker
and Callison are each fortunate that they escaped
a serious collision that time, two down, and
the batter is Jose Ortiz. Ortiz hit into a fourth
play in the second inning. Change over, first
right on one. Final score, the Cardinals beat
Houston 5 -4, Steve Carlton over Wade Blasingame.
Don't forget, the Cardinals will be in here Wednesday
night. Change over, first right on one. Final
score, the Cardinals beat Houston 5 -4, Steve
Carlin over Wade Lashinge. Don't forget the Cardinals
will be in here Wednesday night. Here's the strike
one pitch to Ortiz. Breaking ball in the dirt,
backhanded by Sudeikis in the count 1 -1. 1 -1,
that's the count, that's the score. With two
out in the fourth inning and the bases empty.
Sandy Vance and Kenny Holtzman. Now the 1 -1
pitch on the way. Breaking ball low, ball two,
two and one. Ortiz, as we mentioned, is first
trip very fast. You can run to first base in
under four seconds. You fly, and he has been
timed at three -nine. So he puts heat on the
infield. Two -one pitch to Jose. Ground ball
sharply to Wills. He's up with it, goes to first,
and that's that. One of the incredible things
about baseball, no matter how fast the man is,
there's no way you can out -leg a ground ball
that should add an infielder. So they've got
an order in the fourth, and at the end of three
and a half, a one -one tie. Flip. Milwaukee and
the world. When you get caught in the eye of
a nor 'easter, it can be a pretty hairy thing.
Wings whip up to a hundred and thirty miles an
hour and can crack open the hull of a ship like
an egg. And the waves, the waves are the worst.
They wash over the deck and can sweep everything
overboard, but it can happen down, including
you. But the worst goes on. If you happen to
be caught topside, you will fall right, but survive
it. So you put on your life jacket and hang on
and sweat it out till the storm blows over. Then
you celebrate with a slip. Listen, life's a one
-time thing. Nobody gets a second chance. So
you'll live it with all but gusto in your mouth,
right down to the beer you drink. Why settle
for less? When you're out of Schlitz, you're
out of beer. Bottom of the fourth inning, a 1
-1 tie. A reminder to our listeners, 19 or younger
especially, don't forget Friday night is your
night at Dodger Stadium, the first of two team
nights this year. Team night tickets for only
one dollar and you get a 250 reserve seat. You'll
find team night booths in both sides of the stadium
and if you have some adults with you they can
purchase their 250 seats and sit right next to
you. So make team night your date night at Dodger
Stadium this Friday night. Team night tickets
only one dollar. Curveball has hit the right
center, but Ortiz is there to make the catch.
So Parker goes out, one away. The Beeson Prize
is given out. We'll also have Jerry Ray in the
Blue Forest Friday night. So if the kids in the
neighborhood are saying, hey, babe, what's happening?
You tell them, team night at Dodger Stadium Friday
night, right on, right here. Here's Richie Allen.
Ritchie grounded a third in the second inning.
Holtzman's fastball is fouled back in the count
on one. 0 -1 to Ritchie. Bill Sudeikis on deck.
Now there's strike two pitch on the way. A high
fly ball into deep center field. Back for Ortiz.
A way back. It's gone. Welcome to the club, Ritchie.
and the Dodgers lead two to one, so they could
save five, ball one. Allen hit a towering drive.
It looked like a marble going out over the center
field fence. He got a standing ovation from the
crowd, and as he walked along the path to the
Dodger dugout, you can tell he was thinking about
it because ballplayers are very sensitive as
to what to do to an ovation. And he finally decided
he should acknowledge it, and he took his helmet
off. And then he got a standing ovation in the
dugout from the Dodgers, and Wes Parker pulled
him into the crowd. and he indeed has now been
welcomed officially to the ball club not that
he wasn't a member anyway but he has proven his
point so the Dodgers lead two to one and he shook
them up oh did he hit that thing and actually
he hit under the ball the two -oh pitch to Sudsy
a one hopper banged at Kessinger Don stays with
it to get him two out and they're hitting a few
darts against left -hander Kenny Holtzman on
the home run by Richie Allen two books of union
all -autoscript to Richie and two books of the
Pacific Lodge Boys Home Incorporated, 4900 Cerrania
Avenue in Woodland Hill. Listen to the crowd
talking. Boy, I tell you one thing, this ball
club is going to have people talking. Whether
they win or not, nobody knows that. But we were
saying this earlier, as far as coming out and
investing some money and having some fun, they
are a particularly good investment this year.
Awful. But Fever takes the strike on one. Two
to one Dodgers in the fourth inning. Postman
comes back. Curved ball and a beauty over strike
two. Richie Allen has his 212 home runs in eight
years plus. He starts this year with a lifetime
batting average of 297. Now the strike two pitch
on the way. Fast ball away. Ball one. One and
two. A fellow who hit home runs that high, and
you don't see them go out that far that high,
but that was an old Ralph Keiner type home run.
Because when you hit it that high, you figure
it can't possibly go too far. The one -two curve
is whacked down the line foul. If you know Dodger
Stadium at all, you know in center field you
have two flag poles. And it's 400 just at the
curve on either side of the center fielder. Well
the ball went out between the flag poles. Closer
to the one in left center. With Ortiz up against
the board watching it go out. Here's the one
-two pitch to Jimmy LaFever. Fastball hit down
to Kessinger. He's busy tonight. Don up with
it to get him. And the Dodgers are gone, but
not before they get on the board. On the towering
home run by Allen. A run on a hit. And at the
end of the four, Dodgers two, Cubs one. Farmer
John says that every home should have an on -deck
circle, like a spot in your refrigerator, for
a package of his Farmer John wieners. That way,
they're always handy when you want to whip up
an easy, enjoyable meal. A delicious idea it
is, too, since Farmer John wieners have a wondrous,
wide -open space and Western flavor you can hardly
believe. The secret is in the smoking. Farmer
John smokes his wieners like he smokes his famous
bacon, over real smoke from native Western wood.
And Farmer John wieners are as hearty and wholesome
as they are delicious because they're all meat
and the best meat too. Be sure to pick up a package
of Farmer John wieners in the delicatessen section
of your market. And look, the Farmer John Dodger
dogs in the meat department. They're the long,
luscious 10 -inch wieners sold at the ballpark.
