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GAME 47 - TUESDAY, MAY 21st - Radio Broadcast

In an effort to stop the bleading Benton has decided to go with his ACE Babson on short rest rather than turning the ball over to Hunter. Babson will be facing off against the 6 - 3 Marichial.

The lineups are:

A.Tucker CF
J.Nights SS
D.Gonzalez 1B
S.Gunner LF
P.Pflaggstettler RF
D.Palmer 3B
B.Bullock C
S.Treacy 2B
B.Babson P



J.Morgan 2B
P.Rose LF
R.Clemente RF
H.Aaron CF
S.Musial 1B
E.Mathews 3B
E.Banks SS
R.Campanella C
J.Marichal P



Curve ball...
Tucker swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
And there's one away

Curve ball...
Nights swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Two down
Juan Marichal retires
the first two batters in a row

He rips a grounder to first
Musial to Marichal covering first
Score It: 3-1
That's three outs here in
the top of the first
At the end of one half inning, for FOFC
No runs, no hits and no errors
NL Post WWII is coming to bat

Low slider...
Morgan takes a big rip at it...
Lofts a deep fly ball...
It could be going...
IT IS!!...
HOME RUN FOR NL Post WWII!

Rose hits one on the ground
to the left side
Pete, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Nights wings it quickly to Gonzalez...
OUT by a step
NL Post WWII with one away
Babson steps off the mound as
he waits for Roberto Clemente to
come to the plate

Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Clemente is outta there
With two gone, NL Post WWII on top
1 to 0 in the bottom of the 1st

Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Aaron swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bullock loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Hank as he was heading for the dugout
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
By the way, NL Post WWII is 5 and
5 in their last ten games

There's a towering fly ball hit by Gunner
Clemente sprints over, and makes the catch
Marichal gets the first out in the inning

High heater from Marichal...
Pflaggstettler cuts at it...
Hits a bouncer right side...
It goes by the diving Morgan and Musial
It's into right for a single
Pflaggstettler takes his turn
and holds at first

Base hit to left for Palmer
Pflaggstettler is being held
at second by Dick Howser
Pflaggstettler will stay at second

Screaming liner towards third
Tough chance for Mathews
He makes a nice play on it
He throws to Morgan
OUT!
Double Play!
Score It: 5-4
That's all for FOFC
After 1 and a half innings in
NL Post WWII this evening,
NL Post WWII on top 1 to 0

Musial swings and hits a high fly to right
It is right along the line...
He is over at the ivy... reaches...
It's going to be close...
Just out of the reach of He
Foul ball into the seats
He would have had a chance
in most other parks
Only a smidgen of foul ground out
there at Big League Field
. . . Musial back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Did he hold up his swing?
YES!
It's a walk
That's not the best way
to start an inning.

A high foul, straight back
Bullock doesn't know where the ball is
Babson is pointing him to it
Now Bullock sees it... near the screen
Nope, he can't make the catch...
The ball is on the screen
. . . Mathews back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
It is a high hard one...
Mathews goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Mathews couldn't hold back
That's one away

Fastball down low...
Banks swings and hits one out to center
A. J. Tucker is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Babson
Musial trots back to first
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Campanella laces a hit into the outfield
Persimmon Pflaggstettler picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Campanella holds with a single

Stroked to first
Clean single for Marichal
NL Post WWII adds to their lead
NL Post WWII on top 2 to 0

Low and inside
It hit him on the foot!
Morgan tried to dance out of the way
But it got him

STRIKE THREE!
A dancing curveball on the outside corner
Babson fooled him... a clutch pitch
NL Post WWII gets 1 in the
bottom of the 2nd
One run, 2 hits, no errors
and 3 men left on base
After 2 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 2

Treacy rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Aaron is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Hank Aaron
One down for FOFC
Brian Babson is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Hard ground ball to short
Banks grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
NL Post WWII ahead 2 to 0 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Caribbean is edging Negro League II 4 to 3
AL Pre WWII and Negro League
I are deadlocked at 1
Left Outs with the lead over
Turn of Century 3 to 0
NL Pre WWII leads AL Post WWII 1 to 0
Ott has hit his 17th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Dead Ball Era with the lead
over Old Timers 3 to 0
Late 20th is edging Japanese League 3 to 2

Tucker slaps a hard grounder past second
Clemente is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Tucker will hold with a clean single

