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the postseason for seven consecutive seasons.
In this game, the Athletics' Denny McLean took
the mound against the Yankees' Mike Kekich. This
audio recording is from the New York radio broadcast
featuring announcers Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto,
and Bill White. on another well sort of a chilly
evening with a breeze blowing toward right field
and tonight the New York Yankees will try to
get back on the winning track after losing last
night's ball game to the Oakland A's in 12 innings
by a score of 4 to 3 on a pinch hit double by
former Yankee teammate Mike Egan and Phil Rizzuto
I'd have to say tonight the Yankees will certainly
have their work cut out for them because they're
going against Dennis McLean, and even though
McLean was a 22 -game loser for the Washington
Senators last year, I've got the feel that with
A winning ball club, a contending ball club,
which Oakland is, McClain will come back and
very possibly reverse that one -loss record.
Well, I'm sure you're right, Frank. I expect
Denny McClain to have a big year this year. He
won his first start for Oakland. They said he
didn't have his good stuff, but with that impeccable
control that he has, with a club like he has
behind him, he's going to be rough. And as we
look down his lifetime mark against the Yankees,
he's won 15 in lower state. So as you say the
Yankees got their work cut out for them one thing
they know that he's around the plate and he's
a fellow like You don't have to worry too much
about you can really dig in that good control
And if it's not too good, we might see a little
extra hitting tonight. That is probably the reason
that McLean has, in the past, led the league
in home runs given up by a pitcher. Absolutely,
thanks. Same thing happened to Robin Roberts,
who was a big winning pitcher, but yet year after
year he'd lead the league in giving up home runs.
Okay, Phil, we'll be back with the starting lineups
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be a lucky recipient. Well, we go to the lineups
now. for Oakland, and they won a tough ball game
from the Yankees last night in 12 innings. It'll
be Burt Campanaris leading off and playing shortstop.
In left field, batting second, Joe Rudy. Reggie
Jackson will be the right fielder, batting third.
Hitting in the cleanup spot at third base, Sal
Bando. Bobby Brooks, the center fielder, batting
fifth. Catching tonight and batting sixth, Dave
Duncan. Mike Epstein will be at first base, batting
seventh. Larry Brown will be playing second base
batting eighth. Remember last night, Dick Green,
after laying down a beautiful bunt, had trouble
with his back and was barely able to get off
the field under his own power, so he is not in
the ball game. Larry Brown will be playing second
batting eighth. And Denny McLean pitching and
batting ninth. For the Yankees, Morris Clark
leads off at second base. Catching and batting
second, Thurman Monson. Bobby Mercer in center
field, hitting third. In the cleanup spot in
left field, Roy White. Felipe Alou will be at
first base batting fifth. The right fielder batting
sixth, Johnny Callison. Rich McKinney will be
at third base batting seventh. The shortstop
hitting eighth, Gene Michael. Pitching and batting
ninth, Mike Kekich. And as the men in blue come
out, the umpires, along with Dick Williams, the
skipper of the Oakland A's, and Ralph Hopp will
be out there. There he is, right in the middle
of the umpires. It'll be Ron Luciano calling
balls and strikes, Frank Umott at first base,
Jim Odom the umpire at second, and Don Denkinger
at third. This is the New York Yankee baseball
network we pause now for station identification.
Well, they break up the huddle at home plate.
And Frank Messer, it's just a shame the Yankees
have been in every ball game so far this year.
But with the way Baltimore is, can you imagine
Baltimore getting beat three games in a row?
No, I can't. No, that's right. But Yankees could
have really picked up some ground. Yes, they
could have. Baltimore lost two out of three in
the last two in a row in Cleveland. And then
the Orioles were beaten again last night. by
Kansas City. In fact, they were shut out by Kansas
City last night, three to nothing. Now, ladies
and gentlemen, we hope you'll join with Robert
Merrill in our national anthem. begins his warm
-up throws. We'll take a look at other games
for you. Minnesota defeated Boston 3 -1 this
afternoon. Dick Woodson got the win. Dave LaRoche
saved it for him. And Ray Culp was the loser.
Baltimore, Kansas City tonight. The Orioles have
lost three straight, as Phil just remarked. The
Chicago White Sox trade for Dick Allen paid off
again this afternoon, as the former Richie, now
Dick Allen. hit a tempting two -run homer to
carry the White Sox to a 7 -5 win over Cleveland.
Earlier in the ball game, Mike Andrews had hit
a grand slam homerun to tie it up 4 -4 at the
end of 7. The winning pitcher was Steve Keely,
and the loser was Steve Mingori. Detroit at Texas
tonight. California beat Milwaukee 3 -1 this
afternoon, as Ricky Clark, with help from Allen
and May, Rudy May working in relief, saving the
ball game for him. defeated Bill Parsons, who
started for the Milwaukee Brewers. California
3, Milwaukee 1. And looking at the National League
this afternoon, the San Francisco Giants defeated
the Philadelphia Phillies 8 -6 on a 10th inning
home run by Bobby Bonds. The Phillies had scored
two runs in the top half of the 10th inning to
go out in front 6 -4. The Giants got four runs
in the bottom half of the tenth and won it eight
to six. And Kingman had two more home runs for
the Giants. He's hit four for the year now. The
rest of the game for tonight, we'll check those
scores as they come in. First pitch of this ball
game to Kampenaris, butted back to the mound,
fielded by Kakechi, throws to first and throws
him out. Though this game gets underway in a
hurry with Kampenaris. Trying to butt himself
on and check it pops on that ball quickly and
throw him out One pitch and one away and here
comes Joe Rudy Silver's little you remarked last
night that this Joe Rudy is one of the more improved
ball players in the league He is and didn't he
lay down a beautiful bunt last night, too. He
certainly did the Oakland A is wearing the Well,
they're not wedding gown white anymore. What
is that, the shade of white? It's if white had
different shades, but it does. Curb ball to Rudy
is up high, ball one. Rudy, a right -hand hitter.
A very white white. Yeah, but they still do have
the wedding gown white complete uniform, which
I think they wear at home. Oh, is that right?
Down low comes Kekich. Ball two -two and out
of the right -hand -hitting Joe Rudy. Bill Kane
said they lead the league in uniforms. All right.
And that's true. They have at least three different
sets, possibly four. They are wearing the Kelly
Green jerseys with the Fort Knox gold undershirts.
Line drive base hit the left field. Michael had
short started for it. The ball hit like a bullet
was past him. And Rudy is on with a one -out
single here in the first inning. It will bring
up Reggie Jackson, the right fielder. for Joe
Rudy based at number nine on the young season.
And nobody in the starting lineup has any more.
Sal Bando has nine hits. Reggie Jackson getting
off to a slow start is four for 25. Left hand
hitter. Jackson always a threat to hit the ball
out of the ballpark, however. Kekich comes to
the belt and deals up high, ball one. Kekich
has a lifetime record of no wins and two losses
to Oakland as Reggie Jackson looks down to his
third base coach, former Yankee herb, Norrin.
Jerry Adair coaches it first. And the 1 -0 pitch.
Kripball is in there for a call strike, beautifully
drawn by Kekich. Sal Bando is on deck. Reggie
Jackson went 0 for 4 last night. Struck out once.
Hit one line drive caught in right field by Callison,
the pitch. Strike two, ball. A ball and two strikes
to the left hand hitting Reggie Jackson. Mustachio,
Reggie Jackson. Right down on the end of the
bat waiting Ben slightly at the waist Kekich
checks first and deal side on Jackson strikes
out on a side on delivery from Mike Kekich. He
really came down with that one Bill Said it had
something new Steve Klein has been going in that
side on pitch quite a bit and now Kekich have
been very effective Here's Sal Bando Bando has
nine hits he's batting 333, 9 for 27. Right hand
hitter. Can play a good third base for you, too.
He's the team captain. Caggage checks first,
Alou holding the runner on. Drops a curve low,
gets away from Munson, but he recovers quickly.
And Rudy does not try to go. Caggages have wide
and left. Mercer in center, and Johnny Callison
in right. They're spread out on Vando. So is
the infield. The pitch. Get right back up the
middle. That's going to get through there for
a base hit. Rudy around second base now stops
as Mercer charges the ball, gets it back to the
infield. And Vando rips one right back up the
middle for a single into center field. Base hit
number two of the inning. And with runners at
first and second, here comes the rookie, Bobby
Brooks. Brooks playing center field, Angel Banwall,
down to the minors, working out an injury. And
I'll tell you, this kid Brooks looked pretty
good last night, Bill. First time I'd seen him.
He didn't have a base hit, but he showed us good
foot, and he hit the ball well, although it was
caught every time, right? He's a right -hand
batter, holds the bat down on the end. Swings
on a curve, it's a fly ball to deep center. Mercer
going back, turns under it now. Glove up, and
Bobby has it. Rob Brooks drives Mercer to deep
center field to take his fly ball. For the Oakland
A's, no runs, two hits, no errors. The two are
left. At the end of the top half of the first,
it's Oakland nothing, and the Yankees coming
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to work to Hoss Clark. Clark has nine base hits.
He and Thurman Munson lead the club in base hits.
They're both nine for 27. And the first pitch
is high for ball one. Denny McLean in nine years
in the American League has won 128 ball games.
He misses outside, two balls and no strikes.
High ball three, three and oh. McLean probably
does not throw as fast as he used to, but as
Phil mentioned earlier, He is a control pitcher.
He did not walk anybody in his first and only
other start this year. He comes high at a clock
and walks him on four pitches. So you start talking
about a guy's control, and what does he do? Well,
he walks the leadoff man on four deliveries.
Seven months in. Nine for 27. The other star
was against the Kansas City Royals. He gave up
eight hits, but no earned runs. The A's won the
ball game three to two. He comes low to Munson.
That's ball five. Well, I'll tell you, it looks
like he's aiming that ball, Frankie. He hasn't
really cut loose yet with a good fastball. He's
behind Munson 1 -0. Clark at first. Epstein holding
him on and throw over there and Clark gets back.
Remark last night looking down there at Epstein
about how much weight he had lost. Billy told
me 25 pounds. Said he thought it might help him
in August. The last couple of months of the season.
He and George Scott both have taken off I guess
about that same amount. Scott took off so much
weight he doesn't look good. I don't know. That's
right. So used to seeing that big husky guy come
up there. All right, the 1 -0 pitch down to Munson.
Here it comes. Swung on. Ground ball through
the hole and a left field base hit. It's all
seven. Munson keeps it going. He has done it
every game of the year. That's his eighth ball
game. And he has hit it all, eight of them. We
asked Thurman on the Yankee warm -up show, Phil.
We were talking about his hitting streak. And
my last question was, Thurman, are you superstitious?
I said, if you don't get a hit tonight and the
streak is broken, you're going to blame me. And
he said, no, if it's got to end sometime, nobody
ever hit 162. But he's got eight. Of course,
it won't be 162 game season this year. It'll
be, what, 155 as far as the Yankees are concerned.
or possibly less depending on the weather. Right
now, Bobby Mercer steps in with runners at first
and second and nobody else. McLean deals outside
to Mercer. Bobby is hitting 259. At action already
in the Oakland A's bullpen, John Blue Moon Odom
has begun to warm up. He's a right -hander. The
next pitch, fastball. Porn right through for
the strike, one and one. No, I didn't say porn.
There's no such word. Ball of the strike. No
score. Just underway. Bottom half of the first
inning. He's got two hits off Kekich, but he
left the man stranded. They're playing Mercer
to the right side. McClain delivers. Mercer swings,
looks it into left field. Rudy's after it. He's
under it now. And Joe Rudy makes the catch. So
Bobby Mercer going the other way flies out to
Rudy one down. It will bring up Roy White, the
Yankee left fielder, with a batting average of
259. You know, this is, look at this, Bill. I
didn't realize this until just now. Clark leading
off 9 for 27. Then Munson is 9 for 27. Mercer
is 7 for 27. And White's 7 for 27 coming into
this game. Mary White will bat left. They play
him as they play Mercer, shaded around to the
right side. Larry Brown at second base, well
over in the hole between first and second. Kapaner
is the shortstop behind Clark, who is leading.
Drag is called over at the knees. Bando wide
of the bag and even with the bag at third base.
