1973 10-11 Orioles at Athletics ALCS Game 5

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, here it is. This is the game for the
A's and the Oreols. Thumbary steps into the pitch of
a ball.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Walk high and outside, and here we go. Sumbary came
to the plate three times without a.

Speaker 1 (00:11):
Base hit against the Catfish Hunter in the second game.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
And on the series, Thumbray has been to the plate
four times and it's still looking for a base hit.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
And now the ball two is low from the Oakland
right hander Catfish hunder.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
You.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
They like fighting, sometimes dazzling oriol rookie Al Thumbray, a
left handed batter choked up in the back Hunters rows.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
He's high ball three.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Around that Oakland infield Salve Vandal the third days and.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
It's not one, maybe two even three steps up on
the infield grass. The rest of the infield is up
at least.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
A couple of the steps, and the Hunter has walked.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Thumbray on more Fitch.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
Sumbray is on with the base on ball Lumbria. A
man who stuff does not hit what you can call
a routine ground ball with.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
That blazing speed out the line. The infield has a
tendency every now and then to press a little bit.
You can't take your time fielding and throwing, or Bumbrie
can be the routine round ball to the base pass.
He has great speed, he perhaps does not pers as
well as he would like to, does not always get
the best of jumps, but yet has stolen twenty three
bases this season. And now here's the other half of

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the Sometimes the.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
Dynamic duo of Bumbria and Coggan's Rich Coggins and.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
Bumbria attracts a throw to first base. Hunter just lopped
it over that way.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
Tennis made no tag effort.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Now Coggans is hitting four hundred in the playoff series
with two hits and five trips of pitch.

Speaker 2 (01:33):
Is a foul ball that will make the seats and
be out of play strike.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
One that rich Coggans. Coggins, who has been to the
place five times with two base hits against.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Catfish Hutter Sunday Afternoon of Baltimore, had two.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
Hits in five trips, and defensively, the Oakland infield plays
Coggans just about the way they played Bumbrie a moment ago.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
The right handed catch his hut already he deals and.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
Coggan's bunt hopped up foul behind to play chasing back
the catcher. He can't get to it. It drops four.
The file ball strike two.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
Flossy broke back, but the ball was not in high.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
Enough in the air to give him a chance to
run under him. Just a glorious days.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
In Open for this final playoff game.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
And you just better believe that there are butterflies as
big as eagles in the stomachs of quite a few
people in his fall park today. Yes here, and you
can include this reporter.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
Two strikes to count the rich Coggans.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
Bumbry leading first nobody out. We just started. Hunter is ready.
I have a pitch to Coggins. It's a breaking touch
outside of the count at one and two.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
Coggins does crowd to play for a small man, and
he hits from the.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
Middle of the front of the box. And also like
his teammate Bumber, he chokes up.

Speaker 2 (02:49):
On the back just a little bit, and for such
a small fellow.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
He hits with good power. Ball two is way outside
two and two. Fish, who has just been a magnificent
hurler down through the years. Where the open A's now
is going to get a visitation from this pitching coach
West Stock. So the stock goes to the mound time is.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
Called the catcher fonsee goes out and fell bandal.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
The open A's third basement is ambling in. Seldom does
the reporter have the opportunity that we have here in
Open the staternoon to sit in on a game that is,
you know, just means everything to both teams, and this
kind of an opportunity is the kind of an opportunity
that you can really really enjoy as managers Stick Williams

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and Earl Weaver will be just librating all afternoon and
it's the kind of a game that anybody would just
love to have a chance to see. Now, the two
tube that's coming to Cogan. Here's a fly ball to
Senate field coming up on the ball to Davliel and
the senate fielder is there to make the draft and
we have the first out of the game. It's flies
to centerfielder Sick Davalil's one down now and the batter

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is going to be the designated hitter, Connie Davis. Tommy
has had as you would expect, I think if you
were an Oreo fan and have followed his fortunes throughout
the season. He is again having an outstanding series, particularly
against his former teammates for the Oakland As in the
playoff series.

Speaker 2 (04:15):
As the first four games, Tommy Davis.

Speaker 1 (04:18):
Visiting three fifty three against Catfish Hutter Sunday afternoon in Baltimore.
Davis had two hits in four trips. One out Sumbrey
at first, Catfish is ready to go. He deals bastin
loan of ball one. Bill Haller is the played umpire,
with Nester Shylak at first, George Maloney at second, and

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Jim Oldom at third. And on the foul lines Merril
Anthony on the left field side and Larry McCoy in
the right field side. One out of the inning, Thumbray
opened the ball game with the basin ball. He's at
first stase and they're no.

Speaker 2 (04:49):
Snumbry taken first strike, go to second Dight Bumbrey is states.

Speaker 1 (04:53):
Thumbrey is then with the stolen days and that will
be for al his first deal of the series is
twenty fourth of the year, and for the Baltimore Orioles
that's their first stolen base in this championship series. Umbray
with a great speed. Massy's thaw was quick. It was

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also accurate, but with the speed of Bumbrie. It was
also late sold account of ball had to strike to
Tommy Davis Sumbrie. He is at second base, yeah, and
the cat dish is ready to go once more. The
one one offering to Tommy Davis fly ball center Bill

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davilyol was waiting for coming up a little bit. Davilyels
cout and that's the second out of the shootout. Tommy
Davis fi center bield of daverlyon and out.

Speaker 2 (05:43):
Here is one of the more surprising.

Speaker 1 (05:46):
Orioles in the Championship series. Or a man like Earl Williams,
who was approaching the plate, you expect the power and
run spatted in. However, I don't think that you quite
honestly feel that he would hit for any great average,
even in a short playoff series. But william says pulled
a few people. He is hitting three thirty three, and

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yet he has the home run, and he also has
knocked in four run. He also has a pair of doubles,
five hits and fifteen at bats and against the man
he looks at right now, he went two for four
on Sunday afternoon. The infield cuts around to the third
day side, the outfield around toward left is very deep.
The pitch to Williams, breaking ball all outside and the

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ball won beautiful afternoon and open, and those flight breeze
with his crestment at the ballpark is just kind of
drifting out towards the center field, and every now and
then a little bit toward left field umbrae. The runner
at second base, the walk and a seal of second
two out of the inning and fly balls to the
center fielders. And now the one nothing pitch to Earl
Williams one hundred steps and fires are swinging the.

Speaker 2 (06:51):
Ground ball file outside of third until.

Speaker 1 (06:54):
The count will be a ball and a strength. Paul
Blair kind of put things in this proper perspective as
we look down. He's in the on deck circle last
night when he said, well, yesterday we played for nineteen dollars.

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Today we're playing for twenty thous Now the one one
offering Hunter throws my pop up the up the first
day side. The first baseman's kind of running down the
line waiting for Tennessee for each street plannel out of
the inner put him gone on a fair ball pop
up for the first base of no run, no is

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no eras and one last time at the end of
a happening a play with the gore Bualtimore and I
think at Openland was coming to bat while on the
mind goes Doyle, Alexander and it's all important Game five
of the America League Championship Series.

Speaker 2 (07:53):
Doyle, in the second year of the Nora oldest first in.

Speaker 1 (07:55):
The club's regular starting rotation, twenty three year old Alexander,
had a strong start and a memorable finish this season
with Alexander, who pitched in one the division clincher September
the twenty second at Milwaukee. Back in mid August, Alexander
had a five hundred record of six wins and six
defeet before running off consecutive wins over Minnesota, Kansas City, Texas,

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and Boston, and three of those nods were complete game efforts.
Alexander opened the year with four consecutive victories, two over
in Milwaukee, and won each over Oakland and Boston. His
first defeat came in late May in Minnesota before going
on the disabled list in early July with ten to
night as his right elbow. Alexander was six and four.

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His first outing affter the injury was against Boston August
the sixth, and he did not get via the first
inning and it was a five to three loser. Doyle
had a complete game victory over Oakton. May the seventh
in Baltimore, defeating Raleigh Fingers, enjoying a two hit shutout
until Darren Johnson's homer in the sixth inning and thereafter
the Eights did not have a serious threat and probably

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a top half of the year. Alexander was a no
decision to year. May the fourteenth, in Boston, Alexander ditch
ten shut out inning, had a four hitter at the
Red Sox and the Red Sox won it in the
eleventh inning. Wonted nothing over Bob Reynolds. Well here now
is Burt Kampaniras, Camp and Aras instrumental in everything that

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Oakland does, having a fine championship series with a three
fifty three batting average. At Alexander's first pitch of a
strike over the inside corner, the letters and were under way. Camp.
He has been to the dish seventeen times and he
has six stass, has knocked in three runs and has
surprisingly enough hit.

Speaker 2 (09:45):
Two home runs.

Speaker 1 (09:46):
Alexander throw swinging a file all over the screen and
out of play. Juice ran it will be Bert campaniras
Joe Rudy south Van in that order again Doyle Alexander.
In the bottom of the first inning. The oriol infield
is up a couple of steps against the great speed

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of campan At fifth he struck him out. Alexander throws
three times and Campanius goes down swinging. So we have
one gone and the fatter I will be Joe Rudy
one time in release. This year, Alexander went four and
a third in ing and retires thirteen oakland A's in
a row.

Speaker 2 (10:26):
Rudy is hitting two fourteen and his extra basic was
a home run.

Speaker 1 (10:30):
He had knocked in two and it's been to this
officially fourteen times with three basics. Right hand swinging, Joe Rudy.

Speaker 2 (10:46):
Alexander's rocking motion on the first pitch.

Speaker 1 (10:48):
To Rudy is fast and low in the ball one.
For those of you who have not seen Doyle Alexander,
he would be slightly reminiscent of another former American League
right handed the name of Dean Chan. He kind of
cork screws around.

Speaker 2 (11:01):
A little bit, throws right out of the shoulder three
quarters side armor with a darn goods fast.

Speaker 1 (11:05):
Ball, which is a natural sinker. He blow with us
one in.

Speaker 2 (11:08):
His fall to two balls in those sikes also throws.

Speaker 1 (11:12):
The spider and he has a curveball. You know, the
American League Championship will be decided the Satinoon here in Oakland,
and they couldn't have a.

Speaker 2 (11:26):
Finer day for him. As we look around, that crowd's
getting a.

Speaker 1 (11:29):
Little bit better, but two nothing to Rudy A high
fly ball, well hit a deep and left better field
player and Bumbray are converging and it's going to be
Bumbray the left fielder making the grab in deep left
betterfield or the second out of the inning, Bumbrae lost
the hat scrambling over into the alley and the left
cetter field. That gave him just a what second trouble

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because he was minus the cap pisor even with the
sun glances down and he kind of did stagger just
the second or two before settling under the fly ball
or the second and now here comes file Vando Bando.
Two hits and fourteen trips. They are Boston home run
hitting one forty three and three runs batted in. The
strike HiT's the outside corner of the letters Spando, no score.

