WEBVTT 00:00:10.329 --> 00:00:12.329 It's time for the College World Series. It's exciting baseball action on 00:00:14.500 --> 00:00:19.407 crew radio. 96 brought to you by Western State tire sales. The bottlers of 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:24.346 7-Up, Ozark Fried Chicken and Cavalier homes and now from Ola Nebraska 00:00:24.379 --> 00:00:27.736 here is Bob Davies. 00:00:27.769 --> 00:00:31.535 No 00:00:31.568 --> 00:00:34.987 good evening everybody. This is Bob Davies from Rosen Blant Stadium in 00:00:35.020 --> 00:00:38.835 Omaha Nebraska for tonight's game between the Golden Hurricanes and the 00:00:38.868 --> 00:00:43.436 University of Tulsa undefeated three wins and no losses in this college 00:00:43.469 --> 00:00:47.085 World Series competition against our own Arizona State University Sun 00:00:47.118 --> 00:00:51.277 Devils who have won two and lost one. We are on the air right now, but 00:00:51.310 --> 00:00:57.195 game time will not be for 20 minutes. And the reason being is that in the 00:00:57.228 --> 00:01:01.585 preceding game, the Violets of New York City have defeated the Long Horns 00:01:01.618 --> 00:01:06.076 of Texas by the score of 3 to 2. Thus eliminating the team picked on the 00:01:06.109 --> 00:01:09.837 second day to take this tournament. First of all, it was the Salukis of 00:01:09.870 --> 00:01:14.587 Southern Illinois tapped by the baseball college magazine to be the number 00:01:14.620 --> 00:01:18.135 one team in the nation. They went home without winning a game here in the 00:01:18.168 --> 00:01:22.617 college World Series. And as soon as the Long Horns of Texas blanked 00:01:22.650 --> 00:01:25.956 Arizona State in the beginning ball game, the very first one on Friday the 00:01:25.989 --> 00:01:29.717 13th by the score of four to nothing. All the scribes said of course, then 00:01:29.750 --> 00:01:35.786 Texas is the team to beat. Well, Texas got taken care of by Tulsa in a 4 00:01:35.819 --> 00:01:41.757 to 2 outing earlier in the week. And ironically, we have heard in passing 00:01:41.790 --> 00:01:46.156 that the Tulsa Hurricanes and the Longhorns shared the same plane coming 00:01:46.189 --> 00:01:50.046 up from Texas and during the plane trip, while the Longhorns were not too 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:53.257 complimentary about the hurricanes record saying of course, that the 00:01:53.290 --> 00:01:57.036 competition that they had scaled was not quite that of the caliber. The 00:01:57.069 --> 00:02:01.217 Longhorns had played well, young man by the name of Steve Rogers pitched 00:02:01.250 --> 00:02:04.816 seven and two thirds inning of Hitler's ball against Texas in that ball 00:02:04.849 --> 00:02:08.725 game had a little trouble in the last inning and a half. He was relieved 00:02:08.758 --> 00:02:13.626 by Cliff Butcher who will face the Arizona State Sun Devils tonight. And 00:02:13.659 --> 00:02:16.805 before the game was over, the Hurricanes had beat the Texans by the score 00:02:16.838 --> 00:02:21.636 of 4 to 2 and the Violets did not shrink as the phrase is being battered 00:02:21.669 --> 00:02:25.156 around Oklahoma. I can't think of anything more trite, but that's exactly 00:02:25.189 --> 00:02:29.166 what happened. They are a steady ball club. They are not enthusiastic. 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:33.396 They were down 2 to 0 in this game this afternoon as Texas came on with 00:02:33.429 --> 00:02:37.286 two runs in the very top half of the first inning. They came back and I 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:41.267 think the fifth inning to score two tied up, went ahead in the 73 to 2 and 00:02:41.300 --> 00:02:46.767 held on. But the game ended in a very disputed play. The leadoff batter 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:51.427 Tommy Harmon, the catcher for the long horns sliced one in between the 00:02:51.460 --> 00:02:55.936 right and total fielders almost to the defense. A