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This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons

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.com for more sports history. On June 11, 1981,

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the Cincinnati Reds faced the New York Mets in

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a Thursday night game at Shea Stadium. This date

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is significant because it marked the final set

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of baseball games before the 1981 baseball player

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strike, which would last for nearly two months.

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The season resumed in August, and the league

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decided to split the season into two halves.

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Teams leading in the standings in each half were

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declared division winners and given a berth to

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the postseason. The Cincinnati Reds were managed

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by John McNamara, who was in his third year with

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the club. The Mets were managed by Joe Torre

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in what would be his last season with the team

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before leaving for Atlanta in 1982. In this game,

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the Reds sent their longtime ace, Tom Seaver,

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to the mound to face the Mets' Pat Zachary. This

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audio recording is from the Cincinnati Radio

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Broadcast featuring announcers Marty Brenneman

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and Joe Nuxhall. For Cincinnati, it's Collins

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in right field, Griffey in center field, Concepcion

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at shortstop. Foster in left, Dreesen at first

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base, Knight at third. With Oster at second,

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Nolan catching, and Sieber on the mound. For

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the match, to lead off in center field, Mookie

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Wilson. Bob Baylor will play shortstop in that

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second. Ellis Valentine in right field will hit

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third. Batting in the cleanup spot, left fielder

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Dave Kingman. Rusty Staub will play first base

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at fifth. Hitting number six at third base, Mike

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Covitz. Alex Trevino will catch and hit number

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seven. Batting eighth at second base, Doug Flynn.

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And batting ninth, the New York pitcher, right

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-hander, Pat Zachary. Right now from Shea Stadium

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in New York, our national anthem. Thank you.

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Again, going over the Mets batting order quickly.

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Wilson in center field, Baylor at shortstop,

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Valentine in right field, Kingman in left, Staub

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at first base, Cubbage at third, with Trevino

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catching, Flynn at second, and Zachary pitching.

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This copyrighted broadcast is authorized under

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broadcasting rights granted by the Cincinnati

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Reds solely for the entertainment of our listening

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audience. Any publication, rebroadcast, or other

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use of the descriptions and accounts of this

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game without the express written consent of the

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Cincinnati Reds is prohibited. The announcers

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on this broadcast are employed by the Cincinnati

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Reds. Well, as the Reds complete the first leg

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of the scheduled three -city eight -game Eastern

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Division road trip, the question on the tips

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of tongues of everybody, fans, players, management

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alike, will there be baseball after tonight as

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far as the major leagues are concerned? As we

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mentioned earlier during our pregame shows, three

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negotiating sessions have already taken place.

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At a downtown Manhattan hotel today, with another

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one having gotten underway about six minutes

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ago, where the idea, of course, is of burning

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a baseball strike that would begin tomorrow throughout

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the Major League. And I would imagine the feeling

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among many people close to the situation, or

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as close as you might be while not being there,

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although there were a number of players from

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a number of different teams who were at the negotiating

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sessions here in New York City today who feel

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that They will probably be negotiating throughout

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the night, much in the same fashion as was the

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case last year when a settlement was reached

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early in the morning to avoid a baseball strike

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then. And, Joe, I'm sure that is the hope and

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the prayer of us and everybody connected with

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baseball, certainly the fans first and foremost.

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They don't want to see baseball stop, and I don't

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think anybody else does either. Marty, I'm very

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sure that that is the absolute truth, that no

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one wants to see a strike in this great game.

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It's a game that the family enjoys, mom and dad

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bringing the youngsters to the ballpark. It would

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just be a shame if something should happen that

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there is a strike. And hopefully they'll be able

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to get this thing ironed out before tomorrow

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and we can continue on with the schedule. Because

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as we were talking to George, things are going

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right good for this ball club now. They're playing

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excellent baseball, doing the things that are

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needed to be done to win baseball games. If we

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need good pitching, the pitching's been outstanding.

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If we need some offense, the offense is able

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to... generate some runs, so the ball club is

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really playing excellent baseball, and hopefully

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we'll continue right on. You look at Pat Zachary,

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of course, Pat, as we mentioned, a 2 -2, one

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loss record against the Reds last year. He was

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1 -1. He started four times against Cincinnati

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last year, beat them 2 -0 on July the 25th of

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last year when he went all the way, and he beat

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Paul Bosco on that game. The Reds beat Zach here

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on May the 7th. of last year. He pitched just

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three innings, and Tommy Hume picked up the win

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and relieved Zachary, the loser, and Tom Seaver,

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we pointed out, he only pitched once against

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the Mets last year. No decision. Tom worked eight

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innings in that game, allowing six innings. But

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we look back on Tom's last start, and it was

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a 9 -3 win over the Montreal Expos, and if you

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might remember, Tom was asked about the home

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run that Gary Carter hit in the first inning.

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And Tom said, well, you know, I felt that I was

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just doing kind of a mediocre slider. He said,

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I found out I better not do that anymore during

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the course of the game. And from that point on,

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the Expos rather scored one more run, and that

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came in the ninth inning when Raines tripled.

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They scored on a sacrifice bat off the bat of

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Mike Phillips. So, Tom, this fits very well since

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coming back off that five problem. Now Pat Zachary

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has finished his warm -up to catcher Alex Trevino,

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and it'll be Dave Collins to lead it off as normal

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for Cincinnati. He was a .313 batting average,

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a couple of home runs on the season, and a total

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of 17 runs batted in. So a former Red, Pat Zachary,

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pitching against a former Met, Tom Seaver, in

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the wind -up of three here at Chase Stadium.

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Zachary brings in the pitch. Collins bunts. Third

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base side. Picked up by Trevino. Throwing to

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first in the dirt. That's the rest. He sobbed.

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Digs it out. So the out in this game is underway.

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Collins really didn't get it out far enough along

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the third baseline. Trevino was able to go out

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and make the quick pickup. And although throwing

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low, the bounce was not really a short hop where

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it could create a great deal of problem for Stobb.

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He was able to make the play and Collins is out

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in the bunt attempt. So one away, and it's 2

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-3 if you're scoring with us. And here's center

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fielder Ken Griffey. Griffey batting .294 with

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16 RBIs and a home run. Zachary with a line,

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the kick and the pitch, and Kenny takes it high

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and away. Ball one. Zachary, the co -rookie pitcher

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of the year in the National League back in 1976

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when he was a 14 -game winner with the Reds along

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with a .274 Earned run average. He misses down

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low with that pitch. He's behind 2 -0. He and,

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at the time, San Diego relief pitcher Butch Metzger

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shared the award. Metzger has been out of Major

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League Baseball for a few years now. Zachary

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trying to win his sixth game of the season tonight,

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and he's in with a 2 -0 pitch, a call strike.

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Cincinnati remaining a game and a half behind

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Los Angeles with the... 2 -0 victory here last

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night. The Dodgers knocking off the St. Louis

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Cardinals on a three -hitter by Jerry Roy. Swung

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on, ripped into right field, and Ballantyne will

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have to play that ball on the bounce. Ken Griffey

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with a one -out single to right field. His fourth

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hit and eight times up in this series. One -out,

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one -on. The batter shortstop Dave Concepcion

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moved back into the number three slot in the

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batting order last night. He responded with an

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eighth -inning single to drive in the second

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and final run of the night for the Reds. His

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44th RBI trailing George Foster, the Major League

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leader, by two. And Concepcion batting .308.

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Stob, Flynn, Baylor, and Covidge at first, second,

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short, and third for New York as Zachary straightens

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up on the mound, pours it flayward, and Concepcion

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takes a strike. In the outfield, Kingman and

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left, Wilson in center, Ballantyne and right,

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and Trevino catching. Joe Torrey making still

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more changes in his lineup tonight in an effort

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to try and salvage a victory here. Zachary checking

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Griffey. Now steps off the pitching rubber and

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throws on to Rusty Staub. Our plate on fire is

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Lee Weier. Dutch Rennert is at first base, Charlie

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Williams at second, and Randy March at third.

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Reds have won the first two games by scores of

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8 -4 and 2 -0. The pitch inside. One ball and

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one strike. And we might point out the 12 strikeout

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that Mario Soto had in the wind last night. That's

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a high for a National League pitcher in 1981.

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And, of course, it was his first shutout of the

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season. One ball, one strike, one out. Griffey

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at first base. We're in the top half of the first

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inning. Pat Zachary again will lob one over to

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first base. Dodgers and the Cardinals close out

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the series at Busch Stadium tonight. Fernando

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Valenzuela will be going for his 10th win of

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the season against right -hander Silvio Martinez.

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Each of those teams has won a game. Zachary with

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a long pause, and now Concepcion backs out of

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the batter's box. Zachary coming set just a little

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bit too long to suit the batter. Back coming

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to the Mets on the 15th of June, 1977. So he

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will have been a New York Met exactly four years,

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four days from now, as Tom Seaver will have been

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a Cincinnati Red. There's another throw to first.

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Zachary working very deliberately here in the

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first inning. George Foster on deck. Concepcion

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up eight times in the series, two hits and a

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run batted in. He grounds it off the leg of Zachary,

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rolling between second and third. That's going

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to be a base hit. That ball appeared to hit Zachary

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somewhere up around the right thigh or right

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side and tear him over between second and third

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base. The ball definitely finding the hole between

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third baseman coverage and shortstop Baylor.

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Getting Zachary on the right thigh, or the side,

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upper side of the right leg, and that'll be an

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infield hit for Concepcion, with Griffey going

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on to second. So the Reds have two men on, a

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man out, and they're a top run producer, and

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George Foster is to play. Foster's had some kind

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of series here in New York. Five hits and nine

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times up. A home run, a double, a triple, a couple

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of singles, and he's driven in two runs. He's

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now batting. 300 on the season. There's a pitch

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to him, and Foster takes a breaking ball for

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a strike. After Collins was thrown out on the

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butt attempt, Griffey lines a single to right.

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Concepcion reaches on the infield hit. The infield

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looking for the ground ball as Zachary kicks

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and fires, and Foster swings it a pitch away

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behind two strikes. Reds have three .300 hitters

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in their lineup, led by Collins at .313, then

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Concepcion at .308, Foster at .300. Ken Griffey

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on the rise. He came in batting .294. That average

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shoots up as a result of the base hit. And Joe

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Nolan behind the plate batting .288. Of course,

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Danny Dreesen has also been swinging a hot bat

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here in this series. Ronnie Oster at 293. So

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Cincinnati continues to do everything right of

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late. Two -strike pitch. Foster takes strike

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three. George Foster caught looking as Ackrey

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rings up a strikeout as first of the night. He'll

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pitch now to first baseman Danny Dreesen. Trevino

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going out to the mound to talk with Ackrey for

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a moment. Dreesen batting 210. Always interesting

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things you see at a ballpark, Marty, in the play

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of a game. On that particular pitch, Torino wanted

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the ball up and in. And Zach threw it down and

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away. Whether he meant to do that or not. Sometimes

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you get away with it and sometimes you don't.

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Maybe they tricked George. Here's Danny Dreesen

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now with two outs. Dreesen takes it in the dirt

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for a ball. 2 -10 the batting average, as we

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pointed out, but he's batted 533 in the last

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four games, going 8 for 15 with two doubles,

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two home runs, and five RBIs, and it would be

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a safe statement to make right now that Danny

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Dreesen is on top of his game. Even in making

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outs, especially last night when he went 1 for

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4, he hit some balls awfully hard. Up high, two

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balls and no strike. Griffey's at second, Concepcion

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is at first, two outs. On deck for the Reds,

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third baseman Ray Knight. Right -hander looking

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back at second, brings it up there, and he's

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behind three balls and no strikes. So Zach, a

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pitch away from loading him up for Ray Knight.

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Joe Torre putting Baylor in at shortstop, replacing

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Tavares for this game, replacing UB Brooks with

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Mike Cubbage at third base. Rusty Staub getting

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a start at first for the second straight night

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and Trevino behind the plate rather than Stearns.

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There's strike one call. Three and one. Valentine

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deep and straight away and right. Wilson shading

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Dreesen to pull and setter as is Kingman and

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left. From Zachary to Dreesen, that's ball four

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and that loads the bases. Griffey moves to third,

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Concepcion to second, Danny with a walk. He's

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heading down to first base, and here's Knight.

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Knight batting .246, five home runs, 18 RBIs,

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only one for eight in the first two games here

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at Shea with an RBI. That came on a two -base

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hit here on Tuesday night. Knight waving the

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bat around as Zachary works out of the windup.

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He pitches, and Knight swings and drives it into

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right field, backing on it is Valentine. He's

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there, and he makes the catch. A couple of steps

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short of the warning track to end the inning.

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Cincinnati with a first -inning threat, but comes

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away with no runs, two hits, three left. After

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a half -inning of play and a wrap -up of three

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in New York, the Reds nothing, and the Mets are

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coming to back. Tom Seaver left the Reds dugout

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along the third baseline, and as he went to the

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Shea Stadium now, the move that he has made many,

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many times throughout his Major League career,

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he received a standing ovation from the Mets

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fans. So while he's been gone almost 40 years,

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they remember Tom Seaver with fond memories for

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having some just unbelievable years while pitching

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for this New York Mets team. He's having a fine

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year with the Reds in 81, six wins and a loss

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with a .208 ERA. And he's ready to face the center

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fielder and leadoff batter, rookie Mookie Wilson.

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Here's a pitch to him, and he shows the butt,

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takes it away, strike one. So talk about Sieber's

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last start Saturday when he came back after being

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down ten days with that left thigh problem. Wilson

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fouls it off. Gave up the two -run homer to Carter

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in the first inning and then shut out the Expos

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until they got that ninth -inning run. He went

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the distance to win his sixth game of the season.

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The 2 -0 -8 ERA is fourth best in the National

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League. Wilson, strike three. Started around.

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It didn't make any difference. The pitch was

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there, and Seaver has himself a strikeout. That

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brings up shortstop Bob Baylor. Baylor has seen

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action in each of the first two games as a latecomer

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and has had two hits and three times up on the

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year, batting .255 against National League pitching

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with six runs batted in. Former American leaguer

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Baylor with a ball of Orioles and the Toronto

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Blue Jays. He takes it low a ball. Drees and

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Oster, Concepcion and Knight. First, second,

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short, and third defensively for the Reds. Foster,

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Griffey, Collins, left center and right in the

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outfield. Behind the plate, Joe Nolan. And it's

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two balls and no strikes on a pitch in on Bob

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Baylor. After two in Montreal, the Expos lead

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the Atlanta Braves 2 -0. Montreal trying to sweep

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that series. And this afternoon, the Cubs beat

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the Giants 6 -1. Swung on, fly ball, headed toward

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Collins and Wright. Two out. Here's the right

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fielder, Ellis Valentine. The Cubs winning today

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have now run off five victories in their last

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six games and sent the Giants down to their fifth

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consecutive defeat. Chicago came out smoking

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against Tom Griffin, who was unable to survive

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the first inning in the wake of a four -run outburst.

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The only Giant run coming on a sixth -inning

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home run by Joe Morgan is fifth of the season,

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while Cub catcher Jody Davis had his first Major

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League home run, and Hector Cruz hit his seventh

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of the season. One ball and no strikes on Ellis

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Valentine. Randy Mars got the win. Griffin took

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the loss. Tommy Boggs against Steve Rogers up

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at Montreal tonight. In there for strike one

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call, and Seaver with Valentine, a ball and a

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strike. Two outs. Nothing happening in a scoreless

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first inning. Swung on and bounced to shortstop.

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Concepcion to his left for the pickup, and he

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shoots him down. The Mets are out of order, and

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after one completed chase, Cincinnati nothing,

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New York nothing. In the American League tonight,

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six games on the schedule. Kansas City and Toronto

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have already started, and it's 1 -0 Royals at

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the end of an inning. Paul Splittorf against

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Dave Steve. Texas plays in Milwaukee. New York

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at Chicago. Detroit at Minnesota. Baltimore in

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Seattle. And Boston at California. Ronnie Oster

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to lead things off in the second for Cincinnati.

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The Reds loaded the bases in the first inning

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against Zachary on hits by Griffey and Concepcion.

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And then a two -odd walk to Danny Dreesen, but

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the inning ended when Zachary got Knight on a

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fly ball to fairly deep right field on Ellis

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Valentine. Ronnie Oster batting .293, looking

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for his first hit here in New York. He's 0 for

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9. Zachary pitches. Oster takes it inside, ball

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one. Swung on, ground ball, right side. There's

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Doug Flynn on the outfield grass to make the

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play, and he throws him out. Oster grounds out

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second to first. The batter will be Ketcher Nolan.

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Poster day with the Reds is pick your poster

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day this year. Everybody 21 and under gets to

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choose one of the seven posters in the Reds poster

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series. The on -hand Sunday, June 28th, the Reds

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against the Braves on poster day at Riverfront.

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288 batting average for Joe Nolan with a home

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run and nine runs batted in. Left -handed batter.

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Line drive, right center field, a hit. Over to

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cut it off is Dallas Valentine. Nolan takes a

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turn, and that's hit number three for Cincinnati.

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So with one out, Tom Seaver will probably be

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up trying to move Nolan into scoring position

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for Dave Collins, and Seaver again gets a big

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welcome from the Shea Stadium baseball. Mike

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Covington to step off the grass at third and

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now coming as Zachary pauses, delivers, receiver

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squares to Bunt, takes it away, ball one. Zachary,

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a 6 '5", string bean, 175 -pounder out of Waco,

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Texas. This one, Bunt at first base side, rusty

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stop, makes a play, kicks it around, recovers,

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and now throws on to Doug Flynn at first base.

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3 -4 sacrifice receiver. With Nolan moving to

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second, here's Dave Collins for the second time.

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Out Alex Trevino to Rusty Stubb on a bunt attempt

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in the first inning. We'll pause for station

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identification on the Cincinnati Reds baseball

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network. So why do we call Jim Sager the Beast

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of Baltimore? Well, you can draw your own conclusions

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each and every weekday evening from 6 until midnight

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:42.859
here at K95. It's the Jim Sager Show, the Beast

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:50.680
of Baltimore at K95, WHOK -FM. Lancaster. Collins

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with Nolan at second, two away, and a scoreless

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game in the second inning. Right -hander kicks

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and throws, and Collins takes it up and in ball

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one. Now the one over the plate. That's inside

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and low. Two balls and no strikes on Dave Collins.

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They said now we'll get a first run of the night

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home as Nolan takes a lead at second. Zachary

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behind and pitching. Collins taking, and that's

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strike one called just below the belt. Two balls

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and a strike. If we do not have the work stop,

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the Jerez are scheduled to open up a three -game

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series in Montreal tomorrow night. Bruce Perenny

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against Charlie Lee. Saturday night it will be

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Mike Lacoste against Ray Burris. And Sunday afternoon,

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to close things out there, Frank Pastore will

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duel Scott Sanderson. 2 -1 pitch. High and outside,

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ball three. In the event there is a strike, we

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might inform all our stations as well as our

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:15.670
fans along the network line that... Joe and I

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will be doing a one -hour show, a talk show,

00:25:18.130 --> 00:25:20.269
beginning tomorrow night on our flagship station

00:25:20.269 --> 00:25:23.289
in Cincinnati and on our stations along the Red

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Baseball Network, beginning at 8 .05 Cincinnati

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time. That is ball four. Collins flips it out

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of the way and goes on down to first base as

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Zachary has issued his second walk. That would

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be a Monday through Friday nightly show, 8 .05

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to 9 o 'clock, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,

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and Friday night. for as long as the strike would

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last. And this Saturday and Sunday, Joe and I

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are scheduled to be in Wichita to broadcast a

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couple of games involving our AAA Farm Club,

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the Indianapolis Indians. We would be on the

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air at 8 o 'clock on Saturday night with a pregame

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show, game time at 8 .30 Cincinnati time, and

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7 o 'clock on Saturday night with a pregame show.

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Game time for that one would be 7 .30. Two men

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on, two men out. Second inning. Griffey with

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a hard smash to shortstop, but Baylor plays and

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throws to Flynn for the force out, and Zachary

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gets out of trouble for the second straight inning.

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No runs, one hit, two left. The Reds have stranded

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five in the first two innings, and after one

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and a half, Cincinnati and New York no score.

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Get set for some exciting baseball coming up

00:26:30.589 --> 00:26:32.529
at Riverfront. The Reds will be back home next

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Wednesday for the start of the biggest homestand

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of the year, 13 games and a 12 -day stretch.

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The Mets, the Phillies, the Cardinals, and the

00:26:38.589 --> 00:26:41.109
Braves will all be in town. While we have them

00:26:41.109 --> 00:26:43.029
in, let's take a closer look at that Philly series.

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It starts Friday, June 19th with a 7 .35 game.