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The A's are batting of the bottom of the first inning,
two out of nobody on, and this is the game,
the game for the American League. The one strike pitch
is outside again through ball one ball in one strike,

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the one one offering. I have the pitch breaking ball
perfectly drawn, a strike called the bando that looked like
the slider from Doyle. Alexander Doyle wears the number of
a lot of professional athletes frowned on. He wears number thirteen,

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A ball and two strikes, two out of nobody on.
The Alexander pitch a line drive base into the right field.
Sandal finkles the rights. That's the first thing sit of
the ball here and that will bring in the left
hand batting Reggie Jackson. Jackson is not having a good series.
Two for seventeen, one eighteen batting average has Reggie Jackson

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steps in Earl Williams, the Oreol first baseman, moves in
and takes the bag where the runner Van Doll at first.
The infield cut to the first base side of deep
and Alexander's pitch. Jacob is swinging the ball that is
blowing inside. Reggie Jackson's riding did not move the back.
Paul Blair is very deep in center field and not

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too far toward the alley. He's a little bit toward
right side of but not a whole lot. And the
one nothing goods Reggie a ground ball that toward the
short side bolander. He's got up a short throwd of
the second basement and a port Sando at second base.
For the final out of the innings, Jackson gone on
the taper to the short stop Milanger for the fourth
of Sandeau. At the end of one inning of play,
the score is Baltimore nothing and Ostland or nothing. Well,

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the first inning has been completed in Oakland without a score.
And now to the top of the second inning, and
the Baltimore has had a fielder ball player who against
the Catfish.

Speaker 2 (14:24):
Sunday afternoon, came to the plate three times without of
eight six in the series, he is three to fifteen.
I have a two hundred hitter, right headed batsman. It's
out of a closed a.

Speaker 1 (14:33):
Fairly deep on the box, and Blair does like to
kind of stand in on the plate. And here is
the Catfish's first offering to play.

Speaker 2 (14:39):
A hard breaking that's flown outside ball one.

Speaker 1 (14:50):
And the one nothing pitched to the waiting Blair of
swing and a foul off the screen behind the place,
one ball, one strength. Well before the American League Championship
Series started, most of the Paul experts.

Speaker 2 (15:00):
Around the country says, these two teams, believe me, are
evenly matched, and how right they were as they.

Speaker 1 (15:07):
Are now battling. In game number five, the one one.

Speaker 2 (15:11):
Offering to Blair got the strike Paul a good.

Speaker 1 (15:13):
Breaking ball one and two.

Speaker 2 (15:16):
That's the Paul Blair, Claire Brooks Robinson Bob Dridge are
the two batters on the top of the second.

Speaker 1 (15:21):
The Jim Hunter, I have the right hander's pitch blowing
away ball to two balls right the two to two pitch,
Hunter brings the arm down, it's cut on and fouled
back to the screen. Blair with a kind of a

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swing that he started to work on in spring training,
and Claire, for the most.

Speaker 2 (15:48):
Part, was a fellow who was kind of a dead
pool hitter and as a matter of.

Speaker 1 (15:50):
Fact, defensively the open a's play in that way.

Speaker 2 (15:53):
But he decided that this year he would make.

Speaker 1 (15:55):
A very pronounced effort to do something about his swing.
When the count's got two strikes, shorten up on and
just kind of flicked the bat at the ball in
a effort to make contact. As a result, he had
quite a few bases to the opposite field to pitch
his inside and almost hits Blair at dip nicking. He
is nick five of pitch and Blair kills the first
base and the open a's are leaving about it. Fossy

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and Hunter are complaining. Here comes manager Dick Williams about
to complain, but Bill.

Speaker 2 (16:20):
Haller, the umpire right on the spot, apparently gets satisfied,
so Possey and Hunter. But it was a ball that
glanced off and hits the Paul Blair no harm done.

Speaker 1 (16:27):
He's at first base and will pause the station identification.
This is a walk.

Speaker 2 (16:33):
While Paul Blair hit a glancing blow by Catfish.

Speaker 1 (16:36):
Hunter is at first base. Kenneth moves in to take
the bag, and here is Brooks Robinson, a one eighty
eight hitter in the playoffs. Today, he gets the curve
over the outside corner and a strike is called the
Brooks against Catfish.

Speaker 2 (16:48):
Sunday afternoon, Brooks Robinson came to the plate twice without.

Speaker 1 (16:52):
A base ten three for sixteen in the series. One
of the three is double. He has knocked in two runs.

Speaker 2 (16:58):
The one strike pitch that player the fitches swung out on.

Speaker 1 (17:01):
The ground ball foul down the thirsd day side. That's
the third days up fire. Jim Odom had a little
bit of a problem. Number one, he had to make
a decision fair a file the number two he had
to keep him being hit, and it took him just maybe.

Speaker 2 (17:14):
A second or two longer to make the call that
it might normally.

Speaker 1 (17:17):
The ball was very close to hitting him and he
gave us a good, clear, concise call file ball and
the count of strike two and Blair was running on
the pitch. So the count now is two strikes. Blair
running on the one strike pitch to Brooks, this is
probably the way you'll find both Dick Williams and.

Speaker 2 (17:37):
Earrow Weaver playing in the a afternoon close to the
vest went.

Speaker 1 (17:39):
Down the drain. This is for everything, and they will
do everything humanly possible. They are both very aggressive managers.

Speaker 2 (17:48):
The two strike diitch to Brooks, Robinson Hunter crows, here's
a high foul that.

Speaker 1 (17:52):
We'll find the seats on the first day sign and
the count continues two strikes. We have heard a rumor
as yet unconfirmed that the Detroit Tigers have hired Ralph
Hout as manager. And now it has been confirmed. Yes,
the new manager of the Detroit Tigers the former Yankee

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manager Ralph Hout. The two strike pitch to Brooks, five
ball right field, pretty well, hit back and waiting as
Reggie Jackson. Jackson makes the Cats for the first out
of the Indian player returns to first base.

Speaker 2 (18:24):
So that and I will be Bob Dritz.

Speaker 1 (18:27):
Bob who hit the home run yesterday that allowed the
olioll to put the championship series into this winner take
all games against Catfish Hutter. In two played.

Speaker 2 (18:40):
Appearances, Bob did not have a base hit in Baltimore.

Speaker 1 (18:43):
He is hitting one twenty five too, hits the sixteen
trips and his only extra base it was that Dandy Ins.

Speaker 2 (18:49):
Far as Baltimore has concerned, the home run had wanted
yesterday five to four. The pitch fast and lowell and
the ball won another great afternoon.

Speaker 1 (19:03):
Weatherwise, And now as I look around, this crowd is
getting a whole lot bigger, so we're.

Speaker 2 (19:06):
Gonna have a pretty fair turnout.

Speaker 1 (19:08):
Catfish Hunter has the sign and now he goes to
first day sliers on the bag when the throw got there. Well,
the Orioles have had a man on each inning. Blumbray
was a board with a walk in the first inning,
sole second base, but was stranded out there. Now there
one nothing pitched to the waiting Bob Gritch drank his ball,
the ball in the track.

Speaker 2 (19:28):
Oh yeah, pop, sorry, oh yeah Pop?

Speaker 1 (19:31):
Saw the one one offering to the waiting second baseman.
Bob rich Hunter throws a pop up, it's down the
first day side and foul ground waiting his tennis and
he's got us to the second out of the inning.
Other did a great job fits this box. Rich got

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it right in on his head and he got a
little bit of it. He had fouls to the first
baseman the tennis for the second half. We have uh
two down there and the matter will be and the
etcher Baron, a surprising.

Speaker 2 (20:03):
Heroes shuttled to the background throughout.

Speaker 1 (20:06):
The greater part of the Orioles season. What were the
Orioles trade of Dave Johnson had a few others to
the Atlanta Braves for Earl Williams Well.

Speaker 2 (20:16):
Etche Baron has certainly made his presence felt down through
the last.

Speaker 1 (20:19):
Couple of weeks of the year. And didn't he do
exactly that yesterday afternoon with a three run hold run
to tie the ball game. Hit it off blue Moon
overh So Andy is having a very good series, hitting
three sixty four, four hits, an eleven trips and four runs.
Bat at him the fifth swing, and he didn't get
it right off one strike to Escha Barons and the

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California And it was quite some time ago, earlier this
year in the baseball season and the eche bar realizing
he was.

Speaker 2 (20:53):
Not going to catch, not going to play very much
with Williams around flat Lee.

Speaker 1 (20:56):
Stated that he wanted to be traded. An impossible trade
me to the California Angels. Now the one strike fitch
for the waiting at your Barons Blair at first, with
you out, it said, therego's player, It's taken outside for
ball bill. The second eight is a second day the
sole poppy degree and Claire is cut down trying to
seal the boss, dealing Poppy for the second baseman for

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the Orioles. And the second no run no it no
eras for Oakland and nobody left on at the ant
garb an inning and a half ball of oy nothing
and Oakland nothing, Yeah, the last half of the second inning,
the Oriol right hander Darle Alexander will face Gene Tennis
Vix Davalio and he'd alou in that order. No scoring
in Oakland the games and number five.

Speaker 2 (21:44):
And with the win today, the opportunity to play the
New York.

Speaker 1 (21:48):
Mets in the nineteen seventy three World Series.

Speaker 2 (21:51):
That's worth a great big bundle of doll twenty thousand
dollars and.

Speaker 1 (21:56):
More to the winner. Perhaps the bitch the tennants inside
of the ball one tennis has been to the place
fourteen times with three bassis and one of the three
was an extra vase at the doubles. Doyle, Alexander ready
to go once more. The Baltimore right handed trolls A
swing and a mist that that sinking fastball, one ball

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and one strike. Alexander Keith part and the Frank Robinson
swapped to the Dodgers in December of nineteen seventy one.

Speaker 2 (22:25):
In fact, he pitched for the Robinson managed Sant.

Speaker 1 (22:27):
Turkey Club and the Puerto Rican the Winter League.

Speaker 2 (22:29):
Last Winter pitch file, ball.

Speaker 1 (22:31):
Over the screen and the count is a ball and
two strikes, And Doyle fought the battle and won the battle.
With ten Tonighters this year during the campaign for Baltimore nine.
The one two pitch coming down the tennant, Doyle drolls, lookout,

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it is inside, and it hit the tennis on a
loop for the back, and he is sit by the
fen reaches first, so the lten Hayes starts from second
and eight just away. The Orioles guarded the second and
a like glancing ball that hit tennis and Jerry there
his first phase coat indicates that he's the tennant is
perfectly all right, and the Empire Silac signs into the

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open dugout sagty, the everything's fine. The trainers doesn't have
to make the rist o. Now Here is a little
package that the Oiols have had some difficulty figuring out.
This is Zick Davilo, all left handed batter who was.

