1982 07 07 Cubs at Astros

[Music] from the astrodome in houston it's major league baseball the chicago cubs face the houston astros participating advertisers in tonight's game are miller high life if you've got the time they've got the beer true value hardware stores true value more than just a name it's their way of doing business union 76 and your neighborhood union 76 dealers who invite you to go with the spirit the spirit of 76. canon so advanced canon is the world's leader in 35 millimeter photography toyota motor sales and your toyota dealers zenith and your zenith dealers at zenith the quality goes in before the name goes on united airlines people who fly for a living choose united this copyright telecast presented by authority of the chicago national league baseball club which has the right of approval of the announcers intended solely for the private non-commercial use of our audience our national anthem [Music] foreign [Music] no is [Music] patricia myers 14 years old singing the national anthem any publication reproduction re-transmission or other use of the picture description and account of this game without the express written consent of the saint louis national league baseball club the chicago national baseball club is prohibited bonnie harry carey from the astrodome speaking for lou boudreau vince lloyd and milo hamilton will be with us right after the all-star break being released from the hospital tomorrow we're at the astrodome which means we don't have to worry about the weather but i can tell you it's very hot outside fortunately it's only 68 degrees here and unfortunately the crowd is very very small uh they're just about ready to uh write off the houston astros with football coming to the picture here in houston where it's quite a football city anyway next month the lineups for tonight's game are as follows for the chicago cubs sandberg ryan sandberg playing third [Music] kennedy junior kennedy at second bill buckner at first leon durham in the right jay johnstone and left gary woods in center jody davis the catcher larry boa the shortstop alan ripley will be the pitcher for houston will give you their lineup in a moment but right now we're ready to play baseball and stepping in is ryan sandberg and we're ready to go first pitch of the ball game fast ball in their beauty [Music] don sutton on the hilly has one eight loss for a tremendous pitcher and has been throughout his career curveball high cincinnati and pittsburgh rained out los angeles and montreal no score in the sixth san diego leading to phillies three to one in the third the cardinals are nothing nothing in atlanta in the fourth smash nice play by howe was the first of the hour arnheal playing third base throws out sandberg on a hot smash they got ninth moving over from third to first and how played first the last time we saw him is a third here's junior kennedy got a big base hit last night fast forward high don sutton on the hill a lot of chicagoans pulling to the cubs here slider a little bit outside a couple of milwaukeeans here pulling to the cubs daryl and paula seal kennedy takes it high something with a good ironman average of 3.16 he is one eight and he's lost four [Music] he was tremendous against the cubs the last time he faced them right here in the astrodome he walked in ball four the cubs have a base runner here's bill butler buckner hitting 280 with four homers 44 rbi see where uh ricky henderson stole is 79th base last yesterday for oakland [Music] the reds have lost their last nine in a row and there's super scout ray shore in attendance here tonight billy buckner hitting only 241 against the astros good fastball right in there houston is 12 games under 515 and a half back they've won 34 lost 46. three games ahead of the reds who are last all the american games starting later the nationally games underway a little bit low the cobs have played against the top teams in the division the last 12 games they've won six they've lost six and they could have done better so that'll give you an idea about the closeness of the competition boy miss texas he's just walking down the aisle [Music] bill but they're waiting power to first to run the back one out one on no score first inning art howe playing a wide third base long drive foul into the left field corner i guess it's about 8 500 and maybe 10 000 people here maybe more doesn't look like more but we're not expert in guessing the dome attendance [Music] we're not expert guessing any attendance we're not expert period throw the first the runner back barney and florensby that might be 11 or 12 000 here now the delivery there's a looping liner in the right field of base hit a runner going to hold it second all right leon durham will be coming up before the game we asked him what he looks for when he faces don sutton well don sutton is a pretty uh good effective pitcher there and he got the great breaking ball and then he can shoot the fastball right by you but the main thing i just look at to uh to try to swing strikes at the times and you know like i say most of the time he's throwing the strikes and i just got to be able to be able to react to the pitches and you know just wish for the best okay let's hope to get a strike leon and hit it out of here durham hitting 301 against houston fastball hiding outside durham with 11 homers 46 rbis hitting 296. but they're at first junior kennedy at second broken bad lane drive it's out of first double play holy cow he split the bat in half look at durham's still holding on to one piece of the bat he's still got in his hands arnie he just handed the broken piece of bat to the bat boy he busted his bat in half hell on to the handle it was a double play to the second baseman garner who flipped over to first [Music] and it is no runs one hit no errors one left we go to the bottom of the first no score harry carry back of the astrodome there we're replaying the broken backline drive hit by leon durham he wound up with the handle of the bat in his hand here we go with vicky fawn the shot stop leading it off alan ripley's pitch is a fastball high mark and carla mcardle from calumet city illinois are here tonight pulling to the cubs [Music] fly ball center field should be caught and it is by gary wood there's a replay again of leon durham look what he's got left of his back not much is it looks [Music] hitting 246 7 homers 34 rbi cool the right feeler [Music] allen ripley who's won three lost none the ball is blunted foul off to the left michael greenberg from champaign illinois watching the ball game here tonight [Music] jonas and glanis stutzman from plymouth indiana pulling for the cubbies here today the pet line drive back delays oh let's watch watch the way his leaf is in its apex look at that that's as high as he could jump and he timed it perfectly two up two down i'll tell you buckner has just played a remarkable first base all year long here's ray knight now a first baseman hitting 360 for the year against the cubs [Music] houston is a club has only hit 36 homers only one team in the league that's it fewer and that's the cardinals with 33. the cardinals seem to make more of their lack of home runs and houston does the pitch top file back have a play [Music] [Music] tomorrow evening's game will start at a peculiar time indeed so that the cubs can get started for home where they play cincinnati them friday afternoon we'll be on the air with you on channel nine at five o'clock tomorrow in the evening curve strike off [Music] so remember to get up early tomorrow and see us at 5 5 p.m on the delivery here it is curve high inside alan ripley trying for his fourth victory without a loss san diego still leads with philadelphia three to one in the fourth atlanta batting bottom of the fourth nothing nothing with st louis ah the pitch on the way hey struck them out of they made them look bad rain knight was fooled with a change of pace curve nothing across at the end of one nothing nothing [Music] harry carey back in the astrodome j johnstone leading it off no score time for the second sutton's pitch spike at the knee a couple of newlyweds from rockford illinois pete and janet lucas to be remembered their their families back home in rockford [Music] curve a little bit outside and at the shamrock hotel they bartender there thanis j brigma lives in crosby texas was telling us about how they've all become cub fans because of the cable there's a pitch file out of play hell get the cubs games down here [Music] the mullen gang from washington indiana are here [Music] the pitch hey struck him out john stone goes down swinging the cubs against singles pittsburgh and atlanta in the last three three series broken even six and six and really should have done better [Music] now sutton gets ready here's gary woods the center fielder hitting 287. there's a drive left field gonna be caught jose cruz that ball was well hit it's hard to hit him out of here two away esther and tommy leervig romney lived in chicago watching the game here tonight oh we got a lot of cub fans there's a guy says can you say hello to my girlfriend laurie felkowski hi