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This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons

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.com for more sports history. On May 24, 1977,

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the California Angels faced the Detroit Tigers

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in a Tuesday night game under the lights at Tiger

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Stadium. The Angels were managed by Norm Sherry,

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who had taken over from Dick Williams midway

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through the 1976 season. The Tigers were managed

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by Ralph Houck, who had been struggling for three

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years to get the team above .500 after the departure

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of Billy Martin and their appearance in the ALCS

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in 1972. In this game, the Angels sent 30 -year

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-old Nolan Ryan to the mound to face the Tigers'

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John Hiller, one of the game's earliest closers,

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making a rare starting appearance. This audio

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recording is from the Detroit Radio Broadcast

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featuring announcers Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey,

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and Ray Lane. John Hiller, who came out of the

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bullpen to get his first start last Wednesday

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at Texas, only the second start since 1972 for

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him. He's getting his second start of this season.

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Here tonight against the potent California Angels.

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Killer, winner once, and loser four times. All

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those decisions in relief this year. All right,

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check that. The last one was the defeated Texas.

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Ready to go. And here for the play -by -play,

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Ernie Harwell. Thank you, Paul. Here we go. And

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Torres deleted off Flores, and he takes the ball

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outside. Ball one. Gil Flores, right -handed

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batting outfielder. Wind up by Heller. He delivers.

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There's a ball attempt, and it's missed by Flores,

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and the count is even 1 -1. Flores batting .345

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in 14 games. Young man from Puerto Rico, 24 years

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old. That is the early career happened by injuries

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last year at Salt Lake most of the year. Takes

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the ball in too close. 2 -1 the count on Flores.

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F -L -O -R -E -S. Heller ready to work. Here's

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a sky again about the knees. The fastball. Larry

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Barnett getting a dispute from the leadoff man

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Flores about that call. Two -two the count on

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him. Flores had a shoulder separation last year.

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He batted .323, though, over the whole year at

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Salt Lake. Swings at a bounding ball to first

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base. Thompson knocks it down, picks it up. Touches

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first base ahead of the batter Flores, and there's

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one away. The very fine second baseman stepping

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in now. R .E .M .Y. is hitting 287. Young man

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from Massachusetts. He batted 263 last season.

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This is the first look the Tigers have had at

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the Angels. Didn't even see him in spring training

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because they trained on separate coasts. Here's

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the ball outside on Remy. Ball one. Keller delivers,

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and the left -hand batter takes an outside pitch

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again. 2 -0 the count on Jerry Remy. Jerry, another

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one, the age of 24. Mankowski in close on him.

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There's a strike call. Fastball across, 2 -1

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on Remy. One out, nobody on. The game has just

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started at Tigers Stadium. The lights are on.

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There's daylight left around here, however, and

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a good bit of it. Now Hiller winds and pitches.

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Remy swings. A pop -up. Hit into short left field.

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Going back for Reiser. The shot's out. Here's

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Kemp behind him. And the left fielder, Kemp,

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makes the catch. Either one's going to take on

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that one. Dave Chalk will be the batter now.

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Hitting .333. The third baseman in 36 games.

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Angels have won nine of their last 13 and moved

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up to fourth place. They were seven games under

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.500 when they started that move. And now they're

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.200. Here's the motion and the pitch. It's a

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ball high on chalk. University of Texas product.

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Right -handed batting infielder. He choked that

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bat just a little bit. The 1 -0 pitch. Swung

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on and hit high in the air. Into the infield.

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Beriser and Fuentes are there. Fuentes back of

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the mound. And he has it for the out. They go

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down 1, 2, 3 in the California first. And at

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the end of the half inning, the Angels nothing,

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the Tigers are coming to bat. Well, the two Tiger

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farm teams that played last night both had to

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go into overtime and both were winners in extra

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innings down on the Superdome in New Orleans.

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Evansville, for the second game in a row, got

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a game -winning home run from catcher Lance Parrish.

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Lance hit a solo homer to give the triplets a

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10 -inning, 9 -8 victory over New Orleans. But

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John Valley has kept them in the ballgame with

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a pair of home runs and five RBIs. Evansville

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is now 21 -16 on the year, and they're in second

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place in the Eastern Division of the American

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Association. Montgomery was rained out of their

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ballgame at Jacksonville. The Rebels are 26 -15,

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and they rest in first place in their Western

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Division of the Southern League. Down in the

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Florida State League, Lakeland went 16 innings

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before defeating Coco 5 -2. Lakeland is in first

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place in the Northern Division with a 23 -17

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record in the Florida State League. who throws

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the baseball harder than anybody in the major

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leagues getting rid of the pitch and out of the

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Tigers in their first inning. The game is scoreless.

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He has a 9 -4 lifetime mark against the Tigers.

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He was 6 -4 against the entire league last year.

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He won two and lost none against the Tigers last

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season. First man to face him will be Phil Mancowski,

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a left -handed batting third baseman. Still keeping

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that average up there. He's batting .321 with

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one home run and 10 RBI. Like to send Tiger get

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well, which is to Janine Hand. The Saratoga Hospital,

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she's up and at them real soon. No score first

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inning. Nolan Ryan, young man from Texas, pitching

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to Phil Mankowski. And there's that fastball

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to tie it away, ball one. Terry Humphrey, the

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former Tiger, is doing the catching. Chalk at

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third, Griff at short, Remy at second, and Ron

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Jackson at first base. Orion wheels and delivers.

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There's a ball in close. That was a breaking

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pitch. In the outfield, they've got Rudy in left,

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Flores in center, and Boggs in right. Orion into

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action. Pitches. It is a ball high. 3 -0 on Mankowski.

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Kicks from the livers and a strike is called.

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Empty inside corner with that one. One of the

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great strikeout pitches in baseball history,

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Ryan. He holds the seasonal record, 383 strikeouts

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in one year. Here's a strike called. He got a

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fastball through, 3 -2. Some of the other great

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strikeout pitchers in baseball history, Rube

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Waddell, Bob Feller, Sandy Koufax. And he's beat

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them all. Here's the 3 -2 delivery. Swing, a

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line shot, base hit, center field. Fastball up

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in the letters, and Mankowski just gave it a

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little tap and hit it over the infield for a

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single. Good bat control he has, Paul. Yes, Phil.

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getting his first taste of Nolan Ryan pitching

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in this ballgame tonight. And he just simply

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swung it very easily, just met the ball, and

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Ryan provides so much momentum anyway. Here's

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Tito Fuente stepping in. He'd be batting left

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-handed now, hitting .311. This will be Tito's

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37th Tiger game. Man out first, nobody out. Tigers

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at bat first inning. The game's scored. The Tigers

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stadium in Detroit. And for what he's awaiting,

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this will be his first look at this pitcher.

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Except perhaps an exhibition contest. And he

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takes a strike. Let her high fastball inside

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corner. Ryan has fanned as many as 19 in one

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game. He did that in an 11 -inning game against

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Boston back in 74. There's a cut on the miss.

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One of the great games Dolan Ryan pitch was right

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here. You remember when he was pitching his second

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no hitter this season. And struck out a total

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of 17 Tigers. That was in 73. He has four no

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hitters in his career. There's a ball and close.

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One and two. He and Koufax share the record for

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that. One and two. The count on point is nobody

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down. A man at first base. Ryan sets and delivers.

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The swings and misses. Like it's breaking ball

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down around the ankles. And the way he's went

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for a bad pitch. One on, one out. And Rusty Saab

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will bat next. Rusty, the Tigers' designated

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batter. Hitting at a 242 clip. Last year, these

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two teams were six and six against each other.

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Tigers won four out of six here. The Angels won

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four out of six out of nine. It's a strike call.

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That leather high fastball blazing in from Nolan

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Ryan. Ryan delivers. It's a strike inside corner.

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That went in above the knees. Two strikes to

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count on him. Outfield is straight up on Rusty

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Staub. Last time out, Ryan beat the Twins 5 -3

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and struck out 12. He delivers a curve law 1

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-2. Struck out 12. Orion tried to wreck it for

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Sam McDowell. 74 games in which he has fanned

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10 or more. Here's the pitch. It's a ball and

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in close. Ooh, that was almost there. 2 -2, the

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count unstopped. He's got that wicked breaking

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ball to go with that fastball. Just an unbeatable

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combination. He pitched that no -hitter, too.

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He had a real good slow curve working for him

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that Sunday afternoon. Here's a 2 -2 pitch. Runner

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goes. Swing and a miss. Humphreys throw to second.

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He is eight at second base. It's a strikeout,

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and Mankowski has a stolen base. Two down, and

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now Kemp will be the batter. University of Southern

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California coming up now to face the Nolan Ryan.

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Black, we got three straight Californians hitting

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here against California. All left -hand batters,

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all youngsters, 22, 22, and 24 years old. Kemp,

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Compton, and Cochran. And all not very far from

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where the Angels are based. Same neighborhood.

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Two out, a man at second base. Kemp at the plate.

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He's hitting 300 now, right on the nose. Six

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home runs, 23 runs batted in for Steve. Curve

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over for a strike. Well, he started him off with

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a breaking pitch. And the Kemp took it all the

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way for a strike call. Now they set up Ryan.

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He turns and throws to second. Back in time is

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the runner Mankowski. Bobby Grich ducking behind

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him and taking a low throw to the right field

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side of the bag. Seems strange to see Grich at

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shortstop. Played it before, but I think he would

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probably prefer second base. Here's the pitch.

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It's a strike on the inside corner. That was

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Ryan's fastball. Well, the last few hitters,

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he's been getting ahead. He got behind on Mankowski

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and then got to a 3 -2 count. Mankowski's single.

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But on Poitiers and Staub, he worked on them

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pretty good with two quick strikes. Now he's

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got two strikes on Kemp. Let's see what it'll

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give him. It's been a curve and a fastball so

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far. Fastball very wide. He wasted that one.

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High and away on Steve. Only one year in the

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minors to Steve Kemp. And he's right up here

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hitting that big league pitching. And very near

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the plate. Wait till a one -two serve from Ryan.

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It's a breaking ball. Oh, gets by Humphrey. Mankowski

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will make it easy to third. That ball hit in

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the dirt right near the feet of Kemp in the batter's

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box. Humphrey blocked it a little bit to his

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right. It'll be a wild pitch. Peter Gallons of

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Sports Illustrated is here at Tigers Stadium

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tonight. He's come in to do a story on Mark Fittrich.

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Now two out. No score. First inning at Tiger

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Stadium. Thompson waiting on deck. Kemp the batter

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against Nolan Ryan. Here's a wide one now by

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the California right -handed. The pitch is a

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strike. God, he struck him out. Got a curve on

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the inside corner. And Kemp strikes out. So there's

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a single. A stolen base on the wild pitch. But

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three strikeouts along the way. No runs. One

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hit. No errors. And one man left on base at the

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end of one. California nothing. Detroit nothing.

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Hi, I'm Ernie Harwell, and I'm here with a couple

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of competitors in the Chrysler Plymouth Dealers

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Honorary Tiger Bat Boy Contest. Paul, how does

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this thing work? Well, any boy or girl between

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8 and 14 can sign up in any participating Chrysler

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Plymouth dealer. Provided they're accompanied

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by a licensed driver 18 or older. That's right.

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And there's no obligation for signing up. Then

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22 Bat Boys will be picked on June the 2nd. Right,

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Katie? Right, 22 Bat Boys. One for each Chrysler

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Plymouth dealer. And everyone who signs up gets

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a free Tiger ION patch. Great. Well, that about

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does it. So kids, grab your parents and stop

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into any participating Chrysler Plymouth dealer

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between April 18th and May 27th. And sign up

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for the Tiger Bat Boy contest. Thank you, Katie

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and Paul. And this is... And there's one more

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thing. Yes, Katie? Shouldn't that be that person?

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Well, anyway, see your participating Greater

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Detroit Chrysler Plymouth dealer soon. It's difficult

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in this busy world to keep up with everything

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that transpires on a given day, but we at WJR

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News summarize your world for you, evenings at

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6. This is Jennifer Moore. Join us. No score

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second ending. It'll be Joe Rudy to lead it off

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for the Angels, considered... As one of the outstanding

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all -around players in the American League. The

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former Oakland A, now the property of California.

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Thanks to the heavy shelling out of the old cowboy

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Gene Autry. Rudy has reached the ripe old baseball

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age of 30 and still moving along in great style.

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Batting .259 this season, he takes the strike

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on the outside corner. 38 RBIs for Rudy, an eight

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-home run. First play for the Kansas City A's

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and then move with them to Oakland finally. There's

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a swing and a miss on a dipping left -hand curve

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by others. Strike two on Joe Rudy. One of the

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several ballplayers has taken a weightlifting.

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To condition him. Here's a pitch. He swings and

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fouls it away. This one will be back toward the

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screen. And then right down below. Strike two

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on Joe. Seattle leads Cleveland 1 -0 at the end

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of one. Milwaukee and Baltimore, no score. They've

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completed two. Montreal beat the Cubs today,

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5 -4 extra inning. Pittsburgh leading the Mets

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at the end of two. It's Pittsburgh, the 1 -0.

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No other scores yet. Hiller winds, delivers.

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Rudy swings, fly ball. Hit into short right center.

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Here comes Stanley. Won't get there. Drops in

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front of him. And Rudy has the first hit for

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the Angels. Little Texas League single dropping

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at the right center field. That'll bring up Bobby

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Bonds. Hitting 274. Eight home runs and 24 RBIs

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for Bobby. Got his start with the Giants and

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had a fine career there. They traded into the

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Yankees in 75. He stayed there one season and

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then went to California. Bobby, troubled by injuries

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last year, had a hand operation finally in August.

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Dullo hits with power and he has fine running

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speed. Bobby Bond, he swings and misses on the

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Hiller changeup. Bob Dabb is a professional boxer.

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Another looper hit the right field. May drop

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in. And here comes Cochran. Can't get it. Drops

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the ball after picking it up. He fires it back

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at the Puentes. He dropped it on one hop. And

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two singles very much alike. Rudy and Bonds have

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hit a couple little Texas leaguers. And here's

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Don Baylor, who's hit a lot more than Texas leaguers

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in this ballpark. You remember a few of those,

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don't you, Paul Carey? Oh, you bet. Has great

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power. He's not hitting all that well so far

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for the Angels. He's been a little disgruntled

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over the fact that he's been having to play the

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role of the D .H. But he's got that power and

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speed. Batting 2 -0 -3. Seven home runs for Baylor.

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19 runs better than former Baltimore Orioles.

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And he takes a strike call. Baltimore dealt him

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off to Oakland last year where he hit the 2 -47

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and had 15 homers. In field and double play depth.

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Miller in early trouble now. Two men on and nobody

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down. No score. Second inning. Set to kick the

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pitch. He swings and fouls it on the screen.

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Got that fastball in on the hand from John. Baylor

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got started early in baseball. He broke into

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the age of 18. He's still only 27. And he's been

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around since 67. Baltimore kept him in the minors

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quite a bit because of all the talent they had

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in outfield and at first base. Now to set the

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pitch, he starts the bunt and takes the ball

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outside. California broadcast team across the

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way. A couple of Michiganders beaming it out

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for California. Dick Enberg and Al Wisk. Don

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Drysdale taking a few days off. Here's the set

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-down by the Tiger left -hander Hiller. High

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foul fly. May go out of play. Thompson coming

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over near the seat. He has the room, but he overruns

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the ball. It was about three or four yards away

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from the barrier. Not real high, and Thompson

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ran under it, went to the fence, and then he

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couldn't go back and retreat. Oh, it falls in

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safely. A foul fly. One and two to count on Baylor.

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that he not only has power, but he has good running

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speed. Well, the outfield straight up on Don,

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and Hill has got to go to work on him again.

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John sets and delivers. There's a little pop

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ball over toward first base. Here's Thompson.

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He has it for the out. Check swing foul ball,

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and Thompson had a little trouble getting around

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the runner at first base, Bobby Bonds, but he

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made it over there in foul territory to make

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the catch. Now we'll see Ron Jackson come to

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bat the right -hand batting first baseman from

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Bessemer, Alabama Jackson hitting 250 in 21 games

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other big Huskies strong hitter This past is

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the 24th birthday about a week or two ago He's

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been up with the Californians a couple of times

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swings and misses on the other changeup Jackson

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last year and the year before was at both Salt

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Lake and at California. Finally made it last

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year as a regular with the Angels. Getting into

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127 games. They've had him at third base, the

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outfield, first base. He swings and misses. Breaking

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ball, and Hiller took a little off that one,

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too. A little bit of a breeze blowing out from

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the right field corner toward the left. Coming

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out of the south of the southeast. Miller checks

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his time with his catcher, Milt May. No score.

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Here's the fit. Watch out. In close. And he backed

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off and lost his helmet. Del Crandall is the

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first base coach. Dave Garcia coaches. The third

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day was at Cleveland, you remember, coaching.

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Crandall is the manager at Milwaukee. Here's

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the pitch. He takes the ball low. Good stop by

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May. He shot off one that hit in front of the

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plate. 2 -2. Crandall spent all last year at

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Salinas, I believe, in the California State League.

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Out there in his home territory. Well, Garcia

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from out that way, too. Now waiting on a 2 -2

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pitch is Jackson. He swings and fouls it away.

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Down the right field side it'll reach the seat.

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The story's out of Cleveland concerning the imminent

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dismissal rumored by Frank Robinson. Several

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admits mention the fact that Garcia was off of

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the job and turned it down. He didn't want to

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leave California or leave the coaching ring.

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Heller, check it, it's fine. It's a 2 -2 pitch

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again to Jackson. Ron Twinker, the bounding ball,

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hit off the middle, base hit, that'll get a run

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in probably. Rudy rounding third, coming home.

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Bonds takes third on the single, and California

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moves in front, 1 -0. That was a hard one -hopper

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to the glove side of Barraza. He couldn't get

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over towards second to stop it, and it got through

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for a single. Man on first, man on third, one

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run in, one man down, and Bobby Grits, the batter,

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1 -0 California. Rich hitting 267. Five home

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runs and 17 RBI. The first well -hit ball of

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Miller tonight. Yep, the other two were just

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a couple of Texas leaguers that set the table

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for Ron Jackson. The Tigers will keep their infield

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and double play depth in this situation. 1 -0

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California. Rich with that short stroke of his

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at the plate. Takes the ball in two blows. Bobby,

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back in the state where he grew up, although

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he was born in Muskegon, Michigan. Thompson holding

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on the back with Jackson at first base. 1 -0

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Angels. Here's a ball outside from Hiller. 2

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-0 the count. Tells you a little bit about the

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power and speed of this Angel lineup when they've

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got a Gritch batting in the eighth position.

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Pretty indicative. Hiller ready. Here's a fly

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ball at the center. About medium depth. Stanley

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comes in a little bit. Makes the catch. Here's

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the tag at third. And Barnes is coming home to

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score. The ball gets by Fuentes. Jackson breaks

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the second. Throw to Verizon. Not in time. Two

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to nothing. California. And now they've got a

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:41.119
man at second and two out. So Gritch will get

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a sacrifice. On the fly to Stanley. And then

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Stanley will be charged with an error. And the

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ball. Got away from the infield. And here is

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the former Tiger, Terry Humphrey, who's won himself

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a regular job out there in California. About

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a .227. He's been in 32 games. He's the catcher.

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Here's a strike called on Terry, the lean man

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from Oklahoma. Killer pitches and Humphrey looks

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:41.599
at a ball low. Ron Jackson on second. Two out.

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California two tight. Nothing. Swing and a tip

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:50.720
to the mid of May. Angels two runs and three

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:59.339
hits coming in this inning. Here's the set by

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:01.519
heller the left -hander kicks and deals There's

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:04.099
a bounding ball to short verizer short hop tip

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the total top citizen time and the side retired

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:10.559
However, the Californians pick up a couple two

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:13.859
runs three hits one arrow one man left At the

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end of an inning and a half California to Detroit

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nothing Hazy, hot conditions will hold through

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the week as the WJR weather forecast from Mount

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Sillard to Detroit reads fair to partly cloudy

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:31.039
with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:34.400
through Thursday. Low temperatures tonight, 62

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to 65. Tomorrow's high and Thursday as well,

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86 to 89 degrees. Right now, winds are southerly

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:46.160
at 7. Humidity is 53%. And under partly cloudy

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:49.240
skies, it's 80 degrees at Detroit's Metro Airport.

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In town, 80 and mostly clear at Detroit City

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:56.720
Airport. Pontiac reporting in with 77. It's 78

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:59.420
and mostly clear in Ipsy. And Lansing has clear

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and 79 degrees. Repeating again at 8 .30, it's

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:07.900
mostly... Clear and 80 degrees at Detroit Metro

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:11.539
Airport. And MEP reporting no trouble at all

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:14.640
on any freeway or Detroit area surface street.