Except for size, Farmer John wieners and Farmer
John Dodger dogs are the same. Both won gold
medals at the California State Fair, and both
would fit nicely in that on -deck circle of your
refrigerator. Through four innings, the Dodgers
two runs, three hits, and no errors. The Cubs
one run, two hits, and no errors. Sandy Vance
and Kenny Hoffman. Sandy Vance has not done too
much pitching for the Dodgers this spring. Vance
had a brief stint. against the Angels. So the
Dodger, of course, will have to watch him. He
went five innings against the Angels in a Dodger
Sunday victory against California. Ground ball
to Parker. West to the bag for the out. One away
as far as J .C. Martin is concerned. And in a
moment, Kenny Holtzman coming up. So when Othello
has not pitched too long in any one ballgame,
you immediately check his... high point or the
most innings and when he gets to that point you
figure from then on he bears watching well his
longest stint five and he's working his fifth
inning right now however to look back at the
box and your scorecard if you are keeping score
you'll notice all the ground balls off the bats
of the Cubs so so far Vance has been able to
keep the ball down and he's leading two to one
it's not quite as simple as that but It sure
is an indication. Holtzman, a pretty good hitting
pitcher, takes a breaking ball for a strike on
one. Kenny, left -hand pitcher, right -hand batter.
On deck, Don Kessinger. Vance comes back, fastball,
over at the knees, strike two, 0 -2. Yeah, this
fella could be a pitcher. Oh boy, you hear the
experts, the pitching coaches, and the scouts
talk about him. And everyone's really know. Strike
two pitch on the way to Holtzman. Fastball in
the dirt. Ball one. One and two. It's hard to
keep the ball down. You hear somebody say, well,
all Vance has to do is keep the ball down. First
of all, not only that, but it's hard to keep
it down. The breaking ball is low. Ball two.
What happens is, as they pitch your tires...
He no longer takes that good stride, no longer
bends his back the same way, no longer releases
late, and then the pitch starts to come up. The
two two -pitch swung on and missed by three.
And in the big league, when the pitch starts
to come up, the pitcher usually goes out. If
you were raised the same way I was, all you ever
heard of when you were a kid about the high hard
one? Well, the high hard one is all right if
you have a a Bob Gibson fastball, or if you throw
like Kovacs used to throw, or even a Mara shot,
but there aren't too many around. And the ordinary
human being type high fastball is going to be
hit a mile. Here's Kessinger with two out. He's
grounded out and struck out. Good ballplayers.
Switch hitting shortstop, takes low ball one.
Two runs, three hits for the Dodgers. Danny Ozark
bringing up Bill Russell in center field just
a dab Now moving them over a little left center
and there's a ground ball hit to Lafever Frenchy
has it and flips to Parker and there you have
it again Vance keeps it down the Cubs hit ground
ball and they go out in order and at the end
of four and a half innings the Dodgers two and
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side K -T -A -R -P -E He is where a man of his
stature, it befits him to be there in the high
rent district. He is seated in Chairman of the
Board, Walker O'Malley's box and taking in the
ball game. Where else would a banker sit but
in the Chairman of the Board's box? Mr. Stengel,
sir, we are happy to have you with us. Indeed.
And I hope you'll lower your interest rates.
Thank you. Two to one Dodgers. One and one, the
count is Steve Garvey as we salute Casey. The
left -handed man from Kansas. There's a line
drive to left center. Ortiz over, makes the running
catch for the out. So Jose Ortiz handles a line
drive off the bat of Garvey. One away. That'll
bring up Bill Russell at center field. Bill Russell
hit the ball hard, but lined out to Ortiz in
the third inning. Jose has handle three out there.
Pulseman ready and delivers and the fastball
foul back. Good pitch, he jammed him and Russell
never did get a round on it. 4 -1. The lion arm
folded at his chest, pacing up and down in the
cup dugout. Submission number two on his back.
Strike one pitch to Russell, off speed, long
on and missed. Strike two. Kenny Holtzman, a
17 -game winner in each of the last two years.
The crowd reacting as Martin Crowe sailed over
Holtzman's head. Oh, and to the count. The Cubs
have Kenny Holtzman and J .C. Martin, the infield
of Joel Pepitone and Glenn Becker, Don Kessinger
and Ron Santo, the outfield of Billy Williams
in left, Jose Ortiz in center, and Johnny Callison
in right. Jim Gilliam coaching at first, Denny
Ozark at third. Spike two pitch, pass ball away.
Ball one, one and two. Holtzman into the windup
and the one, two pitch. Breaking ball hit up
along third base, charging saddle. Bare hand
pick up, no throw. Russell's too fast for that
play and gets a leg single. So one of the inequities
of baseball Where you hit a line drive at somebody
and then you nub one for a base hit and the ball
players keep their Sanity as do the managers
throughout the year by saying it all evens out
And here is Sandy Vance Vance grounded is short
in the third inning with the Cubs thinking he'll
be bunting to stay out of the double play to
get the speedy Russell in Scoring position and
leave it up to will we'll see what Sandy does
postman at the belt Vance bunting, but takes,
and a pitch outside, and Russell has stolen seconds.
Kenny Holtzman gesturing to Harvey, didn't he
try to bunt? And Doug said, no sir, he pulled
the bat back, he took it. Leo now gestures, didn't
he bunt? And Gorman shakes his head, no, he pulled
the bat back. And they count one ball and no
strikes, and Bill Russell steals second. Russell
led the club in stolen bases in the spring. That's
his second steal of the year, two out of three.
Now Vance up there and the Cubs with a runner
at second have to come back. They pull Pepitone
at the bag in the same percent of a third. The
outfield's shallow and shaded to right. The 1
-0 pitch to Vance taken for a strike. One and
one. Vance right hand batter. Polkman at the
belt. 1 -1 pitch. A fastball hit foul outside
of first. He was late on it, but almost got away
with it. It is just off the bag. Vance prior
to tonight has had 37 at bats in the big leagues
and seven hits. Two runs batted in. On the count
one and two. Swing styles another fastballer
first into the crowd, back of the club dugout.
One ball and two strikes to count. Gonna be with
us tomorrow night, I hope so. Bill Singer will
try to find the strike zone and try to find a
victory. Opposing him will be Milt Pappas, one
of the control pitchers in the league, who had
a shutout his last time out. Here's the one -two
pitch to Vance, outside and high, ball two. Milt
Pappas last year. on average two walks a game.
He was number seven in the rankings in control.
So we'll see him tomorrow night. And Bill Singer
opposing him and we hope he can be with us. Here's
a 2 -2 pitch. Fast ball. Popped in the air. Back
at third. Sando in foul ground. Waiting now.
Makes the cast of the hour. So the Dodgers accomplish
what they had hoped. They got a man over second
base. Stayed out of the double play and here's
Will. Moore he struck out in the first inning
and had a perfect bunch single in the third.
He's one for two. Holtman leading Martin behind
the plate. Outfield fanned out straight away.
Ken delivers in a pitch very high, ball one.
You never know how they did against each other,
but you can always look back through the books
and figure out how Wills did, let's say, against
Cub Pitching last year, if nothing else. He hits
a high foul off third, and Sando has a play.
He's waiting and makes the catch for the out.