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7 o 'clock game on Saturday the 20th, and then

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the weekend winds up Sunday afternoon, June 21st.

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It's going to be a fun weekend. The Phillies

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are always a favorite opponent at Riverfront

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Stadium with the likes of Pete Rose and Mike

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Schmidt, Larry Boas, Steve Carlton. So make your

00:27:02.309 --> 00:27:04.470
plans now to be on hand for all the action and

00:27:04.470 --> 00:27:09.849
purchase your tickets in advance. Tom Seaver

00:27:09.849 --> 00:27:11.950
standing behind the mound, waiting for Dave Kingman

00:27:11.950 --> 00:27:15.890
to settle in. 13 home runs to lead the New York

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Mets in the power department with 31 RBIs and

00:27:18.609 --> 00:27:23.630
a 219 batting average. Kingman batting in the

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series, two hits and eight times up, and both

00:27:25.769 --> 00:27:28.809
hits came last night. He takes it low, ball one.

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In fact, Kingman had two hits, and Mookie Wilson

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had two. They were four of the six that the Mets

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collected off of Mario Soto. Kingman takes ball

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:49.740
two. Two balls and no strikes. Been pretty consistent

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:51.759
in this series. Every time Kingman's been to

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:53.480
the play where the base is empty, which has been

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:56.819
often. Ronnie Oster goes to the third base side

00:27:56.819 --> 00:28:00.000
of second along with Concepcion and Knight. 2

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-0 pitch. Kingman with a high, deep drive to

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left field. And Foster at the wall. It's gone.

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The 14th of the season. And the New York Mets,

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:17.039
for the first time in this series lead, it's

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:27.259
1 -0. Beaver got behind 2 -0 and had to come

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:30.779
in on him, and Dingman took care of it. Homering

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:33.000
into the Cincinnati bullpen in the left field,

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beyond the left field fence, and the Mets are

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:41.210
up 1 -0. Marty, that was a fastball right out

00:28:41.210 --> 00:28:43.690
over the plate, and I think Cobb just more or

00:28:43.690 --> 00:28:46.190
less challenging Kingman and didn't quite work.

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Missed by about 10 feet. Here's Rusty Staub.

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Staub takes a strike. The first time in this

00:29:00.849 --> 00:29:04.349
series the Mets have led in the game. Staub hits

00:29:04.349 --> 00:29:07.170
a hard smash, and Concepcion cannot get a base

00:29:07.170 --> 00:29:13.930
at the center field. Now back -to -back hits

00:29:13.930 --> 00:29:16.109
in the second for the Mets. A home run by Kingman,

00:29:16.150 --> 00:29:18.990
a single by Staub, the batter. Third baseman

00:29:18.990 --> 00:29:28.890
Mike Cubbett. Cubbett batting .233 with three

00:29:28.890 --> 00:29:31.390
RBIs, up twice in the first two games with a

00:29:31.390 --> 00:29:46.049
hit. Let's have the Astros in for a series scheduled

00:29:46.049 --> 00:29:47.970
to begin here tomorrow night. And Houston is

00:29:47.970 --> 00:29:49.990
already in town. They finished their series in

00:29:49.990 --> 00:29:53.269
Philadelphia last night. And staying in the same

00:29:53.269 --> 00:29:56.529
hotel the Reds are staying in in Manhattan. Saw

00:29:56.529 --> 00:29:58.450
a lot of them around the hotel today. Pitches

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in for a strike. Of course, the Phillies are

00:30:01.049 --> 00:30:04.190
off tonight before meeting the Atlanta Braves

00:30:04.190 --> 00:30:07.299
in Philadelphia tomorrow evening. If baseball

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:09.440
is continued, Pete Rose will have the shot going

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:13.039
into that game of becoming the all -time nationally

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career hit leader after tying Stan Musial's record

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:17.980
last night with a first -inning single off Nolan

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Ryan. One ball and one strike on the left -handed

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:30.500
batting coverage. One run is in. Rusty stopped.

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Stationed down at first base. He had a ground

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:42.059
single at center. Nobody out. Number 41 to the

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:44.619
plate, and coverage takes it inside. Two balls

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:56.119
and a strike. Dave Kingman with home run number

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14 of the season. That ties him for National

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League leadership with Philadelphia's Mike Schmidt.

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Coverage ahead on the count as Seaver kicks and

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:24.000
fires, and there's ball three. Alex Trevino on

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:26.319
deck. Danny Dreesen playing behind a runner's

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:34.200
stop at first base. Swung on and fouled away.

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Straight back of the plate and back up into the

00:31:36.750 --> 00:31:49.130
third deck here. Mario Soto joining Seaver last

00:31:49.130 --> 00:31:52.529
night with a victory as six -game winners on

00:31:52.529 --> 00:31:56.730
the Cincinnati pitching staff. Seaver after his

00:31:56.730 --> 00:32:00.190
252nd career win. He and Bob Gibson are tied

00:32:00.190 --> 00:32:02.470
for 30th place on the all -time victory list.

00:32:02.569 --> 00:32:05.109
Runner going. But Cabbage fouls it out of play

00:32:05.109 --> 00:32:07.130
down the left field line. Of course, Bob Gibson

00:32:07.130 --> 00:32:09.130
here, he is now a member of the Mets coaching

00:32:09.130 --> 00:32:14.009
staff. The man who Fieber is tied with. And Tom

00:32:14.009 --> 00:32:17.690
two wins away from Carl Hubble, who is next in

00:32:17.690 --> 00:32:20.369
line in 29th place with a career victory total

00:32:20.369 --> 00:32:30.480
of 253. But the Mets are leading 1 -0. And a

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:32.519
three -ball, two -strike count on Mike Kovach.

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:34.740
Risa now is on the back. Stopped breaking. The

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:37.119
pitch is swung on. Ripped into right field. Collins

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:40.099
going back and now comes in a bit and moves off

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:43.779
to his left to make the catch. Back to first

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:46.680
goes Dodd. There's one away and here's the catcher

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:52.920
Trevino. Trevino batting 280. He's knocked in

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:54.759
eight runs. First time we've seen him in the

00:32:54.759 --> 00:33:09.000
series. Fine -handed batter and a young man that

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:10.819
a lot of clubs have shown a lot of interest in

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:13.099
over the last couple of years. He's regarded

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:15.079
as a pretty good catcher and can swing that bat

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:18.039
reasonably well. He lines one for a hit in the

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:20.920
center. Griffey plays it on the bounce as Staub

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:23.279
moves to second base and Seaver having a relatively

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:27.059
unimpressive second inning. Home run by Kingman,

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:29.539
base hit by Staub, a well -hit ball to right.

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:32.619
The Collins caught off the bat of coverage and

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:34.779
now a first -pitch line drive single to center

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:38.829
field from Alex Trevino. Doug Flynn at the plate.

00:33:47.109 --> 00:33:50.109
Flynn checking in at 243 with a home run and

00:33:50.109 --> 00:33:52.869
11 runs batted in. 0 for 7 so far in the series.

00:33:53.970 --> 00:34:05.529
Takes the ball low. Tom Zachary now emerging

00:34:05.529 --> 00:34:07.670
from the New York dugout, moving to the on -deck

00:34:07.670 --> 00:34:12.909
circle. That's a check swing strike. Doug came

00:34:12.909 --> 00:34:16.269
out of the gate very hot when the season unfolded.

00:34:16.269 --> 00:34:18.389
He was up among the hit leaders for quite a while,

00:34:18.489 --> 00:34:22.070
but has of late simply been struggling at the

00:34:22.070 --> 00:34:24.670
plate. His batting average has plummeted all

00:34:24.670 --> 00:34:30.170
the way down to its current .243. Stopped the

00:34:30.170 --> 00:34:32.269
lead runner at second with Trevino at first.

00:34:32.449 --> 00:34:36.539
One away. Seaver to the plate, Flynn swings,

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:39.820
fly ball, right field. Collins almost in his

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:43.199
tracks, makes the catch. Staub loves to go to

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:46.840
third, and Concepcion cuts off the throw, tumbling

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:49.619
over Staub at second base and almost caught him

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:55.079
coming back into the bag. Maybe decoying Staub

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:57.320
pretty well until the last second, hoping to

00:34:57.320 --> 00:35:00.139
maybe grab that throw from Collins and put the

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:07.030
tag on him before he got back to second. The

00:35:07.030 --> 00:35:18.329
Zachary at the plate with two outs. Pat batting

00:35:18.329 --> 00:35:21.230
.238 this season. He's had five hits all singles.

00:35:21.250 --> 00:35:35.980
He's knocked in two runs. Ball to him. This club

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:41.019
now with three hits in the game. Pitcher against

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:43.179
pitcher in the second, and Zachary swings and

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:56.739
misses. One ball and one strike. Checking the

00:35:56.739 --> 00:36:00.550
pitch. Strike two, swinging. Tell you, aside

00:36:00.550 --> 00:36:03.769
from the time when Pete Rose was on his 44 -game

00:36:03.769 --> 00:36:06.510
hitting streak, there probably are almost as

00:36:06.510 --> 00:36:08.849
many media people right now in New York from

00:36:08.849 --> 00:36:10.889
the sports world and from all over the country

00:36:10.889 --> 00:36:13.690
as a result of the possible player strikes than

00:36:13.690 --> 00:36:16.969
at any other time on the trips that we have made

00:36:16.969 --> 00:36:20.090
in here over the last seven, eight years. Two

00:36:20.090 --> 00:36:29.849
balls, two strikes. They were trying to get Zachary

00:36:29.849 --> 00:36:32.190
at end of second for New York. He pitches, and

00:36:32.190 --> 00:36:34.230
Zachary takes strike three, and that's the inning.

00:36:35.010 --> 00:36:37.570
Tom's second strikeout, a scoring inning for

00:36:37.570 --> 00:36:41.269
the Mets. One run, three hits. They leave a pair.

00:36:41.650 --> 00:36:44.170
And after two complete, New York won the Reds

00:36:44.170 --> 00:36:46.210
nothing. Dave Concepcion will lead off round

00:36:46.210 --> 00:36:48.429
number three for Cincinnati as the Reds enter

00:36:48.429 --> 00:36:50.269
their third inning, trailing New York one to

00:36:50.269 --> 00:36:52.710
nothing. And here with a play -by -play, Joe

00:36:52.710 --> 00:36:55.860
Nuttall. Thank you, Marty. Davey Singel off the

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:58.719
right side of Pat Zachary in the first inning.

00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:03.400
Dave, a .308 batting average. Four all -runs

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:07.320
and 44 RBIs. Dave, second to George Foster in

00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:10.019
the National League in RBIs. George leads the

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:14.780
league with 46. Right to that three -hit top,

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:18.900
Zachary, through the first two innings. And stranded

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:23.019
with five baserunners. Dave Concepcion leads

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:28.920
it off. At Montreal, the Expos leading the Braves

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:32.820
2 -0, third inning. The American League, Toronto

00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:36.960
leading Kansas City 4 -2. Kansas City at bat

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:40.179
at the top of the fourth. Zachary ready to work

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:42.739
to Concepcion, and his breaking pitch misses

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:48.809
outside. Only one other game to be played tonight.

00:37:48.989 --> 00:37:55.590
That's Los Angeles at St. Louis. 1 -0 pitch.

00:37:55.869 --> 00:37:59.449
A half -swing foul by Concepcion, and it evens

00:37:59.449 --> 00:38:03.829
it 1 -1. Fernando Valenzuela will go for the

00:38:03.829 --> 00:38:08.050
Dodgers and Silvio Martinez for the Cardinals.

00:38:10.530 --> 00:38:16.079
Zachary even to Concepcion, 1 -1. Foster on deck,

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:25.440
and that'll be Danny Dreesen. Zachary delivers

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:29.559
the 1 -1. Outside, two balls to strike. Pat has

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:35.599
walked 37 batters in 73 innings coming into tonight's

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:42.239
game, and then struck out 41. The 2 -1 delivery.

00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:45.179
Swung on and a one bouncer to coverage at third.

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:52.920
And his throw on to stop. One away. On down and

00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:56.000
George Foster steps in. George call out on strikes

00:38:56.000 --> 00:39:04.679
in the first inning. Back for his last start.

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:09.820
He lost to the Houston Astros 6 -2. In Houston

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:14.329
when he allowed ten hits and six runs. In three

00:39:14.329 --> 00:39:17.909
in the third inning. Walked four in that stretch.

00:39:22.429 --> 00:39:25.550
Foster steps in. Base is empty in and out. The

00:39:25.550 --> 00:39:28.690
pitch. George swings at a breaking ball and chops

00:39:28.690 --> 00:39:40.650
it foul at the plate. Danny Dreesen. Schedule

00:39:40.650 --> 00:39:45.440
a bat next. Outfield playing George about straight

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:50.300
away. Foster backs away from the plate. Back

00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:55.039
in and Trevino. Bison's assigned. They all want

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:57.880
the foster. Fastball at the knees in the outside

00:39:57.880 --> 00:40:01.420
corner. And Zachary in front. 0 -2 to George.

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:17.440
The 0 -2. Swung on and line fouled by third base

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:19.920
coach Russ Nixon. Russ having to turn to get

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:24.920
out of the way of it. Count holes. No balls.

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:41.280
Two strikes. Zachary has the sign. Again, the

00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:44.920
0 -2. Change -up swung on and missed, and that's

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:48.219
strikeout number two for Zachary, and both times

00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:52.280
it has been George Foster. So two away, and Danny

00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:57.320
Drees in the batting. Danny walked in the first

00:40:57.320 --> 00:41:00.260
inning to load the bases. Before Ray Knight hit

00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:02.800
a fly ball to Valentine in right field to end

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:12.750
the inning. And batting average up to .210. He

00:41:12.750 --> 00:41:24.110
looks at a strike from Zachary. Zachary delivers

00:41:24.110 --> 00:41:27.150
the 0 -1. Harrison takes it high and outside.

00:41:27.929 --> 00:41:39.170
Not even as a ball of strength. It's on the way.

00:41:39.170 --> 00:41:42.579
It's on and foul down the left side. That will

00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:47.260
settle back into the seat. Down holding of the

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:50.579
ball. Two strikes to Drees. Manning with five

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:58.599
all runs and 21 RBIs. Zachary again the one -two.

00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:02.019
That's been the third change. Two balls, two

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:15.650
strikes. Knackery checking with Trevino. The

00:42:15.650 --> 00:42:19.929
2 -2. Hung on and a fly ball hit into left center

00:42:19.929 --> 00:42:22.210
field. Moving over Mookie Wilson. He's there

00:42:22.210 --> 00:42:24.909
and makes the play. And for the first time in

00:42:24.909 --> 00:42:27.510
the game, the Reds out in order. Middle of the

00:42:27.510 --> 00:42:32.110
third. New York 1, Cincinnati nothing. For New

00:42:32.110 --> 00:42:34.349
York in the bottom half of the third, the top

00:42:34.349 --> 00:42:37.110
of the order, Wilson, Baylor, and Valentine to

00:42:37.110 --> 00:42:40.519
face Don Seaver. New York getting around to the

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:43.659
second inning when Dave Kingman hit his 14th

00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:47.539
ball of the year on a 2 -0 pitch. The ball just

00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:50.219
dropping over the fence and left field into the

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:57.579
Cincinnati bullpen. A Mookie Wilson leads it

00:42:57.579 --> 00:43:00.780
off. Wilson called out on strike, leading off

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:11.920
the game for New York. Deaver delivers. Wilson

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:22.239
takes. High and outside of ball. I'm back with

00:43:22.239 --> 00:43:26.219
a 1 -0. Wilson swings and doesn't get it. 1 -1.

00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:36.000
Kingman now tied with Mike Smith for the league

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:40.320
lead in all runs at 14. Low curve hangs high

00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:48.500
to Wilson. Two and one to come. A wide pitch.

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:52.360
Wilson takes it inside. Three balls to strike.

00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:02.460
Three -one delivery. Wilson takes strike two

00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:12.619
call. A full count now to Mookie Wilson. Payoff

00:44:12.619 --> 00:44:16.139
on the way. Wilson swings and fouls back to the

00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:25.400
screen. Mike Lum, a good day yesterday for the

00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:30.039
Cubs in that second game win, 7 -4 over the Giants.

00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:35.599
Mike went 3 -3 with a home run. Pitch on the

00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:38.380
way. Wilson swings and rounds it up the middle

00:44:38.380 --> 00:44:40.739
right between Severs' legs and on into center

00:44:40.739 --> 00:44:44.260
field. Bolton makes the wide turn, and that's

00:44:44.260 --> 00:44:47.559
the fourth end of the game for New York. Bob

00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:54.079
Severs. And I bring Bob Baylor to the plate.

00:44:55.159 --> 00:45:00.519
Baylor in the first inning, a fly ball to Collins

00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:11.170
in right field. Wilson has ten stolen bases.

00:45:11.269 --> 00:45:14.190
He has been caught four times. The receiver throws

00:45:14.190 --> 00:45:18.289
over to first. Again, the stretch and another

00:45:18.289 --> 00:45:21.989
throw there, and Wilson again back. Ellis Valentine

00:45:21.989 --> 00:45:28.630
on deck. Receiver has struck out two. Another

00:45:28.630 --> 00:45:31.789
throw to first, and this one sounds like it hit

00:45:31.789 --> 00:45:36.070
Wilson in the back. Mookie getting up and holding

00:45:36.070 --> 00:45:40.590
his lower back. Actually, the ball hit him, or

00:45:40.590 --> 00:45:53.690
Wilson would still be running. Tom sets again,

00:45:53.789 --> 00:45:56.389
throws the first, and again, Wilson back safely.

00:45:57.550 --> 00:46:01.869
Bob Baylor at the plate. Baylor a .250 batting

00:46:01.869 --> 00:46:05.170
average. Stretching the pitch, Wilson goes. Here's

00:46:05.170 --> 00:46:08.559
Nolan Stroh, and it's not near a time. Wilson

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:13.360
has his 11th stolen base for the year. The Mookie

00:46:13.360 --> 00:46:17.320
had a good jump, and he got down there quickly.

00:46:26.900 --> 00:46:30.639
The count to Bob Baylor, 0 -1. That's such a

00:46:30.639 --> 00:46:33.400
called strike. Baylor's sticking his bat out

00:46:33.400 --> 00:46:35.900
over the plate, trying to distract Joe Nolan.

00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:46.760
Wilson now at second. Beaver has the sign from

00:46:46.760 --> 00:46:50.219
Nolan to stretch the pitch. Baylor punts third

00:46:50.219 --> 00:46:52.320
-base side. The ball rolling. Buff of the ball

00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:55.659
to Beaver. It's going quickly to Ron Oster. And

00:46:55.659 --> 00:46:59.920
Ron takes it on the long hop to retire Baylor.

00:46:59.960 --> 00:47:04.199
Good play by Tom Beaver and Ron Oster. Treaded

00:47:04.199 --> 00:47:08.519
Baylor with a sacrifice. He is out 1 -4. Milton

00:47:08.519 --> 00:47:13.989
Wilson moves on to third base. The batter is

00:47:13.989 --> 00:47:17.510
Ellis Valentine. Valentine grounded to Concepcion

00:47:17.510 --> 00:47:22.510
in the first inning. Dave Kingman moves on deck.

00:47:25.210 --> 00:47:28.170
Well, that is Joe Torre trying to put another

00:47:28.170 --> 00:47:32.230
run on the scoreboard here tonight. Beaver works

00:47:32.230 --> 00:47:35.170
for the windup, and Valentine swings and pops

00:47:35.170 --> 00:47:39.210
it up. Shallow into center field. Griffey waiting

00:47:39.210 --> 00:47:42.420
on it, and... And tanking as Wilson, he'll score

00:47:42.420 --> 00:47:44.480
easily, and it's a two -to -nothing ballgame.

00:47:45.159 --> 00:47:48.500
A very high pop into center field, and Wilson

00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:52.980
scores easily. Valentine gets his 17th RBI of

00:47:52.980 --> 00:47:54.679
the year, and the Mets lead it two to nothing.

00:48:02.280 --> 00:48:07.539
Having Dave Kingman on the plate, Dave leading

00:48:07.539 --> 00:48:11.320
off the second inning. Homered into the red bullpen,

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:16.960
his 14th of the year. He rewinds and delivers,

00:48:17.019 --> 00:48:24.840
and Kingman takes high and inside a ball. Two

00:48:24.840 --> 00:48:27.099
out, the Mets have scored a run here in the third,

00:48:27.260 --> 00:48:37.030
lead it two to nothing. Tom delivers. England

00:48:37.030 --> 00:48:40.130
swings and misses a pitch down, and the count

00:48:40.130 --> 00:48:58.010
evens 1 -1. 1 -1 on the way. Aye. Two alls to

00:48:58.010 --> 00:49:08.099
strike. That's Enfield. Ulster to the left of

00:49:08.099 --> 00:49:11.860
second base. Outfield pulled around to the left.