good play by the center 00:02:55.969 --> 00:02:59.666 fielder held it to a double. However, the next man popped up to the second 00:02:59.699 --> 00:03:06.047 baseman, they got two away and eventually the batter slapped one down the 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:10.116 right field line. The first baseman for the Violets gloved the ball right 00:03:10.149 --> 00:03:13.106 on the line. As a matter of fact, he was in foul territory, the ball hit 00:03:13.139 --> 00:03:18.092 in third territory and came out to the foul territory. He gloved it down, 00:03:18.125 --> 00:03:22.261 got up, raced to the bag. He reached for the bag sprawled out in diving 00:03:22.294 --> 00:03:26.552 fashion and we are understanding now that the ruling that what he did was 00:03:26.585 --> 00:03:31.630 to touch the bag. But as soon as he touched the bag, the long horn runner 00:03:31.663 --> 00:03:36.106 coming down the first baseline for all he was worth kicked accidentally, 00:03:36.139 --> 00:03:39.525 of course, on his stride to the bag, kicked the ball out of the hands of 00:03:39.558 --> 00:03:43.767 the first baseman and went scooting down the right field line towards 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:48.177 right field. And of course, Harman who was running with two down scored 00:03:48.210 --> 00:03:52.495 claiming, of course, then it was the tying run. But the ruling is this, if 00:03:52.528 --> 00:03:57.082 the ball in the glove hand of the New York baseman cut the bag. Then the 00:03:57.115 --> 00:04:00.960 ball game is over because he is out whether he retains possession on a 00:04:00.993 --> 00:04:05.430 collision afterwards is of no consequence. And the Violets have taken this 00:04:05.463 --> 00:04:10.350 early evening contest in the college World Series over Texas 3 to 2 have 00:04:10.383 --> 00:04:15.136 advanced to what potentially could be the finals tomorrow undefeated and 00:04:15.169 --> 00:04:18.217 the winner of this, these two teams of course will play anyway. Texas 00:04:18.250 --> 00:04:22.866 being totally eliminated on the field. Now, taking their warm up classes, 00:04:22.899 --> 00:04:29.336 Arizona State will be in the first base dugout and are the visiting team 00:04:29.369 --> 00:04:34.416 tonight wearing their gray jerseys with the maroon numer. But it was very 00:04:34.449 --> 00:04:38.296 exciting. As a matter of fact, everybody from the first inning on thought 00:04:38.329 --> 00:04:42.606 Texas had it in the bag. They were ahead two to nothing. The Violets who 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:45.937 just seemingly don't get excited when they got the two runs to tie it up, 00:04:45.970 --> 00:04:50.137 the infield did not throw the ball faster. They did not talk a lot more. 00:04:50.170 --> 00:04:54.536 The animation was not there. Maybe the verbiage was behind the pitcher who 00:04:54.569 --> 00:04:58.906 was a reliever, Steve Molina who had ditched only a couple of ball games 00:04:58.939 --> 00:05:02.536 and most of the rest of his action for the violence this year coming in 00:05:02.569 --> 00:05:05.757 relief, pitched a brilliant game as the little left hander went all the 00:05:05.790 --> 00:05:10.116 way and gets credit for the victory. But as the game went on, the Violets 00:05:10.149 --> 00:05:14.645 just seemingly did not get over excited kept their cool all the way, uh 00:05:14.678 --> 00:05:19.507 and beat the Texans by the score of 3 to 2. Well, at the end of the game, 00:05:19.540 --> 00:05:26.197 no, needless to say there was a, a rhubarb, the entire Texas dugout 00:05:26.230 --> 00:05:30.916 streamed out on the field. There were very, very mad gestures by all 00:05:30.949 --> 00:05:35.567 concerned hats, thrown down helmets, thrown away bats, broken walls, 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:40.676 slugged dirt, kicked but all to no avail. The officials of the college 00:05:40.709 --> 00:05:44.825 World Series were called to the center of