WEBVTT 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:04.440 This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:10.179 .com for more sports history. On May 30, 1962, 00:00:10.619 --> 00:00:13.199 the Los Angeles Dodgers faced the New York Mets 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:15.220 in a Wednesday doubleheader at the Polo Grounds. 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:17.539 The Dodgers entered the game on a hot streak 00:00:17.539 --> 00:00:20.300 with a 31 -15 record, although they were still 00:00:20.300 --> 00:00:22.480 a game behind the Giants. They were managed by 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:25.320 Walt Alston in his ninth year as skipper. The 00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:27.460 Mets, managed by Casey Stengel, were struggling 00:00:27.460 --> 00:00:29.879 in their inaugural season with a 12 -27 record. 00:00:30.379 --> 00:00:32.380 In this first game of the doubleheader, the Dodgers 00:00:32.380 --> 00:00:34.640 sent 26 -year -old Sandy Koufax to the mound 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:37.320 to face the Mets' Jay Hook. This audio recording 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:39.219 is from the New York Radio Broadcast featuring 00:00:39.219 --> 00:00:42.119 announcers Bob Murphy, Lindsey Nelson, and Ralph 00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:45.119 Kiner. Well, hi everybody. This is Bob Murphy 00:00:45.119 --> 00:00:48.119 with Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Kiner, all set 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:51.020 to bring you all the action from the jam -packed 00:00:51.020 --> 00:00:53.960 polo grass this afternoon as the New York Mets 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:56.750 welcome back into New York. the Los Angeles Dodgers. 00:00:56.869 --> 00:00:59.369 Now in just a very few moments, the entire Los 00:00:59.369 --> 00:01:02.329 Angeles Dodgers squad, the coaches and manager 00:01:02.329 --> 00:01:05.150 Walter Alston, will be presented to the standing 00:01:05.150 --> 00:01:08.030 room crowd at the polo ground. Right now would 00:01:08.030 --> 00:01:10.069 be a good time for you to check up on your supply 00:01:10.069 --> 00:01:15.370 of fine coal wrangle. Wrangle extra dry. Yes, 00:01:15.370 --> 00:01:18.209 sir, put some wrangle on ice. It can add a lot 00:01:18.209 --> 00:01:20.969 to your enjoyment of today's doubleheader. Now 00:01:20.969 --> 00:01:24.409 here is a beer with a clean, clear taste, brisk 00:01:24.409 --> 00:01:27.390 and bright all the way through. Rheingold is 00:01:27.390 --> 00:01:31.030 beer as beer should taste. Dry tells you why. 00:01:31.629 --> 00:01:34.469 And say, right now would be a good time to light 00:01:34.469 --> 00:01:38.650 up a Viceroy. Viceroy's not too strong, not too 00:01:38.650 --> 00:01:41.829 light. Viceroy's got the taste that's right. 00:01:42.189 --> 00:01:45.150 That's right. Now it's just about game time, 00:01:45.230 --> 00:01:47.870 so settle back with a tall, cold glass of Rheingold, 00:01:48.049 --> 00:01:50.599 and we'll check the starting lineup. and the 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:59.060 batting order for the opening game. Right now, 00:01:59.260 --> 00:02:01.819 at home plate, our broadcasting colleague, Ralph 00:02:01.819 --> 00:02:04.180 Kiner, is introducing the entire Los Angeles 00:02:04.180 --> 00:02:07.340 Dodgers squad to the big crowd here at the polo 00:02:07.340 --> 00:02:09.979 ground. The Dodgers batting order will have Maury 00:02:09.979 --> 00:02:13.340 Wills at short leading off. Jim Gilliam will 00:02:13.340 --> 00:02:16.539 be at third, batting second. Willie Davis in 00:02:16.539 --> 00:02:20.590 center field, batting third. Johnny Davis will 00:02:20.590 --> 00:02:26.870 be in left field, batting fourth. Ron Fairley 00:02:26.870 --> 00:02:30.310 will be at first base, batting fifth. Frank Howard 00:02:30.310 --> 00:02:34.250 in right field, batting sixth. Johnny Roseboro 00:02:34.250 --> 00:02:38.129 behind the plate, hitting seventh. Larry Burright 00:02:38.129 --> 00:02:42.169 will be at second base, batting eighth. Pitching 00:02:42.169 --> 00:02:44.650 and batting ninth, the strikeout king from Brooklyn, 00:02:44.830 --> 00:02:51.389 Sandy Kofai. In right field and leading off for 00:02:51.389 --> 00:02:55.189 the New York Mets will be Joe Christopher. Julio 00:02:55.189 --> 00:02:59.250 Chacon will be at shortstop batting second. Cliff 00:02:59.250 --> 00:03:03.310 Cook will be at third base batting third. Frank 00:03:03.310 --> 00:03:07.430 Thomas in left field batting cleanup. Gil Hodges 00:03:07.430 --> 00:03:10.949 will be at first base hitting fifth. Jim Hickman 00:03:10.949 --> 00:03:16.650 in center field batting sixth. Felix Mantilla 00:03:16.650 --> 00:03:20.020 will be at second base hitting seventh. Sammy 00:03:20.020 --> 00:03:24.080 Taylor behind the plate, batting eighth. Pitching 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:28.039 and batting ninth, right -hander Jay Hooks. The 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:30.520 umpiring assignment today, Ed Sudoil works the 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:34.219 plate in the opening game. Al Foreman will call 00:03:34.219 --> 00:03:39.000 the plays around first. Tom Gorman, head of the 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:42.800 umpiring team, will be facing the second. And 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:45.180 Big Bill Joukowsky will be calling the plays 00:03:45.180 --> 00:03:49.610 around third. Ed Sudol, Al Foreman, Tom Gorman, 00:03:49.689 --> 00:03:53.650 and Bill Zukowski of the Men in Blue for today's 00:03:53.650 --> 00:03:55.770 big Memorial Day doubleheader here at the polo 00:03:55.770 --> 00:03:58.849 ground. And every seat is going to be taken. 00:04:01.389 --> 00:04:06.930 The Dodgers and the Giants coming into the polo 00:04:06.930 --> 00:04:11.009 ground for seven games in five days. We certainly 00:04:11.009 --> 00:04:12.789 hope you're planning to be a part of the excitement 00:04:12.789 --> 00:04:18.009 here at the polo ground. We are continuing with 00:04:18.009 --> 00:04:23.170 the introduction of the Los Angeles Dodgers to 00:04:23.170 --> 00:04:26.569 the fans here at the Polo Grounds. In the opening 00:04:26.569 --> 00:04:29.089 game, Sandy Koufax will be on the mound for the 00:04:29.089 --> 00:04:31.629 Dodgers. Sandy has won six and lost two this 00:04:31.629 --> 00:04:35.410 year. His last time out, he struck out 16 in 00:04:35.410 --> 00:04:37.110 beating the Philadelphia Phillies to win his 00:04:37.110 --> 00:04:40.529 16th game. And already this year, Sandy has struck 00:04:40.529 --> 00:04:47.300 out 100 men in 83 innings. Big ovation for Duke 00:04:47.300 --> 00:04:49.240 Snyder as the Duke is introduced to the crowd. 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:06.839 Tremendous ovation for Duke Snyder as Duke gets 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:08.939 his introduction and moves out on the third base 00:05:08.939 --> 00:05:10.800 line to take his place with his Dodger teammates. 00:05:17.579 --> 00:05:20.379 As yet, the coaches and manager Walter Alston 00:05:20.379 --> 00:05:22.240 have not been introduced, but now Ralph is introducing 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:37.259 the coaches. Big hand now for Pete Riesler. Leo 00:05:37.259 --> 00:05:50.720 DeRosa. Following the introduction of the Dodgers 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:58.379 squad, we will have a moment of silence in honor 00:05:58.379 --> 00:06:01.860 of our war dead and then the playing of our national 00:06:01.860 --> 00:06:07.240 anthem. That completes the introduction of the 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:09.040 Dodgers to the crowd here at the polo ground. 00:06:09.579 --> 00:06:12.180 The Dodgers swept the series on the West Coast, 00:06:12.300 --> 00:06:15.240 but two of the three games were tense, bitter, 00:06:15.339 --> 00:06:18.439 and exciting ball games. As a matter of fact... 00:06:18.730 --> 00:06:20.689 Now here are the Mets moving out to the field. 00:06:34.689 --> 00:06:36.990 New York Mets moving out to the playing field. 00:06:37.069 --> 00:06:40.050 Jay Hook moving to the mound. He'll be caught 00:06:40.050 --> 00:06:53.689 by Stanley Taylor. time out against the San Francisco 00:06:53.689 --> 00:06:55.769 Giants. That was the opener of the series in 00:06:55.769 --> 00:06:58.930 San Francisco. The game, Felix Mantilla put the 00:06:58.930 --> 00:07:00.790 Mets in front in the 10th inning with a home 00:07:00.790 --> 00:07:03.589 run, only to have Willie Mays come back with 00:07:03.589 --> 00:07:05.310 his second home run of the game to win it for 00:07:05.310 --> 00:07:07.670 the Giants 7 -6 in the last half of the 10th 00:07:07.670 --> 00:07:10.089 inning. A ball game that Jay pitched all the 00:07:10.089 --> 00:07:13.370 way. Jay Hook has been pitching real good baseball 00:07:13.370 --> 00:07:17.810 for the New York Mets. Hook and Miller for the 00:07:17.810 --> 00:07:22.290 last three weeks have been outstanding. Now the 00:07:22.290 --> 00:07:24.430 crowd here at the photograph is being asked to 00:07:24.430 --> 00:07:27.990 rise for a moment of silence on this Memorial 00:07:27.990 --> 00:09:06.419 Day and then our national anthem. baseball excitement 00:09:06.419 --> 00:09:09.620 here at the polo ground. Jay Hook throwing in 00:09:09.620 --> 00:09:12.440 his final warm -up tosses for Sammy Taylor. Setting 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:14.580 up the New York Mets defensively, Gil Hodges 00:09:14.580 --> 00:09:18.379 playing first, Felix Mantilla at second, Elio 00:09:18.379 --> 00:09:20.960 Chacon at short, and Cliff Cook will be at third. 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:25.700 In the outfield, Frank Thomas in left, Jim Hickman 00:09:25.700 --> 00:09:27.940 in center, and around and right, Joe Christopher. 00:09:28.340 --> 00:09:31.840 Hook on the mound, and Sammy Taylor behind the 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:36.549 plate. And on this Memorial Day... San Francisco 00:09:36.549 --> 00:09:38.730 will be playing a doubleheader against the Phillies 00:09:38.730 --> 00:09:41.730 in Philadelphia. The St. Louis Cardinals and 00:09:41.730 --> 00:09:44.129 Pittsburgh Pirates play a single game at Pittsburgh. 00:09:44.730 --> 00:09:48.029 The Houston Colts 45s and Chicago Cubs have a 00:09:48.029 --> 00:09:51.210 single game at Wrigley Field, Chicago. The Cincinnati 00:09:51.210 --> 00:09:53.929 Reds and Milwaukee Braves play two games in Milwaukee. 00:09:55.649 --> 00:09:58.250 The Yankees have a noon game and a 9 o 'clock 00:09:58.250 --> 00:10:00.549 tonight game against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis. 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:03.600 The White Sox and Tigers play two in Detroit. 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:06.539 Cleveland and the Orioles two in Baltimore. Washington 00:10:06.539 --> 00:10:09.720 and Kansas City two in Kansas City. The Red Sox 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:13.039 and the Angels two on the West Coast. And now 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:15.639 we are all set to get going as Maury Wills steps 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:24.480 in to lead off in the game. Maury hitting at 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:31.399 239. He's off to a tremendous start. in base 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:37.279 stealing. Jay Hook out of his land at the first 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.039 pitch of the game. He runs up the bun and misses. 00:10:39.179 --> 00:10:44.919 Strike one. Maury Wills has already stolen 23 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:47.940 bases this year. Anytime he gets on, it creates 00:10:47.940 --> 00:10:53.059 a ballpark full of excitement. Cliff Cook in 00:10:53.059 --> 00:10:54.840 very close at third against the switch hitting 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:58.100 Maury Wills. The outfield, not too deep, maybe 00:10:58.100 --> 00:11:00.639 a step toward right. The windup pitch by Hook. 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:05.019 Inside and low. One ball, one strike. The Dodgers 00:11:05.019 --> 00:11:10.419 have stolen 50 bases in 46 ballgames. The runner 00:11:10.419 --> 00:11:14.000 -up to Maury Wills in stolen bases is Willie 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:17.940 Davis with 11. Next pitch to him, a ground ball 00:11:17.940 --> 00:11:20.039 base hit through the hole going into right field. 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:23.279 Joe Christopher up with it. And Maury Wills is 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:25.419 on, leading off with a doubleheader with a base 00:11:25.419 --> 00:11:40.519 hit to right. Here's Jim Gilliam. A happy return 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:42.620 to New York for Jim Gilliam and the other members 00:11:42.620 --> 00:11:44.639 of the Dodgers who have fond memories from their 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:48.059 playing days at Ebbets Field. Gilliam hitting 00:11:48.059 --> 00:11:51.980 left -handed against Jay Hook. Leo DeRocher on 00:11:51.980 --> 00:11:53.980 the coaching lines at third and Greg Malevia 00:11:53.980 --> 00:11:57.000 coaching at first. Now throw to first by Jay. 00:11:57.879 --> 00:12:00.480 Wilson usually comes back to the base head first 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:10.039 and does so. Gilliam hitting a .267 with 17 RBIs. 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:16.460 Now Hook delivers to the plate. Blazing fastball 00:12:16.460 --> 00:12:20.379 taken inside down around the knees. Gilliam laying 00:12:20.379 --> 00:12:25.679 off of it. Now checks with Leo DeRozan. The Dodgers 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:28.220 have won 16 of their last 20 ballgames. They're 00:12:28.220 --> 00:12:31.240 a red -hot team. Today they are starting an 18 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:34.799 -game road trip. They are riding an eight -game 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:54.220 winning streak. First, but it's not in time. 00:13:03.820 --> 00:13:13.659 One ball and no strikes on Jim Gilliam. Now Jay 00:13:13.659 --> 00:13:15.519 up in pitching position. Hodges holding against 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:19.240 Maury Wills. Here comes the pitch and it's taken 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:21.220 outside. He lays off of it. Two balls and no 00:13:21.220 --> 00:13:25.440 strikes. Anytime Maury Wills is on base, it puts 00:13:25.440 --> 00:13:27.580 a lot of pressure on that pitcher to keep Wills 00:13:27.580 --> 00:13:29.460 close, to keep an eye on him, and at the same 00:13:29.460 --> 00:13:32.500 time, to get that pitch in the strike zone with 00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:53.509 something on it. 2 -0 delivery. Gilliam takes 00:13:53.509 --> 00:13:55.190 it, and it's right in there for a call strike. 00:13:55.289 --> 00:14:00.750 Two balls and one strike. Jay Hook, hard -throwing 00:14:00.750 --> 00:14:04.269 right -hander from Grayslake, Illinois. Jay's 00:14:04.269 --> 00:14:09.769 just 25 years old. And with Jay Hook, Bob Miller, 00:14:09.870 --> 00:14:11.789 and Al Jackson, the Mets feel they have three 00:14:11.789 --> 00:14:16.769 very fine young pitchers for a long time. Now, 00:14:16.769 --> 00:14:18.870 Jay varying the things that he does on the mound 00:14:18.870 --> 00:14:20.649 to make it difficult for Maury Wills to read 00:14:20.649 --> 00:14:31.909 him. Two balls and a strike. Now hook up in pitching 00:14:31.909 --> 00:14:34.889 position, makes the stop. Wells holding up the 00:14:34.889 --> 00:14:37.389 pitch. Ball three, just out of the strike zone, 00:14:37.450 --> 00:14:41.690 and now the count goes three and one. Let's check 00:14:41.690 --> 00:14:45.990 that umpire. Ed Sudol says the count is two and 00:14:45.990 --> 00:14:50.870 one. Scoreboard count says three and one. Elias 00:14:50.870 --> 00:14:53.090 Cohen shaded a bit towards second. Cliff Cook 00:14:53.090 --> 00:14:54.909 playing even with the bag, wide of the line at 00:14:54.909 --> 00:15:01.830 third. Mantilla up a couple of steps on the right 00:15:01.830 --> 00:15:03.529 side of the infield. A throw to first, and it's 00:15:03.529 --> 00:15:14.309 not in time. There he goes. A high fly ball at 00:15:14.309 --> 00:15:16.549 the short left field. Frank Thomas walking in 00:15:16.549 --> 00:15:18.809 to settle under this one. Makes the catch. One 00:15:18.809 --> 00:15:21.529 man down. Maury Wells was running, and now he 00:15:21.529 --> 00:15:25.129 comes back to first base. One man away, that'll 00:15:25.129 --> 00:15:27.789 bring up the flying Willie Davis. Willie hitting 00:15:27.789 --> 00:15:30.909 at .331. He took six home runs and knocked 17 00:15:30.909 --> 00:15:36.529 runs in. Many people consider Willie the fastest 00:15:36.529 --> 00:15:40.110 man in the game today. Left -hand hitter. The 00:15:40.110 --> 00:15:41.889 left side of the infield will be pulling up a 00:15:41.889 --> 00:15:48.970 bit for him to allow for that speed. Night game 00:15:48.970 --> 00:15:50.649 with the Dodgers tomorrow night. There are good 00:15:50.649 --> 00:15:52.129 seats available. Certainly hope you're planning 00:15:52.129 --> 00:15:55.110 to be on hand. The Giants are here Friday night, 00:15:55.190 --> 00:16:02.850 two games, Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Willie 00:16:02.850 --> 00:16:04.870 Davis, tall, center, left -hand hitter, stands 00:16:04.870 --> 00:16:08.429 upright, feet close together. Holds the bat straight 00:16:08.429 --> 00:16:10.750 up and down. There goes Maury Wells, the ground 00:16:10.750 --> 00:16:12.870 ball hits the second base. Mantia has but one 00:16:12.870 --> 00:16:15.230 play. Over to Gil Hodges in time, getting Willie 00:16:15.230 --> 00:16:18.029 Davis. The Dodgers playing hit and run on the 00:16:18.029 --> 00:16:21.779 first pitch to Willie, and he bounces out. Now 00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:23.740 there are two away, and coming up to hit will 00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:28.000 be Tommy Davis. He had a hot bat against the 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:30.860 New York Mets on the West Coast. Tommy hitting 00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:33.279 a .324, and he leads the Dodgers in the power 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:36.840 department with 10 home runs and 45 runs batted 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:48.519 in. Orlando Cepeda of the Giants leads the National 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:51.139 League in RBIs of 49, and Tommy Davis is the 00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:57.200 runner -up with 45. Giants have three men in 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:02.620 the top five and runs batted in. Pitched by Jay 00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:05.640 Hook. A pop -up outside first and fouls around. 00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:07.900 Gil Hodges moving over, moving over to the warning 00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:15.869 path. He's there and makes the catch. Dodgers 00:17:15.869 --> 00:17:19.089 are out with no runs, one hit, no errors, one 00:17:19.089 --> 00:17:22.029 left on. The score in the middle of the first 00:17:22.029 --> 00:17:25.970 inning, the Los Angeles Dodgers nothing and the 00:17:25.970 --> 00:17:29.450 New York Mets coming to bat. And now coming right 00:17:29.450 --> 00:17:46.440 up, jazz variations on a favorite tune. It's 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:49.420 not bitter. It's not sweet. It's a dry flavor 00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:53.059 treat. Won't you try extra dry rhizome beer? 00:17:57.819 --> 00:18:04.380 Won't you try extra dry rhizome beer? Like the 00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:07.759 song says, people everywhere sing out, my beer 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:11.500 is Rango the dry beer. And dry tells you why. 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:15.200 Yes, sir, Dry tells you Rheingold has a brisk, 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:18.400 bright, clean taste all its own. Discover the 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:22.099 difference Dry makes. Pour yourself a tall, refreshing 00:18:22.099 --> 00:18:25.859 glass of Rheingold Extra Dry. Enjoy it along 00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:42.809 with our doubleheader. Sandy Koufax on the mound 00:18:42.809 --> 00:18:44.569 for the Dodgers in the opener of the doubleheader. 00:18:44.650 --> 00:18:46.789 Johnny Padres will be pitching the nightcap against 00:18:46.789 --> 00:18:50.009 the New York Mets' Bob Miller. Sandy, of course, 00:18:50.069 --> 00:18:52.710 is striking out hitters at a faster pace than 00:18:52.710 --> 00:19:02.950 anybody in Major League history. A lot of wonderful 00:19:02.950 --> 00:19:05.329 fans here at the polo grounds, wasting no time 00:19:05.329 --> 00:19:08.789 in trying to get some action going. Joe Christopher 00:19:08.789 --> 00:19:10.930 stepping in to lead off against Vandy Koufax. 00:19:11.069 --> 00:19:18.130 Vandy has won six, lost two. His last time out, 00:19:18.269 --> 00:19:21.470 he struck out 16 as he went the route to beat 00:19:21.470 --> 00:19:32.309 the Philadelphia Phillies. Now, Vandy, as he's 00:19:32.309 --> 00:19:34.150 signed, the wind -up and pitch to Christopher 00:19:34.150 --> 00:19:37.900 in there at the knee is a call strike one. Setting 00:19:37.900 --> 00:19:40.160 up the Dodger defense, Ron Fairley at first, 00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:43.579 Larry Burry playing second, Maury Wills at short, 00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:48.779 and Jim Gilliam at third. Sandy out of his windup 00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:51.700 pitches. An off -speed delivery taken outside 00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:54.920 by Joe Christopher. One ball, one strike. In 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:56.980 the outfield, Tommy Davis in left, Willie Davis 00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:59.160 in center, and Frank Howard is in right field. 00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:02.200 Tophax on the mound with Johnny Roseboro working 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:07.819 behind the plate. Pitching one and one. Off speed 00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:11.759 again outside. Two balls and a strike. Last year, 00:20:11.779 --> 00:20:17.660 Sandy won 18, lost 13. This is his first appearance 00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:20.599 against the New York Mets. He has had three previous 00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:23.400 appearances at the polo grounds. Lost one game 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:27.339 as a starter back in 56. A high infield pop fly. 00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:30.240 Jim Gilliam in behind the mound is under it waiting. 00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:33.079 And Gilliam takes it, retiring Joe Christopher. 00:20:37.289 --> 00:20:39.630 One away, nobody on. That brings up little Elio 00:20:39.630 --> 00:20:55.450 Chico. One out, nobody on. Elio stepping in. 00:20:56.849 --> 00:20:58.789 Here's the windup. In comes the pitch to him. 00:20:58.990 --> 00:21:00.849 Inside, down around the knee, it's ball one. 00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:03.900 Elio was very concerned as to how he would be 00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:05.640 treated here at the polo grounds after his scrap 00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:08.400 with Willie Mays out in San Francisco. Willie 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:09.960 being such a great favorite here, he's afraid 00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:13.799 the crowd might look with disfavor on it. But 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:16.059 he got a very nice reception as he came up. Two 00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:21.400 balls and no strikes. Now Elio checking with 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:23.359 Sally Hemus. Sally coaching at third and Cookie 00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:28.519 Lavagetto coaching at first. Sandy Colfax winds 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:31.630 and pitches. Blazing fastball popped a mile high 00:21:31.630 --> 00:21:33.410 in the air and fouled on the third baseline. 00:21:33.890 --> 00:21:36.650 Gilliam is waved off by Maury Wills, and it goes 00:21:36.650 --> 00:21:38.789 out of reach at the last moment just beyond the 00:21:38.789 --> 00:21:45.970 tarp and into the field boxes, no play. Cliff 00:21:45.970 --> 00:21:48.210 Cook waiting in the on -deck circle, and then 00:21:48.210 --> 00:21:52.809 Frank Thomas. Walter Alston brings a red -hot 00:21:52.809 --> 00:21:55.470 Dodger ball club into the polo grounds. They've 00:21:55.470 --> 00:21:58.289 won eight straight, 16 of their last 20. Yep, 00:21:58.289 --> 00:22:00.750 they've been unable to close the gap on San Francisco. 00:22:02.130 --> 00:22:05.970 Curve is over, strike three called. Check that 00:22:05.970 --> 00:22:12.769 strike two, beg your pardon, two and two. Even 00:22:12.769 --> 00:22:19.869 count to two on Elio Chacon. Pitching two and 00:22:19.869 --> 00:22:23.849 two. Inside and low, it's ball three. Sandy really 00:22:23.849 --> 00:22:26.349 came into his own last year in posting 18 wins 00:22:26.349 --> 00:22:31.369 for the Dodgers. Not once but twice, Koufax has 00:22:31.369 --> 00:22:35.650 struck out 18 in one game. 3 -2 delivery, a little 00:22:35.650 --> 00:22:53.109 bit outside, ball four, and Chaton walks. Amazing 00:22:53.109 --> 00:22:56.569 but true about Sandy Koufax is the fact that... 00:22:57.460 --> 00:23:00.240 34 times during his brilliant career, he has 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:03.480 struck out 10 or more batters. He's done it three 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:07.980 times already this season. Now, Elio Chacon on 00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:10.420 first, Cliff Cook waiting. A face through the 00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:12.559 hole, a base hit to left field. He hit a curveball. 