mr soul phil coffey 24 years old you're in trouble pal there's a strike call you'll miss her so pick up the phone and call her oh my gosh now the sign jody had a cut in here johnny davis hitting only 100 against his 2 out of 20. one of those two hits was a homer all together he's batting 241 but this guy's gonna be a tough cookie to be don sutton he's one eight lost four fastball outside terry gubbins in a group from purdue university the boilermakers are represented from lafayette indiana [Music] now the pitch here it is popped it up on the infield who's gonna get it here's how and he makes the catch the third baseman and jody davis topped out one two three nothing in front we go to the bottom of the second no you should know if it's too big it'll cool so fast it'll shut off before taking the moisture out of the air leaving you 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chicago in the first inning the white sox now batting saint louis in atlanta they're nothing nothing now going into the six [Music] jose cruz [Music] the pitch by ripley curve a change of pace of beauty dave sanchez watching out in cupertino [Music] california off speed and so below a ball in a strength cruise no homers three rbis against the cubs smash base hitting the center field throws around first holy god he ripped that ball hard past boa that'll bring up the second baseman phil garner whom [Music] he's hitting 385 against tim feltman is here with the houston contingent of the emo bourbon society [Applause] and society is made up of over 200 dedicated cub fans most with political or media jobs in other words freebies [Music] the pitch a little bit high inside tom briscoe attending the national college of district attorneys he's from waukegan pulling for the cubs here so the cubs have a lot of support in the stands at the astrodome there goes a runner bouncing ball nice play by sandberg the only players first base he's up now there's a difference in starting the runner they kept away from a double play because with cruz going sandberg knew the only thing he could do was throw to first base which he nicely did as you saw well we mentioned lafayette indiana and the purdue university boys doug debbie and kate frank from south bend indiana are here tony scott hitting 245 slow curve a little bit low on outside scott no homer's 12 rbis [Music] [Applause] [Music] now rip's pitch is a fast ball at the knees the best wicks are here from rock island illinois a ball of the strength bouncing ball nice play throw to prayers for the up junior kennedy went to his left rightly fooled him with an off-speed pitch scott almost got it through there here's arnheil now the third baseman hitting 217 two homers and 18 rbi chris and diane delay from dekalb illinois are here they want to look at the baseball nick kelosi is a plate umpire jerry davis a rookie at first frank pulley at second doug harvey at third [Applause] the pits to hal slander on the outside connor you're watching chicago cubs baseball through wgn channel 9 chicago the delivery high fly ball deep center way back is going to be caught gary woods of the warning truck how flies deep to what no runs one hit no heirs one left at the end of two both teams have with the little boy shot at nothing toyota dealers in this area are receiving their biggest deliveries of 82 toyotas ever a fresh inventory of thousands of quality built toyota cars and trucks it's special delivery days now could be your best chance to buy the toyota you want equipped the way you want without waiting special deliveries of toyota corollas celicas starlets purcells trucks it's a toyota buyers market and your toyota dealer wants to deal look for this sign of participating toyota dealers let's go you've got a ticket on the heartburn express if one rolaid's tablet can't cut the mustard you should know about one thumbs and one roll 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people on eddie street team ball first baseman pitcher covers the top he's out from nate to sutton cover by the way is alan [Music] ripley sandy and susie cooper of mount zion illinois and of sullivan pulling to the cup they are from carroll stream ralph hetherington and group [Music] ripley had a swing rick and debbie lee see watching again [Music] ripley swung at that like a pitcher [Music] see carl fist led to all the vote getters in the american league to the all-star team beating out george brett two strikes and a ball first three outfielders in the national league by votes are andre dawson and tim reigns of montreal dale murphy of atlanta here's the pit low outside leading catcher in votes is gary carter first baseman al oliver second baseman manny third baseman mike schmidt shark stop dave concepcion [Music] all right pom-pow back california [Music] in the american league [Applause] [Music] carl fisk is the catcher rod carew at first bobby grits in second george brett at third ramanyana milwaukee and shark [Music] bomb all back and the three outfielders reggie jackson ricky henderson of oakland and fred lin also california four members of the angels were voted to the team two balls two strikes i'll tipton ripley giving him a battle remember ten o'clock every sunday night sports scene i think you'll enjoy the show this week vince and lou and arne and myself milo won't be able to make it he'll be back at work right after the all-star break we'll rehash the all-star game and also the race a looping fly ball the shark stop is there and he makes the count vicky farm took care of ripley's top flies boyle boyce is being in trouble in the first inning sun now is retired six in a row [Music] say where the yankees beat seattle eight to seven on bobby mercer's home run in the 12th inning last night the yankees had a seven to nothing lead and seattle got seven runs in one inning the seventh to tie it up until the inning seattle could score out of 12 and on mercer's home run the yankees won high pop pile back sandberg having a good cut [Music] no score we're in the third curveball blown away the gregory's from kenosha wisconsin pulling to the cubs and don french and his son from lacrosse wisconsin are here there's a drive but right after left fielder hey almost gets over his head [Applause] [Music] that was proud of play he misjudged it at first the ball was really hit hard see it on a replay and we're going to the bottom of the third nothing nothing [Music] i always thought i'd come up to goodyear someday today is the day the great american tire sale is on i knew i'd come back up to goodyear now's the time the great american tire sale is on we wanted to come up to goodyear from the start and now we can goodyear custom poly steel white wall radials are on sale through saturday 46 size p155 80 r13 save now come up to goodyear i can't wait to start fishing yeah we're gonna have to wait merc we need gas there's a station it's not a union 76 come on if 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fly boa backing out under the ball and he has it luis pujols pops to boa one out is down sutton he's had eight hits as a batter struck out 16 times out of the 42 times he's been up he's 8-4 for the season there's a pitch a little tapped on a third baseline that little rolling goes foul for san diego tim waller is pitching at philadelphia and with the phillies marty bystrom san diego leading three to one there's leah you're the manager of the cubs that come road uniform is really good looking want to have nobody on smash on the ground junior kennedy over the first easy out two up two down and here's the lead off man vicky fox for the cardinals joaquin and are there ace and for atlanta ricky naylor [Music] i'll take that back it looks like it's uh the mailer was scheduled but according to this it's camp that's going to be easy junior kennedy one two three in here so fine rolls out one two three nothing across vince line and lou boudreau will be coming along here in a moment we switch 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all right we're back at the houston astrodome vince lloyd here within lou boudreau and the still a sports ball game is kennedy drives one down the right field line and that's going to go into the corner for extra bases here he is going into second base well last night he had himself a big hit a little texas leaguer gets the atlanta braves to that right side but this time he hit that one sharp down the right field side his second double of the year watch it this one was not that so-called blue pit that they had so much in the paper about when the cubs defeated atlanta this was a line drive right down the right field line unfortunately for poole who knows this ballpark went right into the wall to stop it it could have gone beyond him and rolled around the right field for an inside the park home run but he stopped it for a double wish it had yeah me too now bucker who singled in the first inning sending kennedy who would walk to second but that's as far as they got as durham sheared off the bat that went flying into the boxes behind their dugout they pitched a buck wild and that goes skipping into the box seats they've