00:49:12.159 --> 00:49:16.019
2 -1 delivery. High and inside. Three balls to

00:49:16.019 --> 00:49:34.250
strike. 3 -1 the count to Dave Kingman. Seaver

00:49:34.250 --> 00:49:38.789
delivers the 3 -1, and Kingman takes it. On inside,

00:49:39.130 --> 00:49:42.110
a ball, and that's the first walk issued by Tom

00:49:42.110 --> 00:49:46.929
Seaver. Kingman moves on to first base, and the

00:49:46.929 --> 00:49:49.610
batter is Rusty Stobbs. Stobbs single to center

00:49:49.610 --> 00:50:02.010
in the second inning. York leading 2 -0. Kingman

00:50:02.010 --> 00:50:05.340
at first base leads. This throw over to first,

00:50:05.420 --> 00:50:16.280
and Dave steps back. Stretching the pitch, and

00:50:16.280 --> 00:50:28.699
a slider misses inside the stop. Ball one. Mike

00:50:28.699 --> 00:50:32.329
Cubbage, the on -deck batter. 1 -0 to stop. Let's

00:50:32.329 --> 00:50:35.030
see. Tate's blowing inside again. And it's two

00:50:35.030 --> 00:50:42.150
balls, no strike. Well, the Yankees score in

00:50:42.150 --> 00:50:47.010
the first inning of Chicago. White Sox at bat

00:50:47.010 --> 00:50:50.010
in the bottom half of the first. There goes Kingman.

00:50:50.050 --> 00:50:51.849
The pitch is swung on and missed. The throw down,

00:50:52.090 --> 00:50:56.190
not time. And Kingman has the stolen base. Dave

00:50:56.190 --> 00:51:03.019
with a running jump. For Kingman, that is his

00:51:03.019 --> 00:51:07.539
second stolen base of the year. On count two

00:51:07.539 --> 00:51:21.480
and one, the rest is stopped. They were looking

00:51:21.480 --> 00:51:24.420
to Nolan for the sign. He has it. The stretch

00:51:24.420 --> 00:51:28.179
and the pitch. Stop takes strike two on the outside

00:51:28.179 --> 00:51:40.050
corner. The count evens two and two. Kingman

00:51:40.050 --> 00:51:45.510
the second lead. Dave Watson stole second. Seaver

00:51:45.510 --> 00:51:48.489
to the plate. Stomp takes it inside. Full count.

00:52:00.400 --> 00:52:04.019
Tom waiting on the side. Takes one off. Now the

00:52:04.019 --> 00:52:07.980
stretch. And he steps back off the pitching rubber.

00:52:16.300 --> 00:52:20.699
Tom ready. And delivers the payoff. Tom swings

00:52:20.699 --> 00:52:24.079
and fouls it off to the left and back into the

00:52:24.079 --> 00:52:33.630
seat. Tom holding. Three and two. Good crowd

00:52:33.630 --> 00:52:37.650
here at Shea Stadium tonight. Last night we had

00:52:37.650 --> 00:52:45.969
10 ,352, and Tuesday night, 13 ,331. Again, the

00:52:45.969 --> 00:52:49.210
3 -2, swung on, ground ball, foul off the first

00:52:49.210 --> 00:52:54.989
baseline. Ball not missing by much, but Dutch

00:52:54.989 --> 00:52:57.530
runner at the first base on fire holding up his

00:52:57.530 --> 00:53:07.880
hands right away. Tom holds the three balls,

00:53:08.019 --> 00:53:24.280
two strikes to Rusty Stott. He were ready. And

00:53:24.280 --> 00:53:27.199
again, the 3 -2. Stott swings, fouls this from

00:53:27.199 --> 00:53:30.699
straight back. Ball hitting the glass behind

00:53:30.699 --> 00:53:33.159
home plate and bounding all the way out to the

00:53:33.159 --> 00:53:47.019
mound where Tom Seaver picks it up. On set and

00:53:47.019 --> 00:53:50.460
delivered. Cobb swings and a fly ball in the

00:53:50.460 --> 00:53:53.860
right field. Waiting on it, moving in is Collins,

00:53:53.980 --> 00:53:56.400
and that's the inning. The Mets pick up another

00:53:56.400 --> 00:54:00.320
run in the inning on one hit. But no errors,

00:54:00.420 --> 00:54:03.559
and a runner left on at the end of three. New

00:54:03.559 --> 00:54:08.000
York 2, Cincinnati nothing. Ray Knight will lead

00:54:08.000 --> 00:54:10.059
it off as the Reds bat in the fourth inning.

00:54:10.099 --> 00:54:13.179
Ray in the first. A fly ball to the right, but

00:54:13.179 --> 00:54:16.780
the base is bloated. Ray hitting .246, five home

00:54:16.780 --> 00:54:21.599
runs and 18 RBIs. Now Indianapolis at Oklahoma

00:54:21.599 --> 00:54:24.860
City tonight after one inning no score. Charlie

00:54:24.860 --> 00:54:27.780
Liebrand on the mound for the Indians. Charlie

00:54:27.780 --> 00:54:32.900
has won one and lost five. Zachary delivers and

00:54:32.900 --> 00:54:35.260
Knight takes a strike on the outside corner.

00:54:35.500 --> 00:54:39.219
Meanwhile at St. Louis, George Hendrick, a two

00:54:39.219 --> 00:54:41.519
-run homer in the first inning off Valenzuela.

00:54:42.719 --> 00:54:49.639
The Cardinals 2 -0 after 1. Zachary delivers

00:54:49.639 --> 00:54:52.940
the 0 -1. Knight swings and grounds it into deep

00:54:52.940 --> 00:54:55.420
short. Cubbett's backhand drops the ball, and

00:54:55.420 --> 00:54:58.559
Ray Knight will get a base hit out of that one.

00:55:00.039 --> 00:55:02.579
Cubbett was there, had it in his glove, and ready

00:55:02.579 --> 00:55:07.500
to throw. Make that Baylor, Bob Baylor, the shortstop.

00:55:08.039 --> 00:55:11.710
Cubbett to the third base. On infield single

00:55:11.710 --> 00:55:14.070
for Ray Knight, the fourth of the game for the

00:55:14.070 --> 00:55:16.849
Reds, and that'll bring Ron Oster to the plate.

00:55:16.969 --> 00:55:20.389
Ron grounded to Doug Flynn in the second inning,

00:55:20.429 --> 00:55:24.510
leading off. Oster a .293 batting average with

00:55:24.510 --> 00:55:31.110
a home run, 25 RBIs. Zachary sets and delivers,

00:55:31.230 --> 00:55:33.789
and Oster swings and hits one well in the right

00:55:33.789 --> 00:55:35.469
center field, and that's going to get to that

00:55:35.469 --> 00:55:37.969
one. Knight around second, a bounce is off the

00:55:37.969 --> 00:55:40.809
wall. Right to third. Knight being waved in.

00:55:40.829 --> 00:55:42.849
He's going to score. Oster on his way to third

00:55:42.849 --> 00:55:45.809
to throw. He's not in time, and it's a two -to

00:55:45.809 --> 00:55:48.949
-one ball game. Fifth triple of the year for

00:55:48.949 --> 00:55:52.949
Ron Oster. He is 26 by the eye, and Barretta

00:55:52.949 --> 00:55:56.349
back in it just like that. Ray Knight scoring

00:55:56.349 --> 00:55:59.710
all the way from first base, and Oster with a

00:55:59.710 --> 00:56:03.030
headlong slide into third, and he represents

00:56:03.030 --> 00:56:11.260
the tying run of Joe Dole of the batter. Five

00:56:11.260 --> 00:56:21.159
hits now for the Reds in the game. Okay, Wilson

00:56:21.159 --> 00:56:26.780
feeling the ball off the fence. Going to Bob

00:56:26.780 --> 00:56:32.000
Baylor, but the throw a bit high. Ostrand safely

00:56:32.000 --> 00:56:36.119
at third. A stretch by Zachary of the pitch.

00:56:36.380 --> 00:56:38.539
And Nolan swings, sends at the center field.

00:56:38.639 --> 00:56:40.739
A base hit. He's two for two, and it's a tie

00:56:40.739 --> 00:56:47.000
ball game. Oh, three straight hits here in the

00:56:47.000 --> 00:56:50.119
inning. Ties it up. That'll bring Tom Seaver

00:56:50.119 --> 00:56:53.280
to the plate. Tom sacrificed in the second inning,

00:56:53.320 --> 00:56:59.099
moving Nolan to second base. Joe Nolan gets his

00:56:59.099 --> 00:57:05.679
tenth RBI of the year. Reds tie it up at 2 -2.

00:57:13.000 --> 00:57:16.119
Right now, Rusty Stobb talking with Pat Zachary

00:57:16.119 --> 00:57:19.519
at the mound. He heads back to first base. Cabbage,

00:57:19.619 --> 00:57:22.719
the New York third baseman, already on the grass,

00:57:22.980 --> 00:57:27.219
looking for the punt. Stretched by Zachary, and

00:57:27.219 --> 00:57:30.219
the pitch. Steverer punts first base side, but

00:57:30.219 --> 00:57:40.820
foul. Four -five, two -to -two. No one at first

00:57:40.820 --> 00:57:56.480
base, nobody out. So over to first, Nolan steps

00:57:56.480 --> 00:58:10.519
back. The Reds as a team with 24 or 33 sacrificed

00:58:10.519 --> 00:58:14.860
buttons. Tom squares the button, swings away

00:58:14.860 --> 00:58:20.239
as Stobb started toward all and then checked

00:58:20.239 --> 00:58:23.940
when he saw Tom going back to swing. But count

00:58:23.940 --> 00:58:33.940
0 and 2. Zachary to the belt. And delivers. And

00:58:33.940 --> 00:58:37.559
Seaver again swings and misses. And he squares

00:58:37.559 --> 00:58:41.340
the button. Came back to swing. Zachary has his

00:58:41.340 --> 00:58:44.320
third strikeout. One away. And Dave Collins the

00:58:44.320 --> 00:58:53.519
batter. Collins. 0 -1 officially in the first

00:58:53.519 --> 00:58:56.239
inning. He put out a punt. The ball was just

00:58:56.239 --> 00:58:59.059
a few feet in front of the plate where Savino

00:58:59.059 --> 00:59:02.119
peeled it and threw him out, and then he walked

00:59:02.119 --> 00:59:07.199
in the second inning. Reds scoring two here in

00:59:07.199 --> 00:59:10.619
the inning so far, and have tied it up 2 -2.

00:59:16.460 --> 00:59:20.070
Zachary ready. And delivers. Collins takes it

00:59:20.070 --> 00:59:24.530
low and outside the ball. Rusty Stobb playing

00:59:24.530 --> 00:59:37.630
off the bag and in front of Joe Nolan. Zachary.

00:59:39.250 --> 00:59:42.409
The 1 -0 to Collins. Dave takes it under the

00:59:42.409 --> 00:59:49.719
knees. It's two balls, no strikes. Well, Montreal

00:59:49.719 --> 00:59:52.480
has picked up another lug on and now leaves the

00:59:52.480 --> 01:00:02.659
Braves 3 -0. Atlanta's bat to fifth. Zachary

01:00:02.659 --> 01:00:05.699
ready for 2 -0. Collins swings it, grounds it

01:00:05.699 --> 01:00:07.679
hard in the right field. That's the main shift.

01:00:09.000 --> 01:00:11.619
Dolan moves on to second. He'll hold right there.

01:00:11.739 --> 01:00:14.719
And that's four hits now in the inning. And we

01:00:14.719 --> 01:00:18.090
might see some activity down in the... New York

01:00:18.090 --> 01:00:23.090
bullpen. It was first hit, and now Rube Walker,

01:00:23.230 --> 01:00:26.150
the pitching coach for the Mets, will take a

01:00:26.150 --> 01:00:28.130
walk to the mound. He'll have a word with Pat

01:00:28.130 --> 01:00:32.650
Zachary. The inning started off with Knight singling

01:00:32.650 --> 01:00:36.949
to, in the hole, a shortstop. Then the first

01:00:36.949 --> 01:00:39.309
pitch delivered to Ron Oster. He tripled the

01:00:39.309 --> 01:00:45.530
right center field, scoring Knight. Oster scored

01:00:45.530 --> 01:00:49.389
when Nolan singled to center field. Seaver struck

01:00:49.389 --> 01:00:51.869
out, and now the single by Dave Collins brought

01:00:51.869 --> 01:00:54.309
Rube Walker out of the New York dugout. He's

01:00:54.309 --> 01:00:57.849
still at the mound talking with Trevino and Pat

01:00:57.849 --> 01:01:02.190
Zachary. No activity as yet down in the New York

01:01:02.190 --> 01:01:14.280
bullpen. Walker back to the Mets dugout. Kenny

01:01:14.280 --> 01:01:17.539
Griffey the batter. Kenny single the first to

01:01:17.539 --> 01:01:21.159
right and then a hard ground ball to Baylor at

01:01:21.159 --> 01:01:24.340
short to force Collins to end the second inning.

01:01:25.300 --> 01:01:30.619
Kenny hitting .294. A home run, 16 RBI. Zachary

01:01:30.619 --> 01:01:33.619
ready and delivered. Griff swings and hits one

01:01:33.619 --> 01:01:36.400
into shallow center field. Coming on is Wilson.

01:01:36.639 --> 01:01:46.139
He's there and he has it two away. Two down,

01:01:46.260 --> 01:01:51.980
Dave Concepcion the batter. Dave one for two.

01:01:52.079 --> 01:01:54.679
In the first inning, he had a hard one -bouncer

01:01:54.679 --> 01:01:57.699
back to the mound. It struck Zachary on the right

01:01:57.699 --> 01:02:01.780
side, bounced toward shortstop. Dave reaching

01:02:01.780 --> 01:02:04.159
first, and then in the third inning, he bounced

01:02:04.159 --> 01:02:10.420
to Cubbies at third base. Tied up two to two.

01:02:10.679 --> 01:02:13.719
The Reds with Nolan in second, Collins at first,

01:02:13.760 --> 01:02:18.340
and two away. Reds have had four hits here in

01:02:18.340 --> 01:02:34.199
the inning. Zachary to the belt. Delivers to

01:02:34.199 --> 01:02:37.940
Davian. It's swung on and missed. All in one.

01:02:46.730 --> 01:02:50.210
I feel playing Concepcion straight away. He was

01:02:50.210 --> 01:02:57.889
four home runs on the year. And 44 RBI. The 0

01:02:57.889 --> 01:03:01.849
-1 delivery. Check swing and he goes too far.

01:03:02.469 --> 01:03:10.550
Zachary in front 0 -2 now to Concepcion. Now

01:03:10.550 --> 01:03:13.530
Davey goes beyond deck circle to get the pine

01:03:13.530 --> 01:03:29.739
tar right. George Foster. Nolan is second lead.

01:03:29.820 --> 01:03:34.940
Collins at first. Zachary has the sign from Trevino.

01:03:35.000 --> 01:03:39.840
The stretch and the pitch. That's high. A fastball.

01:03:39.920 --> 01:03:42.420
Not missing by much. And the count goes the ball

01:03:42.420 --> 01:03:53.769
two strikes to Davis. Coverage deep and third.

01:03:54.989 --> 01:03:59.869
Mailer deep and short. It's a one -two pitch.

01:04:00.289 --> 01:04:03.230
Kane spun on and missed. And that's four strikeouts

01:04:03.230 --> 01:04:06.750
for Zachary. But the Reds get two in the inning

01:04:06.750 --> 01:04:09.949
on four hits. So there are no errors. Two runners

01:04:09.949 --> 01:04:12.250
left on base. And it's the middle of the fourth.

01:04:12.429 --> 01:04:16.150
The Reds two and the Mets two. Now we're tied

01:04:16.150 --> 01:04:18.849
up two to two as the Mets bat in the bottom half

01:04:18.849 --> 01:04:21.800
of fourth inning. It'll be Mike Covich, Alex

01:04:21.800 --> 01:04:26.079
Trevino, and Doug Fled to face Tom Seaver. The

01:04:26.079 --> 01:04:28.639
Mets scoring a run in the second on Kingman's

01:04:28.639 --> 01:04:31.039
home run. They picked up a run in the third when

01:04:31.039 --> 01:04:36.039
Wilson Singles stole second. Moved to third on

01:04:36.039 --> 01:04:40.139
a sacrifice by Baylor, and he scored on Valentine's

01:04:40.139 --> 01:04:44.719
sacrifice fly to center field. Covich in the

01:04:44.719 --> 01:04:48.199
second inning, a fly ball to Collins in right

01:04:48.199 --> 01:04:53.039
field. Mike hitting .233, three RBIs and two

01:04:53.039 --> 01:04:59.719
doubles. Covey's a left -handed batter. Stever

01:04:59.719 --> 01:05:04.300
waiting on Covey to settle in. End of the wide

01:05:04.300 --> 01:05:07.760
and the pitch. Covey takes it down low of all.

01:05:09.699 --> 01:05:13.920
2 -2 the score here in the fourth inning. Reds

01:05:13.920 --> 01:05:16.260
trying to sweep the three games from the Mets

01:05:16.260 --> 01:05:18.840
and extend their winning streak to seven straight.

01:05:22.400 --> 01:05:25.880
Beavers 1 -0. Covey swings and hits it hard to

01:05:25.880 --> 01:05:28.199
right field, but Collins moving forward the line

01:05:28.199 --> 01:05:33.000
is able to make the play. A one -way, and Alex

01:05:33.000 --> 01:05:37.099
Pervino at the batter. Pervino, single to center

01:05:37.099 --> 01:05:41.460
in the second inning. Pervino, a right -handed

01:05:41.460 --> 01:05:59.199
batter. Rear to the plate. Trevino takes low

01:05:59.199 --> 01:06:09.079
on outside of ball. Come back for the 1 -0. Trevino

01:06:09.079 --> 01:06:12.539
swings and misses. Tried to tacky swing on a

01:06:12.539 --> 01:06:23.219
slider low on outside. Count evens 1 -1. On the

01:06:23.219 --> 01:06:26.219
1 -1. Strike two called. An off -speed pitch.

01:06:27.050 --> 01:06:29.929
Siever in front of all two strikes. Tom looks

01:06:29.929 --> 01:06:33.369
to be picking up ahead of his team. He delivers

01:06:33.369 --> 01:06:37.610
the one -two. That's strike three -four. Third

01:06:37.610 --> 01:06:41.789
strikeout for Siever. Two away, and the batter

01:06:41.789 --> 01:06:46.409
is Doug Flynn. Now the fly ball to Collins and

01:06:46.409 --> 01:06:58.019
right in the second inning. Well, in a .243 batting

01:06:58.019 --> 01:07:02.239
average, the home run, the 11 RBIs, Seaver winds

01:07:02.239 --> 01:07:06.380
and the pitch. Check swing, ground ball, rolls

01:07:06.380 --> 01:07:09.400
foul off the first baseline. Danny Dreesen fuels

01:07:09.400 --> 01:07:14.619
the ball and returns it to Seaver. Seaver getting

01:07:14.619 --> 01:07:18.960
Pravino on a changeup for a called third strike.

01:07:24.460 --> 01:07:28.719
Tom Wines, the 0 -1. Bung on and looped into

01:07:28.719 --> 01:07:31.239
shallow right center. Going out, Oster has room.

01:07:31.440 --> 01:07:34.300
And Rod makes the play for the second time in

01:07:34.300 --> 01:07:37.539
the game. Seaver has retired. The Mets in order.

01:07:37.619 --> 01:07:45.699
And after four, Reds 2, New York 2. Morning show,

01:07:45.739 --> 01:07:48.800
the Reds, two runs, seven hits, and no errors.

01:07:49.059 --> 01:07:53.019
New York Mets, two runs, four hits, and no errors.

01:07:53.059 --> 01:08:01.260
For the Reds. Thank you, Joe. You know, I wonder

01:08:01.260 --> 01:08:05.940
how Johnny's doing. Yes, sir. Well, let's see.