00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:15.480 Chacon around second is going to try for third. 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:17.819 Here's the throw coming in. The slide head first. 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:32.289 He's safe on the second goal, Cook. When Conley 00:23:32.289 --> 00:23:34.130 Davis, the left fielder, juggled the ball just 00:23:34.130 --> 00:23:37.130 for a moment, Chacon took off like a shot for 00:23:37.130 --> 00:23:40.250 third base. Davis fired towards third, and Elio 00:23:40.250 --> 00:23:42.529 left his feet and made a long hit first slide 00:23:42.529 --> 00:23:45.130 to get in there, and Cook goes to second base. 00:23:47.029 --> 00:23:49.069 We'll wait for the official scoring on the play. 00:23:49.970 --> 00:23:52.150 Frank Thomas coming up to hit with runners on 00:23:52.150 --> 00:24:07.309 second and third, one down. by Tommy Davis. He 00:24:07.309 --> 00:24:09.069 just kind of juggled it just for a moment, and 00:24:09.069 --> 00:24:10.809 that was all Saccone needed. It will be scored 00:24:10.809 --> 00:24:18.190 as a hit and an error. Play scored one and one, 00:24:18.210 --> 00:24:20.049 a base hit and an error, and they're going to 00:24:20.049 --> 00:24:23.569 put Thomas on. Frank Thomas will get the intentional 00:24:23.569 --> 00:24:29.029 pass, and that will bring up Gil Hodges. The 00:24:29.029 --> 00:24:30.930 Dodgers want to fill that open base at first 00:24:30.930 --> 00:24:34.910 and set up a possible double play. and also eliminates 00:24:34.910 --> 00:24:37.190 Frank Thomas, who is in the midst of a tremendous 00:24:37.190 --> 00:24:40.309 hot streak. Frank has hit safely in 17 straight 00:24:40.309 --> 00:24:43.910 ballgames. His 13 home runs, back 30 runs in. 00:24:44.109 --> 00:24:46.470 Now Gil Hodges comes up with the bases loaded. 00:25:09.769 --> 00:25:12.829 A wonderful reception for Gil Hodges. Gil hitting 00:25:12.829 --> 00:25:15.430 a 3 -0 -4. He's done a remarkable job considering 00:25:15.430 --> 00:25:18.130 that he has had to play on a very sore knee. 00:25:19.130 --> 00:25:21.450 A knee that on some days really bothers him a 00:25:21.450 --> 00:25:23.049 lot, and there never is a day that it doesn't 00:25:23.049 --> 00:25:28.450 hurt him. Crowd really enthusiastic now. Three 00:25:28.450 --> 00:25:30.730 runners take a lead. One man down. Last of the 00:25:30.730 --> 00:25:33.589 first, no score. Kofax winding. Here's the pitch. 00:25:34.029 --> 00:25:36.630 Ball one. The overhand fastball outside and low. 00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:51.900 Hodges batting with Jim Hickman on deck. Now 00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:54.140 Koufax has his fan from Roseboro, the pitch. 00:25:54.859 --> 00:26:09.339 Curve outside and low, ball two. 2 -0. Sandy 00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:11.900 Koufax, a seven -year veteran at the age of 26, 00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:13.839 trying to pitch out of a jam here in the last 00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:16.500 half of the first inning. Two balls and no strikes 00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:19.779 to Gil Hodgins. Now Sandy, into his windup, here's 00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:22.059 the pitch. And the ball is popped high in the 00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:24.619 air to short left field. Infield fly rolling, 00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:27.400 not invoked. Under the ball now, Maury Wills, 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:30.480 he grabs it for the out. Elio Chacon just draws 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:35.210 the throw and then scampers back to third. Ball 00:26:35.210 --> 00:26:37.549 carried deep enough into left field so that the 00:26:37.549 --> 00:26:40.289 infield fly ruling was not invoked. Now there 00:26:40.289 --> 00:26:42.410 are two away, and Jim Hickman comes up with the 00:26:42.410 --> 00:26:53.869 bases loaded. Jim hitting a .250. Jim hit a three 00:26:53.869 --> 00:26:56.009 -run homer off Mike McCormick in the second game 00:26:56.009 --> 00:26:58.930 of the Sunday doubleheader in San Francisco. 00:26:58.930 --> 00:27:04.759 It was his sixth homerun of the year. 25 -year 00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:06.640 -old long striding outfielder bats him right 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:10.160 -handed. Dodger infield back deep and straight 00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:12.680 away. The pitch by Koufax. Swing and a miss. 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:24.880 Strike one. Ed Soudal taking time to brush the 00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:29.980 plate off now. No score. Base is loaded. Two 00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:34.099 down. Last half of the first inning. Sandy starts 00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:36.299 winding, now the pitch. Checked swing and a foul 00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:39.519 ball hit him behind Cookie Lava Jetto. No balls 00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:47.240 and two strikes down to Jim Hickman. So Jim Hickman 00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:49.440 has his work really cut out for him now, behind 00:27:49.440 --> 00:28:03.039 on Koufax, two strikes. Andy winds and pitches. 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:06.400 Just off the outside corner, a blazer. One ball 00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:18.700 and two strikes. Helio Chacon, the lead runner 00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:21.960 on third. Cliff Cook on second, Frank Thomas 00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:25.559 on first. Two walks and a base hit by Cook, loading 00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:34.990 the bases. Now Koufax working in front of Jim 00:28:34.990 --> 00:28:38.670 Hickman. Around comes the left arm and it's bounced 00:28:38.670 --> 00:28:40.529 foul. He just got a piece of it to stay in there. 00:28:40.549 --> 00:28:42.210 The count remaining at one ball, two strikes. 00:28:46.990 --> 00:28:50.650 Jim Hickman came out of the St. Louis Cardinal 00:28:50.650 --> 00:28:53.109 organization. The expansion draft, 25 -year -old 00:28:53.109 --> 00:28:56.049 outfielder from Henning, Tennessee. He has been 00:28:56.049 --> 00:28:58.109 a very pleasant development and surprise to the 00:28:58.109 --> 00:29:08.220 New York Mets. Pitching one and two. Changeup. 00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:10.559 He started to go, then held up just in time, 00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:12.680 and it breaks outside. Two balls and two strikes. 00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:17.559 Off -speed curve thrown by Sandy Koufax. That 00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:19.940 changeup has been a great deal of help to Sandy 00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:22.980 Koufax, and he credits Norm Sherry with convincing 00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:24.900 him that he should go more with that changeup, 00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:26.299 and it's made a much better pitcher out of him. 00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:34.769 Count two and two on Jim Hickman. Chacon leading 00:29:34.769 --> 00:29:37.309 down from third. In comes the pitch. Foul ball, 00:29:37.450 --> 00:29:45.490 right straight back, no play. The first game 00:29:45.490 --> 00:29:47.750 at Philadelphia today is Juan Marichal against 00:29:47.750 --> 00:29:50.470 Cal McLeish. Giants nothing and the Phillies 00:29:50.470 --> 00:29:51.970 nothing at the end of two and a half innings. 00:29:52.849 --> 00:29:54.549 They'll have a single game at Pittsburgh with 00:29:54.549 --> 00:29:56.569 Ray Washburn for the Cardinals and Earl Francis 00:29:56.569 --> 00:30:03.609 pitching for the Parrots. Pitching 2 -2. Fouled 00:30:03.609 --> 00:30:06.210 again, right straight back. Ed Hickman in his 00:30:06.210 --> 00:30:08.309 duel against Sandy Koufax stays in there, two 00:30:08.309 --> 00:30:11.049 balls and two strikes. And now Johnny Roseboro 00:30:11.049 --> 00:30:13.109 goes about halfway out to the mound to see Sandy 00:30:13.109 --> 00:30:18.069 Koufax. With one out, Elio Chacon walked on three 00:30:18.069 --> 00:30:20.769 and two. Cliff Cook then hit the first pitch, 00:30:20.809 --> 00:30:23.369 a curveball into left field for a base hit. When 00:30:23.369 --> 00:30:25.170 Tommy Davis juggled the ball for a moment and 00:30:25.170 --> 00:30:27.769 left, Elio Chacon went on to third, and Cook 00:30:27.769 --> 00:30:30.289 took second. They intentionally passed Frank 00:30:30.289 --> 00:30:33.650 Thomas. Then Koufax got Gil Hodges on a high 00:30:33.650 --> 00:30:45.230 fly to short left field. Two balls and two strikes 00:30:45.230 --> 00:30:50.950 to Jim Hickman. Koufax out of his wind at the 00:30:50.950 --> 00:30:54.509 pitch. A high fly, the scoring foul hit down 00:30:54.509 --> 00:30:58.049 the left field line and into the feet. He had 00:30:58.049 --> 00:31:01.319 a real polo ground stroke on that one. Pull the 00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:03.400 ball up into the seats, but it was foul probably 00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:07.700 by about eight or ten yards. And that one draws 00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:13.920 the excitement. Pickman has a real good stroke 00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:19.220 for the polo ground. Beautiful sight to see today. 00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:43.829 You can't find an empty seat anywhere. Now he 00:31:43.829 --> 00:31:46.930 winds. Here's the pitch. Outside, it's ball three. 00:31:48.470 --> 00:31:52.450 Now something has to give. Three and two to Jim 00:31:52.450 --> 00:32:06.079 Hickman. Bases loaded. Two men down. And three 00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:08.559 and two. Everybody will be running. The runners 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:10.579 start going. The full windup. Now the pitch. 00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:13.880 Foul back into the screen. Koufax used a full 00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:16.019 windup, and by the time the ball was fouled back 00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:19.160 by Jim Hickman, Cliff Cook was practically on 00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:22.200 third. Elio Chacon drifting back into foul territory 00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:24.799 to be out of the way of the full hitter was practically 00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:32.400 home. One of the great Dodger favorites of all 00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:35.480 time just came in, too. Watch today's doubleheader, 00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:44.599 Roy Campanella. This time, Kofax will work off 00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:47.039 the stretch. Here's the pitch. Fouled again back 00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:49.099 into the screen as Hickman really wages a war 00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:55.920 against Randy Kofax. Well, it's nice to see Campy 00:32:55.920 --> 00:33:00.000 here for the big doubleheader. He'll enjoy renewing... 00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:03.759 Acquaintanceship with all his old buddies on 00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:10.160 the Dodgers. Count remains, three and two. Bases 00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:12.720 loaded, two down. Hickman the batter, the runner's 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:14.920 lead. Here's the pitch. Struck him out, swinging. 00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:18.539 But Koufax wins the duel. He got him with a high 00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:21.579 hard one. And the Mets threaten, but fail to 00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:23.779 score in their half of the first. No runs, one 00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:28.720 hit, one error, and three left on. No runs, one 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:31.759 hit, one error, and three left on. So at the 00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:34.180 end of one, the score, the Mets nothing and the 00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:38.779 Badgers nothing. Well, on a day like that, we're 00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:41.319 certainly all mighty glad to have National League 00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:44.339 Baseball back in town. And of course, the people 00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:46.299 at Liebman Breweries are as happy about bringing 00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:49.640 you the New York Mets on radio and TV as well 00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:52.220 as we are about bringing you refreshing Rheingold 00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:55.779 on tap in cans and bottles. New York is certainly 00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:57.980 taking to the Mets the way they've taken to Rheingold. 00:33:58.599 --> 00:34:01.420 You know, Rheingold is New York's largest selling 00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:04.460 beer year after year after year. And you've made 00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:07.119 it that way. What's the reason for such popularity? 00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:11.639 Two little words tell you. Extra dry. They tell 00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:13.940 you that Rheingold is brewed the long, slow, 00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:17.519 costlier way with a clean, clear taste that is 00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:20.280 Rheingold's alone. So what do you say, fans? 00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:22.840 Why not join me in toasting New York's new favorites, 00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:26.739 the Mets, with a glass of Rheingold, the longtime 00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:29.420 favorite of New Yorkers. And people everywhere. 00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:52.539 At the end of five innings at Metropolitan Stadium 00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:54.539 in the Twin Cities, the New York Yankees are 00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:58.150 leading the Minnesota Twins 5 -1. Johnny Blanchard 00:34:58.150 --> 00:34:59.789 hit a two -run homer in the third inning. Bill 00:34:59.789 --> 00:35:02.849 Stafford pitching for the Yankees. Joe Bonacoski 00:35:02.849 --> 00:35:04.889 was the starter for the Twins and lefty Jack 00:35:04.889 --> 00:35:07.570 Kralik relieved in the sixth inning. That's the 00:35:07.570 --> 00:35:09.849 only American League score to post right now. 00:35:10.309 --> 00:35:12.190 The only thing going in the National League right 00:35:12.190 --> 00:35:13.829 now, Giants nothing and the Phillies nothing 00:35:13.829 --> 00:35:19.949 after two and a half. Ron Farrelly swings and 00:35:19.949 --> 00:35:23.369 misses on a curve, strike one. Farrelly wielding 00:35:23.369 --> 00:35:25.690 a hot bat. He sits safely in 10 straight ballgames 00:35:25.690 --> 00:35:27.920 for the largest... Longest hitting streak by 00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:31.699 a Dazzer this year. Fairly hitting at .320. Hit 00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:35.480 .322 over the full season last year. Former Southern 00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:38.380 Cal star left -hand batter waiting. A high fly 00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:40.679 hit deep to left center. Back at full speed goes 00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:43.239 Hickman. Way back, way back. It's over his head 00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:45.500 for an extra base hit. Back on the warning path 00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:47.860 and left center. Fairly around second going to 00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:50.440 third. The relay by Chacon. He is in safely with 00:35:50.440 --> 00:36:07.489 a triple. Long triple hit deep to left center 00:36:07.489 --> 00:36:10.909 field. The ball landed right on the edge of the 00:36:10.909 --> 00:36:13.969 warning pass. Hickman, after a long run, found 00:36:13.969 --> 00:36:15.630 the ball just a little bit out of his reach. 00:36:16.849 --> 00:36:19.210 Ron Fairley has let off here on the second with 00:36:19.210 --> 00:36:21.730 a three -way fifth. That brings up big Frank 00:36:21.730 --> 00:36:24.670 Howard. He's been on a batting rampage. He's 00:36:24.670 --> 00:36:28.269 now hiked that batting average to .317. But as 00:36:28.269 --> 00:36:30.070 you can imagine, the entire Dodger ball clip 00:36:30.070 --> 00:36:32.230 has been hot. You don't win 16 out of 20 unless 00:36:32.230 --> 00:36:36.880 everybody does a lot. Hook into the windup, now 00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:39.219 the pitch. A ground ball hit hard, a base hit 00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:41.760 beyond the reach of Elio Chacon. Burley comes 00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:43.820 in to score, and Howard's down with a run -scoring 00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:51.780 base hit. So the Dodgers quickly have a run home 00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:54.199 on the 18th RBI of the year for Frank Howard. 00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:05.260 Nobody out. Frank Howard on first and Johnny 00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:17.179 Roseboro coming up. Johnny Roseboro stepping 00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:21.239 in now to bat against Jay Hook. Roseboro hitting 00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:29.619 a .264. Frank Howard leading off first. Hodges 00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:31.699 back about a stride off the bat. Quickly moves 00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:34.719 up. For a pickoff play that brings Howard back, 00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:37.579 no throw was made by Jay Hook. Missed defense 00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:39.239 in the event of a bunt, and the pitch is outside. 00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:52.400 Ball one. Leo DeRocher on the lines of third. 00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:59.099 Greg Mulledy coaching at first. Now hook up in 00:37:59.099 --> 00:38:02.710 pitching position. Checks the runner. The pitch 00:38:02.710 --> 00:38:05.110 thrown. A high fly. Hit deep to right center. 00:38:05.190 --> 00:38:07.409 It's a mile out there. Running hard to Pickman 00:38:07.409 --> 00:38:09.969 and Christopher. It's over their head and bounces 00:38:09.969 --> 00:38:13.210 up into the crowd. It bounces up into the crowd. 00:38:17.329 --> 00:38:21.489 For a ground rule double. And that means Frank 00:38:21.489 --> 00:38:25.329 Howard will have to go back to third. The Mets 00:38:25.329 --> 00:38:27.150 got a good bounce on that one. Howard easily 00:38:27.150 --> 00:38:29.429 would have scored on the play. Oh, did he ever 00:38:29.429 --> 00:38:32.260 hit that. Over the head of Jim Hickman in right 00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:34.360 center, the ball landed on the warning path and 00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:38.179 bounced up into the center field bleachers. It 00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:40.280 is a ground rule double for Johnny Roseboro. 00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:43.320 He undoubtedly, had the ball not bounced into 00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:45.780 the crowd, would have had a triple and a run 00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:50.900 would have scored. Ron Farrelly and Johnny Roseboro 00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:54.260 have hit long, long drives, both reaching the 00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:59.139 warning path. First in left center and then in 00:38:59.139 --> 00:39:08.900 right center. Three hits in a row off Jay Hook. 00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:13.420 Dave Hillman giving the sign now to start warming 00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:16.280 up for the New York Mets. The batter is the second 00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:18.579 baseman, Larry Burright. He's hitting a .317. 00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:22.019 Infield playing at halfway. The pitch to Burright, 00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:29.139 a curve over a strike one call. Dave Hillman 00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:31.260 cranking up in the bullpen as the Dodgers tee 00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:33.380 off on Jay Hook here on the top of the second. 00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:38.219 Two booming 400 -foot triples. And a single by 00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:42.019 Howard sandwiched in between. Chopper off the 00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:43.840 plate, coming off the mat of Hook. He holds the 00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:45.519 runner at third. He throws to first in time. 00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:48.820 They've got Burright. One man away. Baltimore 00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:50.599 Chopper, the ball hitting home plate and going 00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:56.389 high in the air. One man away, runners on second 00:39:56.389 --> 00:39:58.389 and third, and the hitter now will be Sandy Koufax. 00:40:00.469 --> 00:40:11.190 Sandy has three for 32 on the year. Cook made 00:40:11.190 --> 00:40:12.949 a good pitch on Burr -Wright. He had him fooled. 00:40:13.030 --> 00:40:16.150 Burr -Wright tried to check up and bounded the 00:40:16.150 --> 00:40:21.769 ball into the plate. Sandy batting right -handed 00:40:21.769 --> 00:40:26.469 must have the infield in close now. Frank Howard 00:40:26.469 --> 00:40:28.929 on third, Johnny Roseboro on second, one down. 00:40:30.449 --> 00:40:34.809 Curve over, strike one call. Jay Hook going with 00:40:34.809 --> 00:40:36.469 that curveball, trying to pitch out of this, 00:40:36.489 --> 00:40:43.809 Jim, on the top of the second. As Jay looks around 00:40:43.809 --> 00:40:51.610 before getting up on the pitching slab. Hook 00:40:51.610 --> 00:40:53.889 into his windup to pitch to Koufax. Strike called. 00:40:53.949 --> 00:40:56.210 He slowed up on it, got the outside corner with 00:40:56.210 --> 00:40:59.829 it, and the count strike, too. They will be reaching 00:40:59.829 --> 00:41:01.769 back for that little something extra, trying 00:41:01.769 --> 00:41:13.929 hard to strike out Koufax in this spot. Mari 00:41:13.929 --> 00:41:19.789 Wills is the on -deck batter. Winding and pitching. 00:41:20.739 --> 00:41:23.280 Inside and low. Koufax lays off of it. One ball 00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:27.840 and two strikes. The Giants got a run off Cal 00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:29.579 McClish at the time of the fourth inning to lead 00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:31.579 the Phillies 1 -0 at the end of three and a half. 00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:38.639 That's with the infield in tight. Howard on third. 00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:42.139 Roseboro on second. Now the pitch. Downer hits 00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:43.940 slowly down the first baseline. Will it roll 00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:46.860 foul or letting it roll? Foul ball. Foul ball. 00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:50.159 That ball was off the plate. and just trickled 00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:53.699 down the first baseline. Since Jay Hook had no 00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:55.579 chance at all to get Howard at the plate, he 00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:57.480 let the ball roll when he saw it might go foul, 00:41:57.659 --> 00:42:01.920 and it did. So the count remains at one ball 00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:05.340 and two strikes for Sandy Koufax. Here are the 00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:07.940 warm -ups at Milwaukee. Jim O'Toole for surging 00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:10.559 Cincinnati, and for the Milwaukee Braves, Ron 00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:14.239 Fouché. A two -run homer by Dick Stewart in the 00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:15.860 first inning, and the Pirates lead the Cardinals 00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:18.300 2 -0 at the end of one. Washburn against Francis. 00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:26.320 One ball and two strikes on Sandy Koufax. The 00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:29.940 Dodgers lead one to nothing. Runners on second 00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:31.739 and third one out. The pitch down to Koufax. 00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:35.239 Breaking ball taken up high. Two balls and two 00:42:35.239 --> 00:42:49.139 strikes. They've gone six and a half now in Minnesota 00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:51.000 with the Yankees leading the Twins by a score 00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:56.460 of six to one. Here's Hook into his windup, pitch 00:42:56.460 --> 00:42:59.019 to Koufax. Bouncing ball, slowly hit toward third. 