[Breeze]

GAME 48 - Wednesday, May 22nd - Radio Broadcast

"Rob Nielsen's turn to see if he can stop the bleading," says play by play man Red Barber.

"Rob's got the kind of personality you like to have in a situation like this. A little bit of a chip on his shoulder, and a tough personna. I think he's going to get it done," answers color guy Hal McRae.

Barber adds,"He'll have his work cut out for him, going against Tom Seaver who only lost 1 so far this season."

Well Benton's line up for tonight goes like this:

A.Tucker CF - who's hitting over .300 and has a nice 10 game hitting streak going
J.Nights SS - also hitting over .300 and is really setting the table nicely
P.Pflaggstettler RF - coming off a slump but played well last night with a 2 for 3 performance
J.Potpie 1B - the all-stars really need this guy to get hot again.
D.Palmer 3B - solid season thus far, but more power from this slot would help
H.Hays C - he's been fantastic on offense and defense
S.Gunner LF - going with the power hitting lefty against the righty Seaver
S.Treacy 2B - boy has this guy stepped up. Blad has been struggling at the plate, but Treacy has been solid since being inserted into the starting lineup.
R.Nielsen P - another no hitter would be real nice for this team right about now

The Post Nationals go with...

J.Morgan 2B - power, speed, average - very dangerous guy at the top of the order
P.Rose LF - ironically the best thing that may have happened to the post-nationals is Mays getting hurt, because Rose has been an awesome table setter for the this team.
R.Clemente RF - continues to pound the ball consistently
H.Aaron CF - been great since coming back from the early season injury
S.Musial 1B - as good a lefty as there is in the game
R.Campanella C - starting to get more playing time and the bat is coming around because of it.
E.Banks SS - power from the ss position
M.Schmidt 3B - getting his start against the lefty
T.Seaver P - dangerous hitter as well as pitcher.

Fly ball to center
Aaron is under it
He makes the grab
Seaver retires the first batter to
face him in the top of the 1st

Fastball...
Nights jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Aaron after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Hank Aaron!
That's the second out of the inning

Pflaggstettler hits a three
hopper towards Tom Seaver
Seaver scoops it and fires
it to first for the out

Sinking fastball...
Morgan swings over the top of it...
Hammers a hard grounder right at Nights...
He scoops it up, throws to first...
Out by a step
One gone for NL Post WWII

Nielsen comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Rose
As he swings right through
it for strike three
Two down
Rob Nielsen retires
the first two batters in order

Ground ball to third
Palmer comes up with it
Over to first
HE THREW IT AWAY!
That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC

Curve, down low...
Swung on and missed
Strike three right by Aaron
Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it!
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
By the way, NL Post WWII is 6 and
4 in their last ten games

The pitch is just inside
and Potpie holds up
Campanella points down at
the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Jeeberoni trots down to first... ball four

Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Rose
And he has it
One away here in the top of the 2nd
We're scoreless
While we have time, let's
check the scoreboard

Negro League II and Caribbean
have yet to score
AL Pre WWII and Negro League
I are scoreless
Left Outs clipping Turn of Century 6 to 2
Dead Ball Era is on top
of Old Timers 2 to 0
Chesbro battling Radbourn
Japanese League and Late
20th have yet to score

Swung on and missed...
Hays is down on strikes
And there's two away

Seaver's pitch is a sinking fastball
Gunner tries to hold up
Ball four
Campanella points down to third
He did not go around

Swung on...and it's in the
air to the right side
Backing just a bit is Clemente
And he pulls it in
That retires the side...
Treacy fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, no hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base

Musial really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Tucker has a shot at it
He leaps for it at the ivy...
OUT!!!
One out
Due up next is Roy Campanella

Slow ground ball
Nights is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two down

Fastball, lined to center...
Base hit for Banks...
Tucker over...Grabs it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Banks at first

Ground ball to short
Nights comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That's all for the Post-Nationals
in the 2nd inning
No runs, one hit, no errors and
one man left on base...
We head to the 3rd...
No score

Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 61 on the season for Seaver
One down, nobody on
Game tied

Good slider, inside part of the plate
Tucker gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Morgan grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Two gone for FOFC

Nights really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Aaron was positioned well
and has a shot at it
He is still running...
On the warning track...
He jumps...
It's off the wall
Getting past him!
Up in a hurry...
Hank fires it in to Morgan on a line
but Nights has himself a stand-up double
arriving ahead of the throw

They are issuing a free pass
to Pflaggstettler
Here's the 3-0 pitch
Ball four, Pflaggstettler takes his base

Off speed pitch on the way...
And Potpie watches it go by
for the third strike
That'll do it in the top of the 3rd
No runs, one hit, no errors
and 2 men left on base
Scoreless game
And now we'll pause for station
identification
This is your Strat-O-Matic
Broadcast System...

