This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons
.com for more sports history. On Thursday, April
30, 1970, the New York Mets faced the San Francisco
Giants in an afternoon game at Candlestick Park.
The Mets, managed by Gil Hodges, were the reigning
world champions, having stunned the baseball
world as the Amazing Mets in 1969. The Giants,
managed by Clyde King, had achieved a 90 -win
season in 1969, although it wasn't enough to
secure the NL West division title against the
Braves. In this game, the Mets sent 23 -year
-old Nolan Ryan to the mound to face the Giants'
Mike McCormick. This audio recording is from
the radio broadcast featuring announcers Lindsey
Nelson, Ralph Kiner, and Bob Murphy. The Mets
will be back at Shea Stadium in New York for
their first night game of the season at Shea
Stadium. On Tuesday night, May 5th, it'll be
the Dodgers' end for three consecutive night
games, followed by the Giants and then the Montreal
Expos. It's another bright, warm, and sunny afternoon
here at Candlestick Park. Starting pitchers for
this afternoon's game, for the San Francisco
Giants, it's left -hander Mike McCormick, and
for the New York Mets, fireballing right -hander
Nolan Ryan. We'll be back with the start of today's
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today and enjoy a day at Shea. Manager Gil Hodges
of the Mets, Field Captain Willie Mays of the
Giants are at home plate meeting with the umpires
exchanging lineup cards. And to check us out,
here is Ralph Kiner. All right, Lindsey Nelson
for the New York Mets. The leadoff batter will
be Tommy Agee. He'll be in center field. Batting
second is shortstop Bud Harrelson. Batting third
in left field, Cleon Jones. Batting fourth at
first base, Don Clendenin. Batting fifth in right
field, Ron Svoboda. Batting sixth and at third
base, Joe Foy. Batting seventh, the second baseman,
Al Weiss. Batting eighth, the catcher, Duffy
Dyer and the pitcher, Nolan Ryan. Batting ninth.
For the Giants. The leadoff batter will be the
center fielder, Bobby Bond. Batting second at
second, Ron Hunt. Batting third in right field,
Ken Henderson. Batting fourth at first base,
Willie McCovey. Batting fifth, the catcher, Dick
Dietz. Batting sixth at third base, Jim Davenport.
Batting seventh in left field, Bob Taylor. Batting
eighth at shortstop, Hal Lanier. And the pitcher,
Mike McCormick. Batting ninth. The umpires for
the game today, Andy Olsen calling the balls
and strikes. At first base, Ken Burkhardt. The
umpire at second base, Ed Sudall. And the umpire
at third base will be Lee Weier. The Giants have
won 10 and lost 11. And the Mets have a record
of nine wins and nine losses. Last year in 12
ballgames played, the Mets won eight. The Giants
won four. And here at Candlestick, they split
the six games played, three and three. Now Willie
Mays, who is not playing in the ballgame, the
captain of the Giants, goes back to the dugout.
Gil Hodges back to the Mets dugout on the third
base side, and the umpires are taking their station.
After this ballgame, the Mets move on down to
San Diego, and in tomorrow night's ballgame at
1025, it'll be Tom Seaver going for his fifth
win. He has lost none. Tom has a record of 14
consecutive wins in National League play dating
back to last year. And he'll be imposed by the
only pitcher to beat the Mets last year for San
Diego, Al Santorini. Now the Giants are taking
the field. Wind blowing out toward right. More
wind today than we had yesterday. Where we saw
four home runs in the ballgame, two by each side.
Field dimensions, 335 down the left field line,
365 in left center, 410 in center field, 375
in right center, and 330 down the right field
line. No clouds at all, good sunshiny day, and
the Mets in the final game of their three -game
series with the Giants. And now our national
anthem. San Francisco, California. All the Mets
need a victory here today, the last day of April,
to come up with the most wins they've ever had
in a month of April. And it's going to be up
to Nolan Ryan. He'll be opposed by left -hander
Mike McCormick. This broadcast comes to you through
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and is authorized under radio rights granted
by the New York Mets solely for the entertainment
of our audience. Any publication, reproduction,
or other use... of the descriptions and accounts
of this game without the express written consent
of the New York Mets is prohibited. Mets with
a record of 9 -9 for the month of April and the
Giants with a record of 10 -11. Mets return to
play against the Dodgers and the Giants in their
next homestand. They start off with the Dodgers
playing night games on May 5th, 6th, and 7th,
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night. They
have a night game with the Giants on the 8th
of May, Friday night. a single -day game on Saturday
afternoon, and on the 10th, Mother's Day, the
Mets have a single game with the Giants. Monday
night after Mother's Day, the 11th, will be a
night game with Montreal, and then on the 12th,
the final game of the next homestand, a day game
with Montreal. Just got word that the temperature
in Montreal today is up around 80. I'd like to
have that when the Mets return home on May the
5th. Ballpark here at Candlestick in San Francisco
is located just near Hunter's Point. And as we
look down the right field line, see some big
aircraft carriers that are over in the shipyard.
And it's one of those kind of days here in San
Francisco that they write songs about. Now the
throw goes down to second base by the catcher,
and the ball game is about to get underway. And
here for the play -by -play, Lindsey Nelson.
Thank you very much, Ralph Cannon. Hello again,
everybody. Mike McCormick is on the mound. He
came to the major leagues with the New York Giants.
He was with the San Francisco Giants when they
first came here in 58. Was traded away and then
came back. Tommy Agee is up. He has a 10 -game
hitting streak going. He appeared as a pinch
hitter yesterday and delivered. Here's the first
pitch of the day, curveball, and it's in for
a called strike. McCormick has a record of one
win and one loss. He is a former Cy Young Award
winner. Waiting on deck for the Mets is Bud Harrelson.
Wind rippling the flag out toward right field
here at Candlestick. Artificial surface, it's
AstroTurf all around. Makes a little difference
in the manner in which the game is played. Here's
a swing and a drive, foul back of third. Two
strike count, now to Agee. Manager Gil Hodges
has Cleon Jones, Tommy Agee, and Joe Foy all
back in the lineup here this afternoon. After
having had them out of the starting lineup for
three consecutive games. McCormick takes a sign
from Giant catcher Dick Deets. Taking a long
look before he gets it. Now he has it. Two strike
pitches high for a ball. It's one and two. McCormick
last year won 11 games for the Giants and he
lost nine. Against the Mets last year, he won
none and lost two. But his lifetime record against
New York is six wins and four losses. Here's
a pitch that's hit in the air to short right
field, and second baseman Ron Hunt goes out,
but he's called off by right fielder Ken Henderson,
who puts it away. One away, and now Bud Harrelson,
who'll be batting right against the left hand
of McCormick. Harrelson has hit safely in his
last four games. He's hit safely in 10 of his
last 11, and he's hit safely in 16 of 18 games
the Mets have played this year. Harrelson from
Hayward, California, which is in the greater
San Francisco area. McCormick's pitch. High and
away for a ball. McCormick defeated the Montreal
Expos 11 -1 in his last start on April 26th here
at San Francisco, and he had a complete game.
Here's a swing and a high pop to the right side.
Hunt again calls, but McCovey is retreating.
Hunt calls this time and makes the play. Two
men out. Cleon Jones coming up now. Cleon appeared
as a pinch hitter yesterday and struck out. His
batting average is down to .224. He's batted
in eight runs. He's been in a batting slump.
Gil Hodges is hopeful that the rest of a few
days will have done him good. Mike McCormick
lost to the Cincinnati Reds on April 12th, 6
-5 here at San Francisco. Jones, a right -hand
batter. Two men out, nobody on base, no score.
Here's the pitch to Cleon Jones, and it's inside
for a ball. The coach at third for the Mets is
Eddie Yost, and on the line is down at first,
Yogi Berra. 1 -0 delivery. And it's in there
for a called strike. 1 -1. There's a breaking
pitch that's high. McCormick came up with the
New York Giants in 1956. He was with them 56
and 57. The last two years the Giants were in
New York. Then put in five years. with a giant
cheer before being traded away to Baltimore.
The breaking pitch in for a called strike. Slow
curveball. It's 2 -2 to Cleon Jones. Glenn Dunnan's
on deck. Then McCormick went from Baltimore to
Washington and from Washington back to San Francisco,
back here for the 67 season. Here's a pitch.
High and away. And in that 67 season, he won
22 games and lost 10. Chuck Feeney, who was with
the Giants and now the president of the National
League, claims that as one of his great deals.
Well, it certainly paid off for him because McCormick
won the Cy Young Award that year. Here's a breaking
pitch that's outside and it's a walk to Cleon.
The Mets pick up their first baserunner. Jones
is on it first and Don Clendenin is coming up.
Clendenin is hitting .237, but he has three home
runs and leads the Mets and runs that at end
with 11. He had a home run here yesterday that
was just way back up into the seats, back there
on the left. We'll be on the air from San Diego
tomorrow night, 10 .25 p .m. New York time. This
pitch is in for a called strike. Andy Olsen is
the umpire behind the plate. Ken Burkhardt is
at first. He's the crew chief. Ed Sudol at second,
and Lee Weier is around at third. Pitch to Glenn
Dunnan. Swung on and landed in the left field
for a base hit. Out and left. Bob Taylor comes
up with a return to Jones. Holds at second. Cleon
at second and Glenn Dunnan on at first with a
line shot that skidded across the carpet out
and left. Now Ron Swoboda is coming up. He's
playing right field today. He has a batting average
of .250. He's had four runs batted in. Swoboda,
a right -hand batter. McCormick now checks the
runners at first and second, and here's a breaking
pitch. It's in there for a call strike to Swoboda,
and Joe Foy is on deck. Again, McCormick takes
the sign. And the pitch. Low for a ball. Mike
McCormick is 31 years of age. And his lifetime
major league pitching record is 130 wins and
125 losses. Med runners lead at first and second.
This is a 1 -1 pitch. Svoboda fouls it off. And
it's one and two. A lot of ladies at the ballpark
today. There was a fashion show held here this
morning starting at 10 .30. Attended by some
9 ,000 ladies. Mrs. Jackie Hunt, the wife of
Giant second baseman Ron Hunt, provided the models,
who were mostly baseball wives. They used the
tops of the two dugouts. To show off the fashions.
The 1 -2 pitch. And it is low for a ball. 2 -2.
Teron Svoboda. Jones at second. Clendenin at
first. This will be a 2 -2 delivery. Swung on
and popped a foul back of the plate and moving
over is Dietz and McCovey. And it falls quickly
as Dietz couldn't find it and moved late. McCovey
was moving all the way. I simply couldn't get
to it. The ball hit actually on the astroturf
over in front of the giant dugout to the right
side of the plate. As Dietz got rid of his mask
and looked up, he was shading his eyes trying
to find the ball. Couldn't find it. McCovey was
coming all the while, but by the time Dietz discovered
where it was and started, he couldn't get there
either. So it's simply a foul ball out of play
and no error charged. Two and two, the count
to Svoboda. There are two men out. No score.
McCormick takes the sign from Dietz. And that
runners lead at first and second. Here's the
2 -2 pitch. Breaks low and inside. It's out full
at 3 -2 now to Svoboda, which means that the
runners at first and second will be off and winging
on the pitch. Joe Foy is on deck. Runners go.
Payoff pitch. Curveball low. The bases are loaded.
And Svoboda checks. That's the first. And Steve
is arguing with Andy Olsen, the umpire, about
the possibility of Svoboda having swung at the
pitch. And McCormick walks all the way in near
the plate to inquire of Olsen about the same
thing. It was a curveball low out of the strike
zone. And Svoboda started the swing and checked
off. So the bases are loaded and Joe Poi is up.
Lindsey, you have to be awfully strong to start
a swing like Ron did and stop it as fast as he
did. Just in the nick of time. Boyd hitting 169.
He has one home run and six runs batted in. Right
-hand batter with a closed stance. They're loaded
up. McCormick works straight away, and the pitch
breaks low and inside for a ball. Al Weiss is
on deck now. Weiss bats number seven in this
batting order of the New York Mets. We're going
to get a little action down in the giant bullpen
area now. Here in the very first inning as the
Mets are threatening. 1 -0, they count to four.
Mets in a spot where a base hit could do them
a lot of good. Here's a pitch. Swung on and landed
to center for a base hit. Coming on is Jones.