00:42:59.099 --> 00:43:01.480 Cook grabs it, juggles the ball, throws to first 00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:04.420 in time. He had a play at the plate, but he couldn't 00:43:04.420 --> 00:43:05.920 get the ball out of his glove. He had to pick 00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:08.280 at it about three times. By the time he got it 00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:10.559 out of his glove, he lost his chance on Frank 00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:12.980 Howard. He then fired the ball to Gilhoud just 00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:18.300 in time, getting Koufax. They'll give Koufax 00:43:18.300 --> 00:43:22.800 an RBI on the play. Dodgers lead 2 -0. Roseboro 00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:25.570 moving over to third. And Maury Wells comes up 00:43:25.570 --> 00:43:36.150 to hit. Cook wanted to make the play at the plate. 00:43:36.489 --> 00:43:39.230 Howard was running. But he couldn't get the ball 00:43:39.230 --> 00:43:58.449 out of his glove in time to make the throw. Ball 00:43:58.449 --> 00:44:00.070 setting with a runner on third, two men down. 00:44:00.190 --> 00:44:01.949 Maury's single to right field leading off in 00:44:01.949 --> 00:44:04.429 the game. Dodgers two and the Mets nothing, half 00:44:04.429 --> 00:44:14.010 -half of the second. Jay into his wind -up pitches. 00:44:14.550 --> 00:44:17.369 A little bit low, ball one. Jay hurried his wind 00:44:17.369 --> 00:44:19.070 -up that time when he caught Roseboro streaking 00:44:19.070 --> 00:44:27.110 down the line from third. Dodgers with tremendous 00:44:27.110 --> 00:44:33.869 speed. Looks like the Dodgers are pitching in 00:44:33.869 --> 00:44:36.070 the speed against the Giants' power. Now the 00:44:36.070 --> 00:44:38.829 pitch on the way. Inside and low to Maury Wills. 00:44:38.869 --> 00:44:46.750 Two balls to dust right. Night game against the 00:44:46.750 --> 00:44:48.889 Dodgers tomorrow night. Giants come in Friday 00:44:48.889 --> 00:44:51.409 night. Two games Saturday. Single game Sunday. 00:44:55.929 --> 00:44:58.289 Maury left -hand hitter standing close to the 00:44:58.289 --> 00:45:00.630 plate. Slightly open stand. The pitch by a hook. 00:45:00.989 --> 00:45:03.070 Ground ball hit down to first. Gil Hodges knocks 00:45:03.070 --> 00:45:05.469 it down. It'll be close at first. Out at first 00:45:05.469 --> 00:45:09.489 base. Hodges to Hook in time. The ball was good 00:45:09.489 --> 00:45:11.429 hard into the midsection of Gil, but he recovered 00:45:11.429 --> 00:45:14.570 in time to flip to Jay Hook. Hook can run fast, 00:45:14.590 --> 00:45:16.210 and he had to to get over there ahead of Maury 00:45:16.210 --> 00:45:18.710 Wells. In the second inning, the Dodgers get 00:45:18.710 --> 00:45:22.570 two runs. There were three hits. No errors as 00:45:22.570 --> 00:45:25.489 such, and one man left on. And now at the end 00:45:25.489 --> 00:45:27.170 of an inning and a half, the score of the Dodgers 00:45:27.170 --> 00:45:32.400 2 and the Mets nothing. Well, tavern owners all 00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:34.300 over town have dusted off their welcome mats, 00:45:34.480 --> 00:45:37.940 given their glasses a little extra shine. Yes, 00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:40.400 sir, they're all set to welcome you during National 00:45:40.400 --> 00:45:43.360 Tavern Month with the same friendly hospitality 00:45:43.360 --> 00:45:46.880 they show all year round. Be sure now to drop 00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:49.280 into your neighborhood tavern soon. Plenty of 00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:52.840 relaxing atmosphere and always on tap. Plenty 00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:57.440 of cold, refreshing Rangold Extra Dry. Rangold 00:45:57.440 --> 00:46:01.099 is beer as beer should taste. And dry tells you 00:46:01.099 --> 00:46:03.960 why. It tells you that Rheingold is brewed the 00:46:03.960 --> 00:46:07.559 long, slow, costlier way for a taste that's brisk 00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:11.139 and bright and clean, clear through. What better 00:46:11.139 --> 00:46:13.699 way to fillet National Tavern Month than with 00:46:13.699 --> 00:46:17.219 a glass or two of Rheingold Extra Dry? Enjoy 00:46:17.219 --> 00:46:24.659 some today. Now, before Felix Mantilla comes 00:46:24.659 --> 00:46:26.820 out to bat in the last of the second, let's pause 00:46:26.820 --> 00:46:31.380 for station identification. This is WGY, the 00:46:31.380 --> 00:46:33.920 General Electric Station's connectivity. 810 00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:48.820 on your radio dial. On behalf of the second inning 00:46:48.820 --> 00:46:52.460 now, a man to lead off against Andy Koufax. Koufax 00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:54.880 pushed out of a tough jam in the last half of 00:46:54.880 --> 00:46:58.139 the first inning. It's to Felix, the foul ball 00:46:58.139 --> 00:47:05.579 back, strike one. Felix hitting a 3 -0 -1. The 00:47:05.579 --> 00:47:07.900 opener of that game out in San Francisco, the 00:47:07.900 --> 00:47:11.559 Saturday game, Willie Mays hit a home run on 00:47:11.559 --> 00:47:13.780 the eighth inning, tied the game 5 -5, and Felix 00:47:13.780 --> 00:47:15.980 came up with a home run into that strong wind 00:47:15.980 --> 00:47:19.179 to put the Mets in front 6 -5, only to have Willie 00:47:19.179 --> 00:47:20.780 come back with a two -run number in the last 00:47:20.780 --> 00:47:22.260 of the tenth inning to win it for the Giants. 00:47:28.329 --> 00:47:31.909 and low. One ball, one strike. The last time 00:47:31.909 --> 00:47:34.130 Mantea faced Dodger pitching, he had four for 00:47:34.130 --> 00:47:41.369 four. The one run pitch by Koufax. An off -speed 00:47:41.369 --> 00:47:49.070 delivery taken. Ball two, two, and one. Dodgers 00:47:49.070 --> 00:47:51.510 two runs on four hits, one error. New York Mets 00:47:51.510 --> 00:47:59.679 no runs, one hit, and no errors. Now Koufax with 00:47:59.679 --> 00:48:02.059 his sign winds and pitches to Mantilla, and it's 00:48:02.059 --> 00:48:04.840 a fly ball at the left center field. Moving over, 00:48:04.900 --> 00:48:06.659 the left fielder, Tommy Davis, into the alley 00:48:06.659 --> 00:48:08.380 in left center. He makes the catch for the out. 00:48:10.559 --> 00:48:12.940 On the way, nobody on. Tommy Taylor coming up. 00:48:18.059 --> 00:48:21.679 And Jay Hook moves out of the on -deck circle. 00:48:33.869 --> 00:48:39.269 Sammy Taylor. Left -hand hitter. Facing Sammy 00:48:39.269 --> 00:48:43.349 Koufax. Fastball inside. One ball and no strike. 00:48:44.389 --> 00:48:52.590 Sammy hitting a 2 -0 -6. Feet wide apart. Chokes 00:48:52.590 --> 00:48:53.989 up just a little bit on the handle of the bat. 00:48:54.530 --> 00:49:01.900 Swing and a miss. One ball, one strike. Dodgers 00:49:01.900 --> 00:49:03.980 starting on an 18 -game trip as the New York 00:49:03.980 --> 00:49:07.739 Mets open their homestand. The 1 -1 delivery. 00:49:08.539 --> 00:49:11.239 Blazer in there, strike two calls. One ball and 00:49:11.239 --> 00:49:14.960 two strikes. The Mets loaded the bases with one 00:49:14.960 --> 00:49:17.139 out in the first inning, but Sandy Koufax got 00:49:17.139 --> 00:49:20.780 Gil Hodges on a fly ball. The short left fielder 00:49:20.780 --> 00:49:25.019 then struck out Jim Hickman. Breaking ball over, 00:49:25.099 --> 00:49:29.119 strike three calls. And that's the second strikeout 00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:32.780 for Koufax. Two outs, nobody on. Jay Hook coming 00:49:32.780 --> 00:49:53.840 up. Now Jay Hook batting for the first time in 00:49:53.840 --> 00:49:58.280 the game. Jay hitting a .273. Oh, did he ever 00:49:58.280 --> 00:50:00.519 hum that one. A blazing fastball right in there 00:50:00.519 --> 00:50:10.900 for a call strike. Two outs, nobody on. The windup 00:50:10.900 --> 00:50:13.420 and pitch by Koufax. Strike two, another fastball 00:50:13.420 --> 00:50:22.739 zipped right in there. He is really firing. Two 00:50:22.739 --> 00:50:25.269 strike delivery. Strike three called. He went 00:50:25.269 --> 00:50:28.510 to a curveball and broke it over. Randy Koufax 00:50:28.510 --> 00:50:33.090 looking as sharp as you can look. Gets Mantilla, 00:50:33.130 --> 00:50:35.489 Taylor, and Hook in order. No runs, no hits, 00:50:35.570 --> 00:50:38.590 no errors, then left on. And now at the end of 00:50:38.590 --> 00:50:40.789 two, the score of the Dodgers 2 and the New York 00:50:40.789 --> 00:50:47.610 Mets, nothing. Night game with the Dodgers tomorrow 00:50:47.610 --> 00:50:49.250 night, and there are good seats available. We 00:50:49.250 --> 00:50:51.760 certainly hope you're planning to be here. Tickets 00:50:51.760 --> 00:50:53.599 are on sale, of course, at the Advanced Ticket 00:50:53.599 --> 00:50:55.599 Window on 8th Avenue here at the Polo Grounds. 00:50:55.920 --> 00:50:58.059 They're also on sale at Grand Central Station 00:50:58.059 --> 00:51:01.059 at the 42nd and Vanderbilt Ramps and the Long 00:51:01.059 --> 00:51:03.679 Island Waiting Room of the Penn Station. Remember, 00:51:03.800 --> 00:51:05.780 too, that for all home games here at the Polo 00:51:05.780 --> 00:51:08.579 Grounds, ticket reservations may be made at all 00:51:08.579 --> 00:51:11.440 Howard clothes stores in the New York area. And 00:51:11.440 --> 00:51:13.519 if you find it even more convenient to purchase 00:51:13.519 --> 00:51:15.599 your tickets by mail, select any plan that you 00:51:15.599 --> 00:51:20.650 like, any number of games. any particular nights 00:51:20.650 --> 00:51:24.090 or days, and address your correspondence to Ticket 00:51:24.090 --> 00:51:28.010 Manager, the Polo Grounds, New York 39. Box seats 00:51:28.010 --> 00:51:30.789 are $3 .50, reserve seats $2 .50, include $0 00:51:30.789 --> 00:51:34.289 .25 for postage and handling. Of course, the 00:51:34.289 --> 00:51:36.329 Dodgers are here tomorrow night. Sid Alvin Dark 00:51:36.329 --> 00:51:38.750 brings the first -place San Francisco Giants 00:51:38.750 --> 00:51:40.849 in on Friday night, two Saturday and one Sunday. 00:51:41.369 --> 00:51:43.570 That winds up the homestand. The Mets then will 00:51:43.570 --> 00:51:45.190 have a brief road trip. They'll be gone until 00:51:45.190 --> 00:51:48.619 June 15th. But on the 15th of June, they'll open 00:51:48.619 --> 00:51:51.539 a homestand here at the Polo Grounds. And the 00:51:51.539 --> 00:51:53.840 Chicago Cubs, the Milwaukee Braves, and the Houston 00:51:53.840 --> 00:51:57.139 Colt 45s will all be coming in. So we're planning 00:51:57.139 --> 00:51:59.480 ahead now to catch the New York Mets in action 00:51:59.480 --> 00:52:02.019 right here at the Polo Grounds. Right now we're 00:52:02.019 --> 00:52:04.659 going along to the third inning. Jim Gilliam 00:52:04.659 --> 00:52:06.840 is standing close by as Jay Hook throws in his 00:52:06.840 --> 00:52:09.440 one -up tosses for the third. The Dodgers two 00:52:09.440 --> 00:52:11.559 and the Mets nothing. The third inning coming 00:52:11.559 --> 00:52:13.920 up, and coming up to detail every exciting play 00:52:13.920 --> 00:52:19.860 for you, Ralph Kainer. Hey, Bob, you got a couple 00:52:19.860 --> 00:52:21.760 of tickets for some friends of mine here today? 00:52:24.300 --> 00:52:26.219 Ralph, I think for the list of things, they'll 00:52:26.219 --> 00:52:28.159 have to sit here in the booth with us. Boy, there 00:52:28.159 --> 00:52:32.119 certainly isn't any seats. Oh, it's a 2 -0 game 00:52:32.119 --> 00:52:34.820 as we move through two. Dodgers scored two in 00:52:34.820 --> 00:52:37.079 the second inning. Ron Fairley led off with a 00:52:37.079 --> 00:52:39.440 triple to left center field. He was scored by 00:52:39.440 --> 00:52:41.940 Frank Howard when he singled the left. And John 00:52:41.940 --> 00:52:44.260 Roseboro moved Howard to third base with a long 00:52:44.260 --> 00:52:46.360 double, a round road double, the ball bouncing 00:52:46.360 --> 00:52:49.519 in the stands. And Koufax helped his cause when 00:52:49.519 --> 00:52:52.619 he brought Howard in from third when he grounded 00:52:52.619 --> 00:52:55.900 out to third. Junior Gilliam, the first batter 00:52:55.900 --> 00:52:58.320 here in the top of the third. Jay hooked the 00:52:58.320 --> 00:53:01.260 pitcher, and his first pitch is a high slider 00:53:01.260 --> 00:53:07.320 that does not come down, ball one. Gilliam batting 00:53:07.320 --> 00:53:09.280 for the second time, quite out to left field 00:53:09.280 --> 00:53:12.559 in the first inning. He brought a .267 average 00:53:12.559 --> 00:53:15.860 into New York City. Fastball that's fouled away. 00:53:16.059 --> 00:53:21.139 One ball, one strike. Dodgers have an eight -game 00:53:21.139 --> 00:53:23.280 winning streak going, and they have won 16 of 00:53:23.280 --> 00:53:28.199 their last 20 -ball games. Ironic. Part of it, 00:53:28.199 --> 00:53:30.320 the four games they lost in that 20 -game span, 00:53:30.460 --> 00:53:34.219 all to the St. Louis Cardinals. The right -hander 00:53:34.219 --> 00:53:36.300 back with a change of pace that's outside. Ball 00:53:36.300 --> 00:53:42.900 two. Two balls and one. Dodgers trail the league 00:53:42.900 --> 00:53:45.019 -leading San Francisco Giants by one and one 00:53:45.019 --> 00:53:51.940 -half games. Cook returns to the play with a 00:53:51.940 --> 00:53:54.139 fastball, and again it's fouled straight back 00:53:54.139 --> 00:53:58.719 for strike two. Two balls and two strikes. Gilliam 00:53:58.719 --> 00:54:00.820 leading off in the top of the third inning. He'll 00:54:00.820 --> 00:54:03.260 be followed by Willie Davis, then Tommy Davis. 00:54:15.849 --> 00:54:18.590 Jay Hook with a 2 -2 pitch. Up a little bit too 00:54:18.590 --> 00:54:21.269 high. Ball three. So the cast goes full on Junior 00:54:21.269 --> 00:54:33.789 Gilliam. It's a 2 -0 game. Dodgers lead. Ed Sudol, 00:54:33.809 --> 00:54:38.670 a home plate umpire. Setting behind Sammy Taylor. 00:54:38.809 --> 00:54:41.070 The 3 -2 pitch to Gilliam is low. Ball four. 00:54:41.590 --> 00:54:45.539 That's the first walk issued by Jay Hook. And 00:54:45.539 --> 00:54:48.059 Gilliam gets first base free as he leads off 00:54:48.059 --> 00:54:49.559 here in the top of the third. And the batter 00:54:49.559 --> 00:54:57.099 coming on now, Willie Davis. Willie Davis grounded 00:54:57.099 --> 00:55:00.980 out to the second baseman. He is 0 for 1. Came 00:55:00.980 --> 00:55:08.679 in at 331. Left -handed batter. Playing in center 00:55:08.679 --> 00:55:15.719 field. Throw to first base, a lob draw, and Gilliam 00:55:15.719 --> 00:55:26.079 is back with no trouble. First pitch to Davis 00:55:26.079 --> 00:55:28.900 is lined to right field, but going foul. Into 00:55:28.900 --> 00:55:32.219 the lower outfield area, in the lower deck, but 00:55:32.219 --> 00:55:36.079 fouled by about 20 feet. Willie Davis getting 00:55:36.079 --> 00:55:38.579 around in a curveball, pulling the ball too much. 00:55:39.860 --> 00:55:42.940 So, Junior Gilliam, now known as... Jim Gilliam 00:55:42.940 --> 00:55:45.820 returns to first base, and it's a strike one 00:55:45.820 --> 00:55:58.420 count. In 1959, Tommy Davis, the on -deck batter, 00:55:58.539 --> 00:56:00.699 led the Pacific Coast Lincoln hitting. Then Willie 00:56:00.699 --> 00:56:04.719 Davis followed the next year and led it. Next 00:56:04.719 --> 00:56:07.139 pitch to Davis as he squares around to beat out 00:56:07.139 --> 00:56:09.460 a bump, but he takes for ball one. One ball, 00:56:09.579 --> 00:56:17.130 one strike. Tommy Davis for Spokane hit .345 00:56:17.130 --> 00:56:25.550 to lead the league in 1959. There's a drive deep 00:56:25.550 --> 00:56:27.389 to right. It could go all the way. Christopher 00:56:27.389 --> 00:56:29.750 back by the wall. He can't get to it. There it 00:56:29.750 --> 00:56:47.380 goes. Deep to right center field into the upper 00:56:47.380 --> 00:56:49.800 day. And that's his seventh home run of the year. 00:56:49.900 --> 00:56:52.019 And he has driven in two runs with a home run 00:56:52.019 --> 00:56:57.559 his 19th. So the Dodgers now out in front. Four 00:56:57.559 --> 00:57:03.639 to nothing. And Dave Hillman is up in the bullpen 00:57:03.639 --> 00:57:13.429 for the New York Mets. Now the batter, Tommy 00:57:13.429 --> 00:57:15.429 Davis. He's a right -handed batter. 0 for 1. 00:57:15.510 --> 00:57:17.429 And the first pitch is a high curve that goes 00:57:17.429 --> 00:57:29.989 over the top of his head. Ball one. Back to the 00:57:29.989 --> 00:57:34.269 plate. Ball two. So Jay Hook now trailing 4 -0. 00:57:34.829 --> 00:57:37.110 Balling behind Tommy Davis. Two balls and no 00:57:37.110 --> 00:57:47.329 strike. Tommy Davis batting .224 at the start 00:57:47.329 --> 00:58:02.369 of the ballgame. He lives in Brooklyn. Next pitch 00:58:02.369 --> 00:58:05.630 to him is high. Actually, he has moved from Brooklyn. 00:58:05.670 --> 00:58:07.630 He lives in Thompson, California. He was born 00:58:07.630 --> 00:58:17.269 in Brooklyn. 3 -0 pitch to Tommy Davis. He takes 00:58:17.269 --> 00:58:20.110 it automatically. Strike one, call. The cannon 00:58:20.110 --> 00:58:22.250 now, three balls and one strike. Still low enough. 00:58:22.409 --> 00:58:25.909 Two runs are in. The score, 4 -0 in favor of 00:58:25.909 --> 00:58:35.610 the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jay Huck looking for 00:58:35.610 --> 00:58:37.510 his fourth win of the season. Comes back with 00:58:37.510 --> 00:58:39.610 a high slider that slides out of his hand. Goes 00:58:39.610 --> 00:58:42.250 over the top of Davis' head. It's walk number 00:58:42.250 --> 00:58:46.030 two. Tommy Davis getting first base. And the 00:58:46.030 --> 00:58:55.250 batter is Ron Fairley. Fairley tripled to deep 00:58:55.250 --> 00:58:57.769 left center to score the first run in the second 00:58:57.769 --> 00:59:00.590 inning. And here comes manager Casey Stengel. 00:59:03.909 --> 00:59:06.090 Dave Hillman has been warming up in the bullpen 00:59:06.090 --> 00:59:08.210 for the Mets. He was up in the last inning when 00:59:08.210 --> 00:59:12.969 the Dodgers scored two. He's also been up since 00:59:12.969 --> 00:59:18.969 Davis' home run here in this inning. And there's 00:59:18.969 --> 00:59:21.909 the sign. Casey Stengel with the hook to Jayhook, 00:59:21.949 --> 00:59:26.369 taking him out of the ballgame. It'll be Dave 00:59:26.369 --> 00:59:33.210 Hillman coming in. So officially, Jayhook worked 00:59:33.210 --> 00:59:36.750 two innings. He gave up all four of the runs 00:59:36.750 --> 00:59:39.750 in the ballgame, allowing five hits. He struck 00:59:39.750 --> 00:59:46.090 out none, and he walked two. He is, at this moment, 00:59:46.170 --> 00:59:54.039 the pitcher of record. Well, don't forget the 00:59:54.039 --> 00:59:56.400 New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers will 00:59:56.400 --> 00:59:58.239 be playing here in a night game tomorrow night. 00:59:59.880 --> 01:00:03.059 Then it will be the San Francisco Giants moving 01:00:03.059 --> 01:00:05.860 in to the polar grounds for a night game Friday 01:00:05.860 --> 01:00:07.800 night, a doubleheader on Saturday, and, of course, 01:00:07.820 --> 01:00:09.820 a single game on Sunday. Four big games with 01:00:09.820 --> 01:00:13.019 the Giants. And it looks as though Roger Craig, 01:00:13.059 --> 01:00:15.920 who was involved with the Giants in that good 01:00:15.920 --> 01:00:18.260 Donnybrook out in San Francisco, will be the 01:00:18.260 --> 01:00:22.579 starting pitcher in the Friday night game. You 01:00:22.579 --> 01:00:24.699 can purchase tickets to all these games at three 01:00:24.699 --> 01:00:29.320 locations downtown. Polar Grounds, Grand Central 01:00:29.320 --> 01:00:34.400 Station, over on the Vanderbilt Ramp side, Pennsylvania 01:00:34.400 --> 01:00:37.000 Station, and the Long Island Rating Room. You 01:00:37.000 --> 01:00:39.000 can also make ticket reservations at all the 01:00:39.000 --> 01:00:40.880 Howard Groban stores throughout the New York 01:00:40.880 --> 01:00:46.780 area. Bob, what have you got in the score? At 01:00:46.780 --> 01:00:48.239 the end of two and a half, Ralph, Pittsburgh 01:00:48.239 --> 01:00:50.039 leading the Cardinals two to nothing on Dick 01:00:50.039 --> 01:00:51.880 Stewart's two -run homer. That's Washburn against 01:00:51.880 --> 01:00:55.059 Francis. Cincinnati and Milwaukee no score at 01:00:55.059 --> 01:00:56.960 the end of one or two against the Shea in their 01:00:56.960 --> 01:00:59.940 first game. Roy Seavers homered in the first 01:00:59.940 --> 01:01:02.280 inning off Juan Marichal to tie up the Giant 01:01:02.280 --> 01:01:05.900 Philly game at 1 -1 at the end of five. Here 01:01:05.900 --> 01:01:07.880 are the warm -ups for Chicago. Dean Stone, a 01:01:07.880 --> 01:01:10.059 left -hander for the Colt 45s, and rookie Cal 01:01:10.059 --> 01:01:12.179 Koontz, a right -hander for the Chicago Cubs. 01:01:12.860 --> 01:01:16.400 In the American League. They are being held up 01:01:16.400 --> 01:01:19.079 because of rain now at the end of 7 in Minnesota 01:01:19.079 --> 01:01:21.320 with the Yankees leading the Minnesota Twins 01:01:21.320 --> 01:01:24.760 6 -1. Bill Stafford for the Yankees. Kralik relieved 01:01:24.760 --> 01:01:27.559 Bonikowski. Johnny Blanchard hit a two -run homer. 01:01:27.800 --> 01:01:30.679 Nothing yet on Washington at Kansas City. Here 01:01:30.679 --> 01:01:32.639 are the warm -ups at Detroit for the White Sox, 01:01:32.719 --> 01:01:34.960 Johnny Bazzard, and for the Detroit Tigers, Phil 01:01:34.960 --> 01:01:37.440 Regan. They're underway in Baltimore. Cleveland 01:01:37.440 --> 01:01:40.539 nothing. The Orioles nothing. Pedro Ramos pitching 01:01:40.539 --> 01:01:42.599 for Cleveland and Chuck Estrada on the mound 01:01:42.599 --> 01:01:47.940 for the Baltimore Orioles. The remaining action 01:01:47.940 --> 01:01:49.940 in the American League, the Red Sox meet the 01:01:49.940 --> 01:01:52.679 Los Angeles Angels on the West Coast, and that, 01:01:52.739 --> 01:01:55.099 of course, will be much later in the day. Well, 01:01:55.119 --> 01:01:56.800 the Yankees, they are playing a noon game, which 01:01:56.800 --> 01:01:59.699 has gone 7, with the Yankees in front 6 -1, now 01:01:59.699 --> 01:02:01.300 being delayed because of rain, and they will 01:02:01.300 --> 01:02:03.579 play a game that starts at 9 o 'clock tonight 01:02:03.579 --> 01:02:06.460 in New York. So that's the complete rundown on 01:02:06.460 --> 01:02:08.119 the scores of other games, and right here with 01:02:08.119 --> 01:02:11.119 our pitching change made, Dave Hellman, just 01:02:11.119 --> 01:02:13.239 about warmed up and ready to go, and all set 01:02:13.239 --> 01:02:14.920 to follow the action along for you again, Ralph 01:02:14.920 --> 01:02:17.380 Kiner. Well, Jay Hook, who had pitched complete 01:02:17.380 --> 01:02:19.960 games in his last two starts, losing 3 -2 at 01:02:19.960 --> 01:02:22.400 Houston and 7 -4 in 10 innings at San Francisco, 01:02:22.460 --> 01:02:25.400 is now out. He's the pitcher on record. And in 01:02:25.400 --> 01:02:28.539 the ballgame, Dave Hillman. Dave, a right -hander, 01:02:28.619 --> 01:02:31.980 is making his 10th appearance of the year, his 01:02:31.980 --> 01:02:36.880 eighth for the New York Ball Club. He has worked 01:02:36.880 --> 01:02:38.920 a total of 12 and one -third innings, and he 01:02:38.920 --> 01:02:41.099 has a record of no wins and no losses. And his 01:02:41.099 --> 01:02:43.320 first man will be Ron Farrelly. He goes to first 01:02:43.320 --> 01:02:50.650 base to... Move Tommy Davis back there. No one 01:02:50.650 --> 01:02:52.789 out. A runner at first to score 4 -0 in favor 01:02:52.789 --> 01:02:56.530 of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Curve ball to Ron 01:02:56.530 --> 01:02:58.590 Fairley. That's just too low. Ball one. One ball 01:02:58.590 --> 01:03:02.710 and no strike. Sammy Taylor, the catcher, thought 01:03:02.710 --> 01:03:05.670 he had that one. It's Gil Hodges at first. At 01:03:05.670 --> 01:03:08.030 second base, Felix Mantia. The shortstop, Elio 01:03:08.030 --> 01:03:10.969 Chacon. The third baseman, Cliff Cook. The outfield, 01:03:11.030 --> 01:03:13.949 Thomas, Hickman, and Christopher left to right. 01:03:18.699 --> 01:03:20.639 Now Hellman back with a 1 -0 pitch. It's swung 01:03:20.639 --> 01:03:22.699 on and fouled back, straight back of home plate 01:03:22.699 --> 01:03:25.900 for strike one. One ball and one strike. Hellman 01:03:25.900 --> 01:03:43.820 with a high fastball. Hellman was obtained from 01:03:43.820 --> 01:03:46.650 Syracuse after being sent there. After trial 01:03:46.650 --> 01:03:52.309 by the Cincinnati Reds in spring training. He's 01:03:52.309 --> 01:03:54.170 back with a fastball. It's down the line. It 01:03:54.170 --> 01:03:56.250 could be in the stands. It's over by the wall, 01:03:56.369 --> 01:04:06.989 and it's a home run. Ron Fairley with the so 01:04:06.989 --> 01:04:09.849 -called proverbial Chinese home run. It dropped 01:04:09.849 --> 01:04:12.409 into the upper deck right near the foul line, 01:04:12.489 --> 01:04:16.050 and the Dodgers lead 6 -0. Bobby Davis scoring 01:04:16.050 --> 01:04:34.309 in front of him. Guard one of the runs to Jay 01:04:34.309 --> 01:04:37.170 Hook. He's tried now with five. The other two, 01:04:37.250 --> 01:04:40.650 Dave Hillman. And the batter now, Frank Howard. 01:04:42.280 --> 01:04:44.559 Her ball to Frank Howard, catching on the outside 01:04:44.559 --> 01:04:49.579 corner, strike one. That's Ron Fairley's first 01:04:49.579 --> 01:04:52.260 home run of the year. He now has 17 runs batted 01:04:52.260 --> 01:04:58.519 in. Howard with a drive to right center. Christopher 01:04:58.519 --> 01:05:01.099 going deep there. It's way back, and he makes 01:05:01.099 --> 01:05:06.420 the catch right on the warning track. Frank Howard 01:05:06.420 --> 01:05:08.659 chasing Joe Christopher right into the warning 01:05:08.659 --> 01:05:11.039 track about two steps from the wall and deep 01:05:11.039 --> 01:05:18.380 right center. And that's out number one. Well, 01:05:18.460 --> 01:05:20.579 the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have actually won 01:05:20.579 --> 01:05:23.360 their ballgames this year on speed and not much 01:05:23.360 --> 01:05:25.400 power, showing plenty here today in the photo 01:05:25.400 --> 01:05:28.480 ground. They have had two home runs, a triple 01:05:28.480 --> 01:05:31.739 and a ground rule double. And the batter now 01:05:31.739 --> 01:05:36.400 is John Roseboro. First pitch to him, a curve 01:05:36.400 --> 01:05:40.380 that's in the dirt. Ball one. Roseboro, his first 01:05:40.380 --> 01:05:44.780 time up. doubled into the deepest area in the 01:05:44.780 --> 01:05:47.239 ballpark, and the ball bounced on the warning 01:05:47.239 --> 01:05:49.380 track into the stands for a ground rule double. 