For your information, Wills hits. 346 against
Chicago last year. No runs ahead, a man left
at second, and at the end the five. Dodgers two
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You'll like his spirit. The spirit of 76 lives
at Union Oil. Don't forget, with this homestand
coming up, the Cubs tomorrow night, then the
Cardinals and the Astros. And if you'd like to
go to the ball game in a group, well the best
way to do that then is contact group sales. Care
of the Dodgers, Box 100, Los Angeles 90051. That's
always a good way to go with a group from your
church, your office, neighborhood. Whatever,
we sure hope you'll make Dodger Stadium a place
to have some fun. And we think the ball club
is here to provide the fun. So come on out. Open
for business tomorrow night and every night this
week. through Sunday. Then the Dodgers will go
out on the road and they will first stop in San
Diego and see if that machine has cooled off
a little bit. While we are away, you might want
to line up the month of May because the Dodgers
will be home for quite a bit. And in May, you
will see the Cincinnati Reds, the Pittsburgh
Pirates, the Atlanta Braves, the San Francisco
Giants. In other words, May is going to be something.
So why not take a look at the schedule, pick
out the ball games that you'd like to see, and
drop it to line here at the ballpark. Or pick
up your tickets at any convenience and dodge
your ticket off it. Sixth inning, two to one
dodges, and Glenn Becker takes low ball one,
one and oh. Now the one oh pitch is the second
baseman to strike in account one and one. Glenn
Becker, rounded to short, got the fly ball single
to right. One -one pitch on the way. Line drive
to center, Russell coming up and makes the catch
for the out. That line drive hung and he got
it out of his chest. One away. Well, Becker can't
consider himself too unlucky, however, since
he got the base hit on the pop fly and the run
batted in. Here's Billy Williams. Billy has popped
up in single, he's one for two. Vance into the
windup and delivers. Ground ball, the first base,
Parker up with it, goes to the bag, two down.
Well, Sandy Vance has two out in the sixth inning,
leading two to one. And he was just down right
on lucky in the third inning on the pop fly to
sell, He would not have allowed a run. He's allowed
two hits. Here's Santel, the third baseman, who
walked and hit into a fourth play. Of course,
on the other side of the coin about Vance, and
any pitcher would do this, and certainly a manager
would remind him of it, he got himself into trouble
and allowed the only run in the third when he
walked the number eight hitter in the lineup,
Patrick Martin. Breaking ball for a strike on
one. Just as I'm sure Don Sutton would be the
first to tell you that all of his troubles yesterday
began when he walked Tommy Dean, the one fellow
who doesn't figure to hurt you really in the
San Diego lineup, certainly not on all runs.
And he walked him and then the sky fell in. Santa
was fixed inside. He almost jammed himself that
time. He was guessing on location and he was
looking for a pitch away. One and one. Vance
into the windup. Now the 1 -1 pitch on the way
as the fastball hits foul off to the right of
the plate and out of play. Head ball kangaroos
all the way up into the second deck. I told you
this was a lively ballpark in the count one and
two. Two down, six innings, Dodgers two, Cubs
one. Vance has a look that sheds these signs
behind the plate. Now the 1 -2 pitch to the Cubs
third baseman is set up along third base foul
out of play. Good off -season pitch by Vance,
and it's still 1 -2. There's a thoughtful note
by the Chicago Cubs. You always hear, of course,
about all of the fine ballplayers in the big
leagues who have come from USC. But also UCLA
is pretty well represented in the big leagues,
and the Cubs have a brewing on their club. The
1 -2 pitch to Santo filed away. Seated out in
the Chicago bullpen is the young right -hander
by the name of Bill Bonham, B -O -N -H -A -M.
And knowing he was from UCLA, when they issued
him his uniform, they gave him uniform number
33. Now, if you're a college basketball follower
or a UCLA fan, you know about 33. Change is over!
Strike three called, and Santo can't believe
it. And he's caught looking. In case you are
not a basketball follower, they gave Bonham number
33 because he's from UCLA. That was the number
worn at UCLA and now worn in Milwaukee by Louis
Alcindor. The Cubs are gone and ordered. At the
end of five and a half, the Dodgers two, the
Cubs one. was a seafaring man. He used to sail
these seas like there was no tomorrow. And he
drank his beer big. Even back then, it was short.
Hear the philosophy about life, my old man. He'd
say, you only live once, so you gotta make the
most of it. Yeah, a lot of that stuck with me.
You gotta live life. with all the rest over the
rim. In everything, even the beer you drink.
Some of the less, you're out of shape. When you're
out of shit, you're out of beer. Bottom of the
sixth inning, the Dodgers leading the Cubs 2
-1. So far, a great performance by Sandy Vance
and a magnificent change -up for the third call
strike on Ron Santota in the top of the sixth.
That was some fix. Here's Moda, grounded out
twice. Manny is 0 for 2, as usual, going the
other way. Grounded the second and the first.
Holtzman breaking ball to site. Might be a little
tip -off on Sandy Vance in looking at last year.
He made four stars, four. against the San Francisco
Giants. Strike one -fifth, fastball high and
away, one and one. Well, on the message board,
Dodger Stadium, welcome to one of the nicer human
beings you'll ever meet. And he is the head coach
of the Los Angeles Lakers, the pride of the cross,
Holy Cross, Joe Mulaney. And this is good luck,
Joe. He is something. The pitch high ball too,
two and one. I don't know if he remembers We
went body surfing and saw Rockaway many, many
years ago. And he's a distinguished coach to
the Lakers and whatever happened to the redhead.
There's a 2 -1 pitch to Moda. Fastball slice
to right field, but that's where Callison hangs
out and John makes the catch. Wally. Wes Parker
lined out to Glenn Beckert and lined out to Ortiz
in center field. Parker, more than any other
Dodgers, has really hit in tough luck. Most of
the others have just not done too well. And meanwhile,
while I'm saying that, he came into this game
hitting 304, but he could be hitting close to
500. Pitch outside, ball one. He has hit a bucket
full of line drives that have been caught at
people. He's 7 for 23. He could, really, he could
be 12 for 23. Pitch over for a strike, one and
one. On deck, Richie Allen. One out on the sixth,
Dodgers two, Cubs one. Polkman and Vance, Lamar
Knight, Singer, and Cabot. One -one -fifth. Line
drive, base hit. So Parker finally hits it where
they don't put a player. Single up the middle.
And here's Richie Allen, and that'll take a month.
Richie Allen does not, does not... consider himself
a home run hitter. He did not consider himself
the type of a hitter, let's say a Willie McCovey,
or a Willie Mays, or a Henry Aaron. He figures
he is more of a line drive type hitter. But as
we said, he has averaged a lot with the pitchers.
It might be one of the longest, hardest home
runs we have ever seen. Here's a strike one pitch
to Rich. A little high, one and one. In the old
ballpark at Connie Mack Stadium at the base of
the center field wall it was 447. Then there
was quite a bit of real estate behind the fence.