He scores. Here comes Sundin into the plate.
He scores. And Svoboda holds the second. Paws
on it for a single to center. A line shot. Two
runs batted in. The Mets lead 2 -0. Coming up.
Frank Lieberger is warming up. Frank Lieberger
is warming up in the giant bullpen. Here's at
first and second two men out the Mets to the
Giants nothing. Why is this hitting two twenty
two and he's had three runs batted in. Grammix
pitch in there for a call strike to White. I
just had two doubles this year. It for fifty
five in the World Series to leave the Mets at
bat including a home run in the deciding the
final game the fifth game. That's a check swing
foul ball to the right side. Actually, he wasn't
swinging. He was checking back, and it clicked
off the bat right down off the top of the plate.
Count of two strikes to Weiss. Duffy Dyer is
on deck. The Mets expect Jerry Grody to rejoin
them tonight in San Diego. Grody has been hospitalized
in Los Angeles since the Mets' arrival there
last weekend. So he'll be rejoining the Mets.
In San Diego. Runners lead at first and second.
Here's a pitch low and away for a ball. It's
one and two. Must be in San Diego Friday night,
Saturday afternoon and a Sunday doubleheader.
Monday will be a travel day as the Mets then
fly back to New York on Monday. Opening up Tuesday
night against the Dodgers in the first night
game of the year at Shea Stadium. One -two pitch.
Swung on it. Underground foul. Back of third.
Down past Eddie Yost. Ricochets on down into
the Met bullpen where it's retrieved by Ron Taylor.
Frank Reberger continues to throw in the giant
bullpen. The Mets 2, the Giants nothing. Right
before last year, the Mets got five runs in the
top half of the first inning. The big hit there
was a grand slam homer by Dave Marshall. Mets
won that game 5 -2. Lost yesterday 8 -6. Swing
and a miss. McCormick strikes out wide. And the
side is retired. It is two runs on two hits and
two walks, no errors, and two lefts. In the middle
of the first inning, the score is the Mets 2
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Nolan Ryan is the pitcher for the New York Mets.
He had won one and lost one, although he's allowed
only three. He hits in his last two games. Last
year, he won none, lost none against the Giants.
His lifetime record against San Francisco is
one win and no losses. He's pitched a complete
game in both of his starts of the season. Defeated
the Phillies 7 -0 on April 18th at Shea. He allowed
only one hit, walked six and struck out 15. Lost
to the Dodgers, won nothing on April 25th at
Los Angeles. On occasion, he allowed two hits
and five walks and struck out five. The three
hits in the two games of Ryan have all been singles.
Bobby Bonds playing center field today is up.
Hitting .350, he has four home runs, one of which
he hit yesterday, and ten runs batted in. Pitch
is low for a ball. Last year he struck out 186
times for a new Major League record in that department.
1 -0 to the right -hand batter. Ryan's pitch
breaks in there for a called strike. Give him
the curveball. Ola Ryan's 23 years of age, 6
'2", 195 pounder. His lifetime major league record
is 13 wins and 14 losses. Again, breaks it in
there for a called strike. One and two to Bonds
with Ron Hunt waiting on deck. With the veteran
Willie Mays being rested today, Bonds plays center.
Henderson moves to right and Bob Taylor's in
left for the Giants. Fastball fouled off. One
and two. The New York Mets with an infield of
Don Clinton at first, Al Weiss at second, Bud
Harrelson at shortstop, and Joe Foy at third.
Leon Jones is in left, Tommy Agee in center,
and Ron Swoboda is in right field. One -two pitch.
Swung on and missed. Ryan strikes out. Bobby
Bonds to open the ballgame as far as the Giants
are concerned at the plate. He has an average
of 400. He has two homers and 11 runs batted
in. New York Mets have a record of nine wins
and nine losses. Nine is the most they've ever
won in the month of April. Last year in April,
they were nine and 11. Pitch is high for a ball.
1 -0 to Ron Hunt with Ken Henderson on deck.
McCovey hitting cleanup. Henderson batting third.
1 -0 pitch. And it's high for a ball. Ozzie Virgil
is the coach at third for the Giants. And former
Met manager Wes Westrom is on the lines at first.
This pitch is low for a ball. 3 -0 to Huff. The
return throw gets away from Ryan. All the other
action in the National League is scheduled for
night. The Chicago Cubs are at Atlanta. And Billy
Williams, the... The Cub outfielder will be playing
his 1 ,000th consecutive game. Streak started
on September 22, 1963. Here's a fastball low.
It's a walk to Ron Hutch. So Nolan Ryan has struck
out one and walked one. And Ken Henderson, the
switch hitter, is coming up. Henderson's hitting
.382. He has two homers and 16 runs batted in.
He had a home run yesterday. By the way, the
consecutive game record in the major leagues,
2 ,130 set by Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees,
and Billy Williams will be playing his 1 ,000th
consecutive game tonight. Here is a pitch in
for a call strike. He'll be the first National
League to reach that mark. There are a lot of
records that might never be broken. I don't see
how anybody can break Gehrig's record of 2 ,130.
No, it certainly appears to be out of reach.
Swing and a ground ball is short. Harrelson has
it. He goes over for one. And the throw to first.
In time. A double play pulled off. As Weiss gave
it the no -hand treatment coming across the bag
on the pivot. Harrelson went astride in the hole
up for the ball. Weiss just came across. Flipped
on to Clem Dunnan. In time to pull off the double
play. So it's no runs, no hits, a walk, no errors,
and none left. At the end of an inning, the score
is... The New York Mets, two, and the San Francisco
Giants, nothing. Well, the Mets' ninth annual
old -timers game on Saturday night, July 11th
at Shea Stadium will be dedicated to Casey Stengel
and his approaching 80th birthday. So a lot of
the guests are going to be people who have been
associated with and against Casey Stengel during
his fabulous career. People like Drew Marquardt
and Frankie Frisch, Dave Bancroft and George
Highpockets Kelly. Al Lopez, Tony Cuccinello,
and Van Mungo. Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Roger
Maris, Whitey Ford, and Yogi Berra. Gil Hodges,
Richie Ashman, Al Jackson, Jay Hook, Frank Thomas.
Roy Campanella, Carl Erskine, Eddie Sankey, Bobby
Thompson, Carl Ferrello, Don Drysdale, Sandy
Koufax. Casey will be wearing his number 37 once
again. The latest Hall of Famers, Lou Boudreau,
Earl Combs, Jess Haynes, Ford Frick. So make
your ticket plans now. The date again, Saturday
night, July 11th, preceding the regular game
between the Mets and the Expos. Buffy Dyer, the
Mets catcher, is up. He's hitting 217, 5 for
23, right -hand batter. Facing left -hand pitcher
Mike McCormick. Here's a swing and a fly ball
into right center, and Bobby Vaughn drifts over
and makes the catch. We pause for station identification.
This is the New York Mets baseball network. This
is New York Mets baseball on WKAJ -FM 102 .3
in Saratoga Springs, New York. With Ralph Cantor
and Bob Murphy at Candlestick Park in San Francisco,
California, where the Mets are leading the Giants
by a score of 2 -0. The Mets are batting in the
top of the second. One man out, nobody on base,
and Nolan Ryan is up. He's one for seven this
year. McCormick's pitch breaks low and inside
a curveball. It's 1 -0. Tommy Agee moves up on
deck. Again, the pitch. Low, so it goes 2 -0
now to Nolan Ryan. Batting 143. The Houston Astros
will be at St. Louis tonight against the Cardinals.
The Astros have lost eight straight games all
outdoors. Swing and a ground ball to a third.
It is charged by Davenport. He guns it across
in time. Bryant out on a swinging roll at a third.
Fielded by Davenport in on the infield surface.
And Tommy Agee is coming up. He's got 0 for 2.
Agee with a 10 -game hitting streak. Flat out
to right field at first time. Up in just now.
He's giving Ryan time to get back to the dugout.
Montreal Expos are playing the Dodgers down in
Los Angeles tonight, and that's the slate in
the National League. Oh, and the American, the
Boston Red Sox, at Fenway Park, have handed the
Oakland Athletics their fifth consecutive loss,
8 -7. Gary Peters, the winner, he's 2 -1. Jim
Rowland, the loser, he's 0 -1. Here's a pitch
to Agee. Swung on and fouled back. Out of play.
Felipe Alou hit his first home of the year for
Oakland in the first inning with two men on.
Rico Petrucelli hit his third home of the year
and the third with one on. George Scott hit his
third and the fifth with one on. Billy Canigliano
hit his first and the fifth with nobody on. Fernandez
homed in the eighth with nobody on. Frank Fernandez
for the Oakland A's. There's a swing and a ground
ball to short. Lanier has it. Plays over to McCovey
in time. So the side is out in order. No runs,
no hits, no errors, and none left. In the middle
of the second inning, the score is a match two
and a giant nothing. Ted and Doris Raid at Raid's
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a small business with big plans. Willie McCovey
is coming up for the Giants in the bottom of
the second. The face fireballer, Nolan Ryan.
McCovey is hitting 203. He has six home runs
and 17 runs batted in. Ryan's fastball is high
and away, so it is 1 -0. Dick Dietz is on deck.
The Mets lead by a score of 2 -0. Joe Foy singled
in two runs in the first inning. Breaking pitch
low. Ryan goes behind now, 2 -0 to McCovey. The
shift is on as the Mets put three infielders
between first and second and leave only Bud Harrelson
over on the shortstop side of the bag. There's
a swing and a foul ball back out of play. To
what? Through the years in baseball, there have
been a lot of shifts employed. However, in many
cases... Managers have chosen not to go with
the shift with base runners on. Gil Hodges has
been going with the same shift, even with runners
at first and second. Those shifts take a lot
of base hits away, Lindsey. I had one that was
always pulled on me with a second baseman on
the shortstop side. Well, here's a fly ball.
It may go back to bases in the left field, but
it's a foul ball by about a foot and a half.
As McCovey went to the opposite field, lofted
a pop down the left field line. Harrelson was
racing to try to get to it. Jones, who was swung
over and left, was trying to get there. Nobody
could have got it, but it was a foul ball. So
it's 2 -2. The psychology of a shift like this
is to really take base hits away, but also they're
willing to give up a single if McCovey would
bunt or hit the ball the other way instead of
the home run if he were swinging away and managed
to connect the ball. Here's a 2 -2 pitch. Swung
on it, only got a second. It takes a bad hop,
but it's fielded there and thrown on by Foy.
And McCovey is out. Foy was on the second base
side of the bag, and that last hop it took was
up off his chest, but he corralled it right then
and threw on. Tell me, Lindsey, how are you going
to score that? Well, I'll tell you about position.
It's a difficult thing if you're scored by personnel.
He is the third baseman, no matter where he plays,
and so the official score says 5 -3. If he plays
in center field, he's still the third baseman.
One away, Dick Dietz is up. And the pitch is
in for a call strike. I think that's one factor
of the game that Abner Doubleday didn't consider
when he supposedly invented baseball. Did you
ever discuss it with him? No, but Cartwright
has some pretty good theories on it. Here's a
swing and a fly ball down the right field corner.
If it stays fair, it's a foul ball. Again, that
went way down the right field corner, but foul.
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here, 2 -0. Count is two strikes to Dietz with
one man out and nobody on base. Ryan's fastball
is outside. California Angels are in New York
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second strikeout. He got Dietz swinging. Jim
Davenport's coming up. Dietz, by the way, is
hitting .397. Davenport's hitting .143. Luis
Tiaz pitching today for Minnesota. Stan Williams
relieved him in the seventh. Tiaz won three and
lost none. Steve Hargan started for Cleveland.
Bill Hennigan in the fifth and Bob Miller in
the seventh. Greg Nettles homered in the fourth.
Here's a swing and a foul ball back and out of
play. Strike one to Davenport. Armand Killebrew
got his fourth homer in the fourth with nobody
on. Brad Ailey got his. Fifth homer in the fourth
with one on from Minnesota. Leo Cardenas hit
his second homer in the fifth with nobody on.
There's a swing and a fly ball to right field.