01:05:50.920 --> 01:05:52.960 Left -handed batter, and Hillman comes back with 01:05:52.960 --> 01:06:01.699 a curve, swung on and missed, strike one. Well, 01:06:01.739 --> 01:06:03.420 there's only been one ball hit into the center 01:06:03.420 --> 01:06:05.219 field stands here at the Polar Grounds in regular 01:06:05.219 --> 01:06:11.449 season play, and that was by Joe Adcock. Curve 01:06:11.449 --> 01:06:14.309 high, ball two. But if there is one person who 01:06:14.309 --> 01:06:17.030 might be able to do it, it's Frank Howard right 01:06:17.030 --> 01:06:19.369 here with a Los Angeles ball club and possibly 01:06:19.369 --> 01:06:22.489 another. Orlando Cepeda, both those boys with 01:06:22.489 --> 01:06:25.070 tremendous power to center field. And, of course, 01:06:25.070 --> 01:06:26.789 they'll be playing here throughout this weekend. 01:06:31.210 --> 01:06:33.409 Hillman with a curve that's low, ball three. 01:06:33.469 --> 01:06:37.690 Three balls and one strike. It's a 6 -0 game, 01:06:37.730 --> 01:06:49.039 top of the third inning. 3 -1 pitch to Roseboro, 01:06:49.139 --> 01:06:51.219 grounder down to Hodges. He takes it, will go 01:06:51.219 --> 01:06:53.260 all the way, makes the tag at first base himself 01:06:53.260 --> 01:06:59.420 for out number two. Two men down now, and the 01:06:59.420 --> 01:07:08.820 batter is Larry Burright. The Dodgers went out 01:07:08.820 --> 01:07:11.860 in front in the second inning when Marilyn Howard 01:07:11.860 --> 01:07:15.300 scored. Now they've added four more here in the 01:07:15.300 --> 01:07:20.079 top of the third. Larry Burride, a right -handed 01:07:20.079 --> 01:07:22.000 batter, takes a curve. It's in the dirt for ball 01:07:22.000 --> 01:07:25.320 one. Burride came in the ballgame, hitting 317. 01:07:25.360 --> 01:07:32.039 He is 0 for 1. Rookie second baseman for the 01:07:32.039 --> 01:07:38.179 Los Angeles Dodgers. Tries to check his swing, 01:07:38.260 --> 01:07:41.039 but goes too far. It's strike one. One ball, 01:07:41.199 --> 01:07:58.260 one strike. Dave Hillman on the mound for the 01:07:58.260 --> 01:08:04.559 Mets in relief of Jay Hook. Next pitch to Burlight. 01:08:04.679 --> 01:08:06.880 Lined in the center field. A base hit. Coming 01:08:06.880 --> 01:08:09.960 over to field the ball, Joe Christopher. And 01:08:09.960 --> 01:08:12.099 now the Dodgers have a man on first base with 01:08:12.099 --> 01:08:15.320 two outs in the batter, Sandy Kopach. Seventh 01:08:15.320 --> 01:08:17.079 base hit in the ballgame. The second one given 01:08:17.079 --> 01:08:25.819 up by Dave Hillman. The Mets played three games 01:08:25.819 --> 01:08:28.340 with the Dodgers prior to this one. Two of them 01:08:28.340 --> 01:08:30.659 decided in the eighth inning. The other was a 01:08:30.659 --> 01:08:34.960 course around. Danny Koufax didn't participate 01:08:34.960 --> 01:08:36.979 in any of those three games. This is his first 01:08:36.979 --> 01:08:41.380 start. He's a right -handed batter. First start 01:08:41.380 --> 01:08:45.319 against the Mets. He is 0 for 1, but he has driven 01:08:45.319 --> 01:08:50.359 in one of the six runs. Curveball, it's in the 01:08:50.359 --> 01:08:53.239 dirt, dug out by Sammy Taylor. Nice play. Holding 01:08:53.239 --> 01:08:59.520 at first base. Larry Burright. Two men down. 01:09:01.779 --> 01:09:06.000 As Hellman goes into the stretch. He throws the 01:09:06.000 --> 01:09:08.380 first base and Burright dives back in, he says. 01:09:18.380 --> 01:09:21.399 Back to the play to call strike. One ball and 01:09:21.399 --> 01:09:26.060 one strike. Hillman catching with a fastball, 01:09:26.159 --> 01:09:32.159 knee -high in the outside corner. Sandy Koufax 01:09:32.159 --> 01:09:35.380 brought a 094 batting average into the ballgame. 01:09:35.439 --> 01:09:38.260 He has had three hits this year, 32 times at 01:09:38.260 --> 01:09:40.920 bat. That's to him, swung on and missed, strike 01:09:40.920 --> 01:09:46.100 two. So the count now, one ball, two strikes. 01:10:03.149 --> 01:10:08.609 One and two to Sandy Koufax. And the pitch is 01:10:08.609 --> 01:10:11.250 taken outside. Ball two. Two and two with two 01:10:11.250 --> 01:10:23.829 outs. Dave Hellman on the mound looking for his 01:10:23.829 --> 01:10:27.630 first victory as not lost one so far this year. 01:10:29.229 --> 01:10:31.430 And he returns to the plate with a runner starting 01:10:31.430 --> 01:10:33.409 to go and holding, and he gets him on a strikeout 01:10:33.409 --> 01:10:36.609 for strike three. No average hours aside, that's 01:10:36.609 --> 01:10:39.850 the first strikeout by Dave Hellman and in the 01:10:39.850 --> 01:10:45.130 ballgame. And in the top of the third inning, 01:10:45.170 --> 01:10:51.130 the Dodgers score four runs on two hits. There 01:10:51.130 --> 01:10:53.210 were no errors. One man left in the score at 01:10:53.210 --> 01:10:54.829 the end at two and one -half innings of play. 01:10:55.930 --> 01:10:58.449 The Los Angeles Dodgers six, the New York Mets. 01:10:58.800 --> 01:11:02.119 Nothing. You know, going through the rule book 01:11:02.119 --> 01:11:05.380 the other day, we took up a Ringo Riddle for 01:11:05.380 --> 01:11:08.260 all you baseball fans. Now, you may know that 01:11:08.260 --> 01:11:10.399 when a base runner is hit by a batted ball, a 01:11:10.399 --> 01:11:13.340 batter automatically gets credit for a hit, and 01:11:13.340 --> 01:11:14.939 the runner, of course, is automatically out. 01:11:15.020 --> 01:11:18.479 But who gets credit for the put -out? Think about 01:11:18.479 --> 01:11:22.840 that one. Well, if you know your baseball, you 01:11:22.840 --> 01:11:25.020 may have known that the fielder nearest the runner 01:11:25.020 --> 01:11:27.859 gets the credit for the put -out. And if you 01:11:27.859 --> 01:11:31.159 know your beer, you'll surely know this. Two 01:11:31.159 --> 01:11:33.659 little words, Extra Dry, tell you why Rheingold 01:11:33.659 --> 01:11:36.739 has a taste no other beer can match. They tell 01:11:36.739 --> 01:11:38.779 you that Rheingold is brewed the long, slow, 01:11:38.899 --> 01:11:41.680 costlier way for a taste that's brisk and bright 01:11:41.680 --> 01:11:44.779 and clean, clear through. So why not find that 01:11:44.779 --> 01:11:47.500 out for yourself? Enjoy a cool, refreshing glass 01:11:47.500 --> 01:11:50.039 of Rheingold Extra Dry today, right along with 01:11:50.039 --> 01:11:52.760 the game. And now while we have time before the 01:11:52.760 --> 01:11:54.859 bottom of the third starts, we pause for station 01:11:54.859 --> 01:11:59.000 identification. This is WGY, the General Electric 01:11:59.000 --> 01:12:02.020 Station's connectivity 810 on your radio dial. 01:12:09.899 --> 01:12:12.319 Danny Koufax to Joe Christopher in his first 01:12:12.319 --> 01:12:16.000 pitch to swung on a miss, strike one. Motto of 01:12:16.000 --> 01:12:19.340 a third with the Mets hitting six to tie. Joe 01:12:19.340 --> 01:12:21.239 Christopher batting for the second time, popped 01:12:21.239 --> 01:12:23.760 up to the third baseman, Jim Gilliam, in the 01:12:23.760 --> 01:12:27.619 first inning. He is 0 for 1. Fast ball that's 01:12:27.619 --> 01:12:35.859 fouled away. Strike two. Koufax, who started 01:12:35.859 --> 01:12:37.699 slowly in the first inning and worked the six 01:12:37.699 --> 01:12:40.460 batters, getting Jim Hickman on the strikeout 01:12:40.460 --> 01:12:44.819 after he had hit a foul home run where the base 01:12:44.819 --> 01:12:47.619 was loaded. And the second he worked through 01:12:47.619 --> 01:12:49.760 it, one, two, three with two strikeouts. A big 01:12:49.760 --> 01:12:52.819 curveball at town long. One ball and two strikes. 01:12:54.900 --> 01:12:57.119 Koufax has the biggest and best curveball, I 01:12:57.119 --> 01:13:02.819 believe, in the major leagues. Also has a fine 01:13:02.819 --> 01:13:05.060 fastball to go along. There's a curve, but that 01:13:05.060 --> 01:13:07.220 one hung high. Ball two. Two balls and two strikes. 01:13:08.300 --> 01:13:11.340 This curveball, a lot like Max Lanier's curveball, 01:13:11.380 --> 01:13:15.880 and Max pitched back in the early 40s for the 01:13:15.880 --> 01:13:20.159 St. Louis Cardinals. Right off the top. It rolls 01:13:20.159 --> 01:13:27.850 right off the table. Last year, Koufax struck 01:13:27.850 --> 01:13:31.609 out 269 batters. Fastball drilled to left field. 01:13:31.829 --> 01:13:33.829 This one moves Tommy Davis deep to left field, 01:13:33.890 --> 01:13:38.090 but he has room, and he makes a catch. That ball 01:13:38.090 --> 01:13:41.130 hits deep, away from the wall, and straightaway 01:13:41.130 --> 01:13:51.569 left field for out number one. Now one is down, 01:13:51.630 --> 01:13:55.229 and Elio Cho comes in. Elio Chacon. Elio walked 01:13:55.229 --> 01:13:58.529 in the first inning. Got as far as third base 01:13:58.529 --> 01:14:01.670 on an error by Tommy Davis in left field. Right 01:14:01.670 --> 01:14:04.369 -handed batter playing shortstop. First pitch 01:14:04.369 --> 01:14:06.789 to him, a fastball that's low inside. Ball one. 01:14:13.550 --> 01:14:16.010 Now Ed Sudol asks to take a look at the ball. 01:14:16.270 --> 01:14:23.680 And he throws it out. Go back. last year with 01:14:23.680 --> 01:14:27.119 his 269 strikeouts, broke a record set back in 01:14:27.119 --> 01:14:31.340 1903 by Christy Matthews. Four strikeouts in 01:14:31.340 --> 01:14:38.979 the season. One -all pitch to Chacon, lined in 01:14:38.979 --> 01:14:41.279 the center field, a base hit. Elio going to first 01:14:41.279 --> 01:14:44.180 base, wound deep there, and holds as Willie Davis 01:14:44.180 --> 01:14:47.239 comes up with the ball. That is hit number two 01:14:47.239 --> 01:14:49.579 off Sandy Koufax, and Chacon is safe at first 01:14:49.579 --> 01:14:51.439 base with one out, and the batter is Cliff Cook. 01:15:02.920 --> 01:15:05.079 left field his first time up. He came in at 2 01:15:05.079 --> 01:15:07.859 -0 -8. Right -handed batter playing third base. 01:15:08.939 --> 01:15:13.199 It's a 6 -0 game. Dodgers at the end of two and 01:15:13.199 --> 01:15:16.800 one -half innings of play. The goal not being 01:15:16.800 --> 01:15:18.979 held on. The first pitch to Cook is swung on 01:15:18.979 --> 01:15:33.000 a miss. Strike one. in his last outing struck 01:15:33.000 --> 01:15:37.300 out 16 Philadelphia Philly batters. Flashball 01:15:37.300 --> 01:15:39.859 is fouled away and the Cavs will go to 0 -2. 01:15:43.260 --> 01:15:49.760 So far through the season, Sandy has pitched 01:15:49.760 --> 01:15:54.260 84 and one -third innings. And in that time, 01:15:54.340 --> 01:15:59.859 he has struck out 102 batters. He's the only 01:15:59.859 --> 01:16:03.079 pitcher in... Major League history. You have 01:16:03.079 --> 01:16:07.939 averaged more than nine strikeouts a game throughout 01:16:07.939 --> 01:16:10.539 a career. Next pitch is low. One ball, two strikes. 01:16:13.539 --> 01:16:15.819 In his first ball game, his first Major League 01:16:15.819 --> 01:16:20.739 start, he struck out 14 batters. And he did all 01:16:20.739 --> 01:16:31.310 that on strictly a fastball. Cliff Cook swings 01:16:31.310 --> 01:16:33.590 at his next pitch, and it's popped up and going 01:16:33.590 --> 01:16:49.909 foul out of play. Strange thing about Koufax, 01:16:50.130 --> 01:16:52.970 last year was the first year that Koufax ever 01:16:52.970 --> 01:16:57.670 won a ball game in April. Her ball swung on, 01:16:57.750 --> 01:17:00.300 bouncing in the dirt. Runner holding there. It's 01:17:00.300 --> 01:17:03.380 strike three. That ball bounced just about on 01:17:03.380 --> 01:17:06.159 home plate. That curve snapped right off and 01:17:06.159 --> 01:17:08.899 right on down. So it's strikeout number four 01:17:08.899 --> 01:17:11.399 by Sandy Kopach. Out number two in the batter's 01:17:11.399 --> 01:17:22.739 flank, Thomas. Thomas was given an intentional 01:17:22.739 --> 01:17:27.340 walk in the first inning, which loaded the bases 01:17:27.340 --> 01:17:30.060 up. had runners at second and third at the time. 01:17:30.340 --> 01:17:38.159 So he is still batting 335, which was his average 01:17:38.159 --> 01:17:41.939 at the start of the game. Go back to Thomas with 01:17:41.939 --> 01:17:52.340 a high fastball, ball one. Thomas has hit safely 01:17:52.340 --> 01:17:57.199 in his last 17 games over that period. He hit 01:17:57.199 --> 01:18:00.619 it at a .386 clip. Had five home runs, three 01:18:00.619 --> 01:18:03.539 doubles, and two triples. Strike called. A throw 01:18:03.539 --> 01:18:05.659 pass comes in down around the knee. One ball, 01:18:05.739 --> 01:18:24.899 one strike. Bob Murphy and Lindsey Nelson from 01:18:24.899 --> 01:18:27.020 the polar grounds in the first game of two here 01:18:27.020 --> 01:18:30.600 in Memorial Day. And the first of a three -game 01:18:30.600 --> 01:18:33.680 series with a loss on the Dodgers. Curveball 01:18:33.680 --> 01:18:37.300 swung on a miss by Thomas. Roseboro catching 01:18:37.300 --> 01:18:39.399 the ball, moving out towards first base. There's 01:18:39.399 --> 01:18:41.680 a throw there. Chacon on first with two outs. 01:18:44.140 --> 01:18:46.539 Dodgers with two runs in the second, four in 01:18:46.539 --> 01:18:50.539 the third. Lead it six to nothing. There's a 01:18:50.539 --> 01:18:53.859 good curve, but just inside. Ball two. And Colfax 01:18:53.859 --> 01:18:56.140 thinks that he had that one. He comes off the 01:18:56.140 --> 01:18:59.619 mound, walks halfway in to Ed Sudol. Now Sudol 01:18:59.619 --> 01:19:02.380 with his mask off, look out, walking out in front 01:19:02.380 --> 01:19:08.220 of home plate. Now he's back, and the mask goes 01:19:08.220 --> 01:19:10.760 on, so everything is all right. When that mask 01:19:10.760 --> 01:19:16.939 comes off, you've got to get careful. They leave 01:19:16.939 --> 01:19:20.760 it on, you're not in too much trouble. 2 -2 pitch 01:19:20.760 --> 01:19:23.300 to Thomas. A change -up at just too high. Ball 01:19:23.300 --> 01:19:25.739 three. To the count of four, Secona's first base 01:19:25.739 --> 01:19:32.220 will be going with two men out. And the score 01:19:32.220 --> 01:19:35.279 of the ball game, 6 -0 in favor of the Hawkeye 01:19:35.279 --> 01:19:41.560 Massagers. The first shift that we know about, 01:19:41.680 --> 01:19:43.899 and possibly not the first of all time, but in 01:19:43.899 --> 01:19:45.859 modern days, was put on against Ted Williams 01:19:45.859 --> 01:19:48.039 by Lou Boudreau when he was the manager of the 01:19:48.039 --> 01:19:50.640 Cleveland Indians. And they used the reverse 01:19:50.640 --> 01:19:53.319 of this shift, leaving the left side open and 01:19:53.319 --> 01:19:56.020 covering on the right. Williams, the left -handed 01:19:56.020 --> 01:20:02.100 batter. 3 -2 pitch. A curveball. Got him looking. 01:20:02.300 --> 01:20:05.659 Strike three. And that's strikeout number five. 01:20:06.939 --> 01:20:09.520 Oh, that was a big curve that rolled right off 01:20:09.520 --> 01:20:14.720 the table. So at the end of three. After the 01:20:14.720 --> 01:20:17.960 Mets have no runs on one hit. There were no errors, 01:20:18.039 --> 01:20:21.100 and they left one on the score. The Los Angeles 01:20:21.100 --> 01:20:26.439 Dodgers, six. On seventh, the Mets, no runs on 01:20:26.439 --> 01:20:32.300 two. Well, plenty of action coming your way. 01:20:33.300 --> 01:20:36.539 Another game here today, and just in case you're 01:20:36.539 --> 01:20:38.439 buying nearby, you can drop in. I think you can 01:20:38.439 --> 01:20:40.340 squeeze in here somewhere, but plenty of excitement 01:20:40.340 --> 01:20:43.199 coming off. You know, you can mail in for tickets 01:20:43.199 --> 01:20:45.119 throughout the season, especially convenience 01:20:45.119 --> 01:20:49.489 here. All you have to do is be sure to tell how 01:20:49.489 --> 01:20:52.489 many tickets you want and the type. Box seat 01:20:52.489 --> 01:20:57.810 to 350, reserve seat to 250. Send a check or 01:20:57.810 --> 01:21:01.350 money order and include an additional 25 cents 01:21:01.350 --> 01:21:05.470 to handle the mailing charges. And mail to ticket 01:21:05.470 --> 01:21:10.970 manager, Hall of Grounds, 39 New York. Be sure 01:21:10.970 --> 01:21:14.479 to specify the date. And to specify the number 01:21:14.479 --> 01:21:17.039 of tickets you want in coverage with the price 01:21:17.039 --> 01:21:21.699 and its additional $0 .25. Plenty of baseball 01:21:21.699 --> 01:21:23.680 action coming your way. The Mets here with the 01:21:23.680 --> 01:21:25.779 Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. 01:21:25.779 --> 01:21:27.859 And then, after a short trip, they come back 01:21:27.859 --> 01:21:31.640 on June 15th. Well, at the top of the fourth 01:21:31.640 --> 01:21:34.220 inning, the score is 6 -0 in favor of the Dodgers. 01:21:34.380 --> 01:21:37.159 And the first pitcher, first pitch by David Hellman, 01:21:37.199 --> 01:21:38.840 the pitcher is hit on the ground through the 01:21:38.840 --> 01:21:41.810 hole in the right field by Maury Wells. Coming 01:21:41.810 --> 01:21:44.210 up with the ball is Joe Christopher, and Wills 01:21:44.210 --> 01:21:47.189 comes up with his second base in. He now has 01:21:47.189 --> 01:22:08.739 two for three. Major league leader in stolen 01:22:08.739 --> 01:22:11.340 bases. That first base in the batter is Jim Gilliam. 01:22:11.399 --> 01:22:13.600 Batting left -hander, he just switches her. Batting 01:22:13.600 --> 01:22:15.079 from the left side against the right -hander. 01:22:15.460 --> 01:22:17.560 Hillman with his first pitch. It's outside low. 01:22:17.640 --> 01:22:24.279 Ball one. Dodgers now with eight bases in the 01:22:24.279 --> 01:22:29.140 ballgame. The gold arm with his sixth run. Gilliam 01:22:29.140 --> 01:22:32.140 has walked and fired out to left field. He also 01:22:32.140 --> 01:22:37.159 has scored a run. So to first base, Wills dives 01:22:37.159 --> 01:22:40.760 back in, but he is there way before the tag. 01:22:41.020 --> 01:22:46.300 Gil Hodges holding. Wills has stolen 18 consecutive 01:22:46.300 --> 01:22:48.560 bases before the Mets broke his streak in Los 01:22:48.560 --> 01:22:54.380 Angeles. He goes now. The pitch is outside. Taylor 01:22:54.380 --> 01:22:57.319 Stroll is up on the shoulder of Wills in the 01:22:57.319 --> 01:22:59.239 center field, and it goes to stolen base, and 01:22:59.239 --> 01:23:03.420 Wills holds at second. Amore Wills now with his 01:23:03.420 --> 01:23:07.250 24th stolen base. And he had quite a jump and 01:23:07.250 --> 01:23:12.350 beat the throw at second by quite a margin. Now 01:23:12.350 --> 01:23:14.850 warming up in the bullpen for the Mets, Bob Moorhead. 01:23:30.529 --> 01:23:33.090 Junior Gilliam with a count of one ball and no 01:23:33.090 --> 01:23:37.029 strike. Make that two balls in those strikes. 01:23:39.130 --> 01:23:42.529 And with Maury Wills out at second base. No one 01:23:42.529 --> 01:23:44.529 out in the top of the fourth. The score is 6 01:23:44.529 --> 01:23:54.250 -0 Dodgers. Dave Hillman looking at Wills. Now 01:23:54.250 --> 01:23:56.270 returns to the plate. It's lined on the right 01:23:56.270 --> 01:23:58.529 field line. A base hit off of the wall. Bouncing 01:23:58.529 --> 01:24:01.170 into Joe Christopher's hands. He can't make a 01:24:01.170 --> 01:24:03.829 play home as he picks the ball up and holds Gilliam 01:24:03.829 --> 01:24:07.170 at first base. Score of the ball game now, 7 01:24:07.170 --> 01:24:09.909 -0, as Gilliam picks up his first run batted 01:24:09.909 --> 01:24:25.590 in. Hit number nine, and the score now, 7 -0, 01:24:25.670 --> 01:24:29.210 as Bob Moorhead continues to throw in the bullpen 01:24:29.210 --> 01:24:45.659 for New York. Now the batter, Willie Davis, who 01:24:45.659 --> 01:24:48.000 has a two -run home run to his credit and two 01:24:48.000 --> 01:24:50.760 times up. Willie with his seventh home run of 01:24:50.760 --> 01:24:52.500 the season, a left -handed batter playing in 01:24:52.500 --> 01:24:58.819 center field. No one out. Gilliam at first base. 01:25:03.979 --> 01:25:06.340 Dave Hillman to the mound with a curveball. It's 01:25:06.340 --> 01:25:08.319 hit down through the hole in the right field 01:25:08.319 --> 01:25:11.159 of base hit. Gilliam going to third base. Does 01:25:11.159 --> 01:25:13.340 not draw a throw as Christopher comes in with 01:25:13.340 --> 01:25:16.899 the ball. And Willie Davis gets his second base 01:25:16.899 --> 01:25:19.340 hit. That's three in a row here in the top of 01:25:19.340 --> 01:25:27.359 the fourth inning. And it brings manager Casey 01:25:27.359 --> 01:25:36.479 Stengel out of the dugout. Raleigh Davis came 01:25:36.479 --> 01:25:39.180 into the ballgame batting .331. He has picked 01:25:39.180 --> 01:25:41.380 up two hits and three times up, so that will 01:25:41.380 --> 01:25:50.460 certainly aid to his batting average. At the 01:25:50.460 --> 01:25:53.060 start of today's action, Orlando Cepeda was the 01:25:53.060 --> 01:25:57.380 National League leading hitter, followed by Bill 01:25:57.380 --> 01:26:01.739 Williams of the Chicago Cubs. Opened American 01:26:01.739 --> 01:26:04.779 League, Jimenez. Manny Jimenez with the Kansas 01:26:04.779 --> 01:26:08.100 City Bar Club, formerly a Milwaukee player, was 01:26:08.100 --> 01:26:13.779 way on top. He was up around .398. Well, we're 01:26:13.779 --> 01:26:16.159 going to have a change in pitchers as Casey Stengel 01:26:16.159 --> 01:26:18.800 uses the hook for the second time. It'll be Bob 01:26:18.800 --> 01:26:22.659 Moorhead. Hillman officially pitched one inning. 01:26:22.840 --> 01:26:27.399 He came in in relief of Jay Hook after Hook had 01:26:27.399 --> 01:26:30.159 given up a walk, a home run, and a walk at the 01:26:30.159 --> 01:26:33.430 start of the third. Hillman allowed a home run 01:26:33.430 --> 01:26:36.409 to run fairly, which scored two runs. One of 01:26:36.409 --> 01:26:39.590 the runs being charged to Jay Hook. And then 01:26:39.590 --> 01:26:48.630 he got the side out. Here in the top of the fourth, 01:26:48.770 --> 01:26:50.909 Roy Wills went off with a single. Stone's second 01:26:50.909 --> 01:26:53.430 scored when Gilliam lined a single off the base 01:26:53.430 --> 01:26:56.609 of the wall by the foul line. And then Willie 01:26:56.609 --> 01:26:59.409 Davis moved Jim Gilliam to third with a single. 01:27:06.250 --> 01:27:11.470 Complete inning. Gave up five hits. All out two 01:27:11.470 --> 01:27:15.170 runs. Struck out two and walked none. Bob, what 01:27:15.170 --> 01:27:21.470 have you got in the scores? St. Louis 2 -0 on 01:27:21.470 --> 01:27:23.470 Dick Stewart's two -run homer. That's Washburn 01:27:23.470 --> 01:27:27.270 against Francis. Cincinnati scored two off Ron 01:27:27.270 --> 01:27:29.189 Pache in the top of the second. The Reds lead 01:27:29.189 --> 01:27:32.029 the Milwaukee Braves 2 -0. That's the first game 01:27:32.029 --> 01:27:34.350 of their Memorial Day doubleheader. They have 01:27:34.350 --> 01:27:36.430 gone six innings in Philadelphia. The Giants 01:27:36.430 --> 01:27:39.229 and Phillies tied at 1 -1. Mound due between 01:27:39.229 --> 01:27:42.930 Juan Marichal and Cal McClish. Roy Seavers homered 01:27:42.930 --> 01:27:45.649 in the fifth to tie up the game. They're underway 01:27:45.649 --> 01:27:48.130 at Wrigley Field. The Colt 45s did not score 01:27:48.130 --> 01:27:51.170 against Cal Coons in the first. Dean Stone pitching 01:27:51.170 --> 01:27:56.590 for Houston. In the American League, they're 01:27:56.590 --> 01:27:58.729 in the ninth inning now at Minneapolis with the 01:27:58.729 --> 01:28:01.819 Yankees leading the Minnesota Twins 6 -1. Bill 01:28:01.819 --> 01:28:03.960 Stafford hurling for the Yankees. Miranda on 01:28:03.960 --> 01:28:06.460 a relief now in the ninth inning. Johnny Blanchard 01:28:06.460 --> 01:28:09.000 hit a two -run homer. It'll be Washington playing 01:28:09.000 --> 01:28:12.180 at Kansas City. Chicago at Detroit in a doubleheader. 01:28:12.340 --> 01:28:14.319 Bazaard in the first game for the White Sox against 01:28:14.319 --> 01:28:17.880 Phil Regan. Cleveland playing at Baltimore. And 01:28:17.880 --> 01:28:21.119 in the third inning, Pedro Ramos and Al Leplow 01:28:21.119 --> 01:28:22.739 have hit home runs. That Cleveland ball club 01:28:22.739 --> 01:28:25.600 is really hitting home runs. So the Indians have 01:28:25.600 --> 01:28:27.920 moved out in front by at least three to nothing 01:28:27.920 --> 01:28:30.739 in the third inning at Baltimore. with home runs 01:28:30.739 --> 01:28:33.420 off Chuck Estrada, one by Ramos, the other by 01:28:33.420 --> 01:28:36.100 Al Leplo. In the other action in the American 01:28:36.100 --> 01:28:38.180 League, it'll be Boston playing at Los Angeles 01:28:38.180 --> 01:28:40.960 in a doubleheader on the West Coast. So that's 01:28:40.960 --> 01:28:43.979 the complete rundown on our scoreboard. Right 01:28:43.979 --> 01:28:46.239 here, Bob Moorhead, the big blind right -hander 01:28:46.239 --> 01:28:48.220 from LeMoyne, Pennsylvania, has been called in 01:28:48.220 --> 01:28:51.199 by Casey Stengel to try and cool off the red 01:28:51.199 --> 01:28:53.380 -hot Dodger bats. And as play resumes, here again 01:28:53.380 --> 01:28:56.840 is Ralph. Thank you, Bob. And the batter will 01:28:56.840 --> 01:29:07.420 be Tommy Davis. Bob Moorhead, a right -hander, 01:29:07.479 --> 01:29:11.819 will be making his 13th appearance. And he, too, 01:29:11.859 --> 01:29:15.479 has no record, no wins and no losses. Throw to 01:29:15.479 --> 01:29:20.539 first base, and Willie Davis dives back in. Moorhead 01:29:20.539 --> 01:29:23.439 has pitched 32 innings, giving up 33 hits, allowing 01:29:23.439 --> 01:29:27.539 24 runs, 18 of those earned. His first pitch 01:29:27.539 --> 01:29:35.079 to Tommy Davis is low outside, ball one. Bob 01:29:35.079 --> 01:29:36.979 Moorhead, the third pitcher used in the game 01:29:36.979 --> 01:29:39.579 by manager Casey Stengel. Jay Hook worked the 01:29:39.579 --> 01:29:49.319 first two, then Dave Hillman, now Bob. The right 01:29:49.319 --> 01:29:51.180 -hander back to the plate, a bouncing ball back 01:29:51.180 --> 01:29:53.720 to the mound. Moorhead goes to second, now to 01:29:53.720 --> 01:29:56.079 first, but the throw pulls Hodges off the bag 01:29:56.079 --> 01:29:59.260 and a run scores. Junior Gilliam coming in from 01:29:59.260 --> 01:30:01.359 third base and the score of the ball game now, 01:30:01.560 --> 01:30:07.050 8 -0. Felix Mantia, in throwing to first base, 01:30:07.130 --> 01:30:10.550 pulled Hodges off the bag, which allowed Tommy 01:30:10.550 --> 01:30:12.810 Davis, the fast man, to get in. No error in the 01:30:12.810 --> 01:30:22.670 play, and the run is earned. So Tommy Davis, 01:30:22.810 --> 01:30:25.449 who leads the club and runs battered in, has 01:30:25.449 --> 01:30:28.090 picked up his 46. He's second in the National 01:30:28.090 --> 01:30:31.850 League to Cepeda. And the score is 8 -0, and 01:30:31.850 --> 01:30:35.130 the batters run fairly. Curveballs to Farrelly. 01:30:35.130 --> 01:30:38.449 He's fouled down in the dirt. Strike one. Farrelly 01:30:38.449 --> 01:30:40.810 hit his first major league home run of the 1962 01:30:40.810 --> 01:30:44.109 season in the third inning. He also has a triple 01:30:44.109 --> 01:30:46.609 to go along. He's had a perfect day. Two for 01:30:46.609 --> 01:31:05.729 two. to the left -handed batter with a curveball 01:31:05.729 --> 01:31:09.090 that drops over letter high. Strike two. No balls 01:31:09.090 --> 01:31:13.510 and two strikes. One out. Score eight to nothing. 