finally gotten underway in the cincinnati pittsburgh pirate ball game after a long rain delay and no score going into the bottom of the first inning tom saver really struggling as are his teammates on the reds one only four and lost nine pitching tonight against veteran john candelaria buchter will try to pull this ball until he gets two spikes on him to move kennedy to third the pitch basketball away from him and you could see something turn that fastball over that time well sutton vince will try to keep the ball away from hoping that butler will not be able to pull it two former dodgers battling one another and butcher now 8 for 30 for the year against this club the high pop up in the shadow left field it's going to be caught by crews and kennedy will have to hold the second base buckner that time unable to advance the runner so sutton did his job buckner did not do his job let's see i show buckner now that's the 13th time he's come to back with a man either at second or second and third with nobody out and not been able to advance him 13 and he has done it i show him eight times so he's in struggling in that position this is right here's leon durham sheared off the bat fortunately nobody was hurt when he went into the box seats and wound up a double play as sutton escaped the jam in the first inning he only allowed us three hits two singles by wills won by sandberg at wrigley field that he beat us earlier this year there's a perfect strike on leon as we've mentioned a little earlier sutton going to his fastball and fast slider much more in his ball game than normal usually he's termed a curveball pitcher fastball and it messed inside and he's known to uh doctor up that ball once a lot of times oh good oh i didn't want to bring that up right i shouldn't have shoulda there was a betsy you wouldn't do that [Music] there's a ground ball after the shortstop sounded like he hit a pumpkin well you can see why he's going to that fastball more often he's making the ball stay away from the hitter so they can't pull it but now he's on his own against john stone he may go back to pitching normal let's say yeah and then johnstone may break it up for the base hit getting opened with kennedy's double now they're two gone junior's still at second base johnstone planned to open up the second inning two very offensive minded ball clubs unable to score tonight in atlanta charge in the braves here's the swing and he pulls the ground ball at a second and the inning is over lead off double acceptor does the job either buckner durham or johnstone can bring him in all three good luck handed hitters no runs one hit one man left down at the end of three and a half in houston it is still scoreless we're back at the houston astrodome vince lloyd and lou boudreau here with you and i see the new york mets have taken a one to nothing lead over the san francisco giants at chase stadium [Music] st louis and atlanta still nothing nothing they finished the first inning at pittsburgh no storm white sox scoreless in the second tonight look at the minnesota twins they have a six to nothing lead over milwaukee up at county stadium at the bottom of the second down 80. valenzuela looks like he's going to gain his victory his 12th he's leading three dimensions over montreal there you take a look at the big scoreboard here not in right center field fills everything up to the moment terry pull buckner wrapped him of extra bases in the first inning with a leaping one-handed grab of his vicious line drive who takes him at the ball now the card is 2-0 [Applause] [Music] nobody could rob him with that one [Applause] that's hit number two [Music] [Applause] ray knight struck out in the first inning ripley has shown a lot of tantalizing off-speed stuff to several hitters tonight he fanned ray knight and got him swinging at an off-speed three-quarter delivery down and away in the first inning knight has been probably the houston's best consistent hitter so i would not be surprised if burden puts on a hit and run with him at bat throw it up first and he's back again fernando going after number 12 tonight montreal has really hit the schedule dropped 12 out of their last 15 ball games but of course they're still in the race they're only four games out at the ball in too close one-and-oh left-hander jose cruz do up next ripley did a great job against houston down here when he made his first start of the year on may the 13th went six innings there goes the runner hit run and a high pop pile out of play there was a hit on him there was a hit and run when i mentioned the situation is set up for the hit run i will not pick the pitch yeah normally i let the manager pick the pitch but then when ripley got behind one ball and no strikes tonight he put the hit and run on now verdan likes to repeat his thoughts so let's see if he repeats it here good lead at first base paul there's a part of the book yeah that is a second block this year by adam ripley and they've got themselves a man at second base watch watch ripley now and you can see him break his knees he broke his knees right there because he felt that the hit and run was on and that that's all he had to do yeah then he had him caught off because poole actually set up the hit and run by moving too quickly but then ripley had his mind set up to go to the plate and he couldn't change it sometimes that's why you need a woman out there in the hills well i'm not gonna make any comment on that the curveball swung on at a high fly ball to durham should be easy the runner tacking up at second he's gonna go to third here's leon strong throw but cut off and now houston with a golden scoring opportunity a man at third with one out now here's the play knight doing his job going the right field hitting the ball fairly deep and the runner pool tagging up now here's quite a difference in the top of the inning that cubs opened up with a double yeah and couldn't move their man and here's the break to the ball game with a single a block then they move their man to third now let's see if we can hold them from scoring one of their top rbi guys like their leader jose cruz stepping in 42 runs butted in and a swing and a pile on the breaking ball he's singled to lead off the second inning on the hit and run garner hit a tough tricky short hopper to sandberg at third who made the play on it but cruz advanced a second then he went to third on another infield out and now elias had the infield come in [Music] the pit curve and a little bit low in the six innings that ripley pitched against him here he allowed just two hits [Music] that carpet boy what a big advantage it is for the hitter [Music] 24 against the cubs for the year but three runs by in against us he can hit much but he's made him made those hits count swing at a mess and a high fastball beautiful pitching that time by ripley and great calling though by jody definitely vince set him up beautifully he was looking for the curveball and there's the fastball and he wasn't ready for it by the time he pulled the trigger or the swing the ball was in davis's glove and a great location on it up and in on him now the infield can drop back with two gone it is still a nothing nothing ball game and phil gonner good clutch hitter takes a strike it's 39 runs matted in four against the cups this year 33 years of age a real scrapper the swing and a deep drive way down the left-hand corner that is trouble a home run for phil connor on a hanging curveball thrown by ripley and houston breaks the ice of the dome they now have a two to nothing lead a hanging curveball and he just chopped the limb off of that tree as he he really hacked it watch this ball up high way up high then he just hacked it when a ball is curving and is that high the heater has time enough to judge where it but when it's low you cannot judge that ball as to where it's going to break in timing of your swing but when it's up high you just hack it you can see all of it and he just tommy hawked that out of the ballpark still phil gunner's sixth home run of the year and he now has bought butted in a half a dozen runs against us this year looked like he was going to get out of the inning when he did a masterful job on cruz but then hungwood that's only the second home run off of ripley this year tony scott stepping in nobody on there's a curve it's too high [Applause] a lot of times when a pitcher hangs a curveball or that last pitch that you witnessed was high it slips from their fingers there's a swing and a ground ball kennedy quickly to his right drop the ball picks it up close got him on a good recovery by junior kennedy to retire the side but the damage done a single delete off the inning a book and then after two men retired phil garner plants one over the left field wall two runs two hits nobody left at 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got to their bullpen we've seen this pipe yeah i'd would be in trouble gary woods sexy swing and can't get the bat out of the way it's a pow ball back out of play [Music] woods flied out to left field in the second inning gary will be followed by jody davis then larry