01:08:06.500 --> 01:08:13.599
9 -17. I would say that J .P. is sitting back,

01:08:13.659 --> 01:08:18.779
very relaxed, enjoying this fine broadcast of

01:08:18.779 --> 01:08:23.739
his favorite team. I'm sure he is. Yes. Thank

01:08:23.739 --> 01:08:29.539
you. Here's Foster. It's been all Pat Zachary

01:08:29.539 --> 01:08:31.800
against George in this game. Twice he has struck

01:08:31.800 --> 01:08:34.380
him out, once looking in the first and swinging

01:08:34.380 --> 01:08:37.939
in the third. Now the Reds come off the mat in

01:08:37.939 --> 01:08:39.840
the fourth inning to score twice and tie the

01:08:39.840 --> 01:08:42.140
score. Here comes Zach's pitch and Foster swings

01:08:42.140 --> 01:08:45.800
and he misses. At the end of two in St. Louis,

01:08:45.960 --> 01:08:48.600
Cardinals 2, Dodgers nothing. George Hendrick,

01:08:48.640 --> 01:08:50.560
a two -run homer in the first, number 10 of the

01:08:50.560 --> 01:08:57.960
year for the Cardinal outfielder. Foster now

01:08:57.960 --> 01:09:00.020
steps away from the plate. Zachary's been touched

01:09:00.020 --> 01:09:03.859
for seven home runs. And that equals the number

01:09:03.859 --> 01:09:06.720
that Randy Jones has thrown up. Make that six

01:09:06.720 --> 01:09:09.520
homers that Zachary has allowed. Jones gave up

01:09:09.520 --> 01:09:12.739
his seventh last night to Foster. George swings

01:09:12.739 --> 01:09:16.300
it again, misses. Quickly no balls and two strikes.

01:09:16.420 --> 01:09:18.680
Danny Dreesen on deck to be followed by Ray Knight.

01:09:29.600 --> 01:09:33.000
Foster's 46 RBIs lead the Major League, but boy,

01:09:33.020 --> 01:09:36.039
Buddy Bell. You talk about coming in a hurry.

01:09:37.359 --> 01:09:40.520
Over with the Texas Rangers. He has jumped up

01:09:40.520 --> 01:09:43.060
over the 40 mark. Foster takes the pitch inside

01:09:43.060 --> 01:09:49.340
for a ball. In fact, he had five RBIs last night

01:09:49.340 --> 01:09:52.579
in the 12 -5 win over Milwaukee, including a

01:09:52.579 --> 01:09:55.319
home run. He has 43 runs batted in this season.

01:09:57.000 --> 01:10:00.279
One ball, two strikes. Foster strikes out swinging.

01:10:00.460 --> 01:10:02.460
That's the third time Zachary has gotten him.

01:10:04.640 --> 01:10:09.939
And for Pat overall, his fifth strikeout. Facing

01:10:09.939 --> 01:10:12.180
Danny Dreesen, who walked in the first and flied

01:10:12.180 --> 01:10:14.239
to center in the third. Funny, he's talking about

01:10:14.239 --> 01:10:16.739
change -ups in our league, and I know we feel

01:10:16.739 --> 01:10:19.159
that Mario Soto's got the best in the league,

01:10:19.159 --> 01:10:22.279
but I tell you, Pat Zachary's right there with

01:10:22.279 --> 01:10:24.800
him. Well, he, of course, came to the big leagues

01:10:24.800 --> 01:10:27.319
with a reputation of having an awful good one,

01:10:27.359 --> 01:10:29.380
and he's kept it with him all these years. There's

01:10:29.380 --> 01:10:36.460
ball one. A 2 -2 tie, top half of the fifth.

01:10:41.160 --> 01:10:43.819
Now Zachary goes to the windup and Dreesen calls

01:10:43.819 --> 01:10:47.180
time with plate umpire Lee Weier. The Red Cedar

01:10:47.180 --> 01:10:49.159
Rapids Club came up with a doubleheader victory

01:10:49.159 --> 01:10:52.039
over Burlington last night, 6 -4 in 10 in game

01:10:52.039 --> 01:10:54.579
1, 8 -2 in the second game. In the opener, outfielder

01:10:54.579 --> 01:10:56.800
Ken Scarface from Western Michigan University

01:10:56.800 --> 01:11:00.359
had a two -run homer to tie at the seventh, sending

01:11:00.359 --> 01:11:03.319
the game to extra innings. And then catcher Dave

01:11:03.319 --> 01:11:05.640
Miley won it with a bases -loaded single in the

01:11:05.640 --> 01:11:15.220
10th inning. Two balls and no strike. Zachary

01:11:15.220 --> 01:11:17.260
deals, Greeson takes, and that's over. Strike

01:11:17.260 --> 01:11:30.279
one called. Greeson waving the bat around. Zachary

01:11:30.279 --> 01:11:32.659
checks with Trevino. He pitches, and Danny takes

01:11:32.659 --> 01:11:34.579
ball three. That's below the knees, a breaking

01:11:34.579 --> 01:11:37.100
ball. Any American League at the end of five

01:11:37.100 --> 01:11:39.479
in Toronto, the Blue Jays five, the Kansas City

01:11:39.479 --> 01:11:41.899
Royals three, Martinez the homer for the Jays,

01:11:41.899 --> 01:11:44.939
McCray home run number... Four for Kansas City.

01:11:48.560 --> 01:11:51.140
Zachary behind and pitching to Dreesen, and Danny

01:11:51.140 --> 01:11:54.199
takes ball four, and he's on. The second time

01:11:54.199 --> 01:11:56.300
that Zachary has walked the Reds' first baseman,

01:11:56.359 --> 01:12:02.699
and his third walk overall. The batter, Ray Knight,

01:12:02.920 --> 01:12:05.340
got things going in the two -run fourth inning

01:12:05.340 --> 01:12:07.659
with an infield single deep in the hole at shortstop.

01:12:09.739 --> 01:12:12.079
and then scored all the way from first base on

01:12:12.079 --> 01:12:14.779
Ron Oster's triple to deep right center. After

01:12:14.779 --> 01:12:17.840
two and a half at Milwaukee, Brewers 1, Rangers

01:12:17.840 --> 01:12:20.520
nothing. Gorman Thomas, home run number 15 in

01:12:20.520 --> 01:12:23.260
the second. Pete Bukovic going after his eighth

01:12:23.260 --> 01:12:25.159
win of the season for the Brewers against Ferguson

01:12:25.159 --> 01:12:28.000
Jenkins. The Yankees and the White Sox are tied

01:12:28.000 --> 01:12:30.359
up at 1 -1 after an inning and a half. Lou Piniella

01:12:30.359 --> 01:12:32.100
homered in the first for New York as second.

01:12:32.420 --> 01:12:35.479
Doug Bird, 5 -0 against Steve Trout. Streets

01:12:35.479 --> 01:12:37.680
and running. Knight swinging and fouls it off

01:12:37.680 --> 01:12:40.439
the end of the bat. In the bottom of the second

01:12:40.439 --> 01:12:44.220
in Minnesota, Twins 2, Tigers nothing. Pete Redfern

01:12:44.220 --> 01:12:47.460
against Dan Petrie. And two late games. We'll

01:12:47.460 --> 01:12:49.439
have Baltimore, Seattle, and Boston in California.

01:12:55.399 --> 01:12:57.840
Red's about to hit the net. 7 -4. Neither team

01:12:57.840 --> 01:12:59.520
has committed an error, and we've got Dreesen

01:12:59.520 --> 01:13:05.180
aboard for a one -odd walk. Zachary delivers,

01:13:05.340 --> 01:13:07.819
and Knight bunts third base side. Fair ball,

01:13:08.020 --> 01:13:11.380
fair ball, still fair, and now foul as it rolls

01:13:11.380 --> 01:13:14.800
across the line. Maybe five or six feet short

01:13:14.800 --> 01:13:22.279
of the third base bag. Knight will come back

01:13:22.279 --> 01:13:24.500
with a count of no balls and two strikes on him.

01:13:33.310 --> 01:13:35.630
Reds trying to extend their winning streak to

01:13:35.630 --> 01:13:37.930
seven in a row. This is already the second -best

01:13:37.930 --> 01:13:40.510
winning streak of the season. Last month, they

01:13:40.510 --> 01:13:44.630
ran off eight straight. They won seven of their

01:13:44.630 --> 01:13:48.050
last eight, 11 of their last 14, and 16 out of

01:13:48.050 --> 01:13:52.449
their last 20. And being 13 over the 500 mark,

01:13:52.529 --> 01:13:56.729
their best total of the season. Reds win tonight.

01:13:56.869 --> 01:13:59.029
The Dodgers lost, and we're only a half a game

01:13:59.029 --> 01:14:01.800
back. And the Cardinals have the early lead at

01:14:01.800 --> 01:14:04.159
St. Louis over L .A., and Fernando Valenzuela

01:14:04.159 --> 01:14:11.060
2 -0. Right back at the batter's box, and Zachary

01:14:11.060 --> 01:14:13.140
ready to pitch again. But first, he'll throw

01:14:13.140 --> 01:14:30.079
to first, driving Griesen back. Pitch. Just missed

01:14:30.079 --> 01:14:33.020
with it, and Knight almost went too far. Was

01:14:33.020 --> 01:14:42.279
able to hold up on the swing. Ronnie Oster coming

01:14:42.279 --> 01:14:45.560
up next. This game in the top half of the fifth

01:14:45.560 --> 01:14:51.779
inning. Another throw to first, but this one

01:14:51.779 --> 01:14:55.340
just a lob throw onto Rusty Staub. This will

01:14:55.340 --> 01:14:57.560
probably be the best crowd of the three Knights.

01:14:58.189 --> 01:15:00.449
that the Reds have spent here in New York. And

01:15:00.449 --> 01:15:04.350
I would imagine many of them here because of

01:15:04.350 --> 01:15:06.869
Tom Seaver's presence on the mound for the Cincinnati

01:15:06.869 --> 01:15:13.289
team. One and two and holding on Knight and another

01:15:13.289 --> 01:15:15.510
throw to first. And this one had a purpose behind

01:15:15.510 --> 01:15:17.630
it as Zachary really brought it over there to

01:15:17.630 --> 01:15:28.439
stop. Pat Zachary waging a war on two fronts

01:15:28.439 --> 01:15:30.539
with Dreesen at first with Knight at the plate.

01:15:30.960 --> 01:15:35.920
In a 2 -2 game in the fifth inning. One man out,

01:15:35.960 --> 01:15:38.920
the infield at double play depth. Zachary stretches

01:15:38.920 --> 01:15:49.140
and steps off the pitching rubber. Danny meanwhile

01:15:49.140 --> 01:15:52.899
edging a little bit farther off the bag against

01:15:52.899 --> 01:15:58.350
the holding stop. And a throw to first again

01:15:58.350 --> 01:16:10.649
and safe again. That's a 5 -win -6 loss and a

01:16:10.649 --> 01:16:13.510
432 -run average. He's been healthy this season,

01:16:13.569 --> 01:16:17.850
which is a departure from the way much of his

01:16:17.850 --> 01:16:20.130
career has gone since leaving Cincinnati and

01:16:20.130 --> 01:16:23.770
coming to New York. He's had a number of injuries

01:16:23.770 --> 01:16:26.390
that have kept him out of a lot of starts. Knight

01:16:26.390 --> 01:16:28.529
strikes out swinging on a changeup, and that's

01:16:28.529 --> 01:16:30.590
the number six of the night for Mr. Zachary.

01:16:32.090 --> 01:16:34.710
He struck out Foster, he walked Reese, and he

01:16:34.710 --> 01:16:39.409
fans Knight. And Ronnie Oster, one for two, his

01:16:39.409 --> 01:16:41.449
first hit in this series, a big one, a fourth

01:16:41.449 --> 01:16:43.409
-inning triple to deep right center field that

01:16:43.409 --> 01:16:46.210
knocked in a run his 26th of the year, and he

01:16:46.210 --> 01:16:48.449
later scored the tying run when Nolan Singleton

01:16:48.449 --> 01:16:56.340
hit the center field. Three years ago, Pat suffered

01:16:56.340 --> 01:17:00.939
a fracture of his left foot when he kicked the

01:17:00.939 --> 01:17:03.159
dugout step after being taken out of the game

01:17:03.159 --> 01:17:07.060
here with a red. And was on the disabled list

01:17:07.060 --> 01:17:09.520
the rest of the season. There's a throw to first

01:17:09.520 --> 01:17:14.000
again to stop. Prior to that, he was on the way

01:17:14.000 --> 01:17:16.340
to what possibly would have been his best year

01:17:16.340 --> 01:17:17.880
in the big leagues. He had already picked up

01:17:17.880 --> 01:17:26.310
ten victories at the time of the injury. He's

01:17:26.310 --> 01:17:28.510
working to Oster, and Ronnie takes it high and

01:17:28.510 --> 01:17:32.770
away for a ball. 1979, his season was again curtailed

01:17:32.770 --> 01:17:36.649
by injury. Before he went out with elbow problems,

01:17:36.789 --> 01:17:40.369
he had a couple of victories against the Cubs

01:17:40.369 --> 01:17:42.170
and the Phillies, but then developed a tingling

01:17:42.170 --> 01:17:46.590
sensation in his right elbow and was on the disabled

01:17:46.590 --> 01:17:49.750
list with an irritation of the ulnar nerve. So

01:17:49.750 --> 01:17:51.829
Pat Zachary has had more than his share of physical

01:17:51.829 --> 01:18:05.199
problems. Two and 0 to count. Another throw to

01:18:05.199 --> 01:18:07.960
first base as Zachary continues to pay attention

01:18:07.960 --> 01:18:09.939
to Danny Dreesen who drew the one -out walk.

01:18:17.000 --> 01:18:20.020
Oster batting 295 after his fifth triple of the

01:18:20.020 --> 01:18:31.430
season last inning. That's right, Andrew, with

01:18:31.430 --> 01:18:34.210
a motion. He kicks fire. Oster takes a high fastball,

01:18:34.310 --> 01:18:41.090
3 -0. Zachary has struck out six. He's walked

01:18:41.090 --> 01:18:48.770
three. Ronnie Oster looking at a straightaway

01:18:48.770 --> 01:18:51.229
New York outfield as he bids to get on with the

01:18:51.229 --> 01:18:55.350
second walk of the inning. Indianapolis trailing

01:18:55.350 --> 01:18:59.359
Oklahoma City 1 -0 at the end of two. Oklahoma

01:18:59.359 --> 01:19:02.220
City with a run in the second inning. Dreeson

01:19:02.220 --> 01:19:04.819
running, pitch is taken high, ball four. So two

01:19:04.819 --> 01:19:08.479
men on with two men out as we pause for station

01:19:08.479 --> 01:19:11.300
identification on the Cincinnati Reds baseball

01:19:11.300 --> 01:19:14.399
network. Country music fans, you'll not want

01:19:14.399 --> 01:19:17.399
to miss the K95 Country Countdown each and every

01:19:17.399 --> 01:19:19.680
Sunday morning from 9 a .m. until noon. Your

01:19:19.680 --> 01:19:22.159
host, Greg Shepard, countdown the top 30 tunes

01:19:22.159 --> 01:19:26.020
here in K95 Country. K95 Country Countdown, WHOK

01:19:26.020 --> 01:19:32.149
-FM, Lancaster. Here's Joe Nolan who delivered

01:19:32.149 --> 01:19:33.949
the tying run home in the fourth inning with

01:19:33.949 --> 01:19:37.250
a single, and Joe's two for two tonight. His

01:19:37.250 --> 01:19:39.510
batting average has jumped back over 300. It

01:19:39.510 --> 01:19:44.409
stands at 301. Takes it down on him for a ball.

01:19:48.869 --> 01:19:50.930
Exactly looking out into the on -deck circle

01:19:50.930 --> 01:19:52.930
where he sees Tom Sieber, and now he's going

01:19:52.930 --> 01:19:54.590
to receive a visit to the mound from pitching

01:19:54.590 --> 01:19:57.890
coach Rube Walker. Forest Park's annual community

01:19:57.890 --> 01:19:59.850
night with the Reds. That's coming up on Thursday,

01:20:00.050 --> 01:20:02.090
June the 25th, when the Reds meet the Cardinals.

01:20:02.149 --> 01:20:03.989
We'll look forward to seeing all the folks from

01:20:03.989 --> 01:20:10.890
Forest Park at the stadium that night. Zachary,

01:20:10.930 --> 01:20:13.949
after picking up a strikeout, walked Dreesen,

01:20:14.010 --> 01:20:16.729
and after another strikeout, has walked Ron Oster.

01:20:17.770 --> 01:20:20.470
Two men on, two men out in a 2 -2 game, and Nolan

01:20:20.470 --> 01:20:23.850
looking for his third straight hit. That RBI

01:20:23.850 --> 01:20:37.369
in the fourth is tenth of the season. Here's

01:20:37.369 --> 01:20:40.250
the right -hander with a 1 -0 to the plate. Swung

01:20:40.250 --> 01:20:42.470
on, ground ball to second. Doug Flynn kicks it

01:20:42.470 --> 01:20:44.970
around, recovers, and throws the first in plenty

01:20:44.970 --> 01:20:47.789
of time. No runs in the inning, no base hits.

01:20:47.930 --> 01:20:51.050
Two men left on. After four and a half, the Reds

01:20:51.050 --> 01:20:53.090
and the Mets all locked in at two runs apiece.

01:20:54.270 --> 01:20:56.449
Get to meet that time of the year again, Summer

01:20:56.449 --> 01:20:59.310
Fair in Cincinnati. It happens just one weekend

01:20:59.310 --> 01:21:01.930
every summer on our beautiful Cincinnati riverfront.

01:21:02.390 --> 01:21:04.989
This year, it's June 13th and 14th. And again

01:21:04.989 --> 01:21:06.869
this year, Kahn's Wieners and Franks are the

01:21:06.869 --> 01:21:09.550
official hot dog of Summer Fair. Now, why was

01:21:09.550 --> 01:21:11.810
Kahn's selected as the official hot dog? Well,

01:21:11.909 --> 01:21:14.229
for the very same reason that Kahn's is the only

01:21:14.229 --> 01:21:16.970
hot dog served at Riverfront Stadium. Because

01:21:16.970 --> 01:21:20.090
at Kahn's, great meat makes great wieners. And

01:21:20.090 --> 01:21:22.029
you know, Kahn's is not only the hot dog of the

01:21:22.029 --> 01:21:24.350
Cincinnati Reds. Kahn's hot dogs are also featured

01:21:24.350 --> 01:21:26.529
at Riverfront Coliseum, at the Convention Center,

01:21:26.649 --> 01:21:28.729
the Cincinnati Zoo, Shea Stadium in New York,

01:21:28.850 --> 01:21:30.609
Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, and Ruff

01:21:30.609 --> 01:21:33.140
Arena in Lexington. Kahn's Hot Dogs are featured

01:21:33.140 --> 01:21:35.500
at so many quality places because they are a

01:21:35.500 --> 01:21:38.119
quality product. And naturally, they're the official

01:21:38.119 --> 01:21:40.960
hot dog of Cincinnati Summer Fair featuring quality

01:21:40.960 --> 01:21:44.060
entertainment. So plan the weekend, June 13th

01:21:44.060 --> 01:21:46.579
and 14th, for fun at Cincinnati Summer Fair on

01:21:46.579 --> 01:21:49.399
the riverfront. Enjoy arts and crafts, music

01:21:49.399 --> 01:21:52.800
and sunshine, and Kahn's Hot Dogs at Summer Fair.

01:21:53.020 --> 01:22:07.479
Park free at the stadium. Have you made your

01:22:07.479 --> 01:22:09.520
vacation plans this year? Maybe you're thinking

01:22:09.520 --> 01:22:11.600
about staying a little closer to home, maybe

01:22:11.600 --> 01:22:13.600
driving less, watching your dollars a little

01:22:13.600 --> 01:22:16.159
more carefully. If so, may we suggest a trip

01:22:16.159 --> 01:22:18.500
to Cincinnati to see some Reds baseball at Riverfront

01:22:18.500 --> 01:22:21.260
Stadium and to enjoy all the other fine attractions

01:22:21.260 --> 01:22:23.720
and things to do in the Queen City. To get a

01:22:23.720 --> 01:22:25.800
schedule and ticket mail or information, just

01:22:25.800 --> 01:22:27.800
give a call to the Reds office. And if you'd

01:22:27.800 --> 01:22:29.970
like some other information about... Things like

01:22:29.970 --> 01:22:32.869
hotels, motels, restaurants, and all the things

01:22:32.869 --> 01:22:35.449
to see and do in Cincinnati. Just tell the Reds

01:22:35.449 --> 01:22:36.810
and they'll be happy to see that information

01:22:36.810 --> 01:22:39.569
and send it your way. Give a call or drop a note

01:22:39.569 --> 01:22:42.770
to Cincinnati Reds, Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati,

01:22:42.909 --> 01:22:48.050
Ohio. Matt Zachary will be first up for the Mets

01:22:48.050 --> 01:22:52.050
in the home half of the fifth inning. Zebri got

01:22:52.050 --> 01:22:54.050
him on a strikeout in the second, won a three

01:22:54.050 --> 01:22:58.260
strikeout. The time is recorded tonight. Went

01:22:58.260 --> 01:23:00.500
into this dart, six on the all -time strikeout

01:23:00.500 --> 01:23:08.359
list, and now has a total of 3 ,036. Pitches

01:23:08.359 --> 01:23:09.920
in for a strike. Well, we've got a correction

01:23:09.920 --> 01:23:12.359
on that Indy Oklahoma City score. Indianapolis

01:23:12.359 --> 01:23:14.939
is leading 1 -0 with a run on the second, and

01:23:14.939 --> 01:23:16.619
that game now is in the top half of the fourth

01:23:16.619 --> 01:23:20.779
inning at Oklahoma City. That team, the Philadelphia

01:23:20.779 --> 01:23:27.640
Philly Triple -A Farm Club. Zachary takes it

01:23:27.640 --> 01:23:30.180
high, a fastball, 1 -1. They're through three

01:23:30.180 --> 01:23:38.380
in St. Louis, cards two, Dodgers nothing. Zachary

01:23:38.380 --> 01:23:42.460
taking strike two. With a complete game by Mario

01:23:42.460 --> 01:23:44.939
Soto last night, that gives the Reds five in

01:23:44.939 --> 01:23:47.260
the last six games, and it's interesting to note,

01:23:47.500 --> 01:23:52.199
pitches outside for a ball, that the Reds now

01:23:52.199 --> 01:23:55.260
have a total of 15 complete games this season.