01:31:13.890 --> 01:31:29.850 Dodgers. The two -strike pitch to Farrelly is 01:31:29.850 --> 01:31:32.470 inside. A ball. Farrelly started to go in the 01:31:32.470 --> 01:31:35.539 curve and then held up. Ball breaking off of 01:31:35.539 --> 01:31:41.579 the plate. One ball, two strikes. Tommy Davis 01:31:41.579 --> 01:31:51.659 at first base. Moorhead now tossing over to first 01:31:51.659 --> 01:32:00.300 base, but Davis gets back. One -two pitch to 01:32:00.300 --> 01:32:02.460 Fairley. Swung on and grounded down in the dirt 01:32:02.460 --> 01:32:04.819 again. So the count will stay at one ball and 01:32:04.819 --> 01:32:07.640 two strikes. And while we have time, we pause 01:32:07.640 --> 01:32:12.220 for station identification. This is WGY, the 01:32:12.220 --> 01:32:15.119 General Electric Station's connectivity 810 on 01:32:15.119 --> 01:32:23.520 your radio dial. Ralph Kiner along with Bob Murphy 01:32:23.520 --> 01:32:25.720 and Lindsey Nelson from the polar grounds. The 01:32:25.720 --> 01:32:28.100 score of the ball game 8 -0 in favor of the Dodgers. 01:32:28.819 --> 01:32:31.140 And they're batting here in the top of the fourth. 01:32:31.680 --> 01:32:34.300 One two pitch is low. Ball two. Two balls and 01:32:34.300 --> 01:32:37.460 two strikes. This is the longest batting streak 01:32:37.460 --> 01:32:41.539 of the season for any Dodgers. And during the 01:32:41.539 --> 01:32:44.779 stretch, he was 18 for 31. And he has raised 01:32:44.779 --> 01:32:53.520 his average from 136 to 320. The 2 -2 pitch to 01:32:53.520 --> 01:32:55.760 Farrelly. Lying in the center field of Bayton. 01:32:56.699 --> 01:32:59.260 Tommy Davis going to second now. Moves over to 01:32:59.260 --> 01:33:02.119 third base as... Hickman comes up for the ball 01:33:02.119 --> 01:33:06.060 and throws to Mantee at second. That puts runners 01:33:06.060 --> 01:33:08.520 at first and third with one out. And the batter 01:33:08.520 --> 01:33:25.520 is Frank Howard. Boy, this is a big man. He's 01:33:25.520 --> 01:33:27.779 bigger than Cliff Hartung was, and he was large. 01:33:28.399 --> 01:33:31.779 First pitch to Frank. Line into left center field. 01:33:32.159 --> 01:33:35.079 Base hit as Hickman goes over. Falls down. Going 01:33:35.079 --> 01:33:37.180 in the third base is Ron Fairley. Now Howard 01:33:37.180 --> 01:33:40.279 going for second. Now Fairley continues on home. 01:33:40.439 --> 01:33:46.460 And two runs scored. Tommy Davis going from third 01:33:46.460 --> 01:33:49.119 base and Fairley all the way from first. Howard 01:33:49.119 --> 01:33:53.020 hits one to left center field. And a goal as 01:33:53.020 --> 01:34:02.350 a two -base hit. 10 -0, and the batter is John 01:34:02.350 --> 01:34:04.789 Roseboro. One out, and Frank Howard out in second. 01:34:08.130 --> 01:34:10.210 Roseboro, left -handed batter, waiting now as 01:34:10.210 --> 01:34:12.029 Morehead returns to the plate. He hits the next 01:34:12.029 --> 01:34:14.670 pitch down to the second base of Mantia. Mantia, 01:34:14.710 --> 01:34:16.670 the first base for out number two, and moving 01:34:16.670 --> 01:34:24.989 over to third, Frank Howard. So two are down 01:34:24.989 --> 01:34:28.520 now, and the batter is Larry Burright. Larry 01:34:28.520 --> 01:34:31.020 Singel to center field and two times up today. 01:34:38.600 --> 01:34:40.640 Playing at second base, a right -handed batter. 01:34:41.899 --> 01:34:44.420 And the first pitch to him is a called strike, 01:34:44.520 --> 01:34:46.779 a slider over on the outside corner, letter high. 01:34:51.119 --> 01:34:53.640 Dodgers with two in the second, four in the third, 01:34:53.800 --> 01:35:00.409 and four here in the top of the fourth. Last 01:35:00.409 --> 01:35:03.390 ball at 2 -0, ball one. One ball and one strike. 01:35:18.770 --> 01:35:21.350 Now Moore heads back with a 1 -1 pitch. A swing 01:35:21.350 --> 01:35:23.550 and a foul tip into the catcher's glove. Strike 01:35:23.550 --> 01:35:26.729 two. For the ball game, the atmosphere here at 01:35:26.729 --> 01:35:28.850 the ballpark, just like a World Series. They 01:35:28.850 --> 01:35:32.930 had movie cameras, photographers, writers from 01:35:32.930 --> 01:35:38.069 all over. And manager Walt Alston saying, this 01:35:38.069 --> 01:35:42.090 certainly reminds me of 1959. One -two pitch 01:35:42.090 --> 01:35:44.430 is called, strike three. No more head strikes 01:35:44.430 --> 01:35:47.329 out for White. Got him looking to retire to side. 01:35:51.289 --> 01:35:54.760 In the inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Four 01:35:54.760 --> 01:35:59.340 runs on five hits. There were no errors. One 01:35:59.340 --> 01:36:02.220 man left in the score at the end of three and 01:36:02.220 --> 01:36:05.199 one half innings of play. The Los Angeles Dodgers 01:36:05.199 --> 01:36:13.779 10, the New York Mets nothing. Moving to the 01:36:13.779 --> 01:36:15.760 bottom half of the fourth inning with the Dodgers 01:36:15.760 --> 01:36:17.960 leading 10 to nothing and coming up to bat, Gil 01:36:17.960 --> 01:36:29.020 Hodges. Picks up a great aim wherever he plays, 01:36:29.119 --> 01:36:31.300 now in the batter's box. The ovation for Gill 01:36:31.300 --> 01:36:33.699 out in Los Angeles when he made his first appearance 01:36:33.699 --> 01:36:36.600 for the first time out of a Dodger uniform ever 01:36:36.600 --> 01:36:40.100 was certainly heartwarming. There's a strike 01:36:40.100 --> 01:36:42.699 call as Koufax comes back on the 1 -0 count. 01:36:42.880 --> 01:36:52.939 One ball, one strike. 1 -1 pitch to Gill as it's 01:36:52.939 --> 01:36:54.739 high in the air right down the left field line. 01:36:54.899 --> 01:36:57.279 Watching there is Tommy Davis. It's going to 01:36:57.279 --> 01:36:59.479 be a home run of its fair. It's called a home 01:36:59.479 --> 01:37:17.020 run. Gil Hodges crossing home plate with his 01:37:17.020 --> 01:37:21.210 367th home run. That one was on top of the roof, 01:37:21.229 --> 01:37:24.590 right on top of the foul ball. Now arguing at 01:37:24.590 --> 01:37:28.229 third base, Jim Gilliam and Georgetown boy Will. 01:37:28.930 --> 01:37:32.350 And Sandy Kovacs coming over to take a look right 01:37:32.350 --> 01:37:36.369 down the foul line. The tough part about the 01:37:36.369 --> 01:37:39.369 decision on that one is that the ball was in 01:37:39.369 --> 01:37:41.949 fair territory as it went down the line and the 01:37:41.949 --> 01:37:44.689 wind blowing towards left field curved it to 01:37:44.689 --> 01:37:48.619 where it hit on the roof it was. in foul territory. 01:37:48.899 --> 01:37:53.720 But as it went by, the foul line pulled. It was 01:37:53.720 --> 01:37:57.880 decided that the ball was a fair ball. The third 01:37:57.880 --> 01:38:00.520 base umpire, Bill Jachowski, signaling a home 01:38:00.520 --> 01:38:03.079 run for Gil Hodges. So the game now 10 -1 in 01:38:03.079 --> 01:38:07.680 favor of the Dodgers. And Gil now with 367 major 01:38:07.680 --> 01:38:10.600 league home runs. That's his sixth of the season. 01:38:12.920 --> 01:38:15.300 And now the batter is Jim Hickman, and he takes 01:38:15.300 --> 01:38:31.069 low for ball one. in the left field. Hickman 01:38:31.069 --> 01:38:33.909 rounding that first base. Now going for two. 01:38:34.050 --> 01:38:36.369 The throw by Tommy Davis. Offline and Hickman 01:38:36.369 --> 01:38:49.210 has a stand -up double. Two hits in a row and 01:38:49.210 --> 01:38:54.050 the New York Mets fans hear some 40 -some thousand 01:38:54.050 --> 01:38:58.319 finally getting a chance to cheer. And that's 01:38:58.319 --> 01:39:02.000 what they came out here for. And as you can tell 01:39:02.000 --> 01:39:05.840 right now, they're getting a good chance. Here's 01:39:05.840 --> 01:39:14.500 Felix Mantia. He takes goal, ball one. Charlie 01:39:14.500 --> 01:39:17.579 Neal has just come in from the clubhouse in center 01:39:17.579 --> 01:39:20.859 field, which means he has returned from Longview, 01:39:20.859 --> 01:39:24.640 Texas, attending the funeral of his uncle, who 01:39:24.640 --> 01:39:27.079 is very close to him. Coach Johnny Neal is now 01:39:27.079 --> 01:39:30.079 available for action. Line drive, the left field, 01:39:30.199 --> 01:39:33.000 a face hit. Tommy Davis there takes it on the 01:39:33.000 --> 01:39:35.180 first bounce, fires in to Wills and holds it 01:39:35.180 --> 01:39:37.979 at first base, Mantia. And a throw to first base 01:39:37.979 --> 01:39:41.420 gets by Farrelly. Going from third now, Jim Hickman 01:39:41.420 --> 01:39:48.079 is going to second base, Mantia. That'll be an 01:39:48.079 --> 01:39:54.329 error, Judge, the more he will. Hickman batted 01:39:54.329 --> 01:39:58.069 in as the runner had held up a third. And then 01:39:58.069 --> 01:40:00.529 after the throw got by at first base, as Wells 01:40:00.529 --> 01:40:04.189 tried to get Mantia after he rounded there, after 01:40:04.189 --> 01:40:06.250 the throw had gotten by thoroughly, Hickman came 01:40:06.250 --> 01:40:29.479 in from third. For Sammy Taylor, the catcher, 01:40:29.479 --> 01:40:32.779 it'll be Harry Chitty. Going to ballgame now, 01:40:32.840 --> 01:41:01.739 10 -2. A pinch hitter for the catcher, Sammy 01:41:01.739 --> 01:41:03.979 Taylor. And the first pitch to him is a fastball 01:41:03.979 --> 01:41:09.640 called a strike at the knee. Murray batting .333. 01:41:09.659 --> 01:41:14.380 Has eight hits and 24 times hit the plate. Wide 01:41:14.380 --> 01:41:17.880 -handed batter and a catcher on the slot. Now 01:41:17.880 --> 01:41:20.119 Koufax with a one -strike pitch. It's outside. 01:41:20.420 --> 01:41:27.819 Ball one. Finnegar Van Meisel warming up at the 01:41:27.819 --> 01:41:32.159 bullpen for the Mets. The on -deck batter is 01:41:32.159 --> 01:41:38.159 the pitcher Bob Moorhead. A 1 -1 pitch to Harry. 01:41:38.319 --> 01:41:41.180 One on, foul tip off the glove of John Roseboro. 01:41:41.779 --> 01:41:45.720 To the count now, one ball, two strikes. Felix 01:41:45.720 --> 01:41:49.659 Mangia out at second base. There's no one out. 01:41:50.340 --> 01:41:52.699 The Mets now with two runs in the bottom of the 01:41:52.699 --> 01:42:02.310 fourth inning. Off -counter back to Chidi with 01:42:02.310 --> 01:42:06.550 a curve that just misses up high. Ball two. Two 01:42:06.550 --> 01:42:21.770 balls and two strikes. Koufax back to the plate. 01:42:21.810 --> 01:42:25.729 A fastball. One on a miss. Chidi goes down swinging 01:42:25.729 --> 01:42:29.539 for strikeout number six by Sandy Koufax. One 01:42:29.539 --> 01:42:31.420 man is now out, and we'll see who they're going 01:42:31.420 --> 01:42:39.859 to send up. It's going to be Bob Moorhead to 01:42:39.859 --> 01:42:43.619 bat for himself. And sitting down now, out in 01:42:43.619 --> 01:42:46.239 the bullpen for the Mets, Finnegar Ben Mizell. 01:42:46.359 --> 01:42:48.699 So Bob Moorhead batting for himself. He's a right 01:42:48.699 --> 01:43:10.300 -handed batter. Sandy Koufax to Bob Moorhead. 01:43:10.359 --> 01:43:16.119 It's a fastball called strike one. Koufax has 01:43:16.119 --> 01:43:22.000 won six so far this year, losing only two. This 01:43:22.000 --> 01:43:25.020 is his first start against the Mets. Curveball 01:43:25.020 --> 01:43:27.180 that breaks right over the heart of the plate. 01:43:27.220 --> 01:43:35.420 Strike two. Big curve. No balls and two strikes 01:43:35.420 --> 01:43:38.979 to Bob Moorhead. Mantia out at second base and 01:43:38.979 --> 01:43:41.239 one out. And it fits back to the plate. A fastball. 01:43:41.300 --> 01:43:44.479 It's fouled away. So the Cavs will stay at 0 01:43:44.479 --> 01:43:51.680 -2. Mets with two runs in here in the bottom 01:43:51.680 --> 01:44:03.500 of the fourth inning. Now the left -hander back 01:44:03.500 --> 01:44:05.640 with a curveball. Swung on and missed. Strike 01:44:05.640 --> 01:44:09.659 three. Joe Moorhead goes down. He's the seventh 01:44:09.659 --> 01:44:11.840 strikeout victim of Sandy Koufax, and the batter 01:44:11.840 --> 01:44:21.100 now is Joe Christopher. Joe is last time up, 01:44:21.140 --> 01:44:23.840 fly deep to left field. He also has popped up 01:44:23.840 --> 01:44:28.659 to third, 0 for 2. His drive to left, chasing 01:44:28.659 --> 01:44:31.359 Tommy Davis, all the way back on the warning 01:44:31.359 --> 01:44:34.510 track, and deep, deep left field. Christopher 01:44:34.510 --> 01:44:36.470 playing in right field, bats from the right -hand 01:44:36.470 --> 01:44:42.149 side. Two men down now to score 10 -2 Dodgers, 01:44:42.170 --> 01:44:44.409 and the first pitch to Christopher, a big curveball, 01:44:44.569 --> 01:44:49.430 strike one called. Boy, this fella really rolls 01:44:49.430 --> 01:45:03.760 it off the top. Now Koufax looking at his runner. 01:45:03.859 --> 01:45:05.680 Back to the plate with a curve. It's in the center 01:45:05.680 --> 01:45:08.220 field. A base hit. Ante a rounding turn. Will 01:45:08.220 --> 01:45:11.000 score. The throw comes in the second base. The 01:45:11.000 --> 01:45:36.020 ball game now 10 -3. One of them a home run by 01:45:36.020 --> 01:45:45.220 Gil Hodges. And the batter is Helio Chacon. Helio 01:45:45.220 --> 01:45:48.100 singles to left center field in the third inning. 01:45:48.180 --> 01:45:51.819 He is one for one. He also has a walk to go along. 01:45:52.000 --> 01:45:54.619 A right -handed batter. Christopher first base 01:45:54.619 --> 01:45:56.800 not being held on. And the first pitch to Chacon. 01:45:56.880 --> 01:46:13.590 A fastball inside. Ball one. Koufax back to the 01:46:13.590 --> 01:46:17.829 plate with a low fastball. Ball two. And John 01:46:17.829 --> 01:46:20.630 Roseboro now walking halfway out to talk to Sandy 01:46:20.630 --> 01:46:42.439 Koufax. Koufax comes in, meets him halfway. and 01:46:42.439 --> 01:46:45.020 no strikes to Ilya Chacon with two outs in the 01:46:45.020 --> 01:46:47.539 bottom of the fourth. And the next pitch is high. 01:46:47.739 --> 01:46:58.699 Ball three. No action in the bullpen for the 01:46:58.699 --> 01:47:01.920 Dodgers. They lead by seven. But the Mets with 01:47:01.920 --> 01:47:04.180 a rally going in the fourth inning. The 3 -0 01:47:04.180 --> 01:47:06.539 pitch to Chacon. A fastball that screws strike 01:47:06.539 --> 01:47:10.079 one. For the count now, three balls and one strike. 01:47:12.140 --> 01:47:16.000 The on -deck batter is Cliff Cook. Chacon now 01:47:16.000 --> 01:47:19.140 looking twice for the sign. A hit -or -take sign 01:47:19.140 --> 01:47:26.960 from Salahemis. Elia Chacon, a runner at first, 01:47:27.000 --> 01:47:31.079 and the 3 -1 pitch is strike two. Chacon taking 01:47:31.079 --> 01:47:33.600 all the way as a full count at three balls and 01:47:33.600 --> 01:47:37.119 two strikes. Joe Christopher at first base will 01:47:37.119 --> 01:47:42.659 be moving on the pitch. Now Farrelly comes in 01:47:42.659 --> 01:47:47.699 to hold him on. Koufax looks at first, goes to 01:47:47.699 --> 01:47:50.020 the plate. Christopher runs. The ball is hit 01:47:50.020 --> 01:47:52.239 in the center field. A pace hit. Christopher 01:47:52.239 --> 01:47:54.600 going over to third base on the play. The throw 01:47:54.600 --> 01:47:57.399 comes in. The throw right at second. So now the 01:47:57.399 --> 01:48:00.039 runners are at first and third, and that brings 01:48:00.039 --> 01:48:18.859 out Walt Austin. Tits off of Sandy Koufax. And 01:48:18.859 --> 01:48:22.520 Walt Alston now talking to Sandy Koufax on the 01:48:22.520 --> 01:48:32.300 mound. And Ed Robuck is up in the bullpen for 01:48:32.300 --> 01:48:40.619 the Los Angeles Dodgers. Walt Alston, yesterday, 01:48:41.079 --> 01:48:43.699 said he thought he had the best team he's had 01:48:43.699 --> 01:48:45.899 in quite some time this year in the Dodgers. 01:48:46.890 --> 01:48:49.470 He figures the San Francisco Jazz to beat that. 01:48:50.210 --> 01:48:54.489 Also the Cincinnati Reds. But he feels this team 01:48:54.489 --> 01:49:00.750 can go all the way during the 1962 season. Now 01:49:00.750 --> 01:49:04.430 Alston going back to the dugout. He's effectively 01:49:04.430 --> 01:49:08.149 known as Smokey Alston. Was the first baseman 01:49:08.149 --> 01:49:11.550 in the minor leagues for many, many years. He 01:49:11.550 --> 01:49:14.680 was at that one time in the major leagues. And 01:49:14.680 --> 01:49:19.579 he was struck out by Laram Warnicke. Walt Alston. 01:49:20.239 --> 01:49:23.460 Now we're all set to go. Cliff Cook is the batter. 01:49:23.659 --> 01:49:26.039 The pitcher is Sandy Koufax. The Mets with runners 01:49:26.039 --> 01:49:28.039 at first and third. And the first pitch to Cook 01:49:28.039 --> 01:49:31.100 is popped up high in the air. Wills at shortstop 01:49:31.100 --> 01:49:34.119 is signaling for the ball. And he makes the catch 01:49:34.119 --> 01:49:38.619 to retire the time. In the inning, the New York 01:49:38.619 --> 01:49:43.069 Mets pick up three big runs. On five hits, there 01:49:43.069 --> 01:49:47.829 were no errors. Two men left in the score. Collection 01:49:47.829 --> 01:49:51.850 one error in the inning, and the score... The 01:49:51.850 --> 01:49:54.590 Los Angeles Dodgers, 10 runs on 12 hits. The 01:49:54.590 --> 01:49:57.789 New York Mets, three runs on seven. And now as 01:49:57.789 --> 01:50:00.270 we move along to the top of the fifth inning, 01:50:00.390 --> 01:50:04.250 once again, to tell you all about it, and I guess 01:50:04.250 --> 01:50:05.930 we've got a pretty good seat in this full house, 01:50:05.970 --> 01:50:16.550 is Bob Murphy. Thank you very much, Ralph. And 01:50:16.550 --> 01:50:19.229 now it is a 10 -3 ball game. The Mets breaking 01:50:19.229 --> 01:50:21.609 through against Sandy Koufax, and they hit Koufax 01:50:21.609 --> 01:50:24.789 hard. Walter Alston, after making a trip to the 01:50:24.789 --> 01:50:26.829 mound and staying out there about as long as 01:50:26.829 --> 01:50:33.130 he could to give Roebuck time to get ready. But 01:50:33.130 --> 01:50:36.590 Sandy got Cliff Cook on a high pop fly to retire 01:50:36.590 --> 01:50:38.930 the side, and now the one -up action subsides 01:50:38.930 --> 01:50:43.430 in the Dodger bullpen. We move along to the theft 01:50:43.430 --> 01:50:45.329 hunting, and for the Dodgers, They will have 01:50:45.329 --> 01:50:53.369 Sandy Koufax coming out to lead off. Eight men 01:50:53.369 --> 01:50:57.350 came up for the New York Mets. In the fourth 01:50:57.350 --> 01:50:59.710 inning, as they scored three runs on five hits 01:50:59.710 --> 01:51:02.890 with one error and two left on. Harry Chidi batted 01:51:02.890 --> 01:51:04.829 for Sammy Taylor, and now Harry stays in the 01:51:04.829 --> 01:51:09.630 game to catch Bob Moorhead. At the end of five 01:51:09.630 --> 01:51:11.310 and a half, Pittsburgh leading the St. Louis 01:51:11.310 --> 01:51:14.319 Cardinals 3 -1. At the end of three and a half, 01:51:14.359 --> 01:51:16.319 the Cincinnati Reds lead the Milwaukee Braves 01:51:16.319 --> 01:51:19.260 three to one. They're in the ninth inning in 01:51:19.260 --> 01:51:21.159 the first game in Philadelphia with the Giants 01:51:21.159 --> 01:51:23.239 leading the Phillies by a score of three to one. 01:51:26.859 --> 01:51:29.140 Houston four, the Cubs nothing at the end of 01:51:29.140 --> 01:51:35.859 two and a half. Now Sandy Koufax leading off 01:51:35.859 --> 01:51:37.699 against Bob Moorhead in the top of the fifth 01:51:37.699 --> 01:51:40.220 inning. Sandy hitting for the third time, he's 01:51:40.220 --> 01:51:43.840 over two. Head right in there for a call. Strike 01:51:43.840 --> 01:51:48.760 one. The day game at Minneapolis. The Yankees 01:51:48.760 --> 01:51:50.619 on a seven -hitter by Bill Stafford. Beat the 01:51:50.619 --> 01:51:56.739 Minnesota Twins 10 -1. Outside and low. One ball, 01:51:56.819 --> 01:51:59.640 one strike. Yankees breaking out. Got ten runs 01:51:59.640 --> 01:52:02.560 on 16 bases, including a two -run homer by Johnny 01:52:02.560 --> 01:52:08.680 Blanchard. Tigers two and the White Sox nothing 01:52:08.680 --> 01:52:11.590 at the end of two. Cleveland three, the Orioles 01:52:11.590 --> 01:52:15.909 nothing after four and a half. Pitch to Koufax, 01:52:15.989 --> 01:52:18.090 a ground ball past the mound to his right man, 01:52:18.170 --> 01:52:20.430 Pia. Felix up with it, takes the Hodges in time. 01:52:20.550 --> 01:52:27.310 Koufax is out. What a way nobody on now in the 01:52:27.310 --> 01:52:28.630 top of the fifth inning. And the hitter will 01:52:28.630 --> 01:52:31.050 be Maury Wills, the shortstop and leadoff batter. 01:52:32.029 --> 01:52:34.409 Maury has been up three times, singled twice 01:52:34.409 --> 01:52:36.729 to right field. And in the fourth inning, he 01:52:36.729 --> 01:52:41.840 stole second. He has 24th stolen base. So here's 01:52:41.840 --> 01:52:44.220 Maury Wells, who has stolen 24 bases, and the 01:52:44.220 --> 01:52:47.539 season is only about a fourth of the way along. 01:52:57.420 --> 01:53:00.119 Bob Moorhead, third pitcher used today by Casey. 01:53:00.659 --> 01:53:03.600 Wines and pitches. Inside at the knees. One ball 01:53:03.600 --> 01:53:18.029 and no strike. Now more head cranking up. The 01:53:18.029 --> 01:53:19.970 pitch to Maury Wills. A drive in the air to right 01:53:19.970 --> 01:53:22.329 field. Running back is Joe Christopher. He can't 01:53:22.329 --> 01:53:24.329 get it. It's beyond him and rolling back to the 01:53:24.329 --> 01:53:26.670 deepest point in right center field. Watch this 01:53:26.670 --> 01:53:29.029 when it may try to go all the way. Maury Wills 01:53:29.029 --> 01:53:31.470 is being waved around third. He's going to come 01:53:31.470 --> 01:53:48.649 in to score standing up without a throw. the 01:53:48.649 --> 01:53:52.409 park home run. In a hard line drive, Christopher 01:53:52.409 --> 01:53:54.729 running back into right center tried to catch 01:53:54.729 --> 01:53:57.449 the line drive by cutting over on it. Couldn't 01:53:57.449 --> 01:53:59.270 reach it and the ball then rolled to the deep 01:53:59.270 --> 01:54:02.489 point in right center beyond the bullpen. Maury 01:54:02.489 --> 01:54:06.369 Wells, who really flies, came in easily standing 01:54:06.369 --> 01:54:09.109 up with it inside the park homer. By the time 01:54:09.109 --> 01:54:11.189 Christopher could fire the ball back to Mantilla 01:54:11.189 --> 01:54:15.130 for a relay, he had no play. So the Dodgers lead 01:54:15.130 --> 01:54:19.460 11 -3 and the hitter is Jim Gilliam. Inside at 01:54:19.460 --> 01:54:21.979 lowest, ball one. That's the third home run in 01:54:21.979 --> 01:54:32.000 the game for the Dodgers. Next pitch to Gilliam, 01:54:32.060 --> 01:54:35.800 a swing and a miss. One ball, one strike. Gilliam 01:54:35.800 --> 01:54:37.819 has flied to left, drawn a walk, and singled 01:54:37.819 --> 01:54:44.720 a right, and Jim has scored two runs. Maury Wills 01:54:44.720 --> 01:54:49.079 now is three for four. The 1 -1 pitch, taken 01:54:49.079 --> 01:54:56.180 high by Gilliam, two balls and a strike. One 01:54:56.180 --> 01:54:58.340 of the few inside the park home runs I've ever 01:54:58.340 --> 01:55:00.060 seen where you could almost tell they had no 01:55:00.060 --> 01:55:07.479 chance at all to get him. 2 -1 pitch, right in 01:55:07.479 --> 01:55:12.090 there, a call strike, 2 -2 on Jim Gilliam. The 01:55:12.090 --> 01:55:14.630 Dodgers now have three hits, three runs of Bob 01:55:14.630 --> 01:55:17.069 Moorhead. They have a total of 11 runs, 13 hits 01:55:17.069 --> 01:55:25.050 in the game. Gilliam containing the bat around. 01:55:25.189 --> 01:55:27.210 In comes the pitch by Moorhead, a foul ball off 01:55:27.210 --> 01:55:31.829 the fist, back toward the screen, no play. Sensational 01:55:31.829 --> 01:55:34.069 crowd here at the polo grounds, every seat taken, 01:55:34.149 --> 01:55:36.510 and around the top of the upper deck and out 01:55:36.510 --> 01:55:39.010 in center field, up behind the bleachers, many 01:55:39.010 --> 01:55:51.460 are standing. Bob Moorhead pitching 2 -2. Breaking 01:55:51.460 --> 01:55:53.899 ball taken inside and low by Jim Gilliam, and 01:55:53.899 --> 01:55:57.239 the string is on 3 -2. Well, I don't know where 01:55:57.239 --> 01:55:59.720 you could possibly find a greater reception than 01:55:59.720 --> 01:56:02.420 the Mets have received. Mets coming home off 01:56:02.420 --> 01:56:04.659 an eight -game losing streak and not a seat to 01:56:04.659 --> 01:56:07.319 be found on the polo ground. The Dodgers have 01:56:07.319 --> 01:56:09.779 hit three home runs, Willie Davis, Ron Farrelly, 01:56:09.840 --> 01:56:12.560 and Maury Wills connecting, and Gil Hodges connected 01:56:12.560 --> 01:56:17.119 for the New York Mets. Gil now has 367. He's 01:56:17.119 --> 01:56:19.140 only two behind Ralph Kiner in the all -time 01:56:19.140 --> 01:56:22.000 home run derby. When he passes Kiner, he will 01:56:22.000 --> 01:56:23.659 have hit more home runs than any right -hander 01:56:23.659 --> 01:56:26.180 in National League history. Inside, it's ball 01:56:26.180 --> 01:56:36.000 four, and Gilliam walks. Jim Gilliam walks on 01:56:36.000 --> 01:56:39.739 three and two. That brings up Willie Davis. Willie 01:56:39.739 --> 01:56:43.199 has grounded out second to first. belted a long 01:56:43.199 --> 01:56:45.239 two -run homer in the upper deck and right center, 01:56:45.359 --> 01:56:52.479 and single to right field, two for three. Willie 01:56:52.479 --> 01:56:56.340 Davis off to a great start. Ground ball passed 01:56:56.340 --> 01:56:58.239 the pitcher towards second. Mantilla goes over, 01:56:58.340 --> 01:57:01.060 flips to Chacon, fourth at second base. Close 01:57:01.060 --> 01:57:03.880 play at second. Mantilla had to go to his right 01:57:03.880 --> 01:57:06.520 on a rather slow grounder, and when he got to 01:57:06.520 --> 01:57:08.239 it, all he could do was just flip it in the same 01:57:08.239 --> 01:57:11.060 motion to Elio Chacon, and they forced Jim Gilliam. 01:57:15.230 --> 01:57:17.109 Now there are two away, and the hitter is the 01:57:17.109 --> 01:57:20.630 cleanup batter, Tommy Davis. Tommy has fouled 01:57:20.630 --> 01:57:22.609 out to Hodges, drawn a walk and scored a run, 01:57:22.670 --> 01:57:24.369 reached on a fielder's choice but knocked in 01:57:24.369 --> 01:57:30.569 a run, and then scored again. 11 -3, Dodgers 01:57:30.569 --> 01:57:32.109 leading, we're in the top of the fifth inning. 01:57:37.489 --> 01:57:39.649 There goes the runner, swing and a miss, the 01:57:39.649 --> 01:57:42.369 peg by Chidi, the slide, he is saved, but second 01:57:42.369 --> 01:57:45.680 with a stolen base. Willie Davis steals second. 01:57:56.239 --> 01:57:58.960 Second stolen base in the game for the Dodgers. 01:57:59.039 --> 01:58:03.020 They've stolen 52 bases in 47 games. Willie Davis 01:58:03.020 --> 01:58:05.859 is the runner -up on the Dodgers. Tamari Wills, 01:58:05.859 --> 01:58:07.960 and that for Willie, is his 12th stolen base 01:58:07.960 --> 01:58:14.140 of the year. One strike count on Tommy Davis. 