boa we have the reds at brickley field friday a doubleheader saturday in a single game sunday there's a strike ride over the heart of the plate johnny mcnamara johnny bench tom seaver all that game at wrigley field friday is single game that's ladies day gals double header saturday starting at noon fastball and sutton misses load outside one and two then the all-star break to be followed by visits from the atlanta braves and these houston astros camera day sports bag day ladies day senior citizens day and some cub victories we hope lots of them boy pujols going out to talk to sutton after setting pitch so superbly against his old teammates the dodgers last friday in los angeles and got a victory four to one just missed going the entire distance he stayed out there well this ball club went to pittsburgh he has a home in the los angeles area matter of fact remember early this spring he has to be traded so he could be near his home and the esther says forget it here's a swing and a fly ball down the left field line it is out of play out of the warning track but because they knew they weren't going to use him in pittsburgh bill burton the manager of the ball club kindly let him remain out of california in those days and not many managers would do that i know you would it no no i would but nevertheless unless he says well if you're going to give me your day's pay it's all right go ahead take two days off but you're with this ball club they'd say what's that you said yeah that's right that's in the old days you could do that not today uh dark brown but uh i'm quite sure vernon is happy to keep his picture in a glorious mood and happy to be home with his family to relax got to keep him happy yeah well if they're not happy keep them happy just ask film wasn't leo de rocher yeah number two it's a it's a point now are you going to keep them happy are you going to be happy well you're going to be miserable and they're happy that's the ball too while they're losing when you're winning vince you can do anything that's right right now here's something how he pitches up and over and he gets a great arm motion on that delivery that's a good kick up that back leg too the drive that's filed on the right field line now there was a good picture of his curveball you see how fast it was breaking that's a fast breaking curveball the one that literally hung was a high curveball and it wasn't fast enough to fool any hitter watermelon up there fastball and he fouls that out of play well sutton's been around he's a veteran he knows how to pitch he's a one of the finest pitchers in the game of baseball maybe he's lost a little velocity maybe he's lost a little spin on that curveball but nevertheless he tries to make up that difference with the smartness of knowing how to pitch to hitters tremendously consistent over the years there's a high up in the shadow right field and it'll be hauled in by terry poole who gets there in a hurry cool there's no fool [Applause] already in the bat jody davis sutton tonight going after career victory 250 and among those 249 wins that he's accumulated so far 55 have been shutouts and his career earned on average just a hair over three and for this year starting tonight it's a 3.16 that's great consistency fastball is too high has a delightful sense of humor too likes to put reporters on from time to time from uh cryo alabama [Music] strikeout nick pelosi working with plate [Music] cubs at wrigley field friday to host the cincinnati there's reds strike jenny came right over the top when we talk about rhythm we talk about a pitcher like sutton he gives you a slow motion wind-up and then all of a sudden when he makes this stride that arm comes through very fast yes really whips through he sort of lulls that hitter to sleep with that slow motion wind up but then when he releases the ball you better be ready gives you a southern wind-up and a northern delivery with the wind behind his back cincinnati tonight trying to stop a losing streak that is now extended to nine in a row the longest i think in the history that franchise is 11 games that's a ball too high we're talking with their uh chief scout ray shore just a little while before we went on the air tonight and he is extremely upset with the writers covering the cincinnati reds not just in cincinnati but from nearby towns such as dayton says they are just all over the organization every day bouncing ball to the shirt stop dickie zone should be easy to go well it's talking about ray shore he's here for one reason just scout the cubs yes because cincinnati comes to wrigley field and he points out that they're being sharply criticized for uh letting george foster ken griffey get away and uh dave collins he said you know if they kept them he should foster getting two million dollars a year and he's going to get that for another three years griffey and collins right close to a million dollars each which is the club is going to lose money this year anyway with a reduced payroll we should now i had four million dollars onto that and you take a look at what those three guys are doing for their ball clubs he says we may be a notch ahead of where we are now but that's not that's about all he said we're trying to rebuild over there but he should the press just won't get off their backs well they have been tremendously consistent as a contending ball club or a champion ball club for over a decade and i guess they're entitled to be down one year swinging on a curveball by larry boy not to a lot of fans throughout the country but to our fans they've had to take it for a number of years and they're still loyal to the cubs there'll be better times ahead for the reds and we know they're going to be better times ahead and very shortly for the cubs one two pitch looks at a fastball that's high two and two then odd cubs uh did not have a winning record in april but then they bounced back in may and they split 28 ball games and then that horrible month of june and they just couldn't put the brakes on in that 13-game losing streak now so far in this month of july started at st louis winning two out of three against that ball club that's right up on top in that eastern division trailing philly philadelphia by a single percentage point tonight go to atlanta which has the best record in the majors and split to two games and might well have won both of them i pop up and boa disgustedly flips the bat away that's going to retire the side as gunner captures it at second base and sutton now has retired the last six batters he's faced and not one of those six has been able to hit the ball hard off of him at the end of four and a half on the two-run homer off the bat of phil goddard the astros lead two to nothing hi we're the gatlings we sing all across the country and we've tried fried chicken from coast to coast but there's one special fried chicken we love the most and what's that called [Music] just one way we all know [Applause] [Music] now i see why you guys dragged me up here hey get him with the best parts that the long run still calls you've got [Music] when you want a taste of a truly great american beer tonight let it be low and brown you're not mad at this all your feet july 15th is going to be camera day at wrigley field team pitchers we'll go to the first 15 000 of your fans and then you be sure to bring your camera along with you then you'll be able to go out on the field from 11 30 in the morning until 12 30 use your own camera take your own pictures of your favorite ball players and in addition you're going to get that beautiful beautiful colored team picture to mark down that date on fire uh now what they're doing there that's the cup trainer tony garoppolo and what he is doing there was some white substance of some kind that had gotten on that black glove that alan ripley uses and between innings with the umpire looking on nick colossi tony garoppolo was blacking out that area on the glove pelosi now went over to talk to bill verdin explain to him what was going on well i don't want to put the kibash on allen here at all because he has just done a remarkably fine job since becoming a starting pitcher right here against houston back on the 13th of may and getting a shout out to victory but in the five previous starts that he has made he has picked up three wins he suffered no losses and in the two games that he started which he did not participate in the decision the cubs wound up the winner though he's been a good luck charm ever since going into that starting role we should let him start more frequently like every other day vince lloyd and the boudreau with you and our pal who had a deep drive to center field to retire the side in the second inning and leave jose cruz stranded a third is going to lead out mark 35 years of age in his seventh year we'll have the all-star break next monday tuesday and wednesday and after that milo hamilton is going to be released from the hospital tomorrow that's good news in itself milo and plans to be back at the microphone when the cubs resume the home stand right after the all-star break with the atlanta braves coming to