Ron Svoboda is there. And he puts it away. The
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Park on a sunny afternoon in San Francisco, the
Mets are leading the Giants 2 -0 as they come
up in the top of the third and here for the play
-by -play, Ralph Kiner. Thank you, Lindsey Dawson,
and hi, everyone. And Bud Ellison will lead off
for the Mets here in the third. Bud popped up
to the second baseman, Ron Hunt, his first time
up. His average at 310 for the season, one home
run, six runs batted in. Right -hand batter against
the left -hander, Mike McCormick. Mike with a
various assortment of small curveballs, and he
starts off with a curve, and it's popped up in
foul territory. The third baseman, Jim Davenport,
over near the Met dugout, and he makes the catch.
So McCormick, who worked the second inning one,
two, three, and very quickly, picks up an out
here in the third on one pitch, and it brings
up Cleon Jones. Cleon worked out a walk his first
time up at a 3 -2 pitch. Moved down to second
base in a single by Don Clendenin. When Ron's
promoter walked in the 3 -2 pitch, Jones went
over to third, and he scored the first run of
the ballgame on a single to center field by Joe
Poi. Mets also got a run in when Don Clendenin
crossed from second base on the single by Poi.
Mets leading 2 -0, one away, top of the third.
And Cleon takes the first pitch for a called
strike. Cleon, his first time up, was taking
all away. He wants to look at the ball. He feels
he is not comfortable at the plate, and he has
been taking the first pitches. Now a curve back
that's in the dirt, and they count one ball and
one strike. Cleon hitting .224 with no home runs.
He has eight runs batted in with three doubles
and one triple. Cleon got off to a fast start,
and he has not been hitting lately. Now a pitch
back, foul back, and it's one and two. Tommy
Agee, along with Cleon Jones in the batting slot,
despite the fact that Tommy has hit in ten consecutive
games, but he has not been hitting the ball hard.
Yesterday, he kept that streak going as a pinch
hitter and did hit a hard single to the left
in the ninth inning. One ball, two strikes. McCormick
back. And a fly ball to center field. Bobby Bonds
moves back, gets under the ball, makes the catch.
and that brings up Don Vendenen. Don hit a hard
single to left field his first time up. He's
averaged now at .256. He has three home runs,
got his third yesterday, and it was a landmarker.
He has driven an 11 runs that leads the club.
And the first pitch by McCormick has swung on
and missed, strike one. McCormick throws a screwball
along with his breaking pitches. Now the pitch,
and it's low on the count. One ball and one strike.
Got a chance yesterday to talk a little bit with
a great left -hander who had a great screwball,
Carl Hubble. Carl, a one -time, 126 games for
the New York Giants back in 1936. There's a line
drive single to center field. Bobby Bond comes
over to play the first half. And Glendon, and
now two for two in the game. That brings up Ron
Svoboda. Mets leading by a score of 2 -0. The
giant club record for most wins by a pitcher.
Christy Mathewson. He won 37 in 1908. Now swinging
a foul on the ground at strike one. Al Hubbell
at one time won 24 ballgames in succession over
a period of two years. 16 in 1936 and 8 in 1937
before he lost one. Now a slow curveball grounded
out in the hole coming over the shortstop. Amir,
the long throw to first base is in time. The
out is made. Good play by Al Amir in the shortstop.
No run, one hit, no errors. The man left the
first and the score in the middle of the third.
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of the third inning. The Giants coming up, and
the first batter will be the left fielder, Bob
Taylor. Enter a left -hand batter. He'll be followed
by Hal Lanier, and then the pitcher, Mike McCormick.
On the mound for the Mets, Nolan Ryan. With a
native. A double play, Ryan has pitched to six
batters in his first two innings. One man getting
on on the walk. First pitch is high, and it's
ball one. Daylor hitting 133. He's had two hits
and 15 times up this year. And the 1 -0 pitch
by Ryan, a fastball that is outside, and they
count two balls and no strikes. It's just off
the plate. has struck out two and two innings,
is high for a ball game, 15. Next pitch is a
breaking ball. It's inside ball three, three
balls and no strikes. That set a club record,
the 15 strikeouts, but it was broken by Tom Seaver,
who struck out 19 against San Diego. That's had
an all -time high record. The 3 -0 delivery.
It's high ball four. Now Nolan Ryan has walked
Taylor on four pitches. His other walk also was
on four pitches to Ron Hunt. Potentially it puts
the time run at the plate. Howell near the batter.
Howell got a home run in yesterday's win for
the Giants. A free run home run. He had not hit
a home run since 1966 in the Major Leagues until
this year. And his home run yesterday was his
second for this season. Has a lifetime total
of seven. And he takes the first pitch of Carl's
strike. On the air batting 176, he has four runs
batted in. Talking about Carl Hubble's consecutive
wins over a period of two seasons of 24, Tom
Seaver has won his last 14 for the men. Four
of them this year. Swing and a foul back off
a fastball. McCown at strike two. Tom will be
going in tomorrow's game at San Diego. We'll
be on the air at 1025 for that one. Al Santorini
will be pitching for San Diego. He has a win
over the Mets. The only one that San Diego had
over the Mets last year. Mets defeated them 11
out of 12. Next pitch is fouled off. Again, the
fastball. McCown stays at strike two. The biggest
game ever played as a matter of time between
the Mets and the Giants. Seven hours, 23 minutes,
23 innings. May 31st, 1964. Tomorrow, we go into
the month of May. Now again, a swing and a miss
and the ball fouled off. the fastest game of
their career in 51 minutes. Nine -inning ball
game against Philadelphia on September 28, 1919.
51 minutes. Now again, it's Ryan back in a curveball.
It's in the air, over the head of the second
baseman. Now, why is the base hit? And Lanier
becomes the fourth man to get a base hit against
Ryan this year. Ryan had done. to his first two
starts, giving up only three hits. That brings
up Mike McCormick, who is a good -hitting pitcher.
He has had seven home runs in his Major League
career. We have to guard against him. At this
point, he'll be batting with no one out and the
tie run at first, so we'll be looking for a possible
sacrifice. McCormick has been up 12 times this
year without a hit. Don Condon in the first baseman
in, very, very tight. Hard to bunt on this artificial
surface. There's a chopper bounced out to Ryan.
He'll have to wait for it to come down. He does.
Throws the first base to Weiss covering there,
and the sacrifice is effective. Well, there's
one way to bunt on this artificial surface, Lindsay.
Just chop it down, and the ball will bounce high
in the air. That's what happened, and Ryan had
to wait for it to come down. Well, the dime run
moves down to second base in scoring position
with Bob Tender on ahead at third. And the batter,
Bobby Bonds, who was struck out his first time
up. Bonds batting .346. He has four home runs,
ten runs batted in. That's playing the infield
back. They lead 2 -0 in the first pitch, a curve
that's in for a foul strike, and Bonds backs
away from the plate. He was fooled by that one.
Bonds was struck out on a 1 -2 fastball his first
time up. Bonds now has been struck out 25 times
this year in 22 games. And at one strike, the
pitch by Ryan. Again, the curve is topped out
toward shortstop. Come off by Foy. A play at
first base in time. And on the play. Bob Tanner
scores from third, and Alan Ear runs over to
third. So it's now a 2 -1 ballgame, a run batted
in for Barnes. An argument at first base as both
Barnes and the first base coach, Wes Westrom,
argue with the first base umpire, Ken Burkhardt,
and Burkhardt's got a very short fuse. Now Clyde
King comes out of the dugout. He wants to say
something to Burkhardt. Ed Sudol, a second base
umpire, coming over for some more support. And
King now, King now arguing with Burkhart. Weston
had walked away. He comes back to the discussion.
Now coming from the iron deck circle over to
the argument, Ken Henderson. Westrom walks away.
King still stays there. Barnes is going back
to the dugout. King is the kind of a man who
will argue very quietly. He's not very strong
in his talking personality. He's very persistent,
though. He's still there with the argument. On
the play, the time run has moved over to third,
and we still have a discussion going. After six
innings of play, the White Sox lead Baltimore
4 -2. White Sox with four runs in the bottom
of the sixth inning. Knocking Tom Peebles out.
King is still there, arguing. Started to walk
away, came back. Now he goes away. Harden is
now pitching for a battle more in place of Phoebus.
Tommy John, who has lost five, won none. The
start in the ballgame for the White Sox. Milwaukee
scheduled Washington for a night game. Detroit
against Kansas City for a night game. Kansas
City has lost seven in a row. At the end of seven,
Minnesota three, Cleveland one. Now order has
been restored and we're set to go. Two men away,
the batter Ron Hunt. Ron walked on four pitches
in his... First time up. Mets have been unable
to get him out. He was on every time yesterday.
And the first pitch is outside the ball. Unbetting
at an even 400. He has had three game -winning
hits for the Giants. The 1 -0 pitch by Ryan,
a curveball that is in for a called strike. Ron
Hunt moved away from the pitch. He stands right
on top of the plate, which would make it difficult
for him on the inside pitch. Now Ryan into the
windup, and time is called. Hunt stepping out
of the batter's box. Now Hunt back in. And at
1 -1, the pitch by Ryan is a fastball that is
low, and it's two balls and one strike. Ron Hunt
originally signed with the Milwaukee Braves.
That's got him from the farm system. moved on
to L .A., and now here with San Francisco. The
2 -1 delivery popped in the air to center field.
Moving over is Tommy Agee to get under the ball.
He's now called off by Ron Svoboda, and Ron makes
a catch as the wind drifts the ball toward him.
Every tie is a side, but in the inning, a run
for San Francisco, they have one hit. There was
a walk, and one man left on. And the score, at
the end of three, New York Mets 2, the San Francisco
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We're going to the top of the fourth inning.
The Mets leading 2 -1 after three. Nolan Ryan
dueling with Mike McCormick. And the first batter
for the Mets will be Joe Foy, who drove in two
Mets runs in the first inning with a single to
center field. Mets have had two runs on three
hits. Don Fundenin picking up two hits along
with Joe Foy. Giants have one run on one hit.
Base hit by Howell Anear. And now Joel Boyd,
the batter. Joel, right -hand batter. And the
first pitch is a screwball. It's over for a called
strike. Boyd hitting 183. Now has seven, make
it eight runs batted in. He's had one home run.
And McCormick, a left -hander. And the one -strike
delivery is a curveball inside. So he breaks
one the other way. And the count evens at one
ball and one strike. Cormac with a record of
1 -1 this year. And the 1 -1 pitch. Slow curveball
that hangs up high and it's two balls in one
strike. I got some trivia for you, Lindsey. But
Cormac attended Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra,
California. Ho, ho, ho. Campbell covered. 2 -1
and the pitch. Hit hard in the hole and on through
in the left field as O 'Neal dies for it and
he cannot come up with it. So far he has two
for two along with Don Clendenin. The Mets now
have four hits. And it brings up Al White. Al
was struck out his first time up. Mets leading
by a 2 -1 margin with no one out or in the top
of the fourth. Now McCormick working from the
set position. Weiss hitting at 2 -11. The runner
going. The pitch is swung on and missed. A big
jump by Boyd. He steals the base easily. Joe
Boyd with a stolen base and he did it on the
pitcher. He got a tremendous jump. That is his
fifth stolen base of the year. Boyd now has five
out of seven for the Mets and he is in scoring
position. Now Weiss protecting him as he swung
at the pitch. One strike count. Boy, last year
had 37 stolen bases for Kansas City. Now McCormick,
again from the set position. And the pitch to
Weiss. Curveball low and inside. McCormick trying
to keep the pitch inside to keep Weiss from hitting
behind the runner. One ball and one strike. Gil
Hodges believes that... One of the most important
plays in baseball is when a batter gives himself
up and hits a ground ball toward the second baseman.
In a situation like this, no one out, a runner
at second base. Now the pitch. It is again the
low inside curveball, too low for ball two. Two
balls and one strike. Signs go out. McCormick
working very slowly. Sets up again. And the 2
-1 pitch. It is low at the knees. A called strike
two in the count. Two balls and two strikes.
McCormick coming back with a fastball knee high.
Weiss batting from the right -hand side all the
way since last year. And the 2 -2 pitch is swung
on and missed, and now Weiss is struck out for
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Now Duffy Dyer, the batter. Duffy flied to center
field his first time up. Right -hand batter.
Batting a 2 -0 -8 for the year. Duffy has yet
to drive in a run this year. Runner at second
base. One man on top of the fourth. Immensely
2 -1. And a play on at second base. Foy gets
back just in time. The throw taken by Ron Hunt.