Speaker 2 (23:26):
Hitting six sixty seven and he has been just chopped
as all get.

Speaker 1 (23:32):
Out for Baltimore pitching. Now Earl Williams just moved in.

Speaker 2 (23:36):
He has the bag with a runner tennis at first,
and here's Alexander's pitch of butt effort and he pulled
the bat out of the.

Speaker 1 (23:41):
Way and get a strike call. Daviiol looked as.

Speaker 2 (23:43):
Though he were running up the button pulled the bat
out of the.

Speaker 1 (23:45):
Way, but the pitch was in the strike zone. So
vic is down the all in one to Doyle Alexander,
and truth he might just have been getting a reading
on the Alexander pitch because Davaliel for.

Speaker 2 (23:56):
The most part is moving on the pitch fall at
the time, and I will pitch outside.

Speaker 1 (24:00):
To pick one ball in one strike. It's the cat
of the fella. If you bring the ball in on im,
you'll pull us. If you pitch you know, down in away.
He loves to hit the ball the other way and
in truth, defensively, that's the way the Oils are set
up to play Dabolols outfield wise, they planned to hit
the ball the left field and now the one one
pitched to Daviliel alex that goes around the pickers slung
out a ground ball, not cow, but it say just

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so the second it is in time back to first
double play, Doyle Alexander grabbed a spike ground ball and
never hesitated.

Speaker 2 (24:28):
He had his mind made up the minutes the ball
hit the glove, regardless of the outcome, he was.

Speaker 1 (24:32):
Going to second and he did and they got the fourth.

Speaker 2 (24:35):
The second and of the relays, so back to first
base in time to double.

Speaker 1 (24:39):
Up Dave leiol And if you're scoring its pitcher to
the second baseman to the first baseman for.

Speaker 2 (24:45):
The double play. Boy, I'll say it, that was very close.

Speaker 1 (24:49):
To second base. But when you've got so much at stake,
the gamble of that sword is well worth taking. I'm
sure in this case it certainly worked out very well
for the Orioles, but it was a very close play.

Speaker 2 (25:02):
A second two down and nobody on it. Here now
is Hasu Alou and.

Speaker 1 (25:06):
A strike gets called to the big Alou as he
looks at a hard breaking ball. Hasu is hitting three
point thirty three, one hit and three drips. And what
a dandy had was he got the quayar pitch into
left field for a base hit and knock the trying
around the fich to a sue inside and he dropped
the batch one ball and one strike a sue.

Speaker 2 (25:26):
Another one of those fellows does a lot.

Speaker 1 (25:27):
Of wandering around in the box, like Daviliel, moving back
and forth and walking up on a pitch. Douele Alexander's
one one to Alou right down the pipe from the
strikers called that was such a good pitch that played
on fire. Bill Haller just stood up and admired it
for a moment in the said, yeah, he gave.

Speaker 2 (25:45):
Us a strike, call a ball, and two strikes, two
out and nobody on not store.

Speaker 1 (25:50):
Last of the second inning in Oakland, the one two
pitch round ball right back towards Doyle Alexander the pitcher.
He's got up a thrill the first down that takes
care of Oakland in the in the name, no runs,
no hits, no error, but nobody left at the end
of two Baltimore nothing, Oakland nothing.

Speaker 2 (26:08):
In the third inning, Andy Hivin.

Speaker 1 (26:09):
Will lead office.

Speaker 2 (26:10):
For those of you who are thinking in terms of World.

Speaker 1 (26:13):
Series tickets, if it should be Baltimore, the ticket to
office the Oil Office is the Hompkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore.
The open them all from ten in the morning until
three in the avenue at Memorial Stadium.

Speaker 2 (26:23):
Right now, they are into the ticket window at W two.

Speaker 1 (26:26):
The web side W two. If the Memorial Stadium is open,
will be open until eleven o'clock tonight. It'll open at
eight o'clock tomorrow morning and stay open until eleven tomorrow night.
Should the Oils represent the American League in the World Series.
Ticket availabilities.

Speaker 2 (26:40):
The ten dollars upper and lower reserves are available to you.
The six dollars.

Speaker 1 (26:43):
Outfield reserves are also available. You must fight them in
strips of games one and two or six and seven
are all four. Here's a ball one download to anty HB.
I'll repeat that. Now you cannot fight tickets for just
like game one or game two. You must fight for
game one and two or games six, seven, four all four.
Now the one uping pitch to atcha bar at a

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high pop. It's off the first date side and that's
a great day pole area going over waiting for it.
Now is the first day from Battman. He's got it.

Speaker 2 (27:13):
One gone in the top of the third anyone about
an hour's mark.

Speaker 1 (27:16):
Blander Loge is hitting one forty three, two for fourteen
and against his upponical afternoon Jim Hunter. He went to
one for three Sunday afternoon.

Speaker 3 (27:28):
Again.

Speaker 1 (27:29):
On the purchase of World Series sixty cash certified check
or money orders.

Speaker 2 (27:35):
No personal checks.

Speaker 1 (27:36):
Can be accepted. As the ticket window at the Metroyal
City in Baltimore is open right now, will be open
until eleven the night be open again tomorrow eight in
the morning until eleventh and the eight. He already go
to pitch to Mark Flanders, swinging apply ball right field way.
Reggie Jackson's perfectly positioned. He takes two stats up and
makes the cash and apple trees and alf number two.

Speaker 2 (28:03):
Two down.

Speaker 1 (28:03):
Now the batter will be al Thumbrae, and Bumbrae walked
in the first inning and stole the Orioles first. The
sight of the Championship series. Bumbrae on the year sold twenty.

Speaker 2 (28:15):
Three, very shallow at third is a foul band.

Speaker 1 (28:22):
Oh. The pitch to bumbre is high and tight, and
the little fall of rocks out of the way. Ball one.
Now the one nothing ug the left hand hitting Bumbrie.
Two down and nobody on. We're in the top of
the third. No score in Oakland.

Speaker 2 (28:42):
In Game five, Catfish Hunter throws, he's too low.

Speaker 1 (28:45):
Now the count will be two balls, no stripes. They
have the first inning against Bumbray, Hunter carried the count
of three and oh before he lost him.

Speaker 2 (28:55):
Now the two nothing pitch to Bumbrie, Hunter throws, he's.

Speaker 1 (28:59):
Got to strike and right corner at two ball one strike.
But New York Mets recuperating, fat and happy as well.
They should be on a magnificent job as winners of
the National League's tenant. The two to one. Offering high
fly ball left field side, Rudy glances down racing for
the fall line coming up under. Now Rudy is there

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in fair drove to make the catch to retire Ayle Bumbley.

Speaker 2 (29:26):
Three up and three down go the Oiole.

Speaker 1 (29:28):
At the end of two and one halfenings to play,
it is Bulivore nothing and Oakland is nothing. Well the
Oaks of As against Doyle Alexander will come on in
the third inning where their catcher Ray Fosse, second base
from Dick Green have a tapule of batting order Bert Campanas.
Now Fosse in this series today has one hit and

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eight trips. But it was a dandy. It was a
double knock in a pair of runs. He is hitting
one twenty five and the four games today Fosse has
knocked in three opening drop ball in the same game,
game number three.

Speaker 2 (30:19):
All ready to go, the fit's coming down to Fosse.

Speaker 1 (30:21):
He started to go, held back in the swing and
Hewler snaps the right arm and the strike is called
a posse and the one strike coffering coming. It's fast
and low to make the count even. There's one ball
and one strike through the first two and a third.

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It's a Baltimore no runs, no hits, and and open
no runs, one hits. Dan Thought had a right field
single in the first inning, the one one offering ground
ball shocking to get down third, they played book dropping
some strips and tell down book droppings and find a cross.
He is right, trips and fell down. I don't know
whether he stepped in a hole or tripped.

Speaker 2 (31:04):
Over his own foot, but he fell down and knocked
the ball.

Speaker 1 (31:07):
Down, and the ruling will be an errors of the
third baseman brook Robins. So normally it would have been
a very routine sort of a chance for Brooks. But
it once to his right side, and as he bossed
over to his right, I'm not sure whether he stepped
in a hole and dripped, or whether he dripped over
his own foot, but he did fall down and Posse
reaches and here now is green Alexander to the right hand,

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batting Greenie square at the button, takes the ball high.

Speaker 2 (31:37):
And outside, or the moment the AD's got a runner.

Speaker 1 (31:39):
At first date, they have gone to the bunning games.
They started that in the second name.

Speaker 2 (31:45):
They started again.

Speaker 1 (31:46):
Here in they heard it. The A's have had a
runner around at every ending this afternoon. They are all
the runner out and the person and again in the placing.
Bossy the runner at the first date the bitch the
green squarees punts and he did not take these, took
the fitch. Rather, he did not spot.

Speaker 2 (32:03):
He does square it off and pulled the bat out
of the way, and it'll be a ball too.

Speaker 1 (32:08):
That's turn me down.

Speaker 2 (32:08):
Low the green and now looks the third base coach
herve Narge.

Speaker 1 (32:14):
Green moved up on the ball, squared off, did everything
but stab at the fit. But I would account two
balls and the strike. See if the A's still have
the bunt in order. Bossy the runner a first Alexander
set the bun is on. He takes the strike again
the Green squared a zipped the bunch and took the
fift and the strike with tall two balls in one strike.

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See whether or not the ade still have the bunt
in order. Here with a count of two balls of
strike to the right hand batting Green, Alexander grows Green
squares punk fist pay by charging and put him stick up.
I would throw it back to first day by the
sack of fite punt. And now the second base goes
Fossy as gree he has advanced Fossy on the good
sacrifice fund. First baseman Williams to the second base from
covering one gone and the ads of a runner and

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storing posision.

Speaker 2 (33:10):
And the batter will be Verse Campania, who.

Speaker 1 (33:12):
Struck out in the first in Joel Alexander, who's coming
off the mouth and an effort to get to that
fund seem to loser putting in fall down has taken
just a little time walking around up there all alow,
they went, got to settle down once again. Fossy the

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runner at second base, Campania fack of plates with one out,
Alexander's first offering the Campania it's a high pop up.
It's for the second basemen, Rich Bottle the skin of
the infield. Rich is there to make the grab and
that will be the second out of the inning. Two
downs Fossy with cold second base. The batter will be

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Joe Rudy. Rudy who flied to the left fielder in
the first and ax my mind had Rudy who flied
to the.

Speaker 2 (34:07):
Left fielder left fielder and hit the ball very well.