the field. They discussed the 00:05:44.858 --> 00:05:49.276 situation, the umpires were there but as indicated from the top, that was 00:05:49.309 --> 00:05:52.575 the story. The call had been made. It was an umpires decision and the game 00:05:52.608 --> 00:05:56.127 was over. Texas Longhorns had lost their second game and thus were 00:05:56.160 --> 00:06:00.536 eliminated from the 23rd annual College World Series. We'll be back in a 00:06:00.569 --> 00:06:04.765 moment with more of the pre game, however, and we have a lot of time to do 00:06:04.798 --> 00:06:08.257 so because the Devils, I don't believe have yet warmed up. We have plenty 00:06:08.290 --> 00:06:12.387 of time since the rules are that exactly 30 minutes will take place 00:06:12.420 --> 00:06:15.906 between the end of one game and the start of the other. And as of this 00:06:15.939 --> 00:06:19.217 moment, we do not have the official start time, but we're going to pause 00:06:19.250 --> 00:06:26.567 now for this commercial message. 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:30.467 The home team tonight against the Sun Devils has just this moment finished 00:06:30.500 --> 00:06:34.726 their warm up on the infield. The Devils now taking the field, they will, 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:39.127 as I said, a moment ago, be the visiting team. Perhaps at this juncture 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:44.127 would be again a sympathetic choice of many of the fans. However, Tulsa is 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:47.632 a Cinderella ball club as well, having come with mostly freshmen and 00:06:47.665 --> 00:06:51.592 sophomores, their very first trip to the college World Series and of 00:06:51.625 --> 00:06:54.752 course, they've done very well. They've had some help but their pitching 00:06:54.785 --> 00:06:58.200 has held up and they seem to get the right hits at the right time and 00:06:58.233 --> 00:07:01.161 they've won three in a row without a loss. The Devils will hope of course 00:07:01.194 --> 00:07:07.236 , to change that whole situation. We will 00:07:07.269 --> 00:07:10.745 have 20 minutes. We understand or a little less than that now, as game 00:07:10.778 --> 00:07:15.786 time will not be until approximately 820. And we have with us, a gentleman 00:07:15.819 --> 00:07:19.825 responsible for the collegiate baseball magazine, a gentleman who is very 00:07:19.858 --> 00:07:24.856 well aware of college baseball and a good friend of baseball in Arizona. 00:07:24.889 --> 00:07:27.836 Abe. Shannon Abe. Nice to have you with us, Bob. It's a pleasure to be 00:07:27.869 --> 00:07:31.916 here with you in Omaha and greet all our great friends in Arizona. It's, 00:07:31.949 --> 00:07:36.938 it's an amazing thing. I just, just very quickly and very briefly went 00:07:36.971 --> 00:07:41.697 over what happened to end the Texas game. It was certainly a disappointing 00:07:41.730 --> 00:07:46.808 ending. You would like, of course, to see it gone through clean and easy. 00:07:46.841 --> 00:07:49.907 We said that what we understood to be the case was that he had tagged the 00:07:49.940 --> 00:07:53.558 bag and that made the end of the game. Well, it's just a little more than 00:07:53.591 --> 00:07:59.459 that. The bag was tagged, the out was made, the ball slithered away. But 00:07:59.492 --> 00:08:04.640 unfortunately, the official had gone off toward the edge of the and did 00:08:04.673 --> 00:08:07.510 not see the ball go out into right field and none of the other three 00:08:07.543 --> 00:08:11.219 officials saw it and the to committee Bob is left with no choice but to 00:08:11.252 --> 00:08:15.851 stand on that decision. Would it be fair to assume? And I'm asking now 00:08:15.884 --> 00:08:20.219 because I'm honestly unaware, for example, in football, when you cross the 00:08:20.252 --> 00:08:26.000 goal line, it is a touchdown, you fumble the ball, it's still a work out 00:08:26.033 --> 00:08:30.219 any time a