town [Music] and to count on our cow ball one strike one houston has played a little bit better ball on the road this year than they have at home he lets up on that pitch and he's way out of front and taps a weak foul ball picked up by sandberg pittsburgh has taken a three to nothing lead in that rain delayed game against the cincinnati reds in pittsburgh wouldn't that be something siever if he suffers a loss in that game tonight would have a record of four wins and 10 defeats and cincinnati would have suffered its 10th straight loss sidearm curve into the dirt several of the cubs came out early this afternoon and took some extra batting practice junior kennedy bill buckner jody davis larry boa and keith morgan and marlin's father drove about 250 miles from their home in texas to be here tonight to watch his son but he's not going to be able to see him play unless keith comes in as a pinch hitter or something curveball they aren't how and he fans that's the third strikeout by alan ripley tonight but he didn't come right over the top of that curveball and he sure didn't hang it did he as he did to garner now louis pujols filling in for alan ashby the regular catcher who's still up it smashed a finger on the throwing hand and it still bothers him after he swings the bat a few times but they expect ashby to put back in the action perhaps on sunday and if not certainly right after the all-star break bill hall's 26 years of age popped up to boast his only trip to the plate tonight all one count to him they have three hits a pair of singles and a two run homer by garner try to hold up and he can't do it and the count goes to one and one liverpool host now for the year 18 hits and 74 at bats there's a swing at a high fly ball moving to his left he is john stone and jay is there to haul it in two gone now down sutton the better one pitch has been a difference in this bulkhead they sure would like to have it back you know that's bill verdin there's been some uh pressure on burton here and some criticism from time to time by the media because of the unhappy first half that the astros are having to endure and particularly here at home or mention they played better on the road than they have here there's a swing and a bouncing ball up the middle larry bull behind second base and sutton not able to run very fast he's thrown out to retire the side they have won 16 and lost 24 here at the dome this year it doesn't make for a lot of friends either for the manager at the end of five on garner's homework the astros still lead two to nothing oh is this a beautiful crowd just lovely now back to the ball game oh if we had a good perfect lead very sharp fighter that arnie harris doesn't miss a trick does he [Music] let's floyd a little boudreaux here with you we're just talking uh between innings lou and i about the operation performed on joe sambito the very fine reliever from brooklyn that's one of the problems that bill verdin and the astros have had to contend with the loss of this premier reliever they thought it was going to be a simple uh bone chip removal in the elbow turned out to be something entirely entirely different had to take a tendon out of the leg of sambito there's a swing of the bouncing ball after third and alan ripley go back in the dugout after swinging and grounding out in the first pitch that'll bring up brian sandberg we don't know the details of that operation but uh they told us just a little while ago and instead of just a relatively simple bone chip removal took the tendon out of the leg and transplanted that into the elbow yeah almost like a tommy john operation and we're certainly hoping and wishing san vito the best hope he can come back and pitch as well as tommy john has done after his operation that's right i understand vince he was two and a half three hours on surgery yeah look just amazing what uh what all they can do today i pop up at a fastball it goes out to tony scott good location on that pitch by something [Applause] when you get a good fastball get on the fist and inside on good right-handed hitters such as sandberg you can see how it ties them up they have to drop their elbows in and then swing at the ball and consequently they get nothing behind the swing that's why you preach to youngsters and also the veterans keep your arms and the elbows away from the body extended here's junior kennedy was walked in double ball too high i don't know of any major league pitching staff that has endured such major losses as the astros have over the years jim um bright a few years ago built by cancer don wilson there's a swing at a shot over third but it is foul says doug harvey who thought that was going to be a big ship this year they also lost the services of their second ace in the bullpen smith yes uh gamer bright don wilson died so such a young age james r richards is still trying to make a comeback down in the florida league from the stroke that he suffered right over the outside corner one and two san diego leading at philadelphia in the bottom of the sixth inning three to one and that's leading the giants two to nothing that's in the eighth inning at new york and atlanta taking the lead over the cardinals two to nothing at the end of six in georgia one two delivery swung on at a low liner knee-high to the second baseman guarder to retire the sun for the first time tonight kennedy is retired no runs no hits nobody let down that's nine in a row retired now by sutton we move to the houston half of number six it'll be the top of the banning order up they still lead to nothing born from the chicago sports scene as well as what's going on nationally we'll let you know the score and we'll give you the story behind the score what do you get when you put jack brickhouse harry carey milo hamilton lou boudreau and this lloyd together you get an incisive look into the world of baseball and you get all this on sportscene sunday night at 10 join all of chicago's top sportscasters as they review the current baseball scene this sunday night at 10 catch it [Music] when you're a big guy like me people always want to see just how strong you are so after this arm works this arm always relaxes with light beer from miller the light's got a third less calories in the regular beer and it tastes great what i like about it is less filling when you're in a hot match like this you can't afford to get filled up you have time yeah not 8 30. yeah thanks like beer from miller everything you always wanted in a beer and less next line of the sixth inning at houston vince lloyd and lou boudreau here with you you know the kid from libertyville mike marshall who the dodgers have finally brought up tonight hit his third a home run for los angeles it came with a man on and they're now in the ninth inning at montreal with the dodgers behind fernando and that home run by marshall the dodgers are leading three to nothing now the message board here they have a message let's take a look at there's our veterans which is to milo hamilton comes broadcaster there's a mine shot of the left field godstone dives he cannot hold them out of the blood the runner getting up and going to second base as the ball rolls in and that billiard ball infield her outfield all the way to the shortstop position take a look at it again yeah well if john stone would have made the catch it had been a sensational catch but he kicked the ball or kneed it right out of his glove that will be ruled a double and dickie thom as his eighth of the year lead off man out again [Music] it's the third inning in which the astros first ran up has reached we may get somebody warmed up very quickly because two runs is enough to give the astros this late in the ball game we don't want him to get through more than anymore going out he is scheduled to make a start at wrigley field this weekend against cincinnati the reds are in such a position that they're not sure who their starters are going to be in that four-game set that quickly this weekend [Music] it's about and takes the ball high gary poole robbed by buckner his first time at best singled and scored in the fourth inning on a two odd homer off the battlefield garner bull one for two tonight was hitting only 1 30 against the cubs this year until this evening basketball swung out at a high fly ball into left center field john stone is out the runner at second base is stacking there he goes to third here's jay's throw way off target and sandberg alertly getting over to keep it from going into the cup dugout and ripley was over there also to back it up well vince now watch jay johnstone on his plate he did not get set up properly to make the throw to third base consequently he was way off target had he backed up and circled that ball it was high enough to circle and come in and get his angle two third base lined up it would have been a much closer play and he might have thrown the runner out but as it was kahn taken advantage of that advances to third easily now woods had to make a long run over because he was in right center field for cool it would have been better had he been able to get good he could have made