And the throw was away from Hunt. He had to make
a good play to catch the ball. He had to reach
over Foy and... Catch the ball, keep it from
going in the center field. Now McCormick again
has Hunt at the bag, and this time he does not
throw as Foy gets back before any action took
place. The guy is trying to hold a very fast
man, Joe Foy, close to the bag at second in case
of a play at the plate on a base hit to the outfield.
Here's the pitch. Slow curveball over the inside
corner, strike one. McCormick takes a lot off
the curve. One strikeout. Cormac now sets up.
And the play for him is stealing. It is inside.
The quarterback is not in time. And Joe Foy has
stolen his second base of the inning. That is
number six for Joe Foy this season. He got again
a big jump. So now the Giants will probably set
their infield in. Which gives Duffy Dyer a much
better chance to hit with one man out here in
the top of the fourth. Mets have a lot of base
-dealing potential in their lineup this year.
Slow curveball, tough bat to the mound. McCormick
fields it, shovels off underhanded. And the players
make the play in time on Troy as he flies into
the tag. On the fielder's choice, Dyer is at
first base, and we pause for station identification.
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Rob Kiner along with Lindsey Nelson and Bob Murphy
from San Francisco, California. Play at the plate,
a good play by Mike McCormick, cutting off Joe
Foy trying to score from third. Now it's Duffy
Dyer at first base with two men out at the top
of the fourth. The Mets leading by one, and the
batter is Nolan Ryan. First pitch to Nolan, a
slow curveball, too low for a ball. Ryan has
had one hit. And eight times up this year. And
McCormick back again, and a fastball is swung
on and missed it. One and one. One ball, one
strike. Dyer not being held on at first base
as Willie McCovey plays behind him. Next pitch
is hit hard down to the shortstop. Amiri makes
a one -hand grab, races to the back, a second
for the fourth play, taking a base hit away from
Ryan and concluding the inning. No runs, one
hit. No errors, a man left at first. And the
score in the middle of the fourth inning. The
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keep America beautiful. Bottom half of the fourth
inning, the Mets leading the Giants by a 2 -1
score, and the first batter for the Giants will
be the right fielder, Ken Henderson. Ken hit
into a double play his first time up. Left -hand
batter against the right -hander at Olin Ryan,
hitting at .377. Ryan has struck out two in the
ballgame. He has been reached for one run on
one hit. A walk to Bob Taylor cost him the run.
It was driven in by Bobby Bonds on the grounder
to third. And the first pitch occurred at slowest
ball one. Ryan has walked two batters in the
ballgame, both on four pitches, but he has not
been wild. By being very wild, he has missed
very closely. Now back again in the high inside
fastball for ball two. He'll be pitching to Ken
Henderson, Willie McCovey, and Dick Dietz here
in this inning. And the right -hander's next
pitch is swung on and fouled back. Henderson
going for a high fastball on the count. Two balls
and one strike. And the next delivery is fouled
back against the screen. Again, the fastball,
it's two and two. Line with a record of one win
and one loss as part of the fact that in its
first two decisions, going all the way, gave
up only three hits. And the next delivery at
two -two is a curve that's low. And a full count
to Ken Henderson. On deck batter, Willie McCovey.
Big pitch coming up here for Ryan. He takes the
windup and delivers. And he misses just off the
outside corner with a fastball. That pitch was
very, very close. That walks Henderson and brings
up Willie McCovey with no one out in the bottom
of the fourth inning, and the Mets trying to
protect a one -run lead. McCovey with a shift
on, grounded to Joe Foy, the third baseman, and
he was playing in the normal second baseman's
position. Al Weiss, the second baseman, is in
shallow right field. And the first pitch to McCovey
is a curveball too low for a ball. Bud Harrelson,
the shortstop, left in the normal shortstop position.
Similar shift devised by Lou Boudreau on Ted
Williams. Pitch back, a fastball, swung on a
miss. One and one. One ball, one strike. Covey
had a big swing, as you could probably hear.
From the fans, now the pitch. Throw ball, and
again, a swing and a miss. Good pitch by Ryan.
He had McCovey pulled, and the Cavs won in two.
McCovey's had six home runs this year, 17 runs
batted in. He's sitting at 200. And Ryan's next
to the livery, a fastball right through the middle
of the plate. McCovey stepped out of the batter's
box as some dust blew by, and the Mets' contending
time was not called. And here comes Gil Hodges
out to argue. The umpire has to call time, and
the batter cannot get it unless the umpire agrees
to give it to him. And you'd have to believe
from the way Duffy Dyer and Ryan acted. that
the umpire did not call time. He just gave the
pitch to Willie McCovey. And that's what Gil
Hodges is contending. The pitch was right down
the middle of fastball. And McCovey stepped out
of the batter's box while Ryan was in the act
of delivering because of the dust that flew by.
So we have our second argument of the day. The
first was lost by the Giants on a play at first
base, and now it's Gil Hodges saying he wants
McCovey struck out. as technically time was not
called. Now Ken Burkhart, the first base umpire,
is taking up the argument. All four umpires are
at home plate trying to help out Andy Olsen who
had a decision reversed by his fellow umpires
in Los Angeles. Now Gill apparently has been...
Satisfied, and he is going back to the dugout.
Possibly not satisfied, but he has given up the
argument. And McGovey's still at the plate. Umpires
go back to their stations. Burkhart to first
base. Sudol to second. DeWired to third. And
Ryan looks in for another sign. Runner at first
base. He represents the time run. And the pitch.
Curveball high and away. Duffy Dyer down to send
out the sign. And Ryan sets. Here's the pitch.
Fastball grounded towards Foy. The second baseman,
Foy, charges. He has no play at second base.
Picks up the out at first. There's no one at
third. And going over is Ryan to cover. And the
throw is perfect by Don Tandon. And Ryan takes
the throw and makes the pass. That's the way
it was. Ships on. Harrelson, the shortstop, was
over covering second base. If Boyd had time to
throw there, there was nobody at third. Boyd,
of course, the third baseman playing at the second
baseman's position. The second baseman playing
in right field. And so Henderson thought he could
make it over to third. Ryan, the pitcher, coming
from the pitcher's mound, beating to the bag.
And a perfect throw by Don Clendenin as just
about everybody was running toward third base.
You don't see too many 5 -3 -1 double plays.
So that's right. It's a 5 -3 -1 double play.
And the Giants lose a baserunner from scoring
position on the gamble. And now the batter will
be the catcher, Dick Dietz. And he takes the
first pitch low. It's ball one. 5 -3 -1 double
play started from second base. And finished at
third. And finished at third. Now there's a new
one for you. That's the second double play for
the Mets in the game. Anderson was involved in
that one, too. The next pitch is low, and it's
ball two. Dietz was struck out his first time
up on a fastball. He's batting .391 for the year
with six home runs and 21 runs batted in. The
2 -0 pitch. It's in the dirt, curveball missing,
and the count, three balls, no strikes. Well,
they say in baseball you see something new every
day. We can chalk this one up today, Lindsey.
Well, it's that way. I never saw that play before,
believe me. Three balls, no strikes. Ryan into
the lineup and the pitch to Dietz. It's in for
a call strike. Now 3 -1, the pitch back is high,
and it's ball four, and Ryan has walked his second
batter this inning, and it's fourth in the ballgame.
So again, the time run is at first base, and
the batter this time is Jim Davenport. Jim, on
a fastball, flied out to right field his first
time up. Deets not being held on at first base
by Clendenin. He's playing behind him. And the
pitch. High fastball, ball one. Mets have two
runs on four hits. The Giants have one run and
one hit. And Nolan Ryan, the young fireballer,
working to Jim Davenport. And the next pitch
is high. Davenport was starting the swing and
then held off. It's two balls and no strikes.
The other day, Wes Parker was asked if Ryan was
the fastest pitcher in the league, and he said,
no one throws harder. The 2 -0 pitch. And a curveball
that's inside, and it got now 3 -0. And Ryan's
loss to the Dodgers, in which he gave up two
hits at the start of this road trip. He was throwing
his curveball when he was behind and getting
the curveball over. Today, he has not been able
to do that. Of course, that would be a mark of
an outstanding pitcher. And a 3 -0, the pitch.
It's in for a called strike, and it's 3 -1. On
deck batter, a left fielder, Bob Taylor. Now
a 3 -1. Pitch is swung on and missed, and a full
count. 3 -2. Runner at first base, Dick Dietz,
will be running. Infield. Notified of that. Here's
the 3 -2 pitch. A runner going, and it's fouled
off. The Cow remains at 3 -2, and Dietz goes
back to first. New ball put in play, and Ryan.
Goes off the pitching mound to rub it up. Baltimore
got a run. Now a pitch inside and high ball four.
And Ryan has walked his fourth, his third man
in the inning. And it brings up the left fielder,
Bob Taylor. That is his fifth walk in the ballgame.
In the Baltimore -Chicago game, the White Sox
score Baltimore. Three after six and a half innings.
Time called because of rain. Baltimore got a
run in the seventh on Frank Robinson's fourth
home run of the year. Taylor's a left -hand batter.
He walked on four pitches his first time up and
has scored the only giant run. Let's lead two
to one. Giant threatening. And a curve is hideaway
ball one. Rube Walker, the pitching coach of
the Mets, now trotting out to the mound. Ken
Henderson led off the inning on a 3 -2 walk.
Willie McCovey was next, and with the shift on,
Willie grounded to Joe Foy, the third baseman,
playing in the second baseman's position with
the second baseman in shallow right field. Foy
had no play on... Henderson at second base on
the slow ground ball by McCovey. He threw over
to first base, and McCovey was out. There was
no one covering third, and Henderson trying to
go to third was out when Fendenin threw to Ryan,
who finally covered the bag. Then Dick Dietz
walked in a 3 -1 pitch, and Jim Dallenport walked
in a 3 -2 pitch to put runners back on. Now the
pitch to Taylor. It's way inside and low, and
it's ball two. Two balls, no strikes. Taylor
is a stocky left -hand batter. Small strikes
on the 2 -0 pitch. Swung on and missed. And it's
2 -1. Taylor batting 133. Two hits and 15 times
up. Two balls, one strike. Ryan set. And the
pitch. Swung on and missed. Strike two. So Ryan
back even at two and two. Been a long inning.
With all the walk. Ryan sets. Checks at second
base. And the pitch to the plate. It is just
low and that pitch was close. That fills the
count. So the runners will be going two men away.
The count three and two on Bob Taylor, the on
-deck batter, Howell Lanier. Ryan having trouble
trying to get that final out. And the pitch.
It is top foul into the stand. So Ryan gets it
over, but Taylor spoils it. Ryan will have to
do it all over again. Jim Davenport had the count
three and two and fouled one off and then walked.
Signs go out. Ryan sets up. The runners go. The
pitch. Swung on and missed. And Ryan strikes
out Bob Taylor to end the inning. That's his
third strikeout in the inning. No runs, no hits,
no errors. Three walks and two men left on. And
the score, at the end of four, the Mets two,
the Giants one. Well, Mets fans, we're into another
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Come on in and give them a try. We'll have the
top of the batting order up here in the fifth
inning now. Through four innings of play at Candlestick,
it's the New York Mets two runs on four hits
and no errors. The San Francisco Giants one run,
only one hit and no errors. A .G. had a 10 -game
hitting streak coming into today's game. He's
gone 0 -2 so far. He flied to right and he grounded
out short to first. Mike McCormick has walked
two and struck out two so far. New York Mets
will be in San Diego tomorrow night. We'll be
on the air at 10 .25 p .m. New York time. It'll
be a Saturday afternoon game at San Diego and
then a Sunday doubleheader. We'll be televising
the first game on Sunday from San Diego. The
Mets will travel back to New York on Monday and
open up on Tuesday night at Shea Stadium in New
York against the Los Angeles Dodgers. A .G. is
in and waiting left -hander. Mike McCormick takes
the sign. Goes into the motion. Here's the pitch.
High for a ball. Bud Harrelson is on deck. The
Mets are leading here by a score of 2 -1. Wind
blowing out toward right characteristically here
at Candlestick. And that pitch misses outside.
Here's a final score in the American League.