Speaker 1 (34:10):
The ball is it rather deep than the left, not
quite to the warning track, toward the alley in left center,
and the Orioles play Rudy around scored left field in
the outfield and the infield is just about straight up.
Alexander's first offering to the right hand swinging Rudy round ball,
take ship. The left field buffery is yards in a

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round third co spoffy the pickup order. The plate is
joined to be cut off the second base out at
second base.

Speaker 2 (34:38):
The run will score.

Speaker 1 (34:39):
Bossy's score is the first run. Blumbrays throw hit the
cutoff man droogs Robinson and brooks. Robinson wheel is the second.

Speaker 2 (34:46):
Base and that cut down Rudy for the final out.

Speaker 1 (34:49):
So you've set it. Rudy with a single to left field,
a run batted in, and he had shutdown left fielder,
third baseman, second baseman for the final out of the inner.
Oakland picked up a run on a base hip plus
an oreole era and nobody left on. At the end
of three complete it is Oakland one, Baltimore nothing. Well.

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The open A's have a one to nothing lead and
they get it with one of the good breaks in baseball.
And now the Orioles have got to play catch up baseball.
And here is Coggins with a ball one down low.

Speaker 2 (35:23):
The run that scored was Ray Fossey, and he reached.

Speaker 1 (35:26):
Hitting a routine ground ball to the right side of
third baseman Brooks Robinson, who tripped over I believe his
own foot and fell down in an effort to make
the pickup. He never could do it. The error was charged,
and that is the run that scored.

Speaker 2 (35:39):
And now Hunter throws a strike call the rich Coggan's
right up the knees on.

Speaker 1 (35:43):
The inside corner. The right hander back with a one one,
the ground ball over the pitchure's head to us right
the second base and he's got up to throw on
the first and that's the first out of the inn.

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One gone is cogging grounds out to the second baseman,
Dick Green. And now here comes Tommy Davis, and the
cat's dish gets that halfing, braking pitch over the outside
corner of the knees. Drank one is called the Tommy.

Speaker 2 (36:23):
What a brilliant performer, Cattish Hunter has been down through.

Speaker 1 (36:27):
The ears this open ball club, and what a competitor
the one strike pitch. Davis looks at it.

Speaker 2 (36:33):
It's blown outside of account as even the one ball
and one strike right.

Speaker 1 (36:36):
Now the edge of the open as they lead one
and nothing. Now the one one pitch Hunter rocks and throws.
David Swington hits the high fly to right field, cutting
over door the foul line and crossing the file line
is right fielder Jackson, and he's got it for the
second half. A foul ball fielded by right fielder Reggie

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Jackson for the second half seven in a row, now
retired by Campfish. Hunters then see it's player and put
him on and the second and the h the matter

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with the earl Williams with.

Speaker 2 (37:22):
Two out of nobody on, Hunters moved the right handed
pitched to Williams.

Speaker 1 (37:28):
Blown away ball one a run on to it or
Oakland no runs No, It's and an era for the oreoles.
This game now in the top of the fourth inning.
And this is the game for the aids and the os.
The one nothing pitched to william playing on one bare

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one trick.

Speaker 2 (37:57):
Now, this crowd, every time we look around, looks to
be a little bit figure.

Speaker 1 (38:00):
And a whole lot better. Apparently we have another late
arriving crowd here in the Bay Area. Now the one
one pitch coming to world Williams ground ball, fair base way,
it'll be a foul ball that stando gets to it
behind the bag. One and two accounts of the four
were all first baseman william The one two pitch way

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outside the count has even the two ball two strikes.
Can't pitch hutter if you haven't had the opportunity to
see him. Would remind some of you people who've watched
baseball for quite a few years of a Robin Roberts.
Now the two two pitch on her throws low for

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a ball. Hunt controls hard, good breaking stuff, good control,
and the only time he seems to get in trouble
is sometimes it's controls just a little bit too good,
I guess, and the results the home run ball. And

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he threw thirty nine this year. Look out a line
file down a third eye side and the ball girl
down in files down made a reasonably good stat to
knock it down three and two the council the better
Earl Williams. That was a line right for one top.
And I would have to think that that young lady
hopes that there'll never be another foul ball like that

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whatever her area then ticks with that kind of a
hard chance to have it three and two.

Speaker 2 (39:49):
The council Williams with two out and.

Speaker 1 (39:50):
Over the own on the top of the fourth time,
william'sself and Hulder made him weight. He wants to back
out and make hundred weights and wanted nothing open to
the top of the fourth innings. The catfish is ready.
He deals low for the ball four. So Williams fast walk.

Speaker 2 (40:08):
And that will be the second walk given up by
Jim Hunter.

Speaker 1 (40:11):
And the batter now will be Paul Blair. And before
he steps then we'll grab a station break. This is
the Baltimore Oriole Baseball Network Center. He was at a
glancing glow by a Hunter pitch and the second inning,
Tennant stepn't hold with Williams the runner at first in
the two hout situation, and the pitch to Blair got
out and next kind of a fast wing. Paul was
as though he just couldn't make up his mind on

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him was apparently pooled completely by a catfish. It's maybe
the fast ball and he expected it to be a
breaking ball down the one strike pitch Hunter delivers again.
Here's the ground file outside the first of account of
two strikes to Paul Blair.

Speaker 3 (40:52):
Ye hundred two strikes.

Speaker 2 (41:14):
That the Blair step the bitch high fly right.

Speaker 1 (41:17):
Field shadow rightfielder coming on first das back second day
from crossing over the second base makes the drab of
Kyle territory for the dalfin air uh no runs and
it's no air and the man last at the end
of three. At what happening it is? Oakland won Baltimore nothing.

Speaker 2 (41:38):
In the open half of the fourth inning, Gyle Alexander.

Speaker 1 (41:40):
Will work against the SMaL Vanda, Reggie Jackson and Gene
Tennis in that order. And for those of you who
were out here in the third inning, the open a's
gotta run. They opened the inning Fossy hitting a ground
ball to the right side of all the.

Speaker 2 (41:53):
Old third days from book Robins.

Speaker 1 (41:55):
And as he moved over to make the play on
the routine.

Speaker 2 (41:57):
Ground ball, he tripped and felled out the.

Speaker 1 (41:59):
Ball Any popped out of the Eddy couldn't make the
play and Fossey reached it with Shars and Arra Green
factify Fossey the second base camp and er spots in
the second basins the second out. Rudy then singled the
left to score and Possey was a run and Rudy
on the throat of the plate headed for second base.
The throw geit the cutoff man and when turned out
at the second base and Rudy was the third out
of the inning. Drake has called a hard breaking ball

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at south bambo. As we go to the bottom of
the fourth and half, the oriole said yes.

Speaker 2 (42:27):
To get an eight sift off catfish hunter and the
Oriol right handed fires.

Speaker 1 (42:32):
Here the drive well hits. He shot a half heel
five Bumbray back of the wall after.

Speaker 2 (42:35):
Sumbray leap He's got it in foul ground.

Speaker 1 (42:39):
Sumbury went up against the barrier of the deep left
field corner and made a.

Speaker 3 (42:43):
Spectacular leaping cat.

Speaker 2 (42:45):
Now this ball was not a carried over the wall
and truth it was a foul ball.

Speaker 1 (42:50):
And Bumbray going racing into the corner across.

Speaker 2 (42:53):
The file line, leaping into the air.

Speaker 1 (42:55):
The hand the the five foot eight ol Bumbrae once
again at sam Van goes back to the dugout's kind
of talking to himself. An outstanding defensive play from Baltimore
and left fielder Al Thumbrie. Here now is Reggie Jackson
the one out and nobody on and the Alexander pitch
ground ball right side of second base and Rich's backhanded
staff recovered throws. They get it Rich going hard to

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the right.

Speaker 2 (43:18):
Backhanded stab of the ground ball, rock back and fired.
I'm takers the first baseman Williams from the second out
of the NAAC.

Speaker 1 (43:25):
Two down hour and the batter will be tennis. Jean
was get a glancing blaw and a pitch the gun
away from Doyle.

Speaker 2 (43:31):
Alexander and the second in tenn It's kind of just
bent from.

Speaker 1 (43:34):
The hips to get out of the way of the ball.
Just nick came over the back of ease. I think
the right shoulder, not two certain dent from the hips
to get out of the way of the ball. Just
nickime over the back of ease. I think the right
shoulder an' two certain Tennis stopped for a couple of

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pleasantries the word of two of the played on fire
Viille hall I before stepping in. And here is Alexander
ready to go with two out of nobody on the
right handed trolls line drive and it's a foul ball
down on the third day side a draguak well over
the inter comedy fresh box. Here at Open we are
again giving the information that Ralph's house was today named
manager off the Detroit Tigers. Pitch fileball. This one will

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make the seats and the counts. Two strikes to the
tennis the open as a run on two hits. The
Oreols no runs and no hits. The absolute low spot
for the Orioles yesterday had to be through the middle
innings four, five and six, as Spider Blue was shoving
them out on two hits. And then want a complete
about space, the two strike fitch to tennant Alexander trolls

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just outside the ball and two strikes. And it happened
so quickly that the audience here at the Econosseum, where
you know, just kind of shocked and stunned. The one ball,
two strike sitch Alexander troll line ride.

Speaker 2 (44:56):
They ships through the ens of three kind of rocks
the thing.

Speaker 1 (45:00):
In the better hit number three for the Open and
eight and that will bring out the left hand batting
David Leel with tennis a board in the second inning
and nobody out and Davaliel at the place. The Oakland
manager Dick Williams had tennits running and Davaleel hit a
ground ball back to the mound and Joyle Alexander gambled

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in one. He stamped up the ground ball and wheeled
a great throw to second base to execue the fourth
on tennants, and then Rich's relays throw to first base
doubled David Leo. Well, there are two out now and
tennants at at first base. And here is Dick Davilio.
He is four to seven in this series, and he's
been a tough ouse for the Orioles every time they've

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looked at him. It's kind of a shot put saut
the first state from Doyle Alexander no play, and for
the first time today we get bullpen activities, and it
looks as though it's going to be Jim Palmer. The
Oiel right handed Palmer is beginning to warm in the
oiol bolts at the fact hide the fit out five
and a ball. Want to know now to Davilo. Davalio

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had one eighty eight in the thirty eight games for
open on the year. Now the one nothing, that's the
left handed batter outside again ball two, two balls and
no strike. Joe all Alexander Right now, it's vain Kate

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of the moms out on the infield grafts on the
first day side of the mound. It's a little a
little bit of a breatherec did some hard thinking. Relax,
that's bet he could announ the to nothing to dabblio
flve ball well hit right field, talk us back on
the warning back backing, leads over his head and off
the wall. Here is Bennis in the third base. Tennis
is coming home. He will score the runner going to.

