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9/8 Radio Broadcast
Driven deep
That's in the gap!
Sam Crawford is running hard
He can't get to it
Blade rounds first
Crawford has the ball
Blade digging for 2nd
He's slides in, Safe!
LINE DRIVE
Tough chance for Burkett
He can't catch up to it!
It's a single for Tucker
Blade scores from second!
Pflaggstettler drives the ball
to center for extra bases
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Tucker scores!
Trailing runner advances.
Double for Pflaggstettler
Grounded through the infield
into right field
Jeeberoni Potpie has a base hit
Pflaggstettler scores from third!
In there
Hays is a strikeout victim!
Bresnahan framed it nicely for the ump.
STRIKE THREE!
Looped to first
Joe Kelley waiting for it
He records the out
Score It: 3
It's a little roller out front
Hays is on it...throws to first...
Nice play
One out
Due up next is Jesse Burkett
Ground ball through the middle
Nights ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
Two gone here in the bottom of the 1st
We want to welcome the Turn of
Century "Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark
Fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler is under it
He grabs it for the out
The Centurions go quietly in the 1st...
No runs, no hits and no errors
After 1 full inning of play,
it's 3-0 All Stars
Sinking fastball...
Nights goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Collins...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Nights is out by a step
One up, one down for FOFC
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Mighty gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Lajoie grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Two down
Smokey Joe Wood retires
the first two batters in a row
Barrett Blade offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Blade couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to Jimmy
Collins for the out
Blade never even left the batter's box
That's all for the All Stars
No runs, no hits and no errors...
We go to the bottom of the 2nd...
FOFC ahead 3 to 0
Slow ground ball
Nights is charging it
HE DROPS IT!
That's an error
That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC
Wagner just gets a piece of it
He 'drizzles' it to second
Blade races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Crawford watches it go
by for the third strike
Two down
Collins pops it up
Jeff Nights is jogging under it...
And it will be Nights making the play
That does it in the bottom of the 2nd
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After 2 innings, FOFC ahead 3 to 0
He rips a grounder to first
Wood takes the flip from Kelley
Score It: 3-1
With one down, up next is Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
To be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie
Pflaggstettler hits a screamer
at Jimmy Collins
Collins takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Kelley scoops it on one hop
Pflaggstettler is out!
Nice play by Kelley
Two down
Smokey Joe Wood retires
the first two batters in order
Hot shot grounded to second
Lajoie grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 6 and 4
in their last ten games
Bresnahan gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Nights into the outfield...
Base hit for Bresnahan
Wood squares to lay one down
The pitch is high and tight
Wood somehow gets the bunt down
Potpie picks it up
Fires to first in time for the out
What a bunt by Wood!
Credit him with a sacrifice
One away for the Centurions
They are in 4th place in the standings
19.5 games out of first place
as we head into the final weeks
of the 1900 season
Fastball... just outside
And Duffy will take first on the walk
Burkett reaches out and pokes it
on the ground to right
Base hit for Burkett
FOFC's lead narrows by a run
FOFC ahead 3 to 1
He rips a grounder to short
Taken by Nights
Throws to second
He's out
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
The Centurions get 1 in
the bottom of the 3rd
After 3 innings, FOFC leads by 2
He hits a tough grounder to the mound
Wood grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
One gone for FOFC
Hot shot grounded to second
Lajoie comes up with it
Over to Kelley
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
Two down
Bresnahan asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bresnahan and Wood
Gunner swings and misses
Strike three
Gunner didn't have a good
cut at that pitch
That's it for FOFC
Here at Yellowstone Park, After
3 and a half innings,
FOFC has 3 runs, 4 hits and one error
While Turn of Century has one
run, 2 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
Turn of Century has stranded 2
Lajoie drives one to left
This one has a chance
for extra bases...
Gunner got a great jump...
He is closing quickly...
OUT!
Very nice play by Stan Gunner
That's one away
Wagner takes the pitch
STRIKE THREE, is the call
Wagner can't believe it and
says something to the ump
Chalk up a whiff for Mighty
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Mighty
Sam Crawford will be next up...
Fastball, busted in on the hands
Crawford manages to get a piece of it
Bouncing it over the mound
Nights cuts it off in front of the bag
Rifles a throw to Potpie...
And Crawford is called out on a close play
That's out number three
A perfect inning for Mighty here
in the bottom of the 4th
Fly ball to right
Burkett is under it
He makes the grab
One away...
Kelley is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Collins also...
Now they return to their positions
Drilled on the ground to the mound
Taken by Wood
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
That's two away
Fastball, just inside...
Looked very close...
Wood's obviously peeved at that call
But Barrett tends to get those calls
He has a great eye and doesn't mind
taking the free ride to first
Blade extends his lead towards second
Slow curve...
The speedy Blade heads for second
Bresnahan pegs it down
He slipped on the throw
But he got it off...
Throws a frozen rope to Wagner...
The slide...
Out by a mile!
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