01:23:55.640 --> 01:23:57.739
And that is second best in the National League,

01:23:57.779 --> 01:24:02.020
two behind the leading Dodgers. Two balls, two

01:24:02.020 --> 01:24:04.359
strikes. They make that three and two on Zachary.

01:24:05.359 --> 01:24:07.560
And the Dodgers, as the pitching staff, have

01:24:07.560 --> 01:24:10.260
17 complete games. The Reds are second with 15.

01:24:12.060 --> 01:24:14.460
And Zachary hits one into right center field,

01:24:14.619 --> 01:24:16.720
and Grifty will get there to make the catch.

01:24:21.350 --> 01:24:23.630
For the third time tonight, it'll be center fielder

01:24:23.630 --> 01:24:25.649
Mookie Wilson at the plate, and the first he

01:24:25.649 --> 01:24:28.010
struck out and the third he single stole a base

01:24:28.010 --> 01:24:36.069
and came in to score. So one for two tonight

01:24:36.069 --> 01:24:40.329
and three for nine so far in the series. Wilson's

01:24:40.329 --> 01:24:44.649
batting .285 with a home run and seven RBIs.

01:24:50.090 --> 01:24:53.390
He bunched at it, lost the bat, made contact.

01:24:53.590 --> 01:25:00.750
Nolan hung on to it, strike one. This is a young

01:25:00.750 --> 01:25:03.529
man whose reputation preceded him to the major

01:25:03.529 --> 01:25:06.729
leagues. He had some fine numbers in the Mets

01:25:06.729 --> 01:25:09.989
minor league organization. Ground ball, and that's

01:25:09.989 --> 01:25:12.550
a fair ball by first. Down the right field line,

01:25:12.670 --> 01:25:16.090
Wilson can motor. He's coming to second. He's

01:25:16.090 --> 01:25:18.229
going to take the turn and haul right there as

01:25:18.229 --> 01:25:22.750
the ball bounced into the seats apparently. So

01:25:22.750 --> 01:25:25.470
Mookie Wilson, who had designs on third base,

01:25:25.689 --> 01:25:30.310
and he can flat fly now, I'll tell you. Being

01:25:30.310 --> 01:25:34.689
forced to stop at second as Dave Collins pointed

01:25:34.689 --> 01:25:36.970
into the seats as if to indicate that either

01:25:36.970 --> 01:25:39.130
somebody reached over and picked the ball off

01:25:39.130 --> 01:25:40.930
or the ball bounced in there. It's out of our

01:25:40.930 --> 01:25:43.970
line of vision where we're located. On the press

01:25:43.970 --> 01:25:47.430
level here at Shea, Joe Torre is out saying something

01:25:47.430 --> 01:25:49.850
to first base umpire Dutch Rennert, who in turn

01:25:49.850 --> 01:25:52.909
goes to plate umpire Lee Rennert, Lee Weier.

01:25:52.949 --> 01:25:57.470
And now Dutch has gone back to Joe Torre. I don't

01:25:57.470 --> 01:26:00.510
know what Joe is saying other than he's saying

01:26:00.510 --> 01:26:03.520
that... Mookie would have been a third, but that's

01:26:03.520 --> 01:26:06.640
an absolute ground rule double. Anytime the fan

01:26:06.640 --> 01:26:09.079
interferes with the ball like that, it's a ground

01:26:09.079 --> 01:26:11.760
rule double. It could be all the way to home,

01:26:11.840 --> 01:26:14.819
but I think that I might be wrong in this, but

01:26:14.819 --> 01:26:17.560
as far as I know, it's an out -and -out ground

01:26:17.560 --> 01:26:30.779
rule. Just when you're playing in your home park.

01:26:31.479 --> 01:26:34.840
Joe Torre knows that as well as anybody. I guess

01:26:34.840 --> 01:26:36.579
he figures, what the heck, I'll take a shot.

01:26:36.619 --> 01:26:40.199
You never know what might happen. Oh, true. So

01:26:40.199 --> 01:26:42.939
the go -ahead runs at second. One away in the

01:26:42.939 --> 01:26:45.579
inning. Bob Baylor is 0 for 1 with a sacrifice

01:26:45.579 --> 01:26:52.880
punt. Seaver with a look to second, the pitch

01:26:52.880 --> 01:27:10.659
to the plate, and Baylor is down a strike. Check,

01:27:10.659 --> 01:27:12.680
swing, foul, ball. A little bounce pass and that's

01:27:12.680 --> 01:27:15.760
dugout. I'll tell you, there's some fellas in

01:27:15.760 --> 01:27:18.140
this league that can really air it out on those

01:27:18.140 --> 01:27:21.640
bases. First time we've really gotten a chance

01:27:21.640 --> 01:27:25.399
to watch Mookie Wilson do his thing. Think about

01:27:25.399 --> 01:27:30.319
him and Tim Raines up at Montreal. Gary Templeton,

01:27:30.340 --> 01:27:32.399
who's no slouch in that department. Davey Lopes,

01:27:32.460 --> 01:27:34.020
who's been doing it for years in the league.

01:27:34.140 --> 01:27:37.920
Dave Collins. This one fouled out of play. The

01:27:37.920 --> 01:27:40.779
National League certainly has... its share of

01:27:40.779 --> 01:27:49.859
young men who can motor on the bases. Of course,

01:27:49.859 --> 01:27:54.079
Rain's just walking away with the stolen base

01:27:54.079 --> 01:27:56.100
race in the National League. He's now swiped

01:27:56.100 --> 01:27:59.899
48. Billy North, who can pick him up and lay

01:27:59.899 --> 01:28:02.319
him down, is second with 25. And Rodney Scott

01:28:02.319 --> 01:28:04.579
of Montreal, 22. Here comes Wilson, the third.

01:28:04.659 --> 01:28:07.319
Ball is popped up. Now Wilson has to right himself.

01:28:07.420 --> 01:28:10.250
Ronnie Oster will make the catch. Wilson had

01:28:10.250 --> 01:28:12.449
time to straighten himself out and get back to

01:28:12.449 --> 01:28:14.609
second base, but he was on his way toward trying

01:28:14.609 --> 01:28:17.529
to steal third base and was on his way with a

01:28:17.529 --> 01:28:20.590
pretty good shot at it. I would say he was there.

01:28:21.609 --> 01:28:26.850
I would agree with you. Two down, Ellis Valentine

01:28:26.850 --> 01:28:30.270
at the plate, and he has driven in a New York

01:28:30.270 --> 01:28:32.430
run with a sacrifice fly in the third inning.

01:28:36.329 --> 01:28:41.869
He's knocked in 17. Now Sabre trying to keep

01:28:41.869 --> 01:28:46.890
the 2 -2 tie intact. Valentine rips it down back

01:28:46.890 --> 01:28:57.069
upstairs. Well, we've had two pretty good ballgames

01:28:57.069 --> 01:28:59.550
here at Shea Stadium. The 8 -4 Reds win Tuesday

01:28:59.550 --> 01:29:02.510
night would not reflect that fact unless you

01:29:02.510 --> 01:29:05.909
knew the facts, but it was a 4 -4 game until

01:29:05.909 --> 01:29:07.829
the Reds broke the tie with four in the ninth

01:29:07.829 --> 01:29:10.920
inning. Check swing, low and away. And of course,

01:29:10.920 --> 01:29:13.140
last night, Randy Jones was outstanding in a

01:29:13.140 --> 01:29:15.899
losing effort. In fact, the Mets out hit the

01:29:15.899 --> 01:29:18.439
Reds 6 -5, but Cincinnati got the home run from

01:29:18.439 --> 01:29:21.579
Foster. And the run -producing single by Concepcion

01:29:21.579 --> 01:29:24.439
to win it behind Soto. Strike two called a valentine.

01:29:24.859 --> 01:29:27.880
Tonight, we're tied up at two. Mets got runs

01:29:27.880 --> 01:29:29.720
in the second and the third. The Reds tied it

01:29:29.720 --> 01:29:34.199
up in the fourth. And about hit New York 7 -5.

01:29:36.460 --> 01:29:39.220
One ball, two strikes, Ballantyne. And the pitch,

01:29:39.340 --> 01:29:42.760
and he strikes out swinging. Sabre gets number

01:29:42.760 --> 01:29:45.439
four. And the Met numbers in the fifth, no runs

01:29:45.439 --> 01:29:49.100
a hit. Wilson left at second through five complete.

01:29:49.159 --> 01:29:52.439
The Reds two, the Mets likewise. I'm waiting

01:29:52.439 --> 01:30:25.630
for you. Joe Nutsall, yours truly, Marty Brenneman,

01:30:25.729 --> 01:30:28.250
back at Shea Stadium in New York City as we move

01:30:28.250 --> 01:30:33.989
on to the sixth inning. Don Seaver coming out

01:30:33.989 --> 01:30:36.289
of the dugout and heading toward the plate to

01:30:36.289 --> 01:30:39.369
start things off against Pat Zachary, who...

01:30:39.770 --> 01:30:42.010
has been in trouble more often than not tonight.

01:30:42.109 --> 01:30:45.430
The Reds have stranded nine runners, left the

01:30:45.430 --> 01:30:47.550
bases loaded in the first inning, stranded two

01:30:47.550 --> 01:30:50.310
in the second. The only easy inning that he's

01:30:50.310 --> 01:30:52.470
had, Zachary was in the third when he retired

01:30:52.470 --> 01:30:55.329
the side in 1 -2 -3 fashion, gave up two runs

01:30:55.329 --> 01:30:58.289
on four hits with two left in the fourth. There's

01:30:58.289 --> 01:31:00.369
a ball to Seaver and then walked two, but got

01:31:00.369 --> 01:31:02.270
out of that jam in the fifth inning by getting

01:31:02.270 --> 01:31:04.810
Nolan to ground out the second. So it's not been

01:31:04.810 --> 01:31:11.199
an easy night for Pat Zachary. Sabre is sacrificed

01:31:11.199 --> 01:31:25.939
and is struck out. 1 -0 pitch. High ball two.

01:31:34.180 --> 01:31:36.520
Sabre wanted two red pitchers to have clouded

01:31:36.520 --> 01:31:39.939
home runs this season. He pops this one up behind

01:31:39.939 --> 01:31:43.140
the plate. Coming back is Trevino, and reaching

01:31:43.140 --> 01:31:45.180
into the seat has no play at all. It's about

01:31:45.180 --> 01:31:49.960
four rows back. Tom Holmert against the Houston

01:31:49.960 --> 01:31:52.420
Astros while pitching a shutout that particular

01:31:52.420 --> 01:31:54.739
game at Riverfront Stadium, and then Doug Baer

01:31:54.739 --> 01:31:56.680
had that big three -run home run at Wrigley Field

01:31:56.680 --> 01:32:06.159
a few weeks ago. Two balls and a strike as Pitcher

01:32:06.159 --> 01:32:12.140
faces Pitcher in the sixth inning. Seaver with

01:32:12.140 --> 01:32:15.119
a pop -up that'll be playable. The third baseman

01:32:15.119 --> 01:32:17.199
coverage calling. Waiting for that one to come

01:32:17.199 --> 01:32:26.699
down. One out. Now Dave Collins, who's one for

01:32:26.699 --> 01:32:28.800
two, has been on twice. He's walked and he's

01:32:28.800 --> 01:32:31.979
singled. Thrown out trying to bunt his way on

01:32:31.979 --> 01:32:35.600
in the first inning. I'd like to send along our

01:32:35.600 --> 01:32:38.520
best tonight to Reds fans listening on WLAP in

01:32:38.520 --> 01:32:42.960
Lexington, Kentucky, WHIO in Dayton, Ohio, WAVE

01:32:42.960 --> 01:32:45.800
in Louisville, Kentucky, and WIFP in Indianapolis,

01:32:45.920 --> 01:32:55.140
Indiana. Collins takes a one -bouncer that gets

01:32:55.140 --> 01:32:58.520
away from Trevino. Art Howe continues to lead

01:32:58.520 --> 01:33:01.119
the National League in batting with a .344 average,

01:33:01.159 --> 01:33:05.000
and Pete Rose... His second now at .330 along

01:33:05.000 --> 01:33:07.479
with Pedro Guerrero of the Dodgers. He's continued

01:33:07.479 --> 01:33:12.000
to hit all season. Billy Madlock up there. Collins

01:33:12.000 --> 01:33:13.840
has dropped out of the top ten. He's hitting

01:33:13.840 --> 01:33:17.380
a .311. He swings and pops it up back of third.

01:33:17.539 --> 01:33:20.800
Foul territory. Racing over is Kingman. Baylor.

01:33:21.020 --> 01:33:32.560
And the ball falls out of play. One ball and

01:33:32.560 --> 01:33:40.979
one strike. Zachary coming in off the mound now

01:33:40.979 --> 01:33:46.399
to get a new baseball and also have a word or

01:33:46.399 --> 01:33:51.039
two with Lee Weier. In the seventh inning at

01:33:51.039 --> 01:33:54.000
Montreal, the Expos are trying to route the Braves

01:33:54.000 --> 01:33:58.979
for the third straight night, leading 7 -0. Expos

01:33:58.979 --> 01:34:00.859
have been in double figures the first two games

01:34:00.859 --> 01:34:03.039
of that series and got four runs in the sixth

01:34:03.039 --> 01:34:06.140
inning tonight to, in all likelihood, blow that

01:34:06.140 --> 01:34:10.399
game wide open. Pitches high and outside a ball

01:34:10.399 --> 01:34:12.539
to the Expos, and going home, they've gotten

01:34:12.539 --> 01:34:16.640
well all of a sudden. Red swept them over the

01:34:16.640 --> 01:34:18.979
weekend at Riverfront Stadium, but now they go

01:34:18.979 --> 01:34:21.640
back home and are on their way to a third consecutive

01:34:21.640 --> 01:34:24.840
victory over Atlanta. Two balls and a strike

01:34:24.840 --> 01:34:28.789
on Collins. Checks his swing. It's high. 3 -1.

01:34:39.970 --> 01:34:42.229
Ken Griffey on deck with one out in the sixth.

01:34:47.350 --> 01:34:49.729
Zachary kicks and he fires. Collins swings and

01:34:49.729 --> 01:34:52.029
bounces towards second. Flynn charges, plays,

01:34:52.250 --> 01:35:00.640
throws, out. Two away. The batter, Ken Griffey,

01:35:00.680 --> 01:35:02.420
had a base hit in the first inning, but since

01:35:02.420 --> 01:35:11.220
has hit into a force out and fly to center. And

01:35:11.220 --> 01:35:24.100
now the center fielder, Ken Griffey. Zachary,

01:35:24.180 --> 01:35:26.739
once earlier tonight, has retired the Reds in

01:35:26.739 --> 01:35:29.020
order. Trying to do it for the second time as

01:35:29.020 --> 01:35:40.680
he's up with his pitcher ball to Griffey. That's

01:35:40.680 --> 01:35:56.180
low and inside. Two balls and no strike. Griffey

01:35:56.180 --> 01:35:58.659
rips one by Doug Flynn. That's in the center

01:35:58.659 --> 01:36:02.140
field for a base hit. Hit number eight tonight

01:36:02.140 --> 01:36:04.319
for Cincinnati and the second for Griffey as

01:36:04.319 --> 01:36:06.920
the inning continues for shortstop Dave Concepcion.

01:36:12.039 --> 01:36:14.420
Davey has got an infield hit, bounced out third

01:36:14.420 --> 01:36:21.560
to first and struck out. It's not hard to see

01:36:21.560 --> 01:36:26.760
why the Reds... have the team batting average

01:36:26.760 --> 01:36:31.460
that they have this season, a batting average

01:36:31.460 --> 01:36:34.920
of 271. You look at those leading the National

01:36:34.920 --> 01:36:38.020
League in total base hits. Rose was 73, but then

01:36:38.020 --> 01:36:41.260
Collins and Concepcion were tied for second.

01:36:41.359 --> 01:36:44.100
Going into play tonight was 66. Foster was tied

01:36:44.100 --> 01:36:47.340
for third with 65. And the two hits that Griffey

01:36:47.340 --> 01:36:51.000
has had in the game now give him 66. Four players

01:36:51.000 --> 01:36:53.819
off the Cincinnati Ball Club. There's a ball

01:36:53.819 --> 01:36:58.890
to Concepcion. Collins, Concepcion, Foster, and

01:36:58.890 --> 01:37:09.310
Griffey. Kenny at first, two out. Throw by Zachary

01:37:09.310 --> 01:37:24.529
to first base. Zachary brings his hands down

01:37:24.529 --> 01:37:28.529
to the belt, throws to first, safe again. Now

01:37:28.529 --> 01:37:31.630
we're 14 minutes to 10 o 'clock in New York as

01:37:31.630 --> 01:37:36.050
you are in Cincinnati. I've heard nothing in

01:37:36.050 --> 01:37:38.350
so far as what might be happening at the negotiating

01:37:38.350 --> 01:37:46.449
session in downtown Manhattan. That's up high

01:37:46.449 --> 01:37:49.050
for a ball, 2 -0. Zachary has started to fall

01:37:49.050 --> 01:37:59.130
behind quite a bit now on the hitters. Mike Covage

01:37:59.130 --> 01:38:01.069
was playing in a bit of third base, but he is

01:38:01.069 --> 01:38:03.109
now backed up to play a deep position there.

01:38:05.550 --> 01:38:09.210
Two balls, no strikes. On the stop, Griffey safe.

01:38:09.869 --> 01:38:15.390
The call from Dutch Renner. Reds and the Mets

01:38:15.390 --> 01:38:17.989
are tied up at 2 -2. Cincinnati bats in the sixth

01:38:17.989 --> 01:38:20.930
inning. Zachary retired the first two before

01:38:20.930 --> 01:38:25.640
Griffey singled the center. And he throws to

01:38:25.640 --> 01:38:27.859
first again. Zach apparently feeling that Griffey

01:38:27.859 --> 01:38:30.359
may well be running on the next pitch with Concepcion

01:38:30.359 --> 01:38:49.439
out ahead 2 -0. Trevino hangs a sign. Here comes

01:38:49.439 --> 01:38:54.340
the pitch. Swing and a miss. I'll tell you, the

01:38:54.340 --> 01:38:56.119
way the Cubs have been playing of late, they

01:38:56.119 --> 01:38:59.479
are slowly but surely creeping up on the fifth

01:38:59.479 --> 01:39:03.359
-place New York team. The victory today by Chicago

01:39:03.359 --> 01:39:06.359
over the Giants gives them a record of 15 -37.

01:39:06.619 --> 01:39:13.960
New York is 17 -33. Hard smash, but third baseman

01:39:13.960 --> 01:39:17.000
Kovic bobbles the ball and will not have a play.