Speaker 3 (46:52):
Third and he is in.

Speaker 1 (47:00):
Davaliol triple over the head of light dealer Coggans and
off the wall to knock in tennis with run number
two and the puffest of the lsanase by far for
the Orioles have been the little guys Burt Campanis and

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Vic Davilol. Daviliol has stuff tripple to knock gain run
number two, a line shot straight in the right deal
Coggan's the right dealer went racing back desperately hoping for
a play made the lead. The ball evaded the glove
and hit the wall, and Cogan's collided with a barrier.

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But it's perfectly all right. Tenne's three wheeling around came
on the score and it's Papeland the two and Baltimore
or nothing. And Davi Leel is coming into the dugout,
the doctor manager of Dick Williams. And we'll see whether
or not he is going to be replaced by a
runner over there for a consultation. But Dad Leel has

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come into the dug out, and now just as quickly,
Davilo is going back out again. And we were wondering
why that would David, he thought he could take a
time while fitting coach Vanburger talked to Doyle. Alexander, Davi
Leiel would take a little guy to go into the dugout.
Go with two down, a single pie senner, a triple
by Dadalio, and the as lead to Suhi and here

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now is a du alou. In the second inning, Alexander
got in on a taper to the mouth. Doyle ready
to go. I have the pitch tabou line right, taste
it left field and here comes Dadaliol. Hol would run
up for free. Well Doyle, Alexander got Dando. That's Nott

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the inning on a circus sat by his left field
of Bumbrie. Then he got Jackson on the roof beings
down ball. The second Baseman Brick and then the roof Day,
then Tennis a line single but almost took his head
off into SETI field. Davileel with a blazing line drive
shot against the wall in right field to store. Tennant
Halloo with the first fixed line drive single in the

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left field to store Daviliel.

Speaker 2 (49:16):
And manager Weaver has come to the mound, and that.

Speaker 1 (49:18):
Is going to be yet for Doyle. Alexander where he
got the first two vento the inning, and then the
open aids who.

Speaker 2 (49:25):
Believed me are a good cuff hitting ball up.

Speaker 1 (49:27):
Jeff Kane after Alexander and Habiting was free shorting line drive,
they said, So Alexander is out and Doyle leaves the ballgame,
and from the bull fan will come yesterday's starter, Jim's Palmer.
And while the new picture makes his way to the mound,
let's pause poll her a moment well. From the oil

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bullpen comes Jim Palmer making a relief appearance, his second
relief appearance of the year and his second relief appearance
in the last four years. The Alive of thirty relieved
against the Milwaukee Villars, which was his first relief appearance
since nineteen sixty nine, and Palmer throws a strike call
for looking possy. Now the oak of A's with two runs.

Speaker 2 (50:14):
On three hits, and I mean they were froze in
a rope.

Speaker 1 (50:19):
Are leading Baltimore three to nothing as Palmer deals the
curve high on the count as one ball in one strike.
That first day a two halloo, so one one the
fits comming of the ground ball to the short side Flander,
he's got to throw the second and that's the fourth

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of Valou coming down the line for the final out
of the inning. But the open As had a ferry
productive in it. Two rounds, three hits, an Oriel arabs
one man left at the end of four. The store
is Hopeland three, Baltimore nothing. Last the Orioles come to

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that on the top of the fifth inning in Oakland.
They are now in the same spot they were yesterday afternoons.
Light of Blue was shutting them out on two hits
through six innings, and they were able yesterday to catch up. Today, however,
they are out against Jim Catfish Hunter, who through the
first four innings has not allowed even a single base

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Hi and Hunter and the open Ay's in this all
or nothing at all games are leading Baltimore three to nothing,
three runs and five hits, the Orioles no runs and
no hits, and Brooks Robinson now for hits second at
that against Catfish Hunter in the second inning on a
two strike, offering Brooks to slide to the right fielders.

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So the open A's have built a very good cushion
for one of the game's best competitive Catfish Hunter. The
pitch to brook ground ball third day played Vandal charge
that he's got a catill on the first one goal,

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one up and one down the bat, and I will
be Bobby Gritch, Gritch who homered in theyfter the after
the game to give the Orioles a five for victory
and bring them into this crucial tip game. The ball
is outside the Gritch. I have the one nothing pitch

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a strike could call and Hunter just torn on Hunter,
who won twenty one games and lost five this year
for the ULDs today and his defeat of the Orioles
four times without a defeat this year a swing and
a foul ball right at the play. Last year Hunter
won a ball a game and lost two and on

(52:58):
the year James against this and on the career out
of James, I got this is now one eighteen and
lost fourteen against Baltimore. Our twenty one game winner last year,
our twenty one game winner in nineteen seventy one, an
eighteen game winner in nineteen seventy So one ball, two
strikes that hutter trove. Gritch gets a ball outside. Two

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balls in the light, so you can hear the umpires
back from the seat's loaning jump a little.

Speaker 2 (53:23):
Bit, two and two the council the batter Gritch, And
so far it.

Speaker 1 (53:34):
Has been all the open Aye and catfish Hunter, but
to two offerings. On the way to Gritz, I pop foul.
We'll find a seat falling to play, so we'll ride
along with the Count George. The cat Fish throws struck

(54:04):
him out, blinging the mass strick joke down, the cattrick
shudder out his birth dreakout, shoot down, and the only
all have of the good thing. And the battle now
is and the atcha baron at baron in the third

(54:32):
inning against the Hunter, filed out for the first place.
When Jean come in, Hunter throws a ball outside, now

(54:59):
the one I think that and right back, swinging the
line drive down. The third day fight fair ball going
into the left field corner, the first hit of the
game for the Oriols. Around first Dase going for Jewish
and the cher Baron are two out double in the
left field corner by the Oriole catcher Etra Baron his
fifth hi in the firsteen trips to the Oriols. Finally

(55:26):
blake through one of they said against Catfish hunters, the
battle will be Mark Blander Falander a first ball hitter
against Hutter. In the third things guide to the right
fielder for Reggie Jackson Catfish taking just a moment or

(55:54):
two because I Narine is indicating to the outfielderstead of
field daddle leel. They wanted to move a little bit.
They want running more toward the alley and right center
field against the right hand wings of the Lands and
what a whole of that outfield out over the head
of the short stop, more toward the left center and
direct center field. The pitch coming to Lander at ground
ball Thursday side Vandogg is getting to it in foul
ground and the counters one dragon Reggie Jackson. The right

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fielder is very shallow and within maybe fifteen twenty yards
of the foul line on the right field corner. Davi
le A not quite so shallow but way way over
in the alley and right center, and the left fielder
Rudy is pretty well off the foul line down in
left field, not too deep, so there's a gaping hole
out over right out over the head of Andy Echavara,
the base runners. He takes his lead at second base

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hundred pitch to blandron is two strikes tomorrow two out
at Shavaron a second Oakland three, Baltimore up and where
are these comin the fifth inning, Game five, this is
the game for the American League. We'll pitch file away

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two strikes. Continues the two strike opering the Mark Flandrew

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captives checks at about of mout thro the ground ball fair,
theay played bando charges played on the half hop guns
that thrill the first if time the lander is the
final out well one hit so airs and one last.
So we have a four and a half in ach
and Game five and open the open age three the
ball ball the old nothing and then everybody listen phill
O'donnald joining you on the radio side of our Brockcap

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coverage out of the open coliseum in the age fifth
inning and opening leading in the game three to nothing,
the league game. The final game, the Nick Green, Urt
Champanez and Joe Rudy against reliefer Jim Palmer's one man
that's come in for Alexander Lampstoning and got him on
a ground ball forts play cutting them inside Green on
a horrid Palmer curve. Green then the top of the

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other Campaneros and Rudy Green ju justedb out to the
front of the box and the right hand battered butnt
George first a Armer with a bare hand pick up
and a good throw and alert play by a great athlete.
Now it's nothing new to see Palmer come off the
mound on one side or the other, charge in front

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of the mound of the grass towards the place. He
had a quick reaction on a bunch with Green, tried
to drag by the mound, get it by Palmer and
also by Brook. Robinson and Palmer got up their hands
pick up. As a matter of fact, he would tire
a Green so alert he was by a good three
step camp and Eras hit the ground ball. George short
landre digged it out, hurried to throw and it's in

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time through two gons in the bottom of the fifpenings.
Here's Rudy. He's had some big hits in this game,
not too many. Got some key kluck Wallace. It was
Rudy staged in off Alexander in the third that George
contis and that's got the A's their first run. Three

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of Rudy's four hits in this series have driven over
Oakland valleys. Rudy a right hand batter, sting and filing
it right back to take one for you late sooners
in along the Big Oriole Radio network. During the playoff series,
it was a scoreless game through two innings, and then

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on the bottom of the food Opland got a run
packed away and got two more off Alexander.

Speaker 2 (59:51):
And knocked him out.

Speaker 1 (59:52):
Last innings right handed, the right hander, and the matchup
is farmer to Rudy with two out ground ball George
shortstop again, billanders right there with no trouble, and Pros
with no trouble for the final out. We've gone five
rapidly played innings in the final game of the playoff series,
Oakland three told him more nothing. Well, here we go

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into the top of the sixth inning and it will
be speaking of the top the head of the Oriel
orders the two little Guys and the speed merchant Thumbrae
and Coggin to be followed by Tommy Davis. Through five innings,
the catfish has been real tough to not give up
a day sit in the game until a two out
double lass inning by at Shabaran. At one stretch in
the game, Hunter retired seven in a row. That was

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after he nick Flair with a pitch to begin the second.
He then cut down in order Robinson, grich atcha Baron, Blanders, Thumbray, Coggan, Davis,
and then finally gave up a walk to Williams. He
has given up two walks the Wigans pass in the
fourth plus the leadoff pass on four pitches to Bumbray
to start the game.

Speaker 2 (01:01:00):
We all fall fall. Also, it appeared duck when we.

Speaker 1 (01:01:06):
Were broadcasting a little bit turda down the third day
foul line on the telecasting booth. It appeared ducks. But
early in the game Hunter was not firing hard, but
in last to two innings or so he has controlling
a bit harder. Once again, there's that third day spin
bando coming up and playing right in the proas of
Oriol Batters, this time against Thumbrady, So wind up my

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hunter and here we go. On the top of the
sixth it's a strike call against Thumbray, who can hit
any field. Jackson is over to the right, Rudy is
over the left, Davilo is straightaway center, Hi pomp up
third daysman Vando between the bag and the mouth. It

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is bandos play and there's out number one. Yesterday, the
Orioles did not score anything until the seventh innings. They
were down at that point four nothing, tied it won
it in the eighth. They trail here in the sixth inning,

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three nothing.

Speaker 2 (01:02:11):
Coggin's the batter.