Curveball...
BALL FOUR!
Always nice to get a lead off walk...
but especially in a tie ballgame!

Morgan squares around
He bunts the ball . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by D.Palmer
the throw to first...
Out
Morgan gets the job done.
And there's one away

Struck him out on a terrible pitch
That bounced in front of the plate!
and Rose couldn't hold up his swing!
Almost broke his back trying though...

Looping fly to center
A. J. Tucker charges the ball
It falls in front of him
NL Post WWII takes the lead
NL Post WWII on top 1 to 0

Clemente takes a walking lead
Clemente has stolen 2 bases
in 3 attempts in 1900
Nielsen continues to hold the runner close

Pounded on the ground to short
Taken by Nights
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
So After 3 innings
NL Post WWII has one run,
2 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
one hit and one error
NL Post WWII has left 2 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 4

Palmer gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Banks into the outfield...
Base hit for Palmer

The All Stars try the hit and run!
Hays raps a hard grass cutter toward third
Schmidt takes two steps to his left
Scoops it up
Over to second for one
Back to first for the deuce!
One more chance for FOFC
in the top of the 4th

Off-speed pitch...
Gunner swings at it...
Hits a high fly to deep center
Aaron bolting after it...
This one might carry all the way
Aaron jumps for it...
He reaches up and makes the catch!
Hank went a long way for that
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Caribbean leads Negro League II 1 to 0
AL Pre WWII is in front of
Negro League I 3 to 0
Lyons comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII
Left Outs bombing Turn of Century 10 to 2
Dead Ball Era is on top
of Old Timers 2 to 0
Japanese League and Late
20th are scoreless
And in our contest NL Post
WWII leads 1 to 0

Routine grounder to second
Treacy scoops it up
Over to first for the out
One out
The Post-Nationals have a 1 run lead


Bounced towards the hole
Palmer comes up with it
But he throws the ball away!
Score It: Single + E5
Campanella to third

There's a deep drive in the gap by Banks
That looks like an easy two-bagger
A. J. Tucker picks it up on one bounce
Banks cruises into second

Nielsen comes in there with a dipsy-do
And Schmidt is frozen stiff...
He can only watch as the ball
just nips the "black" of the plate...
STRIKE THREE!

Outside slider...
He goes after it...
Seaver smashes a very high
fly into deep center
Gunner and Tucker converge on it
Tucker pulls up..
So does Gunner!!...
They both can only look up...
That ball is outta here!

Swung on and drilled into right
Pflaggstettler going back...
The ball is over his head
And there's Morgan around first base
heading for second
Pflaggstettler chases down
the ball, throws...
It's on the money...
The slide...
SAFE!...
Morgan has himself a double
That's 5 doubles for Morgan on the year
That made it 353 feet to
the right field corner
It bounced off the 11 foot high ivy
just left of the foul pole

Grounded towards the sack
Palmer grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
That does it for NL Post WWII here
in the bottom of the 4th
But they pick up 3 runs
So After 4 innings, NL Post
WWII ahead 4 to 0

Sinking fastball...
Treacy swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Banks...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One down for FOFC
Rob Nielsen is still in the on-deck circle
and A. J. Tucker is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Struck him out on a fastball
Nielsen goes down swinging
That's the second out of the inning

Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Tucker gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Musial grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Tucker for the out
After 4 and a half innings tonight,
the Post-Nationals lead by 4

In the dirt
And Clemente holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Aaron held up, and draws a walk
Nielsen isn't happy at all with that call
NL Post WWII already up by 4 runs

Musial lifts a flyball to left
Gunner doesn't have to move
He gloves it
Score It: 7

And Campanella will sit down...
strike three called
That's out number two
All Stars' pitching coach, Sal Maglie,
is out to talk with Nielsen
Looks like he wants to go
over something with him

A high hopper to second
Treacy grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
The Post-Nationals fail to capitalize
So for NL Post WWII in the bottom of the
5th, No runs, no hits, no errors and 2 men left on base
nd 2 men left on base

Inside slider, on the fists...
Swung on...
It's a high bounding ball...
Through the infield into center by Nights
That's 2 hits for Nights this game

Stretching to his lead is Nights
He has this down to a science
He is an outstanding base stealer
He gives opposing teams fits
The runner unable to take a big lead
Seaver keeps looking him back

Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
That's one away

Potpie sends a scorcher to third
Schmidt takes it on one hop
Fires to Morgan for one
Back to Musial for the double play!
That wraps it up in the
top half of the 6th
The Post-Nationals lead 4-0