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From Ty Cobb to Mark Fidrich, Radio 76 has been

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:20.920
part of it all. It's sports information you've

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:28.440
come to expect from WJR Detroit. Let's pause

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:30.740
briefly for station identification. This is the

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:32.880
Detroit Tiger Baseball Network. You're just three

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:35.980
hours away from the captain, Jay Roberts, on

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:40.000
Radio 76 at 11 .30 tonight on America's great

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:51.039
radio station, WJR. Jason Thompson will lead

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:54.000
it off against Nolan Ryan now, the flamethrower

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:57.640
from California. Compton hitting .268. He has

00:28:57.640 --> 00:29:01.279
27 RBI as a team leader. And he also leads in

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:13.799
home runs of seven. Ryan Reddy delivers. And

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:16.500
Jason takes a high hard one. Very wide ball one.

00:29:26.430 --> 00:29:29.089
Here's a curve dipping down around the feet.

00:29:29.190 --> 00:29:33.289
2 -0 the count on Jason. Tomorrow night is Irish

00:29:33.289 --> 00:29:35.349
-American night. They'll have some colorful pregame

00:29:35.349 --> 00:29:38.650
ceremonies beginning at 7 .30. The game itself

00:29:38.650 --> 00:29:40.630
gets underway at 8 o 'clock. It'll be Roberts

00:29:40.630 --> 00:29:42.589
against Tanana. We hope you'll be out for that

00:29:42.589 --> 00:29:46.869
one. Now the 2 -0 delivery. It's a ball very

00:29:46.869 --> 00:29:52.339
high. 3 -0 on Jason Thompson. Repeat the announcement

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:54.339
we made a little bit earlier that Vern Rule has

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:56.819
been placed on the 21 -day disabled list. He

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:58.500
has a little stiffness in his right shoulder.

00:29:58.819 --> 00:30:02.660
Fidrich comes on the active list. There's a ball

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:08.039
outside. He walked him on four pitches. Thompson,

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:11.200
the second Tiger runner. The first one was Mankowski

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:13.859
who let off the first inning with a single. And

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:16.079
now Tim Cochran, another Californian, stepping

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:20.700
up. Batting .467 at 7 for 15. One home run and

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:26.640
four runs better than. Jim getting a nice hand

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:28.940
from the home folks here and his first appearance

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:32.420
against them. Not against them, in front of them.

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:42.319
Ryan on the mound, pitching to Corcoran. Here's

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the pitch. He takes the ball outside and Humphrey

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:56.920
wants a little comfort. Now they're going to

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:58.839
pass out the all -star ballot here at Tigers

00:30:58.839 --> 00:31:01.599
Stadium. So you folks better cast your ballots.

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:04.400
Five Tigers are on that computer. Punch card

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:07.220
ballot this year. LaFleur may stop Thompson and

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:12.259
Rodriguez. Now the conference over. Corcoran

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:14.259
back in the batter's box. One and all to count

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:18.359
on him. Ryan Sesson pitches. It's a strike call.

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:21.349
Leather high fastball. Incidentally, had a little

00:31:21.349 --> 00:31:23.890
talk with Rodriguez before the ball game. Aurelio

00:31:23.890 --> 00:31:26.029
says he's working out now, taking batting practice,

00:31:26.250 --> 00:31:28.789
stealing practice, running, doing everything

00:31:28.789 --> 00:31:32.710
to get ready and get back in the lineup. Here's

00:31:32.710 --> 00:31:35.769
a 1 -1 delivery, and Tim swings and misses on

00:31:35.769 --> 00:31:39.710
the curve. Aurelio was out here early today getting

00:31:39.710 --> 00:31:42.289
a lot of work out of third base. They were hitting

00:31:42.289 --> 00:31:45.609
a lot of ground balls at him. Seemed to be treating

00:31:45.609 --> 00:31:49.190
the leg a little gingerly, perhaps. Well, it'll

00:31:49.190 --> 00:31:52.150
take a little time. One and two, the count on

00:31:52.150 --> 00:31:57.690
ten. Ryan to the set position. There's the fastball

00:31:57.690 --> 00:32:05.390
high and outside. Two -two, the count on Corcoran.

00:32:05.450 --> 00:32:07.730
We've got a report now from New York. Boston

00:32:07.730 --> 00:32:09.650
leads the Yankees two to one at the end of one

00:32:09.650 --> 00:32:14.950
at Yankee Stadium. There's a curve. It is a little

00:32:14.950 --> 00:32:22.430
bit high. Full count on Tim Corcoran. Bryant's

00:32:22.430 --> 00:32:24.230
going to that curve quite a bit here in the early

00:32:24.230 --> 00:32:31.670
inning. Tim sets himself in there. He stands

00:32:31.670 --> 00:32:33.869
very deep in the batter's box. Full count pitch.

00:32:34.369 --> 00:32:36.829
Swung on it high in the air to left field. Not

00:32:36.829 --> 00:32:39.250
deep at all. Rudy is under it. Waiting, waiting.

00:32:39.730 --> 00:32:43.130
And it's in his glove for the out. Thompson retreats

00:32:43.130 --> 00:32:47.740
to first base. Here's Milt May stepping up the

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:53.039
Tigers' schedule with a 2 .62 average. Milt has

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:56.859
three home runs. He's driven in 13 runs. After

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:59.900
Dave Roberts and Tanana duel tomorrow night,

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:02.740
there'll be an off day for the Tigers. On Friday,

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:05.220
Mark Federich comes back to action. He'll be

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:07.720
pitching against Glenn Abbott on Demolay night.

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:11.240
The Tigers versus Seattle. Saturday, it'll be

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:14.680
Rosemar against Paul. And Sunday, Arroyo against

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:19.359
Undecided. Tiger Day Saturday, Autograph Day

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:23.559
Sunday. May looks at a strike call from Nolan

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:35.440
Ryan. Thompson, not much to believe at first

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:38.640
base. Jackson holds with him. The fastball is

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:40.660
in too close on Milton. May, one and one to count

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:48.670
on Milton. California picked up two in the second.

00:33:48.789 --> 00:33:50.789
They laid the Tigers 2 -0, but the Tigers trying

00:33:50.789 --> 00:33:53.390
to get back in the second inning. May swings

00:33:53.390 --> 00:33:56.910
and misses. He took a big ripple. And the fastball

00:33:56.910 --> 00:34:09.010
came in right through the letters. Two of the

00:34:09.010 --> 00:34:10.789
hitters who led the hitting against California

00:34:10.789 --> 00:34:13.449
not in the lineup today for the Tigers. Here's

00:34:13.449 --> 00:34:16.340
a foul back on the screen. One and two on May.

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:24.059
Those two are LaFleur and Rodriguez. Rusty Staub

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:26.800
was another one of the leaders last year against

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:31.619
California pitching only. Hope you'll be out

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:34.159
here tomorrow night, fun at the ballpark. Here's

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:36.579
the pitch. Swing and a foul. It'll reach the

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:42.150
seat back a third. That's the trouble with having

00:34:42.150 --> 00:34:44.250
only a two -game series with the Angels and a

00:34:44.250 --> 00:34:47.449
day off for four. You figure your odds are you're

00:34:47.449 --> 00:34:50.329
going to get to Nana and Ryan. It's a four -game

00:34:50.329 --> 00:34:52.150
series, so you can spread it around a little

00:34:52.150 --> 00:34:54.650
bit. That's a potent one -two punch, too, to

00:34:54.650 --> 00:35:01.449
run up against. Now May digging in, waiting on

00:35:01.449 --> 00:35:03.469
another one -two serve from Nolan. Here it is.

00:35:03.550 --> 00:35:06.349
He takes the high fastball. That one seemed to

00:35:06.349 --> 00:35:08.829
sail a little bit for him. 2 -2 the count on

00:35:08.829 --> 00:35:11.369
May. Doesn't appear that Ryan has really found

00:35:11.369 --> 00:35:14.110
his rhythm yet in this game. He's struggling

00:35:14.110 --> 00:35:16.190
a little bit. He seems to be getting his curveball

00:35:16.190 --> 00:35:20.070
over better than the fast stuff. Now the 2 -2

00:35:20.070 --> 00:35:22.989
delivery. There's his curve. It missed the mark.

00:35:23.670 --> 00:35:26.570
He's thrown a lot of pitches here in the early

00:35:26.570 --> 00:35:29.110
part of the game. He had an arm operation in

00:35:29.110 --> 00:35:36.329
late 75. September 75. And 76 was not an outstanding

00:35:36.329 --> 00:35:46.739
year for Nolan, not by his standards. Outfield

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:49.059
around the right on May. Almost no breeze right

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:52.460
now. Here's a pitch. He takes a walk. He didn't

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:55.739
get the curve in that time. And the Tigers have

00:35:55.739 --> 00:36:01.480
two runners both on bases on balls. Mickey Stanley,

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:04.219
veteran center fielder, getting a nice round

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:10.460
of applause. Nick batting 265. One of the most

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:21.179
popular of the Tigers, Mickey Stanley. Thompson

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:24.679
on second. May on first. Tigers trail by two.

00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:37.159
Two -nothing in the second inning. And the pitch.

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:40.119
He takes the ball outside. That was a fastball.

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:46.639
High and away. Good turnout in the bleaches tonight.

00:36:47.469 --> 00:36:49.309
You can come out and see a baseball game for

00:36:49.309 --> 00:36:53.690
a dollar and a half. That's hard to beat. Cup

00:36:53.690 --> 00:36:57.210
of coffee costs almost that much now. Here's

00:36:57.210 --> 00:36:59.869
the strike call. Fastball in above the knees.

00:37:05.590 --> 00:37:08.309
Got about a fourth of a shrimp cocktail for that.

00:37:12.650 --> 00:37:16.230
2 -0. Angels lead the Tigers in the second inning.

00:37:16.730 --> 00:37:20.909
Stanley waits. The 1 -1 pitch is outside. Ryan

00:37:20.909 --> 00:37:24.530
going to that fastball a lot now. 2 -1 the count

00:37:24.530 --> 00:37:34.889
on Mickey. Tigers did some lusty hitting in Comiskey

00:37:34.889 --> 00:37:36.829
Park when they swept that series of Chicago.

00:37:38.329 --> 00:37:42.570
They'd like to continue that hitting pace. Stanley

00:37:42.570 --> 00:37:46.219
at the plate. 2 -1 pitch. Swing and a top. He

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:50.400
just kicked that one off the net of Humphrey.

00:37:51.099 --> 00:38:04.539
And the count on Mickey, 2 -2. Outfield plays

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:07.659
Stanley not to be able to get around on Ryan.

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:11.300
Yeah, they've got Flores over there in right

00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:15.679
center. Let's see what he will give him on 2

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:18.099
-2 now with one out and two on 2 -0. California

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:20.659
leading in the second. Ryan takes his time. Mickey

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:23.239
digging in waiting. Here it comes. He takes a

00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:26.900
strike, a fastball across. Hits that outside

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:30.559
corner. That is a really tough pitch. Right -hander

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:32.619
against the right -hander. He gets that fastball

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:35.679
on the outside corner. Just a little bit above

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:41.139
the knee. Not too much you can do. That's the

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:45.170
fourth strikeout for Ryan. and he's retired five

00:38:45.170 --> 00:38:48.469
men and banned four of them. Here's Tommy Barraza

00:38:48.469 --> 00:38:53.650
with two on and two out. Tommy batting 160. This

00:38:53.650 --> 00:38:56.769
is his 25th game. Takes a wide one, ball one.

00:39:06.670 --> 00:39:09.309
Dick Krzyzewski coaching at first. Fred Hatfield,

00:39:09.510 --> 00:39:13.510
the third base coach for the Tigers. Barraza

00:39:13.510 --> 00:39:18.440
looked at a ball outside. Two at 0. Another fastball.

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:22.079
Now Seattle and Cleveland are tied. They're 2

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:24.880
-2 at the end of three. Baltimore second lead

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:27.500
over Milwaukee at Baltimore. 1 -0. They've completed

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:31.139
three over there. Now the 2 -0 pitch and Verizon

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:37.320
takes the strike outside corner. Tiger fans trying

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:39.260
to clap up a little rally here in the second

00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:45.309
inning with the Tigers trailing 2 -0. Now the

00:39:45.309 --> 00:39:48.010
set by Nolan Ryan. The right hander fires. It's

00:39:48.010 --> 00:39:50.010
a fastball. Swung on. Popped in the air to short

00:39:50.010 --> 00:39:53.510
left. Rudy is there. He's waiting. He has it

00:39:53.510 --> 00:39:55.949
and the side retires. The Tigers get two walks

00:39:55.949 --> 00:39:58.389
and that's all. No runs, no hits, no errors.

00:39:58.510 --> 00:40:01.389
Two are left. And it's the end of two. California

00:40:01.389 --> 00:40:06.269
two, Detroit nothing. We got together to do it

00:40:06.269 --> 00:40:16.239
better. And that's what we did. You know, when

00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:19.539
things go right, it really feels good. And that's

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:21.539
the way it feels around the Marathon Oil Company.

00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:24.739
Because Marathon isn't just a name. It's a lot

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:26.800
of people who got together because they think

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:29.659
doing it better is the only way to do it. And

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:32.559
if you ask me, I think they're absolutely right.

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:38.239
We got together to do it better. That's what

00:40:38.239 --> 00:41:02.800
we did. We're Marathon. We got together to do

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:09.880
it better, and we did. Jay Roberts here to remind

00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:12.679
you that I stay up late to provide a little night

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:15.760
music and conversation on a program called Night

00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:19.900
Flight 76. Join me evenings at 11 .30 on WJR.

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:24.780
Bill Flores, the lead off man, coming up now

00:41:24.780 --> 00:41:27.840
to start things in the third against John Hiller.

00:41:28.380 --> 00:41:30.340
California picked up a couple in the second.

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:32.159
That's the difference in the game. They had singles

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:36.079
by Rudy and Bond. Single by Jackson and a sacrifice

00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:39.360
fly by Gritch. Got the second run home. Heller

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:42.579
delivers and Flores looks at a curve over. Strike

00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:45.199
one. He bounced that assist to Thompson the first

00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:52.820
time it's passed. Here's a pitch at law. One

00:41:52.820 --> 00:42:02.949
and one to count on him. in the dirt. The county's

00:42:02.949 --> 00:42:13.110
two and one. John Rock kicks the livers. Little

00:42:13.110 --> 00:42:15.530
pop fly back towards short. Verizon's there.

00:42:16.070 --> 00:42:21.190
He has it. And that's one away. Torres popping

00:42:21.190 --> 00:42:24.469
to Tommy Verizon. Jerry Remy will be the batter.

00:42:25.090 --> 00:42:28.449
John Sanderson is a great Tiger fan. Has been.

00:42:29.190 --> 00:42:32.929
And still is. Been in the hospital for a long,

00:42:32.969 --> 00:42:35.210
long time. Still rooting for the Tigers. We send

00:42:35.210 --> 00:42:37.889
our very best to him. He's at St. Joseph of Mount

00:42:37.889 --> 00:42:43.510
Clemens. There's the ball low. Ball one. Remy,

00:42:43.570 --> 00:42:46.530
a very fine competitor and highly regarded all

00:42:46.530 --> 00:42:48.289
around the league. He flied to left his first

00:42:48.289 --> 00:42:51.889
trip. Swings and misses on a Hiller curve one

00:42:51.889 --> 00:43:11.210
and one. other tomorrow night at 8 o 'clock.

00:43:11.349 --> 00:43:13.590
Hope you'll be out with us. Bounding ball to

00:43:13.590 --> 00:43:15.610
first. Thompson very wide of the bag. Has it

00:43:15.610 --> 00:43:18.510
raised to the bag. Won by Jason. Remy is out

00:43:18.510 --> 00:43:21.989
to Jason Thompson unassisted. Two up and two

00:43:21.989 --> 00:43:25.789
away. Dave Chalk. Dave popped to second base.

00:43:25.829 --> 00:43:54.199
His only trip. The right hand batter takes a

00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:57.360
strike on the outside corner to strike the comedy.

00:43:58.739 --> 00:44:01.219
California to Detroit nothing. The angels are

00:44:01.219 --> 00:44:03.000
batting in the third the first of a two game

00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:06.059
set. First look these two teams have had at each

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:10.239
other this year. He takes a half cut but it's

00:44:10.239 --> 00:44:14.480
ruled the ball didn't go over. Piper net checking

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:16.579
with Jim Evans at first he says you're right.

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:19.860
He didn't go across. So I want to count on Dave

00:44:19.860 --> 00:44:22.539
Shaw. Here it is. Swing and a bounding foul.

00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:28.360
It's down past the coach, Dave Garcia. Dave managed

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:33.599
in the Mexican ball. Same league that Rodriguez

00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:36.599
has often played in the wintertime. Here's a

00:44:36.599 --> 00:44:40.039
high pop -up over back of Mankowski. Verizer

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:42.639
is in left field. Here comes Kemp behind him,

00:44:42.659 --> 00:44:45.480
and Verizer makes the catch for the out. They

00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:48.320
go down one, two, three, and the third. Here

00:44:48.320 --> 00:44:50.360
come the Tigers to bat in the last half. The

00:44:50.360 --> 00:45:16.500
third it is. California 2, Detroit nothing. When

00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:19.159
it comes to racing, motorcycle champions have

00:45:19.159 --> 00:45:22.579
one thing in common. Champions spark plugs. Last

00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:25.199
year, for instance, champions sparked all 16

00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:27.739
major U .S. and world motorcycle championships,

00:45:28.099 --> 00:45:31.380
including motocross and road racing. Is it any

00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:34.380
wonder when most factory teams go racing, champions

00:45:34.380 --> 00:45:37.019
spark plugs go along? So when your bike needs

00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:39.659
a new plug, do what racers around the world do.

00:45:39.900 --> 00:46:05.000
Fill her up with champions. Tigers coming about

00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:10.199
against Nolan Ryan. It is 2 -0 Angels. Two runs

00:46:10.199 --> 00:46:12.340
three hits for California. No runs, one hit for

00:46:12.340 --> 00:46:14.039
the Tigers. And here's the man who's had the

00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:16.980
only hit, Mankowski. He'll be leading off in

00:46:16.980 --> 00:46:19.579
the Tiger third against Ryan. Ryan has walked

00:46:19.579 --> 00:46:23.130
two. And he picked up four strikeouts in the

00:46:23.130 --> 00:46:29.650
first two innings. On the left -hand batting,

00:46:29.650 --> 00:46:32.670
Mankowski at a 3 -2 pitch for a single into center

00:46:32.670 --> 00:46:35.670
field. A first -time up bats again. Right -hander

00:46:35.670 --> 00:46:38.250
Nolan Ryan into action. But it is, and Phil takes

00:46:38.250 --> 00:46:42.989
a ball in close ball one. Still daylight here

00:46:42.989 --> 00:46:45.670
at Tigers Stadium. It is 8 .48 on the stadium

00:46:45.670 --> 00:46:51.829
clock. Ryan wheels and deals. There's a curve

00:46:51.829 --> 00:47:00.409
across above the knees. One and one. Hear the

00:47:00.409 --> 00:47:03.230
voice of Mark Fedrich from the far corner of

00:47:03.230 --> 00:47:05.969
the dugout over there at third base. Fastball

00:47:05.969 --> 00:47:12.170
onto the chin. Two and one. They got him. Mankowski.

00:47:14.429 --> 00:47:17.670
Chopkin close at third on Phil. 2 -0 California

00:47:17.670 --> 00:47:23.050
in the third. Low inside curve. 3 -1 from Nolan

00:47:23.050 --> 00:47:37.710
Ryan. Here's a ball outside. He walked in. That'll

00:47:37.710 --> 00:47:43.309
be the third walk off Ryan. Ryan really seemed

00:47:43.309 --> 00:47:46.150
to find himself back around 72. Tom Morgan got

00:47:46.150 --> 00:47:48.510
a hold of him when he was a pitching coach out

00:47:48.510 --> 00:47:51.230
of California. Worked him out between starts.

00:47:51.329 --> 00:47:53.530
Got him to take a little off his fastball once

00:47:53.530 --> 00:47:56.630
in a while. And it seemed to get Ryan in the

00:47:56.630 --> 00:48:03.289
correct groove. He's walked three. He struck

00:48:03.289 --> 00:48:06.130
out four and a lot of hit. Here's his first strikeout

00:48:06.130 --> 00:48:09.659
victim. Fluenti is coming up again. Batting left

00:48:09.659 --> 00:48:12.179
-handed. Tito takes the strike. Started the bunt.

00:48:12.179 --> 00:48:16.780
Hit the outside corner on him. Baltimore still

00:48:16.780 --> 00:48:18.820
leading Milwaukee there in the fifth inning now.

00:48:18.860 --> 00:48:24.760
Baltimore 1 -0 the Orioles ahead. Set by Ryan

00:48:24.760 --> 00:48:28.420
in the pitch. It's a ball outside. A one -and

00:48:28.420 --> 00:48:36.940
-one on Tito. Boston leading the Yankees there

00:48:36.940 --> 00:48:41.800
in the third. Two to one at New York. Minkowski

00:48:41.800 --> 00:48:43.679
getting a little bit of a lead at first. Ron

00:48:43.679 --> 00:48:46.500
Jackson holding on the bag with him. The one

00:48:46.500 --> 00:48:50.019
-one pitch coming up to Tito. Very high and wide.