Rudy's shallow in left field. Brooks over toward
the alley. And Reggie Jackson tucked away toward
the right field corner. Well, they fail Lewis
on deck. McClain ready, kicks and deals, and
he misses high. One and one. McClain walks off
the reverse slope of the mound, blows on his
pitching hand. One ball, one strike, one out.
Runners at first and second. The pitch. Wong
on. Raps sharply down the first face line. Feel
it by Epstein. He goes to the shortstop, Campaneras,
for the fourth on Munson at second. No return
throw. Munson is out on the fourth play at second.
Three -six, Epstein to Campaneras. Clark goes
to third. White reaches on the fourth out. They
were lucky on that play Frank Mike didn't have
a good grip on the ball looked like he was going
to hit the runner right in the middle of the
back Kevin Harris was lucky to see that ball
and make the fourth place It brings up what he
failed Oh, we play playing first for the injured
Ronnie Bloomberg Bloomberg has a flying ball
on the right side He pinched it safely last night,
hitting over 600, just a shame he can't play.
And the A's are without Dick Green, their second
baseman, who has a back problem. All those swings
on the first pitch, Bob off on right center field.
Bobby Brooks is there, should surround it, and
he's got it to retire to the side. So on the
first inning, both teams threatened neither score.
The Yankees get no runs, one hit, there were
no errors and two left. And at the end of one,
the score, the Yankees nothing and the A's nothing.
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some scores again. Minnesota beat the Red Sox
3 -1. Baltimore, Kansas City later on. The White
Sox 7, Cleveland 5 in 10 innings. And Dick Allen
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one on the winner. Detroit at Texas later on
the angels beat the Brewers 3 to 1. Metzger at
San Diego later on. The Giants beat the Phillies
8 to 6 and that game was in 10 innings. Bobby
Bonds home run and with the man on won it and
the rest of the game tonight, right? Dave Duncan
the catcher leads off a right hand batter the
first pitch to him. Curve ball is hit high and
he had a left field. Roy White. Coming in now,
after starting back, he's under it, and White
makes the catch. One pitch, one away. Duncan,
going after that first pitch, didn't have a chance
to tell you he was sitting 214, but he has two
home runs. Here's Mike Epstein. Epstein, four
for 20, 200. Mike said losing the weight he thought
would help him in the latter stages of the season.
He said last year he just couldn't seem to hit
in the last part of the campaign. He feels the
first one foul back on the screen. And last season,
Epstein tied a record held by several of home
runs in four consecutive times at bat. Not in
the same game, however. Two in one game, two
in the other. Two off left -handers, two off
right -handers. He's left and back. Swings to
this one, splices it off toward the alley. Let's
let it feel. White is there and cannot get to
it. The ball drops in front of him. Roy White
seemed to pull up, but I really thought that
ball would be caught. It looked like it should
have been caught unless the white gave, the light
gave Roy White a little bit of trouble. The ball
fell just in front of Roy. So it goes as a base
hit. Puts Epstein on at first base, and it brings
up Larry Brown filling in for the injured Dick
Green. Green came up with a back spasm last night
after bunting. And the finish. Plung on and sliced
foul. This is Larry Brown's first time at bat
this year. He went into play second base when
Green came up with the injury last night. And
Green says that he kept feeling that cool wind
all night. He said the back began tightening
up. He told Larry Brown about the 7th inning
to loosen up because he said, I'm going to have
to have you. I don't think I'll be able to finish.
And sure enough, he couldn't finish. The 0 -1
pitch. Dribble on it. Swung on it. And this strikes
two. No score in this ball game. Both teams threatened
in the first. The A's had bases from Rudy and
Vando, but Kekich stranded them. And the Yankees
had a walk to Clark and a single by Munson, their
first two men up. But they couldn't score. Now
we have one out here in the top of the second.
Fair of his low this time. One ball and two strikes.
The pitcher, Denny McLean, who swings hard, is
on deck. By that, I mean, when he makes contact
with the ball, he can give it a pretty good ride.
No, I knew exactly what you meant, Frank. One
ball, two strikes, one out, one on. A little
holding on the base runner, Epstein at first.
Yankees hope for the double play ball. Here comes
the pitch. Missing low for a 2 -2 count. You
see the way that Epstein's taking that lead with
the left hand on the hip. Probably hasn't felt
his bones in so long since he's taken off that
25 pounds that he just likes the feel of the
new body. Alright. 2 -2 pitch here. Curveball
is fouled off. Deckage keeps curving. The right
-hand hitting Larry Brown trying to induce the
ground ball and hopeful of the double play. McKinney
is deep at third toward the line. Michael in
about one -third of the way it's short and the
same goes for Clark at second. The outfield is
fanned out with the deep man Roy White at left.
Munson flashes the side. Kekich takes it. Left
-hander looks over to first. Sees up steam, hand
on hip, and the pitch fouled back off the mass
played on by Ron Luciano. He's still looking
for the ball and it went all the way to the ball
boy who puts it in his mask and he gets it in.
That jarred him a little bit Frank, he couldn't
locate it. He's showing Don Denginger now about
how it felt. He's sort of shaking his head as
if he's shaking a cobweb shot. Let's take a second
look at that baseball. Luciano's big. Another
2 -2 pitch. Runner going. Check swing. A ball.
Throw to second base. He is out. took the throw
and made the tag at second as Thurman Munson
fired that ball quickly to get Epstein and that
had to be a hit and run and Larry Brown head
down did not take a cut at it. That was a tough
play Frank he had two balls two strikes on him
you're supposed to protect the runner you're
absolutely right but the ball was almost in the
dirt and if Epstein had made a hook slide to
the inside part of the dime and he might have
beat that out. 3 -2 pitch. Long on and fast foul
past Noren. I thought it had to be a hit -and
-run. I was indicating that I'm sure they wouldn't
have Epstein stealing. Even with 25 pounds off
of him. Mike is a lot stronger than he is speed.
3 -2 pitch again. Hit on the ground, a short
stop. Michael to his left has it. Throws on to
first base and the side is retired. Well, the
pitcher McLean will have to lead off the third
inning, which is in Kekich's favor. For the Oakland
A's, no runs, the base hit, no errors. And with
Munson throwing Epstein out, nobody left. At
the end of the top of the second, it's the Yankees
nothing, and the A's nothing. They'll show you
how Schaefer stays consistently crisp and bright
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West Point tomorrow, then the Minnesota Twins
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night, May the 2nd, and Wednesday afternoon,
May the 3rd. Johnny Callison up here in the bottom
half of the second. It'll be Callison, McKinney,
and Michael. McClain's pitch, big hook serve
is high. Ball one. Callison has but one hit.
He's been up 15 times. Right -hander Denny McLean
ready again. Deals a fastball for a strike and
it's one and one. No score here. Bottom half
of the second. Denny McLean winds, kicks and
delivers. Fastball again and he misses this one.
Two balls and one strike. They play Callison
to pull in the outfield. Reggie Jackson, deep
and right, back toward the warning track, over
toward the corner. Larry Brown backs up at second.
This pitch is low. Ball three, three and one.
Rich McKinney, very wide in third, and Campanaro
shaded over toward the back. Joe Rudy again in
shallow. Rudy plays a shallow left field out
there, Phil, but they haven't hit one over his
head yet. 3 -1 pitch coming. Swung on, hit the
straightaway center at Steve. Back goes Bobby
Brooks, still going back. He's there now and
he makes the catch. So Callison is retired on
a fly ball to rather deep center. One down. It
brings up Rich McKinney, the Yankee third baseman.
McKinney is batting 259, 7 for 27. The Yankees
have three men in the starting lineup tonight,
batting 7 for 27, 259. Mercer, White, and McKinney.
McClain's first pitch, outside, ball one. On
deck is shortstop Gene Michael. There's no score
in the ball game, bottom half of the second inning.
Dennis McLean in his second start for Oakland
delivers again and ball two says Ron Luciano
McLean and Duncan thought that was a little closer
McLean turns it loose and he's got a strike this
time as McKinney was taking 21 but 10 while losing
22 last year for the Senators. Fastball hit on
the ground at 3rd. Vando gobbles it up. On the
first base to retire Rich McKinney. This is the
New York Yankee baseball network. We pause now
for station identification. This is Steve Fitzgerald,
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Hear on the fresh air sound of Radio 81, WGY
Schenectady. Gene Michael will step in left -handed
against McLean. First pitch. Last ball for a
strike. Michael is hitting 125. Two for 16. Four
runs butted in for Michael. He won one ball game
with a basis -loaded triple. This one is bounced
to second. Charged by Larry Brown. He's got it.
The throw to first to side is out. One, two,
three go the Yankees. At the end of two, the
score. New York nothing and Oakland nothing.
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7th. Dick Allen is thirded here in the 10th with
one on the winner. Detroit at Texas later on
California beat Milwaukee three to one clock
the winner Parsons the loser New York at San
Diego later on the Giants in ten innings beat
the Phillies eight six Johnson the winner Brandon
the loser Kingman two homers and Bobby bonds
the winning homer in the tenth with one on right
Dennis McClain leads off the third and takes
a strike. Kekich hits the ball over just above
the knees. McClain has been up three times this
year without a base hit. Right hand batter. Next
pitch to him. Her ball is swung on and missed
right to her. No score. The Oakland A's have
three bases. The Yankees have one. The A's got
two men out in the first inning. Bobby Brooks
then hit a long fly ball that was caught by Mercer.
A ball is inside to McLean and the count is one
and two. McLean does not choke up on the bat.
He's right down on the end of it. takes a big
cut when he cuts and looks at a called third
straight. Second strikeout for Mike Kekich. He
got the fastball right past the plate. One down,
now the top of the order. Burt Cabaneras tried
to bunt himself on leading off the game and was
thrown out on a good fielding play by Kekich.
Joe Rudy comes out undone. Cabaneras right hand
batter. Here comes the pitch to it. Had his second
for a strike. He was looking all the way. I'm
surprised that Campanaris was not a switch hitter.
Oh boy, wouldn't he be something? You know, he
can throw with either arm. Uh -huh. He can throw
left -handed as well as right -handed. Pitch
to it. Curveball. Hit off the end of the bat
down the first baseline. Alou comes up with it.
Tags the bag in front of Campanaris. Two down.
Two quick outs and it brings up Joe Rudy, who's
single to left field in the first inning. Rudy
had a solid line shot to left for his ninth base
hit of the year. Rudy is going to make Keckage
wait. Now he gets in. That's out of a closed
stance. Left foot in front. of the right foot.
Kekich takes the side. Rocks, kicks, and deals.
Fastball missing. Low ball one. Kekich takes
the side with both feet on the rubber. Delivers
a breaking pitch for a strike one and one. A
lot more motion than there was pitch that time.
One ball, one strike. They were looking forward
to going up to West Point tomorrow. That's always
a great day. Fun day. The game's going to be
played, I believe, starting at 3 o 'clock. 1
-1 pitch. Swann not in this. Strike two. I don't
believe it's going to start at three. I know
it's going to start at three. That's what Bill
Cain had in the note he handed me. Two outs,
nobody out, no score. Top half of the third inning
in Yankee Stadium. Dekich working to Joe Rudy.
High. Two balls, two strikes. Yankees have won
two and lost five this year. The A's have the
reverse record, five wins and two losses. Yankees
trying to climb out of the cellar. The A's trying
to stay on the roof. And the 2 -2 pitch. Fastball
popped up on the right side. Alou is calling
for it. Near the bag at first base. And he makes
the catch to retire the side. Three up, three
down. Nothing across for Oakland. At the end
of two and a half, the score. The Yankees nothing
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Yankee cap, Frank. All right, just as McClain
had to lead off the top half of the inning, Yankee
pitcher Kekich leads off the home half. And he
looks for the high pitch ball one. Kekich, although
a left hand pitcher, is a right hand batter,
like McClain, he has been up three times without
a base hit. Fastball is in there for a strike,
one and one. Reggie Jackson is playing very shallow
and right and over towards the line. This pitch
low and outside, backhanded out of the very spot,
Dave Duncan, the catcher. Bobby Brooks, the center
fielder, shades the alley and he's shallow. And
Joe Rudy plays a shallow, straightaway left field.