And the double deck stands ran out to a direct
point in straightaway centers. And Allen had
a line drive that went halfway up the second
deck in straightaway centers. It was as if it
was truly shot out of a gun. The 1 -1 fastball
is popped in the air in the right field. Callison
has time to get under it because it's so high.
Makes the catch for the odds. Two down, and Bill
Sudeikis to bat it. Shudsey twice has rounded
a Kessinger. He has hit the ball hard, but Kessinger
makes him look easy. The Dodgers are hoping that
tonight they will celebrate an anniversary. One
year ago, the Dodgers snapped their five -game
losing streak. They won three straight and seven
out of ten, and the club is hoping to get off
on the right foot tonight. Fastball, first strike,
going on. Of course, this is a very different
year. Last year, the Reds could not be beaten.
This year, they finally won their first game
today. Strike one pitch to Sudeikis, breaking
ball, one out and a miss, strike two. However,
Cincinnati, by winning their first game, knocked
off a hot Atlanta club. The Graves had won four
out of five. Houston climbs in the first place
in the giant right back of them. And boy, I tell
you, the Houston ball club, look out, strike
two pitch. In the dirt, bounces off to the right.
Parker hesitates. Now goes Martin's flow. It's
not in time. Fastball guards to Martin. And check
me on the score. Houston lost. So that noise
comes from moving day up north. The Giants won.
And Atlanta and Houston lost. So the Giants have
moved into first place. Excuse me in the Bay
Area. The Cardinals. Won their ballgame. They're
at the 500 mark and they'll be in here Wednesday
night. 1 -2 pitch to Sudeikis. Check swing and
Martin does a little umpiring and he loses this
ball too. J .C. tags Sudeikis. World on the RV
who pointed to Dale and Jerry Dale flashed no.
He didn't swing and it counted two and two. And
I'm sure Doug Harvey leans over and says, J .C.,
we are indebted to you for all of your help and
consideration and interest, but we'll call them.
Two two -fifths to Sudeikis. In five, all three
to Bill. Four count to Bill Sudeikis. Parker
at second with two outs. The Dodgers had Russell
at second with two outs, but he couldn't get
them over in the fifth inning. Three -two pitch
to Bill. Found away, and he got that little on
the foot. Still three and two. Three and two,
the count to Bill Sudeikis. Parker, second. Holtzman
-Ruddy with two out, and work five. All four,
and that brings up Jimmy LaFeder. Jimmy LaFeder,
twice, rounded his shortstop. He's 0 for 2. So
Jenny gets a start tonight, get a right -handed
bat in there and rest Willie Davis against the
left -handers. Fastball is hit down the right
-field line. Taliesin is not going to get it.
It's in the corner and bouncing against the railing.
In comes Flacker. Here to the plate and scoring
is the Dakers on a triple by the Feaver. Triples
into the right field corner. The Dodgers lead
4 -1 and the storm signals are up and so is the
Chicago Bullpen. And Steve Garvey will be the
batter with two outs. The Dodgers in the dugout
will know how much cheering Lafever has done
for them. Boy today holler up to him when he
got to third base. Here's Garvey. He checks and
fouls one away on one. Jim Colburn, a right -hander,
along with a left -hander in the Chicago bullpen.
Receiver down the line from third. Holtzman checking
and Garvey waiting, and Holtzman off the rubbers.
10 into the wind oven, the strike one -fifth,
breaking ball hit to the left of Kessinger, but
he eats it up. Goes across to Pepitone, the inning
is over. But not before Lefebvre triples home
two. So the Dodgers two runs, two hits, a man
left. And at the end of sixth, the Dodgers four,
Tubbs one. Friends of Farmer John, I'm going
to give you a play -by -play report on his sausage.
He started off with his freshness. After all,
freshness is what you want most in sausage, and
is what you're sure to get when the label says
Farmer John. The good farmer brings fresh eastern
corn -fed pork out here live, and it's U .S.
inspected and dressed fresh right here in the
West. Well, that's why Farmer John's sausage
is a nice, rosy, fresh hue. Doesn't look gray
like sausage chipped in toast in her whole story.
Of course, the fabulous Western flavor of Farmer
John's sausage speaks for itself. Farmer John
makes his sausage to an old -time Western recipe,
using only natural herbs and spices, and he grinds,
mixes, and measures them himself. so his sausage
is never over or under seasoned like some. Lean,
meaty Parmesan sausage makes the West best breakfast
and a hearty, awesome supper, too. It's the sausage
that won the gold medal at the California State
Fair. So enjoy Parmesan sausage often for the
East and most in quality and the West and most
in flavor. Don't forget, for the rest of the
week, the Chicago Cubs tomorrow night, Bill Singer
and Milt Pappas. Then the St. Louis Cardinals
will be in. Wednesday night and Thursday night,
Orlando Cepeda, Lou Brock, and that colorful
gang. Over the weekend, the Houston Astros. Friday
night is team night. Saturday night at 7 p .m.,
ladies night. Sunday afternoon, autograph day
and senior citizens day. If you drop by. Let's
go to the seventh. Four to one Dodgers, and for
more play, here's Jerry. All right, buddy, Pepitone,
Cowlick, and Ortiz coming on. In the seventh,
they can stand defense. This yield is just two
hits. Pop flies in the third back -to -back by
Becker and Williams, one in the right field and
one in the center. So Sandy now working to Capitone,
left -hand hitter up there. The pitch on the
way, fly ball along the left -field line, it's
going foul and out of play. Bounces up into the
stands and it is strike one. So Vance now has
a little breathing room as the favors couple
to the right field. He gets two runs in. Strike
one count, Pepitone waiting. Now the wind -up
again on the pitch on the way, off -speed roll.
Change -up in the dirt. One ball, one strike.
Right -hander to left -hander, working in the
cup bullpen out in right field. Tomorrow night,
it'll be Pappas and Singer in the second game
of the series. Pepitone backs out as another
of the third base coach, Peanut Lowry. Lowry
hit his head down with digging dirt along the
spike, along the truck line. Fastball low, ball
two, two and one. Vandy Vance, who pitched part
of the year here and part at Spokane last year.
Vandy's trying to get off to a good start here
this year. He had a bad start in spring training.
He was hurt the first day out. Playing catch,
he caught one. He failed to catch one. The ball
hit him in the mouth and lost two teeth. Two
-one pitch, outside low for ball three and one.
Then he had a sore arm. He finally did get a
chance to pitch and has done well ever since.