00:48:50.960 --> 00:49:00.000
Two and one. Ryan throwing a lot of pitches here

00:49:00.000 --> 00:49:11.440
in the early inning. Here's a cut and a miss

00:49:11.440 --> 00:49:14.199
on a pitch that was in close around the knees.

00:49:14.960 --> 00:49:25.860
2 -2 the count on Palletti. Tito saying something

00:49:25.860 --> 00:49:28.780
to Barnett and Humphries. He stepped back into

00:49:28.780 --> 00:49:35.920
the batter's box. 2 -2 the count on him. Waiting

00:49:35.920 --> 00:49:40.019
on deck rusty stop. Here's a bit. It's a ball

00:49:40.019 --> 00:49:43.719
outside. There's that book out again. That's

00:49:43.719 --> 00:49:51.780
been up on the board quite a bit already. Kowski

00:49:51.780 --> 00:49:53.820
edging off a little bit at first base. Jackson

00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:58.139
holding with him. 2 -0 California. Tito swings

00:49:58.139 --> 00:50:00.380
and fouls it on the screen. Just got a piece

00:50:00.380 --> 00:50:06.159
of that fastball. Ryan deals that fastball. Tito

00:50:06.159 --> 00:50:08.119
doesn't have time to slide that left hand down.

00:50:08.360 --> 00:50:11.719
Yeah. Got to just get the bat across the plate.

00:50:17.659 --> 00:50:20.619
Waiting on another 3 -2 delivery from Nolan Ryan.

00:50:20.719 --> 00:50:23.539
Here it is. He swings and fouls another one on

00:50:23.539 --> 00:50:25.340
the screen. He took a little off that one. That

00:50:25.340 --> 00:50:36.860
didn't have the zip that the last one had. Sixty

00:50:36.860 --> 00:50:39.099
feet, six inches from the plate. The ball comes

00:50:39.099 --> 00:50:45.099
up 95 to 100 plus miles per hour. You don't have

00:50:45.099 --> 00:50:47.199
much time. About two -fifths of a second to hit

00:50:47.199 --> 00:50:49.699
the ball. Here's a swing and a miss. He didn't

00:50:49.699 --> 00:50:53.019
hit that one. It's the fifth strikeout for Ryan.

00:50:55.340 --> 00:51:08.199
And Rusty Staub will be the batter. He struck

00:51:08.199 --> 00:51:12.300
out his first time at bat. They moved the pitching

00:51:12.300 --> 00:51:15.119
mound back from the plate in 1893. It used to

00:51:15.119 --> 00:51:18.300
be only 50 feet from the plate. New York had

00:51:18.300 --> 00:51:22.199
a great pitcher named Amos Rusi. And they figured

00:51:22.199 --> 00:51:24.440
he threw too hard. They'd move it back. There's

00:51:24.440 --> 00:51:31.559
a ball outside. Well, all it did made his curveball

00:51:31.559 --> 00:51:34.719
a little more effective. And he was even a better

00:51:34.719 --> 00:51:37.099
pitcher after they moved it back to 60 feet six

00:51:37.099 --> 00:51:42.469
inches. Paul won the count on Rusty Staub. Man

00:51:42.469 --> 00:51:47.269
on first. One man down. 2 -0 California. Ryan

00:51:47.269 --> 00:51:50.349
sets and pitches. There's a strike call. The

00:51:50.349 --> 00:52:02.030
fastball in. 1 -1 they count on him. Staub steps

00:52:02.030 --> 00:52:03.969
out as we told you. He was one of the leading

00:52:03.969 --> 00:52:06.050
Tiger hitters against California pitching last

00:52:06.050 --> 00:52:09.739
year. Minkowski not getting much of a lead at

00:52:09.739 --> 00:52:14.559
first base. Stob takes the ball outside. Two

00:52:14.559 --> 00:52:30.880
and one they count on him. Now Rusty choking

00:52:30.880 --> 00:52:33.119
the bat. Leaning and waiting is the 2 -1 there.

00:52:34.000 --> 00:52:36.699
He swings fly ball at the drop left field near

00:52:36.699 --> 00:52:38.699
the line. Rudy coming over to his right is there.

00:52:39.260 --> 00:52:42.360
He makes the catch and holding it first is Mankowski.

00:52:45.000 --> 00:52:48.800
All the outs have either been strikeouts or fly

00:52:48.800 --> 00:52:52.599
balls to Rudy in left field. Rudy's had three

00:52:52.599 --> 00:52:56.139
put outs and then five Tigers have gone down

00:52:56.139 --> 00:53:01.219
on strike. Here's Steve Kemp who took a call

00:53:01.219 --> 00:53:04.679
third strike to win the first inning. Man Humphrey's

00:53:04.679 --> 00:53:06.360
gone out of the mound to talk with Nolan Ryan

00:53:28.460 --> 00:53:30.880
by digging in the conference is over now on the

00:53:30.880 --> 00:53:33.139
right hand Orion sets and pitches a left hand

00:53:33.139 --> 00:53:36.119
about it takes a strike outside corner he didn't

00:53:36.119 --> 00:53:38.599
like that call by Barnett gave him a little bit

00:53:38.599 --> 00:53:44.000
of the old family look there Ron Jackson holding

00:53:44.000 --> 00:53:48.760
on the bag with Mankowski at first base here's

00:53:48.760 --> 00:53:57.980
the pitch it's a ball high one and one We've

00:53:57.980 --> 00:54:00.500
told you from time to time that Kemp is a very

00:54:00.500 --> 00:54:03.320
aggressive hitter. Anybody to keep you from being

00:54:03.320 --> 00:54:06.460
aggressive, it would be the pitcher of the type

00:54:06.460 --> 00:54:09.820
of Nolan Ryan. Here's the set and the pitch.

00:54:10.440 --> 00:54:15.219
He backed him off with an inside fastball. 2

00:54:15.219 --> 00:54:20.079
-1 the count on Steve. Jason Thompson waiting

00:54:20.079 --> 00:54:21.860
on deck. We're in the third inning. The Tigers

00:54:21.860 --> 00:54:24.940
and the California Angels. The Angels have the

00:54:24.940 --> 00:54:28.139
lead 2 -0 at Tiger Stadium. Man on first, two

00:54:28.139 --> 00:54:32.139
down for Detroit. A 2 -1 pitch to Kemp. He swings

00:54:32.139 --> 00:54:34.039
and fouls it away. He got a good ripple at that

00:54:34.039 --> 00:54:37.360
one. That was the let -up curve. But he beat

00:54:37.360 --> 00:54:39.780
the ball down on his foot. 2 -2 the count on

00:54:39.780 --> 00:54:47.400
Steve. I don't think I ever saw a more impressive

00:54:47.400 --> 00:54:49.940
pitching performance than when Ryan pitched his

00:54:49.940 --> 00:54:53.179
second no -hitter in that 73 season against the

00:54:53.179 --> 00:54:56.070
Tigers. He struck out 17. Probably would have

00:54:56.070 --> 00:54:58.610
fanned more, but he had a big rest in the eighth

00:54:58.610 --> 00:55:03.309
inning when California got a lot of runs. Here's

00:55:03.309 --> 00:55:07.530
a 2 -2 pitch now to Kemp. Swing and a miss. He

00:55:07.530 --> 00:55:09.510
struck him out. He tried to hold up, but he'd

00:55:09.510 --> 00:55:13.869
gone across. That is six strikeouts on Olin Ryan.

00:55:14.030 --> 00:55:17.190
No runs, no hits, no walks, no errors. One man

00:55:17.190 --> 00:55:19.409
left at the end of three. California 2, Detroit

00:55:19.409 --> 00:55:25.809
nothing. You're at the plate in the Labatt's

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baseball trivia game. Here's the pitch. Who drew

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the most votes in the first selection of players

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for the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York?

00:55:37.489 --> 00:55:40.550
Call Time Out to think about it over a cool,

00:55:40.550 --> 00:55:50.730
refreshing Labatt's Blue. The answer, Ty Cobb.

00:55:51.389 --> 00:55:55.969
Ty Cobb gained 222 votes, seven more than the

00:55:55.969 --> 00:56:00.090
great Babe Ruth or Honus Wagner. Great baseball

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calls for great beer, Labatt's Blue. Call for

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Labatt's, brewed in Canada since 1828. Distributed

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by Labatt & Poors Incorporated, Buffalo, New

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York. Labatt's Blue is available in selected

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markets throughout Michigan. Getting it together

00:56:19.809 --> 00:56:22.480
in the morning. to use the vernacular. That's

00:56:22.480 --> 00:56:25.099
what we do in the morning here on WJR. I'm doing

00:56:25.099 --> 00:56:28.019
my job. I'm J .P. McCarthy. Join me from 6 to

00:56:28.019 --> 00:56:42.059
10. California got two in the second off John

00:56:42.059 --> 00:56:44.159
Hiller. They lead Hiller and the Tigers now 2

00:56:44.159 --> 00:56:46.400
-0. We move to the fourth inning. Let's all enjoy

00:56:46.400 --> 00:56:49.489
hearing from Paul Carey. All right, Ernie, thank

00:56:49.489 --> 00:56:51.610
you very much. It's Joe Rudy to lead it off for

00:56:51.610 --> 00:56:53.969
the Angels here in the top of the fourth inning

00:56:53.969 --> 00:56:58.750
against Hiller. It was Rudy who started things

00:56:58.750 --> 00:57:00.449
going for the Angels in the second inning with

00:57:00.449 --> 00:57:07.150
his loop single to right field. Hiller looking

00:57:07.150 --> 00:57:09.769
in, getting the side from Milt May. Into the

00:57:09.769 --> 00:57:12.170
windup, the left -hander delivers. The curve

00:57:12.170 --> 00:57:24.659
stays high for ball one. Rudy backing out. Eight

00:57:24.659 --> 00:57:27.380
home runs, 38 RBIs this year for Joe. As you

00:57:27.380 --> 00:57:29.699
know, most of them behind Frank DiManna. There's

00:57:29.699 --> 00:57:31.599
a foul into the upper deck behind the plate.

00:57:33.280 --> 00:57:41.079
Ball and a strike on Rudy. One of the three long

00:57:41.079 --> 00:57:45.539
-term contract -rich new players possessed by

00:57:45.539 --> 00:57:50.119
the California club. Out of that. re -entry free

00:57:50.119 --> 00:57:53.519
agency draft. The pitch to him. Strike called.

00:57:53.900 --> 00:57:56.820
Joe had an idea and then decided to not go after

00:57:56.820 --> 00:58:03.780
it. Hiller with his second start of this season,

00:58:03.820 --> 00:58:07.800
his second straight start. Did not survive the

00:58:07.800 --> 00:58:10.059
fourth inning at Texas, his first outing last

00:58:10.059 --> 00:58:12.800
Wednesday. Here's the pitch to Rudy. It's high

00:58:12.800 --> 00:58:15.260
with a fastball. That'll even the count of two

00:58:15.260 --> 00:58:19.449
balls and two strikes. The Angels getting two

00:58:19.449 --> 00:58:21.949
runs in the second inning. A couple of loop singles

00:58:21.949 --> 00:58:24.510
by Rudy and Bonds, and then the one -off single

00:58:24.510 --> 00:58:27.670
hit very sharply beyond the reach of a riser

00:58:27.670 --> 00:58:30.809
into left center field by Ron Jackson. Sacrifice

00:58:30.809 --> 00:58:32.869
fly by Gritch Fowler. There's a swing and a miss.

00:58:33.389 --> 00:58:35.829
Rudy goes down swinging, and that's the first

00:58:35.829 --> 00:58:39.269
strikeout for Hiller. Let's pause for station

00:58:39.269 --> 00:58:42.079
identification. This is the Detroit Tiger Baseball

00:58:42.079 --> 00:58:44.139
Network. Here's the weather for greater Detroit.

00:58:44.300 --> 00:58:46.420
Cloudy, widely scattered afternoon and evening

00:58:46.420 --> 00:58:48.500
thundershowers through Thursday. Low tonight,

00:58:48.639 --> 00:58:51.539
mid -60s. High tomorrow and Thursday, upper 80s.

00:58:51.539 --> 00:58:54.619
At a minute past 9, it's partly cloudy and 80.

00:58:54.760 --> 00:59:00.619
This is WJR Detroit. A cutter to miss by Bobby

00:59:00.619 --> 00:59:03.880
Bonds on the first offering from Hiller. Now

00:59:03.880 --> 00:59:05.780
Bonds had looped his single to right field his

00:59:05.780 --> 00:59:08.909
first time up. Well, Hiller, with his first strikeout,

00:59:08.909 --> 00:59:12.090
getting Rudy to open the fourth inning. A little

00:59:12.090 --> 00:59:14.150
bit low that time, near the outside part of the

00:59:14.150 --> 00:59:16.590
plate, and it took patience on Bond's part not

00:59:16.590 --> 00:59:21.030
to go after it. One and one on Bobby. Hiller

00:59:21.030 --> 00:59:23.309
winds, delivers. Swung on and missed. He was

00:59:23.309 --> 00:59:27.170
over the top of that off -speed pitch. Ryan is

00:59:27.170 --> 00:59:30.050
spanning them at the rate of two per inning with

00:59:30.050 --> 00:59:36.860
a total of six. Nobody on, one down. Top of the

00:59:36.860 --> 00:59:39.179
fourth inning. A one -two pitch. He struck him

00:59:39.179 --> 00:59:42.659
out. Back -to -back strikeouts by Hiller. And

00:59:42.659 --> 00:59:47.420
Bonds going down swinging. John has pitched well

00:59:47.420 --> 00:59:50.800
here tonight. He got hurt by those two little

00:59:50.800 --> 00:59:53.519
soft fly balls that dropped in in the second

00:59:53.519 --> 00:59:56.400
inning by Rudy and Bonds. Only well -hit ball.

00:59:56.599 --> 01:00:01.719
One hopper into left center by Ron Jackson. So

01:00:01.719 --> 01:00:03.800
there are two down. Nobody on, and Don Baylor's

01:00:03.800 --> 01:00:06.300
at the plate. The pitch to Don. He checks. It's

01:00:06.300 --> 01:00:18.159
low and inside. The Oakland A's last year, previous

01:00:18.159 --> 01:00:20.679
to that with Baltimore, on the inside corner

01:00:20.679 --> 01:00:30.920
for a call strike. Miller has the sign. The 1

01:00:30.920 --> 01:00:35.449
-1 pitch. Taken inside. Ball two, strike one

01:00:35.449 --> 01:00:41.869
on Baylor. Power and speed owned by this man.

01:00:42.090 --> 01:00:45.150
The one who just struck out, Bobby Bond, is a

01:00:45.150 --> 01:00:48.050
good example of that. On the inside corner of

01:00:48.050 --> 01:00:50.829
her called strike. That's a pretty pitch. In

01:00:50.829 --> 01:01:00.969
around the knees. Now the line up by Hiller,

01:01:00.969 --> 01:01:04.030
the 2 -2 pitch. Line shot foul. That'll reach

01:01:04.030 --> 01:01:07.409
the facing of the upper deck and get into the

01:01:07.409 --> 01:01:09.289
first couple of rows in the upper deck and right

01:01:09.289 --> 01:01:13.889
field. Hope they were ready for that one out

01:01:13.889 --> 01:01:18.389
there. 2 -0. The Angels lead the Tigers here

01:01:18.389 --> 01:01:20.889
in the top of the fourth inning. Two down, nobody

01:01:20.889 --> 01:01:23.630
on. The 2 -2 pitch. There's a pop -up toward

01:01:23.630 --> 01:01:26.590
third. Mankowski calling for it, straddling the

01:01:26.590 --> 01:01:28.809
line. Now Verizer calls him off. He makes the

01:01:28.809 --> 01:01:31.949
catch in foul territory. And the Angels are retired

01:01:31.949 --> 01:01:34.030
in order here in the top of the fourth inning.

01:01:34.150 --> 01:01:36.150
Tigers come to bat in their half with a score,

01:01:36.329 --> 01:01:52.150
California 2, Detroit nothing. You may have been

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thinking that a car with the comfort and gloominess

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right here before the Tigers bat on the bottom

01:02:52.420 --> 01:02:55.260
of the fourth inning to pass along my sincere

01:02:55.260 --> 01:02:59.449
happy anniversary wishes to my... Father -in

01:02:59.449 --> 01:03:01.730
-law and mother -in -law, Pete and Mary Westlock

01:03:01.730 --> 01:03:03.889
in Saginaw, Michigan, on the occasion of their

01:03:03.889 --> 01:03:08.590
56th wedding anniversary. Happy anniversary,

01:03:08.809 --> 01:03:10.989
Pete and Mary. Here's Jason Thompson to lead

01:03:10.989 --> 01:03:12.849
it off for the Tigers in the bottom of the fourth

01:03:12.849 --> 01:03:19.170
inning. Nolan Ryan has struck out six Tigers,

01:03:19.289 --> 01:03:21.289
but he's had a little problem getting his rhythm.

01:03:21.750 --> 01:03:24.960
At times, had problems with a... Breaking ball,

01:03:25.099 --> 01:03:27.380
others with a fastball getting it over, and he's

01:03:27.380 --> 01:03:29.920
walked three and uncorked one wild pitch. Tigers

01:03:29.920 --> 01:03:31.760
have had base runners, but haven't been able

01:03:31.760 --> 01:03:34.500
to move them around and on in. Thompson walked

01:03:34.500 --> 01:03:36.820
his first time up. There's a wild one almost,

01:03:37.000 --> 01:03:41.980
high and wide to Jason. Ryan shrugging his shoulders.

01:03:44.159 --> 01:03:46.800
Nolan has slowed his delivery. He feels it's

01:03:46.800 --> 01:03:50.519
helped him a bit. Now they wind up the pitch.

01:03:51.380 --> 01:03:56.900
Breaking ball gets in. A ball and a strike on

01:03:56.900 --> 01:04:09.019
Jason. On the windup. And the pitch. It's a ball

01:04:09.019 --> 01:04:16.059
outside. Two and one now on Thompson. Thompson

01:04:16.059 --> 01:04:18.840
had a big day Sunday against the White Sox with

01:04:18.840 --> 01:04:21.780
those five RBIs. The pitch to him. Swung on.

01:04:21.820 --> 01:04:23.480
Ripped up the middle of the center field. A base

01:04:23.480 --> 01:04:27.570
hit for Thompson. Met the fastball and just sent

01:04:27.570 --> 01:04:30.150
it out over second base. Hit number two for the

01:04:30.150 --> 01:04:33.090
Tigers. They trail 2 -0 here in the bottom of

01:04:33.090 --> 01:04:39.550
the fourth inning. That brings up Tim Corcoran.

01:04:40.090 --> 01:04:43.849
Tim is playing his first game ever in Tiger Stadium.

01:04:44.329 --> 01:04:47.769
Joined the Tigers on the trip at Texas. Called

01:04:47.769 --> 01:04:50.349
up after a sensational start for the Evansville

01:04:50.349 --> 01:04:54.030
Triplets where he played first base almost exclusively.

01:04:54.969 --> 01:04:57.550
He's been used as the D .H. in one game and then

01:04:57.550 --> 01:05:00.010
in right field for the Tigers. Slightly open

01:05:00.010 --> 01:05:02.650
stance. Feet spread wide apart. The pitch to

01:05:02.650 --> 01:05:07.510
him. It's a fastball outside for ball one. Him

01:05:07.510 --> 01:05:09.610
got off to a slow start in Texas. Picked up a

01:05:09.610 --> 01:05:12.309
hit in his first game in Chicago, and that was

01:05:12.309 --> 01:05:14.750
a long one, a home run for him. And he wound

01:05:14.750 --> 01:05:17.429
up with three for four and three for four. The

01:05:17.429 --> 01:05:20.809
pitch to Tim. Strike. Got that one across the

01:05:20.809 --> 01:05:23.849
letters near the outside of the plate. Thompson

01:05:23.849 --> 01:05:26.550
at first. with a leadoff single here in the Tiger

01:05:26.550 --> 01:05:33.929
fourth inning. 2 -0 Angels. Tim Ply to left.

01:05:33.969 --> 01:05:36.849
His first time up against Ryan. Leans back. The

01:05:36.849 --> 01:05:38.809
pitch is swung on. A little looper towards center

01:05:38.809 --> 01:05:40.909
field. It'll drop in for a base hit. Thompson

01:05:40.909 --> 01:05:44.110
holds at second base as Flores, with excellent

01:05:44.110 --> 01:05:47.750
speed, comes in to pick that ball up very quickly.