Two ball, one strike pitch coming, it is. Fastball
is lined out toward center, but Bobby Brooks
is right there, backs off a couple of paces and
puts it away. One out and it brings up the top
of the order. Hey, next time you come out to
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Off clock up there batting left -handed takes
high, ball one. Vando in on the grass down the
line at third. There's a strike and the count
evens one and one. Yes, sir. The new lighting
system out here around the outside. Very good.
Pitch taken high by Clark. That's the second
major step in the redevelopment of the stadium
area. During the winter, you might have noticed,
if you were out here for any of our games, the
old garage and shops on the East 157th Street
side were removed. Clark gets the ball down the
first baseline foul. Epstein -Doleport could
not come up with it, but the ball was just foul.
So -called first base umpire, Frank Umach. Sir,
the Yankees move right along. The city and everybody
helping out in the redevelopment here extended
the parking area and now got the new lights up
to show you how to get into it. And there'll
be more improvements. Two balls, two strikes
to Hoff Clark. McClain turns it loose. Pass ball
is fouled. Back to the left side and into the
seat. Got a hole, two and two. Clark walked in
the first inning. McClain walked him on four
pitches. He was just a bit erratic to get started.
Munson followed with a single. Clark going to
second, but then... Mercer flying out, White
ratted into a force, Adalou flying out, and the
Yankees did not score. 2 -2 pitch. Up high with
a breaking ball, and the count is 4 -3 -2 on
Hoss Park. Thurman Munson is on deck. Lane has
retired seven in a row since Munson's hit. Bark
at this one in the outer right center not these
Brooks started back now comes in he's calling
for the center fielder has it First time bill
of the two -game series on the ball fit toward
center field of Brooks has made a false step
That's right. He picked a good time to do it
as you said Frank a towering fly had plenty of
time to recover He's had four put outs already
having a busy night out there. That's a good
jump on that ball We remarked last night, and
he's got good speed Here's Thurman. He has the
only Yankee base hit. And it extended his hitting
streak through the season. Yankees have, this
is their eighth game and Munson has hit in all
eight. First offering. Sidearm curve up under
the chin almost hit him. Playing game around
from third base with that one. One ball no strike.
Wayne rocks again and delivers. Strike ball one
and one. Bobby Mercer waiting on deck. And the
one -one pitch. Get back up the middle and that
one is going to get through for a base hit. Saw
Munson swinging a hot bat for the Yankees. Has
another base hit. He is two for two on those
with the only two Yankee hits. Bobby Mercer the
batter. Munson now has 11 hits to most of any
Yankee. Bobby Mercer fly to left. He went the
other way, but Joe Rudy caught up with it in
the first inning. Epstein will hold Munson on
it first. Mercer batting out of a crouch. There
goes Munson. The pitch is lined to right field.
Bayes hit. Munson around second. Diggs for third.
He'll make it. Jackson's throw is into second
base. And Bobby Mercer in a rope to right. Yerster
Munson broke with the pitch, and Mercer lined
it to right field. So the Yankees have runners
at first and third, and Roy White has a chance
to put the Yankees on the board. Roy's been a
sharp grounder to Epstein in the first inning,
that the first baseman turned into a forced out
at second. So White is 0 for 1. Felipe Alou moves
on deck. There is no score here in the bottom
half of the third. Second time in the game, the
Yankees are runners at first and third. There
are two ups. Bando tightens up at third. Campanaro
shades toward the bag at second, and Larry Brown
deep in the hole between first and second. The
pitch, low and away, ball one. Rudy is shallow
in left. Brooks not deep out there in right center.
Reggie Jackson is the deep man on the outfield
as he swings over towards the corner and right.
Epstein, left foot on the bag, right foot on
the bag, holding the runner on. The pitch is
in the dirt, blocked by Duncan. Two balls and
no strikes to Roy White. Good speed at first
in Bobby Mercer. And at the plate in Roy White.
Of course, Thurman -Hunst at third base can move
very well, too. Do nothing such coming. Kerrball
is high on the air down the right field line.
Jackson over near the foul ball. Looking, reaching.
He cannot get it. It's a foul ball. Foul ball
in the seat. That ball right down the line, Phil,
is always an exciting play because you're never
sure till the last second whether the outfielder
can catch it or whether it's going to be fair
or foul. I don't know whether it's going to hit
that foul pole, which has happened so often here.
Foul pole is in fair territory. Any ball that
hits the foul pole is a home run. The pitch to
White, swung on and missed, two and two. I wonder
why they don't call it the Fair Pole. I don't
know. Start a new trend. Yeah. Sudden victory
in the Fair Pole. 2 -2 pitch to white. Low one
outside. A full count. That will release Bobby
Mercer from first. Elton Howard reminded. Three
and two count. Two out. And Epstein will back
off now and weigh the line instead of holding
the runner on. Frank Steele, our engineer, says,
call it the unfoul fold. Three and two to Roy
White. The set by McClain. Here's his pitch.
Wong on. Hit in the air to left center. Rudy
coasting over to the left side. He's under it.
And the left fielder puts it away and a retire
the side. Again, a threat for no score. The Yankees
get no runs out of two hits. There were no errors
in two left. At the end of three, the totals
look like this. For both teams, zero, three,
and zero. Nothing to nothing end of three. Just
throw a few words at you as we go to the fourth
inning. Ladies and gentlemen, here's Phil Vizzuto.
Okay, Frank and Reggie Jackson, who struck out
his first time up, swings and misses a good curve
by Mike Kekich, strike one. Bill White sits down.
Lovely yellow. Oh, he's colorblind. I am a little
bit. He gouts one of shallow right fields. Coming
in fast and going back clock. Look out, a clock
makes a beautiful play. It looked like a certain
collision between Taliesin and Clark. Reggie
Jackson golfed the ball, it didn't hit it hard,
and Callison broke back, came in, looked like
they were going to run together, but Clark made
the catch and Johnny stopped. Fine play by Horace
Clark, 1 -0. No, it's a black leather jacket.
I saw it say yellow. I don't know why. It's blue.
Blue? I really am colorblind. Sal Bando, who's
singled his first time up, takes the strike.
Say that word. OK. Don't score on the top of
the fourth. It must be this cold weather. My
eyes are watering. The Czechs are swinging it
slow one -on -one. I wonder what the Cardinals
are thinking now with that Steve Carlton pitching
a one -hitter and he's 3 -0. How about Jerry
Royce? Someone said he's 2 -0 down at Houston.
That is right at Houston, right? Curve in there,
one ball, two strikes. I said do you make deals
like that? Then you keep your fingers crossed
that they don't do too well. Steve Carlton, 14
strikeouts and a one -hitter. Change up just
outside, two and two. One out, nobody on. Top
of the fourth, no score. On deck, Bobby Brooks.
Right hand hitting Sal Bando, crouching over.
Swings, bounces, one is short. Team Michael gets
a nice big hop. And throws Vando off, there are
two away. That'll bring up Brooks who fly deep
to center field his first time up. Brooks to
batter and Dave Duncan on deck. Wind blowing
out towards right field. Brooks right hand batter
holds that bat straight up and down. Takes a
pitch outside, ball one. Mike rocks back. Change
up in the dirt. Gets away from Munson. It's ball
two, two and up. Airman hustles back to get it.
Teckens and Munson, as are McLean and Duncan,
two men that move around more and are warmer
than anybody. This is a foul off Luciano's chest
protector and it's two balls and a strike. Everybody
must have been listening to that game up in Boston.
Yeah, my words were getting around. My foul was
my buddy done and I told him to get on. The 2
-1 pitch. Swing and a miss. Two balls, two strikes.
Got a good cut at that pitch, but Kekes has got
a good breaking ball tonight. I think Mike's
throwing more breaking balls than fastballs so
far tonight. The 2 -2 delivery. Low and inside,
3 and 2. Mike is about three bases. Brook out
two has not walked anybody. Right now there are
two out, nobody on, and a full count on Bobby
Brook. The very off pitch. Foul. Back on the
screen and out of play. to play Brooks straight
away. Again the 3 -2 delivery. Low and he walked
him. The first walk of the ball game by Keckens.
Still with two out, Brooks is at first and now
Dave Duncan will fly into left field his first
time up. Felipe Alou holds the bag against Brooks.
Brooks is fast. We'll see if he tries to steal
a base there. It's tough to get a good jump off
a left -hand pitcher. But with two out, he just
might try it. Stretched by Kekich. Runner does
not go. The changeup is low and outside ball
one. Mike Epstein on deck. Duncan looks down
at Irv Noren, who is flashing some signs in the
coaching box. Gary Adair, the coach at first.
Dunk in the right hand better. Stretched by Kekich.
His curve is hit deep to left foot foul, got
out in front of a breaking pitch. One ball, one
strike. Bobby Brooks back to first base. No score
in the top of the fourth inning. 1 -1 count to
Dave Duncan. Beckett's ready. Hit down the right
field line and slicing foul. So Duncan pulled
one curve deep to left. Tried to hit another
curve to right, got them both foul. This guy
has two home runs so far this year. He isn't
hitting over 200 on, but he leads the ball club
this early with a couple of home runs. So he
has some power. He does with that bat. He's right
down the end of it. All right, Mike is ready.
Brooks leads the way. It's by Kekich low and
outside, two and two. The way Dick Williams talks,
Oakland might use one of these catchers, either
Tennes or Duncan, as part of a deal. They have
two pretty good catchers. Tennes did a home run
last night. All right, now the 2 -2 delivery.
Curve line, a left field for a base hit. And
Brooks around second stop. No, he's going to
go to third. He gave him the decoy. And going
into second base as Michael threw to third, and
Gene was decoyed. Nobody yelled for him to throw
to second base. Bobby broke around his second,
stopped, and then split into third base. And
as Roy Weiss threw the ball to Gene Michael,
Gene turned and whipped it to third. And Dave
Duncan continued to second base. So it's a single
to left. And went to second on the throw to third.
That was a high curve ball. And he jumped all
over. And now Mike Epstein, who's single to left
center field in the second inning, then was thrown
out trying to steal. Two out, two on, no score
in the top of the fourth. Bobby Brooks leads
off third. He's got a big lead. And Keckett's
looking at him. Brooks Fakes coming down the
line, stops the pitch to Epstein, hits deep to
right center. Bobby Mercer digging hard, digging
hard and makes a diving catch and held on to
the ball. What a play by Bobby Mercer. A sinking
line drive to deep right center field. Beautiful
play by Bobby. Saved two runs there easy. So,
four Oakland, no runs, one base hit, no errors,
two men left. And now at the end of three and
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April 30th. Okay, Bill, Felipe Alou takes one
high and tight ball one. Felipe flies to center
field his first time up. McLean got out of two
jams in the first and third innings. Yankees
had runners at first and third both times. Couldn't
get that base hit. A slider outside is ball two,
two and nothing. He retired the Yankees in order
in the second inning. McLean really not fast
tonight. What a good pitcher. He's spotting the
ball on the corners. The 2 -0 pitch is popped
up right near the plate. Coming back Dave Duncan.
He's under it and makes the catch. Almost ran
by it. Hit him right off the hand and it's 1
-0. That'll bring up Johnny Callison who'll fly
deep to center field his first time up. A scoreless
ball game in the bottom of the fourth. All these
teams coming in here have been pitching Callison
away, and they've kept him in the center field
area. They haven't allowed him to pull too much.
He just will curveball on a left -hander, just
missed the right field pole. Wow. And he's been
hitting him deep to Santa, but as we know, it's
Depp Valley. He broke to one and left. Well,
now we'll wait. Yes, it's in for a base hit.
Johnny's going to try for two. The throw to second.
Not in time, and Callison in with a hustling
double. Oh, he must've heard Bill White. They've
been pitching him away, and Johnny's been trying
to pull it and hitting the center field. So,
Callison went the opposite way, pulled Joe Rudy
out there, and Johnny kept hustling and is in
with a double. His first double of the year,
his second base hit of the season. Little huddle
out on the mound. Bando, Duncan, and McLean,
and with one out the bat of Rich McKinney, who
bounced the third his first time up. The more
I see that Sal Bando, the more impressed you've
got to be with him. He not only hits the ball
well for Oakland, he catches everything, but
he seems to be the on -the -field leader. He's
always out there when somebody gets in trouble.
Just a minute ago, I saw him move left fielder
Joe Rudy into left field where he got white ball.