that catch on the run going towards third base and gotten more on the throw but he couldn't he didn't and they got a man in third with one out the infield coming in and a ball load inside ray knight has spanned and lined the right field they lead two to nothing this is a tough hitter he makes contact where does he he can punt for a squeeze he can try to get that ball in the outfield ripley has a tough assignment here to retire night without the run scoring he is hitting 337 against the cubs for the year including his two at bats tonight couldn't hold up on that pitch and it's in there for a strike ray gets out think things over french and sun are here from la crosse indiana they want to wish dick crunch in la crosse a speedy recovery from a recent operation that goes for all of you yes definitely well come on out to wrigley field see if we can't root the cubs to a lot more victories than they've had in the first half of the season with the infield in ripley facing night strike call a beauty one and two [Music] [Applause] those of you out at uh resurrection hospital got a patient there tony becko they want to wish tony a speedy recovery he's the chief uh usher out at sportsman's park tony beckham at resurrection hospital [Applause] well now i can't explain that or describe that kind of a pitch just watch this look at this it's got to be at least 10 feet down the first base line and you can't tell me that a pitcher can concentrate on throwing the ball to that spot he's not concentrating on a particular pitch like that with a man on third and jody davis does a normally good job enough blocking pitches into the dirt but you could see him there trying to slide over to his right as quickly as he could and tried to backhand the ball he just couldn't do it though ripley has committed a block tonight and now a wild pitch there's a curve low and outside three and two [Music] one god basis empty [Music] pitch it's a shot down the third base line that's going into the corner for extra bases grouped up by johnstown gets away from it now here's the runner coming around second heading to third to throw by bullet the sideburns oh the third pace oh did poever get rid of that ball in a hurry well he just turned and flipped it right to sandberg who was over the bag and here's a short relay but watch night now there's the ball bounces past john stone into the corner john stone throws it to the shortstop boa that's only about 12 feet from sandberg he tossed it to sandberg and we might have gotten a call on that too because it looked as if knight dove into the bag and his hand was on the back but doug harvey says no well i'll say this for harvey he was in a good position to make it yes he was but the camera indicated that that knight was in there but there's no beef from don leopard to the coach at third or from knight himself so the bases are empty following the double let's take another look at it let's take a look at this slide here's the ball boa throws to sandberg who straddles the bag there's the slide there's the touch of maybe that hand missed the bag it appears from that angle as though the right hand was going into the bag but you can't really be sure it might have just missed it plus the phone was right there and there was no big swap from the astros there's a hard ground ball to buckner at first base off the hill as ripley takes a thrill and that retires aside let me get back to that tag too because sandberg was at least a foot in front of the bag that could have made the player had he been back over the bag the hand would have reached the bag first now watch see where sandberg is watch the tag up front on the shoulder it's on the shoulder you see i think it's a i think it's a good call well i know it's a good cause for the cubs now garvey you are to be congratulated great umpires all right at the end of six innings of play houston leads three to nothing true value hardware stores across the country are celebrating true test anniversary paint days with bad your prices on quality true test paints and stains woodsman solid color latex stain for just 9.98 a gallon provides a solid coat of color without hiding wood texture and to protect wood azure beautify choose woodsman's semi-transparent oil stain and wood preservative now just 10.98 a gallon during true test anniversary paint days 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ripley with a man on third with a wild pitch that all stuck to his fingers it must have done something there's a strike call well he made really only two bad pitches that's all the game one he hung the curb the garner who hit it out don't those guys ever hit that hanging curve up straight up in the air not against us against us it's home runs but we get one we probably pop it up yeah that's baseball one ball one strike the delivery he bonds but he's going to be an easy out something was happy to see that he wanted to push the ball by the mound and bundled it right to sutton that's bucked her on this surprise one to lay the ball down but he putted it right back to something and it was an easy play it didn't even look like he tried to drag the ball they wanted to push it down the third base line one out here's durham gary linda and kyle castle from evansville indiana enjoying the game and enjoyed more if the cubs would score a few the pitch a little bit high boy you're watching chicago cubs baseball through wgn channel 9 chicago where the news will follow the ball game strikecar harry he just loves you with that slow-motion wind-up and then all of a sudden bang that arm comes through very quickly do you know that he set a major league record from 66 through 69 for losing the most games to one team and yeah in a succession mccabe the cubs right wonder whatever happened to that he must have changed his way of pitching or else the cubs players changed i think it was 13 whether 13 in a row 13 in a row it's a record for a pitcher losing to one team [Music] well he's doing quite a job on the cubs tonight thus far he only gave him three it's last time he faced him he's only given him two tonight there's one though i think yep they said durham grounds a single center and that is the third hit buckner got one of the first kennedy double the right to start the fourth and nothing happened and i would want to have durham singles to center fourth hitting hurt us with the opening of the double opening up the inning and not being able to score can he not even be able to move him along the third if buck has been able to get him to third the durham's ground ball would have scored that's right defensive setup is differently the pitching was differently lacoste now in the bullpen and that's where the uh astros have been really weak this year because of the injury to joe samvito their star left-handed reliever and byron smith a great right-handed reliever dave smith [Music] well johnstone is quickly in the hole two strikes or nothing one-on-one on three to nothing in favor of houston durham a lead he might steal it outside fastball two strikes on the ball they said right here might uh put a little something on something's mind he hasn't had to worry about much so far no he hasn't [Music] the pitch bounce foul when did rosen play with the indians was he on your club yes yeah he played after uh 48 49 and miss keltner was there 48-49 rosen came up in 50. he's now the general manager of the astros runner at first one out three to nothing in favor of houston outside ball two boy sutton does a great job of mixing him up yes he does and he's hitting very good locations tonight hasn't missed much in fact he's only walked one man 37 year old right hander his ratio strikeouts over walks is three to one strikeout toss over tonight the pitch whoa three outside i see bruce suiter is going to be out about six days yes he has a full groin muscle and he has to stay off of it until after the all-star break [Music] activity in the bullpen lacos [Music] is the stretch three and two dom will be going [Music] there now he holds strong it is a drive but his fair ball into the corner here's john stone on his way to second durham on his way to third he's trying to score the throw to the plate safe oh great speed by durham beat the tag boy oh boy and now it's a three to one ball game i thought they're going to stop the third that kept them going and durham was utilizing his great speed streaked across the plate now he was not moving on this pitch as harry thought i thought he would be now he's coming around third watch this tremendous slide as pujols gets the ball right now and he slides just in front of sweeping tag safe at home had he been going on the pitch he would have scored easily no surprise it wasn't going well so it's a three to one ball game now and here's gary woods nothing out of two tonight you know j johnstone didn't run right away they like he thought it was a foul ball right he's always going to curb foul pick up this run now and we're right back into this ball game not that we're not in it now but when you get a chance to get within one take that opportunity and take advantage of it so john stone in scoring