Fastball, a dandy...
Steee Rike THREE swinging!
Jeff looked like Casey on that pitch
Went for the HIGH CHEESE!
That's it for FOFC
Here at Big League Field, After
2 and a half innings,
NL Post WWII has 2 runs,
3 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
3 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 2 on base
NL Post WWII has stranded 3

It's hit high and deep
Stan Gunner giving chase
He's on the warning track
IT MIGHT BE . . .
NO, IT'S CAUGHT!
Score It: 7
One gone for NL Post WWII

Aaron swings and sends a high fly to right
It is hugging the line...
Pflaggstettler is over at the ivy...
It's going to be close...
It's just foul!
Aaron just missed on that one
. . . Aaron back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Aaron fights one off his fists
It's lined weakly to the left of short
Nights is over quickly
Easy out
Two out, nobody on
NL Post WWII on top 2 to 0

Swung on and hit sharply to second
Treacy plays it on one bounce
Over to Gonzalez...
Out of there!
That ends the bottom of the 3rd
No runs, no hits and no errors
After 3 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 2

Hit right back to Marichal
On to first and Gonzalez is gone
One up, one down

A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
That's the second out of the inning

High and away
Ball four

Palmer watches a roundhouse
curve all the way in
Strike Three called!
That one started out right at Deacon,
In fact, he started to bend back
out of the way
Marichal just delivered a sweeping curve
that just caught
the inside corner of the plate
We head to the bottom of the 4th
here in NL Post WWII...
Still 2-0, NL Post WWII

Drilled deep to right field
This one is deep!
FORGET IT, IT'S GONE!!!
That is Eddie Mathews' 14th
home run of the year.

Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Campanella hits a screamer at Jeff Nights
Nights picks it up and fires to second
Out there...
And the throw to first
A tailor made double play
Two down for NL Post WWII in
the bottom of the 4th
NL Post WWII ahead 3 to 0

Juan Marichal offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Marichal couldn't get
the bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Jeff Nights for the out
Marichal never even left the batter's box
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
So After 4 innings
NL Post WWII has 3 runs,
5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
3 hits and no errors
NL Post WWII has left 3 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 3

Bullock hits a drive down the line
Pete Rose dives for it, but
can't make the play
Bullock coasts into second
base with a double
Almost a great snag by Rose

Base hit to right for Treacy
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Runner holds.

Babson squares
Babson lays down a great bunt!
There is no chance to get the lead runner
Babson might beat it out...
Fielded by R.Campanella
the throw to first...
Out
Babson gets the job done.
While we wait for A. J. Tucker
to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

Caribbean with the lead over
Negro League II 6 to 3
AL Pre WWII and Negro League
I are all knotted at 1
Gomez battling Rogan
Left Outs clipping Turn of Century 4 to 0
NL Pre WWII is giving it
to AL Post WWII 5 to 0
Dead Ball Era is on top
of Old Timers 5 to 3
Late 20th is edging Japanese League 4 to 3
And in our matchup NL Post
WWII on top 3 to 0
OK, let's see if FOFC can get
back in this ballgame
Currently down by 3

Drilled deep to left field
Rose trying to track it down
He grabs it
Nice play!
Bullock is tagging up
He'll make it easily
Score It: 7
That's two away

Nights hits a high pop into
short left field
Mathews and Banks sprint
towards the outfield
Here comes Rose
Banks puts his glove out...
Makes a lucky catch in front of Rose!!
Nights chokes in the clutch!
That ends the inning
After 4 and a half innings,
NL Post WWII leads by 2

There's a shot off the bat of Joe Morgan
But it's right at Treacy
who makes the catch of the line drive
Morgan throws his bat into
the dirt in disgust
One down for NL Post WWII
Pete Rose is still in the on-deck circle
and Roberto Clemente is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Sinking line drive
Caught by Sean Treacy
Two up, two down for the Post-Nationals

Comebacker, right to Babson
Over to Gonzalez for the easy out
That's all for the Post-Nationals...
After 5 innings here at Big League
Field in NL Post WWII,
NL Post WWII leads 3 to 1

It's a routine fly into center
Aaron ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Marichal retires the first batter to
face him in the top of the 6th

It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Morgan is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
NL Post WWII gets the second
out of the inning

Pflaggstettler chases the high fastball...
Hammers a LONG towering drive...
Hit to deep left center...
HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE!
A big blast by Pflaggstettler!