01:05:48.070 --> 01:05:50.489
Ball died in the outfield, but Thompson didn't

01:05:50.489 --> 01:05:52.570
have a chance to go to third. Runners at first

01:05:52.570 --> 01:05:55.469
and second with nobody out. The batter will be

01:05:55.469 --> 01:06:03.550
Milt May. May walked his first time up. So he

01:06:03.550 --> 01:06:06.389
got a conference at the mound. Ryan, along with

01:06:06.389 --> 01:06:09.670
Terry Humphrey, the catcher, and Chalk, the third

01:06:09.670 --> 01:06:13.849
baseman, in to talk. Tigers with back -to -back

01:06:13.849 --> 01:06:16.210
singles here in the fourth inning. The Angels

01:06:16.210 --> 01:06:18.190
have the same thing in the second and cashed

01:06:18.190 --> 01:06:24.190
in a couple of runs. Protecting the baseball.

01:06:24.539 --> 01:06:31.599
Larry Barnett keeping it in play. May hitting

01:06:31.599 --> 01:06:40.420
3 -10. Three home runs, 13 RBIs for Milton. With

01:06:40.420 --> 01:06:42.780
Buentas batting left -handed, there's a string

01:06:42.780 --> 01:06:47.360
of six straight, seven straight Tiger batters

01:06:47.360 --> 01:06:49.260
left -handed against Ryan. There's a wild one,

01:06:49.260 --> 01:06:51.420
gets off the glove of Humphrey, and the runners

01:06:51.420 --> 01:06:56.110
will move up. That was a high fastball as Terry

01:06:56.110 --> 01:06:58.550
didn't quite get out of the crouch quickly enough

01:06:58.550 --> 01:07:03.849
to grab. It's being ruled a wild pitch, the second

01:07:03.849 --> 01:07:07.269
by Ryan. He uncorked one in the first inning,

01:07:07.289 --> 01:07:09.389
allowing Mankowski to get to third base, but

01:07:09.389 --> 01:07:13.210
that's where he died when Kemp struck out. Now

01:07:13.210 --> 01:07:19.050
there is nobody out. Thompson is at third. Corcoran

01:07:19.050 --> 01:07:29.309
at second. trouble with the ball game. Oh, he

01:07:29.309 --> 01:07:31.269
had some trouble in the second inning, too, and

01:07:31.269 --> 01:07:36.550
the Tigers got two on by way of walks. One ball,

01:07:36.590 --> 01:07:38.550
no strike count. The pitch to May. Swung out,

01:07:38.590 --> 01:07:40.809
lined down the right field line. It is a foul

01:07:40.809 --> 01:07:45.949
ball by a foot and a half. That had extra bases

01:07:45.949 --> 01:07:52.550
written all over it. Well, that time, Milk got

01:07:52.550 --> 01:07:55.469
out in front of a delivery by Nolan Ryan. A little

01:07:55.469 --> 01:07:58.440
too far. Normally you don't get around on Ryan

01:07:58.440 --> 01:08:05.219
that much. Oh, that was going to tie the game

01:08:05.219 --> 01:08:08.900
right there. Now the outfield has moved. They're

01:08:08.900 --> 01:08:11.579
beginning to move. Flores have been playing straight

01:08:11.579 --> 01:08:14.340
away on May, who is known as an up -the -middle

01:08:14.340 --> 01:08:16.159
hitter. And they're moving to the right on him

01:08:16.159 --> 01:08:17.760
now. They've opened up the gap in left center

01:08:17.760 --> 01:08:20.600
field. Actually in center field for Mills. A

01:08:20.600 --> 01:08:25.140
1 -1 count on him. And set the pitch to May.

01:08:25.600 --> 01:08:27.899
He swings and misses. An off -speed breaking

01:08:27.899 --> 01:08:36.000
pitch that time. May now behind with a one -two

01:08:36.000 --> 01:08:48.899
count on him. Ryan, even with men not on base,

01:08:48.960 --> 01:08:50.960
has become a more deliberate pitcher this year.

01:08:51.180 --> 01:08:53.460
Here's the one -two pitch. Fastball is high.

01:08:53.640 --> 01:09:02.340
Two and two. Tigers seeing two of baseball's

01:09:02.340 --> 01:09:05.399
best, opposing them on the mound in this series.

01:09:05.539 --> 01:09:11.859
Ryan tonight, Tanana tomorrow. Tigers will counter

01:09:11.859 --> 01:09:14.439
with Dave Roberts tomorrow. Here's the 2 -2 pitch

01:09:14.439 --> 01:09:18.520
to May. Bends him back, ball three. Last ball

01:09:18.520 --> 01:09:32.329
around the nose. Mickey Stanley on deck. Last

01:09:32.329 --> 01:09:34.430
in the string of left -hand hitters that Ryan

01:09:34.430 --> 01:09:38.430
has to face in the Tiger batting order. Runners

01:09:38.430 --> 01:09:40.090
at second and third. Nobody out of three. Two

01:09:40.090 --> 01:09:43.210
count on Mills. The pitch from Ryan. Swung on

01:09:43.210 --> 01:09:44.750
and hit off the end of the bat toward third.

01:09:44.949 --> 01:09:46.810
Chalk charges. Looks at home. Can't go. There

01:09:46.810 --> 01:09:48.970
goes the first to get May. And the Tigers get

01:09:48.970 --> 01:09:52.649
a run home. Staying at second was Corcoran. The

01:09:52.649 --> 01:09:54.810
play right in front of him. Chalk took a look

01:09:54.810 --> 01:09:57.310
at the plate. Saw he didn't have a shot at Thompson

01:09:57.310 --> 01:09:59.729
who was going to score. And took a look over

01:09:59.729 --> 01:10:01.670
his left shoulder at Corcoran to make sure he

01:10:01.670 --> 01:10:03.409
wasn't trying to advance to third. Gritch was

01:10:03.409 --> 01:10:05.850
covering for him there. And he went to first

01:10:05.850 --> 01:10:08.949
to just nip May by a step. So Milk gets an RBI.

01:10:08.989 --> 01:10:11.529
The Tigers narrow the gap to 2 -1 and get on

01:10:11.529 --> 01:10:15.649
the board against Nolan Ryan. Corcoran still

01:10:15.649 --> 01:10:18.770
at second now. With one out on the batter is

01:10:18.770 --> 01:10:28.329
Mickey Stanley. Finally struck out, swinging

01:10:28.329 --> 01:10:36.970
his first time up. Grounder by May was just hit

01:10:36.970 --> 01:10:39.649
off the end of the bat. Here's the pitch. A little

01:10:39.649 --> 01:10:46.850
high to make you ball one. May looking for something

01:10:46.850 --> 01:10:48.850
with a little more speed that time, and he just

01:10:48.850 --> 01:10:51.590
barely caught the end of the bat with it. Dribbled

01:10:51.590 --> 01:10:53.630
it in the high infield grass. It's a brand new

01:10:53.630 --> 01:10:55.710
infield here at Tiger Stadium that the Tigers

01:10:55.710 --> 01:11:00.560
are coming back to. The set, the pitch, piled

01:11:00.560 --> 01:11:03.039
upstairs. It'll be behind first base in the upper

01:11:03.039 --> 01:11:07.619
deck. On the batting cage before the game, some

01:11:07.619 --> 01:11:11.319
of the Angels were commenting about the length

01:11:11.319 --> 01:11:13.760
of the grass on the infield, and I explained

01:11:13.760 --> 01:11:17.020
to them that it's a brand -new infield. The other

01:11:17.020 --> 01:11:18.899
had been taken out completely when the Tigers

01:11:18.899 --> 01:11:30.279
went off on their 10 -day road trip. balls down

01:11:30.279 --> 01:11:37.359
in the infield here. Outside for a ball. Two

01:11:37.359 --> 01:11:39.479
balls and a strike on Stanley. Corcoran at second.

01:11:39.880 --> 01:11:41.859
Thompson let off the inning with a single. Advanced

01:11:41.859 --> 01:11:43.979
to second on the single by Corcoran. Both moved

01:11:43.979 --> 01:11:47.119
up on a wild pitch. Mays bounce off the third.

01:11:47.300 --> 01:12:05.199
Brought in a run. a bit tonight with that strike

01:12:05.199 --> 01:12:09.500
zone. Got those good pitches that will keep the

01:12:09.500 --> 01:12:13.920
batters off balance. But he's also been a wee

01:12:13.920 --> 01:12:17.899
bit inconsistent. And patience is the order at

01:12:17.899 --> 01:12:20.800
the plate. There's ball four. Stanley draws the

01:12:20.800 --> 01:12:27.779
walk. Well, Mickey moves to first. Corkbridge

01:12:27.779 --> 01:12:32.470
is at second with one up. That's the fourth walk

01:12:32.470 --> 01:12:41.529
issued by Ryan. Tommy hit a soft fly to left

01:12:41.529 --> 01:12:54.630
his first time up. Stanley gets a good size lead

01:12:54.630 --> 01:12:57.350
at first. Jackson playing behind the runner there.

01:12:57.569 --> 01:13:00.800
One in the dirt. Good block by Humphrey. That

01:13:00.800 --> 01:13:03.840
one just simply was badly released by Ryan. It

01:13:03.840 --> 01:13:05.640
hit out in front of the plate, to the side of

01:13:05.640 --> 01:13:09.819
the plate. Humphrey made sure he blocked it.

01:13:14.119 --> 01:13:16.579
Now the pitch from Ryan. Reiser takes outside

01:13:16.579 --> 01:13:19.239
ball two. Time called. Humphrey is going to go

01:13:19.239 --> 01:13:21.039
out to have another word with his pitcher, Nolan,

01:13:21.159 --> 01:13:24.380
who is having trouble. That plate is swimming

01:13:24.380 --> 01:13:27.260
around on him in here. Comes Norm Sherry, the

01:13:27.260 --> 01:13:30.140
manager of the Angels, out to talk to Nolan as

01:13:30.140 --> 01:13:47.500
well. Well, Ernie passed along a card. Cosmo

01:13:47.500 --> 01:13:51.560
Potts out of Warren High School. He's got 58

01:13:51.560 --> 01:13:53.899
members of the Big Orange Warren High School.

01:13:54.159 --> 01:13:56.520
varsity club on hand tonight. The card on the

01:13:56.520 --> 01:13:58.920
card comes from George Steele. Good friend is

01:13:58.920 --> 01:14:02.500
the basketball coach out at Warren High. And

01:14:02.500 --> 01:14:06.659
now he and the old college spots are on hand

01:14:06.659 --> 01:14:15.619
with a large group of Warren High. Conference

01:14:15.619 --> 01:14:18.140
is over now. Norm Sherry's gone back to the dugout.

01:14:20.079 --> 01:14:23.119
Humphrey winding his way behind the plate. Tigers

01:14:23.119 --> 01:14:25.500
have runners at first and second. With one out,

01:14:25.539 --> 01:14:27.760
they've scored a run. A couple of singles. They

01:14:27.760 --> 01:14:30.119
bounce out on a walk so far in this inning. An

01:14:30.119 --> 01:14:34.020
activity now on the Angel bullpen. Scott and

01:14:34.020 --> 01:14:37.039
Drago. The pitch is taken for a strike. That

01:14:37.039 --> 01:14:38.939
one was right across the letters. It looked like

01:14:38.939 --> 01:14:42.460
Tommy was going to take all the way. Scott's

01:14:42.460 --> 01:14:45.399
a left -hander. Drago a right -hander. Loosening

01:14:45.399 --> 01:14:49.539
in the bullpen for California. The 2 -1 pitch.

01:14:49.960 --> 01:14:52.779
Swung on and popped up. Foul. It'll drift. back

01:14:52.779 --> 01:14:55.840
out of play. This one will reach the upper deck

01:14:55.840 --> 01:14:59.800
behind first base. Ron Jackson coming over to

01:14:59.800 --> 01:15:19.359
watch it disappear. Alvarizer waiting on Nolan

01:15:19.359 --> 01:15:22.699
Ryan. A 2 -2 count on him. One down. Two runners

01:15:22.699 --> 01:15:27.600
on the infield and double play death. Ryan Reddick.

01:15:28.619 --> 01:15:31.560
The pitch to Tommy. He swings and pops a foul

01:15:31.560 --> 01:15:33.840
into the upper deck behind the plate this time.

01:15:34.380 --> 01:15:38.340
A war between the mound and the plate continues.

01:15:43.199 --> 01:15:45.979
We're all looking forward to that big... Tonight,

01:15:46.119 --> 01:15:49.579
coming up Friday night, the 1977 debut of the

01:15:49.579 --> 01:15:52.439
bird, Mark Fidrich, against the new Seattle Mariners.

01:15:55.000 --> 01:15:58.399
Now a 2 -2 pitch to Beriser. Almost hit him inside

01:15:58.399 --> 01:16:01.880
with a floater. Foul count again. He has gone

01:16:01.880 --> 01:16:08.319
to that 3 -2 count so much tonight. On deck is

01:16:08.319 --> 01:16:12.380
Mankowski. One out. Runners at first and second.

01:16:13.380 --> 01:16:17.260
Here's the 3 -2 pitch. Ball four. The bases are

01:16:17.260 --> 01:16:21.100
loaded. A fastball up around the shoulders. It

01:16:21.100 --> 01:16:24.520
took off on Ryan. That's the fifth strikeout

01:16:24.520 --> 01:16:31.420
for Ryan. Tigers trail two to one. They've had

01:16:31.420 --> 01:16:34.060
the base runners. The Tigers have left four on

01:16:34.060 --> 01:16:36.399
base in the first three innings. Got a single

01:16:36.399 --> 01:16:38.199
from Mankowski in the first inning and a couple

01:16:38.199 --> 01:16:40.659
of walks in the second inning. Both runners stayed

01:16:40.659 --> 01:16:44.939
there. A walk in the third. has been able to

01:16:44.939 --> 01:16:48.140
be part of the batters just enough. Picking up

01:16:48.140 --> 01:16:51.979
six strikeouts here in the fourth. Singles by

01:16:51.979 --> 01:16:54.039
Thompson and Corcoran and the bounce off by May

01:16:54.039 --> 01:16:57.079
get a run home and the two to Stanley and Verizon

01:16:57.079 --> 01:16:59.819
load up the bases for Mankowski. A single and

01:16:59.819 --> 01:17:02.340
a walk for Phil tonight. Here's the windup by

01:17:02.340 --> 01:17:06.460
Ryan and the pitch. Strike. Call. Pitch by Ryan.

01:17:06.840 --> 01:17:15.029
Phil would like to see that one again. This is

01:17:15.029 --> 01:17:19.390
loaded with Tigers. They trail 2 -1. The pitch

01:17:19.390 --> 01:17:29.670
to Mankowski. Bends him away. 1 -1. Ryan doing

01:17:29.670 --> 01:17:32.130
a little scraping around. Taking plenty of time.

01:17:38.310 --> 01:17:41.489
Now leaning on the knees. Into the motion. Here's

01:17:41.489 --> 01:17:53.020
a 1 -1 pitch. Wide. into talk now with Ryan.

01:17:54.039 --> 01:17:57.479
And Draco and Scott continue to loosen the bullpen.

01:18:02.000 --> 01:18:13.539
Ryan had a one -hitter earlier this year. That

01:18:13.539 --> 01:18:16.000
was against Seattle. Bob Stinson got the only

01:18:16.000 --> 01:18:18.000
hit off him, a fifth -inning single, as I recall.

01:18:23.149 --> 01:19:03.300
Here's the 2 -1 pitch. Way out. Have that one

01:19:03.300 --> 01:19:05.300
to swing at, but by the same token, you've got

01:19:05.300 --> 01:19:08.340
to play the percentages. Chance to get a run

01:19:08.340 --> 01:19:11.380
in if he's just a little off. And he has been

01:19:11.380 --> 01:19:14.819
more than a little off here tonight. Here's the

01:19:14.819 --> 01:19:17.659
full count pitch to Lankowski. He swings and

01:19:17.659 --> 01:19:19.880
pops a fly ball foul down the left field line.

01:19:19.939 --> 01:19:22.460
It's slicing and no one will get it. It'll drop

01:19:22.460 --> 01:19:28.699
on the bullpen. Rudy and Gritch both giving chase

01:19:28.699 --> 01:19:31.399
down there. Neither could catch up to it. So

01:19:31.399 --> 01:19:35.479
we come. back again to load those bases up. Mankowski

01:19:35.479 --> 01:19:38.319
may have broken his bat on that one. He's blocking

01:19:38.319 --> 01:19:41.739
the handle in the dirt. Yep, Phil's going to

01:19:41.739 --> 01:19:54.079
need a new bat. Exciting moment here at Tiger

01:19:54.079 --> 01:19:58.920
Stadium. Tigers trailing at 2 -1. One out with

01:19:58.920 --> 01:20:05.119
the bases loaded. Ready to go again. Ryan Wines.

01:20:05.220 --> 01:20:07.960
Here's the pitch. Swung on. A ground ball. They

01:20:07.960 --> 01:20:11.060
make it two. The grits for one. They relay. Double

01:20:11.060 --> 01:20:13.399
play. And that's all for the Tigers in the fourth

01:20:13.399 --> 01:20:16.699
inning. A one -hopper ready -made to Jerry Remy.

01:20:16.800 --> 01:20:19.899
And they turn the double play 4 -6 -3. For the

01:20:19.899 --> 01:20:22.399
Tigers in the fourth inning, one run on two hits.

01:20:22.500 --> 01:20:25.020
They had a couple of walks. No errors. And two

01:20:25.020 --> 01:20:28.340
runners were left on base. So after four innings

01:20:28.340 --> 01:20:30.880
of play, it's now the Angels 2, the Tigers 1.

01:20:31.659 --> 01:20:36.279
Here's a WJI news update. Veteran Detroit talk

01:20:36.279 --> 01:20:38.560
show host and columnist Lou Gordon is dead at

01:20:38.560 --> 01:20:40.880
the age of 60. Gordon was found dead in his bed

01:20:40.880 --> 01:20:42.819
this morning by his wife. Cause of death appears

01:20:42.819 --> 01:20:45.920
to have been heart -related. The struggling American

01:20:45.920 --> 01:20:48.500
Motors Corporation has a new president, Gerald

01:20:48.500 --> 01:20:50.939
Myers, who had been an executive vice president,

01:20:51.000 --> 01:20:53.949
succeeds the retiring William Lunenberg. President

01:20:53.949 --> 01:20:55.750
Carter discussed the Middle East with Prince

01:20:55.750 --> 01:20:57.909
Fahd of Saudi Arabia at the White House today.

01:20:58.170 --> 01:21:01.029
In Russia, Soviet President Podgordny has been

01:21:01.029 --> 01:21:03.470
effectively stripped of all but ceremonial power.

01:21:03.729 --> 01:21:06.109
The Communist Party Central Committee dropped

01:21:06.109 --> 01:21:09.210
the 74 -year -old Podgordny from the ruling Politburo.

01:21:09.630 --> 01:21:12.189
A three -judge federal appeals court in New York

01:21:12.189 --> 01:21:15.390
City has extended until June 1st a ban against

01:21:15.390 --> 01:21:17.590
landings by the Concorde jetliner at Kennedy

01:21:17.590 --> 01:21:20.130
Airport. The court scheduled on that date a hearing

01:21:20.130 --> 01:21:22.630
on the merits of the issue. On Wall Street, the

01:21:22.630 --> 01:21:25.670
Dow Jones industrials were down 4 .66 today,

01:21:25.829 --> 01:21:29.329
closing at 912 .40. The Detroit temperature,

01:21:29.630 --> 01:21:34.109
78 degrees. I'm Jim Fogle. Just so you'll know,

01:21:34.310 --> 01:21:37.189
WJR presents Town and Country, the first thing

01:21:37.189 --> 01:21:40.010
every morning at 5. This is Jim Garrett inviting

01:21:40.010 --> 01:21:43.050
you to join Tom Campbell and me on Radio 76.

01:21:53.579 --> 01:21:55.279
It's the top of the fifth inning here at Tiger

01:21:55.279 --> 01:21:57.439
Stadium. John Hiller set to face the Angels.

01:21:57.560 --> 01:22:01.520
They score 2 -1, Angel. Ron Jackson, who drove

01:22:01.520 --> 01:22:03.460
in an Angel run on the second inning to lead

01:22:03.460 --> 01:22:07.020
it off. A wind -up by Hiller. Here's the pitch

01:22:07.020 --> 01:22:12.000
to Jackson. He takes a strike. A change -up by

01:22:12.000 --> 01:22:19.340
Hiller right off the bat. Right -hand batter.

01:22:19.439 --> 01:22:22.359
The pitch to him. Swung on and fouled up. Stairs

01:22:22.359 --> 01:22:26.159
behind the plate. Two quick strikes on Ron Jackson.

01:22:27.739 --> 01:22:30.520
It was the number two pick in the pre -agent

01:22:30.520 --> 01:22:34.779
draft back in 1971 by the Angels. Worked his

01:22:34.779 --> 01:22:37.300
way up through their system. Played outfield

01:22:37.300 --> 01:22:40.359
and third base primarily, but is now playing

01:22:40.359 --> 01:22:42.680
some first base for the Angels as he is tonight.