All right, he is a good field general. All right,
McLean set. Tonight on Pitch to McKinney outside
ball one. Lane keeps blowing on his hand. Denny
ready again. Low, ball two, two and nothing.
Outfield straight away on Rich McKinney. One
man out, no score on the bottom of the fourth.
Denny Calliton with a good lead at second. McLean's
pitch is a breaking pitch, but outside ball three,
three and upping. On deck, Gene Michael. Time
is called now, as Dave Duncan wants to have a
word with Denny McLean. Meanwhile, this is the
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Radio 81, WGY Schenectady. All right, McLean
is ready. Three and all the count to McKinney.
There's one right in there. It wasn't a fastball,
it was a breaking pitch. Three balls and a strike.
McLean has walked one man. That was Horace Clark
leading off in the bottom of the first. The 3
-1 pitch. Breaking pitch just outside. McLean
didn't like that call, but it's ball four. Second
walk given up by Denny. And it brings up Gene
Michael. The stick bounced to second base his
first time up. Callison at second. McKinney at
first with one out. Joe Rudy playing very shallow
in left. Bobby Brooks shallow in center. And
Reggie Jackson moves in a bit in right field
now. They got three fine throwing arms out there.
And Callison will really have to hustle on a
base set to score. All right, Gene Michael, a
switch hitter batting left -handed against McLean.
And he comes to the belt. His pitch is hit high
in the air to right field, going way back. Jackson
back, a home run for Gene Michael. Holy cow.
Again, with Reggie Jackson playing shallow. Gene
Michael hit it over his head, into the seat.
A big three -run home run for Gene Michael. His
second three. RBI hit of this year, he had a
triple with the bases loaded earlier in the year.
And the Yankees go out front three to nothing.
Bill, look at that crowd. Well, some other kids
are going to be happy. The St. Michael's home
at 1380 Arthur Hill Road in Staten Island. They'll
get nine baseball gloves, compliment of ABCO.
All right, Bill, on the first pitch to Mike Hecky
is strike one cause. Isn't that apropos St. Michael's
home and Gene Michael hit it? He checks his swing
and files it off. It's nothing in two. So Gene
Michael now with seven RBIs to take the team
lead in that department. A triple with the bases
loaded to drive in three, a home run with two
on to drive in three more. McLean winds his pitch,
strike three called, and then Kekich is out of
there, so that walk was a big one. First strikeout
for McLean, two men are out. And the batter,
Horace Clark, who has walked and flied to center.
So Gene Michael, he has only three base hits,
including this home run, but seven runs batted
in. Pitch to Harris, high ball one. McLean winds,
fast ball, slight foul down the left field line,
back into the seats out of play. That ball really
carried that Michael Hitzbill. Yeah, I was just
wondering if Michael had ever hit a home run
into the right field seat here before. I know
he didn't last here, of course he only hit the
one down the left field line is powerful. Strike
two, ball and two strikes. He beat somebody with
that home run. He did. In the last of the night.
He makes his homeless count. He doesn't hit many.
But they are clutch home runs. A ball, two strikes,
two out. The Yankees in front, three to nothing.
High ball two, two and two. Blue Moon Odom up
and warming up for the Oakland A's on left field.
Odom had gotten up in the first inning also when
the plane got in trouble. Slight foul down the
left field line, back into the seats again and
out of play. Harris going with the pitch. And
the count is two and two. On deck Thurman Munson
who is two for two tonight. McLean's pitch is
hit deep to right field but it's curving and
goes foul. Clark got a round on a breaking pitch.
That went out of another home run for the Yankees.
Wind up by McLean. Low and inside. Ball three,
three and two. Duncan throws the ball over the
head of McLean and Larry Brown comes in from
second base to retrieve it. The payoff pitch
to Harris. Low ball four. So McLean having a
rough inning here. Walking two, giving up a double
and a home run. And now Thurman -Munson, who
is two for two, single or left in the first,
single or center in the third. Thurman, who was
hit in eight straight ball games. All the games
the Yankees have played this year. With a good
lead at first, McLean sets, throw to first base,
Clark dives back in time. Thurman asking for
time as he gets ready. Now he sets throw to first
and Clark is back again. stretched by McLean.
There goes Clark. The ball is fouled back in
the upper deck and out of play. What a jump Horace
had. But Thurman had a nice slow curve ball and
with Larry Brown breaking from second base, he
had a big hole between first and second. Tried
to slap it there, but got under it and fouled
it back in the upper deck. Dickhouser flashes
the sign to Thurman -Munson and Horace Clark.
One strike on Muntz. Two out, the Yankees lead
3 -0. In the bottom of the fourth inning. McLean
ready. There goes Clark again. Another one fouled
back and out of play. And again, Clark had the
base stolen. And you hear the roar as the fan
in the upper deck had it, dropped it, it came
back on the net and onto the field. Nothing and
to the count. Todd McLean looks in for the sign.
Stretched by McLean. He's pitching to pitch out,
but that time Harris was not going. Then Dick
Hauser goes through five or six signs. Hudson
now has to protect the plate. He's got a ball
and two strikes on him. Quick throw to first.
Clark is back. McLean ready. Strike three, Munson
caught looking. That was a weird inning for McLean.
Two strikeouts, two walks, two hits. But the
Yankees pick up three runs on the two bases.
No errors and a man left. And at the end of four
full innings, it's the Yankees three, Oakland
nothing. says that Henry Aaron has hit his 643rd
home run of his career. That gives Atlanta a
2 -1 lead over St. Louis after one inning of
play. So that's Aaron's fourth home run of this
season and his 643rd as Atlanta leads St. Louis
2 -1 at the end of one inning of play. All right,
Bill Larry Brown bounced the shortest first time
out takes the curve low ball one afternoon, Minnesota
beat Boston 3 to 1 and Kansas City's playing
Baltimore the birds have lost three strings Chicago
beat Cleveland 7 -5 on Rich Allen's attempt home
10th inning home run Richie's third of the year
No score Detroit at Texas California beat Milwaukee
3 to 1 And that's all we have here. Okay, Bill,
a 1 -1 count on Larry Brown. Mike Jalivis is
inside, two balls and a strike. I heard Redwood,
Dick Allen said that he's very happy in Chicago
playing for the White Sox and this is it. He's
traded again, he's going to quit. That's what
he said at Los Angeles about this time last year.
And two years ago, he said the same thing at
St. Louis. It's amazing. That guy has a good
year every year. I guess I'd better start calling
him Dick, too. Yeah. Yeah, he is better than
I am. Two balls, two strikes. On right hand,
hitting Larry Brown. Curve, hit on the ground,
in the hole. Michael backhands it. Throw it to
first. They got him, holy cow, what a play by
the six. I mean, he came up firing. Now, that
was a difficult play. He was going full speed
in the hole, deep on the edge of the grass, came
up throwing it throughout Larry Brown. And let's
see, we have a pinch hitter now. Coming on. Hendrick
is coming on to bat for McLean. George Hendrick.
Played with Iowa and Oakland last year. With
Iowa that is 333 -21 home run. Ice is one foul.
Boy, he whips that bat. He's loose as a goose
up there. He looks like Aaron, huh? He gets that
bat and wraps it behind his ear. Big right -handed
hitter. Lean. Looks to be about, what, 6 '3"?
Oh, let's see what it is here. 6 '3"? You hit
it on the nose. All right, how about the weight?
You got those... 175. 195. Would you believe
it? Aye, one -on -one. Is he that big? That's
what it says here. 6395 pounds. Boy, he is tall.
Hey, he looks like Don Quinn Dennis. We should
play with him. Just a little bit. One -one delivery.
Broke. Brown ball up the middle and back at second.
That'll be a face hit. Clark's up with it, but
can't make the throw. So the play by Michael
now looms even larger. They'd have had runners
at first and second. An infield hit. Clark backhanded
the ball over the bag, but was going towards
left field. Couldn't throw it. That's the fifth
hit for Oakland. And now Bert Campanaro hits
to the box and bounced out to first base. Yankees
in front three to nothing here in the top of
the fifth. One out. Infield in double play depth,
with the exception of Alou, who's holding the
bag against George Hendricks. Mr. Campanarity,
front foul in the Yankee dugout. In this series,
Oakland has used three pinch hitters, and they've
come through with three base hits. Three for
three. Yankees doing very well in the pinch hitting
department, too. Five for eight, and a sacrifice
fly. One strike on Campaneras. The stretch by
Mike. And he was going to bunt again, but this
one is low on his one -on -one. Alou and McKinney
were charging in that time. Campaneras with outstanding
speed. One man out. Hendrick leads to a first
base. Curve is high, ball two, two and one. You
know, one thing about this Oakland club, Phil,
they don't try to get all their runs at once.
You were yet last night with Rudy up on a man
on first, Keith Bunnett. That sets that whole
ball game up because Bando came through with
a triple to tie the ball game. Absolutely. With
a club like this, as you say, they figure a run
here, run there, then a long ball. The pitch
bounced slowly to third, or they're going to
have to hurry to get him. McKinney throws. Safe!
Safe at first base. I tell you, he can fly. That
brief one second of hesitation, where the technique
was going to pick it up on McKinney, caught him.
That base hit. He had tried a bunt twice, and
that one was a swinging bunt. There's actually
no such thing as a swinging bunt, but it had
the same effect. He gets an infield hit. He can
really get down that line. I still say the play
by Gene Michaels so far has kept Oakland from
having a real big inning. Instead of the bases
loaded and nobody on, they have runners at first
and second and one out. Joe Rudy, single or left,
and popped to first base. Yankees lead 3 -0 top
of the fifth. Hendrick at second, Campanaris
at first. Stretched by Kekich. Mike Kicks delivers
a curve hit deep to left center field, way out
there. Roy White is back there though and Mercer
and Mercer makes the catch. Both runners could
have tagged up in advance, but they didn't they
played it halfway and a long drive by Joe Rudy
caught by Bobby Mercer And deep left center field
the wind blowing from left toward right field
held that ball up That have been a long run in
a lot of ballpark, but not Yankee Stadium Reggie
Jackson struck out in the first was robbed of
a base hit on a fine over -the -shoulder catch
by Horace Clark in the fourth Two out and two
on. Yankees out in front three to nothing. Mike
is ready, comes to the belt. Curve is a little
bit high, ball one. They play Jackson way around
towards right. Another curved swing and a missed
one -on -one. Jackson does not get cheated on
his swing. He really swings hard. Mike gets the
sign from Munson. Runners lead away. The curve,
check to swing that time and it's low. Two balls
and a strike. Tekich is keeping that ball in
good spots on Jackson. Either down and in or
down and away. Doesn't want to give one up to
him. Yankees leading 3 -0 top of the fifth. Two
out and two on. Mike, with a long look in, has
the sign. His pitch swing and a miss. Two balls,
two strikes. And I tell you, he had good motion
on that one. He had to have good motion because
the pitch was up around the letters. If I were
Reggie Jackson here, I'd be looking for that
sidearm curve ball. He got him on that one the
first time up. Two balls, two strikes, two out,
two men on. He's probably throw the fastball
right by it. Stretched by Kekich. He looks. Breaking
pitch and it's low. Three and two. So he did
not come side on but would not give in and throw
the fastball. He has not thrown a fastball. He's
thrown five pitches to Jackson, all breaking
pitches. Now the runners will be off with the
pitch. Three and two and two up. They lead away
and that Campanaris can fly. Taking a big lead.
The stretch. Mike looking at Campanaris. There
they go. The curve is high. Ball four on the
bases to load it. I said you lose daughter to
sneak in behind campaign errors a quick throw
over there would have picked them off Second
walk given up by tech it and the bases are loaded
Two men are out and here's that man Bando. He's
single a center in the first bounce is short
in the fourth But it was his big triple last
night that tied up the ballgame drove in two
runs Red Bean gets up in the Yankee bullpen.
Hendrick at third. Campaneras at second. Jackson
at first. Hendrick coming down the line, but
Keckett's not even looking at him. And time is
called as Bando has something in his eye. Oh,
he's got it out. And we're ready to go. All right,
Mike rocks back. Mr. Bando almost hit him, and
Munson, they had a play on his third, and the
ball popped out of Munson's glove. Ball one on
Sal Bando. Bando has a double, a triple, and
three runs batted in on the year. Mike ready
again. Curve outside, ball two, two and up it.