The Minnesota Twins have defeated the Cleveland
Indians by a score of 4 -1. Luis Teod got his
fourth win of the year. He's lost none, and Steve
Hargan took the loss. There's a swing and a high
pop to the right side. Hunt retreats into right
field, and Ken Henderson moves up and calls him
off. Henderson makes the catch. Went away. Bud
Harrison's the batter. Been up twice without
a hit. Brought a four -game hitting streak into
the ballgame. He is hit safely in 16 of the 18
games played by the Mets this year. At Sox Park
in Chicago, midway of the seventh inning, the
White Sox are leading the Baltimore Orioles by
a score of 4 -3, and time has been called there
because of rain in Chicago. That pitch is low
for a ball. The Baltimore run in the seventh
was a home run by Frank Robinson, his fourth
of this season. Far mix pitch. Swung on and line
in the right center. Could be in between. Can
Bonds catch up? He can't. It's over him and all
the way to the wall. Harrison is at second and
he's going to try for three. But Harrison going
on in standing at third with a triple. And it
is his fourth triple of this season. A power
blast for the little man who found some power
somewhere this year and he's been delivering
it. Harrison tripling with one man out. It was
to right center, and Bobby Bonds, who has a world
of speed, started over. Couldn't catch up because
it was beyond him. Now, Cleon Jones is coming
up as the Giants have to play the infield in.
Cleon has walked and flied to center so far.
The Mets leading by a score of 2 -1 and making
a bid here to get another run in. Harrelson at
third with one man out. Leon Jones settled himself
carefully, slowly into the batter's box. Mike
McCormick now into the motion. The pitch is high
and tight for a ball. Waiting on deck is Don
Clendenin. Frank Rehberger is up and throwing
again in the bullpen for the San Francisco Giants.
He's the right -hander they got from San Diego.
This pitch misses inside. McCormick goes behind
2 -0 to Cleon Jones. He's walked two and he's
struck out two in this ballgame. Mets have five
hits and the Giants have one. Infield in. Harrelson
leading down the line from third. Jones steps
back for a moment. Here's a 2 -0 pitch. Swung
on and it's fouled off his foot. Rolls back out
to the mound. 2 -1 is the count to Cleon Jones.
Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland A's today by
a score of 8 -7. That's the fifth consecutive
loss for Charlie. No other action going in the
afternoon in the National League. There are three
games in the National League tonight. Cubs are
at Atlanta. There's a swing and a drive down
the left field. Out out foul ball going into
the Met bullpen. Ripped down there off the bat
at Jones. That evens the count at 2 -2. Houston
Astros are at St. Louis tonight. The Montreal
Expos are at Los Angeles. Atlanta Braves, of
course, have been scratching around for pitching.
They signed Dick Farrell a few days ago. Never
used him. before releasing him in favor of Ronnie
Kline. They lost up Shaw and Reed through injuries.
2 -2 pitch, swung on it, on the ground to the
right side, goes through for a base hit with
a drawn in infield. It scores, Harrelson, and
Jones is out with a single right and a run batted
in. Well, that's the case of a ground ball that
went through with the infield in that could have
been fielded had the infield been back. Now Mets
take a 3 -1 lead. Don Glenn Dunnan is two for
two here in this game. He has scored one run,
hitting cleanup, and manager Gil Hodges met batting
order. Jones takes the lead at first. McCormick
throws over. Not in time. Jones is back safely.
Reberger continues to throw on the bullpen for
the Giants. Again, a throw to first, and Jones
is back safely. Boy, he stole two bases in the
fourth inning. Stole second, stole third. So
McCormick's trying to keep a short halter on
Jones. He's running, and the pitch is swung on
and popped up foul out of play down right field
way. Goes into the seats. Jones comes back. Yeah,
I just pushed on a lot of must -run plays. As
this year, since he has speed on the ball club,
meaning the runner takes off and it's up to the
discretion of the batter. Sometimes called a
run and hit as opposed to a hit and run where
the batter should protect the runner. Throw to
first, not in time. Slovota's on deck. Throw
to first, Jones is back safely. This will be
a strike one delivery. Foul back and out of play.
It goes to two strikes now to Don Clinton. Jones
leaves it first. McCovey holds against him there.
Two -strike delivery. Swung on and fouled off.
The count holds at two strikes. Come on, I'm
San Diego. It'll be Tom Seaver for the New York
Mets going after his fifth win of the year against
Al Santorini of the San Diego Padres. Santorini
from New Jersey and had a victory over the Mets
last year. There's a throw to first. Jones is
hung up. He was off and running. He's in a run
down now. McCovey is catching him up, faking
as he goes, and tags him out. So, Creon Jones
is picked off. 1 -3 -4 -3 is the way the play
went. So, Creon was finally picked, and there
are two men out. He was off and moving, and so
the left -hander. Made the play at first, and
he was in the rundown. So there are two men out
now. They count to Glenn Dillon to play the two
strikes. The Mets are leading in the game by
a score of 3 -1. That pitch is high for a ball.
1 -2 delivery. And it is hacked. Fair ball. 2
-2. Dietz and McCormick each thought they might
get a strike call. Each took a step toward the
dugout. But Andy Olsen, the umpire behind the
plate, said it was out of the strike zone. The
count evens at 2 -2. Now swinging a foul ball
off and out of play. Eddie Yost comes way down
off the coaching lines to retrieve that foul
ball. Now McCormick sets up, looks for the sign,
goes into the motion, 2 -2 pitch. Below, and
it's off the glove of B, throwing away, and McCormick's
gone full now with two men out, nobody on base.
Bud Harrelson tripled and was brought home by
Cleon Jones. To give the Mets that third run.
Here's the payoff pitch. It's fouled off. Count
continues. That's 3 -2 to Don Clendenin. Clendenin
spent most of his Major League career with the
Pittsburgh Pirates, and he used to wear the early
New York Mets out. He was a terror for the Mets
in the Pittsburgh uniform. Here's the payoff
pitch. Oh, hi, Sally. Come in. Oh, hi, Dolly.
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Andy! STP! This is the New York Mets Baseball
Network. You're listening to New York Mets Baseball
on WKAJ -FM 102 .3 in Saratoga Springs, New York,
the home of the New York Mets. This is Lindsey
Nelson with Ralph Cantor and Bob Murphy at Candlestick
Park in San Francisco. Al Lanier up. Ryan's first
pitch is low for a ball. Lanier's been up one
time and he had a base hit. Ryan delivers. And
it's in there for a call strike. One and one.
Ryan has struck out three and he's walked five
here today. He walked three batters in the bottom
of the fourth. One -one delivery. Swung on it
in the air to center field. And A .G. is going
back. He's there. Makes the catch. A .G. having
a little trouble as he got back through the wind
blowing out rather stiffly out there. He got
back set and then sort of ducked his head away
as he grabbed it. But there is one man out, and
Mike McCormick's coming up. Been up one time
and sacrificed, so officially he has not been
charged with a time at bat. Jim McAndrew is walking
from the bullpen area down toward the dugout
now. He is scheduled to pitch the Saturday game
for the Mets against the San Diego Padres. Jim
McAndrew. Pitch to the left -hand batter. Swung
on it on the ground. And it is taken at second
by Weiss and played the first inside. Weiss had
the range way over in the hole between first
and second to glove that ground ball. Play on
to get McCormick. Two away. Bobby Barnes will
be the better. Struck out and grounded out to
drive and a run. The original Met is here this
afternoon. The first man ever selected by the
New York Mets in their expansion draft before
the 1962 season. Toby Landry. He's in business
here in the greater San Francisco area. There's
a swing and a foul ball back and out of play.
His younger son recently underwent an operation
for the amputation of a leg. Here's a pitch to
Bobby Bond. Swung on and missed. A malignant
tumor was discovered in his ankle, and the amputation
followed. Two men out, nobody on base. This will
be a two -strike pitch to Bobby Bond. Nolan Ryan
delivers, and it misses low and away. So it's
one and two. When Landreth was selected as the
first nut in the expansion draft, it was an interesting
situation. Here's a pitch. Swung on and missed.
Struck him out to retire the side. We'll finish
that story later. Four strikeouts for Nolan Ryan.
No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. And at
the end of five full innings of play, the score
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York. The Met catcher, who was the first expansion
draft selection, and somebody said to Casey Stengel,
the manager of the Mets then, why did you select
a catcher as your first choice? Casey thought
about it and said, because if you don't have
a catcher, you have all pass balls, which seemed
as good a reason as any. Hobie was traded from
the New York Mets to Baltimore. And another interesting
thing that happened is his older son, Gary, had
been around the ball club, and so he went to
him when he was traded and said, son, I've been
traded, and I think you ought to know it. And
the boy said, oh, I know that. I've known it
a couple of days. I was in the dugout, and I
heard Mr. Single talking on the phone to Mr.
White, and I knew you were traded, but I didn't
tell you because you told me never to repeat
anything I heard in the dugout or in the locker
room. Ryan Swoboda's up. Here's Mike McCormick
with the pitch. Swung on and fouled off. Bovoda
with a batting average now of .244. Through five
innings, the Mets three runs, six hits, no errors.
Giant one run, one hit, no errors. Breaking pitch
right in there. Good curveball for a called strike,
too, to Sloboda. Sloboda! There's a swing and
a foul ball. Count holes at two strikes. Candlestick
Park. Which will be considerably remodeled. Of
course, in the next year. Which already has an
artificial turf. Two -strike pitch. Outside.
One and two. Of course, the big problem at Candlestick
through the years has been the wind. The giant
organization has become a little touchy about
it also. Here's the one -two pitch. Swung on
it on the ground up the middle. It's a base hit
for Ron Swivota. Fielded out there by Bonds and
played back. So it's a leadoff hit. Joe Poi is
coming up. He's been up twice. He's had two hits.
He's driven in two runs and he's stolen two bases.
That was base hit number seven from the Mets
in this game. Some members of the Giant organization
were saying yesterday that they hear some of
the comments around. that you would think that
the Giants brought the win with them when they
came out from New York. They would like to point
out that he's always been here. Here's a pitch
low for a ball. Frank Reberger gets up to throw
again now in the Giant bullpen. The Mets are
leading by a score of 3 -1. McCormick checks
the runner at first. He's running. Here's a swing
and a ground ball foul. Off and out of play.
That'll bring Swivota back. Jones was picked
off by McCormick in the last inning. With a considerable
amount of speed on the ball club, Gil Hodges
has made the Mets this year a running ball club.
They run at the slightest provocation. Here's
a pitch low and inside. Dug out neatly with a
one -hand stab by catcher Dick Dietz. Speed is
a quality much to be desired in almost any sport
you can think of. Old baseball men used to say
it's the one quality that will serve you well
on offense or defense in baseball. Go to first
and throw boaters back safely. There is nobody
out. This will be a 2 -1 pitch. Another try at
first base, but Svoboda's back save it. Svoboda
was out there with a short lead, sort of rocking,
and McCormick threw over. If you're going to
go, 2 -1's an excellent pitch to go on. It doesn't
go, but it's ripped up the alley and left center
by Foy. It'll be a base hit, one hop, and over
the wall, a ground rule double. It hops over
the wall. Svoboda's being held up at third. And
it's a double for Boyd. As said, Ball hit way
out there. The edge of the AstroTurf. He bounded
over the left field fence. It takes a high hop
coming off the artificial turf. Here comes Clyde
King, the giant manager. There goes the sign
to the bullpen. That's all for McCormick. Reburger
will be coming in. The Mets will have runners
at second and third with nobody out. And Al Weiss
will be coming up. But we're going to get a pitching
change right here. Interesting thing about that
play was the fact that Lee Weier, the umpire
at third, was moving around into position for
the possible play there. He looked up and saw
the ball over the fence, but he didn't know whether
it got over there on the fly or got over there
on the hop. So he gave no sign of any guy until
he got some assistance. Reburger has arrived
at the mound now. McCormick has gone to the dugout.
Manager Clyde King's going back. McCormick worked.
innings and faced two betters here in the sixth.
Charged so far with three runs on, eight hits,
struck out two and walked two. Rehberger is coming
in to make his eighth appearance of the year.
He had three starts. He worked against the Mets
in the first game of this series for two innings,
gave up no runs on, one hit. His overall record
is no wins and one loss. At San Diego last year,
he had a record of one win and two losses. He's
from Caldwell, Idaho. As he warms up to check
us out on scores, here's Bob Murphy. All right,
Lindsey, the other action in the National League
will be tonight, Chicago playing at Atlanta.