ball is dropped by a fielder. Of course, it's an error on the 00:08:30.252 --> 00:08:35.912 play. So didn't rule here and you're caught simply on a situation, a 00:08:35.945 --> 00:08:39.813 judgment call has to stand because the umpire did not see the final part 00:08:39.846 --> 00:08:44.422 of the play. Well, it's indeed unfortunate not only for the University of 00:08:44.455 --> 00:08:48.393 Texas in this case, who of course was eliminated by that very play, but 00:08:48.426 --> 00:08:51.633 indeed for the college World Series where for the most part, you have the 00:08:51.666 --> 00:08:55.802 cream of the crop of college baseball teams and you hope of course that 00:08:55.835 --> 00:09:00.394 the outcome of every game has no questions about it whatsoever. Well, this 00:09:00.427 --> 00:09:02.694 is going to happen when you're playing in tournament play. This is the 00:09:02.727 --> 00:09:06.203 23rd year of the college World Series and I can tell you, Bob that I've 00:09:06.236 --> 00:09:09.573 never seen a play like that happen and you want to remember there were 00:09:09.606 --> 00:09:13.684 four umpires out there and none of them saw it. So you couldn't have even 00:09:13.717 --> 00:09:17.855 a rule over by one of the other umpires. It was one of those strange freak 00:09:17.888 --> 00:09:22.245 occurrences that ends in a judgment call. No one is happy about it, but 00:09:22.278 --> 00:09:25.024 it's one of those things that happens in sports and you have to stand with 00:09:25.057 --> 00:09:29.005 it. Abe, you've been watching the college World Series for many years and 00:09:29.038 --> 00:09:33.037 your predictions as to who will win it or come in 1st and 2nd, your 00:09:33.070 --> 00:09:38.307 average is absolutely fantastic. But I'm going to call you on this and 00:09:38.340 --> 00:09:40.836 you've called yourself because I heard you talking about it the other day. 00:09:40.869 --> 00:09:43.856 Every once in a while, you have to, you pick the Salukis number one. And 00:09:43.889 --> 00:09:46.986 I thought primarily because of what you consider to be the easier of the 00:09:47.019 --> 00:09:51.307 two brackets. Well, there are several things in the favor of the Salukis 00:09:51.340 --> 00:09:54.145 of Southern Illinois and that was that not only were they in the easier 00:09:54.178 --> 00:09:57.258 bracket of the tournament, which of course proved to be on as we can see 00:09:57.291 --> 00:10:02.548 tonight, but Bob here was a team that finished second in the 1968 college 00:10:02.581 --> 00:10:07.168 World Series and came back with almost all of its ball club. So if you 00:10:07.201 --> 00:10:10.877 were not to pick them first, then it would be unfair to the other teams in 00:10:10.910 --> 00:10:14.697 the field. So the fact that the sl have gone home is a S to the other 00:10:14.730 --> 00:10:17.798 teams in the field. And don't forget, Bob, we're still riding in this 00:10:17.831 --> 00:10:23.327 tournament with number two Arizona State and nothing better than please me 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:27.201 than to have Arizona State that over. Well, we know it and the Devils of 00:10:27.234 --> 00:10:32.321 course, are going with Kenny Hanson tonight. Hopefully to give both Laon 00:10:32.354 --> 00:10:36.539 mcgraw. This will be his fourth day of rest. I hope to go with Hanson who 00:10:36.572 --> 00:10:40.530 when right can be a Dendy. And of course G has had a considerable rest 00:10:40.563 --> 00:10:44.380 since working last Friday and then some innings in relief. So hopefully, 00:10:44.413 --> 00:10:47.961 maybe number two will be in good shape for both tonight tomorrow and 00:10:47.994 --> 00:10:51.640 Friday. Well, if Arizona State can stay up with its pitching, not have to 00:10:51.673 --> 00:10:55.616 go too deep tonight to win this game. Arizona State will win this 00:10:55.649 --> 00:11:00.057 tournament. I feel certain you've seen a lot of World Series, what can you 00:11:00.090 --> 00:11:03.686 off the top of your head? And a difficult question would be the most 00:11:03.719 --> 00:11:07.576 outstanding college World Series competition you've seen in the many years. 