The band's waiting. 3 -1 pitch. Line up and down
it comes. Too low and he walks in. That's the
third walk and each time that he's walked about
it's been the lead off an inning. Saddle in the
second. Martin in the third and he's scored and
now Pepitone here in the seventh inning. So three
walks and here's Johnny Callison at bat. Rounded
into a fourth play and butted and was thrown
out by Steve Garvey. One on, nobody out in the
seventh. They get somebody up in the bullpen
to the Dodgers. Looks like Jim Brewer will start
the fill. Callison waiting. Cortez on deck and
Martin to follow. Vance with a pitch pull and
a fly ball to left field. Allen was right there
backing up a few steps. Ritchie waiting. Pass
it to the out. It's one away. So Callison goes
to left field with a fly ball. One out. And we'll
see about Artees now. Jose Artees playing in
center field and he's hitting 444. He's had a
good start. Eight hits and 18 trips. Chance to
play. He came to the cubs from the white side.
Very speedy, playing in center field. Got your
J .C. Martin out on deck. And then we'll see
about Holtzman's spot. One out and one on. Tapatona's
first base. Barker will not hold him on. Right
-hand batter up there. And Vance now getting
set to work. Now Vance goes off. Back to the
rosin bag. Check on the runner. Vance delivers
to the plate, pass ball backhanded by Sudeikis.
One ball, no strike. Vance made his professional
debut in 1968 at Ogden, and he was promoted to
Spokane for a couple of games. He was at Spokane
all of 1969 in 22 games. He had a 6 -6 record.
And last year at Spokane he won five, lost four,
and he was 7 -7 in the big league. Pitches in
for a strike, Ortiz around as if it's not letting
go by one -on -one. Kind of make him work a little
bit. Vance working in the top of the seventh
inning. Sandy, last year, in 18 starts, had two
complete games. He worked 115 innings in the
big leagues last year. The drive to left field,
well hit. Allen going back for this one. It's
going to be over his head. And one hop against
the bullpen gate. Here's Capitonus third. The
relay comes to Wills. Coming for the plate now,
and Tepesaw is safe. A long go by Archie's over
Allentown in left field. The whole day Archie's,
the little center fielder, bang one, one hop
against the bullpen gate in left field. That
gets a run in. That's the second run for the
score after a walk. It is four to two in favor
of the Dodgers, and the catcher J .C. Martin
coming up against Vance. We'll pause for station
identification. This is the Los Angeles Dodgers
radio network. Love thy neighbor. An easy thing
to say. A hard thing to do. Because there are
so many of them. And at our rate of population
growth, soon there will be too many of them.
This is KTAR radio, Phoenix, Arizona. ...from
a long double to deep left field. Fans ready
to pitch to Martin. Pass ball low. One ball no
strikes. Four to two. In favor of the Dodgers.
Vance has walked three, two of them have scored.
Wills calls time, comes in now to talk to Vance
at the mound. He'll keep an eye on Vance now.
As I told you earlier, he's gone only five innings
at the most all spring. So now we're in the seventh
inning and he's given up a walk, a fly ball out
and a long double by Ortiz. 1 -0 count, Martin
waits. Here's the look in the pitch. Foul, straight
back, strike one, 1 -1. Holtzman is out on deck.
The Cubs have action in the bullpen. If Martin
gets on, the odds are that Leo will send up a
hitter for Kenny Holtzman. Four to two Dodgers
lead it. Now the margin is the triple hit by
Jimmy LaFever's drive -in Parker and Sudeikis
in the bottom of the sixth inning. One ball,
one strike. Vance with a look back at the runner.
Pitch to Martin as a strike on a fastball, drilled
in there, and it is one and two. One ball, two
strikes. Waiting is Martin, he's the catcher.
In for Randy Humbly. Vance ready again, looks
and delivers. Popped up foul, off behind the
plate. Cadega's coming back for it, it's going
to be caught by Cadega. Right against the backstop.
The opponent came all the way to the backstop
screen to handle that one. Good play for Cadega.
Two down now, we'll see about Holtzman. Looks
like Jim Hickman is gonna hit for him. So Holtzman
will leave and Hickman will come on as the pinch
hitter. So for Kenny Holtzman, he worked six
innings, allowed four runs, six hits, walked
one, struck out one, and that was a considerable
improvement over Holtzman's first outing when
he worked four and two third innings and walked
seven and gave up six hits and six runs. So here's
Jim Hickman at bat. And boy, Hickman had a great
year last year for Chicago. He had perhaps his
best year ever. Hickman last year hit 32 home
runs, 115 runs batted, and he hit 315. So here's
Jim Hickman at bat. And Vance working with two
outs. Fastball is inside, ball one on deck. Don
Kessinger, the leadoff man. Four to two. The
Dodgers lead the Cubs. And Sandy Vance trying
to hold them back. Hickman last year played 149
games. He's played in just two games so far this
year, and he is 0 -4. Strike on a fastball, one
on one. The Cubs are experimenting at the moment.
They have Pepitone at first, and Ortiz in center
field. Hickman can play first base or the outfield,
and so can Pepitone. But right now, Leo's taking
a look at Ortiz, and he's making a great impression.
He's now had nine hits. He's played in just two
games so far this year, and he is 0 for 4. Strike
on a fastball, 1 -1. The Cubs are experimenting
at the moment. They have Pepitone at first, and
Ortiz in center field. Hickman can play first
base or the outfield, and so can Pepitone. But
right now, Leo's taking a look at Ortiz, and
he's making a great impression. He's now had
nine hits in 21 and back. 1 -1 count to Hickman.
The van's waiting, and the pitch on the way.
Curve low, and it's ball two, two and one. Hickman
32 home runs last year and 21 the year before.
Hickman almost quit professional baseball when
he traded from the Dodgers to the Cubs and then
was farmed out immediately to the minor league.
He decided he's going to hang it up and he thought
well maybe a try once more and he came back and
played with the Cubs and he's had some great
years with them. 2 -1 count. Now the look again.
Vance backs off. Turn one to Jim Hickman, number
28. Vance again with a sign. The look and the
pitch. In tight, ball free. Three and one. So
Vance now is in trouble. He has walked one, yielded
a double, has two outs, and now Sudeikis and
Wills both come to the mound to talk to Vance.
On deck, Don Kessinger. Somebody goes to the
phone to talk to the bullpen. All right, Hickman
awaiting three and one. Two outs. Runner at second
base. Four to two. Dodgers lead the Cubs. Now
the three -one pitch. Curve lowly. Walking. That
puts Jim in on base and brings up the leadoff
batter, Don Kessinger. And here comes Alston
to the mound. Kessinger coming up. Stops as he
sees Alston go up. That's the fourth walk given
up by Sandy Vance. And we'll see whether Alston's
going to make a change here now on the seventh
inning. Vance has pitched well, but he might
be getting a little tired. He's only worked five
innings with the longest spin all year. He's
now in the seventh inning with two outs. And
here in the last couple of innings, he's made
a lot of pitches in this inning, not last inning.