Speaker 1 (01:02:11):
Rich applied the center and bounced to the second baseman.
We've had a little bit of an unusual postseason assignment
for umpires. Normally the umpires rotate foul lines, with six
umpires used foul lines around the bases, but not in

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this series. It's low to Coggins and ball one. In
five games, we haven't had five different umpires back of
the plate. Three men have handled the plate, Tallard, Skylak,
and Maloney, so one zero deliberty is a strike call
to Rich. Nester Shilac and Bill Hallis have worked two games.

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Back of the plate. George Maloney works the other game.
Haller is back to today, calling balls and strikes on
the one one is a check swing rolling foul outside
of the Orioles church Day dugout. It is ball one
and strike two to Coggins with Davis Nack, the Hunter

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winding and the right hand is next pitch found a
way backing out of play. No play at all for Posseas.
In his appearance in Baltimore in game two won by
Opland sixty three, Catfish Hunter did not go the route.
He did go seven plus innings Sunday gave up three
runs and seven hits in his six to three wins.

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It'll be Hunter again going to Coggins with one out
with a one two bitch. He's outside two balls, two strikes,
while though there are two strikes to Coggins and who
plays inside third up to the ground two two are
coming line dropped by the first Statesman and a fair

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ball around first phase is Taggins. He is on his wait.
A second Jackson plows song, but it's cut off by
the second Daysman graves a rope double just inside the
right field foul line, so bulk Oriel hits now have
been two baggers and if this is any side on
the last uh, these postseas doubles have been shots but

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have been pulled head Shavarron pulled a double into the
left field corner. The right hand batter. Coggan's pulled a
two baggers as a left hand batter right down the
right field foul line. He's his second with one out
and Tommy Davis steps in. Davis in this game has

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flied out twice to David Lewan center and to Jackson
in right field. No activity in the open bullten Coggins,
who can fly leading us secon and has a good edge.
With one out, David popped it up third baseman Vandal
on the foul line into foul territory without number two
a fine Vandal.

Speaker 2 (01:05:09):
Let's pause the station identification.

Speaker 1 (01:05:12):
This is the Orioles Baseball on Network. Williams has been
a base runner in this game, and that came on
a fourth inning walk off of three to two pitch
after he flicked the bat and fouled off a two
three two bitches when he says hunter in the opening inning,
he plopped to the first baseman Tennis. Now the outfield

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goes around a deep left rudy way back and pulled
older Davile on center gang way over and deep in
the left center, well the right center and kind of
deep as Jackson camp and Eric right to the hole
on the left side. Sando practically on top of the
foul line and deep at third. On the first pitch,
Williams fights the foul down the third base side behind

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the coach. Hunter arena. Thing opened with a run of
a third and a pair in the fourth ship. Williams

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flicking the bat back and forth, spreading the seat and
we'll look back, my hunter. His pitch is way outside.
He drew a wide low snapper, so Ray Fossey, instead
of whipping the ball directly back to the Hunter, decides
to walk it out halfway and then have a very
brief meeting. Blair is standing on deck. Williams is batting
with Coggin's at second Bason two out second Bason green

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yanked over to his throwing side the right side, just
to the first day side of second and d that's
the manam as Coggans have to look at as he
leads from seconds one. One pitch, it is low, two
balls in one skide with a three run lead and
not laid in the ball game, yet not really late

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that this hundred might figure. Well, I'd rather put Williams
on and have him lose one and go after player,
so I won't give him anything too fat. Maybe he'll
bite two and one.

Speaker 2 (01:07:11):
I pop up.

Speaker 1 (01:07:12):
It's back out of playing foul. You've all two thus

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in his ballpark. Longer foul lines and back home in Baltimore,
three hundred and thirty feet down left and also downright
to two hundred of Williams. It's on the way. I
foul again, back to this part of the ballpark, directly
the Opland starter still on the scene, the Oriole starter

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Alexander repped in the fourth innings of Jim Palmers. Another
to two fitch from Hunter ear Williams with Coggins a second.
Another foul comes freen backs sal Bando marching over from

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third base. It's not directly towards Hunt if he is
about a good thirty feet away, but just parking something
at the catfish. Now. Most pitchers know what they're supposed
to throw batters, but fellows like Bando, kind of the
leader in the open infield, will just remind them every
once in a while. To make sure that the concentration
stays strong. Coggin's off second to two to Williams. From

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here it is off. The threats fall three that was
just off the outside corner. Williams looked like he was
going to go after the fitch, chase the fitch, and
then decided no. From the same situation back in the
fourth inning, Mother with three two with Williams then walked in,
Let's find out what happens here. In the sixth inning
three and two dogs leading hunter throwing round ball. George

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the hall camping eris is there? Pros the first, said Williams,
basting out George. The first no runs a one out
double by Conkins, and he's stranded at the end of
five and a half.

Speaker 2 (01:09:35):
Innings of play.

Speaker 1 (01:09:36):
Opened three Baltimore or nothing. Well, it's the home half,
the lower half of the sixth innings for the open
ball club. In the age they're leading, We'll reading nothing, Vando,
Jackson and Tennis. The battles against him Corn and Sando
had one of the five opened it, and there was
a two out single in the first inning. He was

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robbed on a great catch by bum and the poor
thing is fun Bray leaped across the bowl line of
the left field fence when made a catch brown ball
Deacon up Brook Robinson happened in the glove. Rando was out.
Robinson to Williams on the first pitch from Farmer.

Speaker 2 (01:10:16):
Now at Greggie.

Speaker 1 (01:10:17):
Jackson er for two in this game, two for nineteen
in the series. Gaggats backing off real deep in right field,
though with Blare and Finer low inside with a breaker

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in ball on.

Speaker 2 (01:10:47):
Three nothing.

Speaker 1 (01:10:47):
The ads batting in the sixth and batting Jackson, who
lies at Johnson left field. Oncome Sunbray to Margan cow
browning pet Jackson headed for a second. Jackson will clim
up a pad and then NiFe and stump. He came
around second base, went into a side and that's the
way he roke his print a line drive in front

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of Cumbray for a single. Then he mis waves the
base hit into an era and Jackson goes to second
single but when out by left field of Umbras Jackson
at second he just got the opposite field hit and
here's TenneT. He's been hit by a fit at fgles

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and endured one of the three eight runs and one
on at second base with one out. Connor looked back
to the runner Jackson and delivers, and it's Paul won.
The Sennate poet Bob Reynolds will begin to grow in

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the Oriel boat. Then he has blended relief aparent yesterday
here and he'll be joined by Grant Jackson, who was
even more explended in the league. Palmer the right hand
swinging senates with Jackson off second and wild ground ball.
George shot Jackson says the second Balandre's gonna hurry. He
does very and get his role in Zimes to William

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Tennis beat the ground ball towards Blanders throwing side. Here's Daviliel.
He had a free bagger they on the leafing glove
of the right field of Taggan in the fourth thing
off the right field wall that drove in a run.
And then later Daveliel's short on a loose day. Sid

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Jackson still at second, babe, and are they gonna walk
dave Leel. That's what's going to happen. They will put
Davaliel on in pencil it. His baulong is very wide.
They will save Jay Lew instead. Here's ball two wise

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and coming up the third wide one. You want to
think about a loo. He has sent a rootine round
ball to the mouth and he had single left knocked
in her run. Meanwhile, Davaliol being walked, and that last
outside pitch almost got my edge about it. First walk

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given up by Parment, first walk given up by Oriole
pitching this one intentional. Here's a loo a right hand
about him, what they call a free flinger. Anything near
the plate high, low, in or out, you go back
to him. So that's the scene. The eaves are batting

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and the ticksen and they've got Jackson a second. But Davaliel,
who has just put on purposely at third a rude
taking time now digging him just inside the rear strifle
the buns. Now he's ready and sell his commer goes
after him, stretches and works. Is a high pop foul
birt state side, William drifting under it near the box seat.

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William pass it and then leads on top of the
rolled up star up in front of the box seats,
but just leaps up casually. He had the play made
him the found pop Uphois out the side has retired
at the end of six open three Baltimore, and nothing
well before the Orioles come up. In the seventh inning,
Open manager Dick Williams gets up his two insurance policies

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in the bullpen, left handed noles and right handed fingers
before play also starts. In the top of the seventh
I think Bert campaners the shortstop. I had gone out
without sunglasses, and just before Hunter was ready to work

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to Blair, camp he decided, well, I better take my
own kind of insurance out with me, namely the sunglasses
against his high sky and bright sun. All right, let's
find out about Blair. He's been hit by a pitch.
He's also been out stealing and has fouled out cats Fish.
Shutter has not given up a run, has only issued

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two hits, and he's got a strike a Blaire's knees.
And here we are on the top of the seventh
and eight Catfish shunted to Paul Blair. Healstrikewan foul down
the first base side towards the oriol dugout no chance
for Tennis nor for Sassy has backed several rows in

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the seats all after Blair, Robinson and grits the hits
off Hunter a pull double the left the hill by
the right hand batting Atchabad a two bagger by Coggan's
pulled the right, pulling to to Blair breaking ball Luke

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Foul down the right field side, again to the seats
and just behind the Oriels right field, both end. You
can be sure you're thinking about what might be on
the mind of open managers sick William. If there is
any sign, any signer indication, and Hunter is weakening, he

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will go to his bullends another strike, two picks just
off the corner. Blair was lunching, controlled the bat and
did not cut one ball, two strikes. Hunter has been
firing hard, breaking stuff at Plaire on one and two

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is a flyball to deep left. Rudy is back at
the wall, makes the cat about one long side in
front of the ball and left field. Claire is a
long out still left.

Speaker 2 (01:16:54):
Brooks Robbinson.

Speaker 1 (01:16:56):
Sent a fly ball the right with Jackson haled in
the second bounced the third vand of the tennis and
the fifth off here all right, Brooks right now and
Gritch after Brooks so wind up by Hunter, he kicks
and throws. He's got a strike with an inside corner fastball,

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and neither Nooles nor fingers flowing down at all, both
throwing hard still in the open tens fouled out of
play and like to the brook drippings. This was the
inning yesterday in which the Orioles side the game strike

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two are on the way from the Catfish to Brooks outside.
One ball and two strikes. Hunter wasting no time, he's
got the wig wags of Pote comes forward one and two.
Jack swing on a low curve. Bill Hallis shakes his
head and Williams come leaping out of the hoping dugout

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asking how at a check with next duke Hyla the
first phase dumpire Gylck says, no, he did check the
swing in time. My companion back of the plate, how
I was right? Two balls, two slide the next deal
by Hunter outside Paul three with wyl and nobody on.