00:11:07.609 --> 00:11:11.625 Well, as long as we have this time here while waiting the second game, 00:11:11.658 --> 00:11:16.525 let me tell you about a few of the more humorous, Bob. We had one that 00:11:16.558 --> 00:11:20.217 Tampa goes out as the oddest won in all of college baseball history year. 00:11:20.250 --> 00:11:24.236 That was when Arizona was playing New Hampshire and it was a very tight 00:11:24.269 --> 00:11:30.667 ball game 0 to 0 going into the late innings. Arizona has Harry Messick at 00:11:30.700 --> 00:11:36.066 the plate, a close pitch. Harry grabs his arm falls to the floor and 00:11:36.099 --> 00:11:39.057 hollers on him hit and the umpire awards in first base. He moves to second 00:11:39.090 --> 00:11:44.677 , moves to third and scores on a squeeze bunt by Glenn Festen. And after 00:11:44.710 --> 00:11:48.467 the game is over, Harry Mess says to the reporters, you know what, I 00:11:48.500 --> 00:11:51.645 wasn't hit. 00:11:51.678 --> 00:11:55.986 Well, Harry Messick earned the title that year of Harry, the horse thief, 00:11:56.019 --> 00:12:00.407 Messick Arizona won that ball game one and nothing that has to go down as 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:04.226 one of the oddest moments in this series. And of course, goes with this 00:12:04.259 --> 00:12:07.986 odd play that closed out the Texas appearance at the Cos World Series 00:12:08.019 --> 00:12:12.586 tonight, Bob, you have been coming to these things for how many years? I 00:12:12.619 --> 00:12:17.316 think this is my 16th year here. Bob and Arizona, of course, has been well 00:12:17.349 --> 00:12:21.667 representing our district for I think 11 occasions and Arizona State now 00:12:21.700 --> 00:12:26.127 for four. So that between the two of them, our state has been very well 00:12:26.160 --> 00:12:31.088 section here at college World Series. Let me tell you something, Bob, the 00:12:31.121 --> 00:12:34.529 State of Arizona can be very proud of its collegiate baseball at all, 00:12:34.562 --> 00:12:38.188 three of its schools and Grand Canyon as well. Don't forget this year we 00:12:38.221 --> 00:12:43.048 had three teams in national tournaments. Grand Canyon. We had Mesa 00:12:43.081 --> 00:12:47.567 Community College, Arizona State University unite. And I think we have 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:51.559 several other teams that could have made the tournaments and do very well 00:12:51.592 --> 00:12:54.650 proud baseball record in our state abe stick around. We're going to pause 00:12:54.683 --> 00:12:57.400 for a moment. We'll come back and talk tomorrow. Pause. Now, for this 00:12:57.433 --> 00:13:04.610 commercial message, 00:13:04.643 --> 00:13:09.990 we have watched the Sun Devils lose the first game to Texas, which was 33 00:13:10.023 --> 00:13:14.850 who were just eliminated a moment ago in your recollection. How many times 00:13:14.883 --> 00:13:20.133 has a team lost the very first game in college World Series and then come 00:13:20.166 --> 00:13:26.383 back to win it three times. Bob. it was done once by Texas and twice by 00:13:26.416 --> 00:13:30.042 the University of Southern California and it won't surprise me to see it 00:13:30.075 --> 00:13:35.212 done 1/4 time this year by a well, we certainly hope so and we know that 00:13:35.245 --> 00:13:38.252 Bobby has talked to his Chargers a couple of times about what is 00:13:38.285 --> 00:13:40.981 apparently their biggest weakness, getting the ball out of the infield and 00:13:41.014 --> 00:13:44.742 in between the players and he's had a couple of batting practice sessions. 