01:22:43.220 --> 01:22:46.380
A pitch to him. Swung on. Lined at Verizer. A

01:22:46.380 --> 01:22:50.020
stab by Tommy. A good catch. At the time of just

01:22:50.020 --> 01:22:52.810
right, that ball was taking off. Like a golf

01:22:52.810 --> 01:22:57.229
shot. And it was beginning to hook, too, so Tommy

01:22:57.229 --> 01:22:59.550
had to make quite a play on it. One down in the

01:22:59.550 --> 01:23:05.489
fifth inning. Here's Bobby Gritch, who sacrificed

01:23:05.489 --> 01:23:10.369
fly to center, drove in the run that is the difference

01:23:10.369 --> 01:23:13.430
in the game right now. The pitch to Bobby takes

01:23:13.430 --> 01:23:21.500
low and inside. Ball one. to the member of the

01:23:21.500 --> 01:23:28.279
California Ball Club. Shot and a miss. Understood.

01:23:30.180 --> 01:23:34.020
The Angels extended him, but he wanted to play

01:23:34.020 --> 01:23:37.060
in Southern California. High for a ball, 2 -1

01:23:37.060 --> 01:23:50.039
on Gritch. Ah, Hiller winds the 2 -1 pitch. It's

01:23:50.039 --> 01:23:53.399
low, 3 -1 on deck for California's Terry Humphrey.

01:23:53.979 --> 01:23:56.739
The Grinch won his fourth straight gold glove

01:23:56.739 --> 01:24:00.000
at second base last year, now making the conversion

01:24:00.000 --> 01:24:04.279
to shortstop this year. 3 -1 pitch to him, swung

01:24:04.279 --> 01:24:06.119
on, a fly ball lifted to center field. Stanley

01:24:06.119 --> 01:24:08.560
starts back. He's under it now. Mickey pounds

01:24:08.560 --> 01:24:12.220
the glove. He has it. Two down in the fifth inning.

01:24:12.899 --> 01:24:15.779
Nobody on, and in the batter will be Terry Humphrey.

01:24:23.079 --> 01:24:26.699
have been out. Heller settled down after giving

01:24:26.699 --> 01:24:29.140
up those two loop singles by Rudy and Bond for

01:24:29.140 --> 01:24:32.239
one solid hit by Jackson. After all, they've

01:24:32.239 --> 01:24:36.380
been able to touch killer four. But they have

01:24:36.380 --> 01:24:44.260
a two -to -one lead. The man from Chickasaw,

01:24:44.380 --> 01:24:47.920
Oklahoma, Terry Humphrey, waits and takes a called

01:24:47.920 --> 01:24:58.720
strike. The pitch to Terry. Check swing. It's

01:24:58.720 --> 01:25:04.800
low for a ball. A couple of seasons ago, you

01:25:04.800 --> 01:25:06.680
recall that Humphrey was seeing some action for

01:25:06.680 --> 01:25:10.079
the Tigers and had his season destroyed by George

01:25:10.079 --> 01:25:12.100
Brett in the collision at home plate. It's low

01:25:12.100 --> 01:25:28.539
for a ball. tiger right -hander has been placed

01:25:28.539 --> 01:25:31.779
on the 21 -day disabled list because of that

01:25:31.779 --> 01:25:36.000
bothersome stiffness in his right shoulder the

01:25:36.000 --> 01:25:38.800
date of the disability retroactive to may 20th

01:25:38.800 --> 01:25:40.380
that was the day after he started the exhibition

01:25:40.380 --> 01:25:43.300
game in cincinnati that was last thursday at

01:25:43.300 --> 01:25:49.079
cincinnati and mark pedry thus uh was made room

01:25:49.079 --> 01:25:52.359
for and mark is now an active member of the tigers

01:25:52.359 --> 01:25:55.659
he's been with them and very active but not officially

01:25:55.659 --> 01:25:59.689
so But he is now back on the 25 -man roster and

01:25:59.689 --> 01:26:02.890
ready to go. And his debut of the year is coming

01:26:02.890 --> 01:26:07.630
Friday against the Seattle Mariners. There's

01:26:07.630 --> 01:26:09.550
Tito Puentes, the leadoff for fifth inning for

01:26:09.550 --> 01:26:12.029
Detroit. Tito's been a little befuddled by Ryan

01:26:12.029 --> 01:26:15.550
so far, batting left -handed against Ryan. He

01:26:15.550 --> 01:26:18.750
has struck out both times. His old teammate at

01:26:18.750 --> 01:26:21.010
San Francisco, Bobby Bonds, was chiding him before

01:26:21.010 --> 01:26:23.649
the ballgame about it. High and wide for a ball.

01:26:23.729 --> 01:26:25.989
He said, how do you expect it? Pull the ball.

01:26:27.010 --> 01:26:29.350
He said he couldn't do it against Dick Krasuski,

01:26:29.430 --> 01:26:31.810
who was throwing batting practice. I expect to

01:26:31.810 --> 01:26:34.409
do it against Nolan Ryan. The pitch from Ryan.

01:26:34.590 --> 01:26:36.989
Punted towards third, but charged by Chalk. He's

01:26:36.989 --> 01:26:39.550
got it to throw the first, and he got it. Now

01:26:39.550 --> 01:26:41.949
that was punted right at Chalk, who was suspecting

01:26:41.949 --> 01:26:45.250
a punt. Charged in, and despite the high draft,

01:26:45.550 --> 01:26:49.210
was able to make an easy play out of it. He now

01:26:49.210 --> 01:26:51.170
has good bat control and has been able to get

01:26:51.170 --> 01:26:55.170
several punt singles. Between the third baseman

01:26:55.170 --> 01:27:00.630
and the mound. One out on the Tiger fifth. It'll

01:27:00.630 --> 01:27:03.989
bring up Rusty Staub. Rusty has struck out and

01:27:03.989 --> 01:27:06.130
hit a pop fly to left. Against Ryan, the wind

01:27:06.130 --> 01:27:09.449
-up by Nolan. He kicks and fires. Inside, around

01:27:09.449 --> 01:27:26.439
the knees. Ball one on Staub. on the mound. The

01:27:26.439 --> 01:27:29.600
pitch swung on a bounce to the first. Jackson

01:27:29.600 --> 01:27:31.699
waits for it, scoops it up, and trots to the

01:27:31.699 --> 01:27:33.560
bag to make the put -out unassisted on stop.

01:27:33.840 --> 01:27:36.399
There are two down. Let's pause for station identification.

01:27:36.840 --> 01:27:39.640
This is the Detroit Tiger Baseball Network. Checking

01:27:39.640 --> 01:27:41.880
the weather for greater Detroit. Fair to partly

01:27:41.880 --> 01:27:44.239
cloudy with widely scattered afternoon and evening

01:27:44.239 --> 01:27:46.539
thundershowers. Through Thursday, low to night

01:27:46.539 --> 01:27:49.340
in the mid -60s. Tomorrow and Thursday's high

01:27:49.340 --> 01:27:53.420
in the upper 80s. At half -past nine, it's partly

01:27:53.420 --> 01:27:57.899
cloudy and 75. This is WJR Detroit. There's Steve

01:27:57.899 --> 01:28:00.140
Kemp. Well, Steve has been a strikeout victim

01:28:00.140 --> 01:28:03.680
both times against Ryan. You saw a lot of Ryan

01:28:03.680 --> 01:28:06.420
when he was a youngster out in Southern California.

01:28:06.720 --> 01:28:09.500
Now he's batting against him high and wide for

01:28:09.500 --> 01:28:11.539
ball one. This is the first time he will have

01:28:11.539 --> 01:28:14.960
hit against Nolan Ryan. This ball game, that

01:28:14.960 --> 01:28:19.619
is. So far, he's been unsuccessful. Wiggling

01:28:19.619 --> 01:28:22.340
the bat to pitch to him. Low and inside, 2 -0

01:28:22.340 --> 01:28:28.100
on Kemp. Steve has really been swinging the bat

01:28:28.100 --> 01:28:31.039
well, upping his batting average to an even 300

01:28:31.039 --> 01:28:36.199
coming into the ballgame. 2 -0 pitch to him.

01:28:37.220 --> 01:28:40.359
He checks on a breaking ball inside at 3 -0.

01:28:43.460 --> 01:28:47.300
He's not given Steve much to really take a cut

01:28:47.300 --> 01:28:52.180
at. A lot of breaking balls and off -beat material.

01:28:52.500 --> 01:28:56.680
The pitch to him. It's low for ball four. So

01:28:56.680 --> 01:28:59.399
Kemp draws the walk, and that's the sixth base

01:28:59.399 --> 01:29:02.800
on balls issued by Ryan. He's also struck out

01:29:02.800 --> 01:29:08.079
six. And it'll bring up Jason Thompson with a

01:29:08.079 --> 01:29:11.180
walk and a single. Each club with three hits,

01:29:11.199 --> 01:29:13.199
but the Angels lead it 2 -1 here in the bottom

01:29:13.199 --> 01:29:15.939
of the fifth inning. They made a little better

01:29:15.939 --> 01:29:18.279
use of their scoring opportunities in this game.

01:29:20.399 --> 01:29:23.579
The only opportunities they had came in the second

01:29:23.579 --> 01:29:29.020
inning and made the most of them. A stretch by

01:29:29.020 --> 01:29:32.260
Ryan. Here's the pitch to Jason. Fastball is

01:29:32.260 --> 01:29:39.659
high. Ball one. Seattle now leads Cleveland 5

01:29:39.659 --> 01:29:42.159
-2 in the sixth inning across the lake in Cleveland.

01:29:43.850 --> 01:29:46.210
Boston ahead of the Yankees 4 -2 in the sixth

01:29:46.210 --> 01:29:49.109
inning in New York. A pitch to Thompson. There's

01:29:49.109 --> 01:29:52.050
a strike. A defender that caught the outside

01:29:52.050 --> 01:29:55.670
corner. Thompson didn't agree. Game moving along

01:29:55.670 --> 01:29:58.890
at Baltimore tonight. 1 -0 Baltimore over Milwaukee

01:29:58.890 --> 01:30:05.369
in the eighth inning. Jim Palmer working for

01:30:05.369 --> 01:30:08.489
the Birds. Strike two called. He worked him outside.

01:30:08.590 --> 01:30:11.529
That one was inside. Around the knees. Caught

01:30:11.529 --> 01:30:14.479
the inside corner. Moving it around on Jason.

01:30:23.460 --> 01:30:25.600
Ryan ahead of Thompson with a one -two count.

01:30:25.699 --> 01:30:27.680
Kemp at first, two down. And they tie your fifth

01:30:27.680 --> 01:30:30.859
inning. The pitch to Thompson. Swung on. A little

01:30:30.859 --> 01:30:33.520
pop -up in behind short. Gritch is calling for

01:30:33.520 --> 01:30:35.380
it on the edge of the grass. Makes the catch.

01:30:35.770 --> 01:30:38.510
That retires the side. No runs, no hits, a walk,

01:30:38.609 --> 01:30:40.930
no errors. One left after five innings of play.

01:30:41.189 --> 01:30:46.829
California 2, Detroit 1. Herbie delighting the

01:30:46.829 --> 01:30:48.810
audience after five innings here at Tiger Stadium.

01:30:48.949 --> 01:30:51.010
Ready to go in the sixth inning. Top of the batting

01:30:51.010 --> 01:30:53.149
order. The first pitch from John Hiller to Gil

01:30:53.149 --> 01:30:59.470
Flores. Taken for a called strike. And one trouble

01:30:59.470 --> 01:31:02.750
to many for Hiller. There's a tap foul rolling

01:31:02.750 --> 01:31:04.989
behind the plate. Two quick strikes on Flores.

01:31:05.529 --> 01:31:08.989
The second inning. Luke singles by Rudy and Bonds.

01:31:09.050 --> 01:31:11.869
Leave it off. Baylor is out on a pop -up. And

01:31:11.869 --> 01:31:16.329
Ron Jackson with a one -hop drive in the left

01:31:16.329 --> 01:31:18.590
center field to score a run. A sacrifice fly

01:31:18.590 --> 01:31:20.310
by Grich. Got another one home, and that's been

01:31:20.310 --> 01:31:22.609
it. A pitch from Hiller. Swung on. A fly ball

01:31:22.609 --> 01:31:25.210
to center field. Stanley starts back. Now drops

01:31:25.210 --> 01:31:30.890
in and makes the catch. One out in the Angels'

01:31:30.989 --> 01:31:37.939
sixth inning. That'll bring up Jerry Remy. Hiller

01:31:37.939 --> 01:31:40.760
has set down the Angels in order in the first,

01:31:40.880 --> 01:31:45.140
third, fourth, and fifth innings. Oh, except

01:31:45.140 --> 01:31:48.319
for that second. He's been letter perfect. Hiller

01:31:48.319 --> 01:31:50.479
winds, pitches to Remy. He shortens up, takes

01:31:50.479 --> 01:31:53.100
the strike. Got an offer on it. Got excellent

01:31:53.100 --> 01:31:58.619
speed, Remy does. Caused Mankowski to play in

01:31:58.619 --> 01:32:00.659
real tight, charge the ball. He's on the edge

01:32:00.659 --> 01:32:03.529
of the grass right now, actually. Sneaking in

01:32:03.529 --> 01:32:07.909
on the grass. Strike two called on Remy. 0 for

01:32:07.909 --> 01:32:18.189
2 for Remy tonight. Left hand batter. Feet close

01:32:18.189 --> 01:32:20.430
together. The pitch from John. Swung on. Hit

01:32:20.430 --> 01:32:22.489
on the ground to the left side. Cut off by Mankowski.

01:32:22.930 --> 01:32:27.289
Guns the first he got in. That high grass of

01:32:27.289 --> 01:32:29.670
the infield slowed that one down just enough

01:32:29.670 --> 01:32:31.630
for Mankowski to get over and be able to cut

01:32:31.630 --> 01:32:35.229
it off in front of the riser. Almost needed to

01:32:35.229 --> 01:32:37.329
make the play that way because of the speed of

01:32:37.329 --> 01:32:41.989
Remy. Oh, they're two down, nobody on, and Dave

01:32:41.989 --> 01:32:45.130
Chalk at the plate, a right -hand batter. He's

01:32:45.130 --> 01:32:48.170
popped to second and popped to short. Killer

01:32:48.170 --> 01:32:51.229
ready, delivers. Little high that time, ball

01:32:51.229 --> 01:32:59.289
one. John's control has been excellent. He delivers.

01:32:59.489 --> 01:33:06.069
Strike called. Mixing his speeds well. Around

01:33:06.069 --> 01:33:11.810
that plate all the time. 1 -1 pitch to Chuck.

01:33:11.970 --> 01:33:21.850
He takes strike two calls. Here's the wind -up

01:33:21.850 --> 01:33:32.789
by Hiller. The 1 -2 pitch. Bounce foul. 13 straight

01:33:32.789 --> 01:33:37.170
batters have gone down against Hiller. Beginning

01:33:37.170 --> 01:33:39.210
of the string was the sacrifice fly by Grich.

01:33:39.350 --> 01:33:42.869
Cut and a miss, he struck him out. Third strikeout

01:33:42.869 --> 01:33:45.090
for Hiller, and again for the fourth straight

01:33:45.090 --> 01:33:48.229
inning, he sets the Angels down 1 -2 -3. Here

01:33:48.229 --> 01:33:50.229
come the Tigers to bat to give it a try on the

01:33:50.229 --> 01:33:52.210
bottom of the sixth inning with a score, California

01:33:52.210 --> 01:34:02.189
2, Detroit 1. Ryan loosening up to face the Tigers

01:34:02.189 --> 01:34:03.649
here in the bottom of the sixth inning. John

01:34:03.649 --> 01:34:05.729
Hiller has pitched a superb ball game for the

01:34:05.729 --> 01:34:08.050
Tigers, with the exception of that one tough

01:34:08.050 --> 01:34:09.829
luck inning in the second where the Angels got

01:34:09.829 --> 01:34:13.689
their two runs and they lead it 2 -1. Ryan has

01:34:13.689 --> 01:34:18.949
been ultimately wild and accurate. He's kept

01:34:18.949 --> 01:34:20.970
the Tiger hitters off balance for the most part.

01:34:21.449 --> 01:34:23.649
The Tigers have left men on base in every inning.

01:34:24.350 --> 01:34:26.189
One in the first, two in the second, one in the

01:34:26.189 --> 01:34:28.409
third, two in the fourth, and one in the fifth.

01:34:28.980 --> 01:34:31.539
Here's Tim Corcoran, who's single in the fourth

01:34:31.539 --> 01:34:34.359
inning. He's one for two tonight against Ryan.

01:34:37.899 --> 01:34:41.840
First pitch of the inning to Corcoran is a fastball

01:34:41.840 --> 01:34:49.300
high. Ball one on Tim. One more with the Angels,

01:34:49.380 --> 01:34:51.840
and then Seattle will come in for three this

01:34:51.840 --> 01:34:54.479
weekend, followed by Oakland and Cleveland, a

01:34:54.479 --> 01:34:58.989
nine -game homestand. Strike. That one called

01:34:58.989 --> 01:35:01.189
on Tim. It came in above the knees of the basketball.

01:35:06.050 --> 01:35:10.430
Not much wind here at the ballpark tonight. The

01:35:10.430 --> 01:35:14.090
Tim is taking a little though. Two and one. Ryan

01:35:14.090 --> 01:35:17.369
thought it was in. Had some rain this afternoon

01:35:17.369 --> 01:35:19.649
in the ballpark area. A little brief shower.

01:35:22.890 --> 01:35:28.750
Unloaded and moved on. 2 -1 pitch to Tim. He

01:35:28.750 --> 01:35:31.210
swings and fouls it against the screen behind

01:35:31.210 --> 01:35:38.609
the plate. Corcoran will be followed by May and

01:35:38.609 --> 01:35:44.770
Stanley here in the Tigers' sixth inning. The

01:35:44.770 --> 01:35:47.930
Angels came into the game tied for fourth in

01:35:47.930 --> 01:35:49.750
the Western Division with Oakland and Kansas

01:35:49.750 --> 01:35:52.250
City six and a half games behind the leader,

01:35:52.390 --> 01:35:57.649
Minnesota. The 2 -2 pitch to Corcoran. Inside

01:35:57.649 --> 01:35:59.829
and it bounced off the plate and up against the

01:35:59.829 --> 01:36:02.229
chest protector of Humphrey and bounced away.

01:36:02.930 --> 01:36:09.750
One of those full counts again. Irish -American

01:36:09.750 --> 01:36:12.310
night tomorrow night. There will be some special

01:36:12.310 --> 01:36:15.310
ceremonies prior to the game. We'll have Demolay

01:36:15.310 --> 01:36:17.689
night on Friday night when the bird makes his

01:36:17.689 --> 01:36:23.829
debut. The 3 -2 pitch to Corcoran. Swung on and

01:36:23.829 --> 01:36:38.180
fouled with the green. He spoiled one off. doesn't

01:36:38.180 --> 01:36:46.300
like the ball he got. Let me get a new one. Cochran,

01:36:46.340 --> 01:36:55.920
one for two tonight. Tigers will throw another

01:36:55.920 --> 01:36:57.880
left -hander against the Angels tomorrow night

01:36:57.880 --> 01:37:01.239
in Dave Roberts. And the Tigers will see one

01:37:01.239 --> 01:37:03.439
of the best left -handers in the business, Frank

01:37:03.439 --> 01:37:07.920
Tanana, on the lob against them. He's won seven

01:37:07.920 --> 01:37:11.140
times, lost but once. The pinch to Cochran. Swung

01:37:11.140 --> 01:37:14.159
on and fouled off the face mask to plate umpire

01:37:14.159 --> 01:37:16.899
Larry Barnett. That sent him staggering about

01:37:16.899 --> 01:37:24.739
three steps backward. Ooh, it jammed the mask

01:37:24.739 --> 01:37:29.479
up against his chin. Orion's fastballs and Cochran

01:37:29.479 --> 01:37:33.720
just barely kicked it. Enough to send it over

01:37:33.720 --> 01:37:39.210
the shoulder of Humphrey. Barnett not quite ready

01:37:39.210 --> 01:37:47.029
to be the arbiter yet. He wants to look around.