There's a ground ball into the hole
Mathews and Banks converge on it
It's picked by Banks who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!
That retires the side
The All Stars score 1 run in the inning
After 5 and a half innings,
NL Post WWII ahead 3 to 2

Sharp breaking curveball...
Aaron reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Nights...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Gonzalez at first!
Aaron is out easily
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Fastball... down and away...
Babson just misses the corner... ball four
That's 2 walks given up by Babson today

Changeup...
Ties Mathews up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!

Fastball
OUCH! It hit Banks!
Now Banks gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not thrilled with being drilled!
The ump tells Banks to take his base

There's a routine pop by Campanella
Jeff Nights moves under the ball
And makes the routine catch
After 6 innings
NL Post WWII leads 3 to 2

Bullock tries to hold up
Campanella points down at
the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
With one down, up next is Sean Treacy
To be followed by Brian Babson

Fastball... low and away, ball four
Marichal puts the tying run on base
Not a good idea

Strike three swinging
Throw down to first is not in time
Campanella tried to catch Treacy napping
But Ton is retired on the strike out
Number 7 on the evening for Marichal
56 this year
One more chance for FOFC
in the top of the 7th

Tucker sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Aaron
Aaron gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium center
Three down for FOFC
They are 1 run behind
Let me point out that
coming in to today's game
FOFC is 13 and 6 in one run games
NL Post WWII has a 10 and 8
record in these "duels"

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Sinking fastball...
Marichal swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
So one up and one gone

It's grounded past the mound
Treacy races to his right
Nights to his left
Treacy scoops it up
Throws on one bounce to Gonzalez...
Joe beats it out!

Morgan takes a walking lead
Morgan has stolen 19 bases
in 25 attempts in 1900
Fozborg holds the runner

Base hit to right for Rose
Third base coach Bill Russle
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Morgan...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Rose at first

Change up, a gem...
Heeee struck him out!
Two down
Due up next is Hank Aaron
Let's see what happens now

Change up, a gem...
Aaron is way out in front
Heeee struck him out!
Hank looked like Casey on that pitch
That is the third out for
NL Post WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 46178

Nights waves at the fastball
Strike Three!
Jeff has been doing
a lot "waving" this evening
3 strike outs on the night!
8 for Marichal
And there's one away

Gonzalez hits a fly ball to right
Roberto Clemente camps under it
He's got it
Two down
Marichal gets the first two batters
here in the top of the 8th

Juan comes in there with a dipsy-do
And it freezes Gunner
He can't get the bat off his shoulder
as he watches it just catch
the outside corner...
STRIKE THREE!
The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3
After 7 and a half innings,

NL Post WWII leads 3 to 2

Rodney loses him
Musial heads down to first
3 walks today for Musial

Base hit to right for Mathews
Bill Russle puts up the stop sign...
Musial will stay at second

Banks rocks one deep
This is really hit
It's going... going...
FOUL!
Man, the wind really robbed Banks
. . . Banks back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Gunner
And he has it
One down...
Roy Campanella is due up next
Let's see what happens now

Ripped to third, but right
at Palmer...easy out
NL Post WWII on top 3 to 2 with
two away this inning

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Billy Williams will bat for Juan Marichal
It will be the lefthand hitting, Williams
against the righty Rodney
Williams is hitting righties
for a .178 average

Williams drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Musial scores
Bill Russle is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII...
It's cut-off
The run scores
Here's the play on the trail runner...
All runners are safe!
Double for Williams

Morgan is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
That ends the bottom of the 8th
After 8 innings, the Post-Nationals
lead by 3
Jim Bunning will be coming on
to pitch for NL Post WWII
Jim has appeared in 18 games this season
He has a record of 2-6
with 6 saves
His ERA stands at 5.40

Hard slider...
And Pflaggstettler takes it
right down the middle
Strike three called
With one down

Musial yells something out to Bunning
Jim nods his head

Shallow fly ball
Clemente charging
HE DIVES...
HE CAN'T GET IT!
Palmer stops at first
That's a single

Hot shot grounded to short
Taken by Banks
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
The runner on first, Palmer, is out
Two gone for FOFC

Treacy gets good wood on it!
Right at Ernie Banks...
He leaps up high...
It's past him!
Bullock had to wait on that
to see if it would be caught
He'll have to stop at second
on that wicked line single by Treacy

It's right down the pike!
Strike three looking!
Bunning crossed Potpie up that time
And that will do it for FOFC
NL Post WWII wins 5 to 2
Marichal gets credit for the win
Bunning notches the save
Babson takes the loss
The hitting star for NL Post WWII
was Joe Morgan
He was 2 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from NL Post WWII.