Face on balls, cross McLean in the bottom of
the fourth inning. The 2 -0 pitch, ground ball
hit the third, McKinney is up with it, goes to
clock in time for the fourth play. And that Jackson
went at the clock and split about ten feet past
them, but Harris jumped over them. They get the
fourth from third to second and four Oakland.
No runs, two base hits. No errors, three men
left. And at the end of four and a half, it's
the Yankees three and Oakland nothing. The new
pitcher for the Oakland A's is Johnny Lee Blue
Moon Odom. A fellow from Macon, Georgia. Blue
Moon last year had a bit of arm trouble. He did
get into 25 ball games, completed only three.
He won 10 games and lost 12 for the Oakland A's.
Blue Moon, Odom. That surgery on his right elbow
was a 1970 bill? Mm -hmm. That's rough there.
Not too many pitches come back after surgery
on their pitching elbow. Would you like to see
this young kid do well? He's quite a competitor.
He'll be facing Mercer wide and aloof. Wears
number 13 on his back, so he's not the least
bit superstitious. All right, he's ready to go.
So, Denny McLean worked four innings. He gave
a five -hit, walked three, struck out one, checked
that, struck out two, and allowed three runs.
The first earned run scored off Denny McLean
this year. Bobby Mercer lined to left and lined
a single to right. Yankee's out in front three
-nothing. We're in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Blue moon ready. Fastball is low. Ball one. He
threw that ball hard. Right hander into the windup.
Fastball outside. Ball two. Two and nothing.
Sometimes the weather like this, some pitchers
who've had arm trouble worry about it, but this
fellow is cutting loose. It's good to see him
do that. The 2 -0 pitch. Line to right field,
curving, foul. Boy, Bobby was looking for the
fastball. Got it. Drilled it deep into the seats,
but fouled by about 20 feet. On the big scoreboard,
the Yankee RBI lead is Gene Michael with 7, Bobby
Mercer with 5. And now Bobby has the time at
the plate. Bottom of the 50, Yankees lead 3 -0.
Wind up by Blue Moon. Fastball is low and it's
3 and 1. to see him sign up the way he drew people
in the ballpark. On the road, he had quite a
year. Foul to the left of the plate, it's three
and two. Jim Woods, the Oakland announcer, said
he was talking to Willie Mays, and Willie has
a way to get blue into the league. He said, why
doesn't blue do the same thing I did with Sonam?
Sign for 50 and borrow 50. Pay the 50 back over
10 years, but don't make any payments on the
last 50. How do you like that the payoff pitch
strike three called Bobby Mercer called out on
strike So blue moon autumn first man he faces
the tough Mercer he strikes him out and now raw
white bounce to first and fly to luck I don't
know where the Finley would go for that though
Evidently, he stole them, didn't he? Yeah. I
won out. Nobody on. Hold them into the windup.
Foul out of play. Back in the upper deck. Well,
I gotta tell you, Bill, laid down today with
a fella named... ...Liddy. Tom Letty, and he
had a hole in one. It's one of the prettiest
sights and one of the most exciting things you
ever want to see. Even for you non -golfers,
a hole in one pitches high, and it's one on one.
On the longest par three hole on our course,
he hit a forward, and you could see it all the
way. Hit on the green, take two bounces, and
disappear right in the cup. You ever got a hole
in one? I got one hole in one. Oh, and it's something.
Lowball 2 -2 -1. You gotta buy drinks. Yes, sir.
You gotta buy everybody who has played golf,
or had played that day, a drink. But it really
doesn't cost you, because everybody puts up a
dollar and you get whatever the pot is. He got
about $240. Not bad. In case the internal revenue
is... Listening in. That pitch low inside. Ball
three. Three and one. I want to tell you what
was so tough about it. He was not my partner.
He got a shot. He got a stroke on that hole so
he had zero for the hole. How can you beat that?
He can't even tie it. It cost me a few bob but
I was very happy. Had a couple of Dr. Peppers
and that was it. Ground ball to first base that's
being up with it runs over makes the play unassisted
and there are two away And now fully Bayaloo
line to center and foul to the catcher To out
Yankees in front three to nothing we're in the
bottom of the fifth inning Johnny Callison, which
is low inside, ball one. The 1 -0 delivery. Little
bit high, ball two, 2 -0. Question marks on the
pitching staff for Oakland. Blue moon, Odom one.
Dobson, another one. 2 -0 pitch, fouled again
and got Luciano. That's three times that Ron
Luciano has been hit with foul tips. Twice on
the mask, once on the chest protector. Dave Duncan
gives the sign to Odom. His pitch is fouled back
in the upper deck and out of play and the count
is even at two and two. It looks like the Yankees
hitters are just looking for that number one,
that fastball, and they're really getting good
rips at it. They are. I guess they figure with
the cold weather and blue moon. We mentioned
before, maybe a little worried. Doesn't want
to throw too many breaking pitches. A little
chilly here tonight. Denny McLean was blowing
on his hand, going to his mouth just about after
every pitch. The 2 -2 pitch, just outside another
blazer that time. It's 3 -2. Well, you know,
Felipe will be looking for the fastball here.
Three balls, two strikes, two outs. Total mind.
Passball is low and inside, and Alou gets a walk.
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sound of Radio 81, WGY Schenectomy. Johnny Callison,
who started the big three run uprising for the
Yankees in the fourth inning with an opposite
field double, is up there. Johnny also applied
deep to center. He's one for two on the night.
Alou leads away. Pitch to Callison. Swing and
a foul to the left of the plate. Strike one.
Johnny has that right hand. Well, it's stinging
a little bit right now. He hit it off the end
of the bat. making a fist. It's the kind of night
you got to hit him right on the trademark. Best
ball pulled, he got that one on the trademark,
but just bowled down the right field line. Nothing
and two. Epstein holding the bag against Duluth.
Yankees with all three runs in the fourth on
the three -run homer by the stick, Gene Michael.
Odom leans over to get the sign. Callison now
has the time. Odom ahead of him, 0 -2. Still
nothing in two. Oh, another new ball thrown out
to Odom. On deck, Rich McKinney. Odom is ready.
for a base hit. A loser on second. He's going
to third. The throw comes in at third, not in
time. And I want to tell you, that was as pretty
a play as you'd want to see. I don't know whether
it was a blooper pitch, but it was a high, slow
change -up curve. And Johnny Callison just backhanded
like a tennis stroke over Vando's head. You can
see the look on Vando's face, Bill. Johnny waited
on that ball. Well, it just looped it out there.
Usually on a pitch like that, if you're trying
to pull the ball, you're out in front. You either
pop it up or hit it on the ground in second base.
So when you can handle a pitch like that after
being thrown so many basketballs and still waiting
to hit it out there, your timing is coming around
pretty good. That's for sure. So the Yankees
have run it at first and fair. And I tell you,
Felipe hasn't lost any speed because Rudy made
a great throw in the third but Alou kept going
and slid in safely. Now Rich McKinney bounce
the third and walk. Pops it up. The catcher Dave
Duncan in foul territory coming back near the
screen. Makes the catch. So the Yankees are out
of there. No runs. A base hit. No errors and
two men left. And now at the end of five full
innings it's the Yankees three and Oakland nothing.
Bobby Brooks. Line to base hit the left field.
He hit a bullet past McKinney. Roy White up with
it and Brooks is on. Brooks had fly to center
and walk before singling sharply to left. That's
the seventh base hit. For Oakland, it brings
up Dave Duncan who has fly to left and single
to left. I think he's leading 3 -0 top of the
sixth. Stretched by Mike. His pitch fouled back
off the screen, strike one. On deck, Mike Epstein.
Mike has hit the ball hard twice tonight. Bobby
Brooks leading off first. Alou playing in back
of the runner. High and outside, one -on -one.
And we're going to get some action now in the
Yankee bullpen. Duncan looks down at Irv Noren,
coaching at third. Change -up, hitting the ground
a third, could be two. McKinney to Clark, back
to first, double play! And Horace Clark hung
in there that time, with the speedy Bobby Brooks
right on top of him and sliding in to Horace.
Horace got rid of it, completed the double play,
and then was knocked down. This is the new Horace
Clark we're seeing this year, big double play.
And they were two out, and a batter now. The
single was cut down trying to steal in the second
and then robbed of a base hit on a great play
by Mercer in the fourth. Side armor to Epstein
in there, strike one call. Time is called, Epstein
wants Luciano to look at the ball. He does and
says nothing wrong with it. He's still leading
three to nothing. Another side armor, but this
one is a little low, breaking pitch, and it's
1 -1. 1 -1 pitch outside, 2 -1. has been in there
all the way. Denny McLean started for Oakland,
went four innings. There's a fastball right down
the middle, two and two. Two balls, two strikes,
two outs. Kekich into the windup. Down by a low.
Epstein hung in there that time as Kekes came
by the way of first base. And we'll have a 2
-2 pitch coming up. Here it is and it's a curve
low. ground hard base hit to right field. Epstein
has done very well against the left -hand pitcher
tonight. He's hit the ball hard three times,
two base hits. And that's base hit number eight.
So you can see how important that double play
was now, just as Michael's fielding play in the
fifth inning was. And here's Larry Brown, who
was robbed of that base hit in the fifth and
bounced out to Michael, his first time up. Allier
is on deck. And the event that Larry Brown gets
on, Allier will pinch hit for Blue Moon Odom.
There's a pitch in there. Strike one call. Two
men are out. Yankees leading 3 -0 in the top
of the sixth. momentarily. The Oakland bench
getting on Ron Luciano and he's just thrown Dick
Williams out of the game I do believe. Dick Williams
really getting on Ron Luciano and he's been ejected
from the ball game. And Dick Williams who has
really let his hair grow long like some of his
ballplayers was getting on Luciano and That's
enough, and Williams kept talking and Luciano
waved him out. So now Williams comes out to have
another say. But it's too late now, he has been
thrown out of the game. Trying to get a $25 worth.
Yeah. Stay too long, it might cost you 50 though.
That's right. Because here comes Frank Umont.
He's got a nickel word in though before he left.
He's got 25 dollars and five cents worth. Alright
Bill. So Dick Williams is out of the game. It's
one strike on Larry Brown. Stretched by Kekich.
Kich is outside one -on -one. One ball, one strike.
Curve hit on the ground is short. Gene Michael
up with it, flips the clock for the fourth play.
Oh, the Yankees with good defense tonight. For
Oakland, no runs, two hits, no errors, a man
left. At the end of five and a half, it's the
Yankees three and Oakland nothing. Mitchell just
informed us, Bill, that that's Williams' second
ejection of the season. So that's going to cost
him more than 25. Uh -huh. Looks like that's
kind of a year. Here he is, the hitting star
for the Yankees, Gene Michael. Bounced a second
his first time up, but in the fourth inning with
two men on, he home it into the right field seat
for all three runs. And Gene takes the pitch,
low ball one. and the Yankees in front three
-nothing. Wind up by Odom. Outside ball two.
Odom, when he delivers, kind of falls towards
first base. Here's the two -all pitch. Right
down the middle, strike called. Two and one on
deck, Mike Kekich. Two -one pitch high, ball
three, three and one. Oakland out hitting the
Yankees eight to six. But as we told you, the
big home run by Michael accounting for all three
runs. 3 -1 delivery, Gene taking all the way
at slow ball four. Second walk, given up by Odom.
And now Mike Hekkichup, and his job is to advance.
Michael is second with a sacrifice putt. Epstein
comes over now to talk with Blumo. You know,
with Larry Brown in there, Phil, I wonder if
they'll try the play they tried last night with
the second baseman, Green, coming in. I got it.
Brown is not nearly as quick as Dick Green. I
imagine Epstein will come in and Brown will go
over and cover first. You gotta be quick to do
that. They're creeping in and Kekich bunched,
bunched it hard. Epstein, they're gonna go to
second and it's gonna be late and every... Oh,
he called him out! Holy cow did he miss that
play. Jim Odom. Michael had slid his foot, was
on the... the inside part of the bag, and Campanaris
had a reach for it. Gene had beaten the play,
but Odom called him out. So it goes to the fourth
play from three to six. Epstein got in there
quickly, but did not make a good throw. And Gene
Michael with a good jump and a burst of speed
was in the second base. One away. Harris clots
the batter. Harris has walked twice and flied
to center. Kekes with the jacket on at first.
