6/16/78: Tom Seaver's No-Hitter

this copyrighted broadcast is presented by authority of Cincinnati Reds incorporated and is intended solely for the private non-commercial use of our audience any publication reproduction retransmission or other use of the descriptions of accounts of this game without the express written consent of Cincinnati Reds incorporated is prohibited the announcers on this broadcast are employed by at the Cincinnati Reds incorporated Joe couple of wins in a row against the Chicago Cubs now a series against the Cardinals it will close out this homestand and of course precedes what has to be considered the most important road trip coming up next Tuesday night for the read so far this season and I don't know maybe you would disagree but I think would be mighty important now to start building up some momentum before we move into candlestick Marty it's always nice to build up momentum regardless of where here gone and this so happens and we are going to Candlestick and they seem to have just a little bit going out there you know but really you know you think of the Cardinals and dice we talked about them and to this point a very disappointing season for st. Louis but you always have to respect the opposition and certainly we'll worry about the night's game and then tomorrow night and tomorrow afternoon rather and Sunday and then when we get to Candlestick we'll worry about that but it'd be nice to go out there with the say a five-game winning streak and Thomas pitched super baseball and his streak of sixth grade eight 162 earned run average in that streak and he has really come on as everyone knows and his last time out oh I guess you'd call it a finesse game and he's had a lot of rest so he should be pumping pretty good today well he's set to go to deal to the leadoff batter Lou Brock the first pitch an off-speed pitch sits down low for a ball and this game is underway Seaver 7 and 4 by way of record with a 352 earned run average here's a grounder wide of first backhanded by Driessen Danny wave Seaver away he'll be brought to the bag bring up Gary Templeton the shortstop and in the wake of as Joe pointed out a very disappointing season for the Cardinals as a team they are 17 under 523 and 40 it has been a very mysterious mystifying disappointing year personally for this young man right here Templeton batting only 235 with 13 RBIs but I guess the thing that is even more surprising than that is a fact he's committed 20 errors at shortstop this season and certainly not playing like the Gary Templeton that everybody saw around the National League last year he grounds the first pitch foul rock is bounced to first Templeton is at the plate a strike count on the switch hitting shortstop and center fielder George Hendrick now moving to the st. Louis on-deck circle zebra rocks to the windup he pitches and Templeton swings and misses and quickly falls behind a toe to this the 15th started the season for Tom he has three complete games in his last two outings have resulted in complete game efforts blowing outside a ball he beat the Cardinals and going the distance two starts ago two to one and then came up with a route going performance to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates last weekend in Pittsburgh two balls and two strikes I feel playing Templeton to hit the other way zebra with a break-even pitch and Gary shoots it down the left field line foster moving back and toward the foul line and he'll not have a play ball back up into the seats the Reds defensively tonight go with Driessen at first base Morgan at second concepción at Short Rose at third foster in left field Geronimo and Center and Griffey in right Donnie Werner behind the plate holding two and to count on Gary Templeton Sieber checking in with Warner for the sign he kicks and he fires and that's bounced towards short concepción charges has it quick running throw got him at first base two down you don't fool around on anything hit on the ground when this young man is at the plate because he can flat run they'd be charged the big hopper and threw on the run to get Templeton by a couple of steps at first base don't forget banner day is coming up at Riverfront three weeks from tonight now's the time to start work on your batter so you can enter it in the Reds banner parade between games of the Reds Giants double-header you need information just call the Reds office Hendrick the two hot batter swings and fouls at the plate George of course started out the season with the San Diego Padres just a couple of weeks ago came over the Cardinals for right-handed pitcher Eric Rasmussen Hendrick hitting 223 five homers 17 runs batted in Sabre is retired brac and Templeton on ground balls and he throws the strike one pitch to Hendrick he swings and misses at a pitch down and away a breaking ball that was well out of the strike zone and Hendrick it obviously made his mind up he was going after the pitch and is down two strikes majid 12 over 500 as they begin the series a 137 in los 25 the pitch blowing outside a ball trailing the Giants by two and a half games the Reds of course with the exhibition game at Indianapolis last night which they beat their triple-a farm club eight five the Giants played and won so at a half game on to the giant lead here's a ground ball to second Morgan makes a pick up throws him out and Seaver enjoys a one two three first inning Cardinals are out in order and after a half inning of play st. Louis nothing and the Reds are coming to bat well tonight's game starts off a big weekend series for the Reds and the Cardinals here at Riverfront there is a 215 ballgame tomorrow afternoon and then on Sunday the homestand winds up on Ken Griffey poster day every guy in gal 21 and under will get a free two foot by 3 foot full color action poster of the red star right fielder it's a terrific souvenir for collectors be on hand plenty of seats are available for tomorrow and Sunday and for your convenience a red Stadium ticket office opens at 9:00 a.m. both days John Denny one of the two big horses in this Cardinals another course being Bob Forsch Danny owns a six and four record with a 267 earned run average with four complete games or seven complete games in 14 starts and one of those route going performances came against Cincinnati ten days ago at Busch Stadium in st. Louis when he got out the Reds five hits and one run the Cardinals posting a four to one victory John Denny not an easy customer to contend with most of the time and in for lifetime decisions against the Reds he owns three wins Pete Rose will start it off T batting 270 is homered four times has 19 RBIs a pitch to him just inside a fastball Kenny reads playing why to the bag at third and a bit in four rows who takes a breaking pitch low and Denny falls behind a pea two balls and no strikes ken griffey and Joe Morgan to follow and hopefully more here in the first pitch on the way Pete swings bounces first base side that's going to be a fair ball took an extremely high hop but played by Hernandez and he gets to put out one down as griffie comes to the plate will check out the Cardinals defensively for you it's Hernandez at first with Phillips at second Templeton at short reads at third Brock in lapped Hendrick in Center Morales and right and Simmons behind a plate one gone no score we are in the bottom of the 1st Griffey takes it low and inside Kenny continues to lead the National League in batting with a 328 mark and also in total base hits with 83 deniz 102 him that's below the knees and any falling behind a griffey to know exactly as he did to Pete Rose before Rose hit that 2o pitch on a ground out to first base Denny kicks and fires Griffey takes a slow curve that's in for a strike Terry Tata our plate umpire at first Paul Pryor at second ed Vargo and at third-base Charlie Williams dennee ready with a 2-1 pitch Griffey swings bounces it hard on one hop back to the mound and the pitcher throws him out Kenny with a hard one hopper right back to Denny oh it to out of nothing going on for Cincinnati here's Joe Morgan looks like this guy's finally started to battle back after a very slow start sighs batting average dip into the two thirties Morgan has jumped it up to 258 and is hit safely in six consecutive games he takes a high breaking ball he went to bat one time in Indianapolis last night and hammered a long two-run home run in the first inning to right-center check swing ball - breaking ball in the dirt Simmons runs out in front of the plate to pick it up and deliver it on back to the mound denne trying to do what Sieber did in the top of the inning and that's retired the side one two three Morgan bounces foul that will carry on over toward the Cincinnati dugout so to the red second baseman two balls in one strike I've been getting some excellent pitching despite losing last Monday night's game to the Chicago Cubs the pitching was good throughout the series there's ball three of course winning Tuesday night's Game one nothing and coming back behind a pitching of Sarmiento Tomlin and Bair to defeat the Cubs three two one in the afternoon wrap up on Wednesday there's ball four Denny misses with two high and away fast balls to issue a two-out walk to Morgan and keep the inning going for George Foster foster batting 313 with 14 home runs and 48 RBIs that ladder figure good enough to continue to lead the National League and also is a leader in runs scored with a total of 43 so Morgan draws a two-out walk and mr. Denny will go to work on mr. foster the stretch and the pitch foster bounces to third played on the hop by reeds he'll go to first with his throw and that's the inning for the Reds no runs no hits no errors in one man left on at the end of one complete in this series opener with the Cardinals Cincinnati nothing and st. Louis