He got a one, two, three. So they switch hitter
coming up. Alston now will elect the... See whether
he wants to go with Brewer against Kessinger,
batting right -handed, or stay with Vance. And
it looks like he's going to go to the bullpen
and bring in Brewer. He's looking out that way
now as the second base umpire, Tom Gorman, comes
in to join the conversation at the mound. Third
base umpire, Thomas Kudus, is out in left field
and they're going to bring in Brewer. So Sandy
Vance gave it his best shot and will leave here
in the seventh and he was two out, two on, a
run in, and he leads by two. He cannot lose.
He can win if Brewer can hold him. So Brewer
now... the motor disc in the bullpen in left
field, and Vance will leave. For Brewer, he'll
be making his first appearance of the year. So
here's Brewer coming in now, and the total's
on Vance. We'll have to leave the door open.
He worked six and two -third innings. He lost
just three hits. Two pop fly singles and a booming
double. He walked four, he struck out three.
He has allowed two runs and has two men on base
that are his responsibility. As Brewer comes
in now. While Brewer comes in, a reminder, a
date to remember, in fact, three of them. Helmet
Weekend at Dodger Stadium, May 28th, 29th, and
30th. Free helmets to every youngster at these
three games. Why not order tickets now? Send
orders to Helmet Weekend at Dodger's. Box 100,
Los Angeles 9 -00 -51. That's the May 28th put
at anchor 30. A round of applause for Candy Bancroft
who goes strolling off the mound. He sits well.
Another note, the Dodgers are lining up a great
cast for their first Old Timers day. That game
will be on Sunday, June the 6th. Already listed
our former Dodgers to be honored, Duke Snyder,
Don Newcomb, Wally Moon, and today Dixie Walker.
There will be many, many more, so jot down the
date, old -timer's date, Sunday, June 6th, when
Gil Hyges and the Mets are in town. Checking
the scores. Pittsburgh over Philadelphia, 4 -3.
Justy the winner, Selma the loser, 111 innings.
Cincinnati beat Atlanta, 7 -3. McLaughlin the
winner. Reed the loser, Bench had two home runs,
McLaughlin and Rose each had one, and Cepeda
had one for Atlanta. St. Louis 5, Houston 4,
had Carlton, won his second game, beating Glassen
game. The Giants beat San Diego 5 to nothing,
Perry all the way with a free -hitter, beat Kirby.
The American League, Angel Creek, Chicago 3 to
2, Oklahoma, Milwaukee 5 to nothing, Kansas City
and Minnesota 2 to nothing, Minnesota. Boston
beat Washington 10 -7. Now, Jim Brewer, ready
to go to work, making his first appearance of
the year. Brewer pitching to Don Kessler, who
turns around out of back on the right side. Two
on, two out, and Brewer ready to work. Pitch
on away, pops up in the center field. Out goes
the favor, in comes Russell, Billy loses, cap
falls, makes the cut, and the inning is over.
So Brewer comes in, makes one pitch, and gets
the side out. One run. On one hit, two laps,
and the score at the end of six and a half minutes
of play, Dodgers four, the Cubs have two. Love
thy neighbor. An easy thing to say. A hard thing
to do. Because there are so many of them. And
at our rate of population growth, soon there
will be too many of them. Too many to feed, so
we'll starve. Too many to keep healthy, so we'll
have plague. Too many to house, so we won't.
Too many to love, so we'll hate our neighbor
and we'll have wars without end. Because just
by staying alive, our neighbor will be taking
what we and our children need to stay alive.
Zero population growth wants to defuse the population
bomb before it blows up on our faces. Maybe you
won't want to join ZBG in its efforts to protect
the future, but you owe it to the children of
America to find out. Call 939 -7798 for information,
because the fuse is getting very short. Friends,
next time you visit Dodger Stadium, be sure to
drop by one of Danny Goodman's souvenir stands,
pick up a copy of the 1971 Dodger yearbook. The
great cover by Carl Hubenthal is worth the selling
price of 50 cents. All right, you'll find the
names of every Dodger who has played in the stadium.
A fitting salute to the 10th anniversary season.
Here's Jim Colbert coming on now. Young man from
around these parts. Jim went to school in Whittier.
He was born and now lives in Santa Paula. He
went to Whittier College. And is working on his
master's degree now. So Colbert is warming up
now and he replaces Kenny Holtzman who works
six and he's allowed four runs, six hits, and
struck out 1 -1. Here's Bill Russell coming up
now. Russell has one hit and two trips. He ought
to hit the third. Last half of the seventh. Russell
now will turn around and pass in the left side,
facing Coburn. Coburn has been in one game, has
worked just the third of an inning, and allowed
one hit. Big right hander ready in the pitch
on the way to Russell. Pull on him, and strike
one. We're in the bottom of the summer's inning,
and the Dodgers lead 4 -2 over the Chicago Cubs,
first meeting of the year between the two teams.
Coburn checking signs again into the windup,
and here's his pitch. A swing and a miss, and
a good breaking ball. Strike two. That ball seemed
to run in on Russell. 0 and 2 to the count. Now
the pitch on the way. Cap foul of Lefkoe, Texas
swing. But a strange note about Cobran. He became
the Cubs player representative as a rookie. He
must be pretty smart. That master's degree is
in sociology. The swing of the line drive caught
by Becker. So Russell lines up to the second
baseman one away and here's Brewer coming up.
So Jim Brewer, who came in to replace Mandy Vance,
coming up now. Coburn pitching. Not a lot of
the ball. Another note about Coburn, I think.
They had a night for him here, and his rookie
here, the folks from Santa Paula came down to
have a night for him, and I think that he was
shook out the next day. But he kind of took it
all good -naturedly by the boy. Line drive foul
down the left field line, and the count to Brewer,
one ball, one strike. So that'd be in 1969 when
he came up with the Cubs for six games. He was
with the Cubs last year. It was in 34 games and
had a record of three and one. ball in the deep
right field by a floater. Carlson going back
to the track makes the catch for the off. Boy,
that's about as hard as Jim Brewer will ever
hit a baseball. A long high fly ball, and Carlson
had to retreat all the way to the running track
in deep right field. So Brewer a long out, and
here's Wills coming up. Maury has one for three.
Brewer will go back down and talk about his power.
He goes down into the dugout, takes the helmet
off, and has a seat. Over the bat rack, of course.
Wills is about two down on the bottom of the
seventh inning. Now the windup in the pitch.
Off speed to Wills for a strike. 0 -1. Sandy
Vance works six and two -thirds and he's allowed
two runs, three hits in his first start of the
year. 0 -1. Now the pitch. Bounced over the mound
near second base. Becker's there. Up with it.
Schroeder first. Wills is out to retire the side.
So Colburn gets them out one, two, three, and
the seven. Schroeder at the end of seven. Dodgers
four and the Cubs have two. Marge, I'm home.