01:58:15.800 --> 01:58:20.020 Willie Davis on second with two men down. One 01:58:20.020 --> 01:58:21.899 run in in the fifth inning, and that was on the 01:58:21.899 --> 01:58:23.579 inside of the park, home run to right center 01:58:23.579 --> 01:58:26.000 by Maury Wills. There goes Willie to third, a 01:58:26.000 --> 01:58:28.640 ground smash up the middle for a base hit. Tommy 01:58:28.640 --> 01:58:30.880 Davis singles to center. That scores Willie Davis, 01:58:31.060 --> 01:58:34.699 and the Dodgers now go in front 12 -3. Willie 01:58:34.699 --> 01:58:37.380 Davis was running on the pitch. He broke for 01:58:37.380 --> 01:58:39.260 third, but Tommy singles to center, and he could 01:58:39.260 --> 01:58:42.090 virtually... Slow up to a trot, a rounding third 01:58:42.090 --> 01:58:46.470 and coming in. So Tommy Davis has his second 01:58:46.470 --> 01:58:49.869 RBI of the game. That gives him 47 for the year. 01:58:49.909 --> 01:58:57.270 He's the runner -up to Orlando Cepeda. The Dodgers, 01:58:57.310 --> 01:59:00.090 a sizzling hot ball club. They have hit each 01:59:00.090 --> 01:59:01.949 of the three pitchers that Casey has had in the 01:59:01.949 --> 01:59:05.770 game. Ron Fairley, the batter, and he pops one 01:59:05.770 --> 01:59:08.229 up to short right field. Mantia gliding into 01:59:08.229 --> 01:59:10.640 shallow right. Turns around and makes the catch. 01:59:10.680 --> 01:59:14.359 The bat is out. In the fifth inning, the Dodgers 01:59:14.359 --> 01:59:22.399 add two more runs. On two hits. No errors. One 01:59:22.399 --> 01:59:25.760 left on. So we've come halfway at the end of 01:59:25.760 --> 01:59:27.579 four and a half innings. The score now is the 01:59:27.579 --> 01:59:38.159 Dodgers 12 and the New York Mets 3. Now we'll 01:59:38.159 --> 01:59:41.939 have a change for the Dodgers. Andy Carey will 01:59:41.939 --> 01:59:53.539 rest Jim Gilliam at third. Gilliam was one for 01:59:53.539 --> 01:59:56.760 two. Through two walks, Jim was on three times 01:59:56.760 --> 02:00:00.199 out of four. Andy Carey now playing third in 02:00:00.199 --> 02:00:02.380 the last of the fifth innings. And the banner 02:00:02.380 --> 02:00:05.270 is Frank Thomas. Frank drew an intentional walk 02:00:05.270 --> 02:00:07.130 to load the bases with one down in the first. 02:00:07.729 --> 02:00:09.890 He then took a called third strike in the third 02:00:09.890 --> 02:00:11.970 inning after hitting several real shots that 02:00:11.970 --> 02:00:15.590 were foul. Koufax winds and pitches. Swing and 02:00:15.590 --> 02:00:19.170 a miss and a breaking ball. Sandy Koufax with 02:00:19.170 --> 02:00:21.630 that blazing fastball and he has a great curveball. 02:00:23.810 --> 02:00:26.850 Koufax has walked two, struck out seven. Allowed 02:00:26.850 --> 02:00:33.489 three runs, seven hits. After Andy winding, here's 02:00:33.489 --> 02:00:35.649 his pitch on the way. Another curve, and it's 02:00:35.649 --> 02:00:42.829 over. Strike. Gil Hodges on deck, and then Jim 02:00:42.829 --> 02:00:46.210 Hickman. Mets broke through against Kofax for 02:00:46.210 --> 02:00:48.710 five hits in the fourth inning. A check swing, 02:00:48.789 --> 02:00:50.909 slow grounder, racing forward is Andy Carey. 02:00:50.949 --> 02:00:53.229 He's up with it, throws on to Farrelly, in time, 02:00:53.250 --> 02:00:57.229 and Thomas is out. Thomas didn't mean to hit 02:00:57.229 --> 02:00:59.760 that one. He was trying to hold up. But Andy 02:00:59.760 --> 02:01:01.920 Carey cut across the edge of the infield draft 02:01:01.920 --> 02:01:05.319 going to his left to throw him out. Gil Hodges 02:01:05.319 --> 02:01:16.319 coming up. Gil hit one down the left field line 02:01:16.319 --> 02:01:18.579 and way up high for a home run in the fourth 02:01:18.579 --> 02:01:22.680 inning. Gil now has one for two. That was his 02:01:22.680 --> 02:01:26.220 sixth home run of the season. Despite the fact 02:01:26.220 --> 02:01:28.800 that Gil... Has been held a part -time action 02:01:28.800 --> 02:01:33.779 with an ailing knee. Ball one. Knee is very sore. 02:01:33.859 --> 02:01:35.899 It bothers him a lot. It's hard for him to stride 02:01:35.899 --> 02:01:37.619 properly, but nonetheless, Gillis stayed over 02:01:37.619 --> 02:01:43.159 that 300 mark. Koufax out of his wind at the 02:01:43.159 --> 02:01:45.439 pitch. Fastball in there for a call strike. One 02:01:45.439 --> 02:01:49.319 ball, one strike. Last of the fifth inning, Dodgers 02:01:49.319 --> 02:02:00.149 12 and the Mets 3. Now Sandy Koufax winds and 02:02:00.149 --> 02:02:01.909 pitches a ground ball toward the hole. Terry 02:02:01.909 --> 02:02:04.529 cuts it off, going to his left. Now throws in 02:02:04.529 --> 02:02:08.050 time and Gillis out. Now before Jim Hickman comes 02:02:08.050 --> 02:02:10.229 up to hit, let's pause for station identification. 02:02:11.010 --> 02:02:14.430 This is WGY, the General Electric Station's connectivity 02:02:14.430 --> 02:02:25.210 810 on your radio dial. Bob Murphy with Lindsey 02:02:25.210 --> 02:02:27.250 Nelson and Ralph Kanner from the polo grounds, 02:02:27.369 --> 02:02:30.569 last half of the fifth inning. Jim Hickman laced 02:02:30.569 --> 02:02:33.149 a double to left field his last time up. A fly 02:02:33.149 --> 02:02:35.569 ball high in the air, not too deep to right center. 02:02:35.869 --> 02:02:37.949 Willie Davis calling for it in right center, 02:02:38.050 --> 02:02:41.869 and Willie has it to retire the side. So the 02:02:41.869 --> 02:02:43.609 Mets are out in order in their half of the fifth 02:02:43.609 --> 02:02:45.869 inning with no runs, no hits, no errors, none 02:02:45.869 --> 02:02:48.909 left on. And now five innings complete to score 02:02:48.909 --> 02:02:56.710 the Dodgers 12 and the New York Mets 3. Now it's 02:02:56.710 --> 02:02:59.289 the sixth inning at the photo ground. Rod Keneal 02:02:59.289 --> 02:03:01.630 will replace Gil Hodge as the first base for 02:03:01.630 --> 02:03:05.149 the remainder of the ballgame. Gil, of course, 02:03:05.189 --> 02:03:08.829 playing on a very sore knee, and the Mets treading 02:03:08.829 --> 02:03:10.930 by nine runs. Casey wants to give Gil a chance 02:03:10.930 --> 02:03:12.909 to rest the remainder of the game, hoping perhaps 02:03:12.909 --> 02:03:16.949 to be able to play him in the second game. Frank 02:03:16.949 --> 02:03:18.989 Howard leading off against Bob Moorhead at the 02:03:18.989 --> 02:03:20.750 sixth inning. Howard has really ripped the ball. 02:03:21.529 --> 02:03:23.840 Two for three. The only time they got him out, 02:03:23.859 --> 02:03:27.060 he hit a line drive to right field. He's big 02:03:27.060 --> 02:03:28.420 enough to go bear hunting with a buggy whip. 02:03:29.039 --> 02:03:31.380 Here's the wind that pitched to him. Blazer in 02:03:31.380 --> 02:03:34.380 there for a call strike one. Howard was married 02:03:34.380 --> 02:03:36.380 in a batting slump about two weeks ago, but he 02:03:36.380 --> 02:03:38.819 came out of it. And since he came out of it, 02:03:38.840 --> 02:03:40.939 he has been getting a rash of hits in just about 02:03:40.939 --> 02:03:45.739 every game. More hits pitched to him as a breaking 02:03:45.739 --> 02:03:54.279 ball outside and low. One ball, one strike. Howard 02:03:54.279 --> 02:03:56.279 came into the game hitting a 3 -17, and he's 02:03:56.279 --> 02:04:02.500 two for three. Bob Moore has won one pitch to 02:04:02.500 --> 02:04:04.619 Howard, a swing and a miss. He really gave that 02:04:04.619 --> 02:04:07.600 one the big sweeping swing. One ball and two 02:04:07.600 --> 02:04:13.439 strikes. The Dodgers have lacked for anything. 02:04:13.859 --> 02:04:15.659 With all the talent that they have assembled, 02:04:15.779 --> 02:04:19.159 it has been a right -hand home run power. Swing 02:04:19.159 --> 02:04:23.340 and a miss. He struck him out. Bob Moorhead stands 02:04:23.340 --> 02:04:31.899 Frank Howard. A lot of baseball men think that 02:04:31.899 --> 02:04:33.859 one of these days Frank Howard will break out 02:04:33.859 --> 02:04:41.520 and hit them. A lot of home runs. One out and 02:04:41.520 --> 02:04:43.279 nobody on now in the sixth inning. The batter 02:04:43.279 --> 02:04:46.239 is Johnny Roseboro. Johnny doubled to right center 02:04:46.239 --> 02:04:48.159 field in the second with a tremendous drive. 02:04:48.859 --> 02:04:50.939 Ball that landed on the warning path and deep 02:04:50.939 --> 02:04:52.819 right center and bounced up into the crowd, something 02:04:52.819 --> 02:04:55.140 you might see about once a year. Ground ball 02:04:55.140 --> 02:04:57.199 slashed to short. Chacon to his right. Plancy 02:04:57.199 --> 02:05:02.399 spikes. The long peg in time to Rod Caneo. Two 02:05:02.399 --> 02:05:08.520 up and two set aside by Bob Moorhead. I don't 02:05:08.520 --> 02:05:10.039 know where you're going to find any flashier 02:05:10.039 --> 02:05:13.000 play than Elio Chacon has given the New York 02:05:13.000 --> 02:05:21.140 Mets. Elio, a young ball player with tremendous 02:05:21.140 --> 02:05:25.319 desire. Casey feels that he's going to develop 02:05:25.319 --> 02:05:29.340 into a real good one. Outside and low to Larry 02:05:29.340 --> 02:05:31.300 Burright, the rookie second baseman. One ball 02:05:31.300 --> 02:05:34.260 and no strikes. Burright has one for three. Single 02:05:34.260 --> 02:05:40.560 to right center field in the third inning. Pitched 02:05:40.560 --> 02:05:43.659 by Moorhead. A line drive. Knocked down by Camille. 02:05:43.739 --> 02:05:46.710 He picks it up. Nobody there to cover. And so 02:05:46.710 --> 02:05:49.390 Burr ride us on. Moore had undoubtedly thought 02:05:49.390 --> 02:05:51.210 the ball was going into right field for a base 02:05:51.210 --> 02:05:52.949 hit and didn't break off the mound to cover. 02:05:53.529 --> 02:05:55.970 Canelo left the ground to jump high, knocked 02:05:55.970 --> 02:05:58.850 it down with his first baseman's mitt, picked 02:05:58.850 --> 02:06:03.109 it up and had no one to throw to. Whether he 02:06:03.109 --> 02:06:04.810 could have thrown him out or not is problematical. 02:06:05.689 --> 02:06:07.829 It'll be an error charge to ride Canelo on the 02:06:07.829 --> 02:06:18.739 play. We'll double check the scoring. It actually 02:06:18.739 --> 02:06:20.819 has not been officially posted, so let's hold 02:06:20.819 --> 02:06:26.520 off. It is an error on the play charge to Keneal. 02:06:27.560 --> 02:06:30.460 Mandy Koufax up, starts after it, then holds 02:06:30.460 --> 02:06:37.640 up at the strike. Ball actually fooled Keneal 02:06:37.640 --> 02:06:39.640 a little bit. It was not quite as high as he 02:06:39.640 --> 02:06:41.479 thought it was going to be. It was hit hard by 02:06:41.479 --> 02:06:44.260 Burr Wright. A throw to first, and not in time. 02:06:45.900 --> 02:06:48.100 Rod Caneel has been a real handyman for the New 02:06:48.100 --> 02:06:50.399 York Mets. He's played every position in the 02:06:50.399 --> 02:06:53.100 infield and also been in the outfield. A throw 02:06:53.100 --> 02:07:03.359 to first, he sprawls back in first safely. Swing 02:07:03.359 --> 02:07:06.359 and a miss, strike two to Sandy Koufax. Sandy 02:07:06.359 --> 02:07:09.020 0 for 3, has grounded out third to first, been 02:07:09.020 --> 02:07:10.899 struck out and grounded out second to first. 02:07:13.000 --> 02:07:15.779 Dodgers 12 runs on 14 hits. The New York Mets 02:07:15.779 --> 02:07:27.699 three runs on seven hits. Bob Moorhead working 02:07:27.699 --> 02:07:29.859 in relief. The two -strike pitch. Strike three. 02:07:29.920 --> 02:07:32.539 He got him. Koufax knew it. Sandy started after 02:07:32.539 --> 02:07:37.260 it, and then he held up. No runs, no hits. One 02:07:37.260 --> 02:07:40.000 error, one left on. And now at the end of five 02:07:40.000 --> 02:07:42.680 and a half, the score. The Los Angeles Dodgers, 02:07:42.680 --> 02:07:46.600 12. And the New York Mets, 3. If your filtered 02:07:46.600 --> 02:07:49.239 cigarette is tasting too strong, don't you sometimes 02:07:49.239 --> 02:07:52.260 wonder if your brand is wrong? Well, Viceroy 02:07:52.260 --> 02:07:54.560 tastes the way it's like a filtered cigarette 02:07:54.560 --> 02:07:59.520 to taste. Not too strong. Not too light. Viceroy's 02:07:59.520 --> 02:08:02.359 got it. The taste that's right. That's right. 02:08:02.420 --> 02:08:12.399 That's right. Norm Sherry takes over behind the 02:08:12.399 --> 02:08:14.739 plate, replacing Johnny Roseboro as the game 02:08:14.739 --> 02:08:16.600 goes down to the last half of the sixth inning. 02:08:17.560 --> 02:08:19.859 Walter Austin making a second change in the game. 02:08:19.899 --> 02:08:21.800 In the fifth inning, he put Andy Carey in to 02:08:21.800 --> 02:08:27.699 relieve Jim Gilliam. Meninger Ben Mizell continues 02:08:27.699 --> 02:08:29.840 to warm up in the bullpen for the New York Mets. 02:08:29.859 --> 02:08:31.359 The Mets will have the tail end of their batting 02:08:31.359 --> 02:08:34.520 order coming up. Here in the last of the sixth 02:08:34.520 --> 02:08:36.579 inning with Felix Mantilla leading off against 02:08:36.579 --> 02:08:41.060 Andy Koufax. Sandy's pitch on the way is inside 02:08:41.060 --> 02:08:44.479 ball one. Felix got a base hit his last time 02:08:44.479 --> 02:08:52.260 up. Mentea has been over the 300 mark just about 02:08:52.260 --> 02:09:03.699 all year long. Now Sandy has his sign from Sherry, 02:09:03.699 --> 02:09:05.890 the wind -up and touch. A drive in the air to 02:09:05.890 --> 02:09:07.869 left field. It's fairly deep. Back goes Tommy 02:09:07.869 --> 02:09:10.270 Davis. He has room and makes the catch on the 02:09:10.270 --> 02:09:15.810 warning pass. Ball was well hit by Mantilla, 02:09:15.869 --> 02:09:18.069 and Davis back on the warning pass right in front 02:09:18.069 --> 02:09:22.090 of the left field wall grabbed it. One out and 02:09:22.090 --> 02:09:24.069 nobody on. That'll bring up Harry Chidi for his 02:09:24.069 --> 02:09:26.770 second time at bat. Harry came up to hit for 02:09:26.770 --> 02:09:29.670 Sandy Taylor. In the fourth inning, it was fanned 02:09:29.670 --> 02:09:38.939 by Koufax. Blazer right in there. Call strike 02:09:38.939 --> 02:09:51.680 one. Next pitch by Koufax. Foul tip. He just 02:09:51.680 --> 02:09:53.140 got a piece of that one on the count. Strike 02:09:53.140 --> 02:10:11.850 two. Early on, last half of the sixth inning, 02:10:11.949 --> 02:10:16.590 Dodgers leading 12 -3. Curve is fouled into the 02:10:16.590 --> 02:10:18.369 plate and coming back out of play over toward 02:10:18.369 --> 02:10:20.569 the Dodger dugout. So the count stays at strike 02:10:20.569 --> 02:10:35.310 two on Harry Chidi. Koufax winding the pitch 02:10:35.310 --> 02:10:37.409 on the way. Swing and a miss. He struck him out. 02:10:38.000 --> 02:10:39.760 He got him with a breaking ball, and that's for 02:10:39.760 --> 02:10:42.680 Fandy Koufax as his eighth strikeout of the game. 02:10:44.079 --> 02:10:47.920 So Fandy now is taking dead aim on Tenor Moore 02:10:47.920 --> 02:10:49.539 in the game, which he has already accomplished 02:10:49.539 --> 02:10:59.760 three times this year. Bob Moore had coming out 02:10:59.760 --> 02:11:01.539 to hit. This will be the second time up for Bob. 02:11:02.119 --> 02:11:04.340 He was struck out in the fourth inning by Koufax. 02:11:10.350 --> 02:11:13.310 A high pop foul. Norm Sherry flipping the mask 02:11:13.310 --> 02:11:15.189 to the side, trailing back toward the Dodger 02:11:15.189 --> 02:11:18.170 dugout under it. He has it for the out. Side 02:11:18.170 --> 02:11:20.069 retired in the last half of the sixth inning. 02:11:20.449 --> 02:11:24.109 No runs, no hits, no errors, none left on. Very 02:11:24.109 --> 02:11:26.130 strong inning for Koufax. After giving up five 02:11:26.130 --> 02:11:28.470 hits in the fourth inning, he has come back to 02:11:28.470 --> 02:11:31.289 set down seven straight hitters. And now at the 02:11:31.289 --> 02:11:33.729 end of six, the score is the Los Angeles Dodgers 02:11:33.729 --> 02:11:38.109 12 and the New York Mets 3. And now coming on 02:11:38.109 --> 02:11:40.939 to... Follow all the action for you the remainder 02:11:40.939 --> 02:11:42.840 of the way, a man who always gives you a good 02:11:42.840 --> 02:11:46.920 call of a ballgame, Lindsey Nelson. Thanks very 02:11:46.920 --> 02:11:54.520 much, Bob Murphy. We'll be going here to the 02:11:54.520 --> 02:12:06.619 top half of the seventh inning. Waiting for action 02:12:06.619 --> 02:12:08.960 to resume, here's a sports bulletin at Indianapolis 02:12:08.960 --> 02:12:13.880 today. Roger Ward won the Indianapolis 500. That's 02:12:13.880 --> 02:12:15.680 the second time that Roger Ward has won, and 02:12:15.680 --> 02:12:18.239 he set a new time record today. He won in 1959 02:12:18.239 --> 02:12:21.960 also. He took the lead from Farnelli Jones shortly 02:12:21.960 --> 02:12:25.220 after the 300 -mile mark and went on to win. 02:12:25.539 --> 02:12:29.659 Roger Ward is the winner of the famed Indianapolis 02:12:29.659 --> 02:12:39.869 500. In the top half of the seventh inning here, 02:12:40.010 --> 02:12:42.010 the Los Angeles Dodgers will have the head of 02:12:42.010 --> 02:12:45.090 the batting order up. Maury Wills, Andy Carey, 02:12:45.090 --> 02:12:49.550 and Willie Davis. Defensively, the New York Mets 02:12:49.550 --> 02:12:52.109 now have Rod Kinneal at first base, Felix Manti 02:12:52.109 --> 02:12:54.550 at second, Elio Chacon at short, and Cliff Cook 02:12:54.550 --> 02:12:58.750 at third. Mike Thomas on the left, Jim Hickman 02:12:58.750 --> 02:13:01.590 in center, Joe Christopher on right. Harry Chidi 02:13:01.590 --> 02:13:03.789 is the catcher, and Bob Moorhead is the pitcher. 02:13:12.909 --> 02:13:16.609 Switch hitter batting left. And pitches in there 02:13:16.609 --> 02:13:23.729 for a called strike. Wills has three base hits 02:13:23.729 --> 02:13:31.869 today. He's three for four. Pitch is low for 02:13:31.869 --> 02:13:34.890 the ball. One and one to count through Murray 02:13:34.890 --> 02:13:37.510 Wills. The Dodgers are leading here by a score 02:13:37.510 --> 02:13:50.539 of 12 -3. Playing a ground ball to the right 02:13:50.539 --> 02:13:52.800 side. Taken by Mancia. He plays up to Camille 02:13:52.800 --> 02:13:58.880 in time and he's out. One away and Andy Carey 02:13:58.880 --> 02:14:05.260 is coming up. This is Carey's first time up. 02:14:05.319 --> 02:14:07.260 He was brought on here to relieve Jim Gilliam. 02:14:07.300 --> 02:14:09.500 Carey, of course, very familiar to New York baseball 02:14:09.500 --> 02:14:11.520 fans. He played a lot of years at third base 02:14:11.520 --> 02:14:15.720 for the New York Yankees. Bob Moorhead is the 02:14:15.720 --> 02:14:17.659 third pitcher of the day and his first game of 02:14:17.659 --> 02:14:20.359 doubleheader for the New York Mets. Fitch goes 02:14:20.359 --> 02:14:37.760 higher for a ball. Fitch is in there for a called 02:14:37.760 --> 02:14:45.149 strike to Andy Carey. This afternoon, in case 02:14:45.149 --> 02:14:46.909 you have joined us along the way, the New York 02:14:46.909 --> 02:14:48.670 Mets loaded up the bases in the bottom half of 02:14:48.670 --> 02:14:50.789 the first inning, but could not manage to push 02:14:50.789 --> 02:14:53.670 across a run. So the Dodgers came on to the top 02:14:53.670 --> 02:14:55.430 of the second and got two, and then the Dodgers 02:14:55.430 --> 02:14:57.289 were off to the races. They got four in the top 02:14:57.289 --> 02:14:59.970 of the third, and they added four more in the 02:14:59.970 --> 02:15:01.989 top of the fourth to make it ten runs. But the 02:15:01.989 --> 02:15:03.829 Mets battled back, and in the bottom half of 02:15:03.829 --> 02:15:05.510 the fourth inning, the Mets pushed across three 02:15:05.510 --> 02:15:08.069 runs. The Dodgers coming right back in the top 02:15:08.069 --> 02:15:10.189 of the fifth to get two more to make it 12 -3, 02:15:10.350 --> 02:15:13.970 and that's where we stand right now. The Dodgers 02:15:13.970 --> 02:15:16.250 have 14 hits and the Nets have seven up to right 02:15:16.250 --> 02:15:23.090 now. Andy Carey, a right -hand batter, has the 02:15:23.090 --> 02:15:26.109 plate. Bob Moorhead looking in for a sign from 02:15:26.109 --> 02:15:29.130 Harry Chidi. Wines and fires and has a swing 02:15:29.130 --> 02:15:31.489 and a fly ball to right field. Joe Christopher 02:15:31.489 --> 02:15:33.489 will have a long run. He's still coming over 02:15:33.489 --> 02:15:36.250 near the line. And he cannot hold it. It's a 02:15:36.250 --> 02:15:39.029 fair ball. Going to second is Andy Carey. The 02:15:39.029 --> 02:15:41.390 ball is fired in and holding at second is Carey. 02:15:41.789 --> 02:15:44.029 Christopher had the long run. He did get a glove 02:15:44.029 --> 02:15:48.470 on it at the line, but could not hang on. As 02:15:48.470 --> 02:15:50.789 it dropped in, and Andy Carey pulled up at second 02:15:50.789 --> 02:15:53.989 base. It is a base hit. It is scored as a double 02:15:53.989 --> 02:15:57.609 for Andy Carey. It would have been a tremendous 02:15:57.609 --> 02:15:59.750 catch if Christopher had managed to pull it off 02:15:59.750 --> 02:16:01.670 because he had the long run on the right -hand 02:16:01.670 --> 02:16:04.210 batter. The ball was right down the line, was 02:16:04.210 --> 02:16:10.289 touched in fair territory. And that will bring 02:16:10.289 --> 02:16:15.000 up Willie Davis. Davis is two for four. He's 02:16:15.000 --> 02:16:16.520 had a home run and a single, and he's driven 02:16:16.520 --> 02:16:19.380 in three runs here today. Coming up now with 02:16:19.380 --> 02:16:26.460 a runner at second base and one man out. Here's 02:16:26.460 --> 02:16:28.220 the pitch to Davis. It goes high for a ball. 02:16:29.000 --> 02:16:31.159 Greg Malevy is coaching at first for the Dodgers, 02:16:31.199 --> 02:16:34.159 and Leo DeRocher is in the coaching box at third 02:16:34.159 --> 02:16:38.579 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The very place where 02:16:38.579 --> 02:16:41.159 he stood. The afternoon he was managing the New 02:16:41.159 --> 02:16:44.440 York Giants and saw Bobby Thompson. Hit that 02:16:44.440 --> 02:16:47.420 home run in 1951 into the lower deck of the left 02:16:47.420 --> 02:16:49.600 field stands to win the pennant for his Giants. 02:16:49.899 --> 02:16:52.219 And if you recall, Eddie Steinke left the bench 02:16:52.219 --> 02:16:53.959 and went right down and jumped right up on top 02:16:53.959 --> 02:16:56.440 of him as he stood there and rode him all the 02:16:56.440 --> 02:17:00.540 way to the plate. There's a swing and a fly ball 02:17:00.540 --> 02:17:02.620 to the left. Frank Thomas with the sunglasses 02:17:02.620 --> 02:17:06.379 down moves over. Takes it. No advance by Kerry 02:17:06.379 --> 02:17:08.819 at second base. Willie Davis reached out there 02:17:08.819 --> 02:17:11.680 and punched that one to left. To a way around 02:17:11.680 --> 02:17:14.520 the second, and Tommy Davis coming up. And seeing 02:17:14.520 --> 02:17:16.360 DeRocha there in the coaching box at third reminds 02:17:16.360 --> 02:17:18.959 us, of course, that the old -timers game will 02:17:18.959 --> 02:17:21.159 be held at the Polo Grounds on July 14th. Players 02:17:21.159 --> 02:17:23.600 of the old Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers who participated 02:17:23.600 --> 02:17:26.079 in that dramatic pennant playoff in 1951 are 02:17:26.079 --> 02:17:28.860 being invited. Bobby Thompson has accepted. Ralph 02:17:28.860 --> 02:17:31.059 Franca has accepted. Leo will be here because 02:17:31.059 --> 02:17:33.739 the Mets play the Dodgers that day. Duke Snyder 02:17:33.739 --> 02:17:35.620 will be here. Of course, Gil Hodges will be here. 02:17:36.250 --> 02:17:38.190 They'll play a two -inning game before the regular 02:17:38.190 --> 02:17:40.430 games. July 14th. Mark that one on your calendar. 02:17:41.569 --> 02:17:43.750 As a pitch to Tommy Davis. It goes high for a 02:17:43.750 --> 02:17:48.149 ball. This is the longest winning streak that 02:17:48.149 --> 02:17:50.450 the Dodgers have ever had since they left Brooklyn 02:17:50.450 --> 02:17:59.989 and went to Los Angeles. This is popped up to 02:17:59.989 --> 02:18:02.069 the right side. Felix Mantia going out into short 02:18:02.069 --> 02:18:03.870 right field, shading his eyes with the glove, 02:18:03.950 --> 02:18:05.629 waits for it to come down and takes it to the 02:18:05.629 --> 02:18:08.229 out. That retires the side. So in the top of 02:18:08.229 --> 02:18:10.790 the seventh, the Dodgers got no runs on one hit, 02:18:10.850 --> 02:18:14.590 no errors and one left. And at the end of six 02:18:14.590 --> 02:18:16.770 and one -half innings of play at the Polo Grounds 02:18:16.770 --> 02:18:19.629 in New York, the score is the Los Angeles Dodgers 02:18:19.629 --> 02:18:23.569 12 and the New York Mets 3. Well, folks, the 02:18:23.569 --> 02:18:26.049 Mets may be New York's brand -new team, but they've 02:18:26.049 --> 02:18:28.129 got a few famous New York names going for them, 02:18:28.149 --> 02:18:31.350 as you know. New York baseball fans certainly 02:18:31.350 --> 02:18:33.950 are familiar with many of the well -known names 02:18:33.950 --> 02:18:38.030 from the past, such as Gil Hodges. And what about 02:18:38.030 --> 02:18:41.350 Rheingold Beer? Now, there's a famous New York 02:18:41.350 --> 02:18:44.809 name, Rheingold, the largest -selling beer in 02:18:44.809 --> 02:18:48.450 town, year after year after year. Why is Rheingold 02:18:48.450 --> 02:18:51.549 so popular? Because it's more refreshing, naturally. 02:18:52.239 --> 02:18:55.159 And why is it more naturally refreshing? Because 02:18:55.159 --> 02:18:59.620 it's dry. That's right. Dry tells you why Rheingold 02:18:59.620 --> 02:19:03.319 has a taste all its own. It tells you that Rheingold 02:19:03.319 --> 02:19:06.620 is brewed the long, slow, costly way to taste 02:19:06.620 --> 02:19:09.680 brisk and bright and clean, clear through. Why 02:19:09.680 --> 02:19:12.200 not try a glass of Rheingold along with the game 02:19:12.200 --> 02:19:15.280 and see that there is a difference, a difference 02:19:15.280 --> 02:19:18.239 you can really taste. You'll join the millions 02:19:18.239 --> 02:19:22.180 who already say, my beer is Rheingold. The driver. 02:19:26.819 --> 02:19:29.319 And now, in order to allow our stations to identify 02:19:29.319 --> 02:19:32.360 themselves, we pause now for station identification. 