01:37:48.810 --> 01:37:51.170
See how things look before he puts that grill

01:37:51.170 --> 01:37:55.050
work back on his face. Check on the mask. Make

01:37:55.050 --> 01:38:03.569
sure it's all in one piece. Three balls, two

01:38:03.569 --> 01:38:05.770
strikes on Corcoran. Nobody out here in the sixth

01:38:05.770 --> 01:38:10.680
inning. Nobody on. Here's the pitch to Tim. All

01:38:10.680 --> 01:38:12.819
four. He walked him. There's the seventh walk

01:38:12.819 --> 01:38:23.060
given up by Ryan. Oh, the Tigers have had the

01:38:23.060 --> 01:38:26.359
runners. Are they at least walkers, maybe we

01:38:26.359 --> 01:38:31.880
should say. Seven of them. Ryan's had a couple

01:38:31.880 --> 01:38:37.399
of wild pitches. There's Milt May. Third baseman

01:38:37.399 --> 01:38:40.739
Dave Chalk is looking for the sacrifice. They

01:38:40.739 --> 01:38:42.979
pitch to the plate, taken for a called strike,

01:38:43.079 --> 01:38:44.939
and Milk gave no indication that he was going

01:38:44.939 --> 01:38:51.720
to bunt. Milk often takes that first pitch. Must

01:38:51.720 --> 01:38:58.039
have looked at what's being thrown. Now they

01:38:58.039 --> 01:39:01.520
pitch to him. Strike two called. And again, he

01:39:01.520 --> 01:39:07.439
didn't shorten up. The poke on May, according

01:39:07.439 --> 01:39:11.260
to the opponents, say that Milk will not bump

01:39:11.260 --> 01:39:20.920
very often. The stretch. There's the set on the

01:39:20.920 --> 01:39:22.840
two -strike pitch. Swung on a bouncer to the

01:39:22.840 --> 01:39:25.359
right side. Up with it is Remy. The second for

01:39:25.359 --> 01:39:28.180
one. The relay to first. Gets away from Jackson.

01:39:28.359 --> 01:39:31.020
Not far enough for May to advance. It was a poor

01:39:31.020 --> 01:39:34.479
throw by Grich. Hit in the dirt, so it'll go

01:39:34.479 --> 01:39:37.119
as a simple force out at second base at Corcoran.

01:39:44.880 --> 01:39:47.000
Well, there's one out with May at first base,

01:39:47.020 --> 01:39:57.800
and Mickey Stanley will be the batter. Baltimore

01:39:57.800 --> 01:40:00.720
2 -1 over Milwaukee now in the ninth inning.

01:40:00.880 --> 01:40:03.460
The Brewers with their last chance at Jim Palmer.

01:40:08.420 --> 01:40:11.180
And the seventh at Yankee Stadium, the Red Sox

01:40:11.180 --> 01:40:15.119
leading the Yankees 5 -2. Seattle ahead of Cleveland

01:40:15.119 --> 01:40:17.359
5 -2 in the sixth, but that's been out for some

01:40:17.359 --> 01:40:24.680
time. There's the set by Ryan. The pitch to Stanley.

01:40:24.819 --> 01:40:29.229
He cuts and misses. Strike one. Only three other

01:40:29.229 --> 01:40:33.550
games going in the American League tonight. Montreal

01:40:33.550 --> 01:40:36.409
involved in another long game today. The Expos

01:40:36.409 --> 01:40:39.949
winning it in extra innings in 13 innings over

01:40:39.949 --> 01:40:47.430
the Cubs 5 -4. The pitch to Stanley. Swing and

01:40:47.430 --> 01:40:53.130
a miss. He couldn't find that one. At Pittsburgh,

01:40:53.289 --> 01:40:56.130
the Pirates lead the Mets 5 -1 in the seventh

01:40:56.130 --> 01:40:59.659
inning. Philadelphia won the Cards nothing in

01:40:59.659 --> 01:41:02.819
the fifth inning at St. Louis. A couple of late

01:41:02.819 --> 01:41:05.079
starters on the West Coast in the National League

01:41:05.079 --> 01:41:09.199
this evening. Here's the stretch. The two -strike

01:41:09.199 --> 01:41:11.460
pitch to Stanley. It's outside and low, and Mickey

01:41:11.460 --> 01:41:21.140
held off. Tigers just four and a half games off

01:41:21.140 --> 01:41:24.319
the pace in the American League East behind Baltimore.

01:41:25.160 --> 01:41:28.340
Coming into the series with the Angels, who set

01:41:28.340 --> 01:41:31.979
the pitch to Stanley. He checked in time, fastball

01:41:31.979 --> 01:41:50.640
just outside, 2 -2 on Stanley. Now the stretch

01:41:50.640 --> 01:41:53.020
by Ryan. Here's the pitch to Mickey. Swings and

01:41:53.020 --> 01:41:55.100
lifts a foul into the upper deck on the right

01:41:55.100 --> 01:41:58.460
field side. Ernie got a letter today from Laura

01:41:58.460 --> 01:42:01.939
Kirchow of Saline, Michigan. She and the whole

01:42:01.939 --> 01:42:04.140
Kirchow family want to know who played third

01:42:04.140 --> 01:42:07.159
base and shortstop during the 68 World Series

01:42:07.159 --> 01:42:10.380
for the Tigers. Said to answer on the air. It

01:42:10.380 --> 01:42:13.739
was Don Word at third base, right? And Ray Euler.

01:42:14.020 --> 01:42:16.220
Well, Mickey Stanley played short during the

01:42:16.220 --> 01:42:18.500
series. That's right, during the season. Dick

01:42:18.500 --> 01:42:27.479
Krasuski and Ray Euler played it. There's the

01:42:27.479 --> 01:42:30.119
pitch from Ryan. Check swing by Stanley. Did

01:42:30.119 --> 01:42:31.840
he check in time? They're going to appeal, and

01:42:31.840 --> 01:42:34.680
he did check in time. Jim Evans, the first base

01:42:34.680 --> 01:42:37.399
umpire, supporting Larry Barnett's call behind

01:42:37.399 --> 01:42:40.539
the plate. Ooh, that was close. Stanley almost

01:42:40.539 --> 01:42:42.939
breaking the wrist on it. It's a 3 -2 count on

01:42:42.939 --> 01:42:46.819
Mickey. Ryan had had him swinging, missing on

01:42:46.819 --> 01:42:48.899
the first two pitches, and it's another full

01:42:48.899 --> 01:42:58.340
count. May at first base, one down. The pitch

01:42:58.340 --> 01:43:00.880
from Ryan, swung on, ground ball towards second,

01:43:01.000 --> 01:43:03.239
picked up by Remy. He'll tag the runner, May,

01:43:03.300 --> 01:43:05.760
for the first double play. Throwback to second,

01:43:05.880 --> 01:43:08.060
safe at second. Apparently they'd missed the

01:43:08.060 --> 01:43:13.460
tag of May. Flit, went down on the ground, did

01:43:13.460 --> 01:43:17.000
not go out of the base path. Remy could not make

01:43:17.000 --> 01:43:20.060
the tag and went on to first to get that one.

01:43:20.100 --> 01:43:22.619
They had to go back. The force was off. They

01:43:22.619 --> 01:43:24.840
had to go back and make a tag at May at second

01:43:24.840 --> 01:43:29.899
and missed him as he dove in safely. What happens

01:43:29.899 --> 01:43:33.960
is that it becomes simply a 4 -3 put out of Stanley

01:43:33.960 --> 01:43:43.460
at first base. Moving May to second. May did

01:43:43.460 --> 01:43:45.619
a good job. He was right on the base path. The

01:43:45.619 --> 01:43:49.159
ball fielded right there by Remy. And May came

01:43:49.159 --> 01:43:53.659
to a skidding halt, kind of went down low. The

01:43:53.659 --> 01:43:56.180
throw to first got Stanley in good shape. Here's

01:43:56.180 --> 01:43:58.399
Tom Beriser, the Tigers, with a runner at second

01:43:58.399 --> 01:44:01.079
in May. Trailing at 2 -1 here in the bottom of

01:44:01.079 --> 01:44:06.079
the sixth inning. Nolan Ryan looks back at second.

01:44:06.260 --> 01:44:09.779
The pitch to Tommy. Takes outside. Ball one.

01:44:10.500 --> 01:44:17.979
Beriser is fly to left and walked. Tigers have

01:44:17.979 --> 01:44:22.260
only three hits. So have the Angels. They've

01:44:22.260 --> 01:44:26.279
all been singles. The pitch. Strike. Fastball

01:44:26.279 --> 01:44:41.420
on the outside part of the play. Ryan into the

01:44:41.420 --> 01:44:44.420
stretch. The pitch to Verizer. He swings and

01:44:44.420 --> 01:44:47.979
fouls one into the upper deck behind first. Oh,

01:44:47.979 --> 01:44:49.720
it's a one -two count. The ball popping down

01:44:49.720 --> 01:44:51.939
toward the Tiger coaching box at first base.

01:45:01.359 --> 01:45:09.760
A ball and two strikes on Verizer with May at

01:45:09.760 --> 01:45:12.039
second and two away on the Tiger six. The pitch

01:45:12.039 --> 01:45:14.500
to Tommy is a curve on the outside corner. He

01:45:14.500 --> 01:45:17.189
struck him out. The first strikeout for Ryan

01:45:17.189 --> 01:45:20.710
since the third inning. But it ends the sixth

01:45:20.710 --> 01:45:23.630
for Detroit. No runs, no hits, no walks, no errors,

01:45:23.689 --> 01:45:26.750
and one left. After six innings, it's still the

01:45:26.750 --> 01:45:35.270
Angels two and the Tigers one. Well, we've got

01:45:35.270 --> 01:45:37.510
a tight one going here at Tiger Stadium. It's

01:45:37.510 --> 01:45:39.949
been interesting. It's primarily been pitching.

01:45:40.609 --> 01:45:43.949
They strike out from the walks of Nolan Ryan.

01:45:44.640 --> 01:45:48.119
And the excellent pitching of John Hiller, who

01:45:48.119 --> 01:45:50.279
got a little tough luck in the second inning

01:45:50.279 --> 01:45:53.479
when the Angels got both their runs on three

01:45:53.479 --> 01:45:56.039
hits, two of them rather tainted, and the sacrifice

01:45:56.039 --> 01:45:59.420
fly. It's the seventh inning for California.

01:46:00.720 --> 01:46:02.939
Joe Rudy will lead it off and back to the play

01:46:02.939 --> 01:46:05.460
-by -play. Here's Ernie Harwell. Thank you, Paul.

01:46:05.539 --> 01:46:07.920
This has been a good one. The Angels lead it

01:46:07.920 --> 01:46:10.380
2 -1. Here's Rudy, who started the scoring in

01:46:10.380 --> 01:46:13.239
the second. And he swings and misses on the low

01:46:13.239 --> 01:46:15.699
outside fastball from the left -handed hitter.

01:46:16.359 --> 01:46:19.060
Only in that second inning have the Angels done

01:46:19.060 --> 01:46:21.100
anything. They got their three hits in that inning.

01:46:21.340 --> 01:46:23.699
And they scored their two runs. Everybody else

01:46:23.699 --> 01:46:25.699
has gone out in order in all the other innings.

01:46:28.880 --> 01:46:32.380
We put their three hits together. Here's a high

01:46:32.380 --> 01:46:35.159
-popped ball off the first base. Here comes May.

01:46:35.199 --> 01:46:37.800
Here comes Thompson near the seat. And it is

01:46:37.800 --> 01:46:41.930
just out of reach. Two rows in. Right at the

01:46:41.930 --> 01:47:08.640
corner of the angel dugout. One ninety four is

01:47:08.640 --> 01:47:11.180
the paid attendance just announced by Mr. Bill

01:47:11.180 --> 01:47:14.239
Brown on our intercom. Rudy waiting on a strike

01:47:14.239 --> 01:47:16.520
to pitch. Swings and fouls. One out of play.

01:47:24.460 --> 01:47:27.279
Well sometimes the pitcher the next day is charting

01:47:27.279 --> 01:47:30.579
pitches. I noticed Mr. Tanana is over there talking

01:47:30.579 --> 01:47:34.869
to a young lovely. In the corner of the dugout.

01:47:34.890 --> 01:47:37.909
He's not charting any pitches right now. There's

01:47:37.909 --> 01:47:40.409
a strike called. He struck him out. Rudy called

01:47:40.409 --> 01:47:43.729
out on strike. That's the fourth strikeout for

01:47:43.729 --> 01:47:50.189
Hiller. Bobby Barnes stepping in. He had one

01:47:50.189 --> 01:47:52.989
of the three hits in the second inning. A single.

01:47:53.029 --> 01:48:00.640
He also struck out on the fourth. It's a close

01:48:00.640 --> 01:48:03.220
one, 2 -1 California. The Tigers scored their

01:48:03.220 --> 01:48:07.960
only run in the fourth. Singles by Thompson and

01:48:07.960 --> 01:48:11.520
Corbin. A wild pitch moved them up. And then

01:48:11.520 --> 01:48:13.960
a bounce -off by May got the run in. There's

01:48:13.960 --> 01:48:16.939
a foul off the bat of Bobby Barnes. Back to the

01:48:16.939 --> 01:48:20.300
screen, strike one. Well, we'll see Dave Roberts

01:48:20.300 --> 01:48:22.659
and Frank Tanana here tomorrow night in the finale

01:48:22.659 --> 01:48:27.000
of the series. It's a curved low from Hiller.

01:48:27.000 --> 01:48:29.680
One and one. John has pitched a very fine game.

01:48:32.220 --> 01:48:35.680
But the Angels have to lead two to one. Swing

01:48:35.680 --> 01:48:39.159
and a miss by Bobby Bond. One ball and two strikes

01:48:39.159 --> 01:48:42.859
to count out. Milwaukee and Baltimore traded

01:48:42.859 --> 01:48:44.840
home runs in the eighth inning. Money hit one

01:48:44.840 --> 01:48:47.380
for Milwaukee for their first run and then Stingleton

01:48:47.380 --> 01:48:49.880
hit one for Baltimore. There's a little roll

01:48:49.880 --> 01:48:52.779
of foul over to Dave Garcia, the third base coach.

01:48:53.470 --> 01:48:55.149
Great history ahead on that game in Baltimore.

01:48:55.210 --> 01:48:57.449
The Orioles led 2 -1 in the ninth inning with

01:48:57.449 --> 01:48:59.170
Milwaukee batting in the first half of the night.

01:49:01.590 --> 01:49:04.329
Boston leads the Yanks 5 -2 there in the seventh.

01:49:05.449 --> 01:49:09.210
Cleveland has tied to Seattle. That's 5 -5 in

01:49:09.210 --> 01:49:13.909
the sixth. Here's a ball in close on Bonds. 2

01:49:13.909 --> 01:49:20.010
-2 the count on him. All three hits off Hiller

01:49:20.010 --> 01:49:22.539
have been single. Here's a bonding ball to short.

01:49:22.659 --> 01:49:25.140
Big hop for Verizon. They throw to Thompson.

01:49:25.319 --> 01:49:34.920
Plenty of time, and they are two down. Don Baylor

01:49:34.920 --> 01:49:37.039
will be the next man to bat now for the California

01:49:37.039 --> 01:49:40.859
Angels. Right -hand batting designated batter

01:49:40.859 --> 01:49:43.119
with a foul off the first with a pop -up to John

01:49:43.119 --> 01:49:52.250
Stopp. He took the ball to the air twice. Here's

01:49:52.250 --> 01:49:54.689
a little looper foul up this way out of play.

01:49:55.909 --> 01:49:59.909
Into the upper deck. And a gentleman from Toledo

01:49:59.909 --> 01:50:09.449
will take that one home with him. Baylor takes

01:50:09.449 --> 01:50:11.630
high for a ball. One and one the count of it.

01:50:12.710 --> 01:50:14.810
Two runs, three hits for the Angels. One run,

01:50:14.829 --> 01:50:17.229
three hits for the Tigers. One error to the Tigers.

01:50:19.119 --> 01:50:21.020
Didn't think in the store and there's a strike

01:50:21.020 --> 01:50:24.079
called he gets the fastball and above the knees

01:50:24.079 --> 01:50:32.800
wanted to unveil her Digging in standing deep

01:50:32.800 --> 01:50:34.760
waiting on Hillary's the next deliver here it

01:50:34.760 --> 01:50:37.920
comes. It's a change -up law on the account to

01:50:37.920 --> 01:50:46.479
do Mancowski defensive third the infield all

01:50:46.479 --> 01:50:50.359
the way back He takes the ball at the shoulder

01:50:50.359 --> 01:50:57.560
and close both down like a Britain ball And I

01:50:57.560 --> 01:50:59.420
didn't like that ball he wants another one from

01:50:59.420 --> 01:51:04.500
the umpire Barnett And we've seen this court

01:51:04.500 --> 01:51:09.539
that this year Barnett Evans got you on Springstead

01:51:09.539 --> 01:51:15.699
Here's the pit page up in the air Foul back a

01:51:15.699 --> 01:51:19.180
third. Mankowski racing. So is Barraza. Still

01:51:19.180 --> 01:51:21.579
going and nobody can get it. It falls into the

01:51:21.579 --> 01:51:23.840
bullpen. Barraza had the best shot, but it was

01:51:23.840 --> 01:51:26.880
just out of his reach. Over there where the ground

01:51:26.880 --> 01:51:30.939
crew sits. Long run for Tommy. He couldn't quite

01:51:30.939 --> 01:51:35.340
get there. Kemp had an even longer run. And it

01:51:35.340 --> 01:51:38.460
was tougher for Mankowski because he had to go

01:51:38.460 --> 01:51:42.359
straight back. At least Barraza had sort of an

01:51:42.359 --> 01:51:47.170
angle on the ball. And it fell among the three

01:51:47.170 --> 01:51:52.649
of them. Three -two, the count on Baylor. Wind

01:51:52.649 --> 01:51:55.949
up in the pit. Swing and a foul out of play.

01:51:56.029 --> 01:52:01.890
That one came back and hit May. Pittsburgh leading

01:52:01.890 --> 01:52:04.850
the Mets 5 -1 in the seventh. The Cardinals over

01:52:04.850 --> 01:52:08.130
the Phillies 5 -1 in the sixth. Montreal beat

01:52:08.130 --> 01:52:10.670
Chicago in 13 innings at Wrigley Field today,

01:52:10.789 --> 01:52:14.550
5 -4. Other games are late starters. Here's the

01:52:14.550 --> 01:52:17.340
pitch. Taylor takes a walk. That's the first

01:52:17.340 --> 01:52:20.020
walk off Hiller. That one got away from him and

01:52:20.020 --> 01:52:24.399
hit in front of the plate. 16 in a row had been

01:52:24.399 --> 01:52:29.159
retired by John Hiller before that walk. They've

01:52:29.159 --> 01:52:32.100
not had a runner since Jackson is coming up now.

01:52:33.460 --> 01:52:36.579
But singled in the first run in the second inning.

01:52:45.710 --> 01:52:47.590
Baylor's a good base runner. He's got a team

01:52:47.590 --> 01:52:51.609
-sized lead over there right now. And it is a

01:52:51.609 --> 01:52:59.890
ball in too close on Ron Jackson. Up until this

01:52:59.890 --> 01:53:02.949
inning, the Angels had left only one man on base.

01:53:08.149 --> 01:53:11.350
Baylor's set, delivers. It's a ball outside the

01:53:11.350 --> 01:53:17.890
fastball. 2 -0 the count on it. Almost no breeze.

01:53:17.970 --> 01:53:28.710
Now it has died. Good night, the baseball. This

01:53:28.710 --> 01:53:31.510
is set. Run it goes. Pitches a ball. Oh, for

01:53:31.510 --> 01:53:35.989
the second. He is out at second base. Now he's

01:53:35.989 --> 01:53:38.449
called safe as Fuentes didn't hold the ball.

01:53:39.270 --> 01:53:42.649
They had him. And then Fuentes didn't hold the

01:53:42.649 --> 01:53:48.010
ball. Otago. gave the outside and then the safe

01:53:48.010 --> 01:53:54.090
side. It'll be an error charge to Tito Palletti.

01:53:55.369 --> 01:54:06.810
No stolen base. Jackson at the plate. Three and

01:54:06.810 --> 01:54:08.989
all the count. There's a let -up pitch to tie.

01:54:09.130 --> 01:54:14.350
It'll be two walks in a row now off Hiller. It'll

01:54:14.350 --> 01:54:20.579
be the second Tiger error. On that play, May

01:54:20.579 --> 01:54:23.819
will get an assist. And it goes to the record

01:54:23.819 --> 01:54:26.899
books as caught stealing. Doesn't make sense

01:54:26.899 --> 01:54:28.880
to me because he wasn't caught stealing. That's

01:54:28.880 --> 01:54:31.239
like giving a guy an out at the first baseman's

01:54:31.239 --> 01:54:37.420
office. Give him a... Here's Bobby Gritch up

01:54:37.420 --> 01:54:40.779
and he takes a strike call. But that's the way

01:54:40.779 --> 01:54:42.880
the rules are. Yeah, and I guess what they're

01:54:42.880 --> 01:54:46.300
doing is... Saying that may had him because the

01:54:46.300 --> 01:54:48.600
call was out. They don't want to have may charged

01:54:48.600 --> 01:54:52.699
with a signal Well, that's right. That's that's

01:54:52.699 --> 01:54:55.079
the logic of it. Sure. There's a strike called.