00:13:44.775 --> 00:13:47.684 So hopefully he'll be able to do that, lock the door that's fighting all 00:13:47.717 --> 00:13:51.453 those base hit. Well, Bob, this is commonplace in the college World Series 00:13:51.486 --> 00:13:55.154 where a team comes up here and will drop its team batting average all the 00:13:55.187 --> 00:13:58.833 way up to 100 to 150 points. Of course, this is exactly what happened to 00:13:58.866 --> 00:14:01.944 Arizona State. I think they're down just over 100 points in their team 00:14:01.977 --> 00:14:05.294 batting average, but you tie up, don't forget you're playing before huge 00:14:05.327 --> 00:14:08.723 crowds. You're playing in a strange field and everything is right. On one 00:14:08.756 --> 00:14:13.586 goal game. So it's commonplace, the big hitters usually have a trouble and 00:14:13.619 --> 00:14:16.696 this is what's happening with Paul Ray Powell and a few of the other 00:14:16.729 --> 00:14:21.956 Arizona State boys. And just about this time in the, this is the stage of 00:14:21.989 --> 00:14:25.986 the good hitters come through. Well, I think that when you come to such a 00:14:26.019 --> 00:14:30.375 great tournament as this is that you automatically end up facing the very 00:14:30.408 --> 00:14:33.446 best pitchers as well, which may have something to do with while you're 00:14:33.479 --> 00:14:38.307 facing the select pitchers. And also excuse me, a call at first base, 00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:42.338 you're facing umpiring. That may be much tougher than at home where the 00:14:42.371 --> 00:14:46.258 Coals are a little tighter around the plate. And this makes a big 00:14:46.291 --> 00:14:50.747 difference too, would you? And I don't mean to take anything away from him 00:14:50.780 --> 00:14:54.359 because I think he pitched the wail of the game. The Devil Bats were 00:14:54.392 --> 00:14:58.789 silenced by a young freshman from Texas by name a Bet Hooten. And I think 00:14:58.822 --> 00:15:03.077 at the present time from his two appearances out here that despite the 00:15:03.110 --> 00:15:06.228 fact that his team has been sent home, he could get a few votes for the 00:15:06.261 --> 00:15:12.159 most valuable player. Bob has to be the finest freshman pitcher ever to 00:15:12.192 --> 00:15:16.390 perform in a college World Series. You know, the freshman eligibility in 00:15:16.423 --> 00:15:22.211 the NCAA is rather new and there was great fear that you shouldn't throw 00:15:22.244 --> 00:15:25.870 the freshman to the varsity team and throw him because he's too young and 00:15:25.903 --> 00:15:29.650 too fragile. That bird Hooton out there looked anything like a fragile 00:15:29.683 --> 00:15:34.010 young freshman. He was a tough upper classman throwing and Arizona State 00:15:34.043 --> 00:15:37.692 could have nothing but praise for great performance. Well, I think Bobby 00:15:37.725 --> 00:15:42.832 Winkle said it too that at that time while himself did not pitch a bad 00:15:42.865 --> 00:15:46.832 game giving up only 12 earned run that Hooton probably could have whipped 00:15:46.865 --> 00:15:50.042 anybody that night. Well, I think that's true and you have to take the 00:15:50.075 --> 00:15:55.633 fact that guru was not well physically and certainly from my standpoint of 00:15:55.666 --> 00:15:59.822 having seen Gora pitch perhaps four or five games this season, I know that 00:15:59.855 --> 00:16:04.014 this was not the Larry Gura that defeated the university. And I'll tell 00:16:04.047 --> 00:16:09.274 you this, in my opinion, if he had been at his peak performance, that game 00:16:09.307 --> 00:16:12.953 would still be going on as a pitcher's duel. You know what, I guess, maybe 00:16:12.986 --> 00:16:15.885 that's the way it is and you, I think earmarked it when you said that 00:16:15.918 --> 00:16:20.245 Arizona could be very proud of its baseball. I get the feeling that 00:16:20.278 --> 00:16:25.174 Arizona with Rich Hinton could be just as much a part of this series as 00:16:25.207 --> 00:16:28.054 some of the teams that are currently in here. You're right, Bob. It's been 00:16:28.087 --> 00:16:33.246 that way every year. In fact, Bob Winkle certainly is a very, very solid 