Thank goodness, George. What a day. You think
you had a bad day, Marge? Here I am driving home
and it's hotter than a barbecue, right? And what
happened? What, George? I turn on the air conditioner
and it goes nuts. It was like a sauna bath in
that car. They just don't make things the way
they used to. I'll probably have to take it to
a dozen places before I can find a guy who can
fix it. You know why, Marge? Why do it? Because
nobody tries anymore. Nobody's got the old spirit.
We still try at Union 76. When you take your
car to a Union 76 certified service man, he'll
do the job right. Because he's had special training
at Union certified service school. Up to six
weeks for each certified service driver you wear.
Tires, brakes, wheel alignment, two miles. If
he's wearing the stripes, you know he can do
the job. Even with complicated things. like air
conditioners. Marge, the Union 76 guy with the
air conditioning stripe found the trouble. Really
George? What was it? I turned on the heater by
mistake. Don't forget cap night when everyone
at Dodger City, youngsters and oldsters get a
cap. The date, Friday night, May 7th. The Dodgers
and the Pirates here that night. Cap night on
May the 7th. Jim Brewer trying to cap it up for
the Dodgers here. And the Cubs come to bat in
the eighth inning. Back to play. Here's Vance.
I .J. Glenn Beckett will start it off followed
by Billy Williams and Ron Santo. Jim Colburn
picked up the pieces for Kenny Holtzman. Jim
Brewer doing the same for Sandy Vance. Dodges
leading 4 -2 and the fastball is low. Ball one.
1 -0. Beckett. is one of the toughest men in
the league to strike out. He was the third toughest
last year, and he's in the top 10 for the last
four. And he whacks it in the left center field,
base hit. Russell's deep to cut it off, and does,
and a perfect throw to Will. So Glenn Beckert
opens up with a base hit, and that means some
big boys are coming up representing the tying
run. That's William from Santo and Pepidome.
Four -two Dodgers and here's Billy Williams popped
up, singled and grounded out. Brewer ready and
delivers and a breaking ball is outside. Ball
one and the Dodger bullpen stirs around. Now
there's trouble in River City. And Pete Mickelson
begins to throw in the Dodger bullpen to Tommy
Haller. Barker not holding the bag on Beckard.
He wants a little room to roam down there with
left -hand hitting Williams at the plate. For
one hole pitch on the way, fast ball for a strike,
and that's cool Billy. One and one. Leo Durocher
lets out a little holler to Doug Harvey who nods
and that's all. A little foul off to the left
of the plate, tough play, no play. It hits the
seat and comes back on the field, hits the covering
of the dugout seat. One and two to Billy Williams.
Billy Williams back up to the plate. Williams
hit just under 400 against the Dodgers last year.
He's 1 for 3 tonight. Brewer at the bell and
the 1 -2 fits. On the hands foul back. Brewer
dropping his arm and coming a little side on
that time to the left hand hitter. Still 1 and
2. The word on Billy Williams. And, of course,
he has been rookie of the year and established
star for many years for the Tubs. But his own
personality has matured considerably. He is definitely
one of the team leaders now. The one -two breaking
ball hits off Parker's glove in the right field.
That was a shot. Becker is on his way to third
and holding. And Billy Williams almost took Parker's
hands off with a single to right. There are runners
at first and third, nobody out. With Stantos,
Pepperdorn, and Callison coming up. And that
ball was stunned. The Dodgers, without an answer
as to how to pitch to Williams, these two for
four tonight. So first and third, nobody out.
Dodgers holding on to a four to two lead. But
for the first time tonight, the Cubs now have
more hits than the Dodgers. They have been coming
in the eighth as well as in the seventh. Sato
takes the strike. Ron walks into a fourth play,
struck out. Jim Brewer has allowed three hits.
Now the pitch of the play, screwball, a high
fly ball. That should be deep enough to get Beckard
on. Russell angling under it makes the catch.
Beckard comes and the throw goes to the feeders
to keep the potential tying run anchored at first
base. Lestano is scoring five balls. And the
batter is Joe Pepitone. Here's Joe Pepitone.
Popped up twice and won. He's 0 for 2. 4 to 3
Dodgers. Brewer's tight -arm fastball hits to
Parker. He goes to Wills. He's back to Parker.
Double play. In the eighth inning for Chicago.
One run, two hits. Nobody left. At the end of
seven and a half innings, the Dodgers four and
the Cubs three. A treasure on Disney kids' games
when it's underneath the Atlantic Ocean. Sharks
don't play games. Their ancestors must have had
quite a piece 250 years ago when a hurricane
sank a fleet of Spanish galleons. along with
14 million dollars in gold doubloons and pieces
of eight. If you're lucky, you'll find some of
it. If you're even luckier, you'll live to celebrate
it, with gusto. And man, that's when you know
what life really is. Because you know you only
go around once, and you gotta look for all the
gusto you can, even in the beer you drink. That
means shit. Why settle for less? When you're
out of schlitz, you're out of beer. Bottom of
the eighth inning, good bogey. Dodges four, cuts
three. In the eighth inning, it'll be Manny Moda,
Wes Parker, and Ricky Allen in that order. Manny
Moda grounded out twice and lined out to right
all three times going the other way, which is
the usual way with Manny. He rarely tries to
pull a ball. He swings and lifts one back to
second base. Beckers is shortstop. Kessinger
will handle it instead. So Kessinger handling
the pop fly by Moda one away and the batter,
Wes Parker. Wes Parker. who started the double
play on the ball hit by Pepitone. West has lined
out twice and singles. He's won for three, scored
a run. Coburn ready and Jim delivers. Low, 1
-1, 1 -0. If you are not keeping score and you're
wondering about the Cubs in the ninth, they are
due to send up Johnny Callison, Jose Ortiz, and
J .C. Martin. Here's the 1 -0 pitch. Parker checks
and it's a strike. Leo said before the ballgame
he could and might use Randy Hundley as the pinch
hitter as the situation came up. 1 -1 the count.
The pitch to Parker is the ground ball down to
second. Charging is Becker, short hops and gets
him for the second out. Here is Rushie Allen,
round of the third, hit a booming home run over
the center field fence and slide to right. In
talking about the possible pinch hitters on the
Chicago bench, discount the name Ernie Banks.
First pitch is tied down. Ernie Banks is on the
disabled list. He went on the 1st of April, so
he will stay on for three weeks. Banks. with
the ball club worked out every day before the
game but that's it. Strike one pitch, Allen has
a look, he'll pay for it, strike two. So it's
one time the Dodgers do not have to worry about
the Great Ernie Banks coming up in the ninth
inning. 0 -2 the count to Richie Allen. Coborn
checking. Jim to the windup and the strike two
fish. On the hands a broken bat, slow ground
ball to short, Kessinger in a hurry, throws in
the dirt dug out by Pepitone, and boy that bat
will not be used again. Allen was really jammed.