In the ballgame, Billy Williams will play his
1 ,000th consecutive game and become the only
National League player in history to play that
many ballgames without missing one. Houston at
St. Louis, the Astros trying to snap an eight
-game losing streak. All eight losses on this
road trip. And Montreal and the Dodgers play
in Los Angeles. In the American League this afternoon
with Rico Peppersulli, George Scott, and Billy
Canigliero all hitting home runs. The Red Sox
shaded Oakland 8 -7. Gary Peters the winner and
Jim Rowland the loser. For Oakland, Philippa
Liu and Frank Fernandez hit home runs. Final
score, Boston 8 and Oakland 7. The A's now have
lost five in a row. Luis Teon picked up his fourth
win of the year as Minnesota beat Cleveland 4
-1. Hargan was the loser. Killebrew, Allier,
and Cardenas hit home runs for Minnesota and
Greg Nettles for Cleveland. Chicago 4, Baltimore
3. They're in the seventh inning and being held
up because of rain. Milwaukee and Washington
tonight. Detroit and Kansas City tonight. And
now we have a pinch hitter coming up and to tell
you all about it and pick up the action, Lindsay
Nelson. All right, Bob Murphy, manager Gil Hodges,
wastes no time in going to his left -hand batter.
Now that there's a right -hand pitcher out there,
it's Boswell batting for White. They're runners
at second and third for the Mets. The Giants
play the infield in, and there's nobody out.
The Mets are leading by a score of 3 -1. Here's
the pitch now to Boswell, and it hits him. He
is a hit batsman, and he's going down to first
base. That one was tight and came all the way
back to the screen. Of course, the ball is dead
when it hits him, and there's no advance possible
for baserunners who hold. And Boswell goes to
first, a hit batsman. He's all right. Duffy Dyer
comes up with the bases loaded. Dyer has been
up twice without a hit. He is not yet better
than a run this season. He's hitting 200. The
Giants leave the infield in. Marie Berger with
the pitch, working straight away. And it's low
for a ball. The Mets making a bid to break it
open here now in the top half of the sixth inning.
They're leading by a score of 3 -1, but they're
in a spot where a base hit can do their cause
a lot of good now. Runners at first, second,
and third. Marie Berger with the pitch. And it's
in there for a call strike to Duffy Dyer, 1 -1.
Nolan Ryan is waiting on deck. Ron Svoboda is
the runner at third. Joe Foy is at second. And
Boswell is at first. Dietz flashes a sign out
to the lanky right hander who doesn't get it
and backs off the mound. Now he's set again.
1 -1 pitch. Way outside. Catcher Dietz has to
move out there on one knee to glove it. It's
two balls and a strike to Dyer. Giant in field
end. Jim Johnson, Frank Lindsey up and throwing
in the bullpen for the Giants. A left -hander,
Johnson. A right -hander, Lindsey. Two -run pitch.
Swung on and tipped back in the glove of Dietz.
It's 2 -2. Nolan Ryan starts to... Peel off the
jacket now in the on -deck circle. Bright, clear,
and sunny here in San Francisco with the wind
blowing out toward right field. Here's the 2
-2 pitch. Swung on and on the ground is short.
Play at the plate. The force is accomplished.
He's out. There is no relay. As Swoboda... was
sliding in, he hooked Deetz, and a call is being
made, I believe, to call out Duffy Dyer at first
for interference of Swoboda on Deetz as he was
getting ready to go to first. Andy Olsen made
the call as Swoboda went sliding in. Deetz had
taken the throw the force was on and stepped
out a step in front of the plate, but Swoboda
hooked him, tripped him, and Olsen is signaling
down there that... Dyer is also out. Now, Leslie
Dyer is slowly coming off the bag. Yogi Berra
is beside him, and here comes Jill Hodges out
now. You want to discuss this a little further
with Andy Olsen. Olsen called Dyer out at first
because of the interference by Swoboda on the
play at the plate. The fourth play was 6 -2.
It was from Lanier to Dietz. So now Hodges and
Andy Olsen are discussing it. There are two men
out. Runners at second and third. And pitcher
Nolan Ryan is coming up. The Mets are leading
3 -1. He's a right -hand batter. Ryan is one
for nine at the plate this year. He's hitting
111. Infield, of course, dropped back to normal
depth now by the Giants with two men out. Med
runners lead at second and third. Reberger off
the stretch, and it's high for a ball. Calls
time. Goes to the mound. Looking into the dugout
as he does. Willie McCovey. Calls time. Goes
to the mound. Catcher Dick Dietz goes to the
mound. 1 -0 is the count. Nolan Ryan, meanwhile,
has been called on by Eddie Yost. Signed man
at third. The runner at third has excellent speed.
And keep in mind, in the first game of this series,
that Bud Harrelson stole home. Here's a pitch
that is high for a ball. I read it was in Los
Angeles that Harrelson stole home. 2 -0 the count
to Nolan Rodgers. He looks down to Eddie Yost.
There's always the possibility of a two -odd
squeeze with a circumstance like this. Not a
probability at all. That pitch is in for a called
strike. It's two and one. That's three in the
giant one. Two men out, two men on. Now Reberger
backs off the rubber, steps up again. He's working
straight away. Here's the 2 -1 pitch. Swung on
and missed. It's 2 -2. Tommy Agee is next in
the Met order. We're in the top of the sixth.
Ah, 2 -2 pitch. Swung on and fouled off back
at first out of play. If you're scoring the ball
game, catcher Dick Deets gets credit for the
put -out on the forced play, and also he gets
credit for the put -out on the interference call.
This will be a 2 -2 pitch now to Nolan Ryan.
Lowe, the count is full at 3 -2. Joe Foy at third,
Ken Boswell at second. Here's the payoff pitch
to Ryan. Swung on it in the air to right, and
Henderson is lifting back, flips the glasses,
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stays in the ballgame for the Mets at second
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Hunt here in the bottom of the sixth. Ryan has
struck out four and walked five. Now on one run
on one hit. Hunt so far has walked and slid to
right. average for the season stands right now
at 393. And pitch. Low for a ball. Ken Henderson
is on deck. 1 -0 pitch. In there for a call strike,
it's 1 -1. There's a fastball high and away,
and it goes to two balls and one strike to Hunt.
The Mets got two runs in the top of the first
inning here today. Giants got one in the bottom
of the third. The Mets added another in the top
of the fifth. This is a breaking pitch low. Three
balls and a strike to Ron Hunt, trying to work
out a walk. Flicks down to Ozzie Virgil, the
sideman at third. 3 -1 pitch. High walking. That
is the sixth base on balls issued by Nolan Ryan.
It is the third inning in which he has issued
a leadoff walk. Bob Taylor leading off in the
third inning, and Taylor later scored the giant
run. It's Henderson up, and he's followed by
McCovey. Off the stretch, Ryan Fitts. Low for
a ball. Henderson. Walked as a leadoff man in
the fourth inning. He grounded into a double
play in the first inning. holds against Hunt
at first. Pitch is swung on and missed. It's
one and one. The Mets three, the Giants one.
In the bottom of the sixth inning at Candlestick
Park in San Francisco. Henderson is a switch
hitter. He's batting left against Ryan. Which
misses out of way. So it's two balls and a strike.
Ryan has struggled in getting the ball over the
plate today. Two on delivery. Swung on and popped
up. It's an infield pop near the mound. Foy moves
over and calls, and school baseman Joe Foy puts
it away. Unholds it first, and here comes McCubby.
The New York Mets start into their shift. That
means third baseman Floyd moves over on the second
base side of the bag. Ken Boswell takes the station
about five steps deep on the right field turf.
Ben Dunnan holds against the runner. Shortstop
Bud Harrison moves over near the bag at second.
And this pitch, high. for a ball. The Mets three
runs, eight hits. The Giants one run, one hit.
Pitch to McCovey. Swung on and fouled back. It's
one and one. It's two previous times up today
with the shift on. On each occasion, McCovey
has hit a ground ball to point. On the second
base side of the bag. This is a 1 -1 pitch. And
it's hit deep to center. It is way back, but
A .G. has it lined up. And makes the catch in
center field. That hollow at the second goes
back to first. A .G.'s throw is to first, but
not in time. So McCovey is out on a fly ball
to deep center. And Dick Deets is coming up with
two men out. East has struck out and walked so
far. East is a right -hand batter. Nolan Ryan
checks the runner at first and deals a pitch
that's fouled back. It's strike one. the bottom
of the sixth inning. Breaking pitch is high.
One and one. Ryan hasn't been able to get the
curveball over today. He struck out four and
walked six. That miss is high and away. So he
goes behind the deeps now. Two balls and a strike.
Ron hunts the runner at first. 2 -1 delivery.
Foul back off the screen and out of play. Count
holds at 2 -2 now. Ron takes a moment before
stepping up. Hunt takes the lead at first base.
But you swing on and miss. Ryan strikes out to
each for his fifth strikeout of the ballgame.
And the side is retired. No runs, no hits, no
errors. A walk and one left at the end of six
full innings of play. The score is the Mets three
and the Giants one. Some people say the dollar
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place. ...throws in his warm -ups. We'll pause
for station identification. This is the New York
Mets Baseball Network. You're listening to New
York Mets Baseball on WKAJ -FM 102 .3 in Saratoga
Springs, New York, the home of the New York Mets.
Bob Murphy with Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Kanner,
seven winning at Candlestick Park, Mets leading
3 -1, and Tommy Agee leads off in the seventh.
Tommy O for three this afternoon, twice has flied
to right and has bounced to short. And the pitchers
take an outside ball one. They have resumed play
in Chicago after being held up because of rain
in the seventh inning. Drive hit deep to left
field. Way back. It's going. And there it goes.
A home run. A line drive home run for Tommy Agee.
His second round cover of the season. The Mets
lead 4 -1. Joe Foy, Leon Jones, and Tommy Agee
have all celebrated their return to the lineup
here this afternoon. Foy single two runs in,
Jones single to run in, and now Tommy Agee has
hit a home run. Tommy's second home run, the
other home run was off. Lowell Palmer of the
Phillies, he hit it to center field. This was
a hard line drive, pulled a straightaway left
field. Tommy Agee with the home run keeps his
streak alive. He now sits safely in 11 straight
ballgames. Bud Harrelson has something in his
eye, and trainer Tom McKenna comes out to try
and get it out for him. Harrelson tripled to
right center his last time at bat, and for Bud
it was his fourth three -base out of the year.
That 11 -game hitting streak matches the Mets
club record. Bud Harrelson now steps in to face
Frank Reburger. Here's the pitch on the way.
And a fly ball in the air to short left field.
Coming in, coming in. Bob Taylor and the left
fielder has it for the out. Mets leading 4 -1
in the 7th inning. Cleon Jones coming up. Cleon
single to right. His last time at bat, driving
home Bud Harrelson after Bud's triple. Cleon
was later picked off by Mike McCormick. New York
now, four runs on nine hits, no errors. And San
Francisco, one run, one hit, and no errors. The
only giant hit drove in a run. Jim Johnson, a
left -hander. Frank Lindsay, a right -hander,
working in the giant bullpen. A swing and a miss
on a breaking ball, strike one. Don Condon is
on deck and then runs for both of them. Breeze
blowing from left across toward right. Giants
in the outfield playing Cleon a step toward left.
And a half swing he held up in time. It broke
low and away. One ball, one strike to Jones.
Yogi Berra coaching at first base. Eddie Yost
at third. Now the 1 -1 delivery. Low and outside.
It's two balls and a strike. The home run by
Agee, the first hit off Reberger since he came
in. Now it's low outside, ball three, three and
one. Reberger, tall, thin right -hander. Ground
ball hits slowly, racing for it McCovey. Now
he throws the ball, bounces, can't make a play.
Jones is on with an infield hit. A slow bouncer
in the no -man's land. McCovey leaving the bag,
angling toward the mound, fielded the ball. He's
left -handed. And as a result, after getting
the ball in his glove, he just was not in position
to throw the ball to first base with anything
on it. And Cleon beats it out for a base hit.
Cleon's second hit of the game. He now has two
for three and a walk. Don Quindone on the batter.