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Here's the payoff that the Brooks live ball left center
field over at dabble Leo. He dives, he can't get it.
He plays it on the first pomp and Brooke Robbinson says,
the first phase Davieeol was just go slightly the right center.
DA's in the center field. Across the outfield. The big
Phillips left center made an attempt and then played it

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on the first jump. Brooks Robinson, who had a key
hit in the four run rally and the seventh thing yesterday,
now has a base hit with one out here in
the seventh and Bobby Gritches of that air hit number
three off Hunter Oakland three the birds nothing bottom of

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the seventh ritch today against the right handed has found
out and stanned Robinson with a short laid hell by
ten A bank at at first base hits a strike
outside corner of the eave. Hunter's pattern against christ and

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this game has been to throw him outside of an
eve and then come up into him. Let's see what
he does on this pitch. He was outside of the
knees on the corner on the kirch. Delivery is only one.
His low inside is one ball and one strike. He
might have done a little string pulling with that breaking ball.
So it's one ball, one strike, one on one out,
vand Dog tights the third right up. Even with a

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bag the stretching Hunter to the place inside two balls
in one strake. Nole's is still up in the balls.
Then he's the left hander, but not throwing. He feels
he's ready if needed. The right handed fingers now is
throwing easily two one fire like catfish Hunter, rich Is

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Brown Low, it's fall three, catcha barn is on deck.
The lander's back in the dugout. We're drifting now towards
the lower end of the order. Robinson just abbed the
one out single. Tennis no longer holds on three and one.

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Here's a high drive to a right center field. Daffa
Leel is waving off Jackson. The center fielder says, I've
got it, and he does.

Speaker 2 (01:20:55):
Out number two.

Speaker 1 (01:20:58):
Catcha n steps Andy got the first wallop off Hunter
in this game. A two out double ripped into the
left field corner that came in the fifth inning. Coggin's
got a head last inning a double. Brooks had one.
Here in the seventh with one out, Bando has marched

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over from third, has stayed behind Hunter's shoulder quite a
bit to the rear of the mound. Dando is walking away,
and now Dando walks back. Dick Green started to make
a move to the mound, and the second baseman starts
to go back towards the right side of the enfield.

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There is a slight breathe in his fall park, but
really of no consequence at Savan digging in and pounding
the plate with the end of the bat, Hunter gives
a look to Brooks at first base with two out,
delivered fly ball right eight field back goes Jackson. He
is under it and waiting, and there's the third out.

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At the end of six and a half inning in
the final game of the American League playoff Series, Open
three Baltimore. Nothing coming up to the Opland seventh inning.
Jim Palmer, who relieved Doyle Alexander in the fourth inning,
will be facing Fossey screen the eight nine minute the
order and then campanis the lead off Fatic FOSSi was

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the battery when Palmer relieved Alexander in the fourth inning
with one on and two out, and he made Fossey
bounce into a fourth play. Fosse the first trip and
the third grounded towards Brooks Robinson, who lost his putting
up the glove on the ball and was miss and
misplaited and was charged with an arrow low and outside
ball one to Fosse. Fossey drove in three of open

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four runs yesterday. Next pitch five Palmer high five all
right center player from center Coggin's from right. Coggins is
there and makes the catch with one out. In the
open seventh, Dick Green was coming up, started for the
batter's box and decided to go back towards the on

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deck area where camp and eris is kneeling and wanted
to rough up on the start down. Although Green does
not have a base hit in this game, he has
played a vital part in helping the A's get a

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run wings and bounced right back to strike one after
FOSSi was safe on Brooks Robinson's there. In the third,
Green laid down a fine back beside fun got FOSSi
to second and from their FOSSi scored on Rudy's day
hit fly ball right field Coggin's in and then breaks
back casually for the putouts. Green is a quick out,

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so both Fosse and Green had guy into the opposite field.
Campanis no trouble today, but a lot of troubled in
the series. Today, Campanias has stand chopped up and bounced out. However,
he has six sits in the series, two of which
have been Homer's Palmer to campan as way high and

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ball one. Palmer kicks and works foul back of the place,
working again in the Oriel bullpen, left handed Grant Jackson
with right handed barb Reno's the Oakland ten, which was

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busy in the top of the sinning.

Speaker 2 (01:24:43):
Everything's silent out there at the moment, but I would think.

Speaker 1 (01:24:46):
When the top of the eighth inning rolls around, they'll
get fingers and nose up again. One one to Campaness
swings and doesn't get a He's down a ball and
two strikes on a good looking sharp curve. Rudy waiting
off stage and Palmer attacked camp and change curb bounced
the third by Chris Robinson and rolling down the left

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field foul line. Camp Ares hits the second Bombury throws
late gampanhis as a two bagger, a one to two
pitch inside and it looked down and Campanias pulled it,
gagged it on the ground right five Rooks Robinson half
the bad eight, the seventh hit in this series with Campanias.

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That is the second day sit off Palmer and release
hit number seven by the As in this game. Rudy
the batter one for three and that hit was a
big one. He knocked in the as third Sally in
the third innings for release hit number seven by the

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A's in this game. Rudy about it one for three
and that hits with a big one he knocked in
the as third sally in the third inning, Momber, with

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a look back to Campana two or out as he
deals the place a foul towards the Oriel dugout. We'll
reach the seat. Rudy has stepped.

Speaker 2 (01:26:47):
Out to try to break Momber out of his brew.

Speaker 1 (01:26:51):
Campanas just with the two two bagger down the third
day line. He's on the second next delivery way outside.
Andy had a drop to that right knee. One ball,
one strike, three runs, seven days fits for the Ads.
They lead in the game five score, three to nothing.

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Rudy again stepped out, flowed down Palmer. Now Parmer's stretching
up looking back bro camp and Arras is running. Here's
a fly ball to a right senter over his player
and he makes the catch on the pitch to Rudy.
Camp and Arras was tearing the third base. Rudy is
out and the side is gone.

Speaker 2 (01:27:40):
At the end of seven openland three.

Speaker 1 (01:27:42):
Baltimore nothing in the season. In the top of the
eighth inning is now we're marching down to the finish line.
Mark Bolander was due to start, but Bilander will not
fat Arry Crowley will be the batter instead. Crowley has
appeared and see four in this.

Speaker 2 (01:28:00):
Series as a ventured is.

Speaker 1 (01:28:02):
He batted in the Sunday game back in Baltimore, game
two of the series, and in that one point the
Baron slide the left field. In the oriel eighth, Crowley
started against Blanger and then Bumbri and Coggans, two more
left hand batters following Crowley's Well, before we start the
eighth inning, it's also station break time, so we will

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pause for station identification. On the Orioles Baseball Network Cats.
This shutter has just concluded warming up with his catcher's bussy.
The Orioles did not have a base hit through four innings.
They did get one in the fifth, one in the sixth.
In those innings that s Baron and Coggan's was stranded.
Brooks Robinson had one last inning he was stranded. Crowley

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with the league in the regular season, batted two to eight.
All right, let's go out of the eighthening as one
hundred deals of pinchitter Crowley, let's drike he gets it

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outside on the corner. Left handed Daryl Knowles and right
hander Raleigh Fingers again are up throwing easily in the
open bullpen strike one to the pinshitter Crowley line drive
on one hop at the second dayson Green Rose. The
first Crowley is out. Darry batting for Balanger on a

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one hopper at second daysman Grid Al Dumbrie hitless today
and hitless in the series after a great campaign. He
walked in his first time at battle second he has
since flying the left and popped up. Sando marching in
well inside third couple of steps up to the grass.

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Albumbrae with one out is thrown high and ball one.
The A's have a three run lead and Catfish Hunter
is working on a three head shutout. He's got a
strike one, ball one. Strike one one comes to Bumbree.

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Sorry outside corner Hunter, who is a great nibbler, is
doing exactly that's the Bumbree, just kind of spike for
corners one two delivery round ball. George short Campanera has
the back of the grass. Fellows the hurt look in
time you out in the top of the eighth egg

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Coggans first fourth ter he has fled the center bounced
the second and double the right. Shaggans trying desperately to
get aboard and start stirring something up, bowls it right

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back under the boot and that makes it strike one.
Davis after Coggan two out. Top of the eighth innings,
Hunter with a three nothing lead and with a strike
one Sixture Coggan who loop the fly balls are right,
Jackson charging in and cannot make the play. Coggan's has
his second hit, a looping doubles with two outs, and

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that'll bring up Davis, where the Orioles would like to get.
It's not just to run, they'd like to get one
spling in the bat and get a pair. Davis hitless
in this game. He is six for twenty in the series.
He has sent flyballs to the outfield and all still fouled.

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A third base from Van though Jaggin's leading doesn't go
far with Tennis holding and Hunter looking the delivery to Davis,
foul ball George the oriol Dunky out, Ray Fossey getting
over and no play in the seat. The two relief

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pitchers and the Oakland fen namely Noles and Singers, have
been thrawing and now they're just standing around. They feel ready,
Dennis anchors verse. That's where Doggins fleets away with two out,

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Hunter's quick look and his pitch to Davis ground ball
white a third Vando stamped it rolls the first flee.
The Orioles have one more chance. They're out of the age.
Do run to hit A man left at the end
of the seven and one half Oakland three ball more
than nothing.

Speaker 2 (01:33:02):
Well load when people, I'm.

Speaker 1 (01:33:03):
Sure thinking that this might see the ads last during
the past. Vandal Jackson and Tennis in the bottom of
the age, Land one to three in this game, three
hits in the series and hooting two home runs. MoMA
has been on and release since before and now drills
in his six load a band in his fall one

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as have seven hits with their three runs. Two of
those lows off Bombers band a taking load of all
two two and zero Farmers wind up, kicks and fires

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round ball third days why and found Palmers next pitch
low and ball three three one pitch ground ball third

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base cooked for the short hot pickup and Vander was
out corner to corner, Robinson to Williams Well, obviously three
thousand miles away from the east coast. Not too many
Baltimore Oriole fans out here, but two from Ellicot City.
I'm sure cheering right now for Palmer to get rid

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of Jackson. They are Earl and Rosemary part and would
like to be remembered their friends and neighbors back in
Ellicott City. Earl and Rosemary pearce Reggie Jackson one for
three today the change up at Palmers strike Jackson one

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for three, as we said today two for three for
twenty in the series one and one inside, one ball,
one strike, right handed Palmer is the left hand batting
long ball thread Jackson with Reggie Jackson of the play
the Orioles Grand Jackson is warming in the Baltimore Bulltens

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low inside.

Speaker 2 (01:35:27):
Two balls and one shike.