Standing in front of, staying there. The stretch
and the pitch outside ball one. Bill White, you
know, watching Kekes there, I noticed when I
was playing there was some big guys would stand
in front of our first baseman on a play like
this. Didn't that bother you a little bit? It
does. Right, it does. You can't see well. All
right, the 1 -0 delivery. Low ball 2, 2 -0. Virginia
Citizens Day at Saturday at 2 p .m. when the
Yankees play the Minnesota Twins. Our first one
of the year. 2 -0 pitch outside, ball 3, 3 -0.
One thing here, Phil, I'm sure Mike wanted to
get the guy over. second but I'm also sure he
didn't want to be out there on that base himself
standing around in this cold weather. Right he
wanted to get in that dugout where those heaters
are. Stay warm. We know on our clock he'll be
taken all the way. The pitch is right down the
middle three balls and a strike. Herman Munson
on deck. Ready for the 3 -1 pitch. It's right
in there, strike two, three and two. Well, let's
see if Mike will be off and running. Only one
out. They're not paying too much attention to
him there at first base. The stretch, he does
not go and the ball is outside, ball four. Walked
two men in this inning. His third since he came
in the ball game in the fifth. Beckett's walking
slowly to second. Clark is at first. Thurman
-Munson who is two for three. Single to left
in the first. Single to center in the third and
struck out in the fourth. On deck, Bobby Merson.
Yankees leading three nothing. Bottom of the
sixth. One out. Breaking pitch, ball one. Only
one out. Mackey's trying to add to their three.
Hold them to the belt. Ball two, little bit inside.
Epstein's going to come over, and Bando started
in from third, but Epstein got there first. Little
action in the Oakland bullpen. Two balls, no
strikes on Munson. His pitch is ball three. Three
balls, no strikes. So, Blue Moon Odom in a jam
here. Walk through this inning already, and there's
the strike on the inside part of the plate. Three
and one. On the scoreboard, the Yanks wish the
Knicks the best of luck at Los Angeles tonight.
The first game of that important playoff series
between the Knicks and the Lakers. The don't
turn on your TVs doesn't start till after ten.
The stretch and the pitch pop foul back and out
of play. Green two. Matter of fact, If they might
delay the start of that game, I heard on the
radio because President Nixon is going to dress
the country tonight at 10 o 'clock. If they delay
it too long, they'll be starting the season again.
Looks like they start basketball in June, though.
And hockey. Gotta wish the Rangers luck, too.
They'll be meeting the Boston Bruins. Second
base orb was a good throw there to have Kekich.
They had the pickle play on. Larry Brown came
over, but Blue Moon Odom threw it high, and Kekich
was able to dive back in. A lot of times that's
a count play. The pitcher will watch the catcher,
and when the catcher, or in this case, Dave Duncan,
sees Brown, the second baseman, positioned, he'll
maybe give the pitcher a quick fist to the old
wheel and throw there. Right on the nose. As
Munson gobs a low fastball. That Rudy really
bouncing around in left field. Two outs. Bobby
Mertz to the batter. Bobby is flying to left,
single right and struck out. These guys have
more conferences than anybody. There's Bando
out there again with his catcher Duncan. They
do a lot of talking. I guess that's what you
need though with a veteran ball club. Soft aim's
over. Well, it looks like they've been stalling
to get somebody loose out in the bullpen, Bill.
That's Bill Posedale, who evidently has taken
over for Dick Williams. Williams was kicked out
for arguing a ball strike count with Ron Luciano.
So Bill Posedale out there now talking to his
pitcher, Lou Monodam, and they're gonna, looks
like they're gonna bring a left -hander in to
pitch to Bobby Mercer. Dick Hauser. goes out
and says something to Mike Tankett. She tells
him to be careful down there. Mike almost got
picked off. While we're waiting on the new pitcher,
let's go over the scores again for you. Minnesota
beat Boston 3 -1. The winning pitcher was Dick
Woodson, the loser Ray Cope. No score. Baltimore,
Kansas City at the end of three innings of play.
McNally against Al Kenton. Baltimore's lost three
games in a row. Chicago White Sox. Dick Allen's
third home run of the year in a 10th of one on
edge to Cleveland 7 -2. That's the Chicago 7th
straight win. Texas is playing host to Detroit.
There's no score there at the end of two and
a half innings of play. California beat Milwaukee
3 -1. The winner, Clark. The loser, Parsons.
In the National League, San Francisco beat Philadelphia
8 -6. I think at the end of five, St. Louis leads
Atlanta now eight to three at the end of three
and a half innings of play. Henry Aaron got his
643rd home run of his career in that ball game.
Houston leads Chicago, the Cubs three to two.
The Cubs have lost seven straight and the Astros
surprisingly have won eight straight. Montreal
and Los Angeles, that game tonight and we have
no score on that yet. I'll tell you about the
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Stadium, Bronx, New York. Okay, Bill and Jim
Rowland, a big left -hander comes on to do the
pitching. This is his second appearance of the
year, has no one or loss reckoned. Pitching to
Bobby Mercer with runners at first and second,
two out in the Yankees leading 3 -0. Almost a
wild pitch. A good play by Dave Duncan as Rowland
came side on. Ball one to Mercer. Rollin' at
6 -2, 200 pounds. Kekich at second, Clark at
first, two up. Through the belt. Pitch low, ball
two, he almost stumbled that time. Fixing the
mound out there. On deck, Felipe Alou. Nope,
check that, Roy White. Felipe bats after White.
2 -0 on Bobby. Switched by Rowland is low, ball
three. And Rowland wanted that one. 3 -0 to count.
That's the score of the game, too, 3 -0. Yankees'
favor. Stretch by Rowland. 3 -0 pitch. Strike
one call, 3 -1. Look at him. He's got hands up.
He's got two strikes and a ball. He's got to
adjust the opposite. But it's three and one here.
All right. Ready for the 3 -1 pitch. Bobby will
be ready for that fastball. He hits it deep to
right field. That ball's going to be in for a
base hit. Bounces in the seats for a ground roll
double. And Tekich scores. Block has to stop
and go back to third. And Bobby Mercer in with
a stand -up double. The Yankees are out in front
four to nothing. You know, that's got to be a
great feeling, Bill. A new pitcher coming in.
He's behind three and one. And the almost 99
percent sure he's going to come in with a fastball.
You're going to get that fastball. And Bobby
hung with it and lined it down the right field
line. And actually, the ball hadn't bounced in
the seat. Bobby might have gotten another RBI
because Clark was hustling around second. Yes,
he was. By two men around, Roy White the batter.
Roy has bounced to first twice and flying to
left. Mercer at second, Clark at third. Rowland
will take the full windup. Mr. White fouled back
and out of play. That run, by the way, will be
charged to Blue Moon Odom. Mike Kekich scoring.
One strike pitch just outside 101. Clark also
is the responsibility of Odom. Harris has had
three walks in this ballgame. Number last year,
Harris got a lot of walks. As a matter of fact,
got more walks than he's gotten in any other
year in the big leagues. Curve looped in a shallow
right field. Nobody's going to get this, but
it'll go into the seat. Epstein chases it, but
it goes way back into the seat. One ball, two
strikes. Harris now has five bases on balls for
the year. Mark had 64 last year and ours is noted
as a man was tough to walk cause he would swing
at just about anything but he's really got that
eagle eye now. The pitch high and outside the
count is even a two and two. Two balls, two strikes,
two out, two men on. And at halftime, the New
York Nets 63, the Virginia Squires 52. Go Nets
on the scoreboard. The 2 -2 pitch. Foul over
our heads. How about that? A young boy got that
one. Showed me a lot of courage there because
it's cold tonight and that was a solid foul ball
line drive. Two and two. Rolling winds. Pitch
low and inside, full count, three and two. Three
balls, two strikes. Yankees in front, four -nothing.
And the bottom of the sixth. The background and
the back goes out to the mound. So does the ball
and Roland throws the ball at first base and
they got him. But the Yankees pick up a run on
just one base hit. No errors and two men left.
And now at the end of six full innings is the
Yankees four and Oakland nothing. We're getting
ready to go at the top of the seventh before
we go to the top of the seventh though. Here
is Bill White with a very important announcement.
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As we go into the top of the 7 with the Yankees
ahead 4 -0, We have a pinch hitter, Frank Mutter.
Yes, Brett Algate. Well, that for the pitcher,
Jim Rowland. And the A's, as Ewen Phil mentioned
earlier, have been very successful in this series
with their pinch hitters. A little while ago,
George Hendrick had an infield hit as a pinch
hitter. The Oakland pinch hitters are three for
three in this series, Bill. All right, techage
is ready. D was the first pitch. A curve ball
that's too low. Two years with the Minnesota
Twins. Picked up over the window by open. Down
low ball. Two balls and no strikes. Aldi, a big
right -handed hitter. He's 6 '3", weighs 215.
Attended Hofstra College. Looks down on his third
base coach, Irv Norn. Tag that just ready now.
The 2 -0 pitch. Ball three inside. It'll be Aldi,
then Burt Campanier. and then Joe Rudy as we're
in the top of the seventh. Gackage has given
up eight hits. Pitch is too low, ball four. Walked
him on four pitches. So in this series, the Oakland
Pitch Hitters have all gotten on base. Three
hits now, walk to Brant Algea. Algea not addressing.
The Yankees lead 4 -0. The hitter is Burt Campanero.
Campi's been up three times. He's won for three.
Bounce to the pitcher. Bounce to the first base.
And got an infield single off the glove for Rich
Bacchetti. Gekkage stretches. Comes to the plate
too high. A ball. At activity in the Yankee bullpen,
Bill, Fred Bean, right -hander, and Rich Hinton,
a left -hander, both warming up. Kekich had trouble
with Milwaukee in the later innings, but John
Briggs got him for a home run. So Ralph Hough
is going to try to not let Mike go too far. The
1 -0 pitch. There's a strike on the outside corner.
Ball and a strike. The Aggie infield, Alou is
holding Alier there at first. Horace Clark at
second base. Gene Michael at short. They're looking
for two. Rich McKinney's enclosed at third, looking
for the punch. Kekich comes to the bell. He doesn't
have a big lead. Pitch. Line drive, base it up
the middle. That had to take it ducking. Alney
will hold it second base as Mercer comes up with
a base ball and that brings Ralph Houk out of
the deck out. Campanier's hit a 1 -1 pitch and
lined a single up the middle for his second base
hit. Bran Alye stopped his second. Now Ralph
Houk out talking to Thurman Munson and Mike Kekich.
And there's some action out in right field. Ralph's
going to leave. He's going to let Kekich stay
in there. Joe Rudy's a hitter. Yankees ahead
4 -0. Rudy's been up three times. He's singled
to left field his first trip up, popped to the
first base, and a Lou and he's flied to center
field. So he's 1 for 3. One thing about this
ball Kekich has had good support behind him.
Great play by Gene Michael. And a good catch
in deep center by Bobby Mercer on Rudy back in
the fifth inning. Saved some damage. A double
play in the sixth inning got him out of potential
trouble. All right, Rudy Batts right -handed.
Go out. Kekich will stretch. Text out yet second.
takes a long look at him comes to the plate a
curve ball gets the outside corner called strike
but Kenny backs up just a bit at third base the
outfield plays Rudy straight away Roy White fairly
deep in left field Oakland now with nine hits
but as Frank Messer mentioned the Yankees have
come up with some fine fielding plays here's
your one pitch to Rudy change up cut on had him
fooled with a high change. Rudy with an extremely
closed hand missed a high change up and the count
runs down no balls in two strikes. Now Kekich
is ready. Here's the 0 -2 pitch. Best ball lined
to center field. Mercer's back now. He's probably
started in. He one -hands the ball. Allier tags
the second. He'll go to third. Campanaris was
late getting back to first, so he'll have to
stay there. Rudy hits the ball hard. Mercer backed
up one -handed it. Alertly threw the ball to
second. The whole of Campanaris at first base.
As Allier tag... Second and second and one on
the third. One out now. Runners at first and
third and the hitter is a powerful Reggie Jackson.