Quindone has two for three and his last time
up. He hit a brutal line drive that was caught
by Ledeer. Was it so hard to knock Lanier down
when he caught it? Now Reberger off the stretch.
And the pitch thrown, low outside, ball one.
Ron Swoboda occupies the on -deck circle. But
Denon has a lot of power. Right -hand hitter,
they play him around the left. And a curve on
the outside corner, a strike, one ball and one
strike. The White Sox got two runs in the seventh
inning after play resumed. The White Sox now
lead the Orioles 6 -3 as they go to the eighth
inning. And a ground ball hit toward the middle,
running forward as Hattie smothers it, throws
the second out! A ground ball hit right up the
middle of the diamond. Hunt left his feet, made
a head first to dive through the air, smuttled
the ball, and while stretched out on the ground,
flipped the ball to the nearest second for the
fourth play on Cleon Jones. Well, Don Condon
very easily could have four for four here today.
Last two times in bat, he has had bases taken
away from him. Ron Hunter set quite a series
against his old teammates. Ron Swoboda has walked,
bounced to short, and singled to center, one
for two. Mets leading 4 -1, top of the seventh
inning. Now the pitch by Reberger. Swing and
a miss, strike one. At least one hit on every
inning of the ballgame with the exception of
the second. Down comes the pitch. And a hard
slider on the outside. Corner strike two. New
York four runs on ten hits. The Giants one run
on one hit. Now Reberger makes the stop. There
goes the runner. The pitch is over. Strike three
called. When Dutton was running, but Sloboda
is called out on strike. Tad retired one run.
There were two hits. No errors. One left off.
Now in the middle of the seventh inning. The
New York Mets four and the San Francisco Giants
one. That's returned to Shea Stadium to start
their homestand on Tuesday night. The Dodgers
are in town. Eight games on the next homestand,
three with the Dodgers, three with the Giants,
and two with Montreal. Giants are at Shea Stadium
next weekend, Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday
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service charge to cover the cost of handling
and mailing. Jim Davenport faces Nolan Ryan in
the last of the seventh inning. Ryan out of his
windup fires the express that it's inside ball
wide. The tail end of the batting order coming
up. Clyde King has Frank Lindsey working in the
bullpen. Davenport has flied to right and reached
on a walk. Curve over the inside corner. A strike.
One ball and one strike. Al Lanier has the only
hit off Nolan Ryan. He's single. Back in the
third inning. To help build the Giants' run.
The 1 -1 delivery. Line to the air. The right
center. Running hard. Tommy Agee. And he runs
it down. He didn't have the ball in the pocket
of his glove. He had it right in the fingertips.
It wouldn't stay there. It hit and rolled toward
the fence. Davenport is on second with a double.
Giants have their second hit of the ball game,
and it brings up Bob Taylor, the left fielder.
He walked back in the third and later scored
for the Giants. His second time at bat, he went
down swinging. That's the second base hit. Foul.
Called it back over the screen by Bob Taylor
in the counter -strike one. Bob Taylor is a rookie.
Quite a backlog of minor league experience. He
spent eight years in the minor leagues. Last
year, he had 331 in the Pacific Coast League.
Steve Whittaker is around the bat rack. Al Lanier
is on deck, and then the pitcher, Reberger, is
scheduled up. So Steve Whittaker is around the
bat rack. It's in for a call strike to Bob Taylor.
Nolan Ryan with a two -strike count. Today's
game, Ryan has walked six and struck out five.
Allowed one run, two bases. Now Nolan makes the
one -second stop. And the pitch on the way, fouled
on the left -field line, no play. He hit that
one late, trying to get around on the fastball.
His first start this year, he shut out the Phillies.
He allowed one hit, a single by Denny Doyle.
His second start, he allowed two hits and lost
the game 1 -0. Bob Taylor waiting. Swing and
a miss. He got him. Strikeout number six for
Nolan Ryan. Now Hal Lanier will be coming on
to hit. Nolan Lanier is being called back. And
Steve Whitaker is going to bat for Hal Lanier.
This is Steve Whitaker hitting for Lanier. Lanier
has been hitting the ball well. Bobby Heiss goes
down to the bullpen to warm up his arm. He'll
take over his short. Lanier had the only hit
off Ryan until the double by Davenport here in
the seventh. When we saw Whitaker around the
bat rack, we first thought he would be hitting
for the pitcher. Bob Berta has come out on deck
now. Swing and a miss by Whitaker. Strike one.
Berta has come out on deck to bat for Reberger.
And up in pitching position. Delivers. Swing
and a miss. Ryan's expressed. Nolan's just reaching
back now and firing that fastball. Nolan now
has walked six and struck out six. His first
start this year, he fanned 15. And in the second
start, he struck out five. For his career, he
has averaged a little better than a strikeout
in an inning. Now the pitch. Outside and a high.
One ball and two strikes. Met pitching staff
came into this ballgame with an amazing staff
earned run average of 2 .4. Gets one ball and
two strikes. Down comes the pitch. He's struck
him out swinging. Noah Ryan with his fastball.
Gets Steve Whitaker. That's number seven. Now
Bob Berta. No, it's going to be Don Mason. Berta
is called back. He was out on the on -deck circle,
but now Clyde King calls him back. And Don Mason
will be the pinch hitter. Mason has been up six
times this year without a hit. So Don Mason.
Bats for Frank Reburger. The Giants will put
a new pitcher in the ballgame in the eighth inning.
Mason, a left -hand hitter, was in 104 ballgames
with the Giants last year and batted .228. Two
outs and one on, last of the seventh. Mets lead
4 -1. Now Ryan brings the right arm around. And
a fastball is high. Ball one. Bobby Bonds, the
on -deck hitter. Davenport on second. He doubled
leading off the inning. Outside and high. Ball
two. Nolan Ryan gets behind Mason. Two balls
and no strikes. Four of Ryan's seven strikeouts
have come in the last three innings. But 2 -0
delivery. Ball three up high, three and nothing.
Bobby bonds the on -deck batter. Mets leading
4 -1. Ryan behind on the count, three balls and
no strikes to the pinch batter, Don Mason. 3
-0 delivery. He's taking all away. It's high
ball four. So now Bobby Bonds, a long ball hitter,
comes up. That's the seventh walk. Seven walks
and seven strikeouts. Bobby Bonds has gone 0
-3 against Nolan Ryan. Twice has been struck
out. Bonds hitting .337 with four home runs and
ten runs batted in. Make it 11 RBI as he drove
in. The lone giant run in the third inning when
he grabbed it out. A half swing. He held up in
time. It's inside and a high ball one. Bonds
the hitter with Ron Hunt on deck. And the pitch
by Ryan fouled it back upstairs and out of play.
Seven walks by Nolan Ryan ties a club record.
Cardwell walked seven in one ballgame last year.
Cardwell walked seven in a game against the Giants
in late August last season. The 1 -1 delivery.
Swing and a miss. He goes after a breaking ball.
with a count of one and two on Bobby Bond Davenport
on second Mason on first two men out now with
a count of one and two you can bet that Ryan
will be reaching back trying to get that extra
yard Ryan in the set position and the pitch on
the way just missed inside it's two and two Wes
Westrom coaching at first. Ozzie Virgil at third
for the Giants. Tommy Agee playing Bobby Bonds
astride toward right center. Pitching two and
two. Ground ball hit down to third base. In comes
Foy. He's up with it. Steps on third. The side
is up. First play at third made by Joe Foy. That
retires the Giants. No runs. One hit, no errors,
and two left on. At the end of seven, the New
York Mets four and the San Francisco Giants one.
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New Jersey, ask you to help keep America beautiful.
Frank Lindsay, the new pitcher for the Giants,
as we go to the eighth inning, and Bobby Heiss
is now playing shortstop. Frank Reberger came
on in the sixth. He pitched two innings. Gave
up one run, allowed four hits. He walked none
and struck out one. Now Frank Linzer is on in
the eighth. seen Lindsey and each of the three
games in the series. Joe Foy will lead off. Foy
has really celebrated his return to the lineup
today. Three for three. Two singles and a double.
All four of the right -hand hitters benched by
Gil Hodges because they were not hitting. have
returned to the lineup today, and all four have
come up with base hits. Now Lindsey out of his
windup in the pitch to Foy, a fastball high at
ball one. Leon has two for three. Ron Svoboda,
one for three. Joe Foy, three for three. And
Tommy Agee, one for four, a home run. Lindsey
delivers and gets the outside corner at all strike.
Frank Lindsey has now relieved three days in
a row in this series. He has now been in 13 ballgames
already. The 1 -1 delivery by Lindsey. Ground
ball whacked down to third. Big hop for Davenport.
The overhand throw to McCovey. One down. In relief
last year, Lindsey won 14 and lost nine. You
know, the people of Wrangeville... reminds you
a beautiful America is up to you. So please don't
litter. One away in the eighth inning, Ken Boswell
bats for the second time. He came up as a pinch
hitter for Al Weiss in the sixth inning when
the Giants went to a right -hand pitcher. Boswell
was hit in the back with a pitch. When he takes
over on the mound, if he's right, and he usually
is, batters hit the ball on the ground. Duffy
Dyer. 0 for 3 this afternoon. For the ground
ball, his last time up with the bases loaded,
Lanier threw home for a forced play. Dyer went
to first, but Dyer was called out because of
interference on the part of Ron Swoboda with
the catcher Dick Dietz. Low and outside, ball
one. Giants have played 22 games, counting this
one, and Lindsey has been in 13 of the first
22. Today is set by about a yard. Muscle will
fly to San Diego after the game. Tom Seaver will
open the Padres series against Al Santorini tomorrow
night. Santorini, a talented young pitcher out
of Union, New Jersey. And the pitch on the way.
Inside, Duffy steps back. It's two balls and
two strikes. New York four runs on ten hits,
no errors. And the Giants one run, two hits,
and no errors. Pitching two and two. And a half
swing foul ball down the third base line. No
play. Well, Ralph, how's your singing voice today?
About the same as it always is, Bob. Well, I
thought you might want to sing happy birthday
to Harold Weissman. That's right. It is his birthday,
isn't it? Happy birthday to Harold Weissman,
the public relations director of the New York
Mets. He knows how to have a birthday. He celebrated
his birthday by taking all the fellas out to
dinner last night and picking up the tab. It's
not bad. I wish he'd have more of them. 2 -2
delivery. Inside and low. It's ball three. Jim
McAndrew is working now in the Mets bullpen.
Mack's last start, he pitched a great ball game.
Mets starters have been pitching so well, it's
hard for him to get into the rotation. 3 -2 delivery.
A little bit high, and Dyer goes to first to
the walk. Nolan Ryan coming up. Nolan, bounce
to third. He was robbed of a hit on quite a play
by Giant shortstop Al Lanier, and he flied to
right field. Nolan is 0 -3. Ryan getting a smattering
of applause from Giant fans who appreciate good
baseball. And it's foul back toward the screen,
no play. New York, the Mets getting two of the
four runs in the first inning. They were driven
in by Joe Foy. Leon Jones singled in the third
run and Tommy Agee homered for the fourth run.
Bobby Bonds drove in the lone giant run back
in the third. Towering foul pop -up back toward
the stands and out of play. What a beautiful
day this has been in San Francisco. We haven't
seen a cloud all day long. Uh -oh. Ralph spotted
one way off on the horizon. Eagle Eye Kiner,
they call him. No wonder you could hit home runs.
You've got great eyesight. Here's the pitch on
the way. Swing and a miss. He struck him out.
That retires the side in the eighth inning as
Lindsey fans Nolan Ryan. No runs, no hits, no
errors, and one left. And the score in the middle
of the eighth inning, the New York Mets 4, the
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a day at Shea. Last of the eighth inning, New
York leading 4 -1. Nolan Ryan comes up against
that heavy artillery here in the bottom half
of the eighth inning. Ron Hunt will lead off,
then Ken Henderson and Willie McCovey. Brown
hitting .393. He has been blistering hot. 4 -4
in a walk yesterday. He's walked twice today.
Gone 0 -1 officially. Fly it out to right field
in the third inning. They go to the ninth inning
at Sox Park in Chicago with the White Sox leading
the Orioles 6 -3. Knuckleballer Wilbur Wood has
come on in relief to try and protect the lead.
And Nolan Ryan pitches to Ron on a fastball strike
one call. Otherwise, in the American League today,
the Red Sox beat Oakland 8 -7 and Minnesota beat
Cleveland 4 -1. Now Ryan reading the information
from W. Dyer on the pitch. Knees for a call strike.
Good low pitch by Nolan Ryan. Walked seven and
struck out seven. The Giants have had six left
on base. Two -strike delivery. Just missed the
outside corner with a breaking ball. One ball
and two strikes. Ken Henderson taking some phantom
swings in the on -deck circle. The cloud that
Ralph Kinder spotted a few minutes ago is a little
white cloud that must be 100 miles away. Ground
ball is down to third. Joe Foy comes up, throws
to first base in time for the out. Right here,
we pause for station identification. This is
the New York Mets Baseball Network. You're listening
to New York Mets Baseball on WKAJ -FM 102 .3
in Saratoga Springs, New York, the home of the
New York Mets. Bob Murphy with Ralph Kainer and
Lindsey Nelson were in the last of the eighth
inning in San Francisco. The Mets leading 4 -1.
Switch hitting Ken Henderson has hit into a double
play, walked and popped a third, and nothing
for two. A swirl of dust ran around the batter's
box, and so Henderson steps out. That wind has
really freshened up, blowing to right field.
Now Ryan into his lineup, and the pitch thrown.
Misses the outside corner, it's ball one. Number
44, Willie McCovey, kneeling in the on -deck
circle. Duffy Dyer setting up the target. Ryan's
pitch is inside. Ball two. It's 2 -0. Two balls
and no strikes. He's taking all the way, trying
to coax a walk down in front of McCovey and the
pitch is outside and low. Ball three. Nothing
going at the moment in the New York bullpen.
And Ryan has gone behind Henderson 3 -0. He'll
be trying very hard not to walk in with McCovey
waiting on deck. Over for a strike, 3 -1. Ryan
has had two 1 -2 -3 innings. Outside at ball
four. So here comes McCovey. That's the eighth
walk by Nolan Ryan. That's a new Mets club record
that Nolan doesn't particularly want. Nolan Ryan
probably has thrown about 145 pitches or so by
now. McCovey twice has bounced out. to Joe Foy,
who came up with the ground ball on the right
side of the infield. He moves over, and the defense
designed by Gil Hodges for McCovey. Last time
up, he flied to deep center. And a ground ball
hit hard toward the middle. Foy grabs it first
to Harrison Watt on the first. Double play! And
the defense set up by Gil Hodges was perfect.
Foy, for the third time today, getting the ground
ball while playing over on the right side of
the infield. And so the double play goes on.
And the side is retired in the eighth inning
with no runs, no hits, no errors, and none left.
At the end of eight, the score, the New York
Mets 4 and the San Francisco Giants 1. That could
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4 -1. It's the ninth. It's all over at Sox Park.
The White Sox turn back the Orioles 6 -3. And
a foul ball on the ground coming right straight
back. Tommy John, the winning pitcher, he gets
his first victory after five losses. Tom Peebus
was the loser. Danny Murphy relieved in the eighth
and then Wilbur Wood came in on the eighth and
preserved the win. Down comes the arm of Frank
Lindsey. Fastball inside, brushing the hitter
back. One ball, one strike. The Mets can win
this one. It will be the first time in their
history they have won 10 games in April. The
1 -1 delivery. Full foul back toward the on -deck
circle occupied by Buddy Harrelson. 1 -2. First
six men in the batting order for the Mets today
all have at least one base hit. Lindsey delivers
one and two. Breaking ball low outside is two
balls and two strikes. On to San Diego following
the game today. Mets and Padres play tomorrow
night. Our broadcast time tomorrow night, 1025
p .m. New York time. The 2 -2 delivery and a
fastball over strength recall. For Frank Lindsey,
his second strikeout. Lindsey has relieved at
each of the three games of this series. Bud Harrelson,
one for four, a triple to right center in the
fifth inning. The time Bud tripled to right center
of the score was 2 -1 New York. Leon Jones promptly
signaled him home to make it 3 -1. Harrelson
hitting left -hander. And a ground ball bounced
right at Ron Hunt. Hunt is up with it. Throws
on to McCovey. Two down. Two outs and nobody
on top of the ninth inning. Now Cleon Jones.
Cleon two for three and a walk. Don Clinton has
hit in hard luck today. Our clink would have
four for four. It is two for three, raising his
batting average to .246. Now Lindsey looks around.
Defense playing just about straight away against
Leon Jones. The right -handers pitch on the way.
He is over for a call strike. Frank Lindsey has
been the bullpen leader for the Giants for the
last five years. Two outs. Base is empty. Low
and inside to Cleon. One ball, one strike. This
has been an entertaining ballgame. A couple of
lively arguments to spice things up. Some good
players in the field and some good hitting. And
top pitching. All the ingredients. Low and outside.
Two balls and a strike to Cleon Jones. Nolan
Ryan has had great stuff. He has been wild. He's
walked eight men for a new Mets club record.
And I imagine he's probably now thrown over 150
pitches. The 2 -1 delivery. It's high, and Jones
lets it go 3 -1. Ryan's first start, he hurled
a one -hitter. His second start, a two -hitter.
Today, his third start, he has given up two hits.
Brown ball, whacked to shortstop. In comes Ladarius
Nags to be high hot. And guns it to McCovey,
the side is up. Mets go down 1 -2 -3 in the ninth
inning. No runs, no hits, no errors done left.
And the score in the middle of the ninth inning,
the New York Mets 4 and the San Francisco Giants
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and drawn a walk. Deets hitting 387. He has six
home runs and 21 runs batted in. In the American
League this afternoon, the Red Sox beat Oakland
8 -7. Minnesota beat Cleveland 4 -1. And the
White Sox turn back the Orioles 6 -3. And the
pitch by Nolan Ryan is over at the knees. Strike
one call. single in the third and Davenport doubled
in the seventh. Those are the two hits given
up by Nolan Ryan. Now the wind up by Nolan. Breaking
ball a strike on the outside corner. Ryan quickly
establishes a two strike advantage. The way the
wind is blowing to right field Tommy Agee is
shading most of the right hand batters a bit
over toward right center. Two -strike delivery.
Foul. He just got a piece of it back over the
screen. Jim Davenport waiting on death. Ryan
with his sign now from Dyer. In comes the pitch.
He struck him out. and struck out a twenty eight
strikeouts down for Nolan Ryan and three starts.
That's an average of better than nine a game.
Jim Davenport has tried to right walked and doubled
the right center. Ryan over the head and the
pitch fastball down the middle call a strike
one. That's four Giants one bottom half of the
ninth inning. Now the reach of Boswell who was
lunging to his glove side. Rookie left fielder
Bob Taylor, who bats left -handed, comes up.
He reached on a walk and later scored the giant
run back in the third inning. Since then, he
has struck out twice. Toby Dyer now signs to
the infield. One man out. Triumph for two. Coy
playing even with the bag. Wide of the line at
third. Bud Harrelson shakes. Leach's drive towards
second. And the pitch. A chopper going foul off
the right. No play. Bobby Heiss, who took over
at shortstop, after Howell and Neal left the
game for a pinch hitter, is the on -deck batter.
Sir was 26 years old. Spent eight years in the
giant farm system. And the pitch. Swing and a
miss and a curveball. And the count is straight
two. Good -looking curveball by Nolan Ryan. Tom
Seaver and Al Santorini are the pitchers tomorrow
night in the opening game of the four -game series
in San Diego. the runner. The two -strike delivery.
Foul ball. He was trying to get out of the way.
He didn't mean to hit that. Inside fastball by
Ryan and Taylor was falling back from the plate.
Bobby Heiss has been called back to the dugout
by Clyde King. Bob Berta, a left -hand hitter,
has come out on deck. The pitch. Outside and
a high. One ball and two strikes. The Mets took
the lead in the first inning of the game when
Joe Foy single two runs in. Foy is celebrating
his return to the lineup with three hits today.
Pitching one and two. Curve inside and low, two
balls and two strikes. Now Ryan nods in agreement
with Duffy Dyer. The 2 -2 delivery. Foul back
into the crowd. That's what we're hoping to get
beautiful weather in San Diego for the weekend
series. They had a rainout Monday night in San
Diego. The first game they've ever had rained
out. The count is 2 -2. There have been some
fine plays in this ballgame. Alan Neer turned
in a great play on a ball hit by Glenn Dennett
and almost took him out the left field. And that
play right there, a very difficult play because
the ball would be curving away from boys he made
his diet. Bob Berta, left -hand batter, is hitting
now for Bobby Heiss. Two down, we're in the ninth.
Here's the pitch by Nolan Ryan. On the outside,
corner calls, drag one. with two men away. Ryan
delivers. His curveball misses outside. One ball
and one strike. Giants have used three pitchers
today. McCormick worked five. Frank Reberger,
two, and Frank Lindsey, two. Lindsey relieving
in each game of the three -game series. And the
pitch. Foul pop -up back toward the stands. No
play for Duffy Dyer. Duffy giving chase, but
it's going to land in the crowd. Saturday in
San Diego and a doubleheader on Sunday. We will
be broadcasting each of the four games of the
series and televising the first game of the doubleheader
on Sunday. Pitching one and two. Just missed
the outside corner. It's two and two. Nolan Ryan
trying to get the final out here in the last
of the ninth inning. Two delivery. Fouled. Back
over the screen. No play. Now Berta just putting
the bat on that one to foul it off. Berta left
-hand hitter. Fundenin not holding against the
rudder. He's back at fielding depth. Nolan Ryan
strolling behind the mound. Now comes up on the
pitching slab to get his sign from Dyer. Mets
4, Giants 1, bottom half of the ninth. Now Ryan
makes the pause. And the pitcher on the way,
fouled. He got a piece of it straight back into
the screen. Ryan still riding with that high
hard one. Mets 4 runs on 10 hits and the Giants
1 run on 3 hits. And Willie Mays is around the
bat rack. Pitching two and two. Ground ball hit
hard, but right at Boswell. He's up when it throws
to Hamilton. The game is over, and the Mets win
it. What a performance by Nolan Ryan. Nolan Ryan
has started three games. He has pitched a one
-hitter, a two -hitter, and now a three -hitter.
What pitching by Nolan Ryan of the New York Mets.
In the ninth inning for the Giants, no runs,
one hit, no errors. and one left on. Final score
as the Mets take the rubber game of the three
-game series. The New York Mets four and the
San Francisco Giants one. The final score, the
Mets four and the Giants one. And for the recap,
here's Ralph. All right, Bob Murphy, the game
-winning hit came in the first inning, but the
insurance runs that came in the fifth and seventh
certainly helping a lot as Nolan Ryan picked
up his second win. Ron in trouble throughout
the ballgame in spite of the fact that he gave
only three hits because of the eight walks that
he issued. In the first inning, Cleon Jones,
with two men out, walked in the 3 -2 pitch. The
starting pitcher was Mike McCormick. Don Clendenin
then singled in the left field to put Jones down
to second. Ron Svoboda, while at bat, popped
the ball up behind home plate and dropped in.
The catcher did not find the ball, Dick Dietz,
and it gave Ron a life. Ron then in a very, very
close pitch. 3 -2, took it for ball four to load
up the bases. Joe Foy came up and singled hard
to center field, and the Mets had two runs in,
and that proved to be enough to win the ballgame.
They got insurance runs in the fifth on a triple
by Bud Harrelson over the center fielder's head,
a single by Creon Jones to right, and also picked
up a run in the seventh on Tommy Agee's home
run to left field. Tommy kept his 11 -game hitting
streak going, and it was a hard drive over the
left field fence. In the ballgame, the Giants
used McCormick. Reberger and Lindsey on the mound.
McCormick, the losing pitcher, now 1 -2. Nolan
Ryan with a record of 2 -1. Time of game, 2 hours,
46 minutes. And the attendance here today was
5 ,149. Ryan scored the ball game as the Mets
won their 10th game. They have lost 9. And incidentally,
the Mets now have won more games in the month
of April than they ever have in their past history,
winning their 10th game here today. San Francisco
with a record of 10 wins and 12 losses. The Mets,
4 runs. Ten hits, no errors, and eight men left
on. The Giants, one run, three hits, no errors,
and seven men left on base. New York Mets baseball
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