position the pit fastball is high gary woods watch john stone hitting this line drive he looks at it now now he stops then all of a sudden he says it might stay fair and let me tell you it's on the line very close to that line here yeah but ron you can always come back if it's foul that's right you might be a little more tired coming back but you can run they have a cut gary woods needs no introduction to this ballpark he played with houston matter of fact he figured it a play that cost them a division title when they left third base too soon on what would have been the winning run which would have sent them on the world series the rumble's nullified because if he's leaving too soon and the phillies then won the game in outstanding [Music] he's in the hole two strikes in a ball gary wood [Music] [Applause] hard to be critical by woods on anything because he has done more than you have any right to expect him to do he was a fringe ball player going into spring training and he winds up being a regular centerfielder [Music] here's jody davis now so you've got more out of woods and you could have thought you were gonna get two men are out joni davis is nothing out of two against sutton fastball low now that i've cooled down harry i agree with you 100 but i don't care if you're a veteran or a freshman in the major leagues that third strike i'm going to swing right he acted like he didn't even think about this didn't even pull the trigger on that's just saying i don't trust that man in blue behind me that's what i'm telling you because you're over the middle of the play that's right two bulbs no strikes [Music] oh to pick that run up high pump pile out of play jody davis had that uppercut swing going for the down atlanta got that run back cardinals banning in the eighth atlanta three cardinals one white sox have taken the lead over detroit one to nothing in the six kansas city over toronto 2-1 in the seventh [Music] valenzuela pitching to the dodgers outside and the dodgers have beaten montreal 3-1 valenzuela's 12th victory of the year three balls and a strike larry bow on deck long drive right field going to be caught pool is there and he has it the cubs get one run two hits no errors one left 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through wednesday at dominic's [Music] harry carrie with lou boudreau as we go now to the bottom of the seventh we have a new pitcher mike crowley ripley didn't pitch badly at all but you got to get some runs he allowed only five hits three runs in the six innings he worked didn't walk anybody struck out three made one pitching mistake when he hung the curveball with two out of one log to fill garner in the fourth and garner popped it out of here his joiner again coming up with the base is empty crowley's first pitch sinker low veteran mike crowley there's a ball button let's see if sandberg can get him out he does nice play boy sandberg's reactions are so quick flu they're great always ready for anything that happened watch him come in and charge this ball gloves at both hands with the glove and then fires to first base a great arm great release and it wasn't even close there's tony scott now [Music] we'll have boa leading off in the eighth inning and then the pitcher will have a 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tonight well we need some runs some hits and runs right here sudden rubbing that baseball up they think he scuffs them up but nobody's ever able to catch him and he goes his merry way along here's the pit live all easy out on the first pitch cruise pops out the crew one house bump whales is going to be the pinch hitter wills will bat for proley will's hitting 256. five homers 24 runs better then [Music] time running out on the curbs have done no hitting at all today four hits good for one run that's been averaged for the year against sutton by the cubs he beat them four to one and three hits earlier this year right here in houston swings at a fastball [Applause] [Music] on baines homer the white sox lead detroit one to nothing in the seventh in chicago curve strike two bomb will who leads a team in strikeouts with 51. [Music] makes it 52 took three pitches to strike them out no contest there was it [Music] with two away is ryan sandberg and they're not too many outs left for the cubs now they're down to the last four outs and they trail by two runs and still gotta hold them in the bottom of the eighth at that here's the pitch sandberg takes it high minnesota banning in the sixth leading 7-3 at milwaukee [Music] fast forward inside junior kennedy will be next two balls no strikes [Music] sutton hasn't walked but one stride car [Applause] two miles in the strike [Music] right hander continues to work in the bullpen for houston two right handers lazy fly ball easy inning one two three center fielder under the ball anyhow nothing across the cubs will have kennedy bunker and durham and if anybody gets on johnstone in the ninth we're going to the bottom of the 8th [Music] [Music] famous peace officers are on duty now this is sheriff andy taylor he's better known as dead eye and and that little wireless brother they're wearing that beginner that is join master crime fighters don knotts and andy griffith weeknights at six on channel nine [Music] going out with friends is always special especially when you're going to red lobster because you can have lobster tail a fried shrimp fan can dip away anyone for husting and crab legs and well what are friends for come on make a night out with your favorite something special just for you and you and you [Music] july the 15th is camera day fans teen pictures will go to the first 15 000 fans by canon also fans with cameras will be permitted on the field from 11 30 in the morning to 12 30. a july the 15th camera there [Music] [Applause] 17 100 pay 105 paid here [Music] louis pujols will lead it off bill campbell the new pitcher foley set him down and honored the one-handed equipment 17 105 paid the catcher louis pujols who's nothing out of two [Music] i always forget to pronounce the j's like h that's why i call them good kick one strike to nothing high pop fly on the infield kennedy back calling for haze got it pujols pops to kennedy one out here's don sutton he should get a big hand sun a tough competitor he's not happy about being with the team it's not in the race [Music] campbell's pitch bounce up the middle kennedy a nice play pose the first of the odds two up two down could be all up to the cubs in the ninth or only two back and they have the good hitters coming up two men arrived were in the gate one pitch in this ball game turned it around in one mistake by ripley and the other pitch the tremendous yes he can't fault our pitching allowing houston three runs on five hits we're up against a tough pitcher tonight sutton but that's when mistakes really are exaggerated and hurt here's a curve low two men around nobody else [Music] hi dicky son is one out of three plane shot stop for houston two men out nobody on base bottom of the eighth you know i don't want you to misunderstand i wouldn't misunderstand i know that you have an artistic ethereal love of baseball as i do for all fourth times gets a base on board but when pitching is emphasized it sure is a dull bargain true absolutely the spectators like to see hits and runs and movements but pitching is so predominant in baseball and it means that when you're in a closer ballgame those that perform and those that broadcast are keyed up more so than the fans a lot of times though when you have two good ball clubs against each other both with great pitchers going and the score maybe is nothing nothing a one nothing or two to one or something what happens though even against good hitters the ball doesn't play a lot they and the defense has a chance to make plays but this has been a real dull jonesville that's because we're not hitting the cubs are not hitting and you've got to give credit to uh sutton but in a close ballgame mistakes become a rarity and this is where i think baseball the real loyal baseball fans are interested in a one or two one ball game because they realize what's going on in the minds of each individual that is participating out there and you know those ball players are keyed up in a one or two run ball game terry poole about her he's one out of three he got the hit advance on the ball and then with two out score when garner hit the homer off ripley in the fourth quick throw runner back if we were promised that every game we played our opposition would only score three runs we'd like that wouldn't we but we should like it we should score more than three runs the pit there's a smash base hit the right field who's the runner on second racing the third the throw not in time and paul gets his second hit a single to right this ball was hit hard fastball at poole just hits past the diving kennedy at second base billam charges the ball makes the play at third but pawn just slides in under the tag [Music] now they have a tough hitter up there camera got the first two men out but now a walk in a single brings up ray knight he double the left and