nothing at the end of one inning of play at Riverfront Stadium no score and the Cardinals will be coming with the middle third of their batting order against Tom Seaver led by Ted Simmons then Keith Hernandez and Jerry Morales now Baltimore and Oakland getting ready to play a single game in Baltimore tonight Rick Langford against Dennis Martinez interesting sidelight to that game the Orioles playing the game under protest for possible violations regarding the 25 man limit of Oakland the first pitch misses low and away to Simmons Deb batting 316 he's having a fine year with his Cardinal club as he normally does he swings and grounds one slowly to shortstop Davey has it on the bounce throwing first base one down so the first four cardinal batters have been retired on ground balls to the infield one two first two to shortstop and one to second here's a left-handed batting first baseman Keith Hernandez Hernandez hitting 274 is driven in 30 runs has hit five homers against Cincinnati pitching in the two game set in st. Louis had a base hit in five trips which is in the dirt for a ball Hernandez takes a strike on the outside edge and it's even 201 and one Seaver delivers and it's slow for a ball two balls in one strike on Hernandes both the Giants and the Dodgers going extremely well right now la is chalked up six wins in a row the Giants have recorded six victories in a row also there's a call strike and it's 2-2 now Cincinnati having won a modest two straight would like to get involved in a long winning streak now would be an excellent time to start it off there's ball three low on outside so Seaver a full count on Hernandez we pointed out the Reds two and a half behind the Giants and two and a half games in front of third place Los Angeles Dodgers are five back of San Francisco ball four inside and low and Hernandez becomes the first Cardinal baserunner is he worked Seaver for a one out second ending walk I'll bring out rightfielder Jerry Morales morale is hitting 238 and thus far he has been a big disappointment for the Cardinals two three home runs and has driven in 28 runs and simply been a matter of everything that possibly could go wrong has gone wrong for st. Louis Seaver delivers Morales a taken strike a fastball talking to coach Jack Krol earlier tonight who was an interim manager with his club for a few games until Kenny Boyer took over after burn wrap was fired and he said as soon as it looks like they've got things turned around for the better all of a sudden something else crops up and they've got the same problem again Werner calling for a pitch out but Hernandez not doing anything at first base but a long long way to go the Cardinals have played 63 ballgames so 99 more to go and you've seen strange things happen in a much shorter span of time than that I'm sure Seaver throws to first and Hernandez is back one add one on here in the second no score the Reds and the Cardinals Cincinnati infield at DoublePlay dap this time again drives hernandez with a throw to first base now the long pause of the belt the runner goes pitch is swung on and Miss Werner's throw down to second and it goes through Morgan and on into centerfield here comes Hernandez on to third base Donnie Warner bouncing one in front of second and Morgan not able to handle it on the bounce as they credit Hernandez with a stolen base and charge a throwing error to Don Werner so the Cardinals put a runner over at third base on a steal and an error Hernandez with his fourth stolen base of the season and that will bring the Cincinnati infield in especially the right side of Driessen and Morgan trying to cut off Hernandez at the plate should he try and score on anything hit on the ground by Morales Seaver glances to third as he works from the full wind-up he sends in the 1 2 pitch Morales strikes out swinging time coming with a high hard would make Jerry Morales his first strikeout victim and that will bring up third baseman Kenny Reitz now we'd like to send along our congratulations and best wishes to all the high school baseball players in the Greater Cincinnati area will be competing tomorrow morning in the annual east-west all-star baseball game the game takes place at 10 o'clock out at st. Xavier high school ball is inside maybe concepción playing a very deep shortstop for Ken REITs he swings and misses at a pitch out away from him greets he hitting 257 as Hernandez at third base with two away check swing foul ball that will go to the Cincinnati dugout no Sieber trying to leave Hernandez stranded at third came up with a big strikeout of Jerry Morales and owns account advantage here again streets at ball one and strike two okay the right hand are ready to go to work again he whines and he pitches and reach takes it just tie and outside too and to Sieber has been in a word magnificent in this six-game winning streak of his at one time a one-in-four record that has been turned into a seven and four mark as Joe mentioned earlier during the winning streak Tom has posted a 162 earned run average giving up nine earned runs and 49 and two-thirds innings of pitching and that's not bad reach swings at a high fastball and fouls it back Seavers victories have come against Montreal he's twice beaten San Diego Atlanta the Cardinals in Houston or Pittsburgh two balls two strikes two out scoreless here in the second with the Cardinals having Keith Hernandez down at third-base Seaver wields and deals and misses will a high breaking ball well if he loses Reitz he'll be working to second baseman Mike Phillips three balls and two strikes as a right-handed batter levels of baton weights a pitch on the way struck him out or did he no could not hang on to the foul tip Donnie Warner's have all just got off of his glove so reet's stays alive on a holding three and two count don't feel playing reads pretty much straight away Sieber back to the plate and reach takes it outside so tom has issued his second walk of the inning and the number eight batter in the Cardinal lineup second baseman Mike Phillips will step in Philips doing a good job in the time that he has been able to get into that Cardinal lineup hitting 276 with five RBIs of course Mike Tyson at the beginning of the season was the Cardinals second baseman but Phillips right now hitting almost 30 points higher than Tyson and so Mike is the one getting the playing time as Seaver came to the plate Phillips threw up his hands and call time so that pitch will not count Cardinals have him on the corners Hernandez at third reits at first two away in the inning Seaver stretches delivers phillips takes it inside ball one Cardinals threatening in the second inning zebra works to Phillips who won over the play just gets the outside corner for a call strike a game that Seaver beat the Cardinals in back on the 5th of June 2 to 1 Mike Phillips reached on for a couple of base hits in that game Phillips swings and fouls this went off just to the right of the plate tom here in the first couple of innings for the most part staying out in front of the hitters although he has issued the walks in the inning to Hernandez and reet's he's in front now Phillips at ball one and strike two and John Denny is he on deck batter for st. Louis Philips left-handed batter I'm taking his time he checks the runners on the corners and comes to the plate Phillips it's a broken bat ground ball to second Morgan will throw to first base to get the inning ending out no runs no hits one error with two laughs in the middle of inning number two it's the rats nothing in the Cardinals nothing Danny Driessen heading toward the plate and he'll be the man who will kick off the second inning for Cincinnati Driessen batting 302 with eight homers and 36 RBIs he'll be followed here in the second by Davey concepción and Cesar Geronimo John Denny allowing a two out baserunner Morgan a walk in the first inning that got foster to groundout to third he delivers to Driessen fastball in strike call Denny delivers Driessen takes it inside one on one 1977 a rough year for John Denny in terms of pulled hamstring muscles he suffered to swing in a foul by Driessen suffered one here and then suffered a worse hamstring pull out in Los Angeles something that took forever and ever to finally overcome the one he suffered in LA because it was much worse than the one he had here in Cincinnati so far this season has been injury free we talked to him in st. Louis and he said everything was in fine shape as far as that's concerned he curves Driessen but it stays high and it is even at two balls and two strikes Danny takes another breaking ball and that's all the Denny for the most part has been throwing him his curves and a full count Denny like Seaver will not walk too many people here's a grounder hit to the right side and Mike Phillips is there to play the ball and throw Driessen out one away Davee concepción will now step to the plate Davy batting 308 two home runs and 28 RBIs and concepción ranking fourth in the National League in two base hits he's had 17 this season Ted Simmons of the Cardinals leads a league with a total of 22 doubles Davy Bluffs a bunt on a low curve ball one Jack Clark of the Giants with 18 Pete Rose also up there among the league leaders in that department a curve ball is high and inside as Davy leans out away from the pitch two balls and no strikes Denny working quickly david swings at a fastball away and does not get a 2 & 1 and look at any statistics and not hard to understand why is earned run average stands at low as it does at 267 he's given up at 83 hits in 104 and 1/3 innings of pitching swinging a foul cap two balls and two strikes not a strikeout pitcher by any means he's fanned 46 this season but in terms of walks he's issued but 26 Seaver is issued but 31 coming into this start a 91 and 2/3 innings grounded off the end of the bat slowly toward second here's Phillips quick throwing to first base and got him my 1/2 step but both outs here in the second have been on ground balls to Mike Phillips at second base that groundout makes Cesar Geronimo the two hot batter Geronimo batting 245 three homers and 17 RBIs I did not go to the plate in the two-game series in st. Louis pitches high for a ball did get in once as a late inning defensive replacement but marking his first trip to the plate this season now against Cardinal pitching ball two to nothing tomorrow afternoon in the 2:15 start it will be bill Bonham against Pete Vuckovich three balls and no strikes and when we close out the series on Sunday afternoon it will also be the wrap-up to the home stand Freddie Norman will go against Silvio Martinez so all three of the Cincinnati pitchers in this series trying to make it eight wins on the year Geronimo draws a two-out walk Sieber seven and four bottom will go in with a record of seven and one in Freddie Norman Sunday afternoon will carry a record of the mount of seven wins and three losses Denny like Seaver has now walked to and he faces catcher Don Werner batting 163 with nine runs knocked in Donnie has done an iron man's job behind a plate as Denny throws to first he has caught every inning of the Reds last 17 ballgames geronimo getting a pretty good lead at first so much so that Denny throws that way again Driessen concepción groundouts but Geronimo draws a walk another throw to first so Werner is still waiting to look over John Denny's first pitch the Cardinal right-hander is thrown over to Keith Hernandez three straight times here's his stretch to pause and another quick throw to first and he throw it away here comes Toronto ball on a second John Denny going to the well one time too often geronimo ending up at second base and that'll be a throwing error against any oh we've had two errors already in the game and both have been of the throwing variety Donnie Werner charged with the throwing error in the top of the inning he takes a pitch low for ball one so the Reds have Geronimo at second with two down Warner takes it off the plate in highball to Tom Seaver on deck Cardinals could not take advantage of the throwing error in the top of the inning Seaver was able to wiggle out of a first and third Jam here's a ball fouled off the end of the bat Hernandez went to third base with one down but Seaver struck out Morales and after walking REITs he got Phillips to bounce out to second base now Geronimo taking a good lead out at second as Denny sends a pitch in and Werner takes a curve high and inside three and one on to Cincinnati catcher any stretches and pitches curve is in at the knees strike to call the fans here not particularly in agreement with Terry taters call but a full count nevertheless here's a payoff pitch and that's bounced to third here's REITs with a ball he'll go to first and that's the inning so the numbers for Cincinnati in the second no runs no hits an era with a man left on base and at the end of two complete the Reds nothing and the Cardinals nothing here in the third inning for the st. Louis Cardinals pitcher John Denny will lead it off against Tom Seaver and here to call the play-by-play for you Joe Nuxhall all right Marty Denny with the 117 batting average John for 177 batting average he's had six hits in 34 times up this year tom has struck out one walked two delivers to Denny and the bunt attempt is missed strike one Cardinals in the red splitting the two-game series at Busch Stadium in st. Louis oh one delivery swung on and missed and quickly Seaver in front one to Denny winning the Cardinals game over there and of course Seaver winning the Reds game on to the count CIRA wines and the pitch missing outside with a slider one more two strikes Lou Brock on deck and then it'll be Garry Templeton Seaver back to the plate any swings did he go far enough and Terry Tator says so the plate umpire so that's strikeout number two for Tom Seaver one away and Lou Brock the better Brock bounds to Danny Driessen why the first base in the first inning leading off the game and you talk about reasons for the Cardinals problems I guess you might throw Lou Brock in with who Brock has scores or 17 runs this year hitting 217 Seaver delivers and Brock swings and fouls Poynter hangs the sign and the o1 delivery that's under the knees of all what I want zebra shakes off the sign from Warner and the one one on the way outside is Tom takes something off the fastball 2 & 1 the Reds have signed a three more of their draft picks to one delivery swung on bounced to Morgan Joe has it on to Driessen tool through down Gary Templeton the better the three the Reds sign latest to sign number 13 pick Byron Jackson an eighteen-year-old right-handed pitcher from Wichita Falls Texas number 20 draft pick James Taylor 18 year-old catcher from Charlotte North Carolina pitch to Templeton and at swung on and Miss and a Thurman he was a number nine 29 draft picks Alex Neeley twenty-year-old right-handed pitcher from Enid Oklahoma the O one pitch Templeton swings and fouls and quickly Seaver in front on to tom has struck out to walk to both walks coming in the second inning hernandez and greets o to pitch Templeton swings uninvolved Cardinals have won 23 and lost 40 playing their 64th game the Reds playing number 63 Cardinals last year beat the Reds on the season series seven games to five again the old two pitch that swung on and hit the left field Foster going back and step on to the warning track makes the play other Cardinals out in order here in the seventh in the third inning nothing across and at the middle of inning number three Cardinals nothing Reds double for the Reds in the bottom half of the third it will be Tom Seaver to lead it off then Pete Rose in Ken Griffey Tom with a 179 batting average he has five hits and 28 times up has driven in two runs and Seaver owns one double Denny has not struck out anyone has walked two walked Morgan with two out the first inning walked Geronimo with two out to second John Donne e6 and 4 on the year ready to work to Tom Seaver Hawaiian's in the pitch Seaver takes it low and outside a ball then in the game against the Reds and st. Louis on June the 6th there is a strike on the outside corner 101 a lot of the Reds just five hits no one the game had to for the red ball to lawn outside Phil Morgan had won any Driessen had one to drive in the one Cincinnati run two on deliveries curve for a called strike count evens 2 & 2 and Dave Collins had one as a pinch-hitter all right the two to pair swung on and missed and Denny has his first strikeout why don't ye Pedro is the batter Rose bounced to Hernandez at first base leading off the game for the Reds Pete's batting average to 70 with four home runs 19 RBIs 17 doubles and three triples penny working quickly delivers and Rose takes it low and inside a ball 1o pitch swung on its bounced to Phillips charging it second goes on Hernandez to away two down ken griffey steps in Kenny bounced hard back to the mound in the first inning Denny reaching off to his right to pick it off and throw Griff out two outs bases empty Benny delivers Griffey takes fastball through the heart of the plate the strike come out last year with the Cardinals beat the Reds on the season series 7500 on pitch inside as Griffey skips back what I'm on that was the first time since 1968 that the Cardinals had won a season series from the Reds 1 1 delivery swung on bounced over the mound near second base Templeton has it quick pointer and and is got him on the Reds out and order and we have yet to hit a ball out of the infield in the first three innings against John Denny nothing across and after three Red's nothing Cardinals nothing see we're ready to go to work - George Hendrick he lines and delivers the first pitch Hendricks swings and misses the pitch down and in Tom turning the ball over quite a bit again tonight it still seems to have better velocity than he did in Pittsburgh the pitch slider outside and the count evens one on one 1 1 pitch and Rick states breaking ball on outside two balls is strike - on delivery Hendrix check swing foul and not into the seats just to the right of the screen only everyone all right down there account even has two walls two strikes to George Hendrick I feel shading him around to the right to to delivery song on and Miss got him with a good high fastball third strikeout for Tom one away and Ted Simmons the better well you go back to that game in st. Louis at Tom beat the Cardinals in and he just absolutely blew five people away in the last two innings striking out the side in the ninth and one of them Ted Simmons he's at the plate now switch hitter the pitch strike call Simmons a 316 batting average six home runs 26 RBIs ted has had 22 doubles all one pitch curve ball and that's outside 101 Rygel's tomorrow afternoon Sunday afternoon Reds off Monday take off Monday afternoon for scent San Francisco to open a 10 game road trip three of the Giants three with the Dodgers four in Houston one one delivery is just low and I think Tom wanted that one count goes two balls one strike Ethan and Ozzy on deck batter Seavers two on delivery swell on a very high pop that will come back and out of play dropping just in front of us not even two and two to Ted Simmons and away from the plate now steps back in and Sivir wines and the - - breaking ball swung on and hit the centerfield Geronimo they're waiting on it and they saw has it for out number two and entering Keith Hernandez of the plate Renaud has walked in the second inning with one out stole second and moved to third on the throwing error by Don Warner the ball going on in the center field but was left there as Morales struck out reached walked and Phillips bounced to Morgan he's a 274 banning everything Seaver delivers high with the fastball read Tom's lips every time he makes a bad pitch he kind of talks to himself 1o pitch outside and off the mid of Don one or two at all mom says come on Tom now the two Oh and Anna swings ground ball Morgan has it off to his left jointed recent gaudy Joe good play a step on the outfield turf to pick it off one-handed moving to his left and throws Hernandez out easily and that's the inning now we got a real pitcher's battle going here at Riverfront tonight through the first three and a half innings there has not been a base hit and John Denny will be facing in the fourth inning Joe Morgan George Foster and Danny Driessen Morgan walked in the first inning with two out Joe a six-game hitting streak that streak Joe has had ten hits in 23 times to the plate good for a for 3500 batting average in his batting average up to 258 now John Denny ready to go to work is struck out one walked to the pitch Morgan takes an off-speed pitch up high a ball well they play the Morgan made on Hernandez the only ball that looked like a base hit to this point Morgan takes ball too high and outside then he did make a good play on Ken Griffey in the first inning and a hard one bouncer back to the mound two old delivery Morgan takes ball three lon inside so could Joe on here leading off the inning Denny with a good move though tough to steal on it see if Morgan has the green light he does but takes it high ball for so Joe watch through the second time in the game and that brings George Foster the plate foster ended the first inning by grounding to reach at third base bargain with 13 stolen bases in 17 attempts this year waiting on foster to settle into the batter's box till a good lead denne looking to do Simmons has to sign the strike goes over the first and Morgan back standing my name's the stretch again a throw over there and again Morgan is back standing let's see if Joe that's a little bigger lead this time he's has he's normal a sliding fit one on the turf there he goes the fit stinking Simmons throw is not near time in a got saved by Gary Templeton backing up the play that went through pull ups and Gary Templeton made a diving stab to save it from going into center field so Morgan gets his 14 stolen base of the year and only some good hustle by Garry Templeton keeps him from moving on to third base the pits to Foster was lawn outside and the count of ball no strikes to George and either stretch and the pitch foster takes it high and inside the con goes to and all under Denny on the start of the game from st. Louis talking about heading foster at foster in his head and he says I'm sorry for it but George really leans out over the plate well you have to fess them up once in a while but certainly don't like to do that but you must let them know you're on the mound to know the count denne the scratch the pitch curveball for called strike two and one it's on the way that's just off the plate outside three and Wanda Foster in the last four or five ballgames we have watched some excellent pitching both sides here at Riverfront actually it started Sunday in Pittsburgh when the Reds lost the Pirates three-to-one but good pitching there's ball four outside so the first two of rates during the fourth inning Danny Driessen making his way to the plate and we'll pause for station identification this is a Cincinnati Reds baseball Network WLW Cincinnati attention you car buyers are you looking for economy of mileage the test drive Europe's most successful new car in history the all-new Fiesta at your Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Ford dealers today I'm Danny Driessen at the plate Oregon 2nd foster first the Fitz Driessen takes it low on inside of all Danny grounded to Phillips at second base leading off the second inning any checking with Ted Simmons his catcher sets delivers grease and swings and misses a curveball he was right on that one not even one-on-one to Driessen then he sets the pitch taken on the inside corner called strike and that brings the count to a ball two strikes to Driessen Dave concepción on deck I came out the pitching in this homestand the Monday night game of the Cubs a 3-2 to victory for Chicago Russell and Bonham in that one here's the one-two going inside count evens two balls two strikes and of course Tuesday night Freddy Dorman and Doug Bair combined to shut out the Cubs one to nothing two to delivery swung on bounced back to the mound to Templeton and on to Hernandez double play as Morgan moves to third base the double play goes 1 2 6 2 3 Morgan moving to third two away and Dave concepción the better that's the 43rd DoublePlay the Reds of into this year Davian the second inning grounded to Mike Phillips at second base then he delivers concepción takes it high and inside of all Morgan down the line to third and he looks over their wines and the pitch swung on and fouled in the count evens one and one a wala strike the count to concepción Dave with his 1000th career face it ones the afternoon takes from Denny low and it's 2 & 1 and he back to the plate curve is swung on and bounced back to the mound and he has it on to Hernandez in that ceiling so after the first two reach we cannot get them anywhere Morgan got the third but that's it for the Reds no runs no hits no errors and one runner left on base and at the end of four Cardinals nothing Reds nothing how the four inning totals are identical the Cardinals no runs no hits one error the Reds no runs no hits and one error for st. Louis Jerry Morales will lead it off the fifth and back to the activities mister Brennaman okay Joe Jerry Morales up in the 2nd inning struck out swinging one of three strikeouts at Tom Seaver has had so far tonight only thing the Cardinals have had remotely resembling a base hit was that ball that Hernandez hit in the fourth inning that Morgan made such a super play on to keep from going into right field and of course threw him out so we've got a dandy going tonight through four innings here's Jerry Morales now to begin the fifth the st. Louis and he receiver with the first pitch and that's taken pitch on the way Morales a slow bouncer third-base side of the mound Rose cuts it off and throwing high but Driessen is able to go up and get it and come back down on the bag or get Morales at first base one down bring up County reads he was a baserunner back in a second on a base on balls now the trade deadline came and went at midnight last night a number of deals made but I don't think any that you could describe as major deals here's a pitch to reach pitches outside a ball the San Francisco Giants the most active of any of the major league clubs they acquired Houston shortstop Roger Metzger for either player to be named later or cash swung on fly ball get into right-center field Ken Griffey and Geronimo both there and Geronimo will make the play two out Giants also picked up jim dwyer from this cardinal team as part of a deal last fall that sent pitcher Frank Roselli to st. Louis and the Giants acquired the contract of outfielder Hector Cruz from the Chicago Cubs for Lynn McLaughlin just talking with st. Louis sports writer Jack Herman a while ago and found out about a trade that I think may well have escaped a lot of people I know it did eyes here's a pitch low for ball one ray Burris going from the Chicago Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for left-hander Jerry Royce had no idea at all about that one here's the one Oh swing on and foul by Phillips in other deals in New York Yankees got Gary Thomasson from the Oakland A's for outfielder Dell Alston and infielder Mickey klutz the Indians purchase Bernie carbo from the Boston Red Sox for cash 1 1 pitch swung on ground ball hit to first recent has it he'll take it to the bag for the put out and that's all for the Cardinals in the fifth inning three up and three down after four and a half the Reds nothing and the Cardinals nothing well through four and a half innings of play there has not been a run there has not been a base set Tom Seaver has pitched five hitless innings John Denny has pitched four it'll be Geronimo who drew the second ending walk to lead off of the Reds and his achieve settles into the batter's box apparently getting something in his right eye because he quickly steps away from the plate Kenny REITs will play close at third for Geronimo as a pitch comes and it's a curveball at the knees first right we're ticking off those trades that were consummated before the midnight trade deadline last night mentioned the fact that the Indians purchase Bernie carbo from the Boston Red Sox swung on line drive base at centerfield so say Geronimo becomes the first man to reach on a base hit tonight as he lines a pitch up the middle and that'll bring up Don Werner the Indians traded Mike veiled of the Chicago Cubs for outfielder Jill Wallace then they turned around and traded Wallace to the Oakland A's for catcher designated hitter Gary Alexander Geronimo goes Warner fouls it off and in another national league trade the Philadelphia Phillies traded relief pitcher Jean Garber to the Atlanta Braves for right-handed pitcher dick Ruthven nothing of a major nature here's a check swing by dawn on a curve ball one ball in one strike the Reds have Geronimo on leading off the fifth inning with a base hit in this nothing nothing game Werner checking with third base coach Alex Gramma's says he stands back in to await the pitching of John Denny here it comes swung on base hit left-field Denny got a curveball up and Donnie lied to single to left so the first two men on Iran here in the fifth inning good back-to-back singles from Geronimo and Werner and you probably can expect what Tom Seaver is going to be up there doing Seaver struck out in the third Keith Hernandez went into the mountain talk with Denny now moves on back to first he's playing shallow as is Ken reach a third base we need that all-important bunt from Tom now to get them both a disk or and the pitch is bunted foul as Hernandez and reach really come like gangbusters scoreboard stopper tonight the Cardinals won the pennant in 1964 1967 and 1968 who managed those st. Louis teams two on nobody out Red's threatening in the fifth inning denne into his stretch Sieber turns into by takes it low and away and it's one ball one strike he draws as you know in the on-deck-circle xever looking down to Gramma's 1/3 steps back in and Hernandez really playing close in at first base here's a stretch in the pitch Seaver takes it and it's a strike one into the count what's the trade that came about very early before the trade deadline rawly Eastwick going to the Philadelphia Phillies from the New York Yankees for Jay Johnstone and minor league outfielder Bobby Brown Seaver behind on the count and he bunts foul and that's a strike out Danny picks up a big one as Sivir is not able to move the runners along and with one down Petros will step to the plate as Denny now comes into the plate to talk with a plate umpire Terry Tator and now is running over and into the st. Louis Cardinals dugout apparently we're going to have a holdup in the action here as Denny is heading down to the Cardinal dressing room for some reason or other and we've got a break in the action here in the fifth inning and we'll be back with more in just a moment while we're back here at Riverfront Stadium still waiting the return of John Denny from the st. Louis Cardinal clubhouse apparently something went amiss in terms of his uniform that caused him to go to the plate umpire Terry Tata and request permission to go on to the clubhouse and correct whatever the problem was when we resume play we'll have Geronimo at 2nd Donnie Werner still at first base and now one out after Seaver trying to bunt ended up striking out updating some scores in the American League Toronto and Texas playing a twin bill in Arlington Texas tonight and at the end of eight in Game one the Rangers hold a 3-2 to lead Rico cardi's at a 2-run Homer to account for the only Toronto runs Cleveland over Milwaukee for one at the end of four and a half innings of play Hisle a home run for a Milwaukee grub a three-run shot for the Indians Baltimore on an Eddie Murray fourth inning home run one nothing over Oakland California with two in the first inning on a 200 lead at the end of two innings against the Yankees Boston shutting out Seattle at the end of 3 3 to nothing Red Sox are trying to chalk up their 8th consecutive victory and since Seattle down to their ninth straight loss other games not yet underway Kansas City at Chicago it'll be Larry Gura against Francisco Barrios Detroit at Minnesota and of course Toronto and Texas will be playing the second game in the National League Pittsburgh six Atlanta nothing at the end of two and a half Chicago scoreless in the top of the first at Houston meanwhile we're still waiting for Johnny to come back to the pitching now Arne I'll be back it takes a little while to make that particular equipment change now well Jesse don't do that like putting a new shoelaces and I understand very well and mr. Denny is now coming up the stairwell carried a couple bass tips out of their Forks now we hope so I think John's a very popular person right now the crowd greeting him with a course of boos as he goes back to the mound soap let's see what Pete can do now with two on and one out the Reds got their first two on in the fourth inning on walks to Morgan and foster and couldn't score when Driessen hit into a double play and concepción bounced back to the mound Roseau for to is bounced to first is grounded out to second base here's Danny with a pitch and Rose takes it for strike at the letters on the outside corner any the belt there go the runners pitch swung on line drive base hit left-center field one is gonna score taken away he's coming to the plate Templeton's throw not in time a to win double the ball gets through Simmons and Rose goes to third well the ball hit Donnie Werner as Gary Templeton's throw came to the plate they've charged an era against Ted Simmons ball actually hit Don Warner's across the plate and no of course we're not official scorers but usually when something I got happens the close the ball is charged that ball did hit Don Warner as he really was a step across home plate and Ted Simmons had no chance at all to feel the ball lean was behind one or Werner crossing in front of him the throw strike he's done so Pete getting a 2-run double and going to third on an error charged to Simmons here is Griffey as a Cardinals infield comes in it's ball one so the Reds lighting this crown up at Riverfront as the runners were both going Geronimo and Werner and Pete line to double into the gap in left center with both scoring high with a pitch two balls and no strikes Kenny has grounded to the mound hard and was thrown out by Templeton a shortstop in the third inning Hernandez Phillips Templeton and REITs all playing in roses at third base two runs have been scored as the Reds have reached Denny for three hits in the fifth the pitch to Griffey swung on and looped down the left-field line that's going to be a foul ball into the seats so feet coming up with a big two-run double and now griffey trying to get rose in from third as he stands out of the batter's box Denny waiting out on the mound for the hitter to get back in there 2 & 1 the count then he's staring in for the sign from Simmons he picks it up and he pitches Griffey fouls it to the screen are they something kind of interesting I know Pete was talking about RBI is Wednesday in the clubhouse and that's his first RBI since May the 27th in San Diego Wow a long time between drinks of water for rows they give him a total of 21 runs batted in Griffey takes strike three fastball in on him that can't be right we're gonna look at that one more time that's a third strikeout for Denny and two of them have come here in the inning it brings up Joe Morgan who's walked twice the Reds Radio Network brings Reds baseball to fans in seven states and you can hear the games in Ironton Ohio on wir row and Kokomo Indiana on WI o you in jamestown kentucky on WJ RS and in Bluefield West Virginia on WH is two runs in two men out the Cargill infield now falls back as Denny comes to Morgan Jo swings and pulls it foul into the Cincinnati dugout retract that statement and say at two RBIs and the 31st of May against the Braves in Atlanta still 16 days sounds a little better a little bit two days better Morgan takes a curve in the dirt as Simmons goes to both knees to block it one ball one strike denne throwing that baseball in and apparently on the request of morgan terry tato looks it over and throws it on back to the mound Denny has worked carefully to Joe tonight so much so that he's walked him twice here's a pitch that's low and it's two balls in one strike any glancing 2/3 where Rose has his lead pitches a curve low ball three so he's a pitch away from issuing a third straight walk to Joe Morgan ground ball fair down the right-field line he turn and is diving to try and stop it the run is in Morgan comes to second headfirst with a double three runs in on forebay sets morgen hitting a rocket down the first base line and I'll tell you give Keith Hernandez a lot of credit because he went all out to try and come up with a ball as it shot by him with Rose scoring Joe is now at second and here is George Foster checks weighing a ball I've got a lap Tanner now beginning to throw in the Cardinals bullpen buddy Schultz foster shoots want a deep right field but it's a foul ball the answer to the scoreboard stop or the manager of the Cardinals or the managers of the Cardinals when they won three pennants in the 60s Johnny keen in 1964 read Shane Dienst piloted the Cardinal clubs when they want it in 67 and 68 Jaka Morgan the pitch to foster swung on slow ground ball to third REITs has it here's his throw to first base that ends the inning but a most profitable fifth for Cincinnati three runs four hits one Arab one laughs after five the Reds lead the Cardinals three to nothing we were talking the other night about the Cincinnati Reds tryout camps now underway throughout Reds country tomorrow gene Bennett read scouting supervisor will be at Indianapolis Indiana Busch Stadium for a tryout camp beginning at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning here's a pitch to Denny swung on fly ball right field Griffey drifting back he's under and he makes a catch this coming Monday the Reds will hold a tryout camp in Paintsville Kentucky at Johnson Central High School beginning at 10 o'clock Chad Montgomery will oversee that tryout camp on Tuesday this coming Tuesday in Lexington Kentucky at Shillito Park at 10 o'clock Chad Montgomery will be there and on Wednesday June the 21st in Bedford Indiana Wilson Park 10 o'clock Reds tryout camp with gene Bennett and the same day at Somerset Kentucky at Meece middle school at 10 o'clock and Shep Montgomery will be there conducting that one here's Gary Templeton ball or Lou Brock rather ball one Seaver delivers Brock swings and fouls now the general information that those of you need to know who are planning to attend these tryout camps the camps are for boys 16 to 22 high school sophomores and juniors are certainly urged to attend two balls and a strike on Brock players are requested to furnish their personal gear shoes uniform and glove the Reds will provide the bats and balls Brock to one pitch taken high and inside three and one and all American Legion players must have written approval from their legion coach or Post Commander in compliance with the American Legion rule Rock looks at a strike and the count goes full we will be continuing to update you on tryout camps coming up that the Reds will be conducting throughout Reds country in the coming couple of weeks Brock with a high-fly ball back of third foul ground Foster in the Cardinal bullpen he's got a play and he makes a catch two away and the batter will be Garry Templeton don't forget all-star battling is now underway and will run through the second of July be sure to cast your all-star vote this year ballots are available right here at Riverfront at all Reds ticket agencies and at most stores where Gillette products are sold the latest release on the American League balloting from all-star election headquarters has come in Templeton takes a strike on the inside corner we'll be ticking down the leaders by position in the American League all-star voting this is a flyball off the left field line and out of play me doing that in the next half-inning right now we're two outs into the Cardinal sixth inning and the Reds lead in this game three to nothing three runs four hits an error for Cincinnati no runs no hits and two errors for the Cardinals Seaver back behind the mound rubbing up the baseball as he now comes back on top Templeton has bounced to short flied to deep left field he's behind and awaiting the two strike pitch and he pops it up back of the plate let's see if Werner has a play on it Donnie's at the base of the screen makes a catch that's the inning three up three down after five and a half the rats three the Cardinals nothing after this weekend the Reds will be on the road for two weeks before returning home in late June then get set for a lot of baseball here 21 big games in a 30 day stretch check out the schedule order your tickets in advance by mailbox seats are five dollars reserved seats four dollars send check or money order payable to Cincinnati Reds box 1970 Cincinnati and please include fifty cents with each order for postage and handling Danny Driessen leading off the bottom of the six the first pitch is high for a ball takes that slow Jagd any curve that is in for a call strike danny is grounded out twice hit into a double play in the fourth inning on a comebacker to the mound another curveball but this one stays up and away two balls and a strike Brent's ending seven batters to the plate in the fifth inning and scored three times on four hits fastball up and in ball three three and one Creason way back and right and it's out of here homerun Danny jumping on a high 3-1 fastball for his ninth home run of the season and the Reds have tacked another run on their lead it's for nothing so Denny hitless space ball he threw through the first four innings and the Reds have now started to really zero in on him here's David he takes a strike he's also bounced out twice then he just starting to get that ball up just a little bit and the Reds are making him pay for it that's a high and inside fastball one on one check swing on a pitch inside two balls and a strike I'm talking about that American League all-star voting Freddie Patek is moved into a tentative starting spot along with seven first week leaders ball three three and one they are Carlton Fisk rod carew willie randolph george brett jim rice reggie jackson and carl yastrzemski closest race races involved pot tack Burt campaneris and Rick Burleson at shortstop Brett and Graig nettles at third base here's a high chopper to shortstop Templeton throwing onto Hernandez out one down and in the outfield with Freddy Lynn and Richie Zisk challenging the leaders Carew is a top American League vote-getter at the current time was 680 3427 is the latest release on the American League all-star results a national league battling results will be announced 6:30 Monday night and we'll have the results of the latest National League balloting Tuesday night from San Francisco Geronimo looks at a strike say czar started us off in the sixth inning with a leadoff single taking hi on inside one ball one strike for nothing Cincinnati the Reds batting in the sixth recent is homered concepción is bounced out and any deals Geronimo occur for a strike one ball and two strikes on the red centerfielder inside and hi as he spins him around with that fastball pitch on the way Geronimo swings bounces towards second Phillips onto Hernandez to down just a reminder Ken Griffey poster day comes up Sunday afternoon as a Reds and the Cardinals close out this current homestand everybody 21 and under gets a free full-color poster of the red star right fielder Donny Warner like Geronimo in the last inning a base set in the run scored strike is called so the leaders in the American League by position Carlton Fisk of Boston behind the plate Minnesota's Rod Carew at first base high and inside one-on-one at second the Yankees Willie Randolph at third George Brett of Kansas City shortstop Kansas City's Fred Patek swung on and foul back and the top three vote getters in the outfield once again Jim Rice of Boston Reggie Jackson of New York and Carl Yastrzemski of Boston Freddy Lynn of the Red Sox is fourth so Boston has three of the top four vote getters in the outfield Werner takes a curve low 2 & 2 talking about ken griffey we've got the ken griffey fan club from Donora Pennsylvania Kenny's hometown here tonight hi and inside and the count is full on Warner recent opening inning with a home run to right Werner fouls off the 3-2 pitch Red's in front of the Cardinals four to nothing in the series opener at Riverfront Stadium tomorrow afternoon it'll be bill Bonham against Pete Vuckovich here's a shot pool foul to left field tom seaver launching the action from the on-deck-circle payoff again to warner he grounds to third good feeling Kenny REITs on to first that's the inning the Reds get one more run on one more hit driessen's ninth of the year and at the end of six full the Reds over the Cardinals four to nothing she was standing down behind the mom waiting on Hendricks to step into the batter's box now time up on the mound and onto the pitching rubber and gets the sign from Don Warner he wins and his first pitch Hendricks swings on it and pops it up Joe Morgan calling for it at second waiting and he has it one out one away and Ted Simmons the batter Ted old Purdue has grounded to short and a fly ball to Geronimo in center field running off to the mound to have a short talk with Tom Seaver corner hangs a sign seabird delivers Simmons swings ground ball Morgan has it on a bounce and on to Driessen toy two down and entering Keith Hernandez to the plate and he's walked in the second was out on a fine play by Morgan in the fourth inning Joel going off to his left to field the hard ground ball off the bat of Hernandez the pitch Hernandez takes it outside a ball I'm into the wine kicks and delivers swell on in this got him with a high breaking ball like a high slider up and in and it's even at one and one Sivir has the sign and the 1:1 delivery a pie and off the middle Don winner count two balls one strike to Keith Hernandez now the 2-1 fastball swung on hit off the glove of Seaver up for the ball concepción Gaddy oh I get a break as Tom Reiss for the ball I don't know what hit Iman and blabber on the line but white the concepción and Davey threw him out easily so Keith Hernandez really has been robbed a two base hits here tonight but we'll take him so the finals in the seventh nothing across that play goes one two six two three and at the middle of the 7th Reds four Cardinals nothing one of the Reds in the seventh Tom Seaver delete it off then Pete Rose and Ken Griffey Tom has been up twice in the game and has struck out both times struck out in the third inning and then in the fifth trying to bunt with two strikes he while the ball was his second strike up the Reds have had five hits of Denny and four of those hits coming in the fifth inning when they scored three of their runs in the fifth head of the game but the reds was dan driessen's ninth home run of the year all right see her to play dad he takes the first pitch fireball why no delivery Tom looks at a curve that's down low and it's 2 balls no strike I feel straight away then he delivers Seaver takes ball three but he sholde throwing in the Cardinal bullpen and it really looks like John Denny is about had it is springing what and been up with a lot of pitches the last couple of innings savory looks ball for that fastball just out of the strike zone hi so Tom moves on to first base that's the fourth walk issued by John Denny and Pete Rose the batter ray Knight loosening in the Cincinnati bullpen and he will go to third base in the top of the eighth inning waiting on Seaver to put on his windbreaker I'm just now arriving at first base pete with a big hit in the game that two-run double in the fifth inning the ball who left center field was cut off by George Hendrick but Geronimo and Warner running pitch to Rose swallow on that's line to right field a base hit Seaver on the second base holes right there so Pete with two shots his last two times up hit number six for the reds and here comes ken Boyer that might well be it for John Denny as Griffey and Morgan adieu up Thanks and going to the bow looking down to the Cardinal bullpen where buddy Schultz the left-hander is throwing mark littell a right-hander heads to the Cardinal bullpen to start throwing as buddy Schultz is called in from the bullpen so we'll have a break in the action here at Riverfront Stadium the Reds leading the Cardinals by a score of four to nothing we'll be back after this word new pitcher on the mound for the Cardinals left-hander buddy Schultz buddy making his 20th appearance of the area as a 411 earned run average was on one in a lost one loss Dept 35 innings he's allowed 28 hits as struck out 29 as walk 19 John Denny leaves after working 6 plus innings allowing the read six hits striking out three walking for four runs all of them earned it'll be Ken Griffey and Schultz completes his warmups Kenny hold for 3 tonight bounced hard back to Denny in the first inning grounded to short in the 3rd was call out on strikes in the fifth Joey meant to point it up earlier tonight the fact that the Atlanta Braves had signed their number one draft choice Arizona State third baseman Bob Horner who set an NCAA record this season at Arizona State with 25 home runs he started at third base for the Braves tonight Bob Horner hit his first major league home run of the sixth inning with one man on base in his first third at-bat in the major leagues very interesting the launching pad all right shows completes his warmups and Kenny Griffey at the plate with Seaver at second base rose at first nobody out the pitch to Kenny tries to bunt third base side but fouls it off to the Cardinal dugout and he hitting 324 right now came into the game at 328 regice leading at four to nothing scoring three times in the fifth one in the sixth on dan driessen's ninth home run of the year schultz the stretch and the pitch grief Griffey tries to bunt again and files again off to the Cardinals got on to the count Seibert second rose at first the laws two strikes the count to Ken Griffey go Morgan the on deck but he shoots checking with sevens had the stretch the old to hide inside and Griffey has to get out of there and hurry the count wanted to outfield shaded a bit toward right for Ken right the one to delivery swung on ground ball and Phillips to Templeton to Hernandez a double play the second the Cardinals have turned in tonight moving on to third base as Tom Seaver by going four to six to three that tailor-made double play no problems at all that way so see her now a third base with two away and Joe Morgan the batter Joe has reached all three times up tonight he walked to the first walked in the fourth stole second and doubled in a run in the fifth bargain swings and fouls shoots first pitch on one Sheils working from the stretch position sets the o1 Morgan takes it just low now evens a ball to strike one one delivery swung on hit off the end of the bat to Templeton charging it's short running through got him close play Rahn flies are not happy with ball priors call the first base umpire but it'll stand though the Reds in the inning no runs they get a hit through no errors a runner left on base and at the end of seven cards nothing Reds poor go to the top of the eighth-inning as the st. Louis Cardinals get set to come to the plate and they'll be sending up Jerry Morales Kenny Reitz and Mike Phillips the red scoring three times in the fifth inning and once in the six they've had a total of six base hits with an era the Cardinals with no runs on no base hits and they have committed two errors Jerry Morales up in the second struck out swinging in the fifth inning he bounced out to third and talking about third base ray Knight has now gone in at that position replacing Pete Rose right-handed batting Cardinal right fielder Morales steps in as Seaver looks into Donnie Warner the right-hander whines and delivers Morales takes it outside ball one I feel shading the right-handed batter toward right feel or the other way the one o pitch swung on and popped up off the first base but that'll be out of play as it drops well back behind the Cincinnati dugout count evens to Morales one ball one strike in the Cardinal on-deck-circle is third baseman Kenny Reitz Seaver readies himself for the 1-1 pitch Morales takes it outside and low ball two two and one give you the pitching line on John Denny in just a moment here's a pitch to Morales swung on high chopped third-base I'd Ray Knight up with a ball quick throw to first got him at first base close play a good play by 20 night coming off the bench replacing Pete Rose at third and being tested right out of the chute as Morales at a high chop night charge stop quickly played it on the bounce and threw a strike to Driessen to get jury by a half step at first base one away in the eighth inning here's Kenny REITs in Seaver to the plate and reach takes a high and away fastball Kenny on in the second with a walk he flied to Center in the fifth Seaver starts to the wine now stops walks down toward the front slope of the mound and now back pedals on top of the pitching rubber the outfield for Reitz is straight away severs one Oh Kenny grounds to third Knight has it with no problem plenty of time out number two the batter will be second baseman Mike Phillips Sieber has gotten the first two hitters out on the eighth inning Morales and reats on ground balls to third-base Mike Phillips is bounced to Morgan he is grounded out to Driessen Danny saying something to Tom to get the pitchers attention Seaver now redirects his attentions back to the plate and the left-handed batting Phillips here's a pitch and he checks his swing on a high fastball on deck now for the Cardinals to bat for buddy Schultz as Jerry mumphrey Seaver and the one out of the plate Phillips takes it high and tight two balls and no strikes we are in the eighth inning the Reds lead the Cardinals forward to nothing Seaver behind in pitching the 202 Phillips that is low and away ball three no Tom who has not allowed a Cardinal baserunner since the walk to REITs in the second inning has fallen behind to Philips three and nothing with mumphrey slated to pinch-hit for buddy Schultz on deck Seaver kicks and fires and Phillips takes a fastball for a strike three balls one strike on the Cardinals second baseman Seaver quickly back to the plate Phillips swings and fouls off left side and out of play strike two full count Ray Knight had started quickly across a foul line but saw just as quickly that he had no play on the ball Geronimo shading Phillips a bit toward right Foster straightaway and shallow in left field Rafi straight away and right swung on and a fly ball hit to left field a routine play for Foster that's the third out of the eighth before the Reds come to bat in the bottom of the 8th inning we'll pause for station identification on to Cincinnati Reds baseball Network WLW Cincinnati Ken Griffey poster day is Sunday afternoon at Riverfront Stadium the Reds meet the Cardinals and every fan through age 21 gets a free souvenir color poster of the popular Reds right fielder be on hand buddy Schultz back to the mound as a Reds come calling in the bottom of the 8th inning and it's going to be George Foster will lead it off George is bounced to third drawn a base on balls and grounded out to third base again the Reds leading four to nothing as attention has really started to mount here at Riverfront Stadium because Tom Seaver will be taking a no-hitter into the ninth inning foster slowly levelling the bat as Schultz checks in with his battery mate Ted Simmons the left-hander to the plate Foster with a foul of the screen strike one Cincinnati providing Tom Seaver with a run production although being limited to only six hits tonight by Cardinal starter John Denny foster swings at a slow breaking ball and he's behind it two strikes Denny went six plus allowing four runs all of them earned on six hits he struck out three and walked five a count of two strikes on foster with Driessen and concepción to follow now Schultz goes to the rising back the left-hander kicks and fires foster swings and just ticks it foul to stay alive and keep the counted oh and two in the Cardinal ninth-inning if Kenny Boyer stays with how he would have gone had Phillips got nine with two out on the eighth Jerry mumphrey would be the pinch-hitter for Schultz then Lou Brock and then Garry Templeton foster waiting the two strike pitch once again and here it comes swinging a mess shield struck him out with a good fastball down one away buddy picks up his first strikeout here's Danny Driessen he knocked in the fourth Cincinnati run with a leadoff sixth inning home run his ninth of the year Danny one for three Morales back deep in right field as left-hander delivers to the left-handed batter the fastball is just i ball one in the sixth inning in Atlanta Pittsburgh leading the Braves 7 to 2 in the third in Houston we can update that at the end of four in Houston it's the Cubs 2 and the Astros to Driessen with a checked swing foul ball off third-base down around the Cardinal bullpen that's one ball one strike David concepción will follow Danny Driessen to the plate Reds leading four nothing in the 8th inning the pitch swung on and fouled out of play Danny going after a high fastball and fouling it back into the upper deck 1 & 2 on the Reds first baseman Schultze toes the line whines and delivers Driessen takes it low and inside a fastball that Schultz wanted for strike three he did not get an account even said two balls and two strikes one gone in the Cincinnati half of the eighth there's a curve low and away ball 3 3 & 2 the count the crowd here at Riverfront right now very quiet and very expectant and looking forward to what we hope will unfold in the Cardinal ninth-inning Driessen swings at a curve and that's a strikeout as Schultz got a breaking ball in on him and with two away here is a shortstop Davey concepción Devi has grounded a second bounce to the box and bounced out the shortstop over three the big blow in this game back in that three run fifth inning was a 2-run double by Pete Rose after Geronimo and Werner had singles Seaver had struck out strike call Sparky Anderson had both runners on the move when Rose lined to double the left centerfield scoring both Geronimo and Werner Pete went to third when Ted Simmons was charged with an era the ball getting through on the throw from the cutoff man Garry Templeton now buddy Schultz walking in toward the Cardinal dugout apparently on a very humid night having problems with moisture on his glasses and now being met at the third base foul line by the Cardinal batboy to wipe them off after that two-run double by Rose Griffey struck out but Morgan double down the right-field line making it three to nothing before foster bounced out to end the inning an injury Santa led off the sixth inning with his ninth home run of the season the right field that has been the extent of the run production two down on the eighth for Cincinnati nobody aboard the old one to concepción taken high one ball in one strike buddy Schultz in relief of John Denny the starting pitcher sends in the break-even pitch and took something off of it but missed high two balls in the strike Cardinal outfield Brock Kendrick Morales straightaway Devi takes low and there's ball three three and one it was exactly two months ago tonight that Bob Forsch no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies for the Cardinal club four to nothing here's a line drive in the right field base ed Davey will an opposite feel singled the seventh they set for Cincinnati and that will bring up Cesar Geronimo Geronimo on the evening 1/4 to a walk a single a run scored he's grounded out to second first-base it off buddy Schultz David will take his lead against a holding Hernandez as Geronimo checks his swing on a curveball in the dirt shields constantly going to the rosin bag now the stretch the check of the runner and the one Oh nope the throw to first base and Davey steps quickly back want to know the count and now the throw back to the mound gets away from Shields who runs over to third base to pick it up Davey of course having no intention of going anywhere at all Schiltz ready to go to work again against Geronimo concepción goes pitch is swung on hit the center field there's Hendrick and he makes a catch to end the inning so for the Reds in the 8th no runs one hit no errors and one laughs we go to the ninth inning as Tom Seaver starts slowly back toward the mound he gets a standing ovation here at Riverfront stay with us at the end of eight the Reds for the Cardinals nothing while we're in the top of the ninth inning as we mentioned Tom Seaver received a standing ovation as he left the Cincinnati dugout and slowly made his way out toward the mound Seaver has pitched eight no-hit innings against the st. Louis Cardinals so he will be going to the ninth inning for the fourth time in his illustrious major-league career with a no-hitter his closest brush with a no-hitter coming in 1975 against Chicago with two outs and two strikes on Joe Wallace it was just yesterday was traded off the Cubs ballclub Wallace got a base it it's going to be Jerry mumphrey to lead it off the same man who was on deck in the eighth inning when Seaver got Mike Phillips on a fly ball to left field Ray Knight is playing in shallow at third the left-handed batting mumphrey waiting on Seaver the pitches taken high ball one zebra does not have to worry about the score the Reds have scored four times for him tonight his 102 Jerry mumphrey is up ball two two balls and no strikes 38,216 on hand tonight and Sieber three outs away from his first no-hitter the two o pitch that's high ball three mumphrey batting 174 he is one for four as a cardinal pinch-hitter he takes a strike on deck is Lou Brock Seaver rocks to the wine the 3-1 pitch is outside ball four and Jerry mumphrey becomes the first Cardinal baserunner since Kenny reeds drew a second inning base on balls 19 consecutive cardinal batters had been retired between bases on balls I don't think you could blame Tom Seaver for at this point being a wee bit nervous that base on balls to mumphrey will get Doug Bair starting to throw in the Cincinnati bullpen here is Lou Brock he's bounced out twice and flied out fouled a left field he checks his swing and that's a strike Seaver with mumphrey at first comes back to Brock and he misses high and the count evens at one ball in one strike Gary Templeton will be up next night is even at a step or two inside the bag at third concepción and Morgan a double play depth Driessen off the bag and behind the runner mumphrey at first the outfield shading Brock toward left the one one that's high two balls in a strike Sieber has walked pinch-hitter Jerry mumphrey he is behind a Lou Brock at 2 & 1 he pauses he pitches swung on looped down the left-field line that's going to be a foul ball and falls untouched in the Cardinal bullpen foster couldn't get it Ray Knight and David concepción going back they couldn't get it so you level the count on Lou Brock at two balls and two strikes mumphrey goes back to first base Sabre with five career one-hitters has never thrown a no-hit baseball game he is in the ninth inning right now with mumphrey at first through a walk nobody out and a no-hitter working against the Cardinals at 2-2 to Brock he fouls it back on a late swing tom has certainly not been overpowering tonight as we saw him exhibit in st. Louis two starts ago when five of the last six outs were strikeouts he's fanned only three batters at last being Hendrick leading off the fourth inning he's ready now with a two to two Brock that is fouled out of play and the veteran Cardinal leftfielder himself hoping to reach the 3000 hit mark in 1978 as Pete Rose has done earlier hanging in against Seaver with a holding two and two count there is throwing in the bullpen Seaver back on the pitching rubber Brock out away from the plate making Tom wait a moment longer on the mound and now the staccato clapping starts up at Riverfront among the 38,216 rock levels at bat Seaver with a slow come down with about the pitch and a bouncer foul toward the Cincinnati dugout and in tommnow pacing around behind a man as he rubs up the new baseball provided by plate umpire Terry Tator rock steps back in Donnie Werner hangs a sign to stretch the kick in the pitch a fly ball hit back into left field Foster is there he's got it Sieber two outs away as brock flies to lapped in nevada will be Gary Templeton the Cardinals shortstop this young man always a thread because of his outstanding speed he has grounded to short flied to deep left feel and popped up and fouled round a Warner Knight is shallow a third the pitch to Templeton inside and low ball one you've got speed at first base and Jerry mumphrey and blistering speed at the plate in Garry Templeton it would be very tough to double them up severs one out of the plate and that swung on and missed the fastball up and away and Templeton could not get it one on one night now about even with a bag at third but creeping in slowly as Seaver comes back to Templeton bouncing ball shortstop concepción Morgan will hold the throw at second base as they get the force out on mumphrey two away in the Cardinal ninth-inning and Seaver is one out away the batter is George Hendrick as they start to their feet here at Riverfront Stadium Sabre one out away from the first no-hitter of his major league career and what would be the 14th in the long history of the Cincinnati Reds George Hendrick big strong right-handed batter has gone hitless in three times he is struck out one Seaver pitches Hendrick takes a strike now the crowd begins to roar with every pitch mumphrey has been forced at second Templeton the runner at first two out the strike one pitch coming to Hendrick he swings and pops it foul but it's going to be out of play as Donnie Werner runs to the near end of the Cincinnati dugout and it falls back in the stands strike two there has never been a no-hit game pitched by a Cincinnati Reds pitcher here at Riverfront the last Reds no-hitter thrown was back on the 30th of April 1969 by Jim Maloney at Crosley Field he no-hit the Houston Astros 10 to nothing Seaver is a strike away he stretches he checks the runner he pitches he's pitches high a fastball and it's 1 & 2 they are standing all over the ball for Kendrick waiting on Seavers 1 2 pitch Tom sets he kicks and fires he pops it up and it's going to be out of play directly back of the plate so tom seaver now a strike away from his first major league no-hitter the Reds leading at four to nothing in the ninth inning Kendrick puts ahead of the bat on the plate Werner hangs a sign Seaver with a pause the jack in the pitch he bounces to first base Driessen has it he goes to Bob Seaver has pitched his first major-league no-hitter and this one belongs to the rats Sieber is being mobbed at first base as George Hendrick bounces a routine two hopper to Danny Driessen and the 38,216 at Riverfront Stadium are standing Tom Seaver has thrown the first no-hitter of his major league career the 14th no-hitter in the long history of the Cincinnati Reds and he did it in almost routine fashion tonight he throws his high over his head acknowledging the applause and the recognition of this crowd at Riverfront Stadium Tom Seaver has thrown the second no hit no run game in the National League in 1978 Bob Forsch did it two months ago to the furry day when he no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies four to nothing and Tom Seaver has no hit it the st. Louis Cardinals here tonight against the crowd here a tremendous crowd and Seaver winning at four to nothing his first major league no-hitter and what a ballgame

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Keywords: Major League Baseball, St. Louis Cardinals, メジャー, シンシナティ, Baseball's Best Classic Games, メジャーリーグ, Cincinnati Reds, 野球, 大リーグ, 野球速報, シンシナティ・レッズ, セントルイス, カージナルス, レッズ, セントルイス・カージナルス

Id: zPI9i0_gq-E

Length: 108min 47sec (6527 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 27 2010

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[u/ZPTs]

It would be funny if we all started an old game at the same time and did a GDT for a throwback game. Punch some vintage dick and whatnot.

[u/[deleted]]

I wish they had Tom Browning's perfect game on there.