01:39:17.979 --> 01:39:21.250
Ball was hit hard, but at him. He booted it away

01:39:21.250 --> 01:39:25.189
toward the foul line behind third. And everybody

01:39:25.189 --> 01:39:27.670
is safe, and Foster comes to the plate as Rube

01:39:27.670 --> 01:39:31.510
Walker heads back toward the mound. Ball was

01:39:31.510 --> 01:39:35.909
hit very hard by Davies, but did not appear to

01:39:35.909 --> 01:39:38.149
be a difficult ball for coverage to play, and

01:39:38.149 --> 01:39:49.239
he's going to be charged with an error. So the

01:39:49.239 --> 01:39:51.300
Reds posing a two -out threat on a single by

01:39:51.300 --> 01:39:53.539
Griffey. Concepcion's on through the error by

01:39:53.539 --> 01:39:56.600
Mike Kovic. Rube Walker, who's been to the mound

01:39:56.600 --> 01:39:58.479
a couple of times previous to this one, goes

01:39:58.479 --> 01:40:01.779
back to the dugout, and we may see some activity

01:40:01.779 --> 01:40:07.460
up in the New York bullpen. George Foster has

01:40:07.460 --> 01:40:22.060
struck out three straight times. Looks like right

01:40:22.060 --> 01:40:23.899
-hander Dyer Miller has started to throw now

01:40:23.899 --> 01:40:26.159
in the New York bullpen. Runners leading at first

01:40:26.159 --> 01:40:30.039
and second, two outs. Foster takes the pitch

01:40:30.039 --> 01:40:43.920
wide of the play. Ball one. George trying to

01:40:43.920 --> 01:40:47.279
get the go -ahead runs in. And swings and misses.

01:40:47.420 --> 01:40:49.300
Zachary has pitched George about as well as you

01:40:49.300 --> 01:40:51.399
can pitch him. He's kept the ball pretty effectively

01:40:51.399 --> 01:40:55.880
away from him. That pitch was out away from the

01:40:55.880 --> 01:40:57.439
right -handed batter and it's a ball and a strike.

01:41:03.100 --> 01:41:06.420
Griffey second, Concepcion first. Pitch, Zachary,

01:41:06.479 --> 01:41:08.760
swung on, fly ball, hit back into left field.

01:41:08.859 --> 01:41:13.279
Kingman going back, got a chance, goal! Foster

01:41:13.279 --> 01:41:16.140
drills a 1 -1 pitch on a line into the Cincinnati

01:41:16.140 --> 01:41:20.319
bullpen. Home run number 14, and the Reds lead

01:41:20.319 --> 01:41:25.279
it 5 -2. That one got out of here right now.

01:41:26.380 --> 01:41:28.560
It was hard to say if it was going to be high

01:41:28.560 --> 01:41:31.359
enough. I knew he got it. It was right there

01:41:31.359 --> 01:41:33.300
flooring, but whether it was going to be high

01:41:33.300 --> 01:41:39.760
enough, it was. He has now knocked in 49 runs

01:41:39.760 --> 01:41:42.119
with that three -run blast to left field, and

01:41:42.119 --> 01:41:51.640
the Reds lead by three. So Foster more than makes

01:41:51.640 --> 01:41:55.479
up for those three strikeouts with a blast that

01:41:55.479 --> 01:41:57.920
breaks the tie. Danny Dreesen takes ball once.

01:42:08.359 --> 01:42:10.859
Well, you've got a three -way tie for home run

01:42:10.859 --> 01:42:13.560
leadership in the league now. Two balls and no

01:42:13.560 --> 01:42:21.020
strikes. Foster, Kingman, and Schmidt have all

01:42:21.020 --> 01:42:31.479
hit 14 home runs. Zachary delivers, and Dreesen

01:42:31.479 --> 01:42:37.159
takes a strike. Two and one. All of it coming

01:42:37.159 --> 01:42:39.779
after the first two men have been retired. Zachary

01:42:39.779 --> 01:42:43.020
was looking for an easy six, but it is certainly

01:42:43.020 --> 01:42:45.479
not turned out that way. Danny fouls this one

01:42:45.479 --> 01:42:54.479
onto the screen. Two and two. Top half of the

01:42:54.479 --> 01:42:57.460
sixth inning from St. Louis. Cardinals two, Dodgers

01:42:57.460 --> 01:43:02.140
nothing. Treason fouls this one off the left

01:43:02.140 --> 01:43:14.130
field line and well back into the seat. Second

01:43:14.130 --> 01:43:16.909
home run that Foster's hit in as many nights.

01:43:17.930 --> 01:43:21.390
Here's a high fly ball. Headed back in the deep

01:43:21.390 --> 01:43:23.449
right, but on the warning track and waiting is

01:43:23.449 --> 01:43:25.930
Valentine. That ends the inning. The out came

01:43:25.930 --> 01:43:29.390
one, two, one batter too late as far as Zachary

01:43:29.390 --> 01:43:31.869
and company are concerned. Three runs, two hits,

01:43:31.890 --> 01:43:34.689
one error. And after five and a half, the Reds

01:43:34.689 --> 01:43:51.670
over the Mets 5 -2. That's where my heart is

01:43:51.670 --> 01:44:03.979
always in. Baseball is like an old friend. The

01:44:03.979 --> 01:44:06.119
longer it's part of your life, the more you like

01:44:06.119 --> 01:44:08.680
it. That's why so many people come out to see

01:44:08.680 --> 01:44:12.260
the Cincinnati Reds play. It feels good. The

01:44:12.260 --> 01:44:14.840
Marathon Oil Company loves baseball just like

01:44:14.840 --> 01:44:17.539
you do. And the Marathon Oil Company is proud

01:44:17.539 --> 01:44:20.020
to be here with the Cincinnati Reds. It's good

01:44:20.020 --> 01:44:25.859
to be back here again. Oh, you know it is. This

01:44:25.859 --> 01:44:33.300
is the Cincinnati Reds playing baseball. We got

01:44:33.300 --> 01:44:38.680
together to do it better. And we did. Hope you're

01:44:38.680 --> 01:44:40.239
looking forward to being at Riverfront for a

01:44:40.239 --> 01:44:42.260
fun -filled special day coming up next Thursday

01:44:42.260 --> 01:44:44.239
night. That'll be cost -cutter night when the

01:44:44.239 --> 01:44:46.319
Reds meet the Mets. The Reds and Kroger are teaming

01:44:46.319 --> 01:44:48.659
up to give away more than $12 ,000 in groceries.

01:44:48.979 --> 01:44:51.880
50 lucky fans will win $100 worth of groceries.

01:44:52.100 --> 01:44:55.079
Another 50 winners will take home $50, and 125

01:44:55.079 --> 01:44:58.630
fans will be $20 winners. And don't forget those

01:44:58.630 --> 01:45:01.189
delicious Kahn's hot dogs. Just a quarter that

01:45:01.189 --> 01:45:03.729
night at stadium concessions, fans. We'll be

01:45:03.729 --> 01:45:05.409
telling you about lots of other things, too,

01:45:05.449 --> 01:45:07.430
in the days leading up to Costco tonight when

01:45:07.430 --> 01:45:12.670
the Reds meet the Mets next Thursday. Dave Kingman

01:45:12.670 --> 01:45:14.750
to lead off the bottom half of the sixth inning

01:45:14.750 --> 01:45:19.550
for New York. He hit his 14th home run of the

01:45:19.550 --> 01:45:21.529
year, leading off the second and then walked

01:45:21.529 --> 01:45:23.789
in the third. The Mets looking at a three -run

01:45:23.789 --> 01:45:34.949
deficit. Here comes Sieber's pitch to him, and

01:45:34.949 --> 01:45:37.090
Kingman takes it low and in on him, ball one.

01:45:51.109 --> 01:45:52.850
That's over with the knees, the call strike.

01:45:58.629 --> 01:46:01.390
Kingman, despite his .222 batting average, has

01:46:01.390 --> 01:46:03.250
one of the better slugging percentages in the

01:46:03.250 --> 01:46:06.850
National League at .482. He swings and he misses.

01:46:07.430 --> 01:46:10.750
George Foster, fourth in the league in that department

01:46:10.750 --> 01:46:17.270
with a slugging percentage of .558. Andre Dawson

01:46:17.270 --> 01:46:21.850
of Montreal leads the league .592. One ball,

01:46:21.930 --> 01:46:24.029
two strikes. Sieber strikes him out, swinging

01:46:24.029 --> 01:46:26.149
the ball, gets away from Nolan. He recovers.

01:46:26.539 --> 01:46:28.840
And throws on to Greeson to complete the strikeout.

01:46:31.180 --> 01:46:36.739
Tom Sieber gets his fifth. As he disposes of

01:46:36.739 --> 01:46:38.840
Dave Kingman and will go to work on first baseman

01:46:38.840 --> 01:46:45.859
Rusty Staub. Staub is single. He's fly to right

01:46:45.859 --> 01:46:53.390
field. Well, the Reds have just announced they've

01:46:53.390 --> 01:46:55.390
signed their number four pick in the free agent

01:46:55.390 --> 01:46:58.069
draft, Paul O 'Neill, an outfielder, first baseman,

01:46:58.109 --> 01:47:02.329
6 '4", 195 -pounder from Brookhaven High School

01:47:02.329 --> 01:47:07.449
in Columbus, Ohio. Oh, another youngster in the

01:47:07.449 --> 01:47:13.069
fold, so to speak. Stobb takes a slow breaking

01:47:13.069 --> 01:47:17.390
ball for strike one. Prior to that, they signed

01:47:17.390 --> 01:47:21.630
a number 12 selection. Charles Colclaw, a first

01:47:21.630 --> 01:47:23.890
baseman outfielder from Lydia, South Carolina.

01:47:24.390 --> 01:47:27.090
And their number 28 pick, Thomas Piller, a third

01:47:27.090 --> 01:47:31.449
baseman from Greeley, Colorado. High ball, 1

01:47:31.449 --> 01:47:39.649
-1 to Stobb. Reds 5, Mets 2. Home sixth inning,

01:47:39.729 --> 01:47:42.909
one out. Stobb with a big bouncing ball to first

01:47:42.909 --> 01:47:46.529
reach and backhands it. Takes a left turn. Gets

01:47:46.529 --> 01:47:53.579
a put out. Two away. That's another fine play

01:47:53.579 --> 01:47:58.760
by Dreesen. We talked, as Joe mentioned with

01:47:58.760 --> 01:48:01.479
Danny the other night on the post -game show,

01:48:01.579 --> 01:48:04.920
about his defensive ability at first base, and

01:48:04.920 --> 01:48:09.079
sometimes you almost have to wonder if the fact

01:48:09.079 --> 01:48:11.420
that he makes it look so easy doesn't work against

01:48:11.420 --> 01:48:14.500
him. Something's working against him. I think

01:48:14.500 --> 01:48:18.380
Danny said the best, though, and he said it's

01:48:18.380 --> 01:48:20.279
a popularity contest. I don't think there's any

01:48:20.279 --> 01:48:23.229
question about that. There's ball one to coverage.

01:48:24.789 --> 01:48:27.170
Fly to right field twice, and both times he's

01:48:27.170 --> 01:48:42.470
hit the ball hard. Two balls, no strikes. Tom

01:48:42.470 --> 01:48:45.710
Seaver working toward what he hopes to be win

01:48:45.710 --> 01:48:49.949
number seven of the season, and he's had some

01:48:49.949 --> 01:48:58.159
touch -and -go innings tonight. Covage takes

01:48:58.159 --> 01:49:09.300
a strike at the knees. Nobody currently throwing

01:49:09.300 --> 01:49:11.319
in the Mets' bullpen, so you figure Zachary's

01:49:11.319 --> 01:49:13.260
going to be out there for at least one more.

01:49:15.260 --> 01:49:18.140
Covage fouls. Out of play. Behind the plate.

01:49:18.380 --> 01:49:22.479
Good catch by a fan down to our left. Two balls,

01:49:22.579 --> 01:49:33.699
two strikes. Two outs. The bases are empty. No

01:49:33.699 --> 01:49:35.819
sooner do we say the lack of activity in the

01:49:35.819 --> 01:49:38.680
Mets' bullpen than they are now going to get

01:49:38.680 --> 01:49:44.539
some with left -hander Ray Sirich. Ball three.

01:49:44.680 --> 01:49:47.079
Sharp breaking ball down and in. Full count.

01:50:00.560 --> 01:50:02.739
Receiver ready to bring the payoff pitch up there.

01:50:03.560 --> 01:50:06.039
Cubbage lines to Dreesen right at him. That's

01:50:06.039 --> 01:50:08.100
three times in a row Mike Cubbage has hit the

01:50:08.100 --> 01:50:10.560
ball hard and has nothing to show for it. The

01:50:10.560 --> 01:50:13.000
Mets are out on order and through six. The Reds

01:50:13.000 --> 01:50:22.300
five, New York two. How do you make a good thing

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on the Cincinnati Red Baseball Network. It's

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good times each weekday between 2 and 6 here

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at K95. It's the MD Show. Two until six each

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weekday afternoon, MD plays great kickin' country

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music and passes along the daily dumb rhetorical

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question at K95, WHOK -FM, Lancaster. Seventh

01:51:38.279 --> 01:51:40.460
inning with Ray Knight deleted off, five to two,

01:51:40.520 --> 01:51:42.699
the Reds lead, and back with a play -by -play.

01:51:42.760 --> 01:51:45.579
Here's Joe. Thank you, Marty. Ray Knight deleted

01:51:45.579 --> 01:51:48.460
off here in the seventh inning, the Reds leading

01:51:48.460 --> 01:51:52.060
five to two. Pat Zachary delivers, and Knight

01:51:52.060 --> 01:51:54.819
looks at a strike. Ray one for three tonight,

01:51:55.039 --> 01:51:57.500
and an infield single in the fourth scored the

01:51:57.500 --> 01:52:01.479
first run of the game for the Reds. The Reds

01:52:01.479 --> 01:52:05.420
get a little help from the Mets in the sixth

01:52:05.420 --> 01:52:08.180
inning when Cubbage bobbled the ground ball off

01:52:08.180 --> 01:52:11.039
the bat of Concepcion, and then the final out.

01:52:11.159 --> 01:52:14.000
Knight looks at strike two, and then Foster hit

01:52:14.000 --> 01:52:17.279
a line drive over the .358 sign and left field

01:52:17.279 --> 01:52:20.359
into the Reds' bullpen. For a three -run homer

01:52:20.359 --> 01:52:26.380
and a three -run lead for the Reds. Zachary in

01:52:26.380 --> 01:52:29.680
front, 0 -2 to Ray Knight. Ron Oster on deck.

01:52:36.640 --> 01:52:49.319
Now Knight backs away from the plate. Still out

01:52:49.319 --> 01:52:55.659
of the batter's box. Now steps back in. Zachary

01:52:55.659 --> 01:52:59.100
delivers the 0 -2. High and inside as Knight

01:52:59.100 --> 01:53:04.460
backs away. One ball, two strikes. Dyer Miller

01:53:04.460 --> 01:53:12.439
going down in a New York bullpen. Outfield straightaway

01:53:12.439 --> 01:53:15.119
tonight. Zachary delivers the 1 -2. And Knight

01:53:15.119 --> 01:53:18.979
swings and fouls off to the right. Back into

01:53:18.979 --> 01:53:28.880
the seat. Now, Cal holds the ball two strikes

01:53:28.880 --> 01:53:32.539
to Ray Knight. Reds have out -hit the Mets 9

01:53:32.539 --> 01:53:41.600
-5. Back where he delivers the 1 -2, and Knight

01:53:41.600 --> 01:53:44.760
swings the ground ball. Baylor, it's short, plays

01:53:44.760 --> 01:53:54.329
it, going on to stop. One away. One out, and

01:53:54.329 --> 01:53:56.850
Ron Oster the batter. Ron won for two in a walk.

01:53:56.890 --> 01:53:59.210
He tripled in the fourth inning to right center

01:53:59.210 --> 01:54:02.750
to drive in ninth, and then scored on Dolan,

01:54:02.750 --> 01:54:06.409
single to center. Ron walked in the fifth inning.

01:54:11.630 --> 01:54:14.890
Dodgers score a run, swinging a foul by Oster,

01:54:14.949 --> 01:54:18.069
and the Cardinals bat the bottom of the half

01:54:18.069 --> 01:54:27.050
to six. St. Louis leading the Dodgers 2 -1. Zachary

01:54:27.050 --> 01:54:31.050
shakes off the sign, and the 0 -1. Inside. A

01:54:31.050 --> 01:54:41.590
ball a strike. On out, base is empty. Zachary

01:54:41.590 --> 01:54:44.189
back for the 1 -1. That's down low, and it's

01:54:44.189 --> 01:54:49.069
two balls to strike to Oster. Ron hitting .295.

01:54:49.409 --> 01:54:57.739
Now has five triples and 26 RBIs. Ackrey delivers

01:54:57.739 --> 01:55:00.380
the 2 -1, and Oster swings and sends it down

01:55:00.380 --> 01:55:02.920
the left field line. Moving over is Dave Kingman,

01:55:02.939 --> 01:55:08.020
and in fair territory, he makes a play. Two out,

01:55:08.159 --> 01:55:13.340
and Joe Nolan the batter. Joe, two for three,

01:55:13.380 --> 01:55:16.859
single in the second, and single in the fourth,

01:55:16.979 --> 01:55:19.960
as we said, to drive in Oster in the fifth inning.

01:55:19.979 --> 01:55:23.060
He grabbed it to Flynn in second. Now the catcher,

01:55:23.079 --> 01:55:34.050
Joe Nolan. Zachary winds and delivers. Nolan

01:55:34.050 --> 01:55:40.029
takes it inside the ball. Foster has driven in

01:55:40.029 --> 01:55:42.829
three runs tonight. Oster won and Nolan won.

01:55:46.729 --> 01:55:49.970
Zachary to the plate. Nolan swings and winds

01:55:49.970 --> 01:55:52.229
it in the right center field. That's extra bases.

01:55:52.609 --> 01:55:55.649
Chasing at the wall is Valentine. He's up for

01:55:55.649 --> 01:55:58.590
the ball and Nolan enters second base with his

01:55:58.590 --> 01:56:02.260
third base hit of the game. For Joe, his ninth

01:56:02.260 --> 01:56:07.159
double of the year. Oh, a two out, Nolan at second,

01:56:07.300 --> 01:56:13.199
Tom Seaver the batter. That's the tenth hit of

01:56:13.199 --> 01:56:17.439
the game for the Reds. Seaver 0 for 2 on a sacrifice

01:56:17.439 --> 01:56:20.760
bunt. He had a sacrifice bunt the second inning.

01:56:21.939 --> 01:56:25.000
Struck out in the fourth, and in the sixth inning,

01:56:25.039 --> 01:56:29.520
pop out to coverage at third base. Tom with a

01:56:29.520 --> 01:56:32.819
chance to help himself right here. Zachary sets

01:56:32.819 --> 01:56:35.000
and delivers, and Seaver takes a breaking pitch

01:56:35.000 --> 01:56:44.439
low and away. Nolan at second lead. Zachary to

01:56:44.439 --> 01:56:48.840
the belt. Pitch to Seaver, missing outside, 2

01:56:48.840 --> 01:56:58.359
-0 the count. Reds trying to make it three straight

01:56:58.359 --> 01:57:04.300
over the Mets and seven overall. And the last

01:57:04.300 --> 01:57:08.760
game in San Francisco, the 2 -0 pitch. That's

01:57:08.760 --> 01:57:14.100
in at the knees. It's a false strike, 2 -1. After

01:57:14.100 --> 01:57:18.460
four innings now at Okie City, the Indians leading

01:57:18.460 --> 01:57:21.600
Oklahoma City 1 -0 behind Charlie Lee Brandt.

01:57:22.720 --> 01:57:25.970
2 -1 delivery. Seaver swings and a broken bat

01:57:25.970 --> 01:57:29.770
bouncer to Baylor at short. Going on to Seaver

01:57:29.770 --> 01:57:32.229
and Tom hustling down the line and they just

01:57:32.229 --> 01:57:36.090
do get him. A barrel of bat flying all the way

01:57:36.090 --> 01:57:39.090
to third base and Baylor came up throwing and

01:57:39.090 --> 01:57:41.470
Seaver hustling down the line and I'll tell you,

01:57:41.510 --> 01:57:45.069
pretty close play. In the inning for the Reds,

01:57:45.069 --> 01:57:48.630
no runs, no errors. One runner left on base in

01:57:48.630 --> 01:57:57.880
the middle of the seventh. 695, New York 2. There's

01:57:57.880 --> 01:58:00.420
poetry in the West. You can hear it in the way

01:58:00.420 --> 01:58:03.420
people talk about everyday things. Like fences.

01:58:03.880 --> 01:58:06.460
There's a lot of sorry things can happen to a

01:58:06.460 --> 01:58:09.979
fence. Or children. She's cuter than a speckled

01:58:09.979 --> 01:58:13.399
pup under a red wagon. The cow hands bunkhouse.

01:58:13.760 --> 01:58:17.060
I hung my clothes on the floor so they wouldn't

01:58:17.060 --> 01:58:20.859
fall down and get lost. Even personal finances.