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:37.375 man when it comes to stating the facts without equivocation. When he won 00:16:37.408 --> 00:16:42.196 the 1965 world championship. He plainly clearly made a statement for the 00:16:42.229 --> 00:16:46.037 public that as far as he was concerned, the University of Arizona won the 00:16:46.070 --> 00:16:49.797 tournament as they have been here. And all this is, is just praise for 00:16:49.830 --> 00:16:53.076 baseball in our state. We'll be back in just a moment. We're going to 00:16:53.109 --> 00:16:59.025 pause now for this commercial message. 00:16:59.058 --> 00:17:01.866 The, 00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:05.406 this is Bob Davies at Rosen Blast Stadium chatting with Abe Channon. And 00:17:05.439 --> 00:17:09.647 the reason we have a moment to talk about the college World Series is that 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:14.246 there has been a delay, not for any rain, not for anything different. It 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:21.295 was the blank of the Texas New York University game plus a disputed call 00:17:21.328 --> 00:17:26.429 at the final whistle of the game. And of course, the rhubarb that came 00:17:26.462 --> 00:17:30.450 after it with everybody out on the field talking and all kinds of 00:17:30.483 --> 00:17:34.030 uncertain words for those of you who just joined us, I will say very 00:17:34.063 --> 00:17:38.071 quickly before we get back to Abe, that Texas lost that ball game by the 00:17:38.104 --> 00:17:43.996 score of 3 to 2. I mean, it was, they were 3 to 2. Yes, it was one run 00:17:44.029 --> 00:17:47.996 difference and that tying run was on second base with two down. When the 00:17:48.029 --> 00:17:52.325 Texas batter slapped one down the right field line. The first baseman 00:17:52.358 --> 00:17:58.535 gloved the ball in foul territory behind first base picked himself up and 00:17:58.568 --> 00:18:04.085 for the first base sack as we understand it touched the sack in time. But 00:18:04.118 --> 00:18:09.107 as he touched the sack, the player kicked the ball, nobody saw the first 00:18:09.140 --> 00:18:12.897 base umpire then called him out the other three umpires started off the 00:18:12.930 --> 00:18:17.190 field. Nobody saw what was happening. And the boo you just heard was as 00:18:17.223 --> 00:18:20.920 the umpire 00:18:20.953 --> 00:18:24.581 came to thank you very much and good luck to you for a great broadcast. 00:18:24.614 --> 00:18:28.351 Wonderful to have you at the Cos World Series and let's bring our devils 00:18:28.384 --> 00:18:32.857 in. I'll do it. Abe Cannon. Thank you very much. We were going to discuss 00:18:32.890 --> 00:18:38.305 talk about what was happening in time in the games and we can tell you 00:18:38.338 --> 00:18:43.217 quickly that the games have been averaging about two hours and 13 minutes 00:18:43.250 --> 00:18:47.325 per contest. However, I'm happy to say that the Devils and Bobby Winkles 00:18:47.358 --> 00:18:53.416 hustle have had a 146 end time in the first game, a 149 00:18:53.449 --> 00:18:59.107 a 157 end time and the one game in between was 290. Let's get to the 00:18:59.140 --> 00:19:06.117 starting line up for the home team for 00:19:06.150 --> 00:19:11.035 Tulsa leading up and playing in left field will be Roger Whittaker, Roger 00:19:11.068 --> 00:19:15.627 Whittaker in left field, hitting second and playing in center field will 00:19:15.660 --> 00:19:21.186 be Tom Jenkins. Tom Jenkins playing in center field, hitting third and 00:19:21.219 --> 00:19:26.936 playing first base. Les Rogers. 00:19:26.969 --> 00:19:30.535 We'll pause now, the honor guard from the Marine Corps is walking to the 00:19:30.568 --> 00:19:38.568 center of the field in just a moment. We will have our national anthem 00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:58.259 that done our national anthem 00:21:06.269 --> 00:21:11.426 every day. Continuing on with the Telