WEBVTT 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:04.440 This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:09.880 .com for more sports history. On Thursday, April 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:13.300 30, 1970, the New York Mets faced the San Francisco 00:00:13.300 --> 00:00:15.619 Giants in an afternoon game at Candlestick Park. 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:19.059 The Mets, managed by Gil Hodges, were the reigning 00:00:19.059 --> 00:00:21.120 world champions, having stunned the baseball 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:24.789 world as the Amazing Mets in 1969. The Giants, 00:00:24.850 --> 00:00:27.230 managed by Clyde King, had achieved a 90 -win 00:00:27.230 --> 00:00:29.969 season in 1969, although it wasn't enough to 00:00:29.969 --> 00:00:31.890 secure the NL West division title against the 00:00:31.890 --> 00:00:34.869 Braves. In this game, the Mets sent 23 -year 00:00:34.869 --> 00:00:36.909 -old Nolan Ryan to the mound to face the Giants' 00:00:36.929 --> 00:00:39.770 Mike McCormick. This audio recording is from 00:00:39.770 --> 00:00:41.789 the radio broadcast featuring announcers Lindsey 00:00:41.789 --> 00:01:26.640 Nelson, Ralph Kiner, and Bob Murphy. The Mets 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:28.659 will be back at Shea Stadium in New York for 00:01:28.659 --> 00:01:31.280 their first night game of the season at Shea 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:34.510 Stadium. On Tuesday night, May 5th, it'll be 00:01:34.510 --> 00:01:36.750 the Dodgers' end for three consecutive night 00:01:36.750 --> 00:01:39.510 games, followed by the Giants and then the Montreal 00:01:39.510 --> 00:01:43.510 Expos. It's another bright, warm, and sunny afternoon 00:01:43.510 --> 00:01:46.650 here at Candlestick Park. Starting pitchers for 00:01:46.650 --> 00:01:49.930 this afternoon's game, for the San Francisco 00:01:49.930 --> 00:01:52.790 Giants, it's left -hander Mike McCormick, and 00:01:52.790 --> 00:01:55.269 for the New York Mets, fireballing right -hander 00:01:55.269 --> 00:01:58.370 Nolan Ryan. 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The representative handling your 00:02:52.439 --> 00:02:54.639 area will be more than happy to personally speak 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:57.120 before your men's or women's group, large or 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:00.259 small, and explain all the details. Call or write 00:03:00.259 --> 00:03:07.159 today and enjoy a day at Shea. Manager Gil Hodges 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:09.039 of the Mets, Field Captain Willie Mays of the 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:11.319 Giants are at home plate meeting with the umpires 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:13.599 exchanging lineup cards. And to check us out, 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:16.069 here is Ralph Kiner. All right, Lindsey Nelson 00:03:16.069 --> 00:03:18.370 for the New York Mets. The leadoff batter will 00:03:18.370 --> 00:03:20.949 be Tommy Agee. He'll be in center field. Batting 00:03:20.949 --> 00:03:23.650 second is shortstop Bud Harrelson. Batting third 00:03:23.650 --> 00:03:26.509 in left field, Cleon Jones. Batting fourth at 00:03:26.509 --> 00:03:29.590 first base, Don Clendenin. Batting fifth in right 00:03:29.590 --> 00:03:32.710 field, Ron Svoboda. Batting sixth and at third 00:03:32.710 --> 00:03:36.650 base, Joe Foy. Batting seventh, the second baseman, 00:03:36.729 --> 00:03:39.069 Al Weiss. Batting eighth, the catcher, Duffy 00:03:39.069 --> 00:03:42.409 Dyer and the pitcher, Nolan Ryan. Batting ninth. 00:03:43.389 --> 00:03:45.969 For the Giants. The leadoff batter will be the 00:03:45.969 --> 00:03:48.349 center fielder, Bobby Bond. Batting second at 00:03:48.349 --> 00:03:51.330 second, Ron Hunt. Batting third in right field, 00:03:51.509 --> 00:03:54.229 Ken Henderson. Batting fourth at first base, 00:03:54.469 --> 00:03:57.689 Willie McCovey. Batting fifth, the catcher, Dick 00:03:57.689 --> 00:04:00.770 Dietz. Batting sixth at third base, Jim Davenport. 00:04:01.229 --> 00:04:04.650 Batting seventh in left field, Bob Taylor. Batting 00:04:04.650 --> 00:04:07.310 eighth at shortstop, Hal Lanier. And the pitcher, 00:04:07.430 --> 00:04:12.000 Mike McCormick. Batting ninth. The umpires for 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:14.319 the game today, Andy Olsen calling the balls 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:17.220 and strikes. At first base, Ken Burkhardt. The 00:04:17.220 --> 00:04:20.180 umpire at second base, Ed Sudall. And the umpire 00:04:20.180 --> 00:04:24.060 at third base will be Lee Weier. The Giants have 00:04:24.060 --> 00:04:28.079 won 10 and lost 11. And the Mets have a record 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:30.879 of nine wins and nine losses. Last year in 12 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:33.980 ballgames played, the Mets won eight. The Giants 00:04:33.980 --> 00:04:36.939 won four. And here at Candlestick, they split 00:04:36.939 --> 00:04:40.750 the six games played, three and three. Now Willie 00:04:40.750 --> 00:04:43.209 Mays, who is not playing in the ballgame, the 00:04:43.209 --> 00:04:45.389 captain of the Giants, goes back to the dugout. 00:04:45.750 --> 00:04:49.009 Gil Hodges back to the Mets dugout on the third 00:04:49.009 --> 00:04:51.269 base side, and the umpires are taking their station. 00:04:52.629 --> 00:04:54.889 After this ballgame, the Mets move on down to 00:04:54.889 --> 00:04:58.569 San Diego, and in tomorrow night's ballgame at 00:04:58.569 --> 00:05:01.870 1025, it'll be Tom Seaver going for his fifth 00:05:01.870 --> 00:05:06.120 win. He has lost none. Tom has a record of 14 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:08.779 consecutive wins in National League play dating 00:05:08.779 --> 00:05:12.480 back to last year. And he'll be imposed by the 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:14.560 only pitcher to beat the Mets last year for San 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:18.439 Diego, Al Santorini. Now the Giants are taking 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:23.319 the field. Wind blowing out toward right. More 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:27.019 wind today than we had yesterday. Where we saw 00:05:27.019 --> 00:05:29.540 four home runs in the ballgame, two by each side. 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:33.019 Field dimensions, 335 down the left field line, 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:36.720 365 in left center, 410 in center field, 375 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:39.920 in right center, and 330 down the right field 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:44.379 line. No clouds at all, good sunshiny day, and 00:05:44.379 --> 00:05:46.120 the Mets in the final game of their three -game 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:48.160 series with the Giants. And now our national 00:05:48.160 --> 00:07:15.910 anthem. San Francisco, California. All the Mets 00:07:15.910 --> 00:07:18.930 need a victory here today, the last day of April, 00:07:18.990 --> 00:07:22.069 to come up with the most wins they've ever had 00:07:22.069 --> 00:07:24.629 in a month of April. And it's going to be up 00:07:24.629 --> 00:07:27.670 to Nolan Ryan. He'll be opposed by left -hander 00:07:27.670 --> 00:07:30.550 Mike McCormick. This broadcast comes to you through 00:07:30.550 --> 00:07:32.810 the courtesy of Rheingold Breweries Incorporated 00:07:32.810 --> 00:07:34.829 and is authorized under radio rights granted 00:07:34.829 --> 00:07:36.790 by the New York Mets solely for the entertainment 00:07:36.790 --> 00:07:39.610 of our audience. Any publication, reproduction, 00:07:39.850 --> 00:07:42.259 or other use... of the descriptions and accounts 00:07:42.259 --> 00:07:44.459 of this game without the express written consent 00:07:44.459 --> 00:07:48.120 of the New York Mets is prohibited. Mets with 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:52.079 a record of 9 -9 for the month of April and the 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:55.740 Giants with a record of 10 -11. Mets return to 00:07:55.740 --> 00:07:57.800 play against the Dodgers and the Giants in their 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:00.180 next homestand. They start off with the Dodgers 00:08:00.180 --> 00:08:04.160 playing night games on May 5th, 6th, and 7th, 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:06.439 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night. They 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:09.259 have a night game with the Giants on the 8th 00:08:09.259 --> 00:08:12.410 of May, Friday night. a single -day game on Saturday 00:08:12.410 --> 00:08:15.949 afternoon, and on the 10th, Mother's Day, the 00:08:15.949 --> 00:08:19.389 Mets have a single game with the Giants. Monday 00:08:19.389 --> 00:08:21.629 night after Mother's Day, the 11th, will be a 00:08:21.629 --> 00:08:24.089 night game with Montreal, and then on the 12th, 00:08:24.089 --> 00:08:27.089 the final game of the next homestand, a day game 00:08:27.089 --> 00:08:30.589 with Montreal. Just got word that the temperature 00:08:30.589 --> 00:08:34.429 in Montreal today is up around 80. I'd like to 00:08:34.429 --> 00:08:37.110 have that when the Mets return home on May the 00:08:37.110 --> 00:08:44.769 5th. Ballpark here at Candlestick in San Francisco 00:08:44.769 --> 00:08:47.330 is located just near Hunter's Point. And as we 00:08:47.330 --> 00:08:49.830 look down the right field line, see some big 00:08:49.830 --> 00:08:51.870 aircraft carriers that are over in the shipyard. 00:08:53.629 --> 00:08:55.750 And it's one of those kind of days here in San 00:08:55.750 --> 00:08:59.850 Francisco that they write songs about. Now the 00:08:59.850 --> 00:09:01.970 throw goes down to second base by the catcher, 00:09:01.970 --> 00:09:03.990 and the ball game is about to get underway. And 00:09:03.990 --> 00:09:06.409 here for the play -by -play, Lindsey Nelson. 00:09:07.210 --> 00:09:09.029 Thank you very much, Ralph Cannon. Hello again, 00:09:09.090 --> 00:09:11.529 everybody. Mike McCormick is on the mound. He 00:09:11.529 --> 00:09:14.129 came to the major leagues with the New York Giants. 00:09:14.649 --> 00:09:17.110 He was with the San Francisco Giants when they 00:09:17.110 --> 00:09:20.629 first came here in 58. Was traded away and then 00:09:20.629 --> 00:09:23.629 came back. Tommy Agee is up. He has a 10 -game 00:09:23.629 --> 00:09:25.330 hitting streak going. He appeared as a pinch 00:09:25.330 --> 00:09:27.169 hitter yesterday and delivered. Here's the first 00:09:27.169 --> 00:09:29.149 pitch of the day, curveball, and it's in for 00:09:29.149 --> 00:09:32.509 a called strike. McCormick has a record of one 00:09:32.509 --> 00:09:35.190 win and one loss. He is a former Cy Young Award 00:09:35.190 --> 00:09:39.870 winner. Waiting on deck for the Mets is Bud Harrelson. 00:09:40.990 --> 00:09:43.269 Wind rippling the flag out toward right field 00:09:43.269 --> 00:09:46.250 here at Candlestick. Artificial surface, it's 00:09:46.250 --> 00:09:49.370 AstroTurf all around. Makes a little difference 00:09:49.370 --> 00:09:52.210 in the manner in which the game is played. Here's 00:09:52.210 --> 00:09:54.929 a swing and a drive, foul back of third. Two 00:09:54.929 --> 00:09:57.990 strike count, now to Agee. Manager Gil Hodges 00:09:57.990 --> 00:10:00.809 has Cleon Jones, Tommy Agee, and Joe Foy all 00:10:00.809 --> 00:10:04.059 back in the lineup here this afternoon. After 00:10:04.059 --> 00:10:06.519 having had them out of the starting lineup for 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:12.659 three consecutive games. McCormick takes a sign 00:10:12.659 --> 00:10:19.039 from Giant catcher Dick Deets. Taking a long 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:22.320 look before he gets it. Now he has it. Two strike 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:27.559 pitches high for a ball. It's one and two. McCormick 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:29.779 last year won 11 games for the Giants and he 00:10:29.779 --> 00:10:32.779 lost nine. Against the Mets last year, he won 00:10:32.779 --> 00:10:35.899 none and lost two. But his lifetime record against 00:10:35.899 --> 00:10:39.480 New York is six wins and four losses. Here's 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:41.440 a pitch that's hit in the air to short right 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:43.519 field, and second baseman Ron Hunt goes out, 00:10:43.539 --> 00:10:46.039 but he's called off by right fielder Ken Henderson, 00:10:46.179 --> 00:10:51.039 who puts it away. One away, and now Bud Harrelson, 00:10:51.059 --> 00:10:52.639 who'll be batting right against the left hand 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:54.879 of McCormick. Harrelson has hit safely in his 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:57.360 last four games. He's hit safely in 10 of his 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:00.419 last 11, and he's hit safely in 16 of 18 games 00:11:00.419 --> 00:11:03.860 the Mets have played this year. Harrelson from 00:11:03.860 --> 00:11:05.659 Hayward, California, which is in the greater 00:11:05.659 --> 00:11:10.620 San Francisco area. McCormick's pitch. High and 00:11:10.620 --> 00:11:14.539 away for a ball. McCormick defeated the Montreal 00:11:14.539 --> 00:11:17.700 Expos 11 -1 in his last start on April 26th here 00:11:17.700 --> 00:11:19.500 at San Francisco, and he had a complete game. 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:23.159 Here's a swing and a high pop to the right side. 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:26.299 Hunt again calls, but McCovey is retreating. 00:11:26.299 --> 00:11:31.620 Hunt calls this time and makes the play. Two 00:11:31.620 --> 00:11:36.419 men out. Cleon Jones coming up now. Cleon appeared 00:11:36.419 --> 00:11:38.559 as a pinch hitter yesterday and struck out. His 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:42.419 batting average is down to .224. He's batted 00:11:42.419 --> 00:11:44.960 in eight runs. He's been in a batting slump. 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:47.679 Gil Hodges is hopeful that the rest of a few 00:11:47.679 --> 00:11:53.110 days will have done him good. Mike McCormick 00:11:53.110 --> 00:11:55.470 lost to the Cincinnati Reds on April 12th, 6 00:11:55.470 --> 00:12:04.190 -5 here at San Francisco. Jones, a right -hand 00:12:04.190 --> 00:12:06.370 batter. Two men out, nobody on base, no score. 00:12:06.529 --> 00:12:09.509 Here's the pitch to Cleon Jones, and it's inside 00:12:09.509 --> 00:12:12.649 for a ball. The coach at third for the Mets is 00:12:12.649 --> 00:12:14.950 Eddie Yost, and on the line is down at first, 00:12:15.049 --> 00:12:24.279 Yogi Berra. 1 -0 delivery. And it's in there 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:37.720 for a called strike. 1 -1. There's a breaking 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:40.779 pitch that's high. McCormick came up with the 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:44.259 New York Giants in 1956. He was with them 56 00:12:44.259 --> 00:12:46.879 and 57. The last two years the Giants were in 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:51.909 New York. Then put in five years. with a giant 00:12:51.909 --> 00:12:53.649 cheer before being traded away to Baltimore. 00:12:55.090 --> 00:12:57.710 The breaking pitch in for a called strike. Slow 00:12:57.710 --> 00:13:01.509 curveball. It's 2 -2 to Cleon Jones. Glenn Dunnan's 00:13:01.509 --> 00:13:03.929 on deck. Then McCormick went from Baltimore to 00:13:03.929 --> 00:13:06.289 Washington and from Washington back to San Francisco, 00:13:06.289 --> 00:13:12.629 back here for the 67 season. Here's a pitch. 00:13:12.870 --> 00:13:16.970 High and away. And in that 67 season, he won 00:13:16.970 --> 00:13:20.509 22 games and lost 10. Chuck Feeney, who was with 00:13:20.509 --> 00:13:22.629 the Giants and now the president of the National 00:13:22.629 --> 00:13:25.169 League, claims that as one of his great deals. 00:13:25.929 --> 00:13:29.169 Well, it certainly paid off for him because McCormick 00:13:29.169 --> 00:13:32.250 won the Cy Young Award that year. Here's a breaking 00:13:32.250 --> 00:13:34.389 pitch that's outside and it's a walk to Cleon. 00:13:34.409 --> 00:13:38.669 The Mets pick up their first baserunner. Jones 00:13:38.669 --> 00:13:40.929 is on it first and Don Clendenin is coming up. 00:13:41.490 --> 00:13:44.409 Clendenin is hitting .237, but he has three home 00:13:44.409 --> 00:13:46.629 runs and leads the Mets and runs that at end 00:13:46.629 --> 00:13:49.639 with 11. He had a home run here yesterday that 00:13:49.639 --> 00:13:52.460 was just way back up into the seats, back there 00:13:52.460 --> 00:14:01.000 on the left. We'll be on the air from San Diego 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:06.720 tomorrow night, 10 .25 p .m. New York time. This 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:09.440 pitch is in for a called strike. Andy Olsen is 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:11.779 the umpire behind the plate. Ken Burkhardt is 00:14:11.779 --> 00:14:14.679 at first. He's the crew chief. Ed Sudol at second, 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:22.470 and Lee Weier is around at third. Pitch to Glenn 00:14:22.470 --> 00:14:24.389 Dunnan. Swung on and landed in the left field 00:14:24.389 --> 00:14:27.370 for a base hit. Out and left. Bob Taylor comes 00:14:27.370 --> 00:14:30.509 up with a return to Jones. Holds at second. Cleon 00:14:30.509 --> 00:14:33.529 at second and Glenn Dunnan on at first with a 00:14:33.529 --> 00:14:36.110 line shot that skidded across the carpet out 00:14:36.110 --> 00:14:41.950 and left. Now Ron Swoboda is coming up. He's 00:14:41.950 --> 00:14:43.710 playing right field today. He has a batting average 00:14:43.710 --> 00:14:47.450 of .250. He's had four runs batted in. Swoboda, 00:14:47.529 --> 00:15:03.460 a right -hand batter. McCormick now checks the 00:15:03.460 --> 00:15:05.320 runners at first and second, and here's a breaking 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:07.860 pitch. It's in there for a call strike to Swoboda, 00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:21.539 and Joe Foy is on deck. Again, McCormick takes 00:15:21.539 --> 00:15:36.379 the sign. And the pitch. Low for a ball. Mike 00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:39.919 McCormick is 31 years of age. And his lifetime 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:43.080 major league pitching record is 130 wins and 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:52.860 125 losses. Med runners lead at first and second. 00:15:55.299 --> 00:16:00.570 This is a 1 -1 pitch. Svoboda fouls it off. And 00:16:00.570 --> 00:16:04.710 it's one and two. A lot of ladies at the ballpark 00:16:04.710 --> 00:16:09.029 today. There was a fashion show held here this 00:16:09.029 --> 00:16:12.490 morning starting at 10 .30. Attended by some 00:16:12.490 --> 00:16:16.750 9 ,000 ladies. Mrs. Jackie Hunt, the wife of 00:16:16.750 --> 00:16:21.330 Giant second baseman Ron Hunt, provided the models, 00:16:21.389 --> 00:16:26.269 who were mostly baseball wives. They used the 00:16:26.269 --> 00:16:30.960 tops of the two dugouts. To show off the fashions. 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:38.879 The 1 -2 pitch. And it is low for a ball. 2 -2. 00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:49.379 Teron Svoboda. Jones at second. Clendenin at 00:16:49.379 --> 00:17:03.750 first. This will be a 2 -2 delivery. Swung on 00:17:03.750 --> 00:17:06.730 and popped a foul back of the plate and moving 00:17:06.730 --> 00:17:09.390 over is Dietz and McCovey. And it falls quickly 00:17:09.390 --> 00:17:13.730 as Dietz couldn't find it and moved late. McCovey 00:17:13.730 --> 00:17:15.750 was moving all the way. I simply couldn't get 00:17:15.750 --> 00:17:18.009 to it. The ball hit actually on the astroturf 00:17:18.009 --> 00:17:20.630 over in front of the giant dugout to the right 00:17:20.630 --> 00:17:23.529 side of the plate. As Dietz got rid of his mask 00:17:23.529 --> 00:17:25.509 and looked up, he was shading his eyes trying 00:17:25.509 --> 00:17:28.130 to find the ball. Couldn't find it. McCovey was 00:17:28.130 --> 00:17:30.589 coming all the while, but by the time Dietz discovered 00:17:30.589 --> 00:17:32.589 where it was and started, he couldn't get there 00:17:32.589 --> 00:17:35.410 either. So it's simply a foul ball out of play 00:17:35.410 --> 00:17:38.069 and no error charged. Two and two, the count 00:17:38.069 --> 00:17:41.289 to Svoboda. There are two men out. No score. 00:17:53.529 --> 00:17:56.000 McCormick takes the sign from Dietz. And that 00:17:56.000 --> 00:18:01.200 runners lead at first and second. Here's the 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:04.539 2 -2 pitch. Breaks low and inside. It's out full 00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:07.400 at 3 -2 now to Svoboda, which means that the 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:09.759 runners at first and second will be off and winging 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:30.519 on the pitch. Joe Foy is on deck. Runners go. 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.319 Payoff pitch. Curveball low. The bases are loaded. 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:38.579 And Svoboda checks. That's the first. And Steve 00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:42.059 is arguing with Andy Olsen, the umpire, about 00:18:42.059 --> 00:18:44.940 the possibility of Svoboda having swung at the 00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:46.859 pitch. And McCormick walks all the way in near 00:18:46.859 --> 00:18:49.079 the plate to inquire of Olsen about the same 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:52.200 thing. It was a curveball low out of the strike 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:54.680 zone. And Svoboda started the swing and checked 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:57.440 off. So the bases are loaded and Joe Poi is up. 00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:04.279 Lindsey, you have to be awfully strong to start 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:07.180 a swing like Ron did and stop it as fast as he 00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:12.279 did. Just in the nick of time. Boyd hitting 169. 00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:14.799 He has one home run and six runs batted in. Right 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:19.220 -hand batter with a closed stance. They're loaded 00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:21.140 up. McCormick works straight away, and the pitch 00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:23.759 breaks low and inside for a ball. Al Weiss is 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:26.900 on deck now. Weiss bats number seven in this 00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:30.619 batting order of the New York Mets. We're going 00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:32.700 to get a little action down in the giant bullpen 00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:34.779 area now. Here in the very first inning as the 00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:38.880 Mets are threatening. 1 -0, they count to four. 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:41.680 Mets in a spot where a base hit could do them 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:43.779 a lot of good. Here's a pitch. Swung on and landed 00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:46.140 to center for a base hit. Coming on is Jones. 00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:48.259 He scores. Here comes Sundin into the plate. 00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:52.099 He scores. And Svoboda holds the second. Paws 00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:55.720 on it for a single to center. A line shot. Two 00:19:55.720 --> 00:20:00.680 runs batted in. The Mets lead 2 -0. Coming up. 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:12.319 Frank Lieberger is warming up. Frank Lieberger 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:27.680 is warming up in the giant bullpen. Here's at 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:29.920 first and second two men out the Mets to the 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:34.400 Giants nothing. Why is this hitting two twenty 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:38.940 two and he's had three runs batted in. Grammix 00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:43.099 pitch in there for a call strike to White. I 00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:46.480 just had two doubles this year. It for fifty 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:49.119 five in the World Series to leave the Mets at 00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:52.180 bat including a home run in the deciding the 00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:59.680 final game the fifth game. That's a check swing 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:01.599 foul ball to the right side. Actually, he wasn't 00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:03.920 swinging. He was checking back, and it clicked 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:05.759 off the bat right down off the top of the plate. 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:10.099 Count of two strikes to Weiss. Duffy Dyer is 00:21:10.099 --> 00:21:14.680 on deck. The Mets expect Jerry Grody to rejoin 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:18.440 them tonight in San Diego. Grody has been hospitalized 00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:20.900 in Los Angeles since the Mets' arrival there 00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:26.400 last weekend. So he'll be rejoining the Mets. 00:21:27.950 --> 00:21:34.670 In San Diego. Runners lead at first and second. 00:21:36.190 --> 00:21:38.109 Here's a pitch low and away for a ball. It's 00:21:38.109 --> 00:21:43.069 one and two. Must be in San Diego Friday night, 00:21:43.130 --> 00:21:45.430 Saturday afternoon and a Sunday doubleheader. 00:21:48.730 --> 00:21:50.890 Monday will be a travel day as the Mets then 00:21:50.890 --> 00:21:53.529 fly back to New York on Monday. Opening up Tuesday 00:21:53.529 --> 00:21:55.690 night against the Dodgers in the first night 00:21:55.690 --> 00:21:58.559 game of the year at Shea Stadium. One -two pitch. 00:21:58.559 --> 00:22:00.240 Swung on it. Underground foul. Back of third. 00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:04.160 Down past Eddie Yost. Ricochets on down into 00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:06.400 the Met bullpen where it's retrieved by Ron Taylor. 00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:11.619 Frank Reberger continues to throw in the giant 00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:18.200 bullpen. The Mets 2, the Giants nothing. Right 00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:20.440 before last year, the Mets got five runs in the 00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:22.680 top half of the first inning. The big hit there 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:25.940 was a grand slam homer by Dave Marshall. Mets 00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:30.519 won that game 5 -2. Lost yesterday 8 -6. Swing 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:33.720 and a miss. McCormick strikes out wide. And the 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:38.420 side is retired. It is two runs on two hits and 00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:41.000 two walks, no errors, and two lefts. In the middle 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:43.039 of the first inning, the score is the Mets 2 00:22:43.039 --> 00:23:02.539 and the Giants nothing. 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The Richmore Aviation Flight School 00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:29.109 is an FAA -approved flight school. and is located 00:23:29.109 --> 00:23:31.369 at the Saratoga County Airport, three miles west 00:23:31.369 --> 00:23:33.309 of the Performing Arts Center on Geyser Crest 00:23:33.309 --> 00:23:35.930 Road. In Saratoga and the Tri -Cities, phone 00:23:35.930 --> 00:23:42.230 885 -5354. Or in Glens Falls, phone 792 -9949. 00:23:45.529 --> 00:23:53.690 Nolan Ryan is the pitcher for the New York Mets. 00:23:54.549 --> 00:23:57.230 He had won one and lost one, although he's allowed 00:23:57.230 --> 00:24:01.049 only three. He hits in his last two games. Last 00:24:01.049 --> 00:24:03.150 year, he won none, lost none against the Giants. 00:24:03.150 --> 00:24:05.829 His lifetime record against San Francisco is 00:24:05.829 --> 00:24:08.529 one win and no losses. He's pitched a complete 00:24:08.529 --> 00:24:11.950 game in both of his starts of the season. Defeated 00:24:11.950 --> 00:24:14.750 the Phillies 7 -0 on April 18th at Shea. He allowed 00:24:14.750 --> 00:24:18.950 only one hit, walked six and struck out 15. Lost 00:24:18.950 --> 00:24:21.150 to the Dodgers, won nothing on April 25th at 00:24:21.150 --> 00:24:23.750 Los Angeles. On occasion, he allowed two hits 00:24:23.750 --> 00:24:26.519 and five walks and struck out five. The three 00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:30.039 hits in the two games of Ryan have all been singles. 00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:35.720 Bobby Bonds playing center field today is up. 00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:39.539 Hitting .350, he has four home runs, one of which 00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:42.480 he hit yesterday, and ten runs batted in. Pitch 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:45.640 is low for a ball. Last year he struck out 186 00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:47.839 times for a new Major League record in that department. 00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:55.700 1 -0 to the right -hand batter. Ryan's pitch 00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:59.000 breaks in there for a called strike. Give him 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:03.900 the curveball. Ola Ryan's 23 years of age, 6 00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:07.480 '2", 195 pounder. His lifetime major league record 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:12.539 is 13 wins and 14 losses. Again, breaks it in 00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:15.259 there for a called strike. One and two to Bonds 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:19.160 with Ron Hunt waiting on deck. With the veteran 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:21.680 Willie Mays being rested today, Bonds plays center. 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:23.519 Henderson moves to right and Bob Taylor's in 00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:27.180 left for the Giants. Fastball fouled off. One 00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:30.400 and two. The New York Mets with an infield of 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:34.299 Don Clinton at first, Al Weiss at second, Bud 00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:37.420 Harrelson at shortstop, and Joe Foy at third. 00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:41.039 Leon Jones is in left, Tommy Agee in center, 00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:47.059 and Ron Swoboda is in right field. One -two pitch. 00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:49.539 Swung on and missed. Ryan strikes out. Bobby 00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:51.700 Bonds to open the ballgame as far as the Giants 00:25:51.700 --> 00:26:03.109 are concerned at the plate. He has an average 00:26:03.109 --> 00:26:06.089 of 400. He has two homers and 11 runs batted 00:26:06.089 --> 00:26:18.410 in. New York Mets have a record of nine wins 00:26:18.410 --> 00:26:20.670 and nine losses. Nine is the most they've ever 00:26:20.670 --> 00:26:22.910 won in the month of April. Last year in April, 00:26:22.970 --> 00:26:28.730 they were nine and 11. Pitch is high for a ball. 00:26:31.829 --> 00:26:35.490 1 -0 to Ron Hunt with Ken Henderson on deck. 00:26:36.089 --> 00:26:38.509 McCovey hitting cleanup. Henderson batting third. 00:26:45.609 --> 00:26:56.109 1 -0 pitch. And it's high for a ball. Ozzie Virgil 00:26:56.109 --> 00:26:58.869 is the coach at third for the Giants. And former 00:26:58.869 --> 00:27:02.829 Met manager Wes Westrom is on the lines at first. 00:27:07.349 --> 00:27:11.869 This pitch is low for a ball. 3 -0 to Huff. The 00:27:11.869 --> 00:27:17.269 return throw gets away from Ryan. All the other 00:27:17.269 --> 00:27:19.589 action in the National League is scheduled for 00:27:19.589 --> 00:27:23.630 night. The Chicago Cubs are at Atlanta. And Billy 00:27:23.630 --> 00:27:26.150 Williams, the... The Cub outfielder will be playing 00:27:26.150 --> 00:27:29.430 his 1 ,000th consecutive game. Streak started 00:27:29.430 --> 00:27:33.130 on September 22, 1963. Here's a fastball low. 00:27:33.549 --> 00:27:41.349 It's a walk to Ron Hutch. So Nolan Ryan has struck 00:27:41.349 --> 00:27:43.650 out one and walked one. And Ken Henderson, the 00:27:43.650 --> 00:27:49.130 switch hitter, is coming up. Henderson's hitting 00:27:49.130 --> 00:27:52.029 .382. He has two homers and 16 runs batted in. 00:27:52.109 --> 00:27:57.519 He had a home run yesterday. By the way, the 00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:59.920 consecutive game record in the major leagues, 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:04.740 2 ,130 set by Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees, 00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:08.079 and Billy Williams will be playing his 1 ,000th 00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:11.259 consecutive game tonight. Here is a pitch in 00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:13.000 for a call strike. He'll be the first National 00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:14.859 League to reach that mark. There are a lot of 00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:17.900 records that might never be broken. I don't see 00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:20.740 how anybody can break Gehrig's record of 2 ,130. 00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:23.980 No, it certainly appears to be out of reach. 00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:26.339 Swing and a ground ball is short. Harrelson has 00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:28.440 it. He goes over for one. And the throw to first. 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:32.700 In time. A double play pulled off. As Weiss gave 00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:35.019 it the no -hand treatment coming across the bag 00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:37.640 on the pivot. Harrelson went astride in the hole 00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:39.980 up for the ball. Weiss just came across. Flipped 00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:43.000 on to Clem Dunnan. In time to pull off the double 00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:49.619 play. So it's no runs, no hits, a walk, no errors, 00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:51.640 and none left. At the end of an inning, the score 00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:55.819 is... The New York Mets, two, and the San Francisco 00:28:55.819 --> 00:29:01.500 Giants, nothing. Well, the Mets' ninth annual 00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:04.119 old -timers game on Saturday night, July 11th 00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:07.160 at Shea Stadium will be dedicated to Casey Stengel 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:10.200 and his approaching 80th birthday. So a lot of 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.480 the guests are going to be people who have been 00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:13.839 associated with and against Casey Stengel during 00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:17.859 his fabulous career. People like Drew Marquardt 00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:20.380 and Frankie Frisch, Dave Bancroft and George 00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:24.539 Highpockets Kelly. Al Lopez, Tony Cuccinello, 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:28.140 and Van Mungo. Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Roger 00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:31.539 Maris, Whitey Ford, and Yogi Berra. Gil Hodges, 00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:34.680 Richie Ashman, Al Jackson, Jay Hook, Frank Thomas. 00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:38.240 Roy Campanella, Carl Erskine, Eddie Sankey, Bobby 00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:41.859 Thompson, Carl Ferrello, Don Drysdale, Sandy 00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:45.279 Koufax. Casey will be wearing his number 37 once 00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:48.660 again. The latest Hall of Famers, Lou Boudreau, 00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:52.240 Earl Combs, Jess Haynes, Ford Frick. So make 00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:54.519 your ticket plans now. The date again, Saturday 00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:57.440 night, July 11th, preceding the regular game 00:29:57.440 --> 00:30:09.099 between the Mets and the Expos. Buffy Dyer, the 00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:14.099 Mets catcher, is up. He's hitting 217, 5 for 00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:18.200 23, right -hand batter. Facing left -hand pitcher 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:27.799 Mike McCormick. Here's a swing and a fly ball 00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:30.460 into right center, and Bobby Vaughn drifts over 00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:33.980 and makes the catch. We pause for station identification. 00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:37.119 This is the New York Mets baseball network. This 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:41.319 is New York Mets baseball on WKAJ -FM 102 .3 00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:44.619 in Saratoga Springs, New York. With Ralph Cantor 00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:47.180 and Bob Murphy at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, 00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:50.099 California, where the Mets are leading the Giants 00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:52.539 by a score of 2 -0. The Mets are batting in the 00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:55.220 top of the second. One man out, nobody on base, 00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:57.500 and Nolan Ryan is up. He's one for seven this 00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:59.339 year. McCormick's pitch breaks low and inside 00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:03.579 a curveball. It's 1 -0. Tommy Agee moves up on 00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:13.019 deck. Again, the pitch. Low, so it goes 2 -0 00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:19.650 now to Nolan Ryan. Batting 143. The Houston Astros 00:31:19.650 --> 00:31:21.829 will be at St. Louis tonight against the Cardinals. 00:31:21.829 --> 00:31:24.150 The Astros have lost eight straight games all 00:31:24.150 --> 00:31:27.009 outdoors. Swing and a ground ball to a third. 00:31:27.089 --> 00:31:29.190 It is charged by Davenport. He guns it across 00:31:29.190 --> 00:31:35.130 in time. Bryant out on a swinging roll at a third. 00:31:35.250 --> 00:31:37.650 Fielded by Davenport in on the infield surface. 00:31:38.109 --> 00:31:41.410 And Tommy Agee is coming up. He's got 0 for 2. 00:31:41.470 --> 00:31:43.750 Agee with a 10 -game hitting streak. Flat out 00:31:43.750 --> 00:31:45.769 to right field at first time. Up in just now. 00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:48.720 He's giving Ryan time to get back to the dugout. 00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:52.279 Montreal Expos are playing the Dodgers down in 00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:54.980 Los Angeles tonight, and that's the slate in 00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:57.579 the National League. Oh, and the American, the 00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:59.960 Boston Red Sox, at Fenway Park, have handed the 00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:02.119 Oakland Athletics their fifth consecutive loss, 00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:07.480 8 -7. Gary Peters, the winner, he's 2 -1. Jim 00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:11.160 Rowland, the loser, he's 0 -1. Here's a pitch 00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:13.400 to Agee. Swung on and fouled back. Out of play. 00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:16.240 Felipe Alou hit his first home of the year for 00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:17.920 Oakland in the first inning with two men on. 00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:21.140 Rico Petrucelli hit his third home of the year 00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:23.799 and the third with one on. George Scott hit his 00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:26.579 third and the fifth with one on. Billy Canigliano 00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:29.420 hit his first and the fifth with nobody on. Fernandez 00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:31.700 homed in the eighth with nobody on. Frank Fernandez 00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:38.259 for the Oakland A's. There's a swing and a ground 00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:41.940 ball to short. Lanier has it. Plays over to McCovey 00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:46.890 in time. So the side is out in order. No runs, 00:32:46.970 --> 00:32:49.589 no hits, no errors, and none left. In the middle 00:32:49.589 --> 00:32:53.490 of the second inning, the score is a match two 00:32:53.490 --> 00:32:56.890 and a giant nothing. Ted and Doris Raid at Raid's 00:32:56.890 --> 00:32:59.069 Gardens, just two miles off Lake Avenue on the 00:32:59.069 --> 00:33:01.690 old Skylarville Road, have a special now on Rosebushes 00:33:01.690 --> 00:33:04.210 for Mets listeners. 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Mention 00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:35.279 the Mets by six market packs for just $2 .99. 00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:37.880 Strayed's Gardens is just a little out of the 00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:39.940 way, but they offer big savings and the trip 00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:42.180 is well worth the little time it takes. You can 00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:45.900 call us, Rage Gardens, 584 -3236. Ted or Doris 00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:48.039 will be happy to give you directions. That's 00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:51.140 Rage Gardens, just two miles from downtown Saratoga, 00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:53.599 out Lake Avenue on the old Schuylerville Road, 00:33:53.740 --> 00:34:01.779 a small business with big plans. Willie McCovey 00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:03.440 is coming up for the Giants in the bottom of 00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:06.619 the second. The face fireballer, Nolan Ryan. 00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:11.059 McCovey is hitting 203. He has six home runs 00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:19.639 and 17 runs batted in. Ryan's fastball is high 00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:24.039 and away, so it is 1 -0. Dick Dietz is on deck. 00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:28.820 The Mets lead by a score of 2 -0. Joe Foy singled 00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:32.199 in two runs in the first inning. Breaking pitch 00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:38.130 low. Ryan goes behind now, 2 -0 to McCovey. The 00:34:38.130 --> 00:34:40.510 shift is on as the Mets put three infielders 00:34:40.510 --> 00:34:43.030 between first and second and leave only Bud Harrelson 00:34:43.030 --> 00:34:49.530 over on the shortstop side of the bag. There's 00:34:49.530 --> 00:34:52.309 a swing and a foul ball back out of play. To 00:34:52.309 --> 00:34:56.909 what? Through the years in baseball, there have 00:34:56.909 --> 00:35:00.050 been a lot of shifts employed. However, in many 00:35:00.050 --> 00:35:02.840 cases... Managers have chosen not to go with 00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:05.159 the shift with base runners on. Gil Hodges has 00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:07.480 been going with the same shift, even with runners 00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:11.960 at first and second. Those shifts take a lot 00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:14.380 of base hits away, Lindsey. I had one that was 00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:16.239 always pulled on me with a second baseman on 00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:18.840 the shortstop side. Well, here's a fly ball. 00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:21.079 It may go back to bases in the left field, but 00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:23.079 it's a foul ball by about a foot and a half. 00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:27.579 As McCovey went to the opposite field, lofted 00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:30.519 a pop down the left field line. Harrelson was 00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:33.360 racing to try to get to it. Jones, who was swung 00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:35.179 over and left, was trying to get there. Nobody 00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:37.539 could have got it, but it was a foul ball. So 00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:41.400 it's 2 -2. The psychology of a shift like this 00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:46.260 is to really take base hits away, but also they're 00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:48.760 willing to give up a single if McCovey would 00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:50.980 bunt or hit the ball the other way instead of 00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:53.539 the home run if he were swinging away and managed 00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:57.289 to connect the ball. Here's a 2 -2 pitch. Swung 00:35:57.289 --> 00:35:59.630 on it, only got a second. It takes a bad hop, 00:35:59.650 --> 00:36:02.070 but it's fielded there and thrown on by Foy. 00:36:02.889 --> 00:36:06.889 And McCovey is out. Foy was on the second base 00:36:06.889 --> 00:36:09.010 side of the bag, and that last hop it took was 00:36:09.010 --> 00:36:10.969 up off his chest, but he corralled it right then 00:36:10.969 --> 00:36:12.690 and threw on. Tell me, Lindsey, how are you going 00:36:12.690 --> 00:36:17.389 to score that? Well, I'll tell you about position. 00:36:18.449 --> 00:36:21.469 It's a difficult thing if you're scored by personnel. 00:36:21.489 --> 00:36:24.550 He is the third baseman, no matter where he plays, 00:36:24.630 --> 00:36:27.849 and so the official score says 5 -3. If he plays 00:36:27.849 --> 00:36:29.570 in center field, he's still the third baseman. 00:36:31.010 --> 00:36:36.369 One away, Dick Dietz is up. And the pitch is 00:36:36.369 --> 00:36:39.230 in for a call strike. I think that's one factor 00:36:39.230 --> 00:36:41.369 of the game that Abner Doubleday didn't consider 00:36:41.369 --> 00:36:46.650 when he supposedly invented baseball. Did you 00:36:46.650 --> 00:36:49.309 ever discuss it with him? No, but Cartwright 00:36:49.309 --> 00:36:51.170 has some pretty good theories on it. Here's a 00:36:51.170 --> 00:36:53.150 swing and a fly ball down the right field corner. 00:36:53.150 --> 00:36:57.530 If it stays fair, it's a foul ball. Again, that 00:36:57.530 --> 00:36:59.849 went way down the right field corner, but foul. 00:37:01.789 --> 00:37:04.150 Hey, why don't you stop in at your local Chevron 00:37:04.150 --> 00:37:07.090 Island and fill her up with Chevron Supreme Gasoline, 00:37:07.309 --> 00:37:10.889 the power pack fuel that's made for today's driving. 00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:25.380 here, 2 -0. Count is two strikes to Dietz with 00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:29.579 one man out and nobody on base. Ryan's fastball 00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:32.760 is outside. California Angels are in New York 00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:34.860 tonight to take on the Yankees at Yankee Stadium. 00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:37.500 At Minnesota in the middle of the seventh inning, 00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:39.300 it's the Minnesota Twins 3 and the Cleveland 00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:44.079 Indians 1. Swing and a miss. Nolan Ryan has his 00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:48.199 second strikeout. He got Dietz swinging. Jim 00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:49.940 Davenport's coming up. Dietz, by the way, is 00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:54.820 hitting .397. Davenport's hitting .143. Luis 00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:57.039 Tiaz pitching today for Minnesota. Stan Williams 00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:59.099 relieved him in the seventh. Tiaz won three and 00:37:59.099 --> 00:38:01.000 lost none. Steve Hargan started for Cleveland. 00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:03.340 Bill Hennigan in the fifth and Bob Miller in 00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:06.860 the seventh. Greg Nettles homered in the fourth. 00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:09.039 Here's a swing and a foul ball back and out of 00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:11.760 play. Strike one to Davenport. Armand Killebrew 00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:13.480 got his fourth homer in the fourth with nobody 00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:17.019 on. Brad Ailey got his. Fifth homer in the fourth 00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:19.480 with one on from Minnesota. 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Right -hand batter against 00:40:09.650 --> 00:40:13.590 the left -hander, Mike McCormick. Mike with a 00:40:13.590 --> 00:40:16.050 various assortment of small curveballs, and he 00:40:16.050 --> 00:40:17.909 starts off with a curve, and it's popped up in 00:40:17.909 --> 00:40:20.429 foul territory. The third baseman, Jim Davenport, 00:40:20.489 --> 00:40:23.150 over near the Met dugout, and he makes the catch. 00:40:25.449 --> 00:40:28.150 So McCormick, who worked the second inning one, 00:40:28.289 --> 00:40:30.309 two, three, and very quickly, picks up an out 00:40:30.309 --> 00:40:32.090 here in the third on one pitch, and it brings 00:40:32.090 --> 00:40:36.090 up Cleon Jones. Cleon worked out a walk his first 00:40:36.090 --> 00:40:39.289 time up at a 3 -2 pitch. Moved down to second 00:40:39.289 --> 00:40:42.690 base in a single by Don Clendenin. When Ron's 00:40:42.690 --> 00:40:44.690 promoter walked in the 3 -2 pitch, Jones went 00:40:44.690 --> 00:40:46.889 over to third, and he scored the first run of 00:40:46.889 --> 00:40:49.690 the ballgame on a single to center field by Joe 00:40:49.690 --> 00:40:53.210 Poi. Mets also got a run in when Don Clendenin 00:40:53.210 --> 00:40:56.070 crossed from second base on the single by Poi. 00:40:56.150 --> 00:40:58.670 Mets leading 2 -0, one away, top of the third. 00:41:00.170 --> 00:41:02.449 And Cleon takes the first pitch for a called 00:41:02.449 --> 00:41:05.940 strike. Cleon, his first time up, was taking 00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:08.280 all away. He wants to look at the ball. He feels 00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:11.139 he is not comfortable at the plate, and he has 00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:14.460 been taking the first pitches. Now a curve back 00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:16.199 that's in the dirt, and they count one ball and 00:41:16.199 --> 00:41:19.119 one strike. Cleon hitting .224 with no home runs. 00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:23.019 He has eight runs batted in with three doubles 00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:26.400 and one triple. Cleon got off to a fast start, 00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:29.300 and he has not been hitting lately. Now a pitch 00:41:29.300 --> 00:41:37.010 back, foul back, and it's one and two. Tommy 00:41:37.010 --> 00:41:39.769 Agee, along with Cleon Jones in the batting slot, 00:41:39.909 --> 00:41:43.190 despite the fact that Tommy has hit in ten consecutive 00:41:43.190 --> 00:41:45.269 games, but he has not been hitting the ball hard. 00:41:45.369 --> 00:41:48.070 Yesterday, he kept that streak going as a pinch 00:41:48.070 --> 00:41:50.030 hitter and did hit a hard single to the left 00:41:50.030 --> 00:41:56.789 in the ninth inning. One ball, two strikes. McCormick 00:41:56.789 --> 00:42:00.449 back. And a fly ball to center field. Bobby Bonds 00:42:00.449 --> 00:42:02.750 moves back, gets under the ball, makes the catch. 00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:12.900 and that brings up Don Vendenen. Don hit a hard 00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:15.760 single to left field his first time up. He's 00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:18.360 averaged now at .256. He has three home runs, 00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:20.820 got his third yesterday, and it was a landmarker. 00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:24.500 He has driven an 11 runs that leads the club. 00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:29.639 And the first pitch by McCormick has swung on 00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:32.340 and missed, strike one. McCormick throws a screwball 00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:42.239 along with his breaking pitches. Now the pitch, 00:42:42.320 --> 00:42:45.059 and it's low on the count. One ball and one strike. 00:42:45.139 --> 00:42:47.360 Got a chance yesterday to talk a little bit with 00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:49.440 a great left -hander who had a great screwball, 00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:53.460 Carl Hubble. Carl, a one -time, 126 games for 00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:57.639 the New York Giants back in 1936. There's a line 00:42:57.639 --> 00:43:00.039 drive single to center field. Bobby Bond comes 00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:02.719 over to play the first half. And Glendon, and 00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:05.320 now two for two in the game. That brings up Ron 00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:23.700 Svoboda. Mets leading by a score of 2 -0. The 00:43:23.700 --> 00:43:29.320 giant club record for most wins by a pitcher. 00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:38.500 Christy Mathewson. He won 37 in 1908. Now swinging 00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:46.789 a foul on the ground at strike one. Al Hubbell 00:43:46.789 --> 00:43:50.409 at one time won 24 ballgames in succession over 00:43:50.409 --> 00:43:55.409 a period of two years. 16 in 1936 and 8 in 1937 00:43:55.409 --> 00:43:59.670 before he lost one. Now a slow curveball grounded 00:43:59.670 --> 00:44:02.010 out in the hole coming over the shortstop. 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Boston Spa National Bank, the bank 00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:17.099 that saves you money, might be a great place 00:45:17.099 --> 00:45:25.420 to do all your banking. We're going to the bottom 00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:27.519 of the third inning. The Giants coming up, and 00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:29.219 the first batter will be the left fielder, Bob 00:45:29.219 --> 00:45:32.260 Taylor. Enter a left -hand batter. He'll be followed 00:45:32.260 --> 00:45:34.659 by Hal Lanier, and then the pitcher, Mike McCormick. 00:45:35.420 --> 00:45:39.099 On the mound for the Mets, Nolan Ryan. With a 00:45:39.099 --> 00:45:41.760 native. A double play, Ryan has pitched to six 00:45:41.760 --> 00:45:44.400 batters in his first two innings. One man getting 00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:46.760 on on the walk. First pitch is high, and it's 00:45:46.760 --> 00:45:52.639 ball one. Daylor hitting 133. He's had two hits 00:45:52.639 --> 00:45:56.159 and 15 times up this year. And the 1 -0 pitch 00:45:56.159 --> 00:45:59.000 by Ryan, a fastball that is outside, and they 00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:01.280 count two balls and no strikes. It's just off 00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:07.849 the plate. has struck out two and two innings, 00:46:07.889 --> 00:46:13.369 is high for a ball game, 15. Next pitch is a 00:46:13.369 --> 00:46:16.469 breaking ball. It's inside ball three, three 00:46:16.469 --> 00:46:19.150 balls and no strikes. That set a club record, 00:46:19.210 --> 00:46:22.070 the 15 strikeouts, but it was broken by Tom Seaver, 00:46:22.130 --> 00:46:25.489 who struck out 19 against San Diego. That's had 00:46:25.489 --> 00:46:29.070 an all -time high record. The 3 -0 delivery. 00:46:30.059 --> 00:46:32.699 It's high ball four. Now Nolan Ryan has walked 00:46:32.699 --> 00:46:35.239 Taylor on four pitches. His other walk also was 00:46:35.239 --> 00:46:44.239 on four pitches to Ron Hunt. Potentially it puts 00:46:44.239 --> 00:46:46.440 the time run at the plate. Howell near the batter. 00:46:46.619 --> 00:46:48.880 Howell got a home run in yesterday's win for 00:46:48.880 --> 00:46:52.920 the Giants. A free run home run. He had not hit 00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:56.119 a home run since 1966 in the Major Leagues until 00:46:56.119 --> 00:47:00.070 this year. And his home run yesterday was his 00:47:00.070 --> 00:47:03.409 second for this season. Has a lifetime total 00:47:03.409 --> 00:47:06.289 of seven. And he takes the first pitch of Carl's 00:47:06.289 --> 00:47:11.269 strike. On the air batting 176, he has four runs 00:47:11.269 --> 00:47:16.670 batted in. Talking about Carl Hubble's consecutive 00:47:16.670 --> 00:47:19.630 wins over a period of two seasons of 24, Tom 00:47:19.630 --> 00:47:24.010 Seaver has won his last 14 for the men. Four 00:47:24.010 --> 00:47:26.030 of them this year. Swing and a foul back off 00:47:26.030 --> 00:47:29.750 a fastball. McCown at strike two. Tom will be 00:47:29.750 --> 00:47:31.650 going in tomorrow's game at San Diego. We'll 00:47:31.650 --> 00:47:36.769 be on the air at 1025 for that one. Al Santorini 00:47:36.769 --> 00:47:39.250 will be pitching for San Diego. He has a win 00:47:39.250 --> 00:47:40.949 over the Mets. The only one that San Diego had 00:47:40.949 --> 00:47:44.030 over the Mets last year. Mets defeated them 11 00:47:44.030 --> 00:47:47.929 out of 12. Next pitch is fouled off. Again, the 00:47:47.929 --> 00:47:54.940 fastball. McCown stays at strike two. The biggest 00:47:54.940 --> 00:47:58.219 game ever played as a matter of time between 00:47:58.219 --> 00:48:00.780 the Mets and the Giants. Seven hours, 23 minutes, 00:48:00.960 --> 00:48:09.460 23 innings. May 31st, 1964. Tomorrow, we go into 00:48:09.460 --> 00:48:11.679 the month of May. Now again, a swing and a miss 00:48:11.679 --> 00:48:22.389 and the ball fouled off. the fastest game of 00:48:22.389 --> 00:48:26.329 their career in 51 minutes. Nine -inning ball 00:48:26.329 --> 00:48:29.190 game against Philadelphia on September 28, 1919. 00:48:30.349 --> 00:48:36.690 51 minutes. Now again, it's Ryan back in a curveball. 00:48:36.710 --> 00:48:38.750 It's in the air, over the head of the second 00:48:38.750 --> 00:48:42.530 baseman. Now, why is the base hit? And Lanier 00:48:42.530 --> 00:48:44.829 becomes the fourth man to get a base hit against 00:48:44.829 --> 00:48:50.590 Ryan this year. Ryan had done. to his first two 00:48:50.590 --> 00:48:57.369 starts, giving up only three hits. That brings 00:48:57.369 --> 00:48:59.789 up Mike McCormick, who is a good -hitting pitcher. 00:48:59.869 --> 00:49:02.110 He has had seven home runs in his Major League 00:49:02.110 --> 00:49:05.570 career. We have to guard against him. At this 00:49:05.570 --> 00:49:08.070 point, he'll be batting with no one out and the 00:49:08.070 --> 00:49:10.690 tie run at first, so we'll be looking for a possible 00:49:10.690 --> 00:49:20.440 sacrifice. McCormick has been up 12 times this 00:49:20.440 --> 00:49:22.980 year without a hit. Don Condon in the first baseman 00:49:22.980 --> 00:49:28.360 in, very, very tight. Hard to bunt on this artificial 00:49:28.360 --> 00:49:30.920 surface. There's a chopper bounced out to Ryan. 00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:32.760 He'll have to wait for it to come down. He does. 00:49:32.880 --> 00:49:34.800 Throws the first base to Weiss covering there, 00:49:34.820 --> 00:49:37.760 and the sacrifice is effective. Well, there's 00:49:37.760 --> 00:49:40.980 one way to bunt on this artificial surface, Lindsay. 00:49:41.139 --> 00:49:43.579 Just chop it down, and the ball will bounce high 00:49:43.579 --> 00:49:45.500 in the air. That's what happened, and Ryan had 00:49:45.500 --> 00:49:53.440 to wait for it to come down. Well, the dime run 00:49:53.440 --> 00:49:55.599 moves down to second base in scoring position 00:49:55.599 --> 00:49:59.820 with Bob Tender on ahead at third. And the batter, 00:49:59.920 --> 00:50:02.119 Bobby Bonds, who was struck out his first time 00:50:02.119 --> 00:50:10.360 up. Bonds batting .346. He has four home runs, 00:50:10.480 --> 00:50:13.699 ten runs batted in. That's playing the infield 00:50:13.699 --> 00:50:17.539 back. They lead 2 -0 in the first pitch, a curve 00:50:17.539 --> 00:50:19.739 that's in for a foul strike, and Bonds backs 00:50:19.739 --> 00:50:22.699 away from the plate. He was fooled by that one. 00:50:24.539 --> 00:50:27.539 Bonds was struck out on a 1 -2 fastball his first 00:50:27.539 --> 00:50:33.699 time up. Bonds now has been struck out 25 times 00:50:33.699 --> 00:50:41.559 this year in 22 games. And at one strike, the 00:50:41.559 --> 00:50:44.420 pitch by Ryan. Again, the curve is topped out 00:50:44.420 --> 00:50:47.039 toward shortstop. Come off by Foy. A play at 00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:50.820 first base in time. And on the play. Bob Tanner 00:50:50.820 --> 00:50:54.400 scores from third, and Alan Ear runs over to 00:50:54.400 --> 00:50:57.179 third. So it's now a 2 -1 ballgame, a run batted 00:50:57.179 --> 00:51:00.099 in for Barnes. An argument at first base as both 00:51:00.099 --> 00:51:05.599 Barnes and the first base coach, Wes Westrom, 00:51:05.699 --> 00:51:08.539 argue with the first base umpire, Ken Burkhardt, 00:51:08.539 --> 00:51:12.320 and Burkhardt's got a very short fuse. Now Clyde 00:51:12.320 --> 00:51:14.219 King comes out of the dugout. He wants to say 00:51:14.219 --> 00:51:17.469 something to Burkhardt. Ed Sudol, a second base 00:51:17.469 --> 00:51:21.110 umpire, coming over for some more support. And 00:51:21.110 --> 00:51:25.110 King now, King now arguing with Burkhart. Weston 00:51:25.110 --> 00:51:27.190 had walked away. He comes back to the discussion. 00:51:29.409 --> 00:51:31.789 Now coming from the iron deck circle over to 00:51:31.789 --> 00:51:51.789 the argument, Ken Henderson. Westrom walks away. 00:51:52.090 --> 00:51:55.650 King still stays there. Barnes is going back 00:51:55.650 --> 00:51:59.510 to the dugout. King is the kind of a man who 00:51:59.510 --> 00:52:04.030 will argue very quietly. He's not very strong 00:52:04.030 --> 00:52:10.829 in his talking personality. He's very persistent, 00:52:10.969 --> 00:52:19.769 though. He's still there with the argument. On 00:52:19.769 --> 00:52:22.190 the play, the time run has moved over to third, 00:52:22.289 --> 00:52:32.409 and we still have a discussion going. After six 00:52:32.409 --> 00:52:34.670 innings of play, the White Sox lead Baltimore 00:52:34.670 --> 00:52:37.329 4 -2. White Sox with four runs in the bottom 00:52:37.329 --> 00:52:40.889 of the sixth inning. Knocking Tom Peebles out. 00:52:41.110 --> 00:52:44.630 King is still there, arguing. Started to walk 00:52:44.630 --> 00:52:50.440 away, came back. Now he goes away. Harden is 00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:52.659 now pitching for a battle more in place of Phoebus. 00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:56.559 Tommy John, who has lost five, won none. The 00:52:56.559 --> 00:53:00.139 start in the ballgame for the White Sox. Milwaukee 00:53:00.139 --> 00:53:02.460 scheduled Washington for a night game. Detroit 00:53:02.460 --> 00:53:05.119 against Kansas City for a night game. Kansas 00:53:05.119 --> 00:53:09.500 City has lost seven in a row. At the end of seven, 00:53:09.599 --> 00:53:12.679 Minnesota three, Cleveland one. Now order has 00:53:12.679 --> 00:53:15.199 been restored and we're set to go. Two men away, 00:53:15.320 --> 00:53:17.800 the batter Ron Hunt. Ron walked on four pitches 00:53:17.800 --> 00:53:21.789 in his... First time up. Mets have been unable 00:53:21.789 --> 00:53:25.909 to get him out. He was on every time yesterday. 00:53:26.670 --> 00:53:35.449 And the first pitch is outside the ball. Unbetting 00:53:35.449 --> 00:53:41.389 at an even 400. He has had three game -winning 00:53:41.389 --> 00:53:45.989 hits for the Giants. The 1 -0 pitch by Ryan, 00:53:46.130 --> 00:53:50.710 a curveball that is in for a called strike. Ron 00:53:50.710 --> 00:53:53.909 Hunt moved away from the pitch. He stands right 00:53:53.909 --> 00:53:59.030 on top of the plate, which would make it difficult 00:53:59.030 --> 00:54:03.550 for him on the inside pitch. Now Ryan into the 00:54:03.550 --> 00:54:07.070 windup, and time is called. Hunt stepping out 00:54:07.070 --> 00:54:23.579 of the batter's box. Now Hunt back in. And at 00:54:23.579 --> 00:54:26.260 1 -1, the pitch by Ryan is a fastball that is 00:54:26.260 --> 00:54:36.739 low, and it's two balls and one strike. Ron Hunt 00:54:36.739 --> 00:54:39.039 originally signed with the Milwaukee Braves. 00:54:39.539 --> 00:54:43.619 That's got him from the farm system. moved on 00:54:43.619 --> 00:54:46.699 to L .A., and now here with San Francisco. The 00:54:46.699 --> 00:54:49.400 2 -1 delivery popped in the air to center field. 00:54:49.579 --> 00:54:51.699 Moving over is Tommy Agee to get under the ball. 00:54:51.760 --> 00:54:54.360 He's now called off by Ron Svoboda, and Ron makes 00:54:54.360 --> 00:54:56.380 a catch as the wind drifts the ball toward him. 00:54:57.099 --> 00:54:59.340 Every tie is a side, but in the inning, a run 00:54:59.340 --> 00:55:03.300 for San Francisco, they have one hit. There was 00:55:03.300 --> 00:55:07.860 a walk, and one man left on. And the score, at 00:55:07.860 --> 00:55:10.519 the end of three, New York Mets 2, the San Francisco 00:55:10.519 --> 00:55:20.110 Giants 1. to Carmody Ford and Mercury at the 00:55:20.110 --> 00:55:22.570 junction of Routes 29 and 40 in busy Greenwich. 00:55:22.789 --> 00:55:25.269 Come to Carmody Car Land and see their big selection 00:55:25.269 --> 00:55:28.630 of Fords in stock. You'll find Torinos, Mustangs, 00:55:28.670 --> 00:55:30.769 Thunderbirds, Falcons, and the new Maverick in 00:55:30.769 --> 00:55:33.190 dozens of different body styles. Remember, you 00:55:33.190 --> 00:55:35.869 can't say Carmody without saying car. And for 00:55:35.869 --> 00:55:38.570 the best deal on a car, see Bill Rowe, Joe Zostak, 00:55:38.610 --> 00:55:41.349 or Jack Carmody. A good bunch of guys to do business 00:55:41.349 --> 00:55:44.369 with at Carmody Ford. Before you buy, check the 00:55:44.369 --> 00:55:46.909 Carmody deal. You'll like doing business at Carmody. 00:55:47.280 --> 00:55:49.719 Their overhead is low, and at Carmody Ford, everybody 00:55:49.719 --> 00:55:52.340 works to serve their customers. There are no 00:55:52.340 --> 00:55:54.820 padded payrolls. Every dollar you pay goes into 00:55:54.820 --> 00:55:57.320 automobile value. Take the pleasant drive to 00:55:57.320 --> 00:55:59.519 Greenwich. It's only minutes to Carmody, your 00:55:59.519 --> 00:56:02.199 country Ford dealer. For the best deal on a car, 00:56:02.320 --> 00:56:04.579 see the men at Carmody Ford and Mercury. You 00:56:04.579 --> 00:56:07.219 can't say Carmody without saying car, and the 00:56:07.219 --> 00:56:09.679 best deal on a car is at Carmody Ford and Mercury 00:56:09.679 --> 00:56:13.039 at the junction of Routes 29 and 40 in busy Greenwich. 00:56:15.369 --> 00:56:17.090 We're going to the top of the fourth inning. 00:56:17.150 --> 00:56:20.449 The Mets leading 2 -1 after three. Nolan Ryan 00:56:20.449 --> 00:56:23.510 dueling with Mike McCormick. And the first batter 00:56:23.510 --> 00:56:26.710 for the Mets will be Joe Foy, who drove in two 00:56:26.710 --> 00:56:28.690 Mets runs in the first inning with a single to 00:56:28.690 --> 00:56:32.789 center field. Mets have had two runs on three 00:56:32.789 --> 00:56:34.969 hits. Don Fundenin picking up two hits along 00:56:34.969 --> 00:56:38.670 with Joe Foy. Giants have one run on one hit. 00:56:39.550 --> 00:56:46.099 Base hit by Howell Anear. And now Joel Boyd, 00:56:46.099 --> 00:56:49.099 the batter. Joel, right -hand batter. And the 00:56:49.099 --> 00:56:51.480 first pitch is a screwball. It's over for a called 00:56:51.480 --> 00:56:55.199 strike. Boyd hitting 183. Now has seven, make 00:56:55.199 --> 00:56:57.139 it eight runs batted in. He's had one home run. 00:57:01.780 --> 00:57:04.099 And McCormick, a left -hander. And the one -strike 00:57:04.099 --> 00:57:07.320 delivery is a curveball inside. So he breaks 00:57:07.320 --> 00:57:09.119 one the other way. And the count evens at one 00:57:09.119 --> 00:57:13.340 ball and one strike. Cormac with a record of 00:57:13.340 --> 00:57:25.320 1 -1 this year. And the 1 -1 pitch. Slow curveball 00:57:25.320 --> 00:57:27.320 that hangs up high and it's two balls in one 00:57:27.320 --> 00:57:31.719 strike. I got some trivia for you, Lindsey. But 00:57:31.719 --> 00:57:34.559 Cormac attended Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra, 00:57:34.599 --> 00:57:40.639 California. Ho, ho, ho. Campbell covered. 2 -1 00:57:40.639 --> 00:57:43.860 and the pitch. Hit hard in the hole and on through 00:57:43.860 --> 00:57:46.039 in the left field as O 'Neal dies for it and 00:57:46.039 --> 00:57:49.599 he cannot come up with it. So far he has two 00:57:49.599 --> 00:57:51.760 for two along with Don Clendenin. The Mets now 00:57:51.760 --> 00:57:58.000 have four hits. And it brings up Al White. Al 00:57:58.000 --> 00:58:03.380 was struck out his first time up. Mets leading 00:58:03.380 --> 00:58:06.579 by a 2 -1 margin with no one out or in the top 00:58:06.579 --> 00:58:16.469 of the fourth. Now McCormick working from the 00:58:16.469 --> 00:58:19.250 set position. Weiss hitting at 2 -11. The runner 00:58:19.250 --> 00:58:21.170 going. The pitch is swung on and missed. A big 00:58:21.170 --> 00:58:25.469 jump by Boyd. He steals the base easily. Joe 00:58:25.469 --> 00:58:27.969 Boyd with a stolen base and he did it on the 00:58:27.969 --> 00:58:30.710 pitcher. He got a tremendous jump. That is his 00:58:30.710 --> 00:58:37.489 fifth stolen base of the year. Boyd now has five 00:58:37.489 --> 00:58:39.550 out of seven for the Mets and he is in scoring 00:58:39.550 --> 00:58:43.690 position. Now Weiss protecting him as he swung 00:58:43.690 --> 00:58:47.570 at the pitch. One strike count. Boy, last year 00:58:47.570 --> 00:58:55.869 had 37 stolen bases for Kansas City. Now McCormick, 00:58:55.869 --> 00:58:59.210 again from the set position. And the pitch to 00:58:59.210 --> 00:59:01.829 Weiss. Curveball low and inside. McCormick trying 00:59:01.829 --> 00:59:03.969 to keep the pitch inside to keep Weiss from hitting 00:59:03.969 --> 00:59:10.650 behind the runner. One ball and one strike. Gil 00:59:10.650 --> 00:59:15.219 Hodges believes that... One of the most important 00:59:15.219 --> 00:59:17.900 plays in baseball is when a batter gives himself 00:59:17.900 --> 00:59:20.679 up and hits a ground ball toward the second baseman. 00:59:21.139 --> 00:59:23.940 In a situation like this, no one out, a runner 00:59:23.940 --> 00:59:29.380 at second base. Now the pitch. It is again the 00:59:29.380 --> 00:59:32.539 low inside curveball, too low for ball two. Two 00:59:32.539 --> 00:59:49.769 balls and one strike. Signs go out. McCormick 00:59:49.769 --> 00:59:54.949 working very slowly. Sets up again. And the 2 00:59:54.949 --> 00:59:58.510 -1 pitch. It is low at the knees. A called strike 00:59:58.510 --> 01:00:00.449 two in the count. Two balls and two strikes. 01:00:01.150 --> 01:00:03.389 McCormick coming back with a fastball knee high. 01:00:17.449 --> 01:00:19.329 Weiss batting from the right -hand side all the 01:00:19.329 --> 01:00:23.329 way since last year. And the 2 -2 pitch is swung 01:00:23.329 --> 01:00:25.469 on and missed, and now Weiss is struck out for 01:00:25.469 --> 01:00:28.809 the second time. McCormick got him with an inside 01:00:28.809 --> 01:00:31.130 curveball. The only thing that's going to impress 01:00:31.130 --> 01:00:33.449 you about a White Owl cigar is how it tastes 01:00:33.449 --> 01:00:36.070 compared to other cigars. To really appreciate 01:00:36.070 --> 01:00:39.449 a White Owl cigar, you have to smoke their cigar. 01:00:41.489 --> 01:00:48.400 Now Duffy Dyer, the batter. Duffy flied to center 01:00:48.400 --> 01:00:52.119 field his first time up. Right -hand batter. 01:00:53.159 --> 01:00:55.480 Batting a 2 -0 -8 for the year. Duffy has yet 01:00:55.480 --> 01:00:59.260 to drive in a run this year. Runner at second 01:00:59.260 --> 01:01:01.940 base. One man on top of the fourth. Immensely 01:01:01.940 --> 01:01:06.340 2 -1. And a play on at second base. Foy gets 01:01:06.340 --> 01:01:09.579 back just in time. The throw taken by Ron Hunt. 01:01:09.659 --> 01:01:12.780 And the throw was away from Hunt. He had to make 01:01:12.780 --> 01:01:14.820 a good play to catch the ball. He had to reach 01:01:14.820 --> 01:01:17.829 over Foy and... Catch the ball, keep it from 01:01:17.829 --> 01:01:23.730 going in the center field. Now McCormick again 01:01:23.730 --> 01:01:25.989 has Hunt at the bag, and this time he does not 01:01:25.989 --> 01:01:28.469 throw as Foy gets back before any action took 01:01:28.469 --> 01:01:34.329 place. The guy is trying to hold a very fast 01:01:34.329 --> 01:01:36.949 man, Joe Foy, close to the bag at second in case 01:01:36.949 --> 01:01:39.090 of a play at the plate on a base hit to the outfield. 01:01:39.170 --> 01:01:41.989 Here's the pitch. Slow curveball over the inside 01:01:41.989 --> 01:01:44.489 corner, strike one. McCormick takes a lot off 01:01:44.489 --> 01:02:02.239 the curve. One strikeout. Cormac now sets up. 01:02:04.940 --> 01:02:07.500 And the play for him is stealing. It is inside. 01:02:07.679 --> 01:02:10.760 The quarterback is not in time. And Joe Foy has 01:02:10.760 --> 01:02:14.059 stolen his second base of the inning. That is 01:02:14.059 --> 01:02:17.440 number six for Joe Foy this season. He got again 01:02:17.440 --> 01:02:22.719 a big jump. So now the Giants will probably set 01:02:22.719 --> 01:02:26.309 their infield in. Which gives Duffy Dyer a much 01:02:26.309 --> 01:02:28.489 better chance to hit with one man out here in 01:02:28.489 --> 01:02:37.949 the top of the fourth. Mets have a lot of base 01:02:37.949 --> 01:02:40.170 -dealing potential in their lineup this year. 01:02:40.389 --> 01:02:42.889 Slow curveball, tough bat to the mound. McCormick 01:02:42.889 --> 01:02:46.630 fields it, shovels off underhanded. And the players 01:02:46.630 --> 01:02:49.389 make the play in time on Troy as he flies into 01:02:49.389 --> 01:02:52.710 the tag. On the fielder's choice, Dyer is at 01:02:52.710 --> 01:02:54.809 first base, and we pause for station identification. 01:02:54.969 --> 01:02:57.590 This is the New York Mets baseball network. This 01:02:57.590 --> 01:03:00.050 is your New York Mets baseball station in Saratoga 01:03:00.050 --> 01:03:04.550 Springs, New York. WKAJ -FM 102 .3 on your dial. 01:03:06.349 --> 01:03:09.090 Rob Kiner along with Lindsey Nelson and Bob Murphy 01:03:09.090 --> 01:03:12.730 from San Francisco, California. Play at the plate, 01:03:12.750 --> 01:03:14.849 a good play by Mike McCormick, cutting off Joe 01:03:14.849 --> 01:03:17.800 Foy trying to score from third. Now it's Duffy 01:03:17.800 --> 01:03:19.960 Dyer at first base with two men out at the top 01:03:19.960 --> 01:03:21.880 of the fourth. The Mets leading by one, and the 01:03:21.880 --> 01:03:25.559 batter is Nolan Ryan. First pitch to Nolan, a 01:03:25.559 --> 01:03:31.460 slow curveball, too low for a ball. Ryan has 01:03:31.460 --> 01:03:40.019 had one hit. And eight times up this year. And 01:03:40.019 --> 01:03:42.639 McCormick back again, and a fastball is swung 01:03:42.639 --> 01:03:53.320 on and missed it. One and one. One ball, one 01:03:53.320 --> 01:03:56.360 strike. Dyer not being held on at first base 01:03:56.360 --> 01:04:00.800 as Willie McCovey plays behind him. Next pitch 01:04:00.800 --> 01:04:03.159 is hit hard down to the shortstop. Amiri makes 01:04:03.159 --> 01:04:05.579 a one -hand grab, races to the back, a second 01:04:05.579 --> 01:04:08.360 for the fourth play, taking a base hit away from 01:04:08.360 --> 01:04:11.860 Ryan and concluding the inning. No runs, one 01:04:11.860 --> 01:04:16.500 hit. No errors, a man left at first. And the 01:04:16.500 --> 01:04:19.579 score in the middle of the fourth inning. The 01:04:19.579 --> 01:04:21.800 New York Mets steal the San Francisco Giants 01:04:21.800 --> 01:04:31.300 one. I am going on a long journey. I will be 01:04:31.300 --> 01:04:37.599 following the springs. It is high time that I 01:04:37.599 --> 01:04:44.780 was searching for the natural things. When something's 01:04:44.780 --> 01:04:47.679 good and natural, you can't rush it. You leave 01:04:47.679 --> 01:04:50.650 it alone to age. And that's how we make a natural 01:04:50.650 --> 01:04:53.710 beer. At Rheingold, we don't try to speed up 01:04:53.710 --> 01:04:56.570 carbonation. We let the beer age long enough 01:04:56.570 --> 01:04:59.309 to carbonate itself naturally, giving it a good 01:04:59.309 --> 01:05:02.650 extra dry natural taste. It's expensive to make 01:05:02.650 --> 01:05:05.409 beer by natural carbonation because we can't 01:05:05.409 --> 01:05:08.590 make it any faster than nature. Natural Rheingold. 01:05:19.819 --> 01:05:21.820 Rheingold Breweries Incorporated, New York, New 01:05:21.820 --> 01:05:23.579 York, and Orange, New Jersey ask you to help 01:05:23.579 --> 01:05:28.920 keep America beautiful. Bottom half of the fourth 01:05:28.920 --> 01:05:31.000 inning, the Mets leading the Giants by a 2 -1 01:05:31.000 --> 01:05:34.119 score, and the first batter for the Giants will 01:05:34.119 --> 01:05:36.960 be the right fielder, Ken Henderson. Ken hit 01:05:36.960 --> 01:05:41.960 into a double play his first time up. Left -hand 01:05:41.960 --> 01:05:43.920 batter against the right -hander at Olin Ryan, 01:05:44.019 --> 01:05:53.099 hitting at .377. Ryan has struck out two in the 01:05:53.099 --> 01:05:55.780 ballgame. He has been reached for one run on 01:05:55.780 --> 01:05:59.480 one hit. A walk to Bob Taylor cost him the run. 01:06:00.400 --> 01:06:03.159 It was driven in by Bobby Bonds on the grounder 01:06:03.159 --> 01:06:06.519 to third. And the first pitch occurred at slowest 01:06:06.519 --> 01:06:12.139 ball one. Ryan has walked two batters in the 01:06:12.139 --> 01:06:14.440 ballgame, both on four pitches, but he has not 01:06:14.440 --> 01:06:17.760 been wild. By being very wild, he has missed 01:06:17.760 --> 01:06:20.699 very closely. Now back again in the high inside 01:06:20.699 --> 01:06:24.420 fastball for ball two. He'll be pitching to Ken 01:06:24.420 --> 01:06:26.519 Henderson, Willie McCovey, and Dick Dietz here 01:06:26.519 --> 01:06:29.619 in this inning. And the right -hander's next 01:06:29.619 --> 01:06:32.800 pitch is swung on and fouled back. Henderson 01:06:32.800 --> 01:06:35.239 going for a high fastball on the count. Two balls 01:06:35.239 --> 01:06:49.219 and one strike. And the next delivery is fouled 01:06:49.219 --> 01:06:51.099 back against the screen. Again, the fastball, 01:06:51.119 --> 01:06:55.400 it's two and two. Line with a record of one win 01:06:55.400 --> 01:06:57.679 and one loss as part of the fact that in its 01:06:57.679 --> 01:07:02.239 first two decisions, going all the way, gave 01:07:02.239 --> 01:07:10.219 up only three hits. And the next delivery at 01:07:10.219 --> 01:07:13.440 two -two is a curve that's low. And a full count 01:07:13.440 --> 01:07:16.460 to Ken Henderson. On deck batter, Willie McCovey. 01:07:22.219 --> 01:07:25.500 Big pitch coming up here for Ryan. He takes the 01:07:25.500 --> 01:07:29.800 windup and delivers. And he misses just off the 01:07:29.800 --> 01:07:32.300 outside corner with a fastball. That pitch was 01:07:32.300 --> 01:07:36.119 very, very close. That walks Henderson and brings 01:07:36.119 --> 01:07:38.099 up Willie McCovey with no one out in the bottom 01:07:38.099 --> 01:07:39.940 of the fourth inning, and the Mets trying to 01:07:39.940 --> 01:07:50.940 protect a one -run lead. McCovey with a shift 01:07:50.940 --> 01:07:53.980 on, grounded to Joe Foy, the third baseman, and 01:07:53.980 --> 01:07:56.440 he was playing in the normal second baseman's 01:07:56.440 --> 01:07:59.300 position. Al Weiss, the second baseman, is in 01:07:59.300 --> 01:08:02.500 shallow right field. And the first pitch to McCovey 01:08:02.500 --> 01:08:07.159 is a curveball too low for a ball. Bud Harrelson, 01:08:07.179 --> 01:08:10.199 the shortstop, left in the normal shortstop position. 01:08:13.400 --> 01:08:17.300 Similar shift devised by Lou Boudreau on Ted 01:08:17.300 --> 01:08:19.750 Williams. Pitch back, a fastball, swung on a 01:08:19.750 --> 01:08:30.789 miss. One and one. One ball, one strike. Covey 01:08:30.789 --> 01:08:32.810 had a big swing, as you could probably hear. 01:08:33.590 --> 01:08:36.649 From the fans, now the pitch. Throw ball, and 01:08:36.649 --> 01:08:38.909 again, a swing and a miss. Good pitch by Ryan. 01:08:38.949 --> 01:08:41.050 He had McCovey pulled, and the Cavs won in two. 01:08:46.600 --> 01:08:49.140 McCovey's had six home runs this year, 17 runs 01:08:49.140 --> 01:08:56.180 batted in. He's sitting at 200. And Ryan's next 01:08:56.180 --> 01:08:58.399 to the livery, a fastball right through the middle 01:08:58.399 --> 01:09:00.340 of the plate. McCovey stepped out of the batter's 01:09:00.340 --> 01:09:03.699 box as some dust blew by, and the Mets' contending 01:09:03.699 --> 01:09:06.640 time was not called. And here comes Gil Hodges 01:09:06.640 --> 01:09:10.060 out to argue. The umpire has to call time, and 01:09:10.060 --> 01:09:12.579 the batter cannot get it unless the umpire agrees 01:09:12.579 --> 01:09:14.119 to give it to him. And you'd have to believe 01:09:14.119 --> 01:09:16.909 from the way Duffy Dyer and Ryan acted. that 01:09:16.909 --> 01:09:20.010 the umpire did not call time. He just gave the 01:09:20.010 --> 01:09:23.550 pitch to Willie McCovey. And that's what Gil 01:09:23.550 --> 01:09:26.229 Hodges is contending. The pitch was right down 01:09:26.229 --> 01:09:29.369 the middle of fastball. And McCovey stepped out 01:09:29.369 --> 01:09:31.329 of the batter's box while Ryan was in the act 01:09:31.329 --> 01:09:33.289 of delivering because of the dust that flew by. 01:09:35.829 --> 01:09:38.369 So we have our second argument of the day. The 01:09:38.369 --> 01:09:41.050 first was lost by the Giants on a play at first 01:09:41.050 --> 01:09:43.289 base, and now it's Gil Hodges saying he wants 01:09:43.289 --> 01:09:46.840 McCovey struck out. as technically time was not 01:09:46.840 --> 01:09:51.619 called. Now Ken Burkhart, the first base umpire, 01:09:51.619 --> 01:09:58.939 is taking up the argument. All four umpires are 01:09:58.939 --> 01:10:01.720 at home plate trying to help out Andy Olsen who 01:10:01.720 --> 01:10:04.859 had a decision reversed by his fellow umpires 01:10:04.859 --> 01:10:12.359 in Los Angeles. Now Gill apparently has been... 01:10:13.120 --> 01:10:15.199 Satisfied, and he is going back to the dugout. 01:10:15.279 --> 01:10:17.579 Possibly not satisfied, but he has given up the 01:10:17.579 --> 01:10:24.180 argument. And McGovey's still at the plate. Umpires 01:10:24.180 --> 01:10:26.380 go back to their stations. Burkhart to first 01:10:26.380 --> 01:10:34.000 base. Sudol to second. DeWired to third. And 01:10:34.000 --> 01:10:37.359 Ryan looks in for another sign. Runner at first 01:10:37.359 --> 01:10:40.100 base. He represents the time run. And the pitch. 01:10:40.439 --> 01:10:50.510 Curveball high and away. Duffy Dyer down to send 01:10:50.510 --> 01:10:55.789 out the sign. And Ryan sets. Here's the pitch. 01:10:56.729 --> 01:10:59.289 Fastball grounded towards Foy. The second baseman, 01:10:59.310 --> 01:11:02.489 Foy, charges. He has no play at second base. 01:11:02.569 --> 01:11:04.390 Picks up the out at first. There's no one at 01:11:04.390 --> 01:11:07.130 third. And going over is Ryan to cover. And the 01:11:07.130 --> 01:11:09.750 throw is perfect by Don Tandon. And Ryan takes 01:11:09.750 --> 01:11:13.409 the throw and makes the pass. That's the way 01:11:13.409 --> 01:11:15.909 it was. Ships on. Harrelson, the shortstop, was 01:11:15.909 --> 01:11:19.029 over covering second base. If Boyd had time to 01:11:19.029 --> 01:11:21.829 throw there, there was nobody at third. Boyd, 01:11:21.850 --> 01:11:23.829 of course, the third baseman playing at the second 01:11:23.829 --> 01:11:25.810 baseman's position. The second baseman playing 01:11:25.810 --> 01:11:28.970 in right field. And so Henderson thought he could 01:11:28.970 --> 01:11:31.170 make it over to third. Ryan, the pitcher, coming 01:11:31.170 --> 01:11:33.750 from the pitcher's mound, beating to the bag. 01:11:33.810 --> 01:11:36.710 And a perfect throw by Don Clendenin as just 01:11:36.710 --> 01:11:38.710 about everybody was running toward third base. 01:11:38.909 --> 01:11:41.090 You don't see too many 5 -3 -1 double plays. 01:11:41.760 --> 01:11:44.340 So that's right. It's a 5 -3 -1 double play. 01:11:45.920 --> 01:11:48.840 And the Giants lose a baserunner from scoring 01:11:48.840 --> 01:11:51.920 position on the gamble. And now the batter will 01:11:51.920 --> 01:11:54.220 be the catcher, Dick Dietz. And he takes the 01:11:54.220 --> 01:12:02.420 first pitch low. It's ball one. 5 -3 -1 double 01:12:02.420 --> 01:12:05.859 play started from second base. And finished at 01:12:05.859 --> 01:12:08.119 third. And finished at third. Now there's a new 01:12:08.119 --> 01:12:17.050 one for you. That's the second double play for 01:12:17.050 --> 01:12:21.229 the Mets in the game. Anderson was involved in 01:12:21.229 --> 01:12:22.930 that one, too. The next pitch is low, and it's 01:12:22.930 --> 01:12:25.590 ball two. Dietz was struck out his first time 01:12:25.590 --> 01:12:28.310 up on a fastball. He's batting .391 for the year 01:12:28.310 --> 01:12:31.850 with six home runs and 21 runs batted in. The 01:12:31.850 --> 01:12:34.810 2 -0 pitch. It's in the dirt, curveball missing, 01:12:34.909 --> 01:12:43.109 and the count, three balls, no strikes. Well, 01:12:43.109 --> 01:12:45.210 they say in baseball you see something new every 01:12:45.210 --> 01:12:49.109 day. We can chalk this one up today, Lindsey. 01:12:49.989 --> 01:12:53.430 Well, it's that way. I never saw that play before, 01:12:53.550 --> 01:13:01.090 believe me. Three balls, no strikes. Ryan into 01:13:01.090 --> 01:13:03.890 the lineup and the pitch to Dietz. It's in for 01:13:03.890 --> 01:13:17.260 a call strike. Now 3 -1, the pitch back is high, 01:13:17.359 --> 01:13:19.859 and it's ball four, and Ryan has walked his second 01:13:19.859 --> 01:13:22.619 batter this inning, and it's fourth in the ballgame. 01:13:27.039 --> 01:13:29.600 So again, the time run is at first base, and 01:13:29.600 --> 01:13:32.020 the batter this time is Jim Davenport. Jim, on 01:13:32.020 --> 01:13:34.159 a fastball, flied out to right field his first 01:13:34.159 --> 01:13:41.520 time up. Deets not being held on at first base 01:13:41.520 --> 01:13:46.119 by Clendenin. He's playing behind him. And the 01:13:46.119 --> 01:13:53.880 pitch. High fastball, ball one. Mets have two 01:13:53.880 --> 01:13:56.539 runs on four hits. The Giants have one run and 01:13:56.539 --> 01:14:05.199 one hit. And Nolan Ryan, the young fireballer, 01:14:05.199 --> 01:14:08.819 working to Jim Davenport. And the next pitch 01:14:08.819 --> 01:14:10.779 is high. Davenport was starting the swing and 01:14:10.779 --> 01:14:12.479 then held off. It's two balls and no strikes. 01:14:13.260 --> 01:14:17.859 The other day, Wes Parker was asked if Ryan was 01:14:17.859 --> 01:14:19.779 the fastest pitcher in the league, and he said, 01:14:19.819 --> 01:14:28.560 no one throws harder. The 2 -0 pitch. And a curveball 01:14:28.560 --> 01:14:33.619 that's inside, and it got now 3 -0. And Ryan's 01:14:33.619 --> 01:14:35.500 loss to the Dodgers, in which he gave up two 01:14:35.500 --> 01:14:40.000 hits at the start of this road trip. He was throwing 01:14:40.000 --> 01:14:42.020 his curveball when he was behind and getting 01:14:42.020 --> 01:14:44.260 the curveball over. Today, he has not been able 01:14:44.260 --> 01:14:48.060 to do that. Of course, that would be a mark of 01:14:48.060 --> 01:14:52.119 an outstanding pitcher. And a 3 -0, the pitch. 01:14:53.180 --> 01:14:57.420 It's in for a called strike, and it's 3 -1. On 01:14:57.420 --> 01:15:04.640 deck batter, a left fielder, Bob Taylor. Now 01:15:04.640 --> 01:15:08.119 a 3 -1. Pitch is swung on and missed, and a full 01:15:08.119 --> 01:15:12.350 count. 3 -2. Runner at first base, Dick Dietz, 01:15:12.449 --> 01:15:19.050 will be running. Infield. Notified of that. Here's 01:15:19.050 --> 01:15:21.189 the 3 -2 pitch. A runner going, and it's fouled 01:15:21.189 --> 01:15:25.050 off. The Cow remains at 3 -2, and Dietz goes 01:15:25.050 --> 01:15:37.789 back to first. New ball put in play, and Ryan. 01:15:38.859 --> 01:15:45.619 Goes off the pitching mound to rub it up. Baltimore 01:15:45.619 --> 01:15:48.699 got a run. Now a pitch inside and high ball four. 01:15:49.220 --> 01:15:52.199 And Ryan has walked his fourth, his third man 01:15:52.199 --> 01:15:55.159 in the inning. And it brings up the left fielder, 01:15:55.220 --> 01:15:58.800 Bob Taylor. That is his fifth walk in the ballgame. 01:16:02.800 --> 01:16:06.180 In the Baltimore -Chicago game, the White Sox 01:16:06.180 --> 01:16:09.380 score Baltimore. Three after six and a half innings. 01:16:09.899 --> 01:16:13.439 Time called because of rain. Baltimore got a 01:16:13.439 --> 01:16:15.640 run in the seventh on Frank Robinson's fourth 01:16:15.640 --> 01:16:21.100 home run of the year. Taylor's a left -hand batter. 01:16:21.140 --> 01:16:23.439 He walked on four pitches his first time up and 01:16:23.439 --> 01:16:25.720 has scored the only giant run. Let's lead two 01:16:25.720 --> 01:16:29.859 to one. Giant threatening. And a curve is hideaway 01:16:29.859 --> 01:16:39.140 ball one. Rube Walker, the pitching coach of 01:16:39.140 --> 01:16:49.000 the Mets, now trotting out to the mound. Ken 01:16:49.000 --> 01:16:51.359 Henderson led off the inning on a 3 -2 walk. 01:16:51.640 --> 01:16:54.460 Willie McCovey was next, and with the shift on, 01:16:54.579 --> 01:16:58.659 Willie grounded to Joe Foy, the third baseman, 01:16:58.680 --> 01:17:00.840 playing in the second baseman's position with 01:17:00.840 --> 01:17:04.159 the second baseman in shallow right field. Foy 01:17:04.159 --> 01:17:07.789 had no play on... Henderson at second base on 01:17:07.789 --> 01:17:10.090 the slow ground ball by McCovey. He threw over 01:17:10.090 --> 01:17:12.770 to first base, and McCovey was out. There was 01:17:12.770 --> 01:17:14.890 no one covering third, and Henderson trying to 01:17:14.890 --> 01:17:17.949 go to third was out when Fendenin threw to Ryan, 01:17:18.050 --> 01:17:21.350 who finally covered the bag. Then Dick Dietz 01:17:21.350 --> 01:17:24.250 walked in a 3 -1 pitch, and Jim Dallenport walked 01:17:24.250 --> 01:17:27.470 in a 3 -2 pitch to put runners back on. Now the 01:17:27.470 --> 01:17:29.770 pitch to Taylor. It's way inside and low, and 01:17:29.770 --> 01:17:40.439 it's ball two. Two balls, no strikes. Taylor 01:17:40.439 --> 01:17:44.560 is a stocky left -hand batter. Small strikes 01:17:44.560 --> 01:17:48.039 on the 2 -0 pitch. Swung on and missed. And it's 01:17:48.039 --> 01:17:57.199 2 -1. Taylor batting 133. Two hits and 15 times 01:17:57.199 --> 01:18:07.460 up. Two balls, one strike. Ryan set. And the 01:18:07.460 --> 01:18:11.699 pitch. Swung on and missed. Strike two. So Ryan 01:18:11.699 --> 01:18:20.880 back even at two and two. Been a long inning. 01:18:22.819 --> 01:18:31.140 With all the walk. Ryan sets. Checks at second 01:18:31.140 --> 01:18:34.539 base. And the pitch to the plate. It is just 01:18:34.539 --> 01:18:37.649 low and that pitch was close. That fills the 01:18:37.649 --> 01:18:41.109 count. So the runners will be going two men away. 01:18:41.470 --> 01:18:44.289 The count three and two on Bob Taylor, the on 01:18:44.289 --> 01:18:52.270 -deck batter, Howell Lanier. Ryan having trouble 01:18:52.270 --> 01:18:55.750 trying to get that final out. And the pitch. 01:18:56.430 --> 01:19:00.189 It is top foul into the stand. So Ryan gets it 01:19:00.189 --> 01:19:03.210 over, but Taylor spoils it. Ryan will have to 01:19:03.210 --> 01:19:07.420 do it all over again. Jim Davenport had the count 01:19:07.420 --> 01:19:09.659 three and two and fouled one off and then walked. 01:19:21.399 --> 01:19:27.420 Signs go out. Ryan sets up. The runners go. The 01:19:27.420 --> 01:19:30.279 pitch. Swung on and missed. And Ryan strikes 01:19:30.279 --> 01:19:33.449 out Bob Taylor to end the inning. That's his 01:19:33.449 --> 01:19:36.930 third strikeout in the inning. No runs, no hits, 01:19:36.989 --> 01:19:41.750 no errors. Three walks and two men left on. And 01:19:41.750 --> 01:19:44.329 the score, at the end of four, the Mets two, 01:19:44.609 --> 01:19:54.170 the Giants one. Well, Mets fans, we're into another 01:19:54.170 --> 01:19:56.369 season, and we hope a really great one for your 01:19:56.369 --> 01:19:59.109 ball club. 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He flied to right and he grounded 01:21:09.850 --> 01:21:13.829 out short to first. Mike McCormick has walked 01:21:13.829 --> 01:21:18.840 two and struck out two so far. New York Mets 01:21:18.840 --> 01:21:20.840 will be in San Diego tomorrow night. We'll be 01:21:20.840 --> 01:21:24.960 on the air at 10 .25 p .m. New York time. It'll 01:21:24.960 --> 01:21:27.460 be a Saturday afternoon game at San Diego and 01:21:27.460 --> 01:21:30.619 then a Sunday doubleheader. We'll be televising 01:21:30.619 --> 01:21:34.319 the first game on Sunday from San Diego. The 01:21:34.319 --> 01:21:36.979 Mets will travel back to New York on Monday and 01:21:36.979 --> 01:21:39.420 open up on Tuesday night at Shea Stadium in New 01:21:39.420 --> 01:21:43.439 York against the Los Angeles Dodgers. A .G. is 01:21:43.439 --> 01:21:45.560 in and waiting left -hander. Mike McCormick takes 01:21:45.560 --> 01:21:50.310 the sign. Goes into the motion. Here's the pitch. 01:21:51.189 --> 01:21:55.109 High for a ball. Bud Harrelson is on deck. The 01:21:55.109 --> 01:21:59.550 Mets are leading here by a score of 2 -1. Wind 01:21:59.550 --> 01:22:01.710 blowing out toward right characteristically here 01:22:01.710 --> 01:22:07.789 at Candlestick. And that pitch misses outside. 01:22:08.529 --> 01:22:10.569 Here's a final score in the American League. 01:22:10.609 --> 01:22:12.550 The Minnesota Twins have defeated the Cleveland 01:22:12.550 --> 01:22:15.890 Indians by a score of 4 -1. Luis Teod got his 01:22:15.890 --> 01:22:17.970 fourth win of the year. He's lost none, and Steve 01:22:17.970 --> 01:22:22.229 Hargan took the loss. There's a swing and a high 01:22:22.229 --> 01:22:24.369 pop to the right side. Hunt retreats into right 01:22:24.369 --> 01:22:26.449 field, and Ken Henderson moves up and calls him 01:22:26.449 --> 01:22:31.829 off. Henderson makes the catch. Went away. Bud 01:22:31.829 --> 01:22:33.670 Harrison's the batter. Been up twice without 01:22:33.670 --> 01:22:35.710 a hit. Brought a four -game hitting streak into 01:22:35.710 --> 01:22:39.050 the ballgame. He is hit safely in 16 of the 18 01:22:39.050 --> 01:22:44.199 games played by the Mets this year. At Sox Park 01:22:44.199 --> 01:22:46.939 in Chicago, midway of the seventh inning, the 01:22:46.939 --> 01:22:48.819 White Sox are leading the Baltimore Orioles by 01:22:48.819 --> 01:22:51.899 a score of 4 -3, and time has been called there 01:22:51.899 --> 01:22:58.880 because of rain in Chicago. That pitch is low 01:22:58.880 --> 01:23:01.199 for a ball. The Baltimore run in the seventh 01:23:01.199 --> 01:23:03.760 was a home run by Frank Robinson, his fourth 01:23:03.760 --> 01:23:10.210 of this season. Far mix pitch. Swung on and line 01:23:10.210 --> 01:23:12.050 in the right center. Could be in between. Can 01:23:12.050 --> 01:23:14.409 Bonds catch up? He can't. It's over him and all 01:23:14.409 --> 01:23:16.989 the way to the wall. Harrison is at second and 01:23:16.989 --> 01:23:19.590 he's going to try for three. But Harrison going 01:23:19.590 --> 01:23:23.569 on in standing at third with a triple. And it 01:23:23.569 --> 01:23:27.050 is his fourth triple of this season. A power 01:23:27.050 --> 01:23:29.670 blast for the little man who found some power 01:23:29.670 --> 01:23:31.430 somewhere this year and he's been delivering 01:23:31.430 --> 01:23:37.460 it. Harrison tripling with one man out. It was 01:23:37.460 --> 01:23:40.060 to right center, and Bobby Bonds, who has a world 01:23:40.060 --> 01:23:42.819 of speed, started over. Couldn't catch up because 01:23:42.819 --> 01:23:48.079 it was beyond him. Now, Cleon Jones is coming 01:23:48.079 --> 01:23:50.180 up as the Giants have to play the infield in. 01:23:51.220 --> 01:23:53.420 Cleon has walked and flied to center so far. 01:23:53.520 --> 01:23:55.640 The Mets leading by a score of 2 -1 and making 01:23:55.640 --> 01:23:57.979 a bid here to get another run in. Harrelson at 01:23:57.979 --> 01:24:06.670 third with one man out. Leon Jones settled himself 01:24:06.670 --> 01:24:10.630 carefully, slowly into the batter's box. Mike 01:24:10.630 --> 01:24:14.149 McCormick now into the motion. The pitch is high 01:24:14.149 --> 01:24:18.430 and tight for a ball. Waiting on deck is Don 01:24:18.430 --> 01:24:25.010 Clendenin. Frank Rehberger is up and throwing 01:24:25.010 --> 01:24:27.670 again in the bullpen for the San Francisco Giants. 01:24:27.829 --> 01:24:29.750 He's the right -hander they got from San Diego. 01:24:30.970 --> 01:24:34.189 This pitch misses inside. McCormick goes behind 01:24:34.189 --> 01:24:37.029 2 -0 to Cleon Jones. He's walked two and he's 01:24:37.029 --> 01:24:40.310 struck out two in this ballgame. Mets have five 01:24:40.310 --> 01:24:45.609 hits and the Giants have one. Infield in. Harrelson 01:24:45.609 --> 01:24:49.869 leading down the line from third. Jones steps 01:24:49.869 --> 01:25:01.550 back for a moment. Here's a 2 -0 pitch. Swung 01:25:01.550 --> 01:25:04.130 on and it's fouled off his foot. Rolls back out 01:25:04.130 --> 01:25:07.970 to the mound. 2 -1 is the count to Cleon Jones. 01:25:12.010 --> 01:25:14.609 Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland A's today by 01:25:14.609 --> 01:25:16.569 a score of 8 -7. That's the fifth consecutive 01:25:16.569 --> 01:25:25.750 loss for Charlie. No other action going in the 01:25:25.750 --> 01:25:27.850 afternoon in the National League. There are three 01:25:27.850 --> 01:25:31.739 games in the National League tonight. Cubs are 01:25:31.739 --> 01:25:34.859 at Atlanta. There's a swing and a drive down 01:25:34.859 --> 01:25:36.819 the left field. Out out foul ball going into 01:25:36.819 --> 01:25:40.000 the Met bullpen. Ripped down there off the bat 01:25:40.000 --> 01:25:44.239 at Jones. That evens the count at 2 -2. Houston 01:25:44.239 --> 01:25:46.279 Astros are at St. Louis tonight. The Montreal 01:25:46.279 --> 01:25:53.479 Expos are at Los Angeles. Atlanta Braves, of 01:25:53.479 --> 01:25:55.220 course, have been scratching around for pitching. 01:25:55.359 --> 01:25:57.500 They signed Dick Farrell a few days ago. Never 01:25:57.500 --> 01:26:01.060 used him. before releasing him in favor of Ronnie 01:26:01.060 --> 01:26:06.180 Kline. They lost up Shaw and Reed through injuries. 01:26:06.420 --> 01:26:08.300 2 -2 pitch, swung on it, on the ground to the 01:26:08.300 --> 01:26:10.260 right side, goes through for a base hit with 01:26:10.260 --> 01:26:12.979 a drawn in infield. It scores, Harrelson, and 01:26:12.979 --> 01:26:15.039 Jones is out with a single right and a run batted 01:26:15.039 --> 01:26:17.720 in. Well, that's the case of a ground ball that 01:26:17.720 --> 01:26:19.800 went through with the infield in that could have 01:26:19.800 --> 01:26:24.000 been fielded had the infield been back. Now Mets 01:26:24.000 --> 01:26:31.789 take a 3 -1 lead. Don Glenn Dunnan is two for 01:26:31.789 --> 01:26:39.489 two here in this game. He has scored one run, 01:26:39.590 --> 01:26:41.970 hitting cleanup, and manager Gil Hodges met batting 01:26:41.970 --> 01:26:46.289 order. Jones takes the lead at first. McCormick 01:26:46.289 --> 01:26:49.029 throws over. Not in time. Jones is back safely. 01:26:52.470 --> 01:26:54.630 Reberger continues to throw on the bullpen for 01:26:54.630 --> 01:26:59.289 the Giants. Again, a throw to first, and Jones 01:26:59.289 --> 01:27:02.310 is back safely. Boy, he stole two bases in the 01:27:02.310 --> 01:27:06.350 fourth inning. Stole second, stole third. So 01:27:06.350 --> 01:27:08.810 McCormick's trying to keep a short halter on 01:27:08.810 --> 01:27:12.130 Jones. He's running, and the pitch is swung on 01:27:12.130 --> 01:27:15.750 and popped up foul out of play down right field 01:27:15.750 --> 01:27:24.229 way. Goes into the seats. Jones comes back. Yeah, 01:27:24.229 --> 01:27:27.760 I just pushed on a lot of must -run plays. As 01:27:27.760 --> 01:27:30.020 this year, since he has speed on the ball club, 01:27:30.159 --> 01:27:33.159 meaning the runner takes off and it's up to the 01:27:33.159 --> 01:27:36.199 discretion of the batter. Sometimes called a 01:27:36.199 --> 01:27:38.199 run and hit as opposed to a hit and run where 01:27:38.199 --> 01:27:42.619 the batter should protect the runner. Throw to 01:27:42.619 --> 01:27:54.399 first, not in time. Slovota's on deck. Throw 01:27:54.399 --> 01:28:06.239 to first, Jones is back safely. This will be 01:28:06.239 --> 01:28:10.319 a strike one delivery. Foul back and out of play. 01:28:10.399 --> 01:28:30.539 It goes to two strikes now to Don Clinton. Jones 01:28:30.539 --> 01:28:33.500 leaves it first. McCovey holds against him there. 01:28:36.750 --> 01:28:39.649 Two -strike delivery. Swung on and fouled off. 01:28:39.689 --> 01:28:45.510 The count holds at two strikes. Come on, I'm 01:28:45.510 --> 01:28:49.470 San Diego. It'll be Tom Seaver for the New York 01:28:49.470 --> 01:28:52.369 Mets going after his fifth win of the year against 01:28:52.369 --> 01:28:58.750 Al Santorini of the San Diego Padres. Santorini 01:28:58.750 --> 01:29:03.550 from New Jersey and had a victory over the Mets 01:29:03.550 --> 01:29:07.979 last year. There's a throw to first. Jones is 01:29:07.979 --> 01:29:10.699 hung up. He was off and running. He's in a run 01:29:10.699 --> 01:29:12.899 down now. McCovey is catching him up, faking 01:29:12.899 --> 01:29:17.699 as he goes, and tags him out. So, Creon Jones 01:29:17.699 --> 01:29:22.380 is picked off. 1 -3 -4 -3 is the way the play 01:29:22.380 --> 01:29:29.000 went. So, Creon was finally picked, and there 01:29:29.000 --> 01:29:32.699 are two men out. He was off and moving, and so 01:29:32.699 --> 01:29:36.920 the left -hander. Made the play at first, and 01:29:36.920 --> 01:29:40.359 he was in the rundown. So there are two men out 01:29:40.359 --> 01:29:43.180 now. They count to Glenn Dillon to play the two 01:29:43.180 --> 01:29:46.020 strikes. The Mets are leading in the game by 01:29:46.020 --> 01:29:57.220 a score of 3 -1. That pitch is high for a ball. 01:30:07.279 --> 01:30:12.739 1 -2 delivery. And it is hacked. Fair ball. 2 01:30:12.739 --> 01:30:15.520 -2. Dietz and McCormick each thought they might 01:30:15.520 --> 01:30:17.840 get a strike call. Each took a step toward the 01:30:17.840 --> 01:30:21.979 dugout. But Andy Olsen, the umpire behind the 01:30:21.979 --> 01:30:23.699 plate, said it was out of the strike zone. The 01:30:23.699 --> 01:30:29.479 count evens at 2 -2. Now swinging a foul ball 01:30:29.479 --> 01:30:33.659 off and out of play. Eddie Yost comes way down 01:30:33.659 --> 01:30:35.699 off the coaching lines to retrieve that foul 01:30:35.699 --> 01:30:51.380 ball. Now McCormick sets up, looks for the sign, 01:30:51.619 --> 01:30:55.880 goes into the motion, 2 -2 pitch. Below, and 01:30:55.880 --> 01:30:58.239 it's off the glove of B, throwing away, and McCormick's 01:30:58.239 --> 01:31:01.180 gone full now with two men out, nobody on base. 01:31:11.539 --> 01:31:14.399 Bud Harrelson tripled and was brought home by 01:31:14.399 --> 01:31:17.539 Cleon Jones. To give the Mets that third run. 01:31:17.600 --> 01:31:21.880 Here's the payoff pitch. It's fouled off. Count 01:31:21.880 --> 01:31:29.680 continues. That's 3 -2 to Don Clendenin. Clendenin 01:31:29.680 --> 01:31:31.640 spent most of his Major League career with the 01:31:31.640 --> 01:31:34.159 Pittsburgh Pirates, and he used to wear the early 01:31:34.159 --> 01:31:37.340 New York Mets out. He was a terror for the Mets 01:31:37.340 --> 01:31:42.319 in the Pittsburgh uniform. Here's the payoff 01:31:42.319 --> 01:32:08.060 pitch. Oh, hi, Sally. Come in. Oh, hi, Dolly. 01:32:08.140 --> 01:32:10.979 Is Andy home? Sure. Andy, Sally Stern's here 01:32:10.979 --> 01:32:13.739 to see you. Hi, Sally. What's up? Andy, if you've 01:32:13.739 --> 01:32:16.220 got a minute, I need some of that Granatelli 01:32:16.220 --> 01:32:19.359 advice about cars. Our son Larry is driving to 01:32:19.359 --> 01:32:21.659 Florida. I want to have the car checked out, 01:32:21.699 --> 01:32:24.020 but I don't know what should be done. Well, Sally, 01:32:24.159 --> 01:32:26.460 before anyone takes a car on a trip, they should 01:32:26.460 --> 01:32:28.199 have their service station check tire pressures, 01:32:28.420 --> 01:32:30.680 headlights, windshield rubber blades, and have 01:32:30.680 --> 01:32:33.020 them change the oil. Don't forget the STP, Andy. 01:32:33.399 --> 01:32:35.239 Dolly, how could I? Especially when you're on 01:32:35.239 --> 01:32:37.600 the road, Sally. Higher speeds can mean greater 01:32:37.600 --> 01:32:40.659 engine wear, but STP oil treatment helps eliminate 01:32:40.659 --> 01:32:43.260 friction, heat, and wear. It clings to metal 01:32:43.260 --> 01:32:45.600 parts and lubricates better than motor oil alone 01:32:45.600 --> 01:32:48.680 ever could. So you run smoother, cooler, quieter, 01:32:48.680 --> 01:32:51.159 longer. I recommend adding a can of STP whenever 01:32:51.159 --> 01:32:53.659 you change oil. Thanks, Andy. Is there anything 01:32:53.659 --> 01:32:55.760 else? Well, I could tell Larry about a little 01:32:55.760 --> 01:32:57.739 place I know in Miami where all the girls... 01:32:57.739 --> 01:33:14.199 Andy! STP! This is the New York Mets Baseball 01:33:14.199 --> 01:33:16.659 Network. You're listening to New York Mets Baseball 01:33:16.659 --> 01:33:20.880 on WKAJ -FM 102 .3 in Saratoga Springs, New York, 01:33:20.979 --> 01:33:24.819 the home of the New York Mets. This is Lindsey 01:33:24.819 --> 01:33:27.659 Nelson with Ralph Cantor and Bob Murphy at Candlestick 01:33:27.659 --> 01:33:31.760 Park in San Francisco. Al Lanier up. Ryan's first 01:33:31.760 --> 01:33:35.760 pitch is low for a ball. Lanier's been up one 01:33:35.760 --> 01:33:42.199 time and he had a base hit. Ryan delivers. And 01:33:42.199 --> 01:33:44.119 it's in there for a call strike. One and one. 01:33:44.819 --> 01:33:46.960 Ryan has struck out three and he's walked five 01:33:46.960 --> 01:33:49.319 here today. He walked three batters in the bottom 01:33:49.319 --> 01:33:56.300 of the fourth. One -one delivery. Swung on it 01:33:56.300 --> 01:33:58.560 in the air to center field. And A .G. is going 01:33:58.560 --> 01:34:04.079 back. He's there. Makes the catch. A .G. having 01:34:04.079 --> 01:34:05.979 a little trouble as he got back through the wind 01:34:05.979 --> 01:34:08.659 blowing out rather stiffly out there. He got 01:34:08.659 --> 01:34:11.060 back set and then sort of ducked his head away 01:34:11.060 --> 01:34:14.819 as he grabbed it. But there is one man out, and 01:34:14.819 --> 01:34:17.439 Mike McCormick's coming up. Been up one time 01:34:17.439 --> 01:34:20.640 and sacrificed, so officially he has not been 01:34:20.640 --> 01:34:24.220 charged with a time at bat. Jim McAndrew is walking 01:34:24.220 --> 01:34:26.659 from the bullpen area down toward the dugout 01:34:26.659 --> 01:34:28.899 now. He is scheduled to pitch the Saturday game 01:34:28.899 --> 01:34:31.920 for the Mets against the San Diego Padres. Jim 01:34:31.920 --> 01:34:36.460 McAndrew. Pitch to the left -hand batter. Swung 01:34:36.460 --> 01:34:39.359 on it on the ground. And it is taken at second 01:34:39.359 --> 01:34:42.380 by Weiss and played the first inside. Weiss had 01:34:42.380 --> 01:34:44.539 the range way over in the hole between first 01:34:44.539 --> 01:34:47.220 and second to glove that ground ball. Play on 01:34:47.220 --> 01:34:50.439 to get McCormick. Two away. Bobby Barnes will 01:34:50.439 --> 01:34:52.260 be the better. Struck out and grounded out to 01:34:52.260 --> 01:34:57.579 drive and a run. The original Met is here this 01:34:57.579 --> 01:35:00.880 afternoon. The first man ever selected by the 01:35:00.880 --> 01:35:03.100 New York Mets in their expansion draft before 01:35:03.100 --> 01:35:08.539 the 1962 season. Toby Landry. He's in business 01:35:08.539 --> 01:35:13.859 here in the greater San Francisco area. There's 01:35:13.859 --> 01:35:15.600 a swing and a foul ball back and out of play. 01:35:19.539 --> 01:35:24.460 His younger son recently underwent an operation 01:35:24.460 --> 01:35:30.319 for the amputation of a leg. Here's a pitch to 01:35:30.319 --> 01:35:35.810 Bobby Bond. Swung on and missed. A malignant 01:35:35.810 --> 01:35:39.449 tumor was discovered in his ankle, and the amputation 01:35:39.449 --> 01:35:45.229 followed. Two men out, nobody on base. This will 01:35:45.229 --> 01:35:48.529 be a two -strike pitch to Bobby Bond. Nolan Ryan 01:35:48.529 --> 01:35:52.510 delivers, and it misses low and away. So it's 01:35:52.510 --> 01:35:57.470 one and two. When Landreth was selected as the 01:35:57.470 --> 01:36:02.949 first nut in the expansion draft, it was an interesting 01:36:02.949 --> 01:36:06.020 situation. Here's a pitch. Swung on and missed. 01:36:06.560 --> 01:36:09.079 Struck him out to retire the side. We'll finish 01:36:09.079 --> 01:36:12.359 that story later. Four strikeouts for Nolan Ryan. 01:36:13.020 --> 01:36:16.199 No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. And at 01:36:16.199 --> 01:36:18.180 the end of five full innings of play, the score 01:36:18.180 --> 01:36:21.920 is the Mets 3 and the Giants 1. For fast personal 01:36:21.920 --> 01:36:24.539 service, Shop Globe Supply, downtown Saratoga, 01:36:24.560 --> 01:36:26.920 the store with over 10 ,000 different items always 01:36:26.920 --> 01:36:29.640 in stock. For the do -it -yourselfer, Globe Supply 01:36:29.640 --> 01:36:31.760 has electrical supplies, hardware, automotive 01:36:31.760 --> 01:36:34.579 supplies, household appliances, and a large assortment 01:36:34.579 --> 01:36:37.100 of garden tools. You'll find a bonded locksmith 01:36:37.100 --> 01:36:39.779 on the premises at all times. 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That will help him get a college education, 01:37:07.779 --> 01:37:10.560 a chance for a better job, and an estimated $180 01:37:10.560 --> 01:37:13.619 ,000 in extra income for your child in later 01:37:13.619 --> 01:37:16.699 life. For a plan to meet your child's needs for 01:37:16.699 --> 01:37:19.939 educational funds, call Ben Yank -Lewitz, 783 01:37:19.939 --> 01:37:23.699 -5571, or write Ben Yank, Box J, Latham, New 01:37:23.699 --> 01:37:27.829 York. The Met catcher, who was the first expansion 01:37:27.829 --> 01:37:30.350 draft selection, and somebody said to Casey Stengel, 01:37:30.409 --> 01:37:33.390 the manager of the Mets then, why did you select 01:37:33.390 --> 01:37:36.130 a catcher as your first choice? Casey thought 01:37:36.130 --> 01:37:38.069 about it and said, because if you don't have 01:37:38.069 --> 01:37:42.069 a catcher, you have all pass balls, which seemed 01:37:42.069 --> 01:37:47.390 as good a reason as any. Hobie was traded from 01:37:47.390 --> 01:37:54.119 the New York Mets to Baltimore. And another interesting 01:37:54.119 --> 01:37:56.760 thing that happened is his older son, Gary, had 01:37:56.760 --> 01:37:59.579 been around the ball club, and so he went to 01:37:59.579 --> 01:38:01.720 him when he was traded and said, son, I've been 01:38:01.720 --> 01:38:03.619 traded, and I think you ought to know it. And 01:38:03.619 --> 01:38:05.939 the boy said, oh, I know that. I've known it 01:38:05.939 --> 01:38:08.159 a couple of days. I was in the dugout, and I 01:38:08.159 --> 01:38:10.140 heard Mr. Single talking on the phone to Mr. 01:38:10.300 --> 01:38:12.239 White, and I knew you were traded, but I didn't 01:38:12.239 --> 01:38:14.520 tell you because you told me never to repeat 01:38:14.520 --> 01:38:16.380 anything I heard in the dugout or in the locker 01:38:16.380 --> 01:38:24.520 room. Ryan Swoboda's up. Here's Mike McCormick 01:38:24.520 --> 01:38:31.239 with the pitch. Swung on and fouled off. Bovoda 01:38:31.239 --> 01:38:43.479 with a batting average now of .244. Through five 01:38:43.479 --> 01:38:45.979 innings, the Mets three runs, six hits, no errors. 01:38:46.039 --> 01:38:54.640 Giant one run, one hit, no errors. Breaking pitch 01:38:54.640 --> 01:38:56.979 right in there. Good curveball for a called strike, 01:38:57.060 --> 01:39:08.220 too, to Sloboda. Sloboda! There's a swing and 01:39:08.220 --> 01:39:20.760 a foul ball. Count holes at two strikes. Candlestick 01:39:20.760 --> 01:39:28.170 Park. Which will be considerably remodeled. Of 01:39:28.170 --> 01:39:32.550 course, in the next year. Which already has an 01:39:32.550 --> 01:39:38.310 artificial turf. Two -strike pitch. Outside. 01:39:39.470 --> 01:39:43.069 One and two. Of course, the big problem at Candlestick 01:39:43.069 --> 01:39:46.489 through the years has been the wind. The giant 01:39:46.489 --> 01:39:49.010 organization has become a little touchy about 01:39:49.010 --> 01:39:52.199 it also. Here's the one -two pitch. Swung on 01:39:52.199 --> 01:39:55.359 it on the ground up the middle. It's a base hit 01:39:55.359 --> 01:39:57.659 for Ron Swivota. Fielded out there by Bonds and 01:39:57.659 --> 01:40:02.380 played back. So it's a leadoff hit. Joe Poi is 01:40:02.380 --> 01:40:05.539 coming up. He's been up twice. He's had two hits. 01:40:05.560 --> 01:40:07.779 He's driven in two runs and he's stolen two bases. 01:40:09.199 --> 01:40:11.260 That was base hit number seven from the Mets 01:40:11.260 --> 01:40:15.619 in this game. Some members of the Giant organization 01:40:15.619 --> 01:40:18.300 were saying yesterday that they hear some of 01:40:18.300 --> 01:40:21.789 the comments around. that you would think that 01:40:21.789 --> 01:40:24.109 the Giants brought the win with them when they 01:40:24.109 --> 01:40:27.569 came out from New York. They would like to point 01:40:27.569 --> 01:40:30.210 out that he's always been here. Here's a pitch 01:40:30.210 --> 01:40:39.289 low for a ball. Frank Reberger gets up to throw 01:40:39.289 --> 01:40:41.170 again now in the Giant bullpen. The Mets are 01:40:41.170 --> 01:40:48.090 leading by a score of 3 -1. McCormick checks 01:40:48.090 --> 01:40:51.250 the runner at first. He's running. Here's a swing 01:40:51.250 --> 01:40:53.090 and a ground ball foul. Off and out of play. 01:40:53.590 --> 01:40:57.210 That'll bring Swivota back. Jones was picked 01:40:57.210 --> 01:41:03.869 off by McCormick in the last inning. With a considerable 01:41:03.869 --> 01:41:07.930 amount of speed on the ball club, Gil Hodges 01:41:07.930 --> 01:41:10.670 has made the Mets this year a running ball club. 01:41:11.090 --> 01:41:18.729 They run at the slightest provocation. Here's 01:41:18.729 --> 01:41:20.630 a pitch low and inside. Dug out neatly with a 01:41:20.630 --> 01:41:27.470 one -hand stab by catcher Dick Dietz. Speed is 01:41:27.470 --> 01:41:30.810 a quality much to be desired in almost any sport 01:41:30.810 --> 01:41:34.010 you can think of. Old baseball men used to say 01:41:34.010 --> 01:41:36.109 it's the one quality that will serve you well 01:41:36.109 --> 01:41:39.970 on offense or defense in baseball. Go to first 01:41:39.970 --> 01:41:47.960 and throw boaters back safely. There is nobody 01:41:47.960 --> 01:41:52.680 out. This will be a 2 -1 pitch. Another try at 01:41:52.680 --> 01:41:55.159 first base, but Svoboda's back save it. Svoboda 01:41:55.159 --> 01:41:56.899 was out there with a short lead, sort of rocking, 01:41:56.960 --> 01:42:01.340 and McCormick threw over. If you're going to 01:42:01.340 --> 01:42:05.939 go, 2 -1's an excellent pitch to go on. It doesn't 01:42:05.939 --> 01:42:08.039 go, but it's ripped up the alley and left center 01:42:08.039 --> 01:42:10.359 by Foy. It'll be a base hit, one hop, and over 01:42:10.359 --> 01:42:14.850 the wall, a ground rule double. It hops over 01:42:14.850 --> 01:42:18.890 the wall. Svoboda's being held up at third. And 01:42:18.890 --> 01:42:22.829 it's a double for Boyd. As said, Ball hit way 01:42:22.829 --> 01:42:25.829 out there. The edge of the AstroTurf. He bounded 01:42:25.829 --> 01:42:29.489 over the left field fence. It takes a high hop 01:42:29.489 --> 01:42:32.250 coming off the artificial turf. Here comes Clyde 01:42:32.250 --> 01:42:34.550 King, the giant manager. There goes the sign 01:42:34.550 --> 01:42:37.390 to the bullpen. That's all for McCormick. Reburger 01:42:37.390 --> 01:42:40.289 will be coming in. The Mets will have runners 01:42:40.289 --> 01:42:43.399 at second and third with nobody out. And Al Weiss 01:42:43.399 --> 01:42:45.060 will be coming up. But we're going to get a pitching 01:42:45.060 --> 01:42:51.880 change right here. Interesting thing about that 01:42:51.880 --> 01:42:56.260 play was the fact that Lee Weier, the umpire 01:42:56.260 --> 01:42:59.819 at third, was moving around into position for 01:42:59.819 --> 01:43:03.359 the possible play there. He looked up and saw 01:43:03.359 --> 01:43:05.579 the ball over the fence, but he didn't know whether 01:43:05.579 --> 01:43:07.460 it got over there on the fly or got over there 01:43:07.460 --> 01:43:10.810 on the hop. So he gave no sign of any guy until 01:43:10.810 --> 01:43:21.010 he got some assistance. Reburger has arrived 01:43:21.010 --> 01:43:30.670 at the mound now. McCormick has gone to the dugout. 01:43:30.729 --> 01:43:36.229 Manager Clyde King's going back. McCormick worked. 01:43:36.619 --> 01:43:38.720 innings and faced two betters here in the sixth. 01:43:39.539 --> 01:43:42.340 Charged so far with three runs on, eight hits, 01:43:42.359 --> 01:43:47.640 struck out two and walked two. Rehberger is coming 01:43:47.640 --> 01:43:49.380 in to make his eighth appearance of the year. 01:43:50.279 --> 01:43:55.840 He had three starts. He worked against the Mets 01:43:55.840 --> 01:43:57.600 in the first game of this series for two innings, 01:43:57.619 --> 01:44:00.600 gave up no runs on, one hit. His overall record 01:44:00.600 --> 01:44:04.470 is no wins and one loss. At San Diego last year, 01:44:04.489 --> 01:44:07.729 he had a record of one win and two losses. He's 01:44:07.729 --> 01:44:10.010 from Caldwell, Idaho. As he warms up to check 01:44:10.010 --> 01:44:13.189 us out on scores, here's Bob Murphy. All right, 01:44:13.189 --> 01:44:15.449 Lindsey, the other action in the National League 01:44:15.449 --> 01:44:17.470 will be tonight, Chicago playing at Atlanta. 01:44:18.189 --> 01:44:20.750 In the ballgame, Billy Williams will play his 01:44:20.750 --> 01:44:24.229 1 ,000th consecutive game and become the only 01:44:24.229 --> 01:44:26.449 National League player in history to play that 01:44:26.449 --> 01:44:29.649 many ballgames without missing one. Houston at 01:44:29.649 --> 01:44:31.770 St. Louis, the Astros trying to snap an eight 01:44:31.770 --> 01:44:34.430 -game losing streak. All eight losses on this 01:44:34.430 --> 01:44:37.050 road trip. And Montreal and the Dodgers play 01:44:37.050 --> 01:44:40.350 in Los Angeles. In the American League this afternoon 01:44:40.350 --> 01:44:43.090 with Rico Peppersulli, George Scott, and Billy 01:44:43.090 --> 01:44:46.430 Canigliero all hitting home runs. The Red Sox 01:44:46.430 --> 01:44:50.449 shaded Oakland 8 -7. Gary Peters the winner and 01:44:50.449 --> 01:44:53.430 Jim Rowland the loser. For Oakland, Philippa 01:44:53.430 --> 01:44:56.329 Liu and Frank Fernandez hit home runs. Final 01:44:56.329 --> 01:44:59.229 score, Boston 8 and Oakland 7. The A's now have 01:44:59.229 --> 01:45:04.010 lost five in a row. Luis Teon picked up his fourth 01:45:04.010 --> 01:45:06.329 win of the year as Minnesota beat Cleveland 4 01:45:06.329 --> 01:45:09.430 -1. Hargan was the loser. Killebrew, Allier, 01:45:09.449 --> 01:45:11.529 and Cardenas hit home runs for Minnesota and 01:45:11.529 --> 01:45:14.810 Greg Nettles for Cleveland. Chicago 4, Baltimore 01:45:14.810 --> 01:45:16.590 3. They're in the seventh inning and being held 01:45:16.590 --> 01:45:19.010 up because of rain. Milwaukee and Washington 01:45:19.010 --> 01:45:21.409 tonight. Detroit and Kansas City tonight. And 01:45:21.409 --> 01:45:23.189 now we have a pinch hitter coming up and to tell 01:45:23.189 --> 01:45:24.909 you all about it and pick up the action, Lindsay 01:45:24.909 --> 01:45:28.000 Nelson. All right, Bob Murphy, manager Gil Hodges, 01:45:28.000 --> 01:45:30.560 wastes no time in going to his left -hand batter. 01:45:30.640 --> 01:45:32.439 Now that there's a right -hand pitcher out there, 01:45:32.479 --> 01:45:34.979 it's Boswell batting for White. They're runners 01:45:34.979 --> 01:45:38.100 at second and third for the Mets. The Giants 01:45:38.100 --> 01:45:40.220 play the infield in, and there's nobody out. 01:45:40.279 --> 01:45:42.479 The Mets are leading by a score of 3 -1. Here's 01:45:42.479 --> 01:45:46.079 the pitch now to Boswell, and it hits him. He 01:45:46.079 --> 01:45:48.100 is a hit batsman, and he's going down to first 01:45:48.100 --> 01:45:50.039 base. That one was tight and came all the way 01:45:50.039 --> 01:45:52.880 back to the screen. Of course, the ball is dead 01:45:52.880 --> 01:45:54.600 when it hits him, and there's no advance possible 01:45:54.600 --> 01:45:57.960 for baserunners who hold. And Boswell goes to 01:45:57.960 --> 01:46:01.739 first, a hit batsman. He's all right. Duffy Dyer 01:46:01.739 --> 01:46:08.199 comes up with the bases loaded. Dyer has been 01:46:08.199 --> 01:46:11.880 up twice without a hit. He is not yet better 01:46:11.880 --> 01:46:15.920 than a run this season. He's hitting 200. The 01:46:15.920 --> 01:46:23.140 Giants leave the infield in. Marie Berger with 01:46:23.140 --> 01:46:26.260 the pitch, working straight away. And it's low 01:46:26.260 --> 01:46:30.659 for a ball. The Mets making a bid to break it 01:46:30.659 --> 01:46:33.039 open here now in the top half of the sixth inning. 01:46:33.100 --> 01:46:35.140 They're leading by a score of 3 -1, but they're 01:46:35.140 --> 01:46:37.119 in a spot where a base hit can do their cause 01:46:37.119 --> 01:46:40.619 a lot of good now. Runners at first, second, 01:46:40.640 --> 01:46:47.119 and third. Marie Berger with the pitch. And it's 01:46:47.119 --> 01:46:49.500 in there for a call strike to Duffy Dyer, 1 -1. 01:46:52.039 --> 01:46:55.340 Nolan Ryan is waiting on deck. Ron Svoboda is 01:46:55.340 --> 01:46:57.960 the runner at third. Joe Foy is at second. And 01:46:57.960 --> 01:47:08.220 Boswell is at first. Dietz flashes a sign out 01:47:08.220 --> 01:47:10.239 to the lanky right hander who doesn't get it 01:47:10.239 --> 01:47:15.560 and backs off the mound. Now he's set again. 01:47:21.130 --> 01:47:26.069 1 -1 pitch. Way outside. Catcher Dietz has to 01:47:26.069 --> 01:47:27.750 move out there on one knee to glove it. It's 01:47:27.750 --> 01:47:32.369 two balls and a strike to Dyer. Giant in field 01:47:32.369 --> 01:47:36.069 end. Jim Johnson, Frank Lindsey up and throwing 01:47:36.069 --> 01:47:37.909 in the bullpen for the Giants. A left -hander, 01:47:38.010 --> 01:47:41.590 Johnson. A right -hander, Lindsey. Two -run pitch. 01:47:42.649 --> 01:47:44.850 Swung on and tipped back in the glove of Dietz. 01:47:45.430 --> 01:47:50.659 It's 2 -2. Nolan Ryan starts to... Peel off the 01:47:50.659 --> 01:47:54.140 jacket now in the on -deck circle. Bright, clear, 01:47:54.220 --> 01:47:56.340 and sunny here in San Francisco with the wind 01:47:56.340 --> 01:48:08.619 blowing out toward right field. Here's the 2 01:48:08.619 --> 01:48:12.340 -2 pitch. Swung on and on the ground is short. 01:48:12.579 --> 01:48:14.380 Play at the plate. The force is accomplished. 01:48:14.659 --> 01:48:19.199 He's out. There is no relay. As Swoboda... was 01:48:19.199 --> 01:48:22.960 sliding in, he hooked Deetz, and a call is being 01:48:22.960 --> 01:48:26.079 made, I believe, to call out Duffy Dyer at first 01:48:26.079 --> 01:48:30.319 for interference of Swoboda on Deetz as he was 01:48:30.319 --> 01:48:32.939 getting ready to go to first. Andy Olsen made 01:48:32.939 --> 01:48:36.960 the call as Swoboda went sliding in. Deetz had 01:48:36.960 --> 01:48:38.899 taken the throw the force was on and stepped 01:48:38.899 --> 01:48:42.079 out a step in front of the plate, but Swoboda 01:48:42.079 --> 01:48:46.239 hooked him, tripped him, and Olsen is signaling 01:48:46.239 --> 01:48:50.399 down there that... Dyer is also out. Now, Leslie 01:48:50.399 --> 01:48:53.720 Dyer is slowly coming off the bag. Yogi Berra 01:48:53.720 --> 01:48:56.060 is beside him, and here comes Jill Hodges out 01:48:56.060 --> 01:48:58.800 now. You want to discuss this a little further 01:48:58.800 --> 01:49:07.779 with Andy Olsen. Olsen called Dyer out at first 01:49:07.779 --> 01:49:10.520 because of the interference by Swoboda on the 01:49:10.520 --> 01:49:14.819 play at the plate. The fourth play was 6 -2. 01:49:14.859 --> 01:49:18.340 It was from Lanier to Dietz. So now Hodges and 01:49:18.340 --> 01:49:26.079 Andy Olsen are discussing it. There are two men 01:49:26.079 --> 01:49:31.579 out. Runners at second and third. And pitcher 01:49:31.579 --> 01:49:34.619 Nolan Ryan is coming up. The Mets are leading 01:49:34.619 --> 01:49:56.829 3 -1. He's a right -hand batter. Ryan is one 01:49:56.829 --> 01:49:58.789 for nine at the plate this year. He's hitting 01:49:58.789 --> 01:50:05.430 111. Infield, of course, dropped back to normal 01:50:05.430 --> 01:50:08.210 depth now by the Giants with two men out. Med 01:50:08.210 --> 01:50:13.489 runners lead at second and third. Reberger off 01:50:13.489 --> 01:50:22.340 the stretch, and it's high for a ball. Calls 01:50:22.340 --> 01:50:24.539 time. Goes to the mound. Looking into the dugout 01:50:24.539 --> 01:50:28.000 as he does. Willie McCovey. Calls time. Goes 01:50:28.000 --> 01:50:30.279 to the mound. Catcher Dick Dietz goes to the 01:50:30.279 --> 01:50:40.640 mound. 1 -0 is the count. Nolan Ryan, meanwhile, 01:50:40.659 --> 01:50:47.039 has been called on by Eddie Yost. Signed man 01:50:47.039 --> 01:50:53.989 at third. The runner at third has excellent speed. 01:50:54.210 --> 01:50:55.970 And keep in mind, in the first game of this series, 01:50:56.010 --> 01:51:00.489 that Bud Harrelson stole home. Here's a pitch 01:51:00.489 --> 01:51:04.310 that is high for a ball. I read it was in Los 01:51:04.310 --> 01:51:08.609 Angeles that Harrelson stole home. 2 -0 the count 01:51:08.609 --> 01:51:11.649 to Nolan Rodgers. He looks down to Eddie Yost. 01:51:13.569 --> 01:51:16.630 There's always the possibility of a two -odd 01:51:16.630 --> 01:51:19.090 squeeze with a circumstance like this. Not a 01:51:19.090 --> 01:51:22.250 probability at all. That pitch is in for a called 01:51:22.250 --> 01:51:31.949 strike. It's two and one. That's three in the 01:51:31.949 --> 01:51:42.630 giant one. Two men out, two men on. Now Reberger 01:51:42.630 --> 01:51:49.689 backs off the rubber, steps up again. He's working 01:51:49.689 --> 01:51:52.729 straight away. Here's the 2 -1 pitch. Swung on 01:51:52.729 --> 01:51:59.550 and missed. It's 2 -2. Tommy Agee is next in 01:51:59.550 --> 01:52:07.189 the Met order. We're in the top of the sixth. 01:52:15.630 --> 01:52:19.100 Ah, 2 -2 pitch. Swung on and fouled off back 01:52:19.100 --> 01:52:27.779 at first out of play. If you're scoring the ball 01:52:27.779 --> 01:52:31.779 game, catcher Dick Deets gets credit for the 01:52:31.779 --> 01:52:35.359 put -out on the forced play, and also he gets 01:52:35.359 --> 01:52:37.720 credit for the put -out on the interference call. 01:52:41.159 --> 01:52:43.880 This will be a 2 -2 pitch now to Nolan Ryan. 01:52:46.960 --> 01:52:55.659 Lowe, the count is full at 3 -2. Joe Foy at third, 01:52:55.920 --> 01:53:05.399 Ken Boswell at second. Here's the payoff pitch 01:53:05.399 --> 01:53:09.100 to Ryan. Swung on it in the air to right, and 01:53:09.100 --> 01:53:11.600 Henderson is lifting back, flips the glasses, 01:53:11.659 --> 01:53:30.630 edge of the warning track, makes the catch. The 01:53:30.630 --> 01:53:39.310 finest in Italian cuisine and a wide array of 01:53:39.310 --> 01:53:42.090 steaks, chops, and seafood awaits your dining 01:53:42.090 --> 01:53:44.869 pleasure at Mangino's Restaurant, located on 01:53:44.869 --> 01:53:47.609 the south end of Saratoga Lake. But there's a 01:53:47.609 --> 01:53:49.489 big difference between just ordinary Italian 01:53:49.489 --> 01:53:52.670 or American cuisine and Mangino's fine foods. 01:53:53.010 --> 01:53:55.850 At Mangino's, your order is never prepared hours 01:53:55.850 --> 01:53:59.050 before. Mangino's realize that good food cannot 01:53:59.050 --> 01:54:01.529 be hurried, and they ask you to give them a little 01:54:01.529 --> 01:54:04.590 time to prepare it properly. All dishes are prepared 01:54:04.590 --> 01:54:07.390 to your order when your order is placed, never 01:54:07.390 --> 01:54:09.930 before, and it hasn't been simmering away for 01:54:09.930 --> 01:54:12.270 hours or minutes. And that's the big difference 01:54:12.270 --> 01:54:15.460 at Mangino's. Why not enjoy eating Italian food 01:54:15.460 --> 01:54:18.159 the way it should be savored? And done at Mangino's 01:54:18.159 --> 01:54:20.640 Restaurant, located on the south end of Saratoga 01:54:20.640 --> 01:54:23.699 Lake on Route 9P, just two miles from Route 9. 01:54:23.979 --> 01:54:26.659 A complete line of Italian specialties are served 01:54:26.659 --> 01:54:28.720 to tempt the palate, and their steaks and chops 01:54:28.720 --> 01:54:32.180 and seafood are equally as delightful. Mangino's 01:54:32.180 --> 01:54:34.420 Restaurant, the home of truly fine foods, Route 01:54:34.420 --> 01:54:40.050 9P, the south end of Saratoga Lake. Ken Boswell 01:54:40.050 --> 01:54:42.409 stays in the ballgame for the Mets at second 01:54:42.409 --> 01:54:47.750 base as expected. Nolan Ryan will be facing Ron 01:54:47.750 --> 01:54:50.970 Hunt here in the bottom of the sixth. Ryan has 01:54:50.970 --> 01:54:54.449 struck out four and walked five. Now on one run 01:54:54.449 --> 01:54:58.409 on one hit. Hunt so far has walked and slid to 01:54:58.409 --> 01:55:11.199 right. average for the season stands right now 01:55:11.199 --> 01:55:38.529 at 393. And pitch. Low for a ball. Ken Henderson 01:55:38.529 --> 01:55:47.109 is on deck. 1 -0 pitch. In there for a call strike, 01:55:47.329 --> 01:56:04.810 it's 1 -1. There's a fastball high and away, 01:56:04.890 --> 01:56:06.930 and it goes to two balls and one strike to Hunt. 01:56:12.109 --> 01:56:14.390 The Mets got two runs in the top of the first 01:56:14.390 --> 01:56:17.289 inning here today. Giants got one in the bottom 01:56:17.289 --> 01:56:20.130 of the third. The Mets added another in the top 01:56:20.130 --> 01:56:26.810 of the fifth. This is a breaking pitch low. Three 01:56:26.810 --> 01:56:29.510 balls and a strike to Ron Hunt, trying to work 01:56:29.510 --> 01:56:32.670 out a walk. Flicks down to Ozzie Virgil, the 01:56:32.670 --> 01:56:46.510 sideman at third. 3 -1 pitch. High walking. That 01:56:46.510 --> 01:56:50.930 is the sixth base on balls issued by Nolan Ryan. 01:56:56.510 --> 01:56:59.010 It is the third inning in which he has issued 01:56:59.010 --> 01:57:03.649 a leadoff walk. Bob Taylor leading off in the 01:57:03.649 --> 01:57:05.670 third inning, and Taylor later scored the giant 01:57:05.670 --> 01:57:13.619 run. It's Henderson up, and he's followed by 01:57:13.619 --> 01:57:20.659 McCovey. Off the stretch, Ryan Fitts. Low for 01:57:20.659 --> 01:57:27.720 a ball. Henderson. Walked as a leadoff man in 01:57:27.720 --> 01:57:31.439 the fourth inning. He grounded into a double 01:57:31.439 --> 01:57:41.939 play in the first inning. holds against Hunt 01:57:41.939 --> 01:57:45.579 at first. Pitch is swung on and missed. It's 01:57:45.579 --> 01:57:51.640 one and one. The Mets three, the Giants one. 01:57:51.739 --> 01:57:53.859 In the bottom of the sixth inning at Candlestick 01:57:53.859 --> 01:58:01.899 Park in San Francisco. Henderson is a switch 01:58:01.899 --> 01:58:08.079 hitter. He's batting left against Ryan. Which 01:58:08.079 --> 01:58:11.670 misses out of way. So it's two balls and a strike. 01:58:18.510 --> 01:58:21.850 Ryan has struggled in getting the ball over the 01:58:21.850 --> 01:58:27.210 plate today. Two on delivery. Swung on and popped 01:58:27.210 --> 01:58:30.229 up. It's an infield pop near the mound. Foy moves 01:58:30.229 --> 01:58:32.989 over and calls, and school baseman Joe Foy puts 01:58:32.989 --> 01:58:36.090 it away. Unholds it first, and here comes McCubby. 01:58:41.520 --> 01:58:43.899 The New York Mets start into their shift. That 01:58:43.899 --> 01:58:49.260 means third baseman Floyd moves over on the second 01:58:49.260 --> 01:58:52.899 base side of the bag. Ken Boswell takes the station 01:58:52.899 --> 01:58:56.159 about five steps deep on the right field turf. 01:58:57.560 --> 01:59:00.899 Ben Dunnan holds against the runner. Shortstop 01:59:00.899 --> 01:59:03.960 Bud Harrison moves over near the bag at second. 01:59:08.500 --> 01:59:15.310 And this pitch, high. for a ball. The Mets three 01:59:15.310 --> 01:59:17.930 runs, eight hits. The Giants one run, one hit. 01:59:22.510 --> 01:59:25.310 Pitch to McCovey. Swung on and fouled back. It's 01:59:25.310 --> 01:59:34.109 one and one. It's two previous times up today 01:59:34.109 --> 01:59:37.890 with the shift on. On each occasion, McCovey 01:59:37.890 --> 01:59:42.020 has hit a ground ball to point. On the second 01:59:42.020 --> 01:59:48.539 base side of the bag. This is a 1 -1 pitch. And 01:59:48.539 --> 01:59:50.979 it's hit deep to center. It is way back, but 01:59:50.979 --> 01:59:54.220 A .G. has it lined up. And makes the catch in 01:59:54.220 --> 01:59:56.760 center field. That hollow at the second goes 01:59:56.760 --> 01:59:59.039 back to first. A .G.'s throw is to first, but 01:59:59.039 --> 02:00:03.359 not in time. So McCovey is out on a fly ball 02:00:03.359 --> 02:00:07.520 to deep center. And Dick Deets is coming up with 02:00:07.520 --> 02:00:13.390 two men out. East has struck out and walked so 02:00:13.390 --> 02:00:30.170 far. East is a right -hand batter. Nolan Ryan 02:00:30.170 --> 02:00:32.390 checks the runner at first and deals a pitch 02:00:32.390 --> 02:00:52.159 that's fouled back. It's strike one. the bottom 02:00:52.159 --> 02:00:57.359 of the sixth inning. Breaking pitch is high. 02:00:58.399 --> 02:01:00.479 One and one. Ryan hasn't been able to get the 02:01:00.479 --> 02:01:07.539 curveball over today. He struck out four and 02:01:07.539 --> 02:01:17.939 walked six. That miss is high and away. So he 02:01:17.939 --> 02:01:20.140 goes behind the deeps now. Two balls and a strike. 02:01:27.020 --> 02:01:32.760 Ron hunts the runner at first. 2 -1 delivery. 02:01:33.560 --> 02:01:36.920 Foul back off the screen and out of play. Count 02:01:36.920 --> 02:01:54.180 holds at 2 -2 now. Ron takes a moment before 02:01:54.180 --> 02:02:00.689 stepping up. Hunt takes the lead at first base. 02:02:01.449 --> 02:02:03.949 But you swing on and miss. Ryan strikes out to 02:02:03.949 --> 02:02:05.909 each for his fifth strikeout of the ballgame. 02:02:06.229 --> 02:02:10.109 And the side is retired. No runs, no hits, no 02:02:10.109 --> 02:02:12.130 errors. A walk and one left at the end of six 02:02:12.130 --> 02:02:15.029 full innings of play. The score is the Mets three 02:02:15.029 --> 02:02:19.529 and the Giants one. Some people say the dollar 02:02:19.529 --> 02:02:22.630 doesn't buy much anymore. But then some people 02:02:22.630 --> 02:02:25.789 have never been to McDonald's. McDonald's hamburgers 02:02:25.789 --> 02:02:30.420 are 100 % beef. We never add filler. So how can 02:02:30.420 --> 02:02:33.640 we sell our hamburgers at such low prices? Well, 02:02:33.640 --> 02:02:36.199 we serve over two million a day. That brings 02:02:36.199 --> 02:02:39.000 the cost down a little. And even if it didn't, 02:02:39.000 --> 02:02:43.000 we wouldn't change. That's why McDonald's is 02:02:43.000 --> 02:02:51.460 your kind of place. There's a kid inside all 02:02:51.460 --> 02:02:54.840 of us. A kid who remembers the good taste of 02:02:54.840 --> 02:02:58.270 simple things. We think a lot of that kid at 02:02:58.270 --> 02:03:01.489 McDonald's. We use Idaho potatoes because they 02:03:01.489 --> 02:03:04.550 make the best French fries. And we cook them 02:03:04.550 --> 02:03:06.729 at exactly the right temperature to make them 02:03:06.729 --> 02:03:10.409 crisp and golden. If you remember the good taste 02:03:10.409 --> 02:03:13.750 of simple things, McDonald's is your kind of 02:03:13.750 --> 02:03:33.779 place. ...throws in his warm -ups. We'll pause 02:03:33.779 --> 02:03:36.140 for station identification. This is the New York 02:03:36.140 --> 02:03:38.420 Mets Baseball Network. You're listening to New 02:03:38.420 --> 02:03:42.659 York Mets Baseball on WKAJ -FM 102 .3 in Saratoga 02:03:42.659 --> 02:03:45.119 Springs, New York, the home of the New York Mets. 02:03:47.159 --> 02:03:49.859 Bob Murphy with Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Kanner, 02:03:49.960 --> 02:03:52.060 seven winning at Candlestick Park, Mets leading 02:03:52.060 --> 02:03:55.260 3 -1, and Tommy Agee leads off in the seventh. 02:03:56.880 --> 02:03:59.460 Tommy O for three this afternoon, twice has flied 02:03:59.460 --> 02:04:02.619 to right and has bounced to short. And the pitchers 02:04:02.619 --> 02:04:07.420 take an outside ball one. They have resumed play 02:04:07.420 --> 02:04:10.239 in Chicago after being held up because of rain 02:04:10.239 --> 02:04:15.539 in the seventh inning. Drive hit deep to left 02:04:15.539 --> 02:04:18.079 field. Way back. It's going. And there it goes. 02:04:18.180 --> 02:04:22.779 A home run. A line drive home run for Tommy Agee. 02:04:23.020 --> 02:04:28.979 His second round cover of the season. The Mets 02:04:28.979 --> 02:04:38.329 lead 4 -1. Joe Foy, Leon Jones, and Tommy Agee 02:04:38.329 --> 02:04:40.229 have all celebrated their return to the lineup 02:04:40.229 --> 02:04:43.210 here this afternoon. Foy single two runs in, 02:04:43.270 --> 02:04:46.069 Jones single to run in, and now Tommy Agee has 02:04:46.069 --> 02:04:49.170 hit a home run. Tommy's second home run, the 02:04:49.170 --> 02:04:52.689 other home run was off. Lowell Palmer of the 02:04:52.689 --> 02:04:55.130 Phillies, he hit it to center field. This was 02:04:55.130 --> 02:04:58.470 a hard line drive, pulled a straightaway left 02:04:58.470 --> 02:05:12.850 field. Tommy Agee with the home run keeps his 02:05:12.850 --> 02:05:15.289 streak alive. He now sits safely in 11 straight 02:05:15.289 --> 02:05:22.109 ballgames. Bud Harrelson has something in his 02:05:22.109 --> 02:05:25.250 eye, and trainer Tom McKenna comes out to try 02:05:25.250 --> 02:05:29.250 and get it out for him. Harrelson tripled to 02:05:29.250 --> 02:05:31.329 right center his last time at bat, and for Bud 02:05:31.329 --> 02:05:33.250 it was his fourth three -base out of the year. 02:05:38.960 --> 02:05:41.479 That 11 -game hitting streak matches the Mets 02:05:41.479 --> 02:05:47.960 club record. Bud Harrelson now steps in to face 02:05:47.960 --> 02:05:51.819 Frank Reburger. Here's the pitch on the way. 02:05:51.920 --> 02:05:54.340 And a fly ball in the air to short left field. 02:05:54.420 --> 02:05:56.439 Coming in, coming in. Bob Taylor and the left 02:05:56.439 --> 02:06:02.159 fielder has it for the out. Mets leading 4 -1 02:06:02.159 --> 02:06:06.579 in the 7th inning. Cleon Jones coming up. Cleon 02:06:06.579 --> 02:06:09.989 single to right. His last time at bat, driving 02:06:09.989 --> 02:06:13.029 home Bud Harrelson after Bud's triple. Cleon 02:06:13.029 --> 02:06:16.550 was later picked off by Mike McCormick. New York 02:06:16.550 --> 02:06:20.750 now, four runs on nine hits, no errors. And San 02:06:20.750 --> 02:06:25.210 Francisco, one run, one hit, and no errors. The 02:06:25.210 --> 02:06:32.010 only giant hit drove in a run. Jim Johnson, a 02:06:32.010 --> 02:06:33.789 left -hander. Frank Lindsay, a right -hander, 02:06:33.810 --> 02:06:36.329 working in the giant bullpen. A swing and a miss 02:06:36.329 --> 02:06:42.619 on a breaking ball, strike one. Don Condon is 02:06:42.619 --> 02:06:47.000 on deck and then runs for both of them. Breeze 02:06:47.000 --> 02:06:50.579 blowing from left across toward right. Giants 02:06:50.579 --> 02:06:53.020 in the outfield playing Cleon a step toward left. 02:06:54.619 --> 02:06:57.239 And a half swing he held up in time. It broke 02:06:57.239 --> 02:06:59.539 low and away. One ball, one strike to Jones. 02:07:01.359 --> 02:07:03.960 Yogi Berra coaching at first base. Eddie Yost 02:07:03.960 --> 02:07:09.159 at third. Now the 1 -1 delivery. Low and outside. 02:07:09.279 --> 02:07:19.539 It's two balls and a strike. The home run by 02:07:19.539 --> 02:07:21.739 Agee, the first hit off Reberger since he came 02:07:21.739 --> 02:07:24.779 in. Now it's low outside, ball three, three and 02:07:24.779 --> 02:07:38.239 one. Reberger, tall, thin right -hander. Ground 02:07:38.239 --> 02:07:40.920 ball hits slowly, racing for it McCovey. Now 02:07:40.920 --> 02:07:43.180 he throws the ball, bounces, can't make a play. 02:07:43.539 --> 02:07:46.779 Jones is on with an infield hit. A slow bouncer 02:07:46.779 --> 02:07:49.920 in the no -man's land. McCovey leaving the bag, 02:07:50.079 --> 02:07:52.819 angling toward the mound, fielded the ball. He's 02:07:52.819 --> 02:07:54.840 left -handed. And as a result, after getting 02:07:54.840 --> 02:07:56.659 the ball in his glove, he just was not in position 02:07:56.659 --> 02:07:58.800 to throw the ball to first base with anything 02:07:58.800 --> 02:08:01.560 on it. And Cleon beats it out for a base hit. 02:08:04.680 --> 02:08:06.619 Cleon's second hit of the game. He now has two 02:08:06.619 --> 02:08:09.560 for three and a walk. Don Quindone on the batter. 02:08:09.979 --> 02:08:12.600 Quindone has two for three and his last time 02:08:12.600 --> 02:08:15.520 up. He hit a brutal line drive that was caught 02:08:15.520 --> 02:08:18.329 by Ledeer. Was it so hard to knock Lanier down 02:08:18.329 --> 02:08:23.470 when he caught it? Now Reberger off the stretch. 02:08:24.010 --> 02:08:26.430 And the pitch thrown, low outside, ball one. 02:08:33.949 --> 02:08:39.890 Ron Swoboda occupies the on -deck circle. But 02:08:39.890 --> 02:08:43.409 Denon has a lot of power. Right -hand hitter, 02:08:43.430 --> 02:08:46.199 they play him around the left. And a curve on 02:08:46.199 --> 02:08:48.380 the outside corner, a strike, one ball and one 02:08:48.380 --> 02:08:56.560 strike. The White Sox got two runs in the seventh 02:08:56.560 --> 02:08:59.920 inning after play resumed. The White Sox now 02:08:59.920 --> 02:09:02.380 lead the Orioles 6 -3 as they go to the eighth 02:09:02.380 --> 02:09:05.600 inning. And a ground ball hit toward the middle, 02:09:05.659 --> 02:09:07.840 running forward as Hattie smothers it, throws 02:09:07.840 --> 02:09:20.210 the second out! A ground ball hit right up the 02:09:20.210 --> 02:09:22.750 middle of the diamond. Hunt left his feet, made 02:09:22.750 --> 02:09:25.210 a head first to dive through the air, smuttled 02:09:25.210 --> 02:09:27.770 the ball, and while stretched out on the ground, 02:09:27.909 --> 02:09:30.829 flipped the ball to the nearest second for the 02:09:30.829 --> 02:09:34.670 fourth play on Cleon Jones. Well, Don Condon 02:09:34.670 --> 02:09:37.109 very easily could have four for four here today. 02:09:37.770 --> 02:09:40.329 Last two times in bat, he has had bases taken 02:09:40.329 --> 02:09:47.090 away from him. Ron Hunter set quite a series 02:09:47.090 --> 02:09:52.949 against his old teammates. Ron Swoboda has walked, 02:09:53.069 --> 02:09:54.970 bounced to short, and singled to center, one 02:09:54.970 --> 02:10:00.590 for two. Mets leading 4 -1, top of the seventh 02:10:00.590 --> 02:10:05.250 inning. Now the pitch by Reberger. Swing and 02:10:05.250 --> 02:10:17.140 a miss, strike one. At least one hit on every 02:10:17.140 --> 02:10:18.699 inning of the ballgame with the exception of 02:10:18.699 --> 02:10:23.180 the second. Down comes the pitch. And a hard 02:10:23.180 --> 02:10:33.380 slider on the outside. Corner strike two. New 02:10:33.380 --> 02:10:36.180 York four runs on ten hits. The Giants one run 02:10:36.180 --> 02:10:40.340 on one hit. Now Reberger makes the stop. There 02:10:40.340 --> 02:10:42.260 goes the runner. The pitch is over. Strike three 02:10:42.260 --> 02:10:44.710 called. When Dutton was running, but Sloboda 02:10:44.710 --> 02:10:48.390 is called out on strike. Tad retired one run. 02:10:48.930 --> 02:10:53.369 There were two hits. No errors. One left off. 02:10:54.050 --> 02:10:58.229 Now in the middle of the seventh inning. The 02:10:58.229 --> 02:11:00.909 New York Mets four and the San Francisco Giants 02:11:00.909 --> 02:11:05.430 one. That's returned to Shea Stadium to start 02:11:05.430 --> 02:11:07.750 their homestand on Tuesday night. The Dodgers 02:11:07.750 --> 02:11:10.729 are in town. Eight games on the next homestand, 02:11:10.770 --> 02:11:12.569 three with the Dodgers, three with the Giants, 02:11:12.569 --> 02:11:15.470 and two with Montreal. Giants are at Shea Stadium 02:11:15.470 --> 02:11:17.670 next weekend, Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday 02:11:17.670 --> 02:11:20.489 afternoons. And tickets for the up -and -coming 02:11:20.489 --> 02:11:22.609 homestand and all home games for the Mets this 02:11:22.609 --> 02:11:25.810 year are on sale at many outlets throughout the 02:11:25.810 --> 02:11:28.829 metropolitan area. As we approach the weekend, 02:11:28.930 --> 02:11:30.930 we'd like to remind you the advanced sale window 02:11:30.930 --> 02:11:33.489 at Shea Stadium is open seven days a week for 02:11:33.489 --> 02:11:36.939 your convenience. 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Tickets may also be ordered through 02:12:12.640 --> 02:12:14.899 the mail by addressing ticket manager Shea Stadium, 02:12:15.119 --> 02:12:18.579 Fletcher, New York. Such orders carry a 25 -cent 02:12:18.579 --> 02:12:20.920 service charge to cover the cost of handling 02:12:20.920 --> 02:12:32.960 and mailing. Jim Davenport faces Nolan Ryan in 02:12:32.960 --> 02:12:36.239 the last of the seventh inning. Ryan out of his 02:12:36.239 --> 02:12:38.699 windup fires the express that it's inside ball 02:12:38.699 --> 02:12:41.979 wide. The tail end of the batting order coming 02:12:41.979 --> 02:12:45.460 up. Clyde King has Frank Lindsey working in the 02:12:45.460 --> 02:12:50.079 bullpen. Davenport has flied to right and reached 02:12:50.079 --> 02:12:54.140 on a walk. Curve over the inside corner. A strike. 02:12:54.180 --> 02:12:58.939 One ball and one strike. Al Lanier has the only 02:12:58.939 --> 02:13:01.640 hit off Nolan Ryan. He's single. Back in the 02:13:01.640 --> 02:13:03.920 third inning. To help build the Giants' run. 02:13:05.159 --> 02:13:07.960 The 1 -1 delivery. Line to the air. The right 02:13:07.960 --> 02:13:10.859 center. Running hard. Tommy Agee. And he runs 02:13:10.859 --> 02:13:30.939 it down. He didn't have the ball in the pocket 02:13:30.939 --> 02:13:32.479 of his glove. He had it right in the fingertips. 02:13:33.140 --> 02:13:35.579 It wouldn't stay there. It hit and rolled toward 02:13:35.579 --> 02:13:40.079 the fence. Davenport is on second with a double. 02:13:42.479 --> 02:13:44.460 Giants have their second hit of the ball game, 02:13:44.539 --> 02:13:46.380 and it brings up Bob Taylor, the left fielder. 02:13:47.060 --> 02:13:49.380 He walked back in the third and later scored 02:13:49.380 --> 02:13:52.060 for the Giants. His second time at bat, he went 02:13:52.060 --> 02:13:58.100 down swinging. That's the second base hit. Foul. 02:13:58.239 --> 02:14:00.140 Called it back over the screen by Bob Taylor 02:14:00.140 --> 02:14:03.699 in the counter -strike one. Bob Taylor is a rookie. 02:14:05.279 --> 02:14:07.899 Quite a backlog of minor league experience. He 02:14:07.899 --> 02:14:10.779 spent eight years in the minor leagues. Last 02:14:10.779 --> 02:14:13.180 year, he had 331 in the Pacific Coast League. 02:14:14.300 --> 02:14:18.500 Steve Whittaker is around the bat rack. Al Lanier 02:14:18.500 --> 02:14:20.699 is on deck, and then the pitcher, Reberger, is 02:14:20.699 --> 02:14:23.739 scheduled up. So Steve Whittaker is around the 02:14:23.739 --> 02:14:28.279 bat rack. It's in for a call strike to Bob Taylor. 02:14:28.979 --> 02:14:33.119 Nolan Ryan with a two -strike count. Today's 02:14:33.119 --> 02:14:36.380 game, Ryan has walked six and struck out five. 02:14:37.140 --> 02:14:43.439 Allowed one run, two bases. Now Nolan makes the 02:14:43.439 --> 02:14:46.520 one -second stop. And the pitch on the way, fouled 02:14:46.520 --> 02:14:50.140 on the left -field line, no play. He hit that 02:14:50.140 --> 02:14:51.960 one late, trying to get around on the fastball. 02:15:00.079 --> 02:15:02.039 His first start this year, he shut out the Phillies. 02:15:02.060 --> 02:15:04.300 He allowed one hit, a single by Denny Doyle. 02:15:05.600 --> 02:15:08.840 His second start, he allowed two hits and lost 02:15:08.840 --> 02:15:15.859 the game 1 -0. Bob Taylor waiting. Swing and 02:15:15.859 --> 02:15:18.619 a miss. He got him. Strikeout number six for 02:15:18.619 --> 02:15:25.180 Nolan Ryan. Now Hal Lanier will be coming on 02:15:25.180 --> 02:15:30.340 to hit. Nolan Lanier is being called back. And 02:15:30.340 --> 02:15:32.880 Steve Whitaker is going to bat for Hal Lanier. 02:15:33.560 --> 02:15:43.880 This is Steve Whitaker hitting for Lanier. Lanier 02:15:43.880 --> 02:15:49.819 has been hitting the ball well. Bobby Heiss goes 02:15:49.819 --> 02:15:52.079 down to the bullpen to warm up his arm. He'll 02:15:52.079 --> 02:15:55.220 take over his short. Lanier had the only hit 02:15:55.220 --> 02:15:57.460 off Ryan until the double by Davenport here in 02:15:57.460 --> 02:16:01.100 the seventh. When we saw Whitaker around the 02:16:01.100 --> 02:16:03.600 bat rack, we first thought he would be hitting 02:16:03.600 --> 02:16:12.659 for the pitcher. Bob Berta has come out on deck 02:16:12.659 --> 02:16:15.180 now. Swing and a miss by Whitaker. Strike one. 02:16:16.460 --> 02:16:18.539 Berta has come out on deck to bat for Reberger. 02:16:28.970 --> 02:16:31.289 And up in pitching position. Delivers. Swing 02:16:31.289 --> 02:16:34.450 and a miss. Ryan's expressed. Nolan's just reaching 02:16:34.450 --> 02:16:40.270 back now and firing that fastball. Nolan now 02:16:40.270 --> 02:16:43.409 has walked six and struck out six. His first 02:16:43.409 --> 02:16:45.750 start this year, he fanned 15. And in the second 02:16:45.750 --> 02:16:49.670 start, he struck out five. For his career, he 02:16:49.670 --> 02:16:52.049 has averaged a little better than a strikeout 02:16:52.049 --> 02:16:54.690 in an inning. Now the pitch. Outside and a high. 02:16:54.809 --> 02:17:00.709 One ball and two strikes. Met pitching staff 02:17:00.709 --> 02:17:03.069 came into this ballgame with an amazing staff 02:17:03.069 --> 02:17:11.829 earned run average of 2 .4. Gets one ball and 02:17:11.829 --> 02:17:14.069 two strikes. Down comes the pitch. He's struck 02:17:14.069 --> 02:17:17.629 him out swinging. Noah Ryan with his fastball. 02:17:18.129 --> 02:17:24.629 Gets Steve Whitaker. That's number seven. Now 02:17:24.629 --> 02:17:28.479 Bob Berta. No, it's going to be Don Mason. Berta 02:17:28.479 --> 02:17:32.899 is called back. He was out on the on -deck circle, 02:17:32.920 --> 02:17:36.399 but now Clyde King calls him back. And Don Mason 02:17:36.399 --> 02:17:43.719 will be the pinch hitter. Mason has been up six 02:17:43.719 --> 02:17:55.360 times this year without a hit. So Don Mason. 02:17:57.350 --> 02:17:59.629 Bats for Frank Reburger. The Giants will put 02:17:59.629 --> 02:18:01.350 a new pitcher in the ballgame in the eighth inning. 02:18:08.090 --> 02:18:11.930 Mason, a left -hand hitter, was in 104 ballgames 02:18:11.930 --> 02:18:18.989 with the Giants last year and batted .228. Two 02:18:18.989 --> 02:18:21.389 outs and one on, last of the seventh. Mets lead 02:18:21.389 --> 02:18:25.760 4 -1. Now Ryan brings the right arm around. And 02:18:25.760 --> 02:18:29.219 a fastball is high. Ball one. Bobby Bonds, the 02:18:29.219 --> 02:18:37.739 on -deck hitter. Davenport on second. He doubled 02:18:37.739 --> 02:18:40.840 leading off the inning. Outside and high. Ball 02:18:40.840 --> 02:18:45.420 two. Nolan Ryan gets behind Mason. Two balls 02:18:45.420 --> 02:18:51.959 and no strikes. Four of Ryan's seven strikeouts 02:18:51.959 --> 02:18:57.329 have come in the last three innings. But 2 -0 02:18:57.329 --> 02:19:00.090 delivery. Ball three up high, three and nothing. 02:19:00.750 --> 02:19:07.850 Bobby bonds the on -deck batter. Mets leading 02:19:07.850 --> 02:19:16.549 4 -1. Ryan behind on the count, three balls and 02:19:16.549 --> 02:19:19.629 no strikes to the pinch batter, Don Mason. 3 02:19:19.629 --> 02:19:21.870 -0 delivery. He's taking all away. It's high 02:19:21.870 --> 02:19:26.090 ball four. So now Bobby Bonds, a long ball hitter, 02:19:26.090 --> 02:19:36.270 comes up. That's the seventh walk. Seven walks 02:19:36.270 --> 02:19:40.090 and seven strikeouts. Bobby Bonds has gone 0 02:19:40.090 --> 02:19:42.450 -3 against Nolan Ryan. Twice has been struck 02:19:42.450 --> 02:19:47.989 out. Bonds hitting .337 with four home runs and 02:19:47.989 --> 02:19:50.590 ten runs batted in. Make it 11 RBI as he drove 02:19:50.590 --> 02:19:54.010 in. The lone giant run in the third inning when 02:19:54.010 --> 02:19:57.930 he grabbed it out. A half swing. He held up in 02:19:57.930 --> 02:20:07.489 time. It's inside and a high ball one. Bonds 02:20:07.489 --> 02:20:15.350 the hitter with Ron Hunt on deck. And the pitch 02:20:15.350 --> 02:20:18.129 by Ryan fouled it back upstairs and out of play. 02:20:19.120 --> 02:20:22.420 Seven walks by Nolan Ryan ties a club record. 02:20:23.280 --> 02:20:25.819 Cardwell walked seven in one ballgame last year. 02:20:34.739 --> 02:20:37.239 Cardwell walked seven in a game against the Giants 02:20:37.239 --> 02:20:42.420 in late August last season. The 1 -1 delivery. 02:20:43.000 --> 02:20:45.459 Swing and a miss. He goes after a breaking ball. 02:20:47.049 --> 02:20:51.750 with a count of one and two on Bobby Bond Davenport 02:20:51.750 --> 02:20:58.350 on second Mason on first two men out now with 02:20:58.350 --> 02:21:00.430 a count of one and two you can bet that Ryan 02:21:00.430 --> 02:21:02.309 will be reaching back trying to get that extra 02:21:02.309 --> 02:21:08.209 yard Ryan in the set position and the pitch on 02:21:08.209 --> 02:21:15.110 the way just missed inside it's two and two Wes 02:21:15.110 --> 02:21:17.629 Westrom coaching at first. Ozzie Virgil at third 02:21:17.629 --> 02:21:26.790 for the Giants. Tommy Agee playing Bobby Bonds 02:21:26.790 --> 02:21:29.770 astride toward right center. Pitching two and 02:21:29.770 --> 02:21:32.409 two. Ground ball hit down to third base. In comes 02:21:32.409 --> 02:21:34.750 Foy. He's up with it. Steps on third. The side 02:21:34.750 --> 02:21:38.229 is up. First play at third made by Joe Foy. That 02:21:38.229 --> 02:21:42.670 retires the Giants. No runs. One hit, no errors, 02:21:42.709 --> 02:21:48.729 and two left on. At the end of seven, the New 02:21:48.729 --> 02:21:51.670 York Mets four and the San Francisco Giants one. 02:22:35.649 --> 02:22:40.090 Natural Rheingold. It is high time that I was 02:22:40.090 --> 02:22:49.889 searching for the natural thing. Rheingold Breweries 02:22:49.889 --> 02:22:51.489 Incorporated, New York, New York, and Orange, 02:22:51.590 --> 02:22:53.690 New Jersey, ask you to help keep America beautiful. 02:22:57.489 --> 02:22:59.709 Frank Lindsay, the new pitcher for the Giants, 02:22:59.709 --> 02:23:01.530 as we go to the eighth inning, and Bobby Heiss 02:23:01.530 --> 02:23:04.440 is now playing shortstop. Frank Reberger came 02:23:04.440 --> 02:23:08.879 on in the sixth. He pitched two innings. Gave 02:23:08.879 --> 02:23:13.399 up one run, allowed four hits. He walked none 02:23:13.399 --> 02:23:21.959 and struck out one. Now Frank Linzer is on in 02:23:21.959 --> 02:23:37.239 the eighth. seen Lindsey and each of the three 02:23:37.239 --> 02:23:49.319 games in the series. Joe Foy will lead off. Foy 02:23:49.319 --> 02:23:51.319 has really celebrated his return to the lineup 02:23:51.319 --> 02:23:54.540 today. Three for three. Two singles and a double. 02:23:58.360 --> 02:24:01.319 All four of the right -hand hitters benched by 02:24:01.319 --> 02:24:03.739 Gil Hodges because they were not hitting. have 02:24:03.739 --> 02:24:05.760 returned to the lineup today, and all four have 02:24:05.760 --> 02:24:11.219 come up with base hits. Now Lindsey out of his 02:24:11.219 --> 02:24:13.799 windup in the pitch to Foy, a fastball high at 02:24:13.799 --> 02:24:19.780 ball one. Leon has two for three. Ron Svoboda, 02:24:19.840 --> 02:24:23.360 one for three. Joe Foy, three for three. And 02:24:23.360 --> 02:24:27.440 Tommy Agee, one for four, a home run. Lindsey 02:24:27.440 --> 02:24:30.780 delivers and gets the outside corner at all strike. 02:24:32.399 --> 02:24:34.500 Frank Lindsey has now relieved three days in 02:24:34.500 --> 02:24:37.579 a row in this series. He has now been in 13 ballgames 02:24:37.579 --> 02:24:49.299 already. The 1 -1 delivery by Lindsey. Ground 02:24:49.299 --> 02:24:51.719 ball whacked down to third. Big hop for Davenport. 02:24:51.920 --> 02:24:55.940 The overhand throw to McCovey. One down. In relief 02:24:55.940 --> 02:25:00.020 last year, Lindsey won 14 and lost nine. You 02:25:00.020 --> 02:25:02.159 know, the people of Wrangeville... reminds you 02:25:02.159 --> 02:25:06.159 a beautiful America is up to you. So please don't 02:25:06.159 --> 02:25:13.520 litter. One away in the eighth inning, Ken Boswell 02:25:13.520 --> 02:25:16.440 bats for the second time. He came up as a pinch 02:25:16.440 --> 02:25:18.479 hitter for Al Weiss in the sixth inning when 02:25:18.479 --> 02:25:21.520 the Giants went to a right -hand pitcher. Boswell 02:25:21.520 --> 02:25:47.500 was hit in the back with a pitch. When he takes 02:25:47.500 --> 02:25:50.059 over on the mound, if he's right, and he usually 02:25:50.059 --> 02:25:54.899 is, batters hit the ball on the ground. Duffy 02:25:54.899 --> 02:26:02.129 Dyer. 0 for 3 this afternoon. For the ground 02:26:02.129 --> 02:26:04.010 ball, his last time up with the bases loaded, 02:26:04.190 --> 02:26:07.290 Lanier threw home for a forced play. Dyer went 02:26:07.290 --> 02:26:09.329 to first, but Dyer was called out because of 02:26:09.329 --> 02:26:11.069 interference on the part of Ron Swoboda with 02:26:11.069 --> 02:26:15.450 the catcher Dick Dietz. Low and outside, ball 02:26:15.450 --> 02:26:20.750 one. Giants have played 22 games, counting this 02:26:20.750 --> 02:26:23.670 one, and Lindsey has been in 13 of the first 02:26:23.670 --> 02:27:07.420 22. Today is set by about a yard. Muscle will 02:27:07.420 --> 02:27:10.360 fly to San Diego after the game. Tom Seaver will 02:27:10.360 --> 02:27:12.840 open the Padres series against Al Santorini tomorrow 02:27:12.840 --> 02:27:16.280 night. Santorini, a talented young pitcher out 02:27:16.280 --> 02:27:29.000 of Union, New Jersey. And the pitch on the way. 02:27:29.799 --> 02:27:32.299 Inside, Duffy steps back. It's two balls and 02:27:32.299 --> 02:27:36.750 two strikes. New York four runs on ten hits, 02:27:36.770 --> 02:27:39.190 no errors. And the Giants one run, two hits, 02:27:39.190 --> 02:27:48.549 and no errors. Pitching two and two. And a half 02:27:48.549 --> 02:27:50.850 swing foul ball down the third base line. No 02:27:50.850 --> 02:27:54.069 play. Well, Ralph, how's your singing voice today? 02:27:55.489 --> 02:27:59.229 About the same as it always is, Bob. Well, I 02:27:59.229 --> 02:28:01.250 thought you might want to sing happy birthday 02:28:01.250 --> 02:28:04.020 to Harold Weissman. That's right. It is his birthday, 02:28:04.059 --> 02:28:06.760 isn't it? Happy birthday to Harold Weissman, 02:28:06.780 --> 02:28:08.540 the public relations director of the New York 02:28:08.540 --> 02:28:12.420 Mets. He knows how to have a birthday. He celebrated 02:28:12.420 --> 02:28:14.040 his birthday by taking all the fellas out to 02:28:14.040 --> 02:28:15.840 dinner last night and picking up the tab. It's 02:28:15.840 --> 02:28:19.659 not bad. I wish he'd have more of them. 2 -2 02:28:19.659 --> 02:28:29.750 delivery. Inside and low. It's ball three. Jim 02:28:29.750 --> 02:28:32.549 McAndrew is working now in the Mets bullpen. 02:28:33.709 --> 02:28:35.870 Mack's last start, he pitched a great ball game. 02:28:36.829 --> 02:28:38.930 Mets starters have been pitching so well, it's 02:28:38.930 --> 02:28:43.590 hard for him to get into the rotation. 3 -2 delivery. 02:28:44.209 --> 02:28:46.690 A little bit high, and Dyer goes to first to 02:28:46.690 --> 02:28:53.709 the walk. Nolan Ryan coming up. Nolan, bounce 02:28:53.709 --> 02:28:56.899 to third. He was robbed of a hit on quite a play 02:28:56.899 --> 02:28:59.479 by Giant shortstop Al Lanier, and he flied to 02:28:59.479 --> 02:29:14.479 right field. Nolan is 0 -3. Ryan getting a smattering 02:29:14.479 --> 02:29:18.280 of applause from Giant fans who appreciate good 02:29:18.280 --> 02:29:21.459 baseball. And it's foul back toward the screen, 02:29:21.600 --> 02:29:29.540 no play. New York, the Mets getting two of the 02:29:29.540 --> 02:29:31.500 four runs in the first inning. They were driven 02:29:31.500 --> 02:29:35.739 in by Joe Foy. Leon Jones singled in the third 02:29:35.739 --> 02:29:37.979 run and Tommy Agee homered for the fourth run. 02:29:39.020 --> 02:29:41.420 Bobby Bonds drove in the lone giant run back 02:29:41.420 --> 02:29:45.579 in the third. Towering foul pop -up back toward 02:29:45.579 --> 02:29:48.799 the stands and out of play. What a beautiful 02:29:48.799 --> 02:29:53.940 day this has been in San Francisco. We haven't 02:29:53.940 --> 02:30:00.090 seen a cloud all day long. Uh -oh. Ralph spotted 02:30:00.090 --> 02:30:02.709 one way off on the horizon. Eagle Eye Kiner, 02:30:02.790 --> 02:30:07.770 they call him. No wonder you could hit home runs. 02:30:07.829 --> 02:30:11.069 You've got great eyesight. Here's the pitch on 02:30:11.069 --> 02:30:13.270 the way. Swing and a miss. He struck him out. 02:30:13.750 --> 02:30:15.909 That retires the side in the eighth inning as 02:30:15.909 --> 02:30:19.190 Lindsey fans Nolan Ryan. No runs, no hits, no 02:30:19.190 --> 02:30:21.649 errors, and one left. And the score in the middle 02:30:21.649 --> 02:30:24.090 of the eighth inning, the New York Mets 4, the 02:30:24.090 --> 02:30:27.120 San Francisco Giants 1. Having a problem in deciding 02:30:27.120 --> 02:30:29.040 where to take your group on its next outing? 02:30:29.079 --> 02:30:31.540 If so, let the Mets Group Sales Department solve 02:30:31.540 --> 02:30:33.959 it for you. This department is manned by experts 02:30:33.959 --> 02:30:36.540 in handling both men's and women's groups. 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He has been blistering hot. 4 -4 02:31:49.110 --> 02:31:51.489 in a walk yesterday. He's walked twice today. 02:31:51.770 --> 02:31:55.450 Gone 0 -1 officially. Fly it out to right field 02:31:55.450 --> 02:32:02.469 in the third inning. They go to the ninth inning 02:32:02.469 --> 02:32:05.049 at Sox Park in Chicago with the White Sox leading 02:32:05.049 --> 02:32:09.750 the Orioles 6 -3. Knuckleballer Wilbur Wood has 02:32:09.750 --> 02:32:11.569 come on in relief to try and protect the lead. 02:32:12.809 --> 02:32:15.690 And Nolan Ryan pitches to Ron on a fastball strike 02:32:15.690 --> 02:32:20.709 one call. Otherwise, in the American League today, 02:32:20.790 --> 02:32:23.590 the Red Sox beat Oakland 8 -7 and Minnesota beat 02:32:23.590 --> 02:32:33.909 Cleveland 4 -1. Now Ryan reading the information 02:32:33.909 --> 02:32:37.290 from W. Dyer on the pitch. Knees for a call strike. 02:32:38.129 --> 02:32:53.780 Good low pitch by Nolan Ryan. Walked seven and 02:32:53.780 --> 02:32:57.940 struck out seven. The Giants have had six left 02:32:57.940 --> 02:33:02.159 on base. Two -strike delivery. Just missed the 02:33:02.159 --> 02:33:04.559 outside corner with a breaking ball. One ball 02:33:04.559 --> 02:33:10.700 and two strikes. Ken Henderson taking some phantom 02:33:10.700 --> 02:33:18.020 swings in the on -deck circle. The cloud that 02:33:18.020 --> 02:33:20.000 Ralph Kinder spotted a few minutes ago is a little 02:33:20.000 --> 02:33:22.719 white cloud that must be 100 miles away. Ground 02:33:22.719 --> 02:33:25.500 ball is down to third. Joe Foy comes up, throws 02:33:25.500 --> 02:33:28.319 to first base in time for the out. Right here, 02:33:28.319 --> 02:33:31.420 we pause for station identification. This is 02:33:31.420 --> 02:33:33.819 the New York Mets Baseball Network. You're listening 02:33:33.819 --> 02:33:37.700 to New York Mets Baseball on WKAJ -FM 102 .3 02:33:37.700 --> 02:33:40.120 in Saratoga Springs, New York, the home of the 02:33:40.120 --> 02:33:44.379 New York Mets. Bob Murphy with Ralph Kainer and 02:33:44.379 --> 02:33:46.399 Lindsey Nelson were in the last of the eighth 02:33:46.399 --> 02:33:49.280 inning in San Francisco. The Mets leading 4 -1. 02:33:50.280 --> 02:33:52.459 Switch hitting Ken Henderson has hit into a double 02:33:52.459 --> 02:33:54.559 play, walked and popped a third, and nothing 02:33:54.559 --> 02:34:00.040 for two. A swirl of dust ran around the batter's 02:34:00.040 --> 02:34:04.219 box, and so Henderson steps out. That wind has 02:34:04.219 --> 02:34:06.100 really freshened up, blowing to right field. 02:34:08.719 --> 02:34:11.079 Now Ryan into his lineup, and the pitch thrown. 02:34:11.739 --> 02:34:14.879 Misses the outside corner, it's ball one. Number 02:34:14.879 --> 02:34:17.420 44, Willie McCovey, kneeling in the on -deck 02:34:17.420 --> 02:34:28.719 circle. Duffy Dyer setting up the target. Ryan's 02:34:28.719 --> 02:34:36.639 pitch is inside. Ball two. It's 2 -0. Two balls 02:34:36.639 --> 02:34:44.680 and no strikes. He's taking all the way, trying 02:34:44.680 --> 02:34:46.659 to coax a walk down in front of McCovey and the 02:34:46.659 --> 02:34:50.799 pitch is outside and low. Ball three. Nothing 02:34:50.799 --> 02:34:52.840 going at the moment in the New York bullpen. 02:34:54.090 --> 02:34:57.069 And Ryan has gone behind Henderson 3 -0. He'll 02:34:57.069 --> 02:34:59.530 be trying very hard not to walk in with McCovey 02:34:59.530 --> 02:35:19.069 waiting on deck. Over for a strike, 3 -1. Ryan 02:35:19.069 --> 02:35:23.729 has had two 1 -2 -3 innings. Outside at ball 02:35:23.729 --> 02:35:26.989 four. So here comes McCovey. That's the eighth 02:35:26.989 --> 02:35:33.309 walk by Nolan Ryan. That's a new Mets club record 02:35:33.309 --> 02:35:41.430 that Nolan doesn't particularly want. Nolan Ryan 02:35:41.430 --> 02:35:46.909 probably has thrown about 145 pitches or so by 02:35:46.909 --> 02:35:52.370 now. McCovey twice has bounced out. to Joe Foy, 02:35:52.469 --> 02:35:54.549 who came up with the ground ball on the right 02:35:54.549 --> 02:35:57.030 side of the infield. He moves over, and the defense 02:35:57.030 --> 02:36:00.209 designed by Gil Hodges for McCovey. Last time 02:36:00.209 --> 02:36:02.530 up, he flied to deep center. And a ground ball 02:36:02.530 --> 02:36:04.989 hit hard toward the middle. Foy grabs it first 02:36:04.989 --> 02:36:08.549 to Harrison Watt on the first. Double play! And 02:36:08.549 --> 02:36:10.989 the defense set up by Gil Hodges was perfect. 02:36:11.409 --> 02:36:13.829 Foy, for the third time today, getting the ground 02:36:13.829 --> 02:36:16.530 ball while playing over on the right side of 02:36:16.530 --> 02:36:18.989 the infield. And so the double play goes on. 02:36:22.510 --> 02:36:24.489 And the side is retired in the eighth inning 02:36:24.489 --> 02:36:26.989 with no runs, no hits, no errors, and none left. 02:36:27.370 --> 02:36:30.149 At the end of eight, the score, the New York 02:36:30.149 --> 02:36:50.700 Mets 4 and the San Francisco Giants 1. That could 02:36:50.700 --> 02:36:52.860 be you this summer taking a friend for a local 02:36:52.860 --> 02:36:55.799 scenic flight. The Richmore Aviation Flight School 02:36:55.799 --> 02:36:58.319 at the Saratoga County Airport has two full -time 02:36:58.319 --> 02:37:00.420 flight instructors to give you professional flight 02:37:00.420 --> 02:37:03.159 training. 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And 02:38:12.469 --> 02:38:14.270 a foul ball on the ground coming right straight 02:38:14.270 --> 02:38:17.770 back. Tommy John, the winning pitcher, he gets 02:38:17.770 --> 02:38:20.709 his first victory after five losses. Tom Peebus 02:38:20.709 --> 02:38:24.610 was the loser. Danny Murphy relieved in the eighth 02:38:24.610 --> 02:38:26.370 and then Wilbur Wood came in on the eighth and 02:38:26.370 --> 02:38:34.010 preserved the win. Down comes the arm of Frank 02:38:34.010 --> 02:38:36.370 Lindsey. Fastball inside, brushing the hitter 02:38:36.370 --> 02:38:42.569 back. One ball, one strike. The Mets can win 02:38:42.569 --> 02:38:45.170 this one. It will be the first time in their 02:38:45.170 --> 02:38:51.469 history they have won 10 games in April. The 02:38:51.469 --> 02:38:55.190 1 -1 delivery. Full foul back toward the on -deck 02:38:55.190 --> 02:39:07.209 circle occupied by Buddy Harrelson. 1 -2. First 02:39:07.209 --> 02:39:08.909 six men in the batting order for the Mets today 02:39:08.909 --> 02:39:18.370 all have at least one base hit. Lindsey delivers 02:39:18.370 --> 02:39:22.290 one and two. Breaking ball low outside is two 02:39:22.290 --> 02:39:29.329 balls and two strikes. On to San Diego following 02:39:29.329 --> 02:39:31.430 the game today. Mets and Padres play tomorrow 02:39:31.430 --> 02:39:34.250 night. Our broadcast time tomorrow night, 1025 02:39:34.250 --> 02:39:39.780 p .m. New York time. The 2 -2 delivery and a 02:39:39.780 --> 02:39:44.139 fastball over strength recall. For Frank Lindsey, 02:39:44.299 --> 02:39:47.260 his second strikeout. Lindsey has relieved at 02:39:47.260 --> 02:39:51.700 each of the three games of this series. Bud Harrelson, 02:39:51.739 --> 02:39:54.440 one for four, a triple to right center in the 02:39:54.440 --> 02:39:59.700 fifth inning. The time Bud tripled to right center 02:39:59.700 --> 02:40:03.739 of the score was 2 -1 New York. Leon Jones promptly 02:40:03.739 --> 02:40:07.180 signaled him home to make it 3 -1. Harrelson 02:40:07.180 --> 02:40:09.340 hitting left -hander. And a ground ball bounced 02:40:09.340 --> 02:40:12.020 right at Ron Hunt. Hunt is up with it. Throws 02:40:12.020 --> 02:40:16.659 on to McCovey. Two down. Two outs and nobody 02:40:16.659 --> 02:40:18.860 on top of the ninth inning. Now Cleon Jones. 02:40:19.920 --> 02:40:28.299 Cleon two for three and a walk. Don Clinton has 02:40:28.299 --> 02:40:30.399 hit in hard luck today. Our clink would have 02:40:30.399 --> 02:40:44.209 four for four. It is two for three, raising his 02:40:44.209 --> 02:40:50.149 batting average to .246. Now Lindsey looks around. 02:40:51.129 --> 02:40:53.569 Defense playing just about straight away against 02:40:53.569 --> 02:40:56.649 Leon Jones. The right -handers pitch on the way. 02:40:56.709 --> 02:40:59.950 He is over for a call strike. Frank Lindsey has 02:40:59.950 --> 02:41:01.850 been the bullpen leader for the Giants for the 02:41:01.850 --> 02:41:14.780 last five years. Two outs. Base is empty. Low 02:41:14.780 --> 02:41:19.120 and inside to Cleon. One ball, one strike. This 02:41:19.120 --> 02:41:22.739 has been an entertaining ballgame. A couple of 02:41:22.739 --> 02:41:26.620 lively arguments to spice things up. Some good 02:41:26.620 --> 02:41:29.000 players in the field and some good hitting. And 02:41:29.000 --> 02:41:34.079 top pitching. All the ingredients. Low and outside. 02:41:34.239 --> 02:41:38.500 Two balls and a strike to Cleon Jones. Nolan 02:41:38.500 --> 02:41:42.000 Ryan has had great stuff. He has been wild. He's 02:41:42.000 --> 02:41:43.819 walked eight men for a new Mets club record. 02:41:44.879 --> 02:41:47.520 And I imagine he's probably now thrown over 150 02:41:47.520 --> 02:41:52.559 pitches. The 2 -1 delivery. It's high, and Jones 02:41:52.559 --> 02:42:01.000 lets it go 3 -1. Ryan's first start, he hurled 02:42:01.000 --> 02:42:03.719 a one -hitter. His second start, a two -hitter. 02:42:04.180 --> 02:42:06.440 Today, his third start, he has given up two hits. 02:42:08.699 --> 02:42:11.340 Brown ball, whacked to shortstop. In comes Ladarius 02:42:11.340 --> 02:42:13.879 Nags to be high hot. And guns it to McCovey, 02:42:13.879 --> 02:42:17.139 the side is up. Mets go down 1 -2 -3 in the ninth 02:42:17.139 --> 02:42:19.700 inning. No runs, no hits, no errors done left. 02:42:20.159 --> 02:42:22.299 And the score in the middle of the ninth inning, 02:42:22.479 --> 02:42:26.219 the New York Mets 4 and the San Francisco Giants 02:42:26.219 --> 02:42:29.440 1. 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He has six 02:43:42.780 --> 02:43:48.540 home runs and 21 runs batted in. In the American 02:43:48.540 --> 02:43:50.559 League this afternoon, the Red Sox beat Oakland 02:43:50.559 --> 02:43:53.940 8 -7. Minnesota beat Cleveland 4 -1. And the 02:43:53.940 --> 02:43:57.260 White Sox turn back the Orioles 6 -3. And the 02:43:57.260 --> 02:43:59.319 pitch by Nolan Ryan is over at the knees. Strike 02:43:59.319 --> 02:44:05.250 one call. single in the third and Davenport doubled 02:44:05.250 --> 02:44:07.829 in the seventh. Those are the two hits given 02:44:07.829 --> 02:44:15.709 up by Nolan Ryan. Now the wind up by Nolan. Breaking 02:44:15.709 --> 02:44:19.430 ball a strike on the outside corner. Ryan quickly 02:44:19.430 --> 02:44:24.309 establishes a two strike advantage. The way the 02:44:24.309 --> 02:44:26.450 wind is blowing to right field Tommy Agee is 02:44:26.450 --> 02:44:28.309 shading most of the right hand batters a bit 02:44:28.309 --> 02:44:34.129 over toward right center. Two -strike delivery. 02:44:34.629 --> 02:44:36.770 Foul. He just got a piece of it back over the 02:44:36.770 --> 02:44:57.370 screen. Jim Davenport waiting on death. Ryan 02:44:57.370 --> 02:44:59.850 with his sign now from Dyer. In comes the pitch. 02:45:00.030 --> 02:45:10.520 He struck him out. and struck out a twenty eight 02:45:10.520 --> 02:45:13.000 strikeouts down for Nolan Ryan and three starts. 02:45:14.500 --> 02:45:16.600 That's an average of better than nine a game. 02:45:18.860 --> 02:45:21.879 Jim Davenport has tried to right walked and doubled 02:45:21.879 --> 02:45:28.219 the right center. Ryan over the head and the 02:45:28.219 --> 02:45:31.000 pitch fastball down the middle call a strike 02:45:31.000 --> 02:45:34.879 one. That's four Giants one bottom half of the 02:45:34.879 --> 02:45:57.610 ninth inning. Now the reach of Boswell who was 02:45:57.610 --> 02:46:02.569 lunging to his glove side. Rookie left fielder 02:46:02.569 --> 02:46:04.909 Bob Taylor, who bats left -handed, comes up. 02:46:05.729 --> 02:46:08.409 He reached on a walk and later scored the giant 02:46:08.409 --> 02:46:10.389 run back in the third inning. Since then, he 02:46:10.389 --> 02:46:16.590 has struck out twice. Toby Dyer now signs to 02:46:16.590 --> 02:46:21.829 the infield. One man out. Triumph for two. Coy 02:46:21.829 --> 02:46:24.329 playing even with the bag. Wide of the line at 02:46:24.329 --> 02:46:26.409 third. Bud Harrelson shakes. Leach's drive towards 02:46:26.409 --> 02:46:30.450 second. And the pitch. A chopper going foul off 02:46:30.450 --> 02:46:38.309 the right. No play. Bobby Heiss, who took over 02:46:38.309 --> 02:46:40.909 at shortstop, after Howell and Neal left the 02:46:40.909 --> 02:46:42.750 game for a pinch hitter, is the on -deck batter. 02:46:56.559 --> 02:47:00.440 Sir was 26 years old. Spent eight years in the 02:47:00.440 --> 02:47:04.120 giant farm system. And the pitch. Swing and a 02:47:04.120 --> 02:47:06.479 miss and a curveball. And the count is straight 02:47:06.479 --> 02:47:14.620 two. Good -looking curveball by Nolan Ryan. Tom 02:47:14.620 --> 02:47:17.260 Seaver and Al Santorini are the pitchers tomorrow 02:47:17.260 --> 02:47:19.479 night in the opening game of the four -game series 02:47:19.479 --> 02:47:28.840 in San Diego. the runner. The two -strike delivery. 02:47:29.360 --> 02:47:31.280 Foul ball. He was trying to get out of the way. 02:47:31.340 --> 02:47:35.340 He didn't mean to hit that. Inside fastball by 02:47:35.340 --> 02:47:37.840 Ryan and Taylor was falling back from the plate. 02:47:45.899 --> 02:47:48.079 Bobby Heiss has been called back to the dugout 02:47:48.079 --> 02:47:51.639 by Clyde King. Bob Berta, a left -hand hitter, 02:47:51.680 --> 02:47:54.579 has come out on deck. The pitch. Outside and 02:47:54.579 --> 02:48:00.719 a high. One ball and two strikes. The Mets took 02:48:00.719 --> 02:48:02.440 the lead in the first inning of the game when 02:48:02.440 --> 02:48:05.819 Joe Foy single two runs in. Foy is celebrating 02:48:05.819 --> 02:48:07.719 his return to the lineup with three hits today. 02:48:09.819 --> 02:48:13.139 Pitching one and two. Curve inside and low, two 02:48:13.139 --> 02:48:27.420 balls and two strikes. Now Ryan nods in agreement 02:48:27.420 --> 02:48:30.379 with Duffy Dyer. The 2 -2 delivery. Foul back 02:48:30.379 --> 02:48:39.360 into the crowd. That's what we're hoping to get 02:48:39.360 --> 02:48:41.319 beautiful weather in San Diego for the weekend 02:48:41.319 --> 02:48:47.200 series. They had a rainout Monday night in San 02:48:47.200 --> 02:48:49.959 Diego. The first game they've ever had rained 02:48:49.959 --> 02:49:28.340 out. The count is 2 -2. There have been some 02:49:28.340 --> 02:49:31.100 fine plays in this ballgame. Alan Neer turned 02:49:31.100 --> 02:49:33.840 in a great play on a ball hit by Glenn Dennett 02:49:33.840 --> 02:49:35.760 and almost took him out the left field. And that 02:49:35.760 --> 02:49:37.940 play right there, a very difficult play because 02:49:37.940 --> 02:49:40.379 the ball would be curving away from boys he made 02:49:40.379 --> 02:49:44.399 his diet. Bob Berta, left -hand batter, is hitting 02:49:44.399 --> 02:49:48.920 now for Bobby Heiss. Two down, we're in the ninth. 02:49:48.979 --> 02:49:51.680 Here's the pitch by Nolan Ryan. On the outside, 02:49:51.899 --> 02:50:11.639 corner calls, drag one. with two men away. Ryan 02:50:11.639 --> 02:50:14.819 delivers. His curveball misses outside. One ball 02:50:14.819 --> 02:50:18.559 and one strike. Giants have used three pitchers 02:50:18.559 --> 02:50:20.899 today. McCormick worked five. Frank Reberger, 02:50:20.979 --> 02:50:24.479 two, and Frank Lindsey, two. Lindsey relieving 02:50:24.479 --> 02:50:27.799 in each game of the three -game series. And the 02:50:27.799 --> 02:50:31.420 pitch. Foul pop -up back toward the stands. No 02:50:31.420 --> 02:50:34.479 play for Duffy Dyer. Duffy giving chase, but 02:50:34.479 --> 02:50:49.979 it's going to land in the crowd. Saturday in 02:50:49.979 --> 02:50:56.059 San Diego and a doubleheader on Sunday. We will 02:50:56.059 --> 02:50:58.440 be broadcasting each of the four games of the 02:50:58.440 --> 02:51:00.920 series and televising the first game of the doubleheader 02:51:00.920 --> 02:51:05.540 on Sunday. Pitching one and two. Just missed 02:51:05.540 --> 02:51:09.959 the outside corner. It's two and two. Nolan Ryan 02:51:09.959 --> 02:51:11.840 trying to get the final out here in the last 02:51:11.840 --> 02:51:24.489 of the ninth inning. Two delivery. Fouled. Back 02:51:24.489 --> 02:51:30.690 over the screen. No play. Now Berta just putting 02:51:30.690 --> 02:51:36.510 the bat on that one to foul it off. Berta left 02:51:36.510 --> 02:51:38.709 -hand hitter. Fundenin not holding against the 02:51:38.709 --> 02:51:43.350 rudder. He's back at fielding depth. Nolan Ryan 02:51:43.350 --> 02:51:46.850 strolling behind the mound. Now comes up on the 02:51:46.850 --> 02:51:53.440 pitching slab to get his sign from Dyer. Mets 02:51:53.440 --> 02:51:57.979 4, Giants 1, bottom half of the ninth. Now Ryan 02:51:57.979 --> 02:52:00.920 makes the pause. And the pitcher on the way, 02:52:01.000 --> 02:52:03.340 fouled. He got a piece of it straight back into 02:52:03.340 --> 02:52:08.540 the screen. Ryan still riding with that high 02:52:08.540 --> 02:52:17.219 hard one. Mets 4 runs on 10 hits and the Giants 02:52:17.219 --> 02:52:23.680 1 run on 3 hits. And Willie Mays is around the 02:52:23.680 --> 02:52:28.739 bat rack. Pitching two and two. Ground ball hit 02:52:28.739 --> 02:52:30.819 hard, but right at Boswell. He's up when it throws 02:52:30.819 --> 02:52:33.219 to Hamilton. The game is over, and the Mets win 02:52:33.219 --> 02:52:36.639 it. What a performance by Nolan Ryan. Nolan Ryan 02:52:36.639 --> 02:52:39.579 has started three games. He has pitched a one 02:52:39.579 --> 02:52:42.420 -hitter, a two -hitter, and now a three -hitter. 02:52:43.540 --> 02:52:46.659 What pitching by Nolan Ryan of the New York Mets. 02:52:47.500 --> 02:52:49.979 In the ninth inning for the Giants, no runs, 02:52:49.979 --> 02:52:53.370 one hit, no errors. and one left on. Final score 02:52:53.370 --> 02:52:55.770 as the Mets take the rubber game of the three 02:52:55.770 --> 02:52:58.690 -game series. The New York Mets four and the 02:52:58.690 --> 02:53:02.149 San Francisco Giants one. The final score, the 02:53:02.149 --> 02:53:04.590 Mets four and the Giants one. And for the recap, 02:53:04.670 --> 02:53:07.350 here's Ralph. All right, Bob Murphy, the game 02:53:07.350 --> 02:53:09.290 -winning hit came in the first inning, but the 02:53:09.290 --> 02:53:11.549 insurance runs that came in the fifth and seventh 02:53:11.549 --> 02:53:13.870 certainly helping a lot as Nolan Ryan picked 02:53:13.870 --> 02:53:16.540 up his second win. Ron in trouble throughout 02:53:16.540 --> 02:53:18.420 the ballgame in spite of the fact that he gave 02:53:18.420 --> 02:53:20.979 only three hits because of the eight walks that 02:53:20.979 --> 02:53:23.559 he issued. In the first inning, Cleon Jones, 02:53:23.780 --> 02:53:25.940 with two men out, walked in the 3 -2 pitch. The 02:53:25.940 --> 02:53:28.920 starting pitcher was Mike McCormick. Don Clendenin 02:53:28.920 --> 02:53:31.200 then singled in the left field to put Jones down 02:53:31.200 --> 02:53:34.479 to second. Ron Svoboda, while at bat, popped 02:53:34.479 --> 02:53:36.719 the ball up behind home plate and dropped in. 02:53:36.899 --> 02:53:39.180 The catcher did not find the ball, Dick Dietz, 02:53:39.180 --> 02:53:42.940 and it gave Ron a life. Ron then in a very, very 02:53:42.940 --> 02:53:46.670 close pitch. 3 -2, took it for ball four to load 02:53:46.670 --> 02:53:49.149 up the bases. Joe Foy came up and singled hard 02:53:49.149 --> 02:53:51.309 to center field, and the Mets had two runs in, 02:53:51.409 --> 02:53:53.549 and that proved to be enough to win the ballgame. 02:53:53.870 --> 02:53:56.229 They got insurance runs in the fifth on a triple 02:53:56.229 --> 02:53:58.290 by Bud Harrelson over the center fielder's head, 02:53:58.370 --> 02:54:01.690 a single by Creon Jones to right, and also picked 02:54:01.690 --> 02:54:03.729 up a run in the seventh on Tommy Agee's home 02:54:03.729 --> 02:54:07.489 run to left field. Tommy kept his 11 -game hitting 02:54:07.489 --> 02:54:09.850 streak going, and it was a hard drive over the 02:54:09.850 --> 02:54:12.829 left field fence. In the ballgame, the Giants 02:54:12.829 --> 02:54:15.750 used McCormick. Reberger and Lindsey on the mound. 02:54:15.850 --> 02:54:18.069 McCormick, the losing pitcher, now 1 -2. Nolan 02:54:18.069 --> 02:54:22.309 Ryan with a record of 2 -1. Time of game, 2 hours, 02:54:22.389 --> 02:54:25.569 46 minutes. And the attendance here today was 02:54:25.569 --> 02:54:29.909 5 ,149. Ryan scored the ball game as the Mets 02:54:29.909 --> 02:54:32.530 won their 10th game. They have lost 9. And incidentally, 02:54:32.530 --> 02:54:34.510 the Mets now have won more games in the month 02:54:34.510 --> 02:54:36.670 of April than they ever have in their past history, 02:54:36.750 --> 02:54:39.829 winning their 10th game here today. San Francisco 02:54:39.829 --> 02:54:42.610 with a record of 10 wins and 12 losses. The Mets, 02:54:42.610 --> 02:54:45.280 4 runs. Ten hits, no errors, and eight men left 02:54:45.280 --> 02:54:47.459 on. The Giants, one run, three hits, no errors, 02:54:47.500 --> 02:54:50.819 and seven men left on base. New York Mets baseball 02:54:50.819 --> 02:54:57.840 has been brought to you by... 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