02:19:33.159 --> 02:19:36.780 This is WGY, the General Electric Station, Schenectady 02:19:36.780 --> 02:19:46.459 810, on your radio dial. This is Lindsey Nelson 02:19:46.459 --> 02:19:48.420 with Ralph Kanner and Bob Murphy at the Polo 02:19:48.420 --> 02:19:50.489 Ground. Where the Mets are coming up in the bottom 02:19:50.489 --> 02:19:51.989 half of the seventh inning, leading out for the 02:19:51.989 --> 02:19:53.389 top of the batting order, right -hand batter 02:19:53.389 --> 02:19:56.549 Joe Christopher. Sandy Koufax winds and fires, 02:19:56.549 --> 02:20:00.329 and the pitch is low for a ball. Koufax, the 02:20:00.329 --> 02:20:02.629 strikeout king of the National League, has eight 02:20:02.629 --> 02:20:04.870 strikeouts to his credit thus far in the six 02:20:04.870 --> 02:20:14.069 innings that he has worked. Pitch is high for 02:20:14.069 --> 02:20:18.000 a ball. After the Dodgers scored ten runs when 02:20:18.000 --> 02:20:19.860 the Mets pushed across three and had a couple 02:20:19.860 --> 02:20:21.500 of runners on in the bottom half of the fourth, 02:20:21.700 --> 02:20:25.180 manager Walter Olsen came out to the mound to 02:20:25.180 --> 02:20:28.219 talk to Koufax, and he had Ed Robux going in 02:20:28.219 --> 02:20:30.799 the bullpen at that time. Here's a pitch in there 02:20:30.799 --> 02:20:32.639 for a golf strike for Christopher. It's two and 02:20:32.639 --> 02:20:41.379 one. Christopher Singler driving a run in the 02:20:41.379 --> 02:20:42.840 bottom half of the fourth. Otherwise, he's 0 02:20:42.840 --> 02:20:47.479 for 2. He makes him 1 for 3 for the day. Playing 02:20:47.479 --> 02:20:49.260 a drive, going into left field for a base hit. 02:20:49.340 --> 02:20:52.280 Christopher gets his second hit. Down on one 02:20:52.280 --> 02:20:54.399 knee, Tommy Davis comes up with the ball, relays 02:20:54.399 --> 02:20:57.680 it in. And Christopher is on at first with a 02:20:57.680 --> 02:21:00.700 sharp single to left field. Elio Chacon coming 02:21:00.700 --> 02:21:02.459 up. He's been up three times. He's been on base 02:21:02.459 --> 02:21:05.920 all three times. He walked me singles wide. Now 02:21:05.920 --> 02:21:08.459 umpire Ed Soudal asks Koufax to let him see the 02:21:08.459 --> 02:21:10.399 ball. And Soudal walks about halfway to the mound 02:21:10.399 --> 02:21:12.899 to receive the shot. Going to throw that one 02:21:12.899 --> 02:21:14.879 out and gives another ball out there to Sandy 02:21:14.879 --> 02:21:24.409 Koufax. This crowd came to enjoy the baseball 02:21:24.409 --> 02:21:27.750 game, and as you can hear, they are enjoying 02:21:27.750 --> 02:21:30.270 it. The Dodgers lead by a score of 12 -3, but 02:21:30.270 --> 02:21:33.329 there's noise and enthusiasm aplenty here, which 02:21:33.329 --> 02:21:54.280 is inside for Ball. It's in there for Carl Sykes. 02:21:54.340 --> 02:21:56.180 Chacon watched it over. He choked up on that 02:21:56.180 --> 02:21:59.260 bet just a little bit. Cliff Cook now moves him 02:21:59.260 --> 02:22:11.979 beyond that circle, kneeling there. It's 2 -1 02:22:11.979 --> 02:22:26.739 now. The counter, Elio Chacon. That pitch is 02:22:26.739 --> 02:22:30.180 taken high for Baum. Three balls and one strike 02:22:30.180 --> 02:22:32.979 now to Elio Chacon as he turned and walked out 02:22:32.979 --> 02:22:37.020 of the batter's box. Looks down to Salahemis, 02:22:37.020 --> 02:22:41.479 the coach at third. See what he's doing on the 02:22:41.479 --> 02:22:43.659 3 -1. He had him taken on 3 -1 a few months before. 02:22:43.760 --> 02:22:51.020 Elio's got a good eye. It's in there for a call 02:22:51.020 --> 02:22:53.120 strike. He had him taken again. It's 3 -2 now. 02:22:54.219 --> 02:22:56.299 Nobody out, and Joe Christopher is the baserunner 02:22:56.299 --> 02:23:02.360 at first. So once again, there's action in the 02:23:02.360 --> 02:23:07.120 bullpen for the Los Angeles Dodgers. With a 12 02:23:07.120 --> 02:23:10.340 -3 lead, Roebuck up and throwing the pitches 02:23:10.340 --> 02:23:12.840 high of all four. He walked in. Christopher was 02:23:12.840 --> 02:23:16.379 running on the pitch. Chacon has been on base 02:23:16.379 --> 02:23:20.459 four straight times today. That is the third 02:23:20.459 --> 02:23:24.360 walk issued by Kovac. First baseman Ron Fairley 02:23:24.360 --> 02:23:26.959 walking over to the mound to talk to Sandy Koufax. 02:23:27.440 --> 02:23:29.719 As Cliff Cook comes around, ready to step into 02:23:29.719 --> 02:23:31.620 the batter's box. Cook single in the first inning. 02:23:32.239 --> 02:23:35.299 Struck out and popped to short. He is one for 02:23:35.299 --> 02:23:45.340 three. Murray Wilson short is coming to the mound 02:23:45.340 --> 02:23:50.090 also. Roebuck is up and throwing in the bullpen 02:23:50.090 --> 02:23:52.569 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Norm Sherry, the 02:23:52.569 --> 02:23:54.329 catcher, turns and looks into the dugout where 02:23:54.329 --> 02:23:56.469 manager Walter Alston is standing hands -on hips 02:23:56.469 --> 02:23:59.270 at the corner of the dugout. The oldest manager 02:23:59.270 --> 02:24:01.370 in the National League in point of continuous 02:24:01.370 --> 02:24:04.610 service with one ball club. Now this is nobody 02:24:04.610 --> 02:24:07.209 out for the match. Cook steps in, steps out, 02:24:07.209 --> 02:24:13.110 steps back in. Let's enter Sandy Koufax. Looking 02:24:13.110 --> 02:24:21.219 in to get a shot from catcher Norm Sherry. Runners 02:24:21.219 --> 02:24:23.139 leading. Here's the pitch. And it's low for Ball. 02:24:26.819 --> 02:24:29.959 Jerry calls time. Walks out toward the mound. 02:24:30.520 --> 02:24:32.559 Andy Carey, the third baseman, comes into the 02:24:32.559 --> 02:24:34.620 mound. Again to check with pitcher Sandy Koufax. 02:24:36.260 --> 02:24:38.299 Giving up a single to Christopher. And a walk 02:24:38.299 --> 02:24:46.559 to Elio Chacon. Taking the mask off now. Umpire 02:24:46.559 --> 02:24:48.680 Ed Sudol says, let's break it up, fellas, and 02:24:48.680 --> 02:24:50.940 get back to the ball game. This is the first 02:24:50.940 --> 02:24:53.159 game of a doubleheader schedule here at the Polo 02:24:53.159 --> 02:25:04.420 Gons on this Memorial Day. One ball and no strikes. 02:25:04.559 --> 02:25:06.819 The shot is took. The crowd is alive here at 02:25:06.819 --> 02:25:08.399 the Polo Gons in the bottom half of the seventh 02:25:08.399 --> 02:25:11.360 inning. This is a fastball. Blazed in there. 02:25:11.559 --> 02:25:13.579 Taken for call. Strike one. It's one and one. 02:25:14.159 --> 02:25:16.159 Mike Thomas is in the on -deck circle for the 02:25:16.159 --> 02:25:28.780 New York Mets. The swing and a fly ball to left 02:25:28.780 --> 02:25:31.620 field. Willie Davis, the center fielder, moves 02:25:31.620 --> 02:25:33.579 over. Tommy moves over. Both have called. Tommy 02:25:33.579 --> 02:25:36.159 waves him off and takes it down. No advance. 02:25:37.000 --> 02:25:39.379 First Willie Davis called, and then Tommy waved 02:25:39.379 --> 02:25:40.940 him off and took it himself out in front of the 02:25:40.940 --> 02:25:44.059 bullpen. Took a slide to left. One away. Runners 02:25:44.059 --> 02:25:45.639 holding it first and second. And Mike Thomas 02:25:45.639 --> 02:25:49.500 coming up. Mike walks, struck out, and grounded 02:25:49.500 --> 02:25:59.270 out. Nothing for two in a walk. Thomas facing 02:25:59.270 --> 02:26:11.389 Jalessi Sandy -Sofak. Swing and a foul ball coming 02:26:11.389 --> 02:26:13.110 back. Norm Sherry is giving it a run, hoping 02:26:13.110 --> 02:26:15.149 for a play. He gets back to the barrier, but 02:26:15.149 --> 02:26:18.069 doesn't have one. It's off the screen. Coach 02:26:18.069 --> 02:26:20.469 Leo DeRocher of the Los Angeles Dodgers up on 02:26:20.469 --> 02:26:26.030 the top step of the dugout. Observing the field 02:26:26.030 --> 02:26:29.399 of play. Coach Salahima for the New York Mets 02:26:29.399 --> 02:26:32.780 leaves the coaching lounge at third. Move out 02:26:32.780 --> 02:26:34.540 a step or two and yell something to Joe Christopher, 02:26:34.680 --> 02:26:37.340 his baserunner at second. Elio Chacon is the 02:26:37.340 --> 02:26:39.059 baserunner at first. Plenty of speed on the bases 02:26:39.059 --> 02:26:40.500 for the New York Mets here in the bottom half 02:26:40.500 --> 02:26:44.879 of the seventh inning. Strike one count to Frank 02:26:44.879 --> 02:26:50.440 Thomas. We want a hit is the cry that's going 02:26:50.440 --> 02:26:53.729 up from the fans here at the polo ground. Now 02:26:53.729 --> 02:26:56.209 the swings and fouls it down past Sully. He misjudges 02:26:56.209 --> 02:26:59.149 it. And Sully wisely waves at that one as it 02:26:59.149 --> 02:27:02.430 passes by. That's sort of a smash to take barehanded. 02:27:03.190 --> 02:27:19.950 Two -strike countdown. is scheduled to go for 02:27:19.950 --> 02:27:21.549 the Mets in the second game today, and Johnny 02:27:21.549 --> 02:27:23.770 Padres is scheduled to pitch for the Los Angeles 02:27:23.770 --> 02:27:38.350 Dodgers. Thomas takes it high, took the stride, 02:27:38.350 --> 02:27:40.010 but didn't unleash the bat. It's one and two. 02:27:50.950 --> 02:27:52.850 The robot continues to throw in the bullpen for 02:27:52.850 --> 02:27:56.469 the Dodgers. All is quiet in the Mets bullpen 02:27:56.469 --> 02:28:02.569 at this time. With one away, the Mets have runners 02:28:02.569 --> 02:28:06.569 at first and second. Go back to fish to Thomas. 02:28:06.670 --> 02:28:08.229 One run has a drive down the left of the line. 02:28:08.549 --> 02:28:12.110 And it is going one hop to the wall. One run 02:28:12.110 --> 02:28:15.209 has scored. Chacon is at third. He is held up 02:28:15.209 --> 02:28:19.260 there. Thomas pulls up at second base. with a 02:28:19.260 --> 02:28:21.120 drive down the left field line. He keeps his 02:28:21.120 --> 02:28:23.739 consecutive game hitting streak alive at 18 straight 02:28:23.739 --> 02:28:28.620 games now. Mike Thomas has hit safely at 18 consecutive 02:28:28.620 --> 02:28:33.479 games. He blasted Utlin down the line to drive 02:28:33.479 --> 02:28:45.360 and a run. That will bring up Rod Caneel. Makes 02:28:45.360 --> 02:28:49.719 the score 12 -4. That is the second and third. 02:28:51.319 --> 02:28:53.440 One man out, and Keneal is coming up for his 02:28:53.440 --> 02:28:55.299 first time in this game. He came in to relieve 02:28:55.299 --> 02:28:58.399 Gil Hodges. Hodges, of course, is troubled by 02:28:58.399 --> 02:29:02.120 a knee condition. And with the Mets trailing, 02:29:02.180 --> 02:29:04.780 and the ball again, Keneal was inserted to relieve 02:29:04.780 --> 02:29:06.780 him at first base. Keneal watches high for a 02:29:06.780 --> 02:29:09.180 ball. This is a rookie who played his way onto 02:29:09.180 --> 02:29:11.340 the squad at spring training in St. Petersburg, 02:29:11.559 --> 02:29:26.979 and then came on to... of foul balls, we started 02:29:26.979 --> 02:29:29.780 to say Canelo came on to set an amazing record 02:29:29.780 --> 02:29:33.440 as a pinch runner, bringing in the tying run 02:29:33.440 --> 02:29:36.139 and the winning run on numerous occasions. The 02:29:36.139 --> 02:29:38.319 game came to be regarded as something of a lucky 02:29:38.319 --> 02:29:46.200 piece for the New York Mets. One and one is the 02:29:46.200 --> 02:29:49.659 count to Canelo at the plate. As the right -hand 02:29:49.659 --> 02:29:54.000 batter faces left -hander Sandy Kofai. Action 02:29:54.000 --> 02:29:56.159 is stopped in the Dodger bullpen as Obak watches 02:29:56.159 --> 02:29:57.700 the action at the plate. Here's a swing and a 02:29:57.700 --> 02:30:00.239 foul ball. Back onto the screen. It's one and 02:30:00.239 --> 02:30:04.659 two now. Jim Hickman is on deck for the Mets. 02:30:09.239 --> 02:30:11.559 The Mets hang in there battling back here. They 02:30:11.559 --> 02:30:13.200 pushed across one run in the bottom half of the 02:30:13.200 --> 02:30:35.420 seventh inning. Strikeout number nine for Sandy 02:30:35.420 --> 02:30:40.000 Koufax. Run is holding at second and third. And 02:30:40.000 --> 02:30:41.700 Jim Hickman, right -hand batter, is coming up. 02:31:02.600 --> 02:31:04.440 into today's ballgame, leading the majors in 02:31:04.440 --> 02:31:08.379 strikeouts with 183 innings. And he has, coming 02:31:08.379 --> 02:31:11.899 into the ballgame, 1 ,052 strikeouts and 1 ,031 02:31:11.899 --> 02:31:18.639 lifetime National League innings. Here's a pitch 02:31:18.639 --> 02:31:29.549 in there for a called strike. The 18 consecutive 02:31:29.549 --> 02:31:32.010 game hitting streak by Frank Thomas is the longest 02:31:32.010 --> 02:31:34.450 in the National League this year. Great flood 02:31:34.450 --> 02:31:36.770 of the St. Louis Cardinals hit safely in 17 consecutive 02:31:36.770 --> 02:31:39.590 games. There's a swing and the ball is popped 02:31:39.590 --> 02:31:42.389 up out in front of the plate. Now Norm Sherry 02:31:42.389 --> 02:31:44.329 chases it over to foul territory, backed up by 02:31:44.329 --> 02:31:47.090 Koufax, and Norm Sherry makes the catch of the 02:31:47.090 --> 02:31:48.950 foul pop -off to batter Hickman to retire the 02:31:48.950 --> 02:31:51.229 side. In the bottom half of the seventh inning, 02:31:51.270 --> 02:31:55.659 the New York Mets got one run on two hits. There 02:31:55.659 --> 02:31:57.860 were no errors and two men left. And at the end 02:31:57.860 --> 02:31:59.760 of seven full innings of play at the Polo Grounds, 02:31:59.760 --> 02:32:02.920 the score is the Los Angeles Dodgers 12 and the 02:32:02.920 --> 02:32:05.620 New York Mets 4. So now we'll take a look at 02:32:05.620 --> 02:32:09.120 scores of other games. At the end of eight innings 02:32:09.120 --> 02:32:12.319 of play in Pittsburgh, Pilots still lead the 02:32:12.319 --> 02:32:14.700 St. Louis Cardinals 3 -1. Earl Fatch has started. 02:32:14.780 --> 02:32:17.459 He's still going in there for Pittsburgh. Ray 02:32:17.459 --> 02:32:19.399 Washburn started for the Cardinals. Ed Baroda 02:32:19.399 --> 02:32:21.139 in the fifth and Don Ferresi in the seventh. 02:32:21.620 --> 02:32:23.440 Nick Stewart over to the first inning with one 02:32:23.440 --> 02:32:27.350 on. The end of five innings in Milwaukee. The 02:32:27.350 --> 02:32:29.809 Reds and the Braves are tied 3 -3. O'Toole against 02:32:29.809 --> 02:32:31.969 Pichet. Robinson homing in the second with one 02:32:31.969 --> 02:32:36.069 on for Cincinnati. Frank Robinson. In Philadelphia, 02:32:36.370 --> 02:32:39.809 going to the bottom of the tenth. The Giants 02:32:39.809 --> 02:32:42.290 and the Phillies are still tied 3 -3. Juan Marichal 02:32:42.290 --> 02:32:46.370 for San Francisco. For the Phillies, Sal McLeish 02:32:46.370 --> 02:32:48.469 started. Balsher in the ninth, short in the tenth. 02:32:48.829 --> 02:32:51.209 Beavers homing for Philadelphia. And Davenport 02:32:51.209 --> 02:32:53.090 homing for the Giants. That's the first of two. 02:32:53.739 --> 02:32:55.879 And a single game in Chicago at the end of three 02:32:55.879 --> 02:32:57.659 innings. The Cubs four and the Houston Colts 02:32:57.659 --> 02:33:01.059 45s four. Stone went in the third for Houston. 02:33:01.180 --> 02:33:03.520 Coontz Anderson in the fourth for Chicago. Mousetown 02:33:03.520 --> 02:33:05.620 a hundred and a third with one on for the Houston 02:33:05.620 --> 02:33:07.420 Colts 45s. In the American League at the end 02:33:07.420 --> 02:33:09.620 of three and a half, Detroit Tigers two and the 02:33:09.620 --> 02:33:11.760 Chicago White Sox nothing. Bazaar against Reagan. 02:33:13.260 --> 02:33:16.979 And here's the final score. Cleveland defeated 02:33:16.979 --> 02:33:20.430 Baltimore seven to nothing. Pedro Ramos pitched 02:33:20.430 --> 02:33:22.790 the shutout. Estrada was the loser. Ramos had 02:33:22.790 --> 02:33:25.750 two home runs in the ballgame himself. We're 02:33:25.750 --> 02:33:27.629 going now to the top half of the eighth inning, 02:33:27.709 --> 02:33:29.989 and Ron Fairley is up to lead off for the Dodgers. 02:33:30.530 --> 02:33:33.329 Morehead pitches inside for a ball. In a morning 02:33:33.329 --> 02:33:35.250 game, the Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins 02:33:35.250 --> 02:33:37.190 10 -1. Bill Stafford, the winner, he went all 02:33:37.190 --> 02:33:39.090 the way, and Bonikowski was the loser. Blanchard 02:33:39.090 --> 02:33:40.770 homered him to third with one on for the Yanks. 02:33:41.950 --> 02:33:45.850 A pitch to Fairley. Check swing, foul ball. It's 02:33:45.850 --> 02:33:49.120 1 -1. In Kansas City, the Washington Senators 02:33:49.120 --> 02:33:50.899 got four runs in the top half of the first inning. 02:33:50.940 --> 02:33:52.520 Kansas City now coming to bat in the bottom of 02:33:52.520 --> 02:33:55.620 the first. Osteen started against Rocco. Pfister 02:33:55.620 --> 02:33:57.659 in the first inning for the A's. Rester homed 02:33:57.659 --> 02:34:00.979 in the first with two on for the Senators. And 02:34:00.979 --> 02:34:02.879 Boston is on the coast to play the Angels, a 02:34:02.879 --> 02:34:06.239 doubleheader. So that's the way things are going 02:34:06.239 --> 02:34:08.319 elsewhere. Change of speed, and there's a ground 02:34:08.319 --> 02:34:10.100 ball to the right side. Taken by Keneally, makes 02:34:10.100 --> 02:34:13.750 the play unassisted. To get Farrelly. What a 02:34:13.750 --> 02:34:16.129 day Farrelly's had. He's had a single, a triple, 02:34:16.229 --> 02:34:17.850 and a home run, but was out on the ground all 02:34:17.850 --> 02:34:20.450 that time. Frank Howard coming up. He's had a 02:34:20.450 --> 02:34:22.010 single and a double and driven in three runs 02:34:22.010 --> 02:34:27.729 in four trips. The score here, the Dodgers 12 02:34:27.729 --> 02:34:42.909 and the New York Mets 4. That pitch is high for 02:34:42.909 --> 02:34:46.149 a ball. Jerry Hook was the starting pitcher for 02:34:46.149 --> 02:34:47.750 the New York Mets and is the pitcher of record. 02:34:47.829 --> 02:34:49.670 Bob Miller is scheduled as a pitcher in the second 02:34:49.670 --> 02:35:00.329 game. Swing and a foul ball right down into the 02:35:00.329 --> 02:35:18.250 dirt off the bat of Frank Howard. and nobody 02:35:18.250 --> 02:35:22.389 on for the Dodgers. Moyer's pitch flung on. It's 02:35:22.389 --> 02:35:23.690 a ground ball going up the middle and through 02:35:23.690 --> 02:35:26.590 for a base hit. Jim Hickman charging, comes up 02:35:26.590 --> 02:35:29.629 with it, barehanded. Hickman turns and holds 02:35:29.629 --> 02:35:31.829 it first with, or rather Howard turns and holds 02:35:31.829 --> 02:35:34.030 it first with his third base hit of the day. 02:35:35.350 --> 02:35:37.510 And coming up now is Norm Sherry, coming up for 02:35:37.510 --> 02:35:39.370 the first time. Sherry came down to relieve the 02:35:39.370 --> 02:35:45.370 starting catcher, John Roseborough. Norm Sherry. 02:35:46.700 --> 02:35:48.719 Half of the brother battery of the Los Angeles 02:35:48.719 --> 02:35:57.219 Dodgers, Larry and Norm Sherry. Moorhead now 02:35:57.219 --> 02:35:58.959 working from a stretch position as Howard leads 02:35:58.959 --> 02:36:00.739 it first. Camille holds him on, swing and a ground 02:36:00.739 --> 02:36:03.059 ball foul. Pull down past Leo DeRocher, coaching 02:36:03.059 --> 02:36:12.520 it serious. DeRocher turns, looks around the 02:36:12.520 --> 02:36:15.879 crowd here at the polo gown. He's a familiar 02:36:15.879 --> 02:36:20.100 sight down there in the coaching line. Spent 02:36:20.100 --> 02:36:24.340 lots of time right there during his baseball 02:36:24.340 --> 02:36:33.959 career. Pitch goes high for Ball. It's one and 02:36:33.959 --> 02:36:41.659 one. Dodgers have 16 hits. The Mets have nine 02:36:41.659 --> 02:36:45.719 up to right now. In case you've joined us along 02:36:45.719 --> 02:36:49.479 the way, the New York Mets saw Gil Hodges get 02:36:49.479 --> 02:36:53.299 a home run this afternoon, the 367th of his Major 02:36:53.299 --> 02:37:00.000 League career. It's your time for a ball. And 02:37:00.000 --> 02:37:02.379 the New York Mets are the only team in the majors 02:37:02.379 --> 02:37:10.989 who have not been shut out this season. It has 02:37:10.989 --> 02:37:12.809 been the character of the ball club that it does 02:37:12.809 --> 02:37:16.729 not die, regardless of what the odds may be. 02:37:16.770 --> 02:37:18.850 They're trailing now by a score of 12 -4, but 02:37:18.850 --> 02:37:21.850 they've been battling right along. Swung on and 02:37:21.850 --> 02:37:23.670 fouled off the bat at Sherry and into the stands, 02:37:23.690 --> 02:37:31.590 down back to third foul ball. The count is 2 02:37:31.590 --> 02:37:34.430 -2 to catch a non -Sherry. With second baseman 02:37:34.430 --> 02:38:00.209 Larry Burright on deck. off to the right side. 02:38:01.030 --> 02:38:08.049 So the count holds it 2 -2 to non -cherry. Charlie 02:38:08.049 --> 02:38:10.270 Neal was not here at the start of today's ballgame. 02:38:10.389 --> 02:38:12.829 He was called from San Francisco to his home 02:38:12.829 --> 02:38:16.729 in Longview, Texas by the death of his uncle 02:38:16.729 --> 02:38:20.750 who actually reared him. So Charlie went to Longview 02:38:20.750 --> 02:38:23.250 for the funeral and arrives here after the start 02:38:23.250 --> 02:38:24.989 of the ballgame. He is dressed and is now in 02:38:24.989 --> 02:38:29.559 the Med -Dugout. Playing a foul ball. Count hold 02:38:29.559 --> 02:38:45.260 at 2 and 2 to know I'm Sherry. Bet your Harry 02:38:45.260 --> 02:38:46.879 Chidi walks out in front of the plate to fire 02:38:46.879 --> 02:38:51.959 the ball back to Bob Moorhead. These same two 02:38:51.959 --> 02:38:55.399 teams meet here tomorrow night. Game time, 8 02:38:55.399 --> 02:38:57.920 p .m. We'll be on the air as usual at 7 .55 p 02:38:57.920 --> 02:39:05.120 .m. New York time. As the fly ball punches out 02:39:05.120 --> 02:39:06.780 into center field, and Jim Hickman makes the 02:39:06.780 --> 02:39:09.159 run, and he's underneath waiting. He takes it, 02:39:09.180 --> 02:39:10.760 and Frank Howard, halfway on the fly ball to 02:39:10.760 --> 02:39:14.520 center, returns to the bag at first. Two men 02:39:14.520 --> 02:39:19.159 out. And Larry Burlight's coming up. He has won 02:39:19.159 --> 02:39:26.979 before. He's been on base twice today. We're 02:39:26.979 --> 02:39:29.000 in the top of the eighth of the first game of 02:39:29.000 --> 02:39:30.920 today's Memorial Day doubleheader at the Polo 02:39:30.920 --> 02:39:32.399 Guns. There'll be another doubleheader here on 02:39:32.399 --> 02:39:35.340 Saturday afternoon. It'll be the San Francisco 02:39:35.340 --> 02:39:40.639 Giants in here for that one. Pitch is in there 02:39:40.639 --> 02:40:03.159 for a called strike. There is something about 02:40:03.159 --> 02:40:05.159 the turnout of a large crowd like this which 02:40:05.159 --> 02:40:08.819 enhances the ballgame itself. Here's a swing 02:40:08.819 --> 02:40:11.399 and a miss. Two strikeout before the ballgame. 02:40:11.860 --> 02:40:13.739 Some of the Los Angeles Dodgers were looking 02:40:13.739 --> 02:40:16.360 around and newspaper photographers were around. 02:40:16.540 --> 02:40:19.540 Newsreel cameramen were around. Newspaper reporters. 02:40:19.739 --> 02:40:22.399 The stands were filled. And they said for all 02:40:22.399 --> 02:40:23.760 the world it looked like the opening game of 02:40:23.760 --> 02:40:31.020 the World Series. 0 -2 the count to Larry Burright 02:40:31.020 --> 02:40:56.870 at the plate. She's outside for a ball. He is 02:40:56.870 --> 02:40:59.790 taken for a called strike three. Started to flank, 02:40:59.850 --> 02:41:02.170 hard to check it. It's a strikeout for Bob Moyard. 02:41:03.399 --> 02:41:04.959 And in the top half of the eighth inning, the 02:41:04.959 --> 02:41:07.000 Los Angeles Dodgers got no runs on one hit, no 02:41:07.000 --> 02:41:09.520 errors in one left. And at the end of seven and 02:41:09.520 --> 02:41:11.540 one half innings of play at the Polo Gons in 02:41:11.540 --> 02:41:13.799 New York, the score is the Los Angeles Dodgers 02:41:13.799 --> 02:41:16.700 12 and the New York Mets 4. Now a message from 02:41:16.700 --> 02:41:19.360 Ryan Golex to drive told completely with music. 02:42:24.590 --> 02:42:26.389 thinning of this first game of today's Devil 02:42:26.389 --> 02:42:27.909 Header and coming in here to take you the rest 02:42:27.909 --> 02:42:31.030 of the way once again, Ralph Kiner. Thank you, 02:42:31.069 --> 02:42:33.829 Lindsey Nelson, and on the mound for the Los 02:42:33.829 --> 02:42:37.090 Angeles Dodgers as they lead 12 -4 Sandy Koufax. 02:42:37.889 --> 02:42:40.909 And Sandy right now has struck out nine batters. 02:42:41.450 --> 02:42:44.149 He has given up nine hits and allowed only four 02:42:44.149 --> 02:42:47.170 runs. And he'll be pitching to Phoenix Mantea. 02:42:47.250 --> 02:42:49.129 The first pitch is hit on the ground now to the 02:42:49.129 --> 02:42:51.850 third baseman, Andy Carey. Andy up and over to 02:42:51.850 --> 02:42:58.549 first base, out number one. Sandy Koufax has 02:42:58.549 --> 02:43:01.829 struck out 10 or more batters in 34 games in 02:43:01.829 --> 02:43:04.030 his career. He's done it three times this year. 02:43:05.590 --> 02:43:09.329 So he needs one more strikeout to run that total 02:43:09.329 --> 02:43:14.270 up to 35 games. Now the batter in the batter's 02:43:14.270 --> 02:43:19.309 box is Harry Chitty. Harry came in the ballgame 02:43:19.309 --> 02:43:21.250 as a pinch hitter in the fourth inning. He struck 02:43:21.250 --> 02:43:24.479 out. Then again struck out in the sixth. He is 02:43:24.479 --> 02:43:26.959 0 for 2. He takes a fastball for call strike 02:43:26.959 --> 02:43:37.100 one. Now the left -hander back to the right -handed 02:43:37.100 --> 02:43:39.139 batter. A change of pace that's inside. Ball 02:43:39.139 --> 02:43:45.700 one. One ball, one strike. At Philadelphia, the 02:43:45.700 --> 02:43:48.059 San Francisco Giants, who lead the league by 02:43:48.059 --> 02:43:50.280 one and a half games, all tied up at the end 02:43:50.280 --> 02:43:53.229 of 11. There's the strike call to Harry Chitty. 02:43:53.350 --> 02:43:57.870 One ball and two strikes. It's a 3 -3 ball game. 02:44:01.090 --> 02:44:04.010 Marichal still in the game for the Giants. Short 02:44:04.010 --> 02:44:08.829 now pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies. A 02:44:08.829 --> 02:44:11.290 1 -2 pitch to Harry. Swung on and fouled back 02:44:11.290 --> 02:44:13.610 in the screen. So the count will stay at 1 -2. 02:44:13.670 --> 02:44:15.809 And again out in the bullpen for the New York 02:44:15.809 --> 02:44:26.159 Mets. Vinegar Ben Mizell up and drawing. of the 02:44:26.159 --> 02:44:28.799 eighth inning to score 12 -4 in favor of the 02:44:28.799 --> 02:44:32.920 Los Angeles Dodgers. Curveball just a little 02:44:32.920 --> 02:44:39.139 low. Ball two. Two balls and two strikes. In 02:44:39.139 --> 02:44:41.399 the second game, it will be Johnny Padres going. 02:44:41.540 --> 02:44:44.780 He has a 3 -3 record. He needs only four more 02:44:44.780 --> 02:44:50.639 strikeouts to reach the 1 ,000th mark. 2 -2 pitch 02:44:50.639 --> 02:44:53.079 to Chidi. Swung on and missed strike three. So 02:44:53.079 --> 02:44:55.260 Harry goes down swinging for the third time. 02:44:55.870 --> 02:44:59.770 And that is strikeout number 10. So Sandy Koufax 02:44:59.770 --> 02:45:06.030 has now struck out 10 or more batters in 35 games 02:45:06.030 --> 02:45:08.690 in his career. And that's the fourth time he 02:45:08.690 --> 02:45:20.670 has done it in 1962. Now announced as a pinch 02:45:20.670 --> 02:45:23.290 hitter for Bob Boyd, Richie Ashburn. So Vinegar 02:45:23.290 --> 02:45:26.139 Ben Mizell will come in the ballgame. He takes 02:45:26.139 --> 02:45:37.260 a called strike, strike one. Now Koufax back 02:45:37.260 --> 02:45:39.559 with a side -on turn to hit the right field. 