Drilled on the ground to short
Taken by Nights
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
NL Post WWII with one away
Nielsen steps off the mound as
he waits for Tom Seaver to
come to the plate

Swung on and hit on the nose to right
Pflaggstettler picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Seaver is on with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

Seaver moves away from first base...
He has 7 stolen bases on the season
The runner can't seem to get a good lead

Fastball, up in the strike zone
Swung on...
It's a swinging bunt...
Nielsen charges in, barehands it
THROWS TO SECOND!...
OUT AT SECOND!
Score this one a force out
That's two away

Morgan takes his lead
Nielsen steps away from the mound...
Now Morgan moves back to first
He's not getting far from the bag

Nielsen loses him
Rose heads down to first

Change of pace
Clemente is way out in front
STRIKE THREE swinging
Number 6 so far today for Nielsen
So that's it for NL Post WWII
They fail to score against Nielsen
In the bottom of the 6th for NL Post WWII
No runs, one hit, no errors
and 2 men left on base

Fly ball to right
Clemente is under it
He grabs it for the out
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League II is in front
of Caribbean 6 to 3
AL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead
of Negro League I 7 to 1
Left Outs bombing Turn of Century 14 to 6
Wilson has hit his 4th homerun
for Left Outs
Dead Ball Era is giving it
to Old Timers 5 to 0
Late 20th leads Japanese League 1 to 0
Clemens and Starffin currently dueling
And in our matchup NL Post
WWII leads 4 to 0

There's a towering fly ball hit by Hays
Aaron sprints over, and makes the catch
Two up, two down

Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Campanella fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Gunner
Three outs, just like that
Tommy Lasorda and Seaver exchange smiles
as the pitcher steps into the dugout
What a game he is pitching

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Aaron hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into left for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Musial smashes a shot into
deep right-center
Tucker races over
Pflaggstettler is also coming hard
They collide!
Tucker picks the ball up
Fires it in
Aaron held up
He only makes it to third

It looks as though they'll put him on...
Yes, Hays is calling for the free pass
And there's ball four
That fills the bases for NL Post WWII

Banks swings and lifts one toward right
Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
NL Post WWII finally gets the first
out in the bottom of the 7th
Manager Benton Breeze is talking
with bench coach Chuck Tanner
in the NL Post WWII dugout

STEEE... RIKE THREE!
Kronside catches him looking
Schmidt doesn't get it done
NL Post WWII ahead 4 to 0 with
two away this inning

Grounded towards the hole
Nice play by Palmer
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 5-3
That is the third out for
NL Post WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 30857

Grounded down the line
Musial flips to Seaver covering
Score It: 3-1
One down for FOFC
K. A. Ton is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

It's a routine fly into right
Clemente ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Two gone for FOFC
Time is running out for them

Tucker swings hard...
Nobody is going to get this one...
Yes sir! Tucker will have himself a single
And he extends his hitting streak
to 11 games!
1 for 4 on the evening

Nights sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Clemente
Clemente gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium right
FOFC comes up empty here
in the top of the 8th
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
After 7 and a half innings,
NL Post WWII still out in front, 4-0

Morgan pounds a grounder
toward Nights at short
Jeff moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Nights stayed with it
Over to first and Morgan is retired
Nice play by the FOFC short stop
One out
Pete Rose is due up next

Rose hits a screamer at Jace Kronside
Kronside picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Rose is out!
Nice play by Potpie

Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Clemente swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hays loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Roberto as he was heading for the dugout
That's it for NL Post WWII
Here at Big League Field, After 8 innings,
NL Post WWII has 4 runs,
9 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
4 hits and 2 errors
NL Post WWII has left 8 on base
FOFC has stranded 5

Swung on and hit to left...
It's down the line... and deep
Rose runs over toward the foul pole
Pete won't get this one...
Fair or foul???...
FAIRBALL is the signal!
Say "so long" to the shutout!
FOFC is on the board...
It's 4-1, NL Post WWII

Ground ball to the left side...
Banks scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
With one down

Musial yells something out to Seaver
Tom nods his head

Deacon Palmer swings
It's a rocket shot


It is just past Stan Musial
Base hit!
That one was really hit!

The Whiff!
Seaver punches Hays out!
Two down
Campanella asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Campanella and Seaver

Hard ground ball to second
Morgan comes up with it
Over to Musial
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
And that will do it for FOFC
NL Post WWII wins 4 to 1
Seaver gets credit for the win
Nielsen takes the loss
The hitting star for NL Post WWII
was Ernie Banks
He was 2 for 4
And that wraps things up
So long from NL Post WWII.