Jackson struck out. Popped up to Clark. Hoss
made a fine running catch. About 25 yards out
in right field there. Right in front of Johnny
Callison. And Jackson's walked. So Reggie is
0 for 2. That's left handed. Has a quick bat.
And Callison plays in deep and right field. Alou
is holding Campanier's on it first. Allier leaves
from third. Pitch. It's the outside corner, it's
right. Kekich gets ahead of Jackson. They play
Reggie to full. Bursar deep and right center
field. White and left center and deep. The 0
-1 pitch. Swung on, bounced foul outside first
base line. So it's no balls and two strikes.
Alier goes back to third base. Campanier is first
to first. Campy talking to his first base coach.
Gerrier there. Now Kek is looking in at Munson.
Mike takes a peek at Aliyah leading him third,
comes to the belt, looks at the popular as a
third. Sidearm curveball, come on! And this struck
him out on three pitches. So Kake picks up strikeout
number, let's see, three. He's gotten Jackson
now twice. And that was a big one. So two outs
and Sal Bando's in. Bando's one for three. He's
single to center his first drip, bounce. short
and also bounced into a four shot. Sal Fando,
that's right -handed. He's a tough out, especially
with men on base. And he has Alye down at third
camp and errors at first. Yankee still ahead
4 -0, top of the seven. Kekich deals a change
up to two low. Fando backing out on that change.
Sal Fando looking for a ball inside on deck.
Bobby Brooks. Outfield straight is up for Bando.
They play him straight away. Clark shades him
towards second just a bit. Back on the grass
there. 1 -0 pitch. Curve ball's inside. Two balls
and no strikes. Keckage is struggling just a
bit. They count 2 -1 -0 on Bando with runners
at first and third for the Oakland Daves. Now
Mike's ready. And there goes Campanier. Keckage
steps off, goes to first phase. Campy gets back
there. Keckage was in his stretch. Campanier
started toward second. Mike alertly stepped off
the bag, off of the mound. And took a couple
of steps toward Campanier. Campanier stopped,
went back and beat the throw there. Kekich was
watching that runner over there at third base,
too, to be sure he wasn't going to try to break
Alguez. Oh, Campanera's still there at first
base. Alguez at third. Two outs, two balls, no
strikes on Bando. Here's the pitch. Two high
ball, three. Three and 0. Evidently, that worried
Mike just a bit. I don't know where Campy was
going. They're behind 4 -0. But he almost got
it off, he almost pulled it off. Mike comes to
the bell. Here's a 3 -0 pitch to Bando. That's
a strike right down the heart of the plate. 3
-1. Bando takes a look down at his third base
coach, Irv North. And Kekich now is ready. Here's
a 3 -1 pitch. High ball, four. Base is loaded
now as Bando jogs down the first base. Campanier
goes into second. Alier down at third. Two outs
and the hitter is Bobby Brooks, the center fielder.
Brooks is one for two. He's flying to center
field, he's walked, and he's single to left.
This little fella's about 5 '8". That's right
-handed. Ralph Howe looking down, looking out
over the field. He's been off the seed package
once, isn't he? Mike Nowell winds up. Time's
called, he wants him rosin'. Townsend runners
on base, they're three out there. Bad nose at
first. Camp and there's the second. Here's the
fish to brook. Curve ball, one hopper to Michael,
fantastic base hit. One run scores. Around third
base is Campanaris. He'll score easily. Bando
holds it second. And the Yankee lead has been
cut in half. Brooks with a single pass. Gene
Michael just to his left towards second base.
Just out of his reach. So Brooks drives in two
runs. He gets Allier in from third. Campanaris
in from second. Bando stops it second. And Oakland
picks up two runs now. They have 10 hits. The
Yankees have four runs on seven hits. Ralph Auk
out there again. This time, that's going to be
all for Mike Kekich. OK, Bill, you can keep an
eye on the bullpen. So he was coming in here,
and with Dave docking up there, I would imagine
Fred Bean. And Bobby Brooks with one swing of
the bat gets as many runs batted in as he had
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also has Yankee tickets. slender right -hander
Fred Bean, who generates a lot of power from
a small frame, comes on the pitch for the New
York Yankees and back to Bill White. All right
Franklin, Bean's in his second appearance for
the Yankees and he'll have to face Dave Duncan.
Bando is at second, Brooks at first, Yankees
ahead 4 -2, two outs here with the top of the
seventh. Bean stretches, comes to the play, a
curve ball misses outside. Duncan's been up three
times. He's fly to left field, single to left,
and he's bounced into a double play. Dave has
power. He has two home runs this year. Badendo
takes a big lead down a second. He'll be checked
by Bean, takes a long look at him, delivers a
slider, gets the plate, one and one. Yankees
play Duncan straight away. White in left, Mercer
in center. Johnny Taliesin out in right field.
Now the stretch. The runners lead. 1 -1 pitch.
Hurt ball fouled off. That hit Duncan on the
toe. Went out in fair territory, Munson bounced
on it, but the home plate umpire Ron Luciano
immediately stopped the play, so they count the
ball and two strikes on Duncan. Now McKinney
moves back at third just a bit. Sal Bando down
at second. Bobby Brooks at first. They count
one ball and two strikes on Dave Duncan. Duncan
cocks that fat over his right shoulder. As Dean
looks at it much. Now the little right -hander's
ready. One -two pitch. Curve ball hit up in there
left field. White digging in for it. Now he has
the range, waits on it, and has it for the third
out. So Fred Dean comes in and pitches to Dave
Duncan, and he gets him on a lazy, lofty fly
ball to left field. But Oakland picked up two
runs on one two -hit. There were no Yankees errors,
and two A's left on base. At the end, now of
six and a half innings of play, the New York
Yankees four, the Oakland A's two. Tomorrow,
the Yankees are looking for a good day to go
up to West Point and play the cadets up at the
U .S. Military Academy. And then for the weekend,
they'll be right back here at Yankee Stadium
to meet the Minnesota Twins Friday night at 7
.30, Saturday afternoon at 2 o 'clock, and the
big cap day doubleheader Sunday starting at 1.
Chance for you to come out and... Here's the
Harman Killebrew Rod Carew, Cezar Tovar, and
the rookie home run sensation Bobby Darwin. Now,
Darwin is a rookie, true, but I think he's like
a 29 -year -old rookie. He was around, what was
it, Bill White, the Dodger organization as a
pitcher for several years? I believe so, right?
Right. And now he's converted to the outfield.
And, well, he had a sensational spring. with
the twins down in Florida. I'm looking forward
to seeing them. We hope you'll be out here. That's
this weekend, the Yankees and the twins. All
right, Franklin, it'll be a Lou Callison McKinney
in the last of the sevens as the Yankees carry
a 4 -2 lead here. The new pitcher for the A's
is Joe Horland, and he misses inside. Joe picked
up by the Oakland A's from the Chicago White
Sox. Orland was released there just before the
baseball strike. 1 -0 pitch to Alou. Popped up
in foul territory. The catcher, Dave Duncan,
is back. He throws his mask down and grabs the
ball for the first time. So Alou fouls out to
the catcher, Duncan. Orland was released by the
White Sox. There's a little bit of controversy
over it. But I was trying to show before the
ball game tonight. And he feels this could be
quite a break for him to be released by Chicago
and picked up by the Oakland A's, coming to a
club that, well, is figured to be more of a contest
really than Chicago. Now he pitches to Johnny
Callison. Down low ball. Callison's been up three
times. He's two for three. Fly deep to center
field. He doubled down the left field line and
he singled the left field. So John's been going
to the opposite field. Portland's ready. One
old pitch to Callison. curve ball looped to left
field, that's going to curve foul. Bando's after
Thomas Campanero is going to get back in the
seats. So the count's one and one on Callison.
Coleman, of course, excited about being with
another ball club, especially when he was out
of work there for that brief time. But he said
you can't count the White Sox out. He said they're
going to have a good ball club this year and
they could make their presence very much felt.
Well, they already made their presence felt.
Dick Allen? Wilbur would 1 -1 pitch to Callison,
misses outside a breaking ball. They have, Chuck
Tanner has done a great job of molding that ball
club, that young club. They've got Carlos May.
I think they'll be in here in June sometime.
Be able to see Dick Allen on June 13th. 2 -1
pitch to Callison, bounce right back to Horan.
Fitcher has it. He'll go to first base near two
outs here in the seventh. What about the White
Sox? Well, they've won seven in a row with that
10th inning win today on Dick Allen's home run.
They are moving right along. Go along with that
big Bill Melton, the third baseman. Carlos May,
who's a good hitter. They're going to be trouble.
Unless you've got a guy like Wilbur Wood who
you know is going to go out there and pitch at
least twice a week, sometimes three. And win.
Here's McKinney. He pops the first pitch up and
foul territory, no it's in fair territory. The
first baseman Epstein right on the line and it's
called a fair ball and he has it for the third
up. So McKinney pops to the first baseman Mike
Epstein. The Yankees miss seven, three up and
three down. Now at the end of seven full innings
of play, the Yankees four, the Oakland A's two.
Ralph Halt makes some changes now as Rusty Torres
comes on to play right field and Hal Lanier will
come on to play third base with Rich McKinney
and Johnny Callison out of the ball game. Fred
Bean on the mound. He came on in relief in the
last inning when Kekich gave up a couple of walks,
a couple of base hits and a couple of runs and
he got Dave Duncan on the fly ball to shuttle
left. So we'll see what transpires here in the
last two innings as the Yankees try to hold on
to and perhaps improve a four to two lead, Bill.
All right, Frank. Think Mike Epstein's a hitter.
Mike's two for three. He's hit the ball hard.
Payne gets a curve ball too low. Epstein singles
the left -center field back in the second. He
hit a long fly to right -center field where Mercer
Dobin got it in the fourth, and he's single the
right field in the sixth. 1 -0 pitch to Big Mike
outside and high ball to two balls and no strikes
They play Epstein to pull Taurus deep in right
field Bobby Mercer in right center Roy white
deep and left center for spark now move back
on the grass at second base 2 -0 pitch outside
ball free Beans missed three straight times here
on deck is Mike Egan Sky broke up the ball game
last night with a double. Back in the 12. 3 -0
pitch to Epstein. And there's a strike on the
outside corner. 3 -1. Epstein looks at his third
base coach, Herb Norton. Times call. Now we're
ready. Here's a 3 -1 pitch from B. That ball
is too high. Epstein throws his bat away and
jogs on down to first base. And Mike Hegan will
hit for Larry Brown. Oh, he's being called back
now. Kurt Bleffrey's also swinging a bat. Luciano
is asking Herb Norton if that's the finish that
he wants, and it'll be Mike Hegan. Last night
won the ball game for the A's. You know, Yankee
bullpen coach Jim Higgins was asked by a couple
of the reporters how he thought about it. He
said, well, I'll tell you, last year, he said
we had the perfect situation. He said, Mike came
up in a similar situation, got a base hit, but
Bobby Mercer threw the runner out of the play.
First pitch to Higgins, a breaking ball too low.
One ball and no strikes. Higgins bats left -handed.
He's pinch -hitting for Larry Brown. Yankee pitchers
haven't gotten the open, uh, pinch -hitters out
so far this season. Epstein leaves. Louis Blank
behind. That breaking ball gets a play. One and
one. On deck is Kurt Flepper with calling flank,
but he doesn't like to be called flank. Bean
looking at it much. He comes set. Check step
stitch. Curve ball cut on and missed one and
two. The Yankees have a Lewitt first, Clarket
second, Gene Michael a couple steps from second
base there shortstop and the third baseman now
is Hal Lanier as Bean is ready. One two pitch.
Misses outside. Counts even two balls and two
strikes. The Yankees lead this ball game four
to two. We're in the top of the eighth. The A's
have ten hits. The Yankees seven. Now the strike.
Here's a two -two pitch. Swung on, bounced foul.
That'll be in the Yankee dugout. Counts even
two balls and two strikes. now on the backside
of the mound. Rubs the ball up. The fella doesn't
use much rosin. Of course, as cold as it is,
rosin won't do you any good out there. Hagan
chokes up just a bit on the bat. Here's the 2
-2 pitch. Misses outside. Full count now to Hagan.