01:58:21.180 --> 01:58:24.880
I'm so broke I can't even pay attention. Here

01:58:24.880 --> 01:58:27.399
then is a Bush beer to the best of the West.

01:58:27.659 --> 01:58:32.739
The everyday poetry of its people. Bush. Head

01:58:32.739 --> 01:58:35.439
for the beer that always goes down smooth as

01:58:35.439 --> 01:58:39.579
a mountain stream. Bush. Brewed just one way.

01:58:39.779 --> 01:58:43.739
The natural way. For a taste that's always as

01:58:43.739 --> 01:58:48.220
smooth as its name. Bush. Head for Bush. Head

01:58:48.220 --> 01:59:00.210
for Bush. New York in the bottom half of seventh

01:59:00.210 --> 01:59:03.970
will send up Alex Trevino, Doug Flynn, and a

01:59:03.970 --> 01:59:07.810
pinch hitter for Pat Zachary. The Reds leading

01:59:07.810 --> 01:59:12.250
five to two. Trevino one for two. He singled

01:59:12.250 --> 01:59:13.970
the center in the second inning and was called

01:59:13.970 --> 01:59:16.970
out on strikes in the fourth. Trevino overall

01:59:16.970 --> 01:59:22.920
hitting 280. With eight RBIs and a double. Tom

01:59:22.920 --> 01:59:25.380
Seaver looking for his seventh win of the year

01:59:25.380 --> 01:59:38.399
in his fifth complete game in 12 starts. I think

01:59:38.399 --> 01:59:42.399
George Foster is swinging the bat. The Reds win

01:59:42.399 --> 01:59:44.399
this one tonight. That'll be the fourth game

01:59:44.399 --> 01:59:47.819
winning RBI for Foster in the last seven games.

01:59:52.439 --> 01:59:55.600
Trevino to lead it off. Seaver ready to go to

01:59:55.600 --> 01:59:59.699
work. And his first pitch on the way. Trevino

01:59:59.699 --> 02:00:03.520
looks at a curveball that's in for a false strike.

02:00:05.020 --> 02:00:07.699
Well, the Indians pick up another run and now

02:00:07.699 --> 02:00:12.159
lead Oklahoma City 2 -0 after five innings. Trevino

02:00:12.159 --> 02:00:15.220
looks at a slider high and it's even at 1 -1.

02:00:21.359 --> 02:00:24.579
The receiver is 1 -1. Trevino swings and misses

02:00:24.579 --> 02:00:28.239
a high pass ball. Tom in front of all two strikes.

02:00:29.199 --> 02:00:31.699
Well, a win for the Reds tonight and a loss for

02:00:31.699 --> 02:00:34.000
the Dodgers, and they're just a half a game out

02:00:34.000 --> 02:00:36.600
of first place. Trevino takes low and outside.

02:00:38.319 --> 02:00:47.100
And the count evens 2 -2. Tom has struck out

02:00:47.100 --> 02:00:56.189
five, has walked one. A stretch to the pitch.

02:00:56.229 --> 02:01:00.630
That's inside. Full count. Thomas had strikeouts

02:01:00.630 --> 02:01:06.789
in every inning excepting the third. They hop

02:01:06.789 --> 02:01:10.229
on the way. Covino swings and a fly ball to right

02:01:10.229 --> 02:01:14.170
field. Dave Collins waiting on it. He has it.

02:01:14.270 --> 02:01:20.460
One out. One away, and that'll bring Doug Gwynne

02:01:20.460 --> 02:01:22.319
to the plate. Doug Gwynne goes for two, a fly

02:01:22.319 --> 02:01:24.720
ball to the right, and has popped to Oster at

02:01:24.720 --> 02:01:38.220
second in his two times up. Ron Hodges moves

02:01:38.220 --> 02:01:44.539
on deck to hit for Pat Zachary. That's with a

02:01:44.539 --> 02:01:53.279
three -run lead, five to two. Flynn pushes the

02:01:53.279 --> 02:01:55.720
bunt. First base side. Dreesen has it, but that'll

02:01:55.720 --> 02:01:59.439
be a foul ball. But Danny reaching across the

02:01:59.439 --> 02:02:02.260
first base foul line, trying to keep it fair.

02:02:03.600 --> 02:02:07.939
And now Dutch Renner smilingly talking with Dreesen

02:02:07.939 --> 02:02:20.300
and Seaver. Thankfully, Dreesen... In fair territory,

02:02:20.520 --> 02:02:23.039
feeling the ball, but drag it back across the

02:02:23.039 --> 02:02:27.079
foul line. Always wanted to count to Doug Flynn.

02:02:31.739 --> 02:02:35.380
Fever back to the plate. Flynn swings and fouls.

02:02:35.380 --> 02:02:56.520
Straight back and top and front on two. I'm the

02:02:56.520 --> 02:03:02.699
0 -2. And that's in the dirt. Bouncing a couple

02:03:02.699 --> 02:03:05.439
of feet in front of the plate. 1 -2 to Flynn.

02:03:20.039 --> 02:03:23.079
1 -2 pitch. Flynn swings and misses. A pitch

02:03:23.079 --> 02:03:26.699
down and away. And that's 6 -4. Receiver two

02:03:26.699 --> 02:03:32.739
away and Ron Hodges with it for Pat Zachary.

02:03:35.140 --> 02:03:39.880
Hodges hitting .412. That'll hold on three RBIs.

02:03:40.020 --> 02:03:50.180
As the pinch hitter, he's one for four. Hodges,

02:03:50.220 --> 02:03:58.859
a left -handed batter, steps in. DeLotte base

02:03:58.859 --> 02:04:07.699
is empty. Tom Sheets off the sign and now delivers

02:04:07.699 --> 02:04:11.020
to Hodges. Looks at a slow curve, but calls strike.

02:04:19.899 --> 02:04:23.500
Hodges away from the plate, now steps back in.

02:04:25.449 --> 02:04:28.909
The receiver lines and his 0 -1 delivery. Another

02:04:28.909 --> 02:04:31.970
slow curve. That's just under the knees. And

02:04:31.970 --> 02:04:35.189
that hodge is double hitching on that one. Down

02:04:35.189 --> 02:04:46.489
evens 1 -1. The receiver delivers the 1 -1. That's

02:04:46.489 --> 02:04:49.409
swung on and lined right at Dave Concepcion.

02:04:49.449 --> 02:04:53.100
Reaching above his head to pick it up. That's

02:04:53.100 --> 02:04:55.960
the inning, and Tom has now retired eight straight

02:04:55.960 --> 02:05:00.420
batters. And after seven, Reds five, Mets two.

02:05:03.199 --> 02:05:05.819
When you step into Lee Jeans, you're stepping

02:05:05.819 --> 02:05:08.979
into a tradition that dates back to 1889. Lee

02:05:08.979 --> 02:05:11.340
Jeans were just what America needed then, and

02:05:11.340 --> 02:05:13.500
they're what America needs right now. Rugged

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construction, 100 % cotton, and now the wrinkle

02:05:16.680 --> 02:05:19.119
-free characteristics of Lee's San Percet process.

02:05:19.579 --> 02:05:23.680
Lee Jeans. Another living idea from Lee. The

02:05:23.680 --> 02:05:26.979
most comfortable name you can wear. Lee Jeans

02:05:26.979 --> 02:05:30.600
at Lancaster Hardware. 134 South Columbus Street.

02:05:30.699 --> 02:05:34.119
Life Insurance. The State Farmway. It's designed

02:05:34.119 --> 02:05:37.100
for your way of living. For a family. Today's

02:05:37.100 --> 02:05:39.859
homeowner. The modern woman. Students. Young

02:05:39.859 --> 02:05:42.579
adults. Whatever your way of living, your State

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Farm agent can help you protect it. In Lancaster,

02:05:53.210 --> 02:05:56.170
see State Farm Agent Earl Oatney at 422 North

02:05:56.170 --> 02:05:59.289
Broad Street or Bill Banfield at 634 North Columbus

02:05:59.289 --> 02:06:07.930
Street. Now the seven -inning totals show the

02:06:07.930 --> 02:06:12.529
Reds five runs, ten hits, and no errors. The

02:06:12.529 --> 02:06:15.930
Mets two runs, five hits, and one error. For

02:06:15.930 --> 02:06:18.170
the Reds, as they bat in the eighth inning, it'll

02:06:18.170 --> 02:06:20.470
be Dave Collins to lead it off. We have a new

02:06:20.470 --> 02:06:23.250
pitcher on the mound. for the New York Mets.

02:06:23.310 --> 02:06:25.770
And to tell you about him, here's Marty. Well,

02:06:25.829 --> 02:06:28.510
Joe, it's a young man making his first appearance.

02:06:28.529 --> 02:06:31.789
He's being called up on Monday from the Mets

02:06:31.789 --> 02:06:34.630
AAA Farm Club in Norfolk, Virginia, the Tidewater

02:06:34.630 --> 02:06:36.590
team. And at the left -hander, his name is Ray

02:06:36.590 --> 02:06:41.090
Searidge. This is going to be Searidge's Major

02:06:41.090 --> 02:06:45.449
League debut. He is a young man that... The Mets

02:06:45.449 --> 02:06:48.149
acquired by their Tidewater Farm Club from St.

02:06:48.270 --> 02:06:50.649
Louis for Jody Davis back on the 10th of December

02:06:50.649 --> 02:06:55.130
two years ago. So he originally started in the

02:06:55.130 --> 02:06:57.689
Cardinals organization and came to the Mets in

02:06:57.689 --> 02:07:03.029
1979 and was just called up from Tidewater on

02:07:03.029 --> 02:07:07.390
Monday. Ray Searage, spell S -E -A -R -A -G -E,

02:07:07.590 --> 02:07:10.409
a left -hander, 6 '1", 180 -pounder from Freeport,

02:07:10.430 --> 02:07:13.210
New York. Now makes his home in St. Petersburg,

02:07:13.470 --> 02:07:16.789
Florida, and he's on to face the Reds here in

02:07:16.789 --> 02:07:19.750
the top half of the eighth inning. It'll be the

02:07:19.750 --> 02:07:22.050
top of the order up. Dave Collins, Ken Griffey,

02:07:22.130 --> 02:07:25.189
Dave Concepcion, the pitching line on Pat Zachary.

02:07:25.529 --> 02:07:28.329
He went seven, allowing ten base hits and five

02:07:28.329 --> 02:07:31.609
runs, only two of which were earned. Striking

02:07:31.609 --> 02:07:35.210
out six, walking four, and if the Reds' lead

02:07:35.210 --> 02:07:37.430
holds up, he would lose his seventh game of the

02:07:37.430 --> 02:07:44.189
season. The Reds fell behind 2 -0 tonight, but

02:07:44.189 --> 02:07:46.529
then tied it in the fourth inning on a single

02:07:46.529 --> 02:07:48.789
by Knight, a triple by Oster, and a single by

02:07:48.789 --> 02:07:51.130
Nolan. And then went out in front of the sixth

02:07:51.130 --> 02:07:53.489
inning with two down, Griffey singled the setter.

02:07:53.909 --> 02:07:56.350
Dave Concepcion reached on an error by third

02:07:56.350 --> 02:07:58.729
baseman Mike Cubbage, and Foster exploded a home

02:07:58.729 --> 02:08:03.310
run into the Reds' bullpen in left field to bring

02:08:03.310 --> 02:08:05.789
the score to its present 5 -2 count. They're

02:08:05.789 --> 02:08:08.119
in the last of the seventh at St. Louis. The

02:08:08.119 --> 02:08:10.460
Cardinals continuing to lead the Dodgers by a

02:08:10.460 --> 02:08:20.000
run at 2 -1. So Joe Torre figuring now is as

02:08:20.000 --> 02:08:24.140
good a time as any in terms of letting young

02:08:24.140 --> 02:08:28.340
Mr. Surge get his feet wet, Major League Baseball

02:08:28.340 --> 02:08:32.979
style. Collins is one for three, a single in

02:08:32.979 --> 02:08:34.880
the fourth inning. He was on a little second

02:08:34.880 --> 02:08:40.229
through a base on balls. Turning around to hit

02:08:40.229 --> 02:08:41.890
as a right -handed batter for the first time

02:08:41.890 --> 02:08:50.550
tonight. Here's Searidge's pitch, and Collins

02:08:50.550 --> 02:08:52.649
swings and hits it in the air to center field.

02:08:52.729 --> 02:08:55.630
Mookie Wilson drifting back, and he'll haul it

02:08:55.630 --> 02:09:02.010
in. One out. Again, we remind you in the event

02:09:02.010 --> 02:09:06.609
that a strike does come about tomorrow, that

02:09:06.609 --> 02:09:10.399
Joe and I will be... On the air at 8 .05 tomorrow

02:09:10.399 --> 02:09:13.739
night on our flagship station, WLW Radio in Cincinnati,

02:09:13.800 --> 02:09:20.020
as well as our network stations for a one -hour

02:09:20.020 --> 02:09:22.359
talk show beginning at 8 .05 Cincinnati time

02:09:22.359 --> 02:09:24.279
tomorrow night. And then we will be in Wichita

02:09:24.279 --> 02:09:27.800
Saturday night and Sunday night to bring you

02:09:27.800 --> 02:09:29.880
play -by -play coverage of the Reds' AAA Farm

02:09:29.880 --> 02:09:31.939
Club Indianapolis as they take on the Wichita

02:09:31.939 --> 02:09:35.039
team. That'll be Saturday night and Sunday night.

02:09:35.079 --> 02:09:37.800
The pitch is in for a call strike. Now the pregame

02:09:37.800 --> 02:09:39.680
show Saturday night at 8 o 'clock Cincinnati

02:09:39.680 --> 02:09:43.140
time and 7 o 'clock Cincinnati time on Sunday

02:09:43.140 --> 02:09:49.899
night. Otherwise, we would hope to be at Olympic

02:09:49.899 --> 02:09:52.180
Stadium in Montreal tomorrow night to begin that

02:09:52.180 --> 02:09:54.420
pregame weekend against the Expos. Line drive,

02:09:54.699 --> 02:09:57.420
base hit, left center field. Ken Griffey enjoys

02:09:57.420 --> 02:10:05.180
for himself a three -hit night. That's the 11th

02:10:05.180 --> 02:10:08.739
Cincinnati base hit. And it brings up Concepcion.

02:10:08.899 --> 02:10:18.380
Davey is one for four. He has scored a run. So

02:10:18.380 --> 02:10:20.560
Ken Griffey at first base with three hits and

02:10:20.560 --> 02:10:23.279
four times up. I'll make that three for five

02:10:23.279 --> 02:10:38.930
on the night. Sears looks for the sign, looks

02:10:38.930 --> 02:10:41.270
to first, delivers to the plate, and the fastball

02:10:41.270 --> 02:10:44.090
is over for a call strike. That single by Griffey

02:10:44.090 --> 02:10:49.069
puts his batting average at an even 300. Kenny

02:10:49.069 --> 02:10:51.909
adding some six points to his average tonight.

02:10:52.010 --> 02:10:54.529
He came in batting 294. That single puts him

02:10:54.529 --> 02:10:58.350
at 300, joining the likes of Dave Collins and

02:10:58.350 --> 02:11:03.060
George Foster and Dave Concepcion. 300 hitters,

02:11:03.060 --> 02:11:05.140
not to mention Joe Nolan, who also gets there

02:11:05.140 --> 02:11:06.939
tonight on the strength of a three -hit performance.

02:11:07.680 --> 02:11:17.500
There's a throw to first base. Five to two, the

02:11:17.500 --> 02:11:22.399
Reds lead the Mets in the eighth inning. Sears

02:11:22.399 --> 02:11:24.640
looking down for the side again from Trevino,

02:11:24.680 --> 02:11:27.039
and the one -strike pitch to Dave Concepcion

02:11:27.039 --> 02:11:30.329
after the long look at first is on the way. And

02:11:30.329 --> 02:11:45.850
that's a breaking ball on inside, 1 -1. Joe Nolan

02:11:45.850 --> 02:11:48.090
has jumped his batting average up to 3 -0 -4.

02:11:52.310 --> 02:11:54.909
One ball, one strike, one out, and one on, eighth

02:11:54.909 --> 02:11:59.850
inning action. And the throw to first base by

02:11:59.850 --> 02:12:03.909
the rookie left -hander. Montreal has shut out

02:12:03.909 --> 02:12:07.029
Atlanta 7 -0. Steve Rogers picks up his seventh

02:12:07.029 --> 02:12:10.350
victory of the season. Tommy Boggs is now 1 -10

02:12:10.350 --> 02:12:18.029
with the Atlanta Braves lost. Low and inside,

02:12:18.250 --> 02:12:27.529
two balls and a strike. Mike Lacoste scheduled

02:12:27.529 --> 02:12:29.829
to go for the Reds in the series opener in Montreal

02:12:29.829 --> 02:12:31.569
tomorrow night against right -hander Charlie

02:12:31.569 --> 02:12:35.449
Lee. Mike Lacoste, Ray Burris, Saturday, Sunday

02:12:35.449 --> 02:12:37.649
afternoon, Frank Pastore and Scott Chanderson.

02:12:37.729 --> 02:12:44.189
We hope we're playing. And a throw to first again,

02:12:44.310 --> 02:12:47.229
and Surage almost threw that one away. Rusty

02:12:47.229 --> 02:12:50.850
Stobb had to reach down and off his left. Hey,

02:12:51.029 --> 02:13:05.229
18 ,612. Attendance here tonight, 19 ,712. 19

02:13:05.229 --> 02:13:09.010
,712. That is far and away the best of the three

02:13:09.010 --> 02:13:12.869
nights we've spent here at Shea Stadium. Swing

02:13:12.869 --> 02:13:15.130
and a miss on a high fastball. Davey was looking

02:13:15.130 --> 02:13:17.050
for a heater, and that's what Searidge gave him.

02:13:17.270 --> 02:13:19.729
And he was spinning on it, but did not get it.

02:13:19.770 --> 02:13:36.779
2 -2. Coming up next, George Foster. That's infield,

02:13:36.779 --> 02:13:39.380
a double play depth. The outfield about straight

02:13:39.380 --> 02:13:42.220
away for the right -handed batter. He strikes

02:13:42.220 --> 02:13:44.619
out swinging. Serge got him with a fastball away.

02:13:48.060 --> 02:13:58.489
Foster at the plate with two outs. Foster at

02:13:58.489 --> 02:14:03.250
the plate with two outs. George struck out in

02:14:03.250 --> 02:14:05.109
the first, did it again in the third, did it

02:14:05.109 --> 02:14:07.270
a third time in the fifth, but then turned things

02:14:07.270 --> 02:14:10.050
around with a line drive home run to left field

02:14:10.050 --> 02:14:11.869
with two on in the sixth inning to break the

02:14:11.869 --> 02:14:21.229
tie. Talk about a man that has really been cranking

02:14:21.229 --> 02:14:25.289
it up of late. He has now driven in 22 runs in

02:14:25.289 --> 02:14:28.810
his last 15 games, counting this one. Five doubles,

02:14:28.909 --> 02:14:32.250
a triple, six home runs, and 15 runs scored.

02:14:33.550 --> 02:14:35.949
And the home run extended his batting streak

02:14:35.949 --> 02:14:44.569
to nine games. During the nine -game batting

02:14:44.569 --> 02:14:54.989
streak, he's been hitting at a 4 -12 clip. Trevino

02:14:54.989 --> 02:14:57.470
sends out the sign. Foster waiting at the plate

02:14:57.470 --> 02:14:59.390
as the left -hander straightens up out of the

02:14:59.390 --> 02:15:02.470
stretch position and pours it plateward. It's

02:15:02.470 --> 02:15:09.430
a ball low. We certainly don't want to overlook

02:15:09.430 --> 02:15:11.510
the fact in talking about Ken Griffey and his

02:15:11.510 --> 02:15:15.069
3 -for -5 performance tonight that Kenny is playing

02:15:15.069 --> 02:15:18.829
in his 1 ,000th Major League game. This one here.

02:15:19.640 --> 02:15:22.380
And has hit safely in 22 now out of his last

02:15:22.380 --> 02:15:26.520
27 games. So a milestone for Ken Griffey, Major

02:15:26.520 --> 02:15:28.720
League Game number 1 ,000, and he's had a good

02:15:28.720 --> 02:15:31.380
night. Foster is ahead two balls and no strikes.