Dodgers are gone in the eighth and at the end
of eighth, Dodgers four, Cubs three. Well here
it is baseball season 1971, but much of the talk
you hear is about the 1930s, even by those too
young to remember. Now perhaps one reason is
because the 30s didn't have our problems today,
such as smog, litter, and elements that even
affect our food. A farm boy delivered eggs that
were barely out of the hen house, shiny fresh
apples right from the orchard, and corn that
was still growing just minutes ago. Well today,
it's nice to know we have Farmer John and his
pork. Pork so fresh it couldn't be fresher back
in the famous Eastern Corn Belt. In fact, you
might say Farmer John brought the Corn Belt out
west. Because he gets eastern corn -fed pork
out here live, not frozen or in cold storage
like most packers do. Then the meat's U .S. inspected
and grass -fresh right here in the West. So Farmer
John Pork is strictly fresh. Farmer John Pork,
the only fresh pork ever to win a gold medal
at the California State Fair. Passport by name,
Farmer John. As we go through the ninth inning
with the Dodgers leading four to three. They
make an outfield change for defensive purposes.
They put Willie Davis in center field, move Bill
Russell over to right field, and move Manny Mota
over to left field. So the keeping score put
Willie Davis in Richie Allen's spot. Randy Hundley
will make an appearance. Randy... making his
appearance and it'll be number one for the great
young Chicago catcher who's been out with a bad
knee. So, Hundley makes his first appearance
of the year hitting for Johnny Callison against
the left -hand hitting Jim Brewer. The pitch
to Hundley, a strike on one. We mentioned earlier
that Leo said that Hundley will catch, will start.
against the San Diego Padres. Brew into the wind
-up and the strike one -fifth. Screwball lifted
to shallow center. Davis comes off. He's there.
He's got it. You know one thing we always seem
to forget. There is pressure on a ballplayer
when he is put in in the last inning or so of
the game for defensive purposes. That's a long
time to sit around. And then suddenly they hit
a ball to you and you've had no practice in a
long while. Now, after that fly ball, Randy Hundley
apparently, and we're only guessing, had that
knee buckle on him. And Hundley, who was so close
to playing, has suddenly fallen down and apparently
hurt the leg again. What a miserable break for
a great kid catcher from Virginia. And it is
his right knee. Hundley is coming off two serious
knee injuries back to back, and they're going
to have to take a stretcher, I believe, and take
him off. He is an Ironman catcher and suddenly
last year he hurt his knee and now this year
he hurts it all pop of it In fact Glenn Bechert
and Joel Pepitone bring the stretcher out and
I can hear Leo's words before the game When we
asked him why wouldn't you catch Hundley tomorrow
night if he can catch on Wednesday and Leo said
I'm not gonna take any chances with him I'd rather
be 10 minutes late than 10 minutes early. And
then we said, could you use him as a pinch hitter?
He said, oh, yes, as a pinch hitter. And wouldn't
you know that hitting a fly ball apparently is
spikes caught, and down he went and hurt the
knee again. And boy, that breaks your heart,
because he is a marvelous guy and a great ballplayer.
Of course, the station identification, this is
the Los Angeles Dodgers radio network. To give
you an idea about what kind of an Iron Man Randy
Hundley has been for the Cubs, in 1966 he caught
149 games, in 67 152, and in 68 he appeared in
160 of 162 games, in 69 151 games. And you can
only keep your fingers crossed and hope that
he'll be okay. That's a tough break. Here is
Jose Ortiz. Brewer delivers fastball for a strike.
Ortiz hit into a fourth playground of his short
and ripped one over Richie Allen's head for a
long double in the seventh inning. He short hopped
the bullpen gate in left field. Strike one -fifth
to Ortiz. Ground ball down to Wills. Morrie is
up with it. Has to hurry. Gets him. Two down.
New up is J .C. Martin. He will not come up.
There'll be a hitter, Hal Breeden. B -R -E -E
-D -E -N, a catcher. And Breeden will now come
up and hit. And of course, I don't know whether
Leo would second guess himself, but you know
the human reaction will be, why in the world
did I even use him? But of course, he's a professional
athlete. He had to be used. And darned it, Hunter,
he apparently didn't hurt that knee again. So,
Hal Breeden... who is listed as a catcher but
has been an infielder. Right hand battered. He
has good power, so he's up there to try and do
it with one swing. He has 37 home runs at Richmond
last year. Fastball for site. now the strike
one pitch to Breeden screwball low Harvey taking
his head no he did not swing in the count one
and one so Breeden is the third Chicago pinch
hitter and the second in the ninth inning one
one pitch to the right hand batter screwball
one on a missed strike two one and two now Breeden
from Georgia. Brewer ready, one, two, fish. One
on him, next, Brewer got him, and the Dodgers
win it four to three, as Brewer strikes out Hal
Breeze. There are the totals of winning and losing
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or contact this radio station. The total's on
the ballgame for the Dodgers to win at four runs,
six hits, and no errors. For the Chicago Cubs,
three runs, five hits and no errors. A well -played
game that took about full two hours and two minutes,
although that's not official. The winning pitcher,
Sandy Vance, and a lot of lifts he gave the ball
club. Vance 1 -0 this year, and 1 -1 lifetime
with the Cubs. Kenny Holtzman and Jim Colborne
and Holtzman the loser, he's 0 -2, 0 -1 with
the Dodgers this year, 12 and 5 lifetimes. So
the Dodgers beat the Cubs in their first meeting.
Tomorrow night it'll be Bill Singer and Milt
Pappas. Warm -up time at 740, game time at 8.
I don't think we'll have any further reports
on Randy Huntley. We can only hope that he'll
be okay. But if we, of course, get a report,
we'll pass it to you on the Polk Team Show. And
a reminder, on the Polk Team Show, our guest
will be Jimmy LaFevre, and we'll get to the question
and answers. like mountain standard time, 11
.05. Good evening, this is Tony Pollack with
Arizona Highlights. A 21 -year -old Flagstaff
woman fell to her death today at Mojave Point
overlooking the Grand Canyon. The girl's name
was withheld, sending notifications next to kin.
Grand Canyon National Park information officer
Dick Reynier said the girl was sitting at the
canyon's edge outside a safety railing with three
companions. The companion said they turned to
return to their car, looked back, and saw the
victim slip and fall. Reynier said she fell about
300 feet. Her body was recovered by park rangers
using a helicopter. Telephone bills may be going
up. Mountain Bell Telephone Company announced
today it'll ask the State Corporation Commission
for approval to raise its rates. The company
is seeking an across -the -board hike of six
to seven percent. Mountain Bell president L .B.
Jolly says the cost of doing business has risen
steadily since the company received its last
rate increase in 1954. More news in a moment.
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