01:54:55.260 --> 01:54:59.760
He got a curve over Yeah, if you didn't have

01:54:59.760 --> 01:55:02.079
the problem of the catcher's record of stolen

01:55:02.079 --> 01:55:05.460
bases and caught stealing it wouldn't be there

01:55:05.460 --> 01:55:13.260
So that's a good explanation Two on, two out,

01:55:13.319 --> 01:55:16.859
and it's a strike. Cody stood there and watched

01:55:16.859 --> 01:55:20.119
that one go by. Struck him out. It's the fifth

01:55:20.119 --> 01:55:24.600
strikeout for Hillers. No runs, no hits. One

01:55:24.600 --> 01:55:27.579
error, two left. We go to the last half of the

01:55:27.579 --> 01:55:29.239
seventh inning. The Tigers come in the back.

01:55:29.239 --> 01:55:33.819
The Angels 2, Detroit 1. Hi, I'm Ernie Harwell,

01:55:33.859 --> 01:55:35.779
and I'm here with a couple of competitors in

01:55:35.779 --> 01:55:38.079
the prize for Plymouth Dealers Honorary Tiger

01:55:38.079 --> 01:55:40.939
Bat Boy Contest. Paul, how does this thing work?

01:55:41.479 --> 01:55:44.739
Well, any boy or girl between 8 and 14 can sign

01:55:44.739 --> 01:55:47.199
up in any participating personal permit dealer.

01:55:47.699 --> 01:55:50.060
Provided they are accompanied by a licensed driver

01:55:50.060 --> 01:55:53.149
18 or older. That's right. And there's no obligation

01:55:53.149 --> 01:55:56.590
for signing up. Then 22 Bat Boys will be picked

01:55:56.590 --> 01:56:00.149
on June the 2nd. Right, Katie? Right. 22 winners.

01:56:00.350 --> 01:56:03.350
One for each Chrysler Plymouth dealer. And everyone

01:56:03.350 --> 01:56:05.949
who signs up gets a free Tiger iron -on patch.

01:56:06.289 --> 01:56:09.010
Great. Well, that about does it. So, kids, grab

01:56:09.010 --> 01:56:11.250
your parents and stop into any participating

01:56:11.250 --> 01:56:13.949
Chrysler Plymouth dealer between April 18th and

01:56:13.949 --> 01:56:18.069
May 27th. And sign up for the Tiger Bat Boy contest.

01:56:18.569 --> 01:56:21.789
Thank you, Katie and Paul. And this is... There's

01:56:21.789 --> 01:56:25.270
one more thing. Yes, Katie? Shouldn't that be

01:56:25.270 --> 01:56:29.829
that person? Well, anyway, see your participating

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Greater Detroit Chrysler Plymouth dealer soon.

01:56:45.159 --> 01:56:47.380
For station identification, this is a Detroit

01:56:47.380 --> 01:56:49.979
Tiger baseball network. At 2 past 10, here's

01:56:49.979 --> 01:56:52.319
the weather for greater Detroit. Fair to partly

01:56:52.319 --> 01:56:54.859
cloudy with widely scattered afternoon and evening

01:56:54.859 --> 01:56:57.800
thundershowers through Thursday. Low tonight,

01:56:57.960 --> 01:57:01.239
mid -60s. High tomorrow and Thursday, upper 80s.

01:57:01.260 --> 01:57:05.100
Right now, it's partly cloudy and 75. This is

01:57:05.100 --> 01:57:09.220
WJR Detroit. Mankowski will try to get going

01:57:09.220 --> 01:57:11.500
for the Tigers here in the seventh inning. They

01:57:11.500 --> 01:57:14.970
trail 2 -1, each team with two hits. It's been

01:57:14.970 --> 01:57:18.289
a close one, a pitching deal between contrasting

01:57:18.289 --> 01:57:23.289
pitchers. Nolan Ryan and John Hiller. And each

01:57:23.289 --> 01:57:28.770
has done an excellent job. Ryan's been hobbled

01:57:28.770 --> 01:57:31.210
by control troubles, but he's overcome them.

01:57:31.590 --> 01:57:33.930
He's walked seven and struck out seven. Here's

01:57:33.930 --> 01:57:39.170
Mankowski. And he looks at a strike. Bill has

01:57:39.170 --> 01:57:41.729
a single. He's walked and hit into a double play.

01:57:41.970 --> 01:57:45.199
He double played in the fourth inning. Baltimore

01:57:45.199 --> 01:57:48.079
hung on to beat Milwaukee 2 -1, Palm of the Winter

01:57:48.079 --> 01:57:51.979
and Augustine to lose it. Here's a foul out of

01:57:51.979 --> 01:57:54.420
play. Got that pitch down on the hands and fouled

01:57:54.420 --> 01:57:58.800
it upstairs in section 16. Strike two, the count

01:57:58.800 --> 01:58:03.100
on Mankowski. Don't forget, the same two teams

01:58:03.100 --> 01:58:05.399
go at each other tomorrow night. Dave Roberts

01:58:05.399 --> 01:58:07.619
against Frank Tanana. Battle of left -handed.

01:58:07.779 --> 01:58:10.539
Hope you'll be out here with us. Here's the pitch.

01:58:11.140 --> 01:58:15.079
It's a ball in too close. Off day Thursday, the

01:58:15.079 --> 01:58:18.039
Tigers resume action Friday and do they resume

01:58:18.039 --> 01:58:21.960
it with the Bird making his 77 debut. Hidrits

01:58:21.960 --> 01:58:26.720
against Abbott. It'll be DeMole night. Tomorrow

01:58:26.720 --> 01:58:29.939
is Irish -American night at the ballpark. Ryan

01:58:29.939 --> 01:58:32.319
was ready, then he backed off the slab. Wanted

01:58:32.319 --> 01:58:35.119
to do the count on Mankowski. What a job he's

01:58:35.119 --> 01:58:37.720
done filling in for the injured Rodriguez. Both

01:58:37.720 --> 01:58:42.520
with the bat and the glove. Ryan making him wait.

01:58:42.560 --> 01:58:46.720
It's the one -two pitch. In too close to the

01:58:46.720 --> 01:58:56.020
hard curve. 2 -2 the count on Phil. Tiger three

01:58:56.020 --> 01:58:59.739
hits. Mankowski, Thompson, and Corcoran all singles.

01:59:01.399 --> 01:59:05.239
California three hits. Rudy and Bonds and Jackson

01:59:05.239 --> 01:59:10.090
all singles. Here's a fly ball, hit back at shortstop.

01:59:10.149 --> 01:59:12.430
Little pop by Gritsch going back. Rudy coming

01:59:12.430 --> 01:59:14.489
in behind him. It's Rudy, the left fielder, to

01:59:14.489 --> 01:59:17.609
make the catch. The Tigers have hit a lot of

01:59:17.609 --> 01:59:21.550
balls weakly up in the air. Popping into short

01:59:21.550 --> 01:59:23.670
left field. Not getting around on that fastball.

01:59:24.270 --> 01:59:26.409
And the left hand is hitting the opposite field,

01:59:26.470 --> 01:59:29.890
popping to short of the short left. Here's Fuentes.

01:59:29.930 --> 01:59:32.189
He struck out twice and bounced to third on the

01:59:32.189 --> 01:59:44.659
box. Left -hand batting Tito Fuentes against

01:59:44.659 --> 01:59:47.359
the hard -throwing right -hander Ryan. There's

01:59:47.359 --> 01:59:50.300
a strike. Looked as if he wanted the bump but

01:59:50.300 --> 01:59:52.659
didn't go for it. Chalk is charging in from third.

01:59:58.220 --> 02:00:00.880
Nolan Ryan, the young Texan, kicks and deals.

02:00:01.520 --> 02:00:06.500
It's a curve over but low. 1 -1 on Tito. Scoreboard

02:00:06.500 --> 02:00:09.100
Joe will follow our broadcast. Paul Carey will

02:00:09.100 --> 02:00:11.020
be here with all the scores. Be sure to stay

02:00:11.020 --> 02:00:17.899
tuned. Ryan in the motion. Catches. It's a ball

02:00:17.899 --> 02:00:20.260
and close. He's driving that curve again around

02:00:20.260 --> 02:00:25.380
the ankle. Two and one on 20. Ryan has walked

02:00:25.380 --> 02:00:28.060
seven and struck out seven. Miller has walked

02:00:28.060 --> 02:00:29.899
two and struck out five. He didn't walk anybody

02:00:29.899 --> 02:00:32.119
until the seventh when he walked two in a row.

02:00:33.060 --> 02:00:35.380
There's a fly ball to the center field. Backing

02:00:35.380 --> 02:00:37.500
up Flores. Still going. Still going. Reaches

02:00:37.500 --> 02:00:41.520
up and makes the catch on the run. Good. Good

02:00:41.520 --> 02:00:44.140
running catch by Flores. He was playing shallow.

02:00:44.520 --> 02:00:47.100
Tito got good wood on it and hit it fairly deep.

02:00:47.859 --> 02:00:50.779
So there are two down and that will leave it

02:00:50.779 --> 02:00:53.960
up the rusty star of the Tigers seven. Angels

02:00:53.960 --> 02:00:59.739
lead the Tigers two to one. That's about the

02:00:59.739 --> 02:01:12.229
longest ball the Tigers have hit tonight. Struck

02:01:12.229 --> 02:01:15.029
out. Hit a short par to the left and bounced

02:01:15.029 --> 02:01:22.510
the first base unassisted. Now Ryan checks his

02:01:22.510 --> 02:01:25.890
time with his catcher Humphrey. And Rusty takes

02:01:25.890 --> 02:01:42.699
a strike. Fastball over. Here's another strike

02:01:42.699 --> 02:01:44.880
that'll hit the inside corner on a check swing.

02:01:55.100 --> 02:01:58.000
California, a couple of games under the 500 mark

02:01:58.000 --> 02:02:02.239
overall, but at night, they are five over the

02:02:02.239 --> 02:02:07.119
500 mark, 17 and 12. Now, two -strike count on

02:02:07.119 --> 02:02:09.699
rusty stop. Two out, nobody on in the seventh.

02:02:10.829 --> 02:02:13.390
He takes a half -cut and holds it. It's a ball.

02:02:13.489 --> 02:02:16.970
The curve dipped in around the ankle. California

02:02:16.970 --> 02:02:19.310
two, Detroit one. We're in the seventh inning

02:02:19.310 --> 02:02:24.789
at Tiger Stadium. Angels got two on the second.

02:02:24.909 --> 02:02:27.550
Tigers got one on the fourth. All the six hits

02:02:27.550 --> 02:02:30.229
in the game have been singles. Three per side.

02:02:31.569 --> 02:02:34.750
There's a ball in close. Another curve. Two -two.

02:02:34.750 --> 02:02:39.210
The count on Rusty. Rusty trying to get over

02:02:39.210 --> 02:02:48.029
those back ailments. Still not 100%. Ryan checks

02:02:48.029 --> 02:02:51.090
his sign again. The 2 -2 pitch is on the way.

02:02:51.149 --> 02:02:54.770
He swings and strikes out. Curveball pulled in.

02:02:54.789 --> 02:02:56.970
That is the eighth strikeout for Nolan Ryan.

02:03:00.329 --> 02:03:03.170
No runs, no hits, no errors, and nobody left.

02:03:03.229 --> 02:03:05.670
At the end of seven, the Angels 2, Detroit 1.

02:03:07.789 --> 02:03:10.390
When Doug McAnally goes to work as a roustabout

02:03:10.390 --> 02:03:13.430
in the Yates -Oral Field in West Texas, he doesn't

02:03:13.430 --> 02:03:16.289
work alone. He gets together with other marathon

02:03:16.289 --> 02:03:19.310
men like Leon Gentry, Phil Lemons, and Ernie

02:03:19.310 --> 02:03:22.029
Galindo, and together they go about the business

02:03:22.029 --> 02:03:24.909
of getting crude oil out of the ground. Doug

02:03:24.909 --> 02:03:27.569
McAnally could work alone, but the job wouldn't

02:03:27.569 --> 02:03:30.350
get done as well, or at all, without the help

02:03:30.350 --> 02:03:33.159
of Leon, Phil, and Ernie. Because each of them

02:03:33.159 --> 02:03:35.439
can do something the other one can't. So they

02:03:35.439 --> 02:03:38.800
get together to do it better. A company's like

02:03:38.800 --> 02:03:42.239
its people because it is people. When Marathon

02:03:42.239 --> 02:03:45.159
found oil, our oil people got together with some

02:03:45.159 --> 02:03:48.180
pipeline people who got together with some refining

02:03:48.180 --> 02:03:50.640
people who got together with some service station

02:03:50.640 --> 02:04:08.560
people so we could do it better. Marathon Oil

02:04:08.560 --> 02:04:13.119
Company. We got together to do it better. Hi,

02:04:13.199 --> 02:04:15.399
this is Frank Beckman. Glad you joined the club

02:04:15.399 --> 02:04:18.699
on Radio 76. Just a reminder that whether it

02:04:18.699 --> 02:04:20.859
happened on or off the field, we'll have it for

02:04:20.859 --> 02:04:23.819
you on the sports final. Evenings at 11 .15 on

02:04:23.819 --> 02:04:37.880
WJR. Here come the Angels to bat now. The eighth

02:04:37.880 --> 02:04:39.840
inning, they're leading the Tigers 2 -1. It'll

02:04:39.840 --> 02:04:42.119
be Humphrey, the former Tiger, batting number

02:04:42.119 --> 02:04:45.239
nine in the California order now. He's 0 -2 tonight

02:04:45.239 --> 02:04:49.380
against his old battery mate, John Hiller. Bounced

02:04:49.380 --> 02:04:51.699
to short and bounced to third in his two trips.

02:04:53.500 --> 02:04:56.119
Angels are 3 -7 this year against left -handed.

02:04:56.380 --> 02:04:58.600
Here's a bottom attempt by Humphrey at the back

02:04:58.600 --> 02:05:01.619
of the plate foul. However, they've won three

02:05:01.619 --> 02:05:03.560
out of the last four against left -hand pitching.

02:05:05.680 --> 02:05:08.399
In theory, you'd think that a catcher could hit

02:05:08.399 --> 02:05:11.579
an old battery mate about as easy as anybody

02:05:11.579 --> 02:05:15.899
because he's caught in. Very familiar with his

02:05:15.899 --> 02:05:18.039
repertoire, what he might throw up there and

02:05:18.039 --> 02:05:23.699
how he does it. Here's a bounding ball to third.

02:05:24.039 --> 02:05:26.359
Mankowski gobbles it up. They throw to Thompson.

02:05:26.560 --> 02:05:35.899
Gets him. And there's one away. Coach is working

02:05:35.899 --> 02:05:44.119
in the bullpen now and so is Drago. Going on

02:05:44.119 --> 02:05:45.880
the same theory we mentioned. He might think

02:05:45.880 --> 02:05:47.720
while the catcher could hit that on anybody because

02:05:47.720 --> 02:05:49.960
he sees the ball come up there the same way all

02:05:49.960 --> 02:05:56.260
the time. Same way as the batter would. But it

02:05:56.260 --> 02:05:57.979
doesn't seem to work that way. Here's Flores,

02:05:58.039 --> 02:06:01.039
the leadoff man. And he backed off from a changeup

02:06:01.039 --> 02:06:04.100
ball one. Flores has bounced the first, popped

02:06:04.100 --> 02:06:06.960
it short, and hit a fly ball to Stanley in center.

02:06:07.300 --> 02:06:09.319
Two to one, the Angels lead. We're in the eighth

02:06:09.319 --> 02:06:11.640
inning. There's a check swing. Let's see if it's

02:06:11.640 --> 02:06:14.420
a strike or ball. Yep, the first base up for

02:06:14.420 --> 02:06:16.500
Evans as he went through on that one. One and

02:06:16.500 --> 02:06:28.479
one to count. Here's a foul fly out of play.

02:06:28.939 --> 02:06:32.500
It'd be interesting to know how many. Times out

02:06:32.500 --> 02:06:35.560
of ten, for instance, that an umpire first to

02:06:35.560 --> 02:06:39.760
third rules the striker ball. I'd say most of

02:06:39.760 --> 02:06:45.300
the time he doesn't say he goes across. Here's

02:06:45.300 --> 02:06:48.619
a one -two pitch now coming up to Flores. It

02:06:48.619 --> 02:06:51.840
is in the dirt, bouncing away from May. Two -two,

02:06:51.899 --> 02:06:57.220
the count on Gill. Well, the Yankees bumped in

02:06:57.220 --> 02:07:02.470
with four in the seventh inning. We now need

02:07:02.470 --> 02:07:04.810
six to five over Boston at the end of seven.

02:07:06.250 --> 02:07:18.710
Here's a ball low. Three -two pitch. Swung on,

02:07:18.750 --> 02:07:23.449
base hit, left field. Soft line drive over shortstop,

02:07:23.510 --> 02:07:26.010
and that will be the fourth hit for the Angels.

02:07:27.250 --> 02:07:30.630
And the first one off Hillers. He allowed three

02:07:30.630 --> 02:07:35.550
in the second inning. Jerry Remy, left -handed

02:07:35.550 --> 02:07:46.050
batting infielder, stepped up now. Seattle and

02:07:46.050 --> 02:07:48.390
Cleveland in the eighth inning. They are deadlocked

02:07:48.390 --> 02:08:05.420
at 5 -5 over there. by Hiller over the first

02:08:05.420 --> 02:08:08.899
base. The runner back in time. Steve Gurley starting

02:08:08.899 --> 02:08:14.319
to heat up in the Tiger bullpen. In close to

02:08:14.319 --> 02:08:17.840
the curve. Backed him away. Mankowski playing

02:08:17.840 --> 02:08:20.420
inside the bag at third. Almost to the intergrass.

02:08:21.199 --> 02:08:23.779
Well, he's really to it, but they've got it cut

02:08:23.779 --> 02:08:26.460
out over there at third base. On this diamond.

02:08:27.800 --> 02:08:32.140
Brown crew's done a good job on the newly made

02:08:32.140 --> 02:08:34.260
infield. There's a little pop. ball off a third.

02:08:34.460 --> 02:08:37.020
Mankowski backing up. He's there. He has it.

02:08:38.319 --> 02:08:42.239
And a runner goes back to first base safely.

02:08:42.520 --> 02:08:44.760
Flores. He was way down the line. I don't think

02:08:44.760 --> 02:08:50.739
Mankowski realized that. And I really don't know

02:08:50.739 --> 02:08:53.039
what Flores is running for anyway. The ball was

02:08:53.039 --> 02:08:57.119
fouled and he didn't die. I don't know what he

02:08:57.119 --> 02:09:02.829
was doing down for close to second base. anyway,

02:09:02.909 --> 02:09:06.390
got back and they're two out. And the batter

02:09:06.390 --> 02:09:13.470
will be Dave Chalk. Chalk over three against

02:09:13.470 --> 02:09:17.609
the left -handed heller. He's popped the second,

02:09:17.729 --> 02:09:19.710
popped the short, and the last time up, took

02:09:19.710 --> 02:09:27.109
out. There's a ball, though. Good stop by May.

02:09:27.189 --> 02:09:57.020
That ball hit in front of the plate. Houston

02:09:57.020 --> 02:09:59.560
and LA, no report on that one. Atlanta and San

02:09:59.560 --> 02:10:05.210
Diego, no report on that one. And the pitch.

02:10:05.489 --> 02:10:08.390
He takes ball high for the first. They've got

02:10:08.390 --> 02:10:11.310
him in a run down. Flores. Thompson throws into

02:10:11.310 --> 02:10:15.329
Fuentes and makes the tag and he's out. The catcher

02:10:15.329 --> 02:10:17.470
to the first baseman and second baseman retiring

02:10:17.470 --> 02:10:20.649
to the side. No runs. One hit, no errors, and

02:10:20.649 --> 02:10:23.529
nobody left on base. And at the end of seven

02:10:23.529 --> 02:10:26.069
and a half innings, California 2, Detroit 1.

02:10:27.050 --> 02:10:29.250
Okay, let's put a few nickels in the machine

02:10:29.250 --> 02:10:37.609
here and see what comes out. Ed Strasser weaves

02:10:37.609 --> 02:10:44.250
patterns in music, Sundays on Radio 76. Do you

02:10:44.250 --> 02:10:48.470
remember Bobby Sox, Lindy Hops, and warm summer

02:10:48.470 --> 02:10:51.449
nights? Remember joining the gang at your favorite

02:10:51.449 --> 02:10:56.649
hangout? Remember 78s and more big bands than

02:10:56.649 --> 02:11:00.449
you could count? Remember Pearl Harbor and Omaha

02:11:00.449 --> 02:11:04.689
Beach, V -Mail and VJ Day? And from all indications

02:11:04.689 --> 02:11:07.130
we got, there's a lot of tape being used this

02:11:07.130 --> 02:11:13.069
morning on tape machines as folks try to capture

02:11:13.069 --> 02:11:14.890
some of these things that are pretty hard to

02:11:14.890 --> 02:11:24.189
come by anymore. Patterns and Music, Sunday morning,

02:11:24.529 --> 02:11:42.760
8 p .m. to noon on WJR. Tigers need instant runs.

02:11:42.819 --> 02:11:48.119
They trail two to one. Ryan has not been as sharp

02:11:48.119 --> 02:11:51.739
as he often is, but he's been tough. He's had

02:11:51.739 --> 02:11:53.880
his strikeout pitch working. He's fan eight.