the sixth he's their best hitter fastball high tom filer will pitch for the cubs tomorrow night and remember it's an early start we'll be with you at 5 p.m chicago time on channel 9. the news will follow immediately tonight there's a strike a ball and a strike two men out two men on we're in the eighth [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] there goes a runner strike call no play at second base he faked expecting time to break to the plate which he didn't and jody realized that it was a tough fit here's a slow curve [Applause] jody faked the throat a second but it didn't do anything to the base runner at third sandberg was playing deep two strikes on the ball be careful now runners at second and third [Applause] the pitch to the right hand hitter fastball outside [Applause] iad here in the booth joni cobb probably a distant cousin of tyrus raymond [Music] two-two pitch whoa good save by jody davis of what might have been a wild pitch and he not made that great save [Music] [Applause] big big pitch now boy with jose cruz waiting on deck he's a dangerous rbi man too rayne digging in [Music] the pitch bouncing foul right sides lead detroit two to nothing in the eighth [Applause] three and two on night hitting 320 is one out of three with a double over there three two pit [Applause] the bases are loaded who walks in a single [Music] i'll tell you poor bill campbell just can never have an easy obvious for a relief that your late inning man has earned run averages 4.88 this is 38th game they've scored 31 runs faces loaded two out outside with a screw ball he's the man you expect to keep the opposition close keep us in the ball game and as you mentioned with those stats he just hasn't done it thus far [Music] one ball no strikes [Music] [Applause] jose cruz is going for the for the whole bundle he's one out of three tonight astros leading three to one cruz hitting [Music] [Applause] 269. [Music] safe well that's cruz he went with a pitch he's a tough hitter that puts the ball game on ice i would say for sutton scoring that johnson's throw was way up high and by the time jody davis could catch the ball it didn't come down with it the runner who would cross the base for the second run of the inning [Applause] that off campbell in 52 innings 62 hits 33 rounds they want to look at the baseball [Music] [Applause] well he was going to do something with the baseball he had done it on the other pitched a cruise it's a little late now [Music] i think if i were him i would start throwing a little uh you're cutting the ball up or getting a smooth saliva on it because he's not getting around with what he's throwing [Music] san francisco beat the mets three to two there's a long drive by garner but it's going to be caught gary woods has it two rounds all after tour out a base on ball to little dicky farm started it all then after poole got a single he walked nate filling the bases 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cubs can rally in other games pittsburgh still eats cincinnati three to nothing in the seventh candelaria valenzuela won his 12th beating montreal 3-1 san diego holding on to a lead at philadelphia 4-3 in the ninth high pop pile out of play and the mets were beaten by san francisco 3-2 atlanta leads st louis 3-2 st louis banning in the top of the ninth and atlanta white sox out in front of detroit two to nothing lamps pitching that minnesota leads at milwaukee seven and three in the seventh boston blanking texas seven and up in the seventh kansas city out in front of toronto three to one on the bottom of the eighth in kansas city baltimore and seattle new york and oakland just getting underway two miles two strikes live all center field tony scott drifting back [Applause] all sutton is doing now is just using that overhand good fastball making the cubs hit the ball hoping that they'll hit it deep to one of his outfielders you know as great a pitcher as he is and he's going for his 250th victory he's lost 188 so he's close to 600 mark as a pitcher during 17 years he still has a losing record against the cubs over his career this would be his 17th win if he gets it cubs have beaten him 19 times there's buckner one out of three one out [Music] inside last time that sutton faced the cubs here on may the 15th he beat him four to one on three hits tonight he leads them five to one on four hits well three [Music] he's only walk one [Music] and he struck out three want him with one out butler gets a base on ball and here's leon down arnie must have found a good book i haven't heard a peep out of him for the last three innings our boy he's going to the track tomorrow and he's pouring over that racing farm we gotta we gotta get some action for him right here bottom of the night or the top of the knife i should say look at that atlanta lou they beat st louis boy they hang in that's remarkable psycho that goes to show you how how quickly it can happen finally against vern rule tomorrow we'll be with you at five o'clock that's 5 p.m on channel 9. [Music] durham takes a strike jay johnstone on deck ground ball to the shot stop out at second safe at first a tough man to double up is that brew cause that was a perfect double play ball anybody else would have been a double play because watch this shortstop get rid of this ball very quickly doesn't take a step uses his hips throws that ball to second baseman and garner getting rid of it quickly but only the speed of durham beats the play and keeps the inning alive so with two and others j john stoney's one out of three [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] john star was a teammate of sutton's with the dodgers he's in the whole strike two a little outside san diego leads the phillies five to three bottom of the ninth and philadelphia giants beat the mets three to two atlanta over st louis three to two with valenzuela and the dodgers beat montreal three to one struck him out the game is over standstill fall out on strikes and don sutton does it again the 250 a victory of his career only 50 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have just beaten the cubs five to one you know this is one of those games lou there's nothing come on and groan about the other guy just beat you only made four hits made only one run you had very little opportunity a great pitcher's on the mount against you uh al ripley just uh pitch an outstanding game himself made one mistake and against a guy like sutton that's all it takes that's right sutton didn't make any mistakes tonight we made our one mistake i don't know harry but going back over the ball game had we been able to score kennedy when he opened up dealing with a double and had a one to nothing lead on the houston astros there might be a different plan of pitching coming up uh we don't know but when you lose opportunities like that against a good pitcher who won't give you many chances that means it's a tough ball game and we were in a tough ballgame you know i don't know how much longer a lou they can keep going to campbell to the late inning man now you know here we are almost at the 4th of july and his record in late innings is not good why would you switch milano but give him a chance to build his confidence again an early relief for mental relief to take the pressure off of him i've got to agree with you 100 percent i would say that he has to earn that position back because lee has given him all the opportunity in the world to keep the opposition close to us he's failed out many attempts which you have mentioned so i would say now i've got to change my plan and so far as my rotation of pictures he's going to be my middle man or he's going to be put into a ball game that's that's out of uh out of work out of reach for us and let him work his way back into that role all right lou uh you hear the totals in a hurry now five runs seven hits no heirs for the houston astros sutton wins his ninth he's lost four this the 250th victory of his career as he looks towards that 300 which he covets and now his record against the cubs he's won 17 and lost 19 during his career and remember that he holds a record of losing the most consecutive game standing one team in major league history when he lost 13 straight to the cubs in the three years between 66 and 69. you know my friend if we win tomorrow night i'd still think it'll be a good road trip one run four hits the noires for the cubs alan ripley the loser his first loss of the year now three and one speaking now for lou boudreau vince lloyd and milo hamilton this is harry kerry wishing you all a very pleasant good evening from the astrodome we're better than 17 000 paid as the astros beat the cubs five to one our next televised game will be between the cubs and the astros tomorrow night at the unique starting time of 5 p.m here on channel 9. participating advertisers in tonight's game were light beer for miller everything you always wanted in the beer unless true value hardware stores true value more than just a name it's their way of doing business union 76 and your neighborhood union 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