02:15:37.659 --> 02:15:40.340
Reds are seeking their seventh consecutive win

02:15:40.340 --> 02:15:42.460
and hoping for another Cardinal victory over

02:15:42.460 --> 02:15:44.460
the Dodgers. It would allow the Reds to move

02:15:44.460 --> 02:15:51.930
to within a half a game of firsts. 2 -0 pitch

02:15:51.930 --> 02:15:56.449
with Griffey at first and two men out. Ground

02:15:56.449 --> 02:15:59.170
ball hit hard, but that's Doug Flynn. He, from

02:15:59.170 --> 02:16:01.470
a kneeling position, throws on to Bob Baylor

02:16:01.470 --> 02:16:04.510
at second for the fourth out. And in the Cincinnati

02:16:04.510 --> 02:16:06.770
eighth inning, no runs, one hit and one left.

02:16:06.829 --> 02:16:09.189
After seven and a half, the Reds lead the Mets

02:16:09.189 --> 02:16:15.970
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6th Avenue in Lancaster. Top third of the New

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York batting order as we move to the home half

02:17:18.020 --> 02:17:19.940
of the eighth inning. Sam Mahias has replaced

02:17:19.940 --> 02:17:22.260
Dave Collins down in the right field position.

02:17:24.059 --> 02:17:27.899
And Tom Seaver, right now on a roll. He's retired

02:17:27.899 --> 02:17:30.200
eight batters in a row. He has limited the Mets

02:17:30.200 --> 02:17:34.319
to only one hit over the last four innings. They've

02:17:34.319 --> 02:17:36.299
had a total of five hits on the night, and three

02:17:36.299 --> 02:17:38.659
of them came in the second when they scored one

02:17:38.659 --> 02:17:43.299
of their two runs. Only hit over the last four.

02:17:43.399 --> 02:17:45.579
A double in the fifth inning by the man leading

02:17:45.579 --> 02:17:52.959
off the eighth, Mookie Wilson. He's the last

02:17:52.959 --> 02:18:07.000
man to reach base for New York. Receiver climbs

02:18:07.000 --> 02:18:12.420
back on top of the mound. Turning around, taking

02:18:12.420 --> 02:18:14.799
a look at his defensive alignment as he is wont

02:18:14.799 --> 02:18:18.159
to do on occasion. Delivers to Wilson, pass ball

02:18:18.159 --> 02:18:24.620
up. Ball one. The winningest pitchers in the

02:18:24.620 --> 02:18:26.659
National League right now are Valenzuela and

02:18:26.659 --> 02:18:30.219
Carlton. There's a swing and a miss. Carlton

02:18:30.219 --> 02:18:32.399
picked up his ninth win last night against only

02:18:32.399 --> 02:18:35.139
one defeat when the Phillies came up with five

02:18:35.139 --> 02:18:38.500
eighth inning runs to beat Houston. And Valenzuela

02:18:38.500 --> 02:18:40.579
with nine wins, shooting for his tenth tonight,

02:18:40.780 --> 02:18:42.620
but trailing by a run in the seventh inning at

02:18:42.620 --> 02:18:46.520
St. Louis. The only eight -game winner is Dick

02:18:46.520 --> 02:18:48.579
Ruthen of the Phillies. He's lost three times,

02:18:48.620 --> 02:18:51.440
and Seaver with a win tonight would join Bert

02:18:51.440 --> 02:18:55.059
Hoop to the Dodgers as a seven -game winner.

02:18:55.739 --> 02:19:00.100
Two balls and one strike on Speedy Wilson. Ray

02:19:00.100 --> 02:19:04.120
Knight, shallow on the grass at third. Seaver

02:19:04.120 --> 02:19:06.239
continues to work quickly, and Wilson with a

02:19:06.239 --> 02:19:08.319
bad handle foul back, squares the count at two.

02:19:08.899 --> 02:19:11.540
In the eighth at Toronto, Royals seven, Blue

02:19:11.540 --> 02:19:14.659
Jays five. New York down a run to the White Sox,

02:19:14.659 --> 02:19:16.979
three to two after five innings at Comiskey Park.

02:19:17.239 --> 02:19:19.940
The Rangers and the Brewers are tied up at three

02:19:19.940 --> 02:19:23.079
-three after six and a half. Tigers are being

02:19:23.079 --> 02:19:27.239
shut out two to nothing by Minnesota. That pitch

02:19:27.239 --> 02:19:29.219
is high for a ball, three and two, and they're

02:19:29.219 --> 02:19:35.709
getting rain up at Bloomington. Seaver with a

02:19:35.709 --> 02:19:39.370
3 -2 pitch. And Wilson hanging top of the foul

02:19:39.370 --> 02:19:50.590
butt. At the present time, both bullpens are

02:19:50.590 --> 02:19:57.950
quiet. Again, the payoff pitch. And Wilson slings,

02:19:57.950 --> 02:20:03.690
and he misses. He got him. That is 7 for Seaver.

02:20:04.219 --> 02:20:06.319
And that is nine in a row that have come and

02:20:06.319 --> 02:20:11.219
gone. He'll work to Bob Baylor. Baylor has flied

02:20:11.219 --> 02:20:13.760
to right, sacrificed, and popped up to second

02:20:13.760 --> 02:20:29.979
base. Baylor grounds one to the left side. A

02:20:29.979 --> 02:20:36.700
base hit. Now the ball momentarily bobbled by

02:20:36.700 --> 02:20:39.040
Foster, but he recovers in time. Baylor down

02:20:39.040 --> 02:20:40.760
three in the late innings. He's not going to

02:20:40.760 --> 02:20:43.260
chance being thrown out at second. We'll pause

02:20:43.260 --> 02:20:45.620
for station identification once again. This is

02:20:45.620 --> 02:20:49.059
the Cincinnati Reds Baseball Network. Make Mark

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Clark a regular part of your day. Mark Clark,

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10 to 2 here at K95. Mark passes along great

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information, makes way for the midday report

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of news service at noon, and plays great kick

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and country music. Mark Clark at K95. W -H -O

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-K -F -M. Lancaster. Ellis Valentine with Bob

02:21:05.520 --> 02:21:08.379
Baylor at first and then out. Gentless in two

02:21:08.379 --> 02:21:11.559
official trips. He's had a sacrifice fly. He

02:21:11.559 --> 02:21:15.180
takes the ball. Bottom of the eighth inning.

02:21:15.360 --> 02:21:19.079
Cardinals 2, Dodgers 1. Valenzuela is out. Left

02:21:19.079 --> 02:21:21.260
-hander Steve Howe is now pitching in relief

02:21:21.260 --> 02:21:30.739
for Los Angeles. This Mets crowd starved for

02:21:30.739 --> 02:21:34.229
something to get excited about. Trying to get

02:21:34.229 --> 02:21:38.049
their ball club going. Valentine pops it up.

02:21:39.010 --> 02:21:42.590
He slings the bat away as the ball nestles into

02:21:42.590 --> 02:21:45.569
the net of third baseman Ray Knight. Two away.

02:21:49.909 --> 02:21:56.750
Here's Kingman. As Homer walked and struck out.

02:22:13.160 --> 02:22:15.000
Well, now with a runner at first base, they'll

02:22:15.000 --> 02:22:21.219
still put the shift on to Kingman. Checks his

02:22:21.219 --> 02:22:23.559
swing. It's a ball just off the outside edge.

02:22:29.639 --> 02:22:32.879
Now Lee Weier going out toward the mound to take

02:22:32.879 --> 02:22:37.780
a look at the baseball. Kingman might have said

02:22:37.780 --> 02:22:40.860
something to the plate on fire, and he checks

02:22:40.860 --> 02:22:50.229
it out and gives it back to Seaver. Cincinnati

02:22:50.229 --> 02:22:58.450
bullpen is busy. Tommy Hume, Joe Price. Baylor

02:22:58.450 --> 02:23:00.850
leading at first and a 1 -0 pitch to Dave Kingman

02:23:00.850 --> 02:23:02.809
is swung on and grounded to third. Ray Knight

02:23:02.809 --> 02:23:05.889
has it, looks to second, instead goes to Dreesen.

02:23:05.930 --> 02:23:08.989
And the inning is over. No runs, one hit, one

02:23:08.989 --> 02:23:11.209
left. We've played eight, and the Reds lead the

02:23:11.209 --> 02:23:16.850
Mets 5 -2. The names of the places suit the straightforward

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nature of the people who live there. The Sweetwater

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River. The Crazy Mountains. Twin Sisters Utes.

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Last Chance Gulch. Roaring Springs, Texas. Immigrant

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Montana. Playing up front names that let you

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know pretty much what you're getting into before

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you get there. Here, then, is a bush beer to

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the best of the West. The straightforward names

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and the straightforward people who invented them.

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Bush. Head for the beer that always goes down

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smooth as a mountain stream. Bush. Brewed just

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one way, the natural way, for a taste that's

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always as smooth as its name. Bush. Head for

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Bush. Head for Bush. Head for Bush. Head for

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Bush. Here we go to the top half of the ninth

02:24:19.040 --> 02:24:22.819
inning. Second inning of work for young left

02:24:22.819 --> 02:24:24.879
-hander Ray Sirich, who was touched for a one

02:24:24.879 --> 02:24:26.899
-out hit in the eighth inning by Ken Griffey,

02:24:26.899 --> 02:24:29.200
but then picked up his first Major League strikeout,

02:24:29.340 --> 02:24:33.159
retiring Dave Concepcion and getting George Foster

02:24:33.159 --> 02:24:35.000
to bounce into a forced play at second base.

02:24:36.290 --> 02:24:38.649
Danny Greeson will lead it off. He's walked twice,

02:24:38.670 --> 02:24:41.649
flied out to center, and then flied out to deep

02:24:41.649 --> 02:24:44.430
right field. That was at his last plate appearance

02:24:44.430 --> 02:24:56.209
in the sixth inning. And Seaver would go 7 -1

02:24:56.209 --> 02:24:59.090
with a win. Zachary would go 5 -7 with a loss.

02:24:59.670 --> 02:25:02.270
And the Reds would have seven consecutive victories.

02:25:04.170 --> 02:25:06.030
But we've still got an inning more of baseball

02:25:06.030 --> 02:25:15.889
to play here. Danny Dreesen heading toward the

02:25:15.889 --> 02:25:31.620
plate. Well, we've had good weather conditions

02:25:31.620 --> 02:25:33.840
here in New York, although the first day in here,

02:25:33.979 --> 02:25:37.459
and probably more so yesterday when it rained

02:25:37.459 --> 02:25:40.739
off and on all day, but then around 6 o 'clock

02:25:40.739 --> 02:25:42.680
last night or a little bit later, it started

02:25:42.680 --> 02:25:46.040
to lighten up, and by game time, we had nothing

02:25:46.040 --> 02:25:48.340
but blue skies. Today was a beautiful day here.

02:25:50.239 --> 02:26:00.149
The pitch to Dreesen is taken high of all. Five

02:26:00.149 --> 02:26:02.629
runs, 11 hits for Cincinnati. Two runs, six hits,

02:26:02.629 --> 02:26:04.809
and a big error for New York, and a big one it

02:26:04.809 --> 02:26:08.610
was by Mike Kovic. Dreesen moves away from the

02:26:08.610 --> 02:26:15.569
pitch in on him, 2 -0. Danny Dreesen batting

02:26:15.569 --> 02:26:19.110
at even 300 against left -handed pitching. 30

02:26:19.110 --> 02:26:21.370
at -bats against left -handers and nine base

02:26:21.370 --> 02:26:34.299
hits. Swung on and popped up into shallow left

02:26:34.299 --> 02:26:36.920
field. Going out Baylor, coming in Kingman. Kingman

02:26:36.920 --> 02:26:44.780
calls and makes the catch. One up. Ray Knight

02:26:44.780 --> 02:26:48.500
up for the fifth time. He's had one hit. That

02:26:48.500 --> 02:26:50.780
was an infield single deep and shortstop to lead

02:26:50.780 --> 02:27:02.600
off the fourth inning. If you're looking ahead

02:27:02.600 --> 02:27:04.239
to the bottom of the ninth inning for New York,

02:27:04.319 --> 02:27:06.319
it's going to be Rusty Staub, Mike Cubbage, and

02:27:06.319 --> 02:27:13.840
Alex Trevino. Night grounds one, and to left

02:27:13.840 --> 02:27:17.159
field, a base hit by Cubbage, by Bob Baylor.

02:27:21.239 --> 02:27:26.040
Second hit off Ray Searidge. And now Ronnie Oster

02:27:26.040 --> 02:27:27.940
with a triple and three times on the plate, an

02:27:27.940 --> 02:27:31.879
RBI, and a run scored. 2 .95 average for the

02:27:31.879 --> 02:27:34.659
Cincinnati second baseman with 25 RBIs and a

02:27:34.659 --> 02:27:52.319
home run. That was just a step off the grass

02:27:52.319 --> 02:27:54.700
at third as Sherrod looks to first, delivers,

02:27:54.840 --> 02:28:03.350
Oster swings and misses. Ronnie, a switch hitter,

02:28:03.370 --> 02:28:08.030
up there batting right -handed. Getting .268

02:28:08.030 --> 02:28:10.229
from the right side of the plate and .304 from

02:28:10.229 --> 02:28:20.809
the left side. Swing and a miss, strike two.

02:28:22.149 --> 02:28:24.850
Searidge with a good pitch down and Oster quickly

02:28:24.850 --> 02:28:38.979
falling behind 0 -2. We've got a good promotional

02:28:38.979 --> 02:28:41.819
idea here at Shea Stadium. Collectors cards and

02:28:41.819 --> 02:28:46.819
series. 62 Mets teams, 69 world champions, 73

02:28:46.819 --> 02:28:52.219
National League champs, and Mets managers. That

02:28:52.219 --> 02:28:54.520
pitch is inside for a ball. Four different days

02:28:54.520 --> 02:29:00.719
they'll be giving the memory series, the magic

02:29:00.719 --> 02:29:02.920
memory series, as they call them, away throughout

02:29:02.920 --> 02:29:07.530
the course of the season. Imagine the baseball

02:29:07.530 --> 02:29:11.469
card collectors would probably be more than a

02:29:11.469 --> 02:29:15.430
little bit interested in that four different

02:29:15.430 --> 02:29:20.450
series of cards. One ball and two strikes to

02:29:20.450 --> 02:29:23.790
count on Oster. Ronnie got around on a breaking

02:29:23.790 --> 02:29:25.950
ball, and Searidge has his second strikeout.

02:29:30.989 --> 02:29:33.829
So with two out, Ray, our Joe Nolan will be looking

02:29:33.829 --> 02:29:39.270
for his fourth hit of the night. Single to the

02:29:39.270 --> 02:29:41.430
right center in the second. Knocked in a run

02:29:41.430 --> 02:29:43.469
with a base hit to center in the fourth. Grounded

02:29:43.469 --> 02:29:45.149
out in the fifth and double to right center in

02:29:45.149 --> 02:29:58.870
the seventh inning. Ray Knight aboard with a

02:29:58.870 --> 02:30:01.170
one -out hit to left. They're two away now in

02:30:01.170 --> 02:30:05.629
the top half of the ninth inning. Nolan with

02:30:05.629 --> 02:30:08.719
a smash. Base hit right field. His fourth hit.

02:30:09.680 --> 02:30:13.600
Going to second and holding there is Ray Knight.

02:30:13.879 --> 02:30:16.479
We've talked so much during the night or certainly

02:30:16.479 --> 02:30:19.000
earlier in the early innings about Tom Sieber

02:30:19.000 --> 02:30:24.440
starting here against his former club. Not really

02:30:24.440 --> 02:30:26.959
by any means overlooking the fact that Tom gets

02:30:26.959 --> 02:30:29.079
another big hand from the Shea Stadium crowd

02:30:29.079 --> 02:30:32.620
that Joe Nolan started his career in the New

02:30:32.620 --> 02:30:35.059
York Mets organization and appeared briefly.

02:30:36.300 --> 02:30:38.520
on a number of years with a mess back in the

02:30:38.520 --> 02:30:41.559
70s. So you might say that he has come home,

02:30:41.620 --> 02:30:43.620
so to speak, tonight and come home in a big way.

02:30:43.700 --> 02:30:56.780
Four hits and five trips. Seavers 0 for 3. 9th

02:30:56.780 --> 02:30:59.280
to lead runner. He's stationed at 2nd. Nolan

02:30:59.280 --> 02:31:08.270
with a hit to right at 1st. The pitch from Sears

02:31:08.270 --> 02:31:10.690
to Severs, swung on, fly ball, hit to Wells,

02:31:10.809 --> 02:31:12.870
center field, but Wilson gets back on it and

02:31:12.870 --> 02:31:15.850
makes the catch. No runs in the ninth, two hits,

02:31:15.909 --> 02:31:18.950
two left. Home ninth inning coming up, and the

02:31:18.950 --> 02:31:22.670
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New York needing three runs to get even as we

02:32:27.379 --> 02:32:31.809
go to the home ninth inning. Tom Seaver three

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outs away from his fifth complete game of the

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season. And his seventh win overall, Tommy Hume

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and Joe Price, as we look into the bullpen, are

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back up and getting ready just in the event that

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Tom might need some ninth inning help. Rusty

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Staub owns one of the six New York kids. That

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was a single in the second. Since that time,

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he's flied to right and in the sixth inning bounced

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out to Danny Dreesen. All around the Reds infield,

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and now Sieber gets it back for Murray Knight.

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Sieber back behind the mound, hands on hips.

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Got off to a somewhat rocky start, but has really

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settled down since the fourth inning. The pitch

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is in for a strike. From the fourth inning on,

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he's given them no runs on two base hits. And

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jumps out in front on Staub. No balls and a strike.

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That's Lowe. And it's inside. 1 -1. All right,

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he underwinds, he kicks and he fires, and Staub

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swings and fouls it back. That one got off the

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end of Joe Nolan's mitt and then carried on back

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to the screen. Ball two strikes. Seavers walked

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only one batter, and that was Kingman in the

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third inning while striking out seven. Giving

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him a seasonal total of 52 strikeouts. And he's

02:34:22.079 --> 02:34:26.040
popped Rusty Staub up. Ronnie Oster looking skyward,

02:34:26.159 --> 02:34:35.319
backing on the outfield grass one out. Now Mike

02:34:35.319 --> 02:34:37.600
Covage will take his shot. It's 0 for 3, but

02:34:37.600 --> 02:34:39.500
three straight times he's hit it on the button.

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And getting on Covage a little bit, remembering

02:34:50.420 --> 02:34:53.639
the error that he committed back in the sixth

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inning that paved the way for George Foster's

02:34:55.799 --> 02:34:58.260
three -run home run that fractured the 2 -2 tie.

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Covage looks at a strike. Mike getting 219, three

02:35:13.700 --> 02:35:24.659
RBIs, homerless on the year. Pitch. Slow curve

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and just missed for a ball. One ball, one strike.

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On deck, Alex Trevino. Seaver bringing it up

02:35:41.799 --> 02:35:45.219
there, and this one is popped up. Going out in

02:35:45.219 --> 02:35:48.399
shallow center is Dave Concepcion. Griffey calls

02:35:48.399 --> 02:35:50.420
him off the ball, and Kenny hauls it in, and

02:35:50.420 --> 02:35:58.100
they're two out. Well, now Trevino, as Seaver,

02:35:58.239 --> 02:36:03.540
seeks to get the match out in order for the fifth

02:36:03.540 --> 02:36:06.700
time tonight. Did it in the first, in the fourth,

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in the sixth, in the seventh. And it's an out

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away from doing it in the ninth inning to nail

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it down. Tom Seitz assigned the line to pitch,

02:36:23.079 --> 02:36:27.700
and Trevino checking. It's low at the ball. Almost

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went too far, but held up in time. Swing and

02:36:39.260 --> 02:36:45.379
a miss. The 35th victory on the year against

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21 losses for Cincinnati. In the sweep of this

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three -game series against New York. Foul ball

02:36:54.139 --> 02:36:56.700
back to the plate by Trevino. A ball, two strikes.

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Receiver, a strike away. Now they start to applaud

02:37:03.940 --> 02:37:07.120
his efforts here at Shea Stadium. Covino puts

02:37:07.120 --> 02:37:09.940
the head of the bat on the plate, cocks it. Seaver

02:37:09.940 --> 02:37:11.959
double pumps on the mound, and here it comes.

02:37:12.299 --> 02:37:14.799
And he's up high and inside with a curveball.

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Two and two. Now they start to stand at Shea

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Stadium as he brings it back to the plate. And

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a ground ball to shortstop. Concepcion to Danny

02:37:28.600 --> 02:37:32.680
Dreesen. And this one belongs to the Reds. Tom

02:37:32.680 --> 02:37:35.120
Seaver with another outstanding pitching performance.

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As he comes into Shea Stadium and goes the distance

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in beating the Mets 5 -2, a sweep for the Reds

02:37:41.879 --> 02:37:44.579
in their seventh consecutive victory. We'll be

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back in just a moment.