02:11:53.979 --> 02:11:57.779
He's walked seven. He's allowed three singles,

02:11:57.859 --> 02:12:00.020
and the Tigers touched him for a run in the fourth

02:12:00.020 --> 02:12:04.199
inning. Now they'll send up Kemp, Thompson, and

02:12:04.199 --> 02:12:07.680
Cochran, the three left -hand swinging Californians.

02:12:09.770 --> 02:12:12.850
In the middle part of the batting order. Kemp

02:12:12.850 --> 02:12:20.890
is struck out twice. Walks his last trip. Vance

02:12:20.890 --> 02:12:23.250
trying to clap up a rally here in the Tiger 8th

02:12:23.250 --> 02:12:26.710
inning. 2 -1 California. Ryan's gone all the

02:12:26.710 --> 02:12:28.949
way. Kirkwood and Drago in the bullpen for the

02:12:28.949 --> 02:12:32.130
Angels. There's a high foul. It'll be out of

02:12:32.130 --> 02:12:37.199
play. Drifting into the upper deck. Back of the

02:12:37.199 --> 02:12:39.739
tiger dugout. Now bounce down right in front

02:12:39.739 --> 02:12:44.680
of the tiger dugout. Strike one. McCown on Kemp.

02:12:46.539 --> 02:12:48.600
See you out here tomorrow, others. Enjoy big

02:12:48.600 --> 02:12:52.180
league baseball. Sports best bargain right here

02:12:52.180 --> 02:12:56.060
at Tiger Stadium. And on Friday, the bird comes

02:12:56.060 --> 02:13:00.399
back into action facing Seattle. Here's the strike

02:13:00.399 --> 02:13:03.779
one delivery. Kemp takes the ball wide. The one

02:13:03.779 --> 02:13:08.130
and one, McCown on it. It'll be Roberts and Tanana

02:13:08.130 --> 02:13:15.289
pitching tomorrow. A duel of left -handers. Here's

02:13:15.289 --> 02:13:18.590
the motion and the one -one delivery. Fastball

02:13:18.590 --> 02:13:21.210
on the inside corner. Oh, Kip didn't like that

02:13:21.210 --> 02:13:24.289
one. It almost hit him. And I think that's about

02:13:24.289 --> 02:13:28.909
as hard as Ryan is thrown tonight. One and two.

02:13:29.289 --> 02:13:31.890
The count on Steve Kemp. He's walking around

02:13:31.890 --> 02:13:34.010
in a circle now to the first base side of the

02:13:34.010 --> 02:13:38.090
plate. Left hand on his hip. Holding the bat

02:13:38.090 --> 02:13:40.090
in his right hand. Not quite ready to get back

02:13:40.090 --> 02:13:44.090
in. Leading it off on the eighth. Against Nolan

02:13:44.090 --> 02:13:48.550
Ryan. Steve kept waiting. And the pitch. He swings

02:13:48.550 --> 02:13:50.609
a little roll at the first base and go foul.

02:13:51.710 --> 02:13:54.029
Love down there by Jackson and foul territory

02:13:54.029 --> 02:14:02.770
right in the coach's box. We've got a final now.

02:14:02.789 --> 02:14:06.500
Pittsburgh beats the Mets. Five to two. Royce

02:14:06.500 --> 02:14:08.819
the winner. One and five. Matlack takes the loss.

02:14:08.920 --> 02:14:13.380
He's three and four. The Pirates defeat the New

02:14:13.380 --> 02:14:19.079
York Mets. That's our first night final from

02:14:19.079 --> 02:14:22.680
the National League. One and two. The count on

02:14:22.680 --> 02:14:26.640
Steve Kemp. And the pitch on the way. He swings

02:14:26.640 --> 02:14:30.020
and misses. Got him on a fastball. The ninth

02:14:30.020 --> 02:14:37.060
strikeout for Nolan Ryan. Jason Thompson will

02:14:37.060 --> 02:14:39.100
bat now. He's walked, mingled, and popped the

02:14:39.100 --> 02:14:43.640
shortstop. Tigers' only run came in the fourth

02:14:43.640 --> 02:14:45.840
on a single by Thompson, a single by Carpenter.

02:14:46.800 --> 02:14:49.399
They moved up on a wild pitch, and then Thompson

02:14:49.399 --> 02:14:51.899
scored when May hit a ground ball to third baseman

02:14:51.899 --> 02:14:56.939
Shaw. Stanley walked on all the bases, but after

02:14:56.939 --> 02:15:01.199
the walk to Verizon, Mankowski hit into a double

02:15:01.199 --> 02:15:05.810
play. They walk to the riser that loaded the

02:15:05.810 --> 02:15:08.029
bases and then Mankowski hit in the double play.

02:15:08.329 --> 02:15:14.789
Ball went outside on Jason. Ryan ready, winds

02:15:14.789 --> 02:15:17.390
and delivers and Thompson swings it. They pop

02:15:17.390 --> 02:15:20.430
up foul back a third. Josh chasing. He's there

02:15:20.430 --> 02:15:25.729
and he has it for the out. Two down, nobody on.

02:15:25.810 --> 02:15:30.760
The Tigers still can't get to Nolan Ryan. Young

02:15:30.760 --> 02:15:33.319
Sam Corcoran will be the batter. He's fly to

02:15:33.319 --> 02:15:42.859
left, single and walk. One for two for Tim. Wearing

02:15:42.859 --> 02:15:49.939
Norman Cash's old number, 25. Corcoran got his

02:15:49.939 --> 02:15:52.680
start in Bristol and Lakeland in 74, then Montgomery

02:15:52.680 --> 02:15:54.659
the next two years, and he started this year

02:15:54.659 --> 02:16:00.000
at Evansville. Swings and fouls it away. Out

02:16:00.000 --> 02:16:03.699
of play back at third. Tigers signed him as a

02:16:03.699 --> 02:16:06.479
free agent off the California State at Los Angeles

02:16:06.479 --> 02:16:16.399
campus. Tim spreads out at the plate. Ryan delivers.

02:16:17.100 --> 02:16:19.920
There's a ball outside. He fed him a fastball.

02:16:19.979 --> 02:16:24.590
One and one to count on Corcoran. Tigers had

02:16:24.590 --> 02:16:27.090
a single in the first inning, and then back -to

02:16:27.090 --> 02:16:28.630
-back singles in the fourth. They've not had

02:16:28.630 --> 02:16:32.409
a hit since then. And a pitch. Swing. Fly ball.

02:16:32.610 --> 02:16:35.270
Left field. Rudy going over to his right. And

02:16:35.270 --> 02:16:38.829
makes the catch. He fell down, but held onto

02:16:38.829 --> 02:16:40.969
the ball. It looked as if he might be having

02:16:40.969 --> 02:16:42.809
trouble with the light or something, or maybe

02:16:42.809 --> 02:16:46.450
he just slipped. Anyway, he caught it, and it

02:16:46.450 --> 02:16:50.059
almost got past him. No runs, no hits, no errors,

02:16:50.100 --> 02:16:52.600
and nobody left. We go to the ninth inning. California

02:16:52.600 --> 02:16:59.559
2, Detroit 1. You're the designated hitter in

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02:17:06.579 --> 02:17:09.520
for the highest batting average in a single season?

02:17:10.100 --> 02:17:13.319
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for a Yankee is held by the Bambino himself,

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02:17:51.420 --> 02:17:53.440
the afternoon between 3 and 6, what you're going

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inviting you to be part of it here on WJR Radio.

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Jocko laid it off in the California ninth inning.

02:18:24.750 --> 02:18:26.790
The Angels ahead with two runs, four hits, and

02:18:26.790 --> 02:18:28.870
no errors. The Tigers have one run, three hits,

02:18:28.909 --> 02:18:31.889
and two errors. Jocko for three. He was at bat

02:18:31.889 --> 02:18:34.270
when Flores was caught off first base during

02:18:34.270 --> 02:18:37.629
the eighth inning. Left -handed, Hiller delivers.

02:18:37.770 --> 02:18:39.969
It's a foul out of play off the middle of May.

02:18:40.709 --> 02:18:42.870
Hiller has been brilliant tonight. There's no

02:18:42.870 --> 02:18:45.750
question about that. Two Texas League singles

02:18:45.750 --> 02:18:48.239
set up for scoring in the second inning. Rudy

02:18:48.239 --> 02:18:50.079
led off with one, then took the second on the

02:18:50.079 --> 02:18:52.920
single by Bond. Both the same variety. And then

02:18:52.920 --> 02:18:55.059
after Baylor fouled out, Jackson single in the

02:18:55.059 --> 02:18:57.139
run and the sacrifice by Gritt got in the other

02:18:57.139 --> 02:19:00.000
one. Here's a fly ball to right center. Stanley

02:19:00.000 --> 02:19:02.600
digging, dives, and he can't come up with it.

02:19:03.219 --> 02:19:05.899
Chalk makes a big turn, scoots on back to first

02:19:05.899 --> 02:19:08.219
base. Great effort by Stanley. Got his glove

02:19:08.219 --> 02:19:10.879
on the ball, but as he slid, it got underneath

02:19:10.879 --> 02:19:15.059
him for a base hit by Chalk. That'll be the fifth

02:19:15.059 --> 02:19:24.870
hit off Hiller. Rudy's always been a very tough

02:19:24.870 --> 02:19:27.809
hitter against the Tigers stepping in right hand

02:19:27.809 --> 02:19:43.430
batting outfielder Kirkwood and Hartzell are

02:19:43.430 --> 02:19:46.909
throwing in the bullpen now for California the

02:19:46.909 --> 02:19:51.780
Tigers have Gurley back in their bullpen Going

02:19:51.780 --> 02:19:54.799
to work. Now, time called by the first base umpire,

02:19:54.920 --> 02:20:13.540
Jim Evans. Here's Rudy stepping in. And he bumps

02:20:13.540 --> 02:20:15.420
the ball down toward third base. Shielded by

02:20:15.420 --> 02:20:17.579
Herb. Comes off the mound. Gloves it close to

02:20:17.579 --> 02:20:20.540
who it is covering the bag at first. It is a

02:20:20.540 --> 02:20:24.819
sacrifice. Moving chalk to second. Manager Norman

02:20:24.819 --> 02:20:28.319
Cherry trying to play for that one run at a time.

02:20:28.360 --> 02:20:30.639
He's got a one -run lead. He'd like to get another

02:20:30.639 --> 02:20:34.399
one. Runs have been hard to come by for each

02:20:34.399 --> 02:20:38.139
team in this game. That'll be a sacrifice. The

02:20:38.139 --> 02:20:40.200
player will go. The pitcher to the second baseman

02:20:40.200 --> 02:20:47.940
covering the bag at first. Looks like they're

02:20:47.940 --> 02:20:51.739
going to put him on. Bobby Barnes won't get a

02:20:51.739 --> 02:20:54.479
chance. They'll walk in with the first base open.

02:20:57.020 --> 02:20:59.719
Choosing to pick today's Baylor and try to get

02:20:59.719 --> 02:21:06.780
the double play. Crawford begins to heat up in

02:21:06.780 --> 02:21:10.280
the bullpen now alongside Steve Gretting. All

02:21:10.280 --> 02:21:11.959
these Tigers have a right -hander and a left

02:21:11.959 --> 02:21:16.180
-hander throwing out there. And the walk is being

02:21:16.180 --> 02:21:22.399
given now to Bobby Bond. There's ball four. That'll

02:21:22.399 --> 02:21:28.520
be the third walk issued by Hiller. Baylor has

02:21:28.520 --> 02:21:31.059
this batting record so far. He's fouled a first,

02:21:31.180 --> 02:21:33.420
popped a shortstop, and drew a base on ball.

02:21:34.680 --> 02:21:37.360
Angels 2, Tigers 1. Night sitting, the Angels

02:21:37.360 --> 02:21:40.520
threatening against Hiller. They've got two men

02:21:40.520 --> 02:21:46.440
on and one man down. Only in three innings have

02:21:46.440 --> 02:21:50.440
they had any runners. Here's a strike on the

02:21:50.440 --> 02:22:02.780
inside corner. The Yankees lead Boston in the

02:22:02.780 --> 02:22:08.260
ninth at New York six to five. Set and the pitch.

02:22:08.360 --> 02:22:11.879
He swings and misses on a high hard one toward

02:22:11.879 --> 02:22:16.940
the outside. This one's been close all the way.

02:22:17.040 --> 02:22:18.959
Two for California in the second. The Tigers

02:22:18.959 --> 02:22:20.860
bounce back with one on the fourth off Nolan

02:22:20.860 --> 02:22:25.399
Ryan. And it has gone scoreless since then. In

02:22:25.399 --> 02:22:27.340
the ninth inning, now Hill is trying to set him

02:22:27.340 --> 02:22:31.540
down. One out and two on for the Californians

02:22:31.540 --> 02:22:34.819
in the set by John. The left hander looks to

02:22:34.819 --> 02:22:37.270
the second. He pitches. Change up. Pop the mirror.

02:22:37.750 --> 02:22:41.049
Back goes Thompson. He's there. Infield fly rule

02:22:41.049 --> 02:22:43.809
is called. He makes the catch. The runners hang

02:22:43.809 --> 02:22:53.450
on. That will bring up one yesterday. Right -handed

02:22:53.450 --> 02:22:57.350
batting first baseman. Who's singled in the game's

02:22:57.350 --> 02:23:00.610
first run to second. He's one -handed to the

02:23:00.610 --> 02:23:02.610
red. And jumps up to the fifth. And he's going

02:23:02.610 --> 02:23:15.100
to walk to the seventh. The Phillies in the ninth

02:23:15.100 --> 02:23:17.100
inning cover the Pirates come about the next

02:23:17.100 --> 02:23:21.360
day don't do it There's a high foul out of the

02:23:21.360 --> 02:23:25.620
ballpark Way over the grandstand back at their

02:23:25.620 --> 02:23:41.479
base That one may come on Jackson Second bonds

02:23:41.479 --> 02:23:44.540
of a big lead at first base that stopped the

02:23:44.540 --> 02:24:03.940
plane behind him and Jackson. When he starts

02:24:03.940 --> 02:24:07.639
goes out with a philosophy that he'll throw as

02:24:07.639 --> 02:24:11.469
hard as he can for as long as he can. And so

02:24:11.469 --> 02:24:17.129
far, he's gone into the ninth inning. John checks

02:24:17.129 --> 02:24:19.909
his time with Milton May and the pitch. Swung

02:24:19.909 --> 02:24:24.110
on as a long foul fly. Deep left field, way back

02:24:24.110 --> 02:24:32.110
upstairs. Scrambling around in section 10 for

02:24:32.110 --> 02:24:41.319
that one. Two on, two out. Strike two. The count

02:24:41.319 --> 02:24:48.420
on Jackson. Here it comes. The swing to the bounding

02:24:48.420 --> 02:24:50.899
ball to Barrager. Deep short. Charges it. Gloved

02:24:50.899 --> 02:24:53.860
it. Throw to first. In time. High throw. Thompson

02:24:53.860 --> 02:24:57.540
reached up and gloved it. Hiller out of trouble

02:24:57.540 --> 02:25:00.399
in the ninth. No runs. One hit. No errors. Two

02:25:00.399 --> 02:25:03.500
left. On hand for John Hiller. He comes in. A

02:25:03.500 --> 02:25:06.239
magnificent pitching performance. And the goal

02:25:06.239 --> 02:25:08.659
the last half of that inning. Angels 2, Tigers

02:25:08.659 --> 02:25:53.579
1. We'll be right back. We'll be right back.

02:26:23.149 --> 02:26:25.250
Briefness of station identification. This is

02:26:25.250 --> 02:26:27.649
a Detroit Tiger baseball network. Look for fair

02:26:27.649 --> 02:26:29.850
to partly cloudy weather with widely scattered

02:26:29.850 --> 02:26:31.870
afternoon and evening thundershowers through

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Thursday. Low tonight in the mid -60s. Tomorrow

02:26:34.250 --> 02:26:38.190
and Thursday's high near 90. At 1030, it's clear

02:26:38.190 --> 02:26:45.670
and 70. You're listening to WJR Detroit. Bilt

02:26:45.670 --> 02:26:47.510
Mayer to lead off on the ninth against Nolan

02:26:47.510 --> 02:26:50.190
Ryan. He's gone all the way in this duel with

02:26:50.190 --> 02:26:53.459
John Hiller. He holds the upper hand. Two to

02:26:53.459 --> 02:26:57.079
one, the Angels. May drove it around with a bounce

02:26:57.079 --> 02:26:59.780
off the third and the fourth inning. He walked

02:26:59.780 --> 02:27:02.100
from the second his last time up and made a sixth

02:27:02.100 --> 02:27:04.620
inning hit in the fourth half. Ryan has stepped

02:27:04.620 --> 02:27:08.500
down in the last nine Tigers in a row. Left -handed

02:27:08.500 --> 02:27:11.860
batting, milkman at the plate. And he takes a

02:27:11.860 --> 02:27:15.459
strike, a high, hard one. Strike one, the count

02:27:15.459 --> 02:27:19.190
on milk. Stanley and Verizon are scheduled to

02:27:19.190 --> 02:27:25.450
follow in the Tiger 9th inning. Ryan rocks some

02:27:25.450 --> 02:27:28.969
pitches and May takes a strike. Boy, I didn't

02:27:28.969 --> 02:27:31.329
like that call by the plate umpire, Barnett.

02:27:36.350 --> 02:27:41.209
Strike two, the count on nil. Ryan's walked seven,

02:27:41.329 --> 02:27:47.319
he struck out nine. The wind up, the pitch. Fastball

02:27:47.319 --> 02:27:52.239
wide way outside. He let that one fly. Foucault

02:27:52.239 --> 02:27:55.200
throwing in the Tiger bullpen. Hartzell throwing

02:27:55.200 --> 02:28:01.120
in the California bullpen. Now the one -two delivery

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with May leading off of the Tiger night. He swings

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and this is struck him off. Now that's ten strikeouts

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for Ryan. And he goes one up on that record now

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that he had tied Sam McDowell. Well, maybe that's

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10 -plus. Maybe they mean 11 by then. I guess

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you do. You've got to get one more before you

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can break McDowell's record of 74. I heard with

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McDowell. I think what they mean is double figures,

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10 or more. I'm willing to give it to him. Here's

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Stanley. That's 10 in a row for Nolan Ryan. Mickey

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takes a strike. Fastball at her high. Ryan tried

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to hold off the Tigers. Ron LaFleur has come

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to the on -deck circle to bat for Verizon. One

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out of the Tiger Knight fitting. Here's a strike

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on the outside corner. Seems as if Ryan sniffs

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the old victory here. He's getting tougher. Putting

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it all together. 2 -0 on the Angels' lead, ninth

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inning. Nolan into action again, and the pitch.

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Swing and a miss. He struck him out. He just

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blew it past him. Now that's 11. But 75 times

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he's had more than 10 to break the old record

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that he shared with Sam McDowell. Now Ron LaFleur

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is the Tiger hope as he steps in. LaFleur batting

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.238 in 33 games. Humphrey goes out to talk with

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his pitcher. Tigers have had not too many chances

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against Nolan. They left a couple of runners

02:30:12.520 --> 02:30:15.739
on in the fourth inning when the inning ended

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in a double play after they'd scored a run. That

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was their best shot at the fireballing right

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-hander. Here's LaFleur at the plate against

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Nolan Ryan. 2 -1 Angels, ninth inning. He backs

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him away. Ball one, the count. Mankowski waiting

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on deck, hoping that LaFleur can keep the game

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alive. Batting for Tommy Verizon. And he takes

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the ball outside. Taking all the way. Eleven

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in the row have gone down before Nolan Ryan.

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Wind up from the pitch. It's in for a strike.

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He got the outside corner. Two and one on Ron.

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Ryan's thrown a lot of pitches tonight. They've

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had that full count quite a few times. But he

02:31:13.780 --> 02:31:17.319
has been tough when he's had today. Now not quite

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ready, and LaFleur decides he'll step away from

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the plate. Back in now. Here's the motion by

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Nolan Ryan of the pitch. Swing and a ball upstairs.

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He got a piece of that one, and that was all.

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2 -2, the count on LaFleur. Ryan struck out three

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in the opening inning after a lead -out single

02:31:38.059 --> 02:31:42.280
by Mankowski. And he's trying to get three strikeouts.

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In a row here in the ninth. The climax is pitching

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performance tonight. Two to one, the Angels lead.

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Two down, the body on. And the pitch. It's a

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ball outside. He checks his swing. Full count.

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Now Ryan looking back at the outfield. They're

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around the right on Ron LaFleur. Waiting on a

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3 -2 delivery. Here it comes. He swings and misses.

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The game's over. And California wins the opening

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game of the series. 12 strikeouts for Nolan Ryan.

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He struck out the side. 1 -2 -3 in the ninth

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inning. And the final score, the Angels 2, the

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Tigers 1.