Speaker 1 (01:35:29):
Grant Jackson has to one side right hander. Is Bob
Reynolds out there, Palmer in two and one, he's inside
with a fast ball, three balls and one shike. Blomber

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has to make a good sets three and one jack
swing foul south towards the left deiald season Jackson has

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clears the batter's box, flowing down Palm and now he's ready.
And here's Jim three and two high foul balls down
the Thursday side Brooks Robinson with a glove up the
shade his eyes from the sun. He puts it in
that glove. Jackson fouls out to.

Speaker 2 (01:36:31):
Food now Jean Tennison in the Oriel ninth sentex.

Speaker 1 (01:36:40):
The batters William, Claire and Robinson, all three of whom
bat right handed. He out on the pitch of tennis.
He fouls it between the.

Speaker 2 (01:36:52):
Legs of the plate umpire Bill Hallis.

Speaker 1 (01:37:00):
Baltimore won the first game open one game two, the
a is one game three, and then Baltimore signed it
up yesterday one game four. Harmers breaking pitches outside one
ball one strike one one to the right hand, swinging tennis.
He fans and doesn't get a big curve one and two.

Speaker 2 (01:37:21):
The Oriol victories five scores of six nothing and five four.

Speaker 1 (01:37:27):
The Oakland wins five scores of six, three and two
to one.

Speaker 2 (01:37:31):
They lead now three to nothing.

Speaker 1 (01:37:41):
Thomas then ten's one two low two ball two strikes.
Mama's next delivery in the dirt full count of gene tennis.

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With Dapolio standing off stage, he is Today's senses ninety
four five appreciate f one next stitch three to two
bitches strike three on the inside corner. Mama put a

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three to two fastball and chewed the inside corner to
retire Vando, Jackson and Tennis in order. The ninth innings
coming up, the score Oakland three, Baltimore and nothing. Coming
to the ninth inning, that this under has been very
very sharp, given up only four hits and no more

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than one hit in any inning. He leads with his
open ball club three and nothing, and manager Earl Weaver
will send up to begin the top of the ninth innings.
Earl william Paul Blair is due behind him, and Brooks
Robinson is also du As has been the case the
last three innings, left handed Darrell Knows with right handed

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rollie fingers, the south blaw and the right handed ages
of the Oaklands pens are getting loose in case manager
Dick Williams strummings one or boats.

Speaker 2 (01:39:29):
Now let's check on Earl Williams today he has popped the.

Speaker 1 (01:39:33):
First he has walked and ground it to shore. Today's
attendance for the fifth and concluding game of the American
League Series been opened just over twenty four thousand. Now
to the ninth inning, and Hunters firt fits to Williams

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ground ball wide, a third Camp and Arras pass in
the hall long trawl. It's him time, ring him soul
to the bag. Tennis came off the bag and then
came back on top of it and there with him
sole right to the bag. He drove a good four
piece of bag. Tennis came off the bag and then
stepped back on it. Lent him to the ground. Ball too,

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part of the glove side of Vandol, Camp and Arras.

Speaker 2 (01:40:23):
Deep for the whole jugget out, pull Tennis off the bag,
and when.

Speaker 1 (01:40:27):
Tennis's book came off, Williams went to a head first time.
The big Fellow hits the bag just after Tennis reached
back the book. One out the batter his.

Speaker 2 (01:40:39):
Player low and ball one one out nine innings.

Speaker 1 (01:40:51):
Hunters one zero deliveries popped up its foul POxy coming back.
He can't reach it. A ball and a side atcha

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baron Coggins, Robinson and also Coggins for his second is
the only base knocked off Hunter in this game. One
out base is empty and Knights the next delivery to
Blair Hello fall two two and one.

Speaker 2 (01:41:30):
Oakland got a runner of the third.

Speaker 1 (01:41:33):
Their last two in the four.

Speaker 2 (01:41:36):
Two one from Hunter to Blair well three three balls one.

Speaker 1 (01:41:44):
Stry Posse sets the mess to give Hunter a.

Speaker 2 (01:41:51):
Target for the three one six to Blair.

Speaker 1 (01:41:53):
It is trink two. Flare was on a take. He
made Hunter get the strike walk out three and two.
Hunter reaching in the glove his playoff pitch round ball
George third in front of the back and dog roll
the count from the two vandal a giant last vandor

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descendance on the rounder and here's crook Robinson. Robinson has

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flies to right roll to third single defendant cat the
shirt take a little stroll for himself to the back
point of the mound, now slowly walking back on top
with two outs, but eight is empty.

Speaker 2 (01:42:55):
Robinson rout at the back of the place in trot one.

Speaker 1 (01:43:10):
On Hunter's next pitch, HiT's in the dirt one ball
one side. Hunter has the size kicks and pros my

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ball rites better field. Reggie Jackson is over at it
beyond him it's for the warning track and writes better brook.
Robinson will come in standing with a two ouse two baggers.
Brooks colected second hit today hit number five after Bobby
Gritch becomes about it. Third baseman Vando, as he's done

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so often, not just in this game, but frequently during
every game, has come over to talk with the cat fish.
Under time has been called. A ball came out of
the open bolten and rolled down the left field foul
line into the corner. A couple of fans are also

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hanging over the wall in right field, so the left
field line on fire.

Speaker 2 (01:44:38):
Merl Anthony walked down the line and told.

Speaker 1 (01:44:41):
The fans to get back now they played on fire.
Bill Haller and the first base on fire and Nester
Sialac coming over to tell Dick Widia that they've been
in lot. Let this continue because they could the afforfeiture
of the game. So the fans are being asked to
get off the fences. Some of those who are over
the fences down the left field side are backed off.

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There are some people sitting on top of the center
field fence right now, and also.

Speaker 2 (01:45:09):
The fence and right center.

Speaker 1 (01:45:11):
Dick Williams, the manager, is walking down the left field
foul line telling the foul line umpire to help him
out at the hand. Williams also motioned to the fans
on top of the center field fen to also get
off and let the game.

Speaker 2 (01:45:27):
Continue Rich hitlers in this game after having a game
winning homer yesterday.

Speaker 1 (01:45:36):
The breakward was a four fourth tie and what became
a five to four wins. Robinsonnett's second base and two
out cat the shutter short stretch and delivers Rich inside,
almost hits Bobby on an ease. Noel's the left hander

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fingers the right hand. It's growing very hard in the
open Bolls ends time suddenly called by Phil Hollis because
some something has come out of the seats in left center. Additionally,

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a door in the fence in center field has been
opened up. It has been opened up, as a matter
of fact, rolled away and some fans began to call
through that opening in the center field. Send. Three members
of the Open Coliseum ground crew are also going on

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the warning track to pick up to quite a bit
of confetti, so we will have a delay in the game.
What the ground crew is also doing is locking another
opening in the fence in left field to make sure
somebody has been yanked that opening walk on the field.

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Now it looks like boxes from the wooden boxes have been.

Speaker 2 (01:47:15):
Tossed out of these stands in the right field sea.

Speaker 1 (01:47:17):
Back on the warning tack behind Reggie Jackson. Jackson just
running after them and throwing them back over the opposite
side of the wall. All right, let's see if we
can continue with the ball one six to Bobby GrITT.
Hotter looked back to Robinson with few out an he
come inside, almost hit Gritch down the arm this time,

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and this will spring Dick Williams from the open dugout.
Ptter has been trying obviously to jam Bridge and so
doing just missed hitting him on the knees was the
first one, and then missed again hitting him in the
arm with a second deliverery.

Speaker 2 (01:47:58):
Dick Williams saying at them out.

Speaker 1 (01:47:59):
Only a couple of moments, talking with Vando, with Poppy
and also with Danta Gunter.

Speaker 2 (01:48:16):
Now the two and zero, it was like ball.

Speaker 1 (01:48:23):
Grit had to take that pitch because he'd be satisfied
to get on with a walk and bring up the
tire up. So he took the two old pitch for
the calls. Pike Hunter's next deal found George third foul
right a third day show Hunter two balls new pikes

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Hunter had come forward two and two ground ball George
Geork Tampa Hass picked it out rows fast the game
old open dass one the.

Speaker 2 (01:49:08):
Nineteen seventy three the American.

Speaker 1 (01:49:11):
League Championship final score of Oakland three, Baltimore or nothing.
We'll be back to recampus right after this method. Yes,
the opened As just won the American League Championship for
the second trade year and will now go on to
take on the New York Mets in the World Series.
And that series will start here on Saturday afternoon. But

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just as much, the open A's got a magnificent pitching
performance on the shutout job accomplished by Can't fish Hunter.
Final score. And here the showtals three runs, the seven hits,
no airs for the A's, no runs, five hits, one
era for the Orioles. Hunter goes the route he won
two of the three games for the A's. Alexander is

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the loser. Alexander did not get by the fourth and
then when Jim Palmer relieved and Palmerson up the game,
we'll be back with more highlights right after this message.

Speaker 3 (01:50:04):
Car.

Speaker 1 (01:50:05):
Still, this game was scoreless until the third night. The
door opened in part for the A's when Ray Fossely,
the leadoff man, bounced the shot towards Bert Brooks. Robinson
planning it over the ground, ball lost his footing, did
get his glove on the ball and could not handle it,
and Robinson was charged with an arrow. And after Fosse
advanced a second on the Greens sacrifice, Rudy singled the

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left field and that got the Gas their first run.
They got two more in the fourth in the process
knocked out Alexanders and the two runs came after two
were hours on a single night tennis a three bagger
by Davaliel that made it two.

Speaker 2 (01:50:41):
Ton thing with tennis crossing the place.

Speaker 1 (01:50:43):
Davaliel's three baggers followed by j. L Lous. They said
the left that played at Davilliel and those were all there,
as A Lousy said, had Alexander leave and Jim Palmer
come from the bullpen. Palmer through the rest of the
game in release only gave us two hits. Jackson faced
it in the sixth and a Campaniras double pulled a

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left in the seventh inning. The Orioles didn't have too
many threats. They had etchevaranry second base on a double
in the fifth inning for the first hit off Cats.
They shunters. They had Coggins get the second on a
one out double in the sixth Rooks Robinson singled with
one out. In the seventh, Coggin singled with two out
in the east Robinson doubled his second hit of the game.

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It came in the last inning and he was fanded
when Rich bounced the Campanias for the last out, final
score in the final game and the final broadcast of
our nineteen seventy three season, Oakland three and Baltimore and nothing,
of course, on the half of Chuck Thompson on behalf
of our producer engineer on our road games, Ken Kimball,

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and our producer engineer's Goop Breeders back home for our
home broadcast from Memorial Stadium. There are so many people
to thank, but to those of you who know you
play a part in these broadcasts and somewhat behind the scenes.
Without mentioning all your names, what is most important.

Speaker 2 (01:52:03):
Is that we thank you personally.

Speaker 1 (01:52:04):
You know who you are, and we are very grateful
for all the things that you make possible to make
these The OREO broadcasts go along the flagship station of
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