02:45:39.639 --> 02:45:41.739 Coming on fast is Frank Howard, and he makes 02:45:41.739 --> 02:45:45.899 the catch to retire the side. So in the eighth 02:45:45.899 --> 02:45:48.020 inning, Koufax makes a quick one, three up and 02:45:48.020 --> 02:45:50.739 three down, and the score, at the end of eight 02:45:50.739 --> 02:45:53.399 innings of play, the Los Angeles Dodgers 12 -1 02:45:53.399 --> 02:45:57.489 on 16 hits. They have made two errors. The New 02:45:57.489 --> 02:46:00.309 York Mets, four runs on nine hits. They have 02:46:00.309 --> 02:46:05.190 made one error. While looking down here at the 02:46:05.190 --> 02:46:07.469 Los Angeles Dodgers in their first return engagement 02:46:07.469 --> 02:46:10.450 here at the Polar Grounds, I guess it's about 02:46:10.450 --> 02:46:12.629 time to remind you that they'll be back in town 02:46:12.629 --> 02:46:16.850 and there will be especially important added 02:46:16.850 --> 02:46:19.969 traction in the next ballgame they play here 02:46:19.969 --> 02:46:24.790 on July 14th. That will be all -timers day. And 02:46:24.790 --> 02:46:28.670 they will re -enact the famous dramatic pennant 02:46:28.670 --> 02:46:31.370 playoff of 1951. And all the people who were 02:46:31.370 --> 02:46:33.649 in that are invited to make their appearances. 02:46:33.670 --> 02:46:36.010 There have been two who have accepted the two 02:46:36.010 --> 02:46:38.709 most important men who were involved in that 02:46:38.709 --> 02:46:49.829 great pennant win for the Dodgers. Bobby Thompson, 02:46:50.090 --> 02:46:53.819 who hit the home run. And also Ralph Baranca, 02:46:53.920 --> 02:46:58.639 who was the pitcher, pitching for the Dodgers 02:46:58.639 --> 02:47:00.899 that the home run was hit off of. It's always 02:47:00.899 --> 02:47:02.879 a great win for the Giants, a win that was heard 02:47:02.879 --> 02:47:06.479 around the world. They went on to win the World 02:47:06.479 --> 02:47:12.600 Championship. Old Diamonds will play a two -inning 02:47:12.600 --> 02:47:14.520 game prior to the regularly scheduled game that 02:47:14.520 --> 02:47:16.360 afternoon between the New York Mets and the Los 02:47:16.360 --> 02:47:19.379 Angeles Dodgers. So you can pick up your tickets 02:47:19.379 --> 02:47:24.399 for this ballgame. at any of three convenient 02:47:24.399 --> 02:47:26.379 locations right here at the Polar Grounds at 02:47:26.379 --> 02:47:29.340 the Advanced Reservation window, downtown and 02:47:29.340 --> 02:47:32.540 Grand Central Station. That's over on the Vanderbilt 02:47:32.540 --> 02:47:38.180 -Glantz side. And you can also pick them up in 02:47:38.180 --> 02:47:40.959 Pennsylvania Station in the Long Island Waiting 02:47:40.959 --> 02:47:43.899 Room. You can make your reservations at all the 02:47:43.899 --> 02:47:45.719 holler -trolling stores throughout the area. 02:47:47.170 --> 02:47:49.690 Now in the ballgame, a change in the battery. 02:47:49.950 --> 02:47:53.290 Winninger Ben Mizell on the mound for the Mets. 02:47:53.430 --> 02:47:55.610 He'll be the fourth pitcher used. And catching 02:47:55.610 --> 02:48:00.010 in the ballgame, Hobie Landry. Quick check of 02:48:00.010 --> 02:48:03.530 the scores on the final game. San Francisco -Philadelphia 02:48:03.530 --> 02:48:07.069 all tied up at the end of 11 -3 -3. No final 02:48:07.069 --> 02:48:13.700 there. In the American League. Cleveland 7, Baltimore 02:48:13.700 --> 02:48:16.059 nothing as Ramos fits a three -hitter and hits 02:48:16.059 --> 02:48:18.200 two home runs in that ballgame for his own cause. 02:48:20.260 --> 02:48:22.659 And, of course, the Yankees 10 -1 over Minnesota 02:48:22.659 --> 02:48:25.840 with the winning pitcher Stafford. The loser 02:48:25.840 --> 02:48:30.600 was Bonacowski. Blanchard had a home run that 02:48:30.600 --> 02:48:32.719 ballgame in the third with one on. Those are 02:48:32.719 --> 02:48:34.420 the finals. We'll bring you up to date after 02:48:34.420 --> 02:48:37.489 the ballgame on all the others. Now we're all 02:48:37.489 --> 02:48:40.469 set to go as Laker Ben Mizell gets on the mound. 02:48:40.530 --> 02:48:48.010 He'll be pitching to Sandy Koufax. First pitch 02:48:48.010 --> 02:48:50.290 to Koufax. Dribble down to third. Up with the 02:48:50.290 --> 02:48:53.209 ball as Ducky goes over to first base. Keneal 02:48:53.209 --> 02:49:00.670 in time for out number one. So Mizell gets his 02:49:00.670 --> 02:49:05.049 first man. And the next batter is Maury Will. 02:49:05.729 --> 02:49:08.329 Morey taking plenty of time to allow Sandy Koufax 02:49:08.329 --> 02:49:15.889 time to rest up for the ninth inning. Morey's 02:49:15.889 --> 02:49:18.170 had himself quite a day here. He has singled 02:49:18.170 --> 02:49:21.790 two times, and he hit an inside -the -park home 02:49:21.790 --> 02:49:23.850 run his first of the year. He also picked up 02:49:23.850 --> 02:49:28.870 a stolen base. That was his 24th. Three hits 02:49:28.870 --> 02:49:30.870 and five times up. He's batting right -handed 02:49:30.870 --> 02:49:33.190 against Mizell. The first pitch is fouled away. 02:49:33.290 --> 02:49:56.899 Strike one. Will's a switch hitter. Now the big 02:49:56.899 --> 02:49:59.020 left -hander into the windup, and the one -strike 02:49:59.020 --> 02:50:01.520 pitch is a curveball hit down the line, but going 02:50:01.520 --> 02:50:07.079 foul. And it lands on top of the roof. So it's 02:50:07.079 --> 02:50:13.920 a long strike, strike two on Maury Wells. Bob 02:50:13.920 --> 02:50:17.559 Miller will oppose Johnny Padres in the second 02:50:17.559 --> 02:50:24.719 game. In this first game of the doubleheader, 02:50:24.780 --> 02:50:26.479 Jay Hook was the starter, and he's the pitcher 02:50:26.479 --> 02:50:31.799 of record. Change of pace, hit down the third 02:50:31.799 --> 02:50:34.200 base side, but again fouled. So the Cowboys stay 02:50:34.200 --> 02:50:36.819 at 0 -2 with one man out. It's a 12 -4 game, 02:50:36.860 --> 02:50:46.020 the Dodgers lead. In the last eight games, which 02:50:46.020 --> 02:50:49.680 the Dodgers won, Dodger pitchers have allowed 02:50:49.680 --> 02:50:54.120 only 13 earned runs. Last ball, it's inside. 02:50:54.319 --> 02:51:00.100 One ball and two strikes. They have really been 02:51:00.100 --> 02:51:02.680 hot, both in the hitting and pitching departments. 02:51:04.500 --> 02:51:10.139 Departments. One -two pitch to Wills. It's deep 02:51:10.139 --> 02:51:12.579 to left field. Way back there. Thomas is back 02:51:12.579 --> 02:51:14.700 in the warning jack. He is by the wall, and he 02:51:14.700 --> 02:51:18.680 watches it go in the stands for a home run. The 02:51:18.680 --> 02:51:20.959 ball catching on the upper deck. A long home 02:51:20.959 --> 02:51:23.649 run by Maury Wills. And that's his second home 02:51:23.649 --> 02:51:30.629 run of the game, his second of the year. Fourth 02:51:30.629 --> 02:51:32.569 home run of the ball game by the Dodgers, and 02:51:32.569 --> 02:51:34.530 the Dodger players sitting in the dugout doing 02:51:34.530 --> 02:51:36.510 nothing. They're giving him the silent treatment. 02:51:36.649 --> 02:51:39.989 No action at all. Well, it isn't often that Roy 02:51:39.989 --> 02:51:42.290 Wills hits a home run, and so the Dodgers, having 02:51:42.290 --> 02:51:44.049 a little bit of fun, gave him the silent treatment. 02:51:44.129 --> 02:51:46.510 He came in the dugout. No one said a word. No 02:51:46.510 --> 02:51:48.840 one got up. Finally, they all got up and shook 02:51:48.840 --> 02:51:50.940 his hand, and a big smile broke out of his face. 02:51:51.139 --> 02:51:54.500 A home run by Roy Wills at 13 -4. And the next 02:51:54.500 --> 02:51:56.819 batter takes low and outside. Andy Carey, ball 02:51:56.819 --> 02:52:05.000 one. Wills last year had one home run for the 02:52:05.000 --> 02:52:07.200 year, so you can see he's not used to that treatment. 02:52:07.319 --> 02:52:09.280 There's a long drive to left, but going foul. 02:52:10.100 --> 02:52:12.559 So the countdown, Andy Carey, one ball and one 02:52:12.559 --> 02:52:22.799 strike. In fact, the two home runs here today 02:52:22.799 --> 02:52:25.459 by Will topping his major league total in his 02:52:25.459 --> 02:52:28.239 major league history. He had only one home run 02:52:28.239 --> 02:52:31.680 in his major league career up till today. Won't 02:52:31.680 --> 02:52:34.040 change a face outside. Ball two. Two balls and 02:52:34.040 --> 02:52:46.459 one strike. Well, as we've said before, anything 02:52:46.459 --> 02:52:48.579 and everything happens here at the Polo Ground. 02:52:51.719 --> 02:52:54.100 High pop -up over towards the first base side 02:52:54.100 --> 02:52:57.879 going into the lower box seat. Well, they count 02:52:57.879 --> 02:53:02.299 now. Two balls and two strikes. One thing about 02:53:02.299 --> 02:53:04.260 the polar ground, you never know when the game 02:53:04.260 --> 02:53:07.819 is over. With the short fences down the line 02:53:07.819 --> 02:53:09.700 and, of course, the long area in center field, 02:53:09.959 --> 02:53:12.879 just about every type of ball can be hit here. 02:53:13.520 --> 02:53:17.399 Every type of hit can be picked up. Change of 02:53:17.399 --> 02:53:19.700 pace. One on a miss. Strike three. Andy Kier 02:53:19.700 --> 02:53:23.340 out in front. And Mizell picks up his first strikeout. 02:53:23.379 --> 02:53:27.440 That's out number two. The Mets pitchers have 02:53:27.440 --> 02:53:30.860 struck out six Dodger batters. Bob Moorhead, 02:53:30.920 --> 02:53:33.219 who worked five innings, picking up four strikeouts. 02:53:35.159 --> 02:53:38.600 Dave Hillman had one. Now Mizell won. And here 02:53:38.600 --> 02:53:45.120 is Willie Davis. Willie, a left -handed batter. 02:53:45.899 --> 02:53:48.120 And the first pitch to him. Hits Joplin through 02:53:48.120 --> 02:53:51.190 the hole in the right field at base end. Well, 02:53:51.270 --> 02:53:54.209 Willie Davis now, with three base hits in the 02:53:54.209 --> 02:53:58.629 ballgame, one of them a two -run home run. He 02:53:58.629 --> 02:54:04.010 is three for six. And coming in the batter's 02:54:04.010 --> 02:54:08.750 box, Tommy Davis. Tommy, one for three. Make 02:54:08.750 --> 02:54:10.670 it one for four in the ballgame. On right -handed 02:54:10.670 --> 02:54:24.090 batter. 13 -4 Dodgers, top of the ninth inning. 02:54:25.590 --> 02:54:28.090 First game of two, and the first pitch to Tommy 02:54:28.090 --> 02:54:46.069 Davis, outside and low, ball one. Change of pace, 02:54:46.069 --> 02:54:48.709 that's down low again, ball two. Two balls and 02:54:48.709 --> 02:54:53.600 no strikes. Obie Landers, a catcher. He has replaced 02:54:53.600 --> 02:54:56.739 Terry Petey. Mets have used three catchers in 02:54:56.739 --> 02:54:59.000 the ballgame. Sammy Taylor was a starting catcher. 02:54:59.340 --> 02:55:03.659 And they have used four pitchers. Trying to stem 02:55:03.659 --> 02:55:07.840 the red -hot Los Angeles Dodgers. Her ball is 02:55:07.840 --> 02:55:10.059 fouled, sliced into the right field seat for 02:55:10.059 --> 02:55:30.889 strike one. Two balls and one strike. A 2 -1 02:55:30.889 --> 02:55:33.889 pitch is called strike two. So Mizell with a 02:55:33.889 --> 02:55:36.129 quick one over at the knees. Two balls and two 02:55:36.129 --> 02:55:39.450 strikes to Tommy Davis. Two outs at first base, 02:55:39.610 --> 02:55:43.809 Willie Davis. Willie had a stolen base in the 02:55:43.809 --> 02:55:51.329 fifth inning. Now the 2 -2 pitch is lined in 02:55:51.329 --> 02:55:53.590 the left field. A base hit. Coming over is Thomas. 02:55:53.670 --> 02:55:55.690 He cuts it off before it gets to the wall. And 02:55:55.690 --> 02:55:58.440 holding the second base is Willie Davis. So the 02:55:58.440 --> 02:56:00.780 Davis boys on at first and second, and the batter 02:56:00.780 --> 02:56:04.959 coming on is Ron Fairley. Three hits in this 02:56:04.959 --> 02:56:13.180 inning off of Mizell. And 19 hits in the ballgame 02:56:13.180 --> 02:56:15.459 by the Dodgers to go along with their 13 runs. 02:56:16.940 --> 02:56:21.700 Mets have four runs on nine hits. And Ron Fairley, 02:56:21.719 --> 02:56:23.879 who took a 10 -game consecutive game streak. 02:56:24.299 --> 02:56:27.000 Into this ballgame, now up at bat. He has three 02:56:27.000 --> 02:56:31.139 for five. Left -handed batter, and he takes high 02:56:31.139 --> 02:56:41.120 ball. Vaughn hit his first major league home 02:56:41.120 --> 02:56:44.399 run of this season. In the third inning, he also 02:56:44.399 --> 02:56:52.569 has tripled in singles. Mizell back with a curve 02:56:52.569 --> 02:56:54.989 that drops over. Strike one. One ball and one 02:56:54.989 --> 02:57:01.530 strike. Fairley not counting his three for five 02:57:01.530 --> 02:57:04.930 here today. Has raised his average from 136 to 02:57:04.930 --> 02:57:08.309 320 over the past ten games. He's hit at an average 02:57:08.309 --> 02:57:16.010 of 581. The 1 -1 pitch to Fairley is high ball 02:57:16.010 --> 02:57:31.809 two. with a record of one win and two losses. 02:57:33.809 --> 02:57:36.409 Making his fifth appearance for the New York 02:57:36.409 --> 02:57:39.329 Mets. This is his ninth, including his Pittsburgh 02:57:39.329 --> 02:57:42.290 game. Fastball, calls, strike two, right through 02:57:42.290 --> 02:58:06.569 at the knees. Two balls and two strikes. The 02:58:06.569 --> 02:58:08.709 2 -2 pitch to Farrelly. Swung on and missed. 02:58:08.770 --> 02:58:12.190 Strike three. Though Mizell strikes out two men 02:58:12.190 --> 02:58:17.450 in the ninth inning, but he gave up one run on 02:58:17.450 --> 02:58:20.250 three hits. There were no errors in the inning. 02:58:20.290 --> 02:58:26.329 Two men were left. And the score at the end of 02:58:26.329 --> 02:58:30.649 eight and one -half innings of play. The Los 02:58:30.649 --> 02:58:35.639 Angeles Dodgers 13, the New York Mets 4. And 02:58:35.639 --> 02:58:40.440 now a word from Vice Roy Cigarettes. The last 02:58:40.440 --> 02:58:43.360 of the night. Score 3 -0. The bases were loaded. 02:58:43.500 --> 02:58:45.920 Then wouldn't you know, two men fanned. They 02:58:45.920 --> 02:58:48.239 missed by a mile. Then Casey stepped up to the 02:58:48.239 --> 02:58:50.579 plate with a smile. Now Casey smokes filters, 02:58:50.680 --> 02:58:53.299 but knows it's true that even some filters are 02:58:53.299 --> 02:58:55.620 rough on you. While other brands in the filter 02:58:55.620 --> 02:58:58.420 crowd are just like smoking a warmed -over cloud. 02:59:01.469 --> 02:59:04.129 But Viceroy tastes the way you'd like a filter 02:59:04.129 --> 02:59:07.969 cigarette to taste. Not too strong, not too light. 02:59:08.510 --> 02:59:11.930 Viceroy's got the taste that's right. That's 02:59:11.930 --> 02:59:14.770 right. Well, Casey won the game with his longest 02:59:14.770 --> 02:59:16.950 homer yet. The manager's daughter said... Have 02:59:16.950 --> 02:59:19.309 a cigarette? Today they're a family with a girl 02:59:19.309 --> 02:59:22.649 and a boy, and it all began with a Viceroy. That's 02:59:22.649 --> 02:59:24.950 right. So Casey wants you to know, and he'll 02:59:24.950 --> 02:59:27.129 take all bets, if you smoke all seven filter 02:59:27.129 --> 02:59:29.690 cigarettes, you'll find some too strong. Some 02:59:29.690 --> 02:59:33.290 too light. But vice -wise, guys, the pace, that's 02:59:33.290 --> 02:59:35.309 right. That's right. That's right. That's right. 02:59:40.950 --> 02:59:44.010 Moving now to the bottom half of the ninth inning. 02:59:45.809 --> 02:59:48.290 And the Mets need nine to tie. Their first man 02:59:48.290 --> 02:59:50.149 up will be Joe Christopher. He's the leadoff 02:59:50.149 --> 02:59:52.250 man in the batting order, followed by Eddie Chacon 02:59:52.250 --> 02:59:55.750 and Cliff Cook. Danny Koufax on the mound. And 02:59:55.750 --> 02:59:57.690 his first pitch to Christopher, a called strike 02:59:57.690 --> 03:00:01.600 at the knees, a fastball. Joe two for four here 03:00:01.600 --> 03:00:05.120 today. He has singled his last two times up. 03:00:05.680 --> 03:00:10.659 He has scored a run and batted one in. Colfax 03:00:10.659 --> 03:00:12.479 working through eight innings has struck out 03:00:12.479 --> 03:00:14.739 ten men. And the next pitch to Christopher is 03:00:14.739 --> 03:00:17.719 down low. Ball one. One ball and one strike. 03:00:31.340 --> 03:00:34.239 and the pitch is called a strike, strike two. 03:00:34.420 --> 03:00:36.959 One ball and two strikes to Joe Christopher. 03:00:40.340 --> 03:00:43.139 Norm Sherry, the catcher, he replaced John Roseboro 03:00:43.139 --> 03:00:46.639 in the bar game. And Andy Sherry at third base 03:00:46.639 --> 03:00:50.079 in place of Jim Gilliam. A one -two pitch to 03:00:50.079 --> 03:00:51.940 the right -handed batter. Curve that stays high. 03:00:52.079 --> 03:00:56.639 Ball two. Two balls and two strikes. It's the 03:00:56.639 --> 03:00:58.500 first game of a doubleheader here in Memorial 03:00:58.500 --> 03:01:04.479 Day. Now Koufax back to the plate with a 2 -2 03:01:04.479 --> 03:01:06.739 pitch. Just too low. Ball three. Three balls 03:01:06.739 --> 03:01:23.020 and two strikes. 13 -4 game in favor of the Dodgers 03:01:23.020 --> 03:01:25.639 as Koufax looks for the sign on the full count 03:01:25.639 --> 03:01:28.479 pitch. And here it is. A fastball lined to the 03:01:28.479 --> 03:01:31.659 middle of a pitch. Joe Christopher rounding at 03:01:31.659 --> 03:01:33.979 first base, holds there, and he has now three 03:01:33.979 --> 03:01:36.120 hits in the ballgame. That's hit number 10 off 03:01:36.120 --> 03:01:43.680 Sandy Koufax. Joe Christopher leads off here 03:01:43.680 --> 03:01:47.079 in the 10th inning. That's needing nine runs 03:01:47.079 --> 03:01:50.360 to tie the ballgame with an ace hit. And the 03:01:50.360 --> 03:01:53.000 batter is Elio Chacon. Elio, a perfect day today. 03:01:53.100 --> 03:01:55.840 A watch, a base hit, a base hit, and a watch. 03:01:56.239 --> 03:02:02.879 Two for two. Ineos started the game with a .240 03:02:02.879 --> 03:02:14.639 average. Now Christopher's first base leading 03:02:14.639 --> 03:02:16.739 off on the pitch to Chacon. There's a strike 03:02:16.739 --> 03:02:22.260 call that Chacon watches it go by. Von Fairley 03:02:22.260 --> 03:02:24.459 at first base, not holding Christopher on with 03:02:24.459 --> 03:02:31.579 the big lead. Colfax returns a curveball that's 03:02:31.579 --> 03:02:34.040 inside and high. Ball one. One ball, one strike. 03:02:36.340 --> 03:02:38.680 It is the cone who was worried about whether 03:02:38.680 --> 03:02:40.520 or not he would be accepted back in New York 03:02:40.520 --> 03:02:42.780 after his fight with Willie Mays, who is recognized 03:02:42.780 --> 03:02:46.780 as the king here in New York. He was well -received. 03:02:46.780 --> 03:02:49.319 There's a beautiful punt. Colfax coming over, 03:02:49.399 --> 03:02:52.700 picks it up, throws late the first base. The 03:02:52.700 --> 03:03:05.920 cone, a base hit. And moving down to second base, 03:03:06.020 --> 03:03:08.799 Joe Christopher. So Elias Chacon, three for three 03:03:08.799 --> 03:03:11.799 now with a perfect punch. And on the throw to 03:03:11.799 --> 03:03:14.219 first base, Ron Fairley had to jump high to pull 03:03:14.219 --> 03:03:17.680 it down. Runners at first and second, and the 03:03:17.680 --> 03:03:26.100 batter is Cliff Cook. So the Mets, as they have 03:03:26.100 --> 03:03:29.280 done all through the season, still fighting back, 03:03:29.520 --> 03:03:32.239 never giving up in the ballgame. They have been 03:03:32.239 --> 03:03:35.170 a tough club in the latter inning. Right here, 03:03:35.229 --> 03:03:37.170 though, it's a tough fight as they need nine 03:03:37.170 --> 03:03:42.850 runs to tie. They were only out of two ballgames 03:03:42.850 --> 03:03:46.649 on the entire 12 -game road trip. First pitch 03:03:46.649 --> 03:03:50.909 to Cook is taken high, ball one. No one up in 03:03:50.909 --> 03:04:01.190 the bullpen for the Dodgers. Sandy Koufax with 03:04:01.190 --> 03:04:22.430 a 1 -0 pitch. Again, high, ball two. Few balls 03:04:22.430 --> 03:04:26.270 and no strikes. Cliff took the batter. Now Koufax 03:04:26.270 --> 03:04:28.250 into the stretch. He has runners at first and 03:04:28.250 --> 03:04:30.290 second and no one out. There's a strike call. 03:04:30.329 --> 03:04:33.229 The fastball right through the heart. For the 03:04:33.229 --> 03:04:41.469 count now, two balls and one. Joe Christopher 03:04:41.469 --> 03:04:49.799 at second base. He leers the cone at first. The 03:04:49.799 --> 03:04:53.000 2 -1 -6 to Cook is hit high in the air. An infield 03:04:53.000 --> 03:04:55.219 fly. There's the sign. The batter is automatically 03:04:55.219 --> 03:04:57.379 out. Coming in to make the catch is Fairley, 03:04:57.459 --> 03:05:08.020 and he does. Out number one. So one man is down 03:05:08.020 --> 03:05:11.479 now, and the batter is Frank Thomas. Frank walked 03:05:11.479 --> 03:05:13.979 in the first inning, then was called out on strikes 03:05:13.979 --> 03:05:16.879 in the third. Running out to third in the fifth. 03:05:17.120 --> 03:05:20.219 His last time up, he needed a base hit to continue 03:05:20.219 --> 03:05:24.020 his consecutive game hitting streak. He doubles 03:05:24.020 --> 03:05:27.280 to left field, and he has now hit an 18 consecutive 03:05:27.280 --> 03:05:30.319 ball game. That's the high for the National League 03:05:30.319 --> 03:05:36.739 this year. Frank also drove in his 31st run with 03:05:36.739 --> 03:05:38.940 that base hit. First pitch to him, a big curve 03:05:38.940 --> 03:05:40.739 that's dug out of the dirt. Swung on a miss. 03:05:40.860 --> 03:05:51.590 Strike one. Here's the final score, Pittsburgh 03:05:51.590 --> 03:05:54.049 3, St. Louis 1. The winning pitcher, Francis, 03:05:54.170 --> 03:05:58.729 for the Pirates. Washburn was the loser for the 03:05:58.729 --> 03:06:03.149 Cardinals. Stewart had a home run in that ballgame 03:06:03.149 --> 03:06:08.069 in the first inning with one on. Right here at 03:06:08.069 --> 03:06:10.510 13 -4, Dodgers. And the next pitch to Thomas 03:06:10.510 --> 03:06:13.190 is down low, ball one. One ball, one strike. 03:06:18.920 --> 03:06:20.700 After eight and one half innings, Cincinnati 03:06:20.700 --> 03:06:24.500 and Milwaukee all tied up at 3 -3. O'Toole and 03:06:24.500 --> 03:06:36.079 Pache. Now Sandy Koufax with a 1 -1 pitch to 03:06:36.079 --> 03:06:38.440 Thomas. Fastball right through the heart of the 03:06:38.440 --> 03:06:40.700 plate. Strike two, right around the knee. One 03:06:40.700 --> 03:06:45.479 ball, two strikes. Koufax had plenty on that 03:06:45.479 --> 03:06:52.569 one. At the end of 11 innings, San Francisco 03:06:52.569 --> 03:06:57.069 and Philadelphia all tied up 3 -3. Miller now 03:06:57.069 --> 03:07:00.969 in the ballgame for San Francisco. Short pitching 03:07:00.969 --> 03:07:05.729 for Philadelphia. One -two pitch, a curveball 03:07:05.729 --> 03:07:08.709 popped up in the air. In foul territory. Andy 03:07:08.709 --> 03:07:12.209 Carey moving over. Now makes the catch for out 03:07:12.209 --> 03:07:17.129 number two. Go after Joe Christopher and Elias 03:07:17.129 --> 03:07:20.809 DeCone. Picked up base hits, put runners at first 03:07:20.809 --> 03:07:24.370 and second. Andy Koufax now has picked up Tiff 03:07:24.370 --> 03:07:26.969 Cook and Frank Thomas for two outs. And the batter 03:07:26.969 --> 03:07:35.069 now is Rod Ganeel. Rod came in the ballgame as 03:07:35.069 --> 03:07:39.270 a replacement for Gil Hodges. Gil giving a little 03:07:39.270 --> 03:07:42.309 rest because of the sore knee. Gil had previously 03:07:42.309 --> 03:07:45.850 hit his 367th major league home run. First pitch 03:07:45.850 --> 03:07:48.569 to Keneal is ball one. Curve ball, it's small. 03:07:55.829 --> 03:07:58.590 Rod has all for one. He was the ninth strikeout 03:07:58.590 --> 03:08:10.030 victim of Sandy Kofan. Next pitch to him, a fastball. 03:08:10.270 --> 03:08:12.250 Threw at the knees, strike one. One ball, one 03:08:12.250 --> 03:08:16.040 strike. Two men out now. The Mets need nine to 03:08:16.040 --> 03:08:18.399 tie. They have runners at first and second. The 03:08:18.399 --> 03:08:28.020 score 13 -4 in favor of the Dodgers. There's 03:08:28.020 --> 03:08:30.239 a base hit in the center field. Christopher will 03:08:30.239 --> 03:08:32.459 score from second base. Going to second base 03:08:32.459 --> 03:08:36.159 and holding there. Elias is called. So Rod Caneel 03:08:36.159 --> 03:08:39.639 picks up his first base hit and drives in a run 03:08:39.639 --> 03:08:43.799 in the Mets now. At five runs to 13 by the Dodgers. 03:08:43.879 --> 03:09:02.600 And the batter coming in is Jim Hickman. Hit 03:09:02.600 --> 03:09:06.000 number 12 off Sandy Koufax. But he's been coasting 03:09:06.000 --> 03:09:08.079 with a big lead all through the ballgame ever 03:09:08.079 --> 03:09:11.909 since. The third inning when the Dodgers let 03:09:11.909 --> 03:09:15.389 it 6 -0 at that point. First pitch to Hickman 03:09:15.389 --> 03:09:24.909 is a called strike. Jim with a double and four 03:09:24.909 --> 03:09:27.489 times up. A right -handed batter. Just missed 03:09:27.489 --> 03:09:29.270 the bases on the home run in the first inning 03:09:29.270 --> 03:09:31.270 when he hit one on top of the roof. Foul by about 03:09:31.270 --> 03:09:38.049 10 feet. A check and a swing. Low ball one. One 03:09:38.049 --> 03:10:03.569 ball and one strike. reading the sign from his 03:10:03.569 --> 03:10:06.090 catcher, Norm Sherry, and the 1 -1 pitch to Hickman. 03:10:06.129 --> 03:10:08.649 Hit sharply by the shortstop in the left field. 03:10:08.770 --> 03:10:10.850 Here comes Chacon around third base. He will 03:10:10.850 --> 03:10:14.049 score. And holding at second base, Rod Ganil. 03:10:14.549 --> 03:10:17.629 And now the Mets with two runs in to score 13 03:10:17.629 --> 03:10:37.219 -6. 13 -6, and Ron Fairley now talking it over 03:10:37.219 --> 03:10:39.700 with Sandy Koufax on the mound. Still no one 03:10:39.700 --> 03:10:42.620 throwing in the bullpen for the Los Angeles Dodgers. 03:10:46.200 --> 03:10:48.860 Mets with two runs in and four hits here in the 03:10:48.860 --> 03:10:50.639 bottom half of the ninth inning. And the batter 03:10:50.639 --> 03:10:56.219 now, Felix Mantia. And Koufax into the windup, 03:10:56.219 --> 03:10:58.559 and the pitch is hit high in the air to left 03:10:58.559 --> 03:11:02.760 field. Coming on there, Tommy Davis by the line, 03:11:02.920 --> 03:11:05.680 and he makes the catch. That ends the ball game. 03:11:13.059 --> 03:11:16.020 So the Los Angeles Dodgers win their first encounter 03:11:16.020 --> 03:11:18.780 with the New York Mets in the polo ground. And 03:11:18.780 --> 03:11:20.659 that's the first time they've played here since 03:11:20.659 --> 03:11:26.379 1957. The final score of the ball game. The Dodgers 03:11:26.379 --> 03:11:29.139 13 runs on 19 hits, 2 errors. They left 10 men 03:11:29.139 --> 03:11:34.329 on. The Mets 6 runs on 13 hits, 1 error. They 03:11:34.329 --> 03:11:34.969 left ten on.