Epstein at first base. He's looking around for
a sign. He will even move now with the Yankees
ahead 4 -2. Now we're ready. Epstein leads. He's
not running. Curve ball is fouled up. Breaking
ball with 3 -2 -15. He has quite a bit of confidence
in his ability to get the ball and the ball all
over the plate. Chalice in the field, Mercer's
after it, really digs in, Bobby loses his hat,
but he has the reins now and has it for the first
time. first pitch last night I asked him after
the game I ran into him and said why don't you
start swinging at the first pitch and he said
when I was come up as a pinch hitter with my
hands cold. Kurt batting left -handed Epstein
leads pitch is too low a ball. Alou is not holding
Epstein at first base the Yankees enjoy a two
run lead and they're winning four to two there's
one out and they play They play Bluffery to pull.
Too low, he started at a breaking ball, held
up. Two balls in those strikes. Bluffery has
always had a fantastic eye for the strike zone.
He very seldom swings at a bad pitch. In fact,
when he first came up, they tried to get him
to do this. They said he was taking pitches for
balls that he could get out of the ballpark for.
So then they were prompting him to be quite a
slugger. Here's a 2 -0 pitch to him. That breaking
ball just misses the outside. corner, three balls
and no strikes. Blepharie backs out, looks down
at Irv Noren, Noren looks in, he's getting the
sign from somebody. Dick Williams has been kicked
out of the ball game, but you can be sure he
is not too far from that Oakland dugout. Now
the 3 -0 pitch to Blepharie. There's a strike,
drilled right in there. We've heard you and Phil
mention earlier, Bill, that Dick Williams...
would contemplate a trade for either dunking
or tennis. Now this fellow Bluffery can rely
on that luxury. Bluffery can go in there and
catch for him. Right. Right. Epstein leads from
first. The pitch. Curve ball. Cut all on it,
Miss. Three and two. Hey, one thing. That bean
isn't afraid to throw the breaking ball when
he's behind. Throw it three -two to Heaton. Just
throw it behind three -to -one and Bluffery got
it over. Now the stretch. Here's a payoff pitch.
Curve ball, swung on and missed. Struck him out.
Big strikeout for Fred Bean. That's out number
two. Bean throwing a breaking ball from behind.
That's Fleffery on. Two straight curve balls.
And that'll bring in Bert Campanaris. Campi's
having a good night. He's two for four. Bounced
out twice. Got an infield hit, and he singled
and scored a run back in the seventh. Lanare
third, moves in for him. He tries to putt, misses
it. And it's a strike. Alou now holds Epstein
on. Felipe feeling that he'll have to protect
that first baseline for a putt anyway. Might
as well hold Epstein there. Lanare in close to
third. field straight away for Campaneros. Now
Bean comes to the belt. Checks Epstein. U01 pitch.
Curve ball, flung on and missed. No balls and
two strikes. We're seeing a gutty performance
here from little Fred Bean. Bean came on in the
seventh and ticed Dave Duncan, hitting a little
soft looper to wide left field. And after walking
Epstein this inning, he's struck out a guy. The
walking Epstein got Mike Egan to fly to Mercer
and Center, struck out Kurt Bleffrey. Then he
caught Kurt Campanaris looking at a third strike
and he gets out of the inning. No runs, no hits,
no error. There was one walk and one man left
on base. At the end now of seven and a half innings
of play, the Yankees four, the Oakland A's. second
baseman at a new pitcher. The pitcher will be
Darrell Knowles, and out at second base, a bit
of a surprise to us up here will be Kurt Bluffery.
Kurt Bluffery playing second. And Kurt Bluffery
last year did play second base. He had played
second base in the minor leagues, but very, very
sparingly. I'd say maybe a game or two. It's
not a completely foreign position, but it's an
unfamiliar one to him, Bill White. Well, Dean
Michael will be the Yankee hitter. It'll be Micah.
Michael. And then B. And then Hall -Clark. Yankees
ahead 4 -2. Noles gets down low a ball. Darrell
Noles, a left -hander, is the fifth pitcher for
Oakland. McLean started. Odom fits an inning
and a third. Rowland fits a third of an inning.
Joe Rowland fits one inning. Now Darrell Noles.
This ball's hit out on the right field. It shouldn't
be easy for Reggie Jackson. Fades to his right,
waits on the ball, and gloves it for the first
half. Dick Williams using his fifth pitcher tonight.
He used four last night in picking up the four
to three win. Of course, last night's game went
to 12 innings. But this time here, you know,
manager doesn't hesitate to go to that ball plant
because he's got a lot of men that don't get
much work in. Here's little Fred B. His first
appearance late Noles is ready swung on and missed
the first ball of fastball. Feeling shifts toward
right field for Bean. Bean bats right -handed
and they're in shallow. Noles over the head,
dual one pitch. Misses outside, one and one.
One out, nobody on. Yankees lead 4 -2 in the
last half of the eighth inning. Yankees picked
up three runs in the fourth. Gene Michael did
his first home run of the year. A three run job.
You give them a three nothing lead. They added
one more in the sixth. This pitch is fouled off.
One and two on beam. Oakland picked up their
two runs in the seventh. Also got rid of Mike.
All in two strikes. Bean came on and he's done
a heck of a job. Nose doesn't like the sign.
Now he's ready. One -two pitch. Hit up in the
air down the right side. It'll be in foul territory
and it'll be in the seat as Epstein and Jackson
and also Bluffery all down there in the right
field quarter. Ball went back two seats, two
rows. The A's infield now has Epstein at first.
Kurt Bleffrey, who pinched it last inning, stayed
in the ball game. He's down at second. Now we're
ready. One, two, pitch to B. Swung on and missed.
Struck him out. He walked in the first, popped
to the center fielder back in the third, walked
in the fourth, walked again in the sixth. Clark
has a good eye. Clark doesn't want to swing it
better. His hand is with it. That gets you outside
corner. That's right. Outfield straightens the
way for Clark. Swung on, looped the right field,
Jackson's there, comes in now, and one hand's
the ball. Reggie got a slow start on that ball,
but once he picked up speed, he picked it up
full tilt. So that's it for the Yankees in the
eighth. No runs, no hits, no errors, and nobody
left. At the end now of eighth full inning to
play, the New York Yankees, four. The Oakland
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in downtown Boston's far. Well, we're going out
of the top half of the ninth inning, and some
big men for Fred Dean to face, the heart of the
batting order, Joe Rudy, Reggie Jackson, and
Sal Bando. Minnesota for Boston, 3 -1. Baltimore
and Kansas City still scoreless in the fifth
inning. And Detroit scored five in the fifth
for a 5 -1 lead over Texas. California over Milwaukee
3 to 1 and Chicago beat Cleveland 7 to 5. And
in the National League, 8 to 6 San Francisco
over Philadelphia, the Cincinnati Reds lead Pittsburgh
5 to 1 in the seventh. And it is St. Louis 9,
Atlanta 4 at the end of five innings. All right,
Frank, we're ready for Rudy. And Bean gets a
breaking ball in for a call strike. Rudy's one
for four. single to left field. He's popped to
the first baseman and Clyde outflies to Mercer
in center. Joe Batch right hand. Al Lanier is
trying to take the bun away from him. He's in
close to third. He bunched the third base. Lanier
is in, gloves the ball, goes to first base and
the ball was inside the line but Alou grabbed
the ball and he and Rudy collided there and the
runners out. He hit pretty hard. Rudy, the throw
was in. Lanier was playing in close. He took
the bunt away from Rudy. Rudy bunted anyway.
Lanier made a fine pick up through inside the
baseline. And Rudy ran smacking to Felipe Alou.
In doing that, he tagged himself. So there's
one out. And here's Reggie Jackson. That breaking
ball gets the outside corner called strike. Yankees
lead this ball game four to two and they're only
two outs away. No wind. Jackson struck out twice,
popped up and walked. Another curve ball cut
on and missed. 0 -2. Bean with a good breaking
ball, good motion. Ball is really dipping. They
play Jackson. Now the 0 -2 pitch. Curve ball
flung on and missed like three. So Bean, with
his third strikeout here, has two outs in the
ninth. And all he has to do now is get out of
tough style. Bando. Bando is singled, bounced
out, forced out, and he's walked. So he's won
for three. Bando bats right -handed. He's working
quickly. Get the fastball inside. Yankees lead
four to two with two outs and nobody on top of
the ninth. Curve ball misses outside. Two balls
and no strikes. Bobby Brooks and Leon Dexter
being looking at it much. Now he's ready. Wines,
two -oh pitch, two high ball, three. Hudson slows
him down now, all or something out there to him.
Bean backs off on the back part of the mound,
rubs the ball up. Here's a 3 -0 pitch. And it's
a strike on the inside corner. 3 -1. Now this
fella is showing some kind of guts here. He'll
throw the breaking ball from behind. 3 -1 pitch.
Strike two call. Bando taking all the way. Fred
Bean now one pitch away from a save. See what
happens. Bando's waiting. Now we're ready. Here's
the 3 -0 -2 pitch. Curve ball given to left field.
That should be easy for white. Roy's back about
five steps. Waits on the ball and Cradles it
in as well, but his ball game is over. Fred Bean
being congratulated out there by Thurman Munson.
For Oakland in the ninth inning, three men up
and three men down. Frank Lesher will give you
the wrap -up, but the final here, the New York
Yankees four, the Oakland A's two. Shafer. Shafer
pleasure stays first beer smooth, first beer
bright, first frosty glass to last. You see,
we started practicing on more than one beer thirsts
back before most brewers even started brewing,
and practice makes perfect. the Western Division
defending champion Oakland A's in this two -game
series at Yankees Stadium. Oakland winning last
night 4 -3 in 12 innings. And the Yankees zipping
right back tonight 4 -2 over Oakland in the regulation
8 .5 for a winning home team. Yankees four runs,
seven hits and no errors. Oakland two runs, ten
hits and no errors. The win goes to Mike Kackage,
making him the Yankees' first two -game winner.
His record is 2 -0. And Denny McClain, who started
for you. the Oakland A's will be the loser. His
record is 1 -1. And you credit Fred Bean with
a save his first of the year. And this his second
appearance for the Yankees. And the Yankees tonight
showed offense, a home run by Gene Michael, accounting
for three of the four runs. Bobby Mercer driving
in the other run with a double that bounced into
the seats in right field. And the Yankees came
up with some good defense behind Keckage and
behind Bean, especially behind Mike Keckage.
And we look to Bobby Mercer in the fourth inning,
who made a spectacular catch on Mike Epstein
with runners at second and third. And two men
out. Prior to that, Horace Clark had made a fine
catch on Reggie Jackson. Horace going way back
in the right field. And then Mercer's catch on
Epstein in the fourth inning. Also, a fine defensive
play by Gene Michael and the fifth on Larry Brown.
Michael going deep to his right, came up with
Brown's ground ball way back in the hole. Turned
around and threw him out. And that was a big
play because the Oakland A's then got two infield
hits, a long fly ball to center field off the
bat of Joel Rudy that was dropped. A double play
back to Keg HF in the sixth inning after a leadoff
single by Bobby Brooks. Duncan hit the ball down
to third baseman Rich McKinney and he turned
it into a third to second to first double play.
That DP was a big one because that Epstein got
a base hit to right, but he was forced by Larry
Brown. The Oakland A's got their two runs in
the seventh on a combination of a walk to Pinscher
or Brent Alier. And then a single by Burt Campanaris.
A walk to Sal Bando, a single by Bobby Brooks,
which drove in the two runs. That single by Brooks
brought... Fred Bean to the relief of Mike Kekich
and Bean just sort of mowed him down with a combination
of curveballs and fastballs. He used the curveball
very effectively, gained three strikeouts en
route to his first Yankee save. And as we said,
the Yankee attack featured a three -run homer
by Gene Michael in the fourth. Gene is leading
the Yankees and runs butted in with seven now,
getting six of the seven on two swings of the
bat. A base is loaded triple. to beat Milwaukee
and the three round homer tonight. Bobby Mercer
driving the other run in with a double. Mercer
had two hits and Thurman Munson continued his
hitting streak through eight games with a couple
of base knocks. Well that's it. The Yankees won
it. And the final score once again here at Yankee
Stadium was the New York Yankees four and the
Oakland A's two. And now this is Frank Messer
speaking for Bill Rizzuto and for Bill White.
For our producer and statistician Bill King and
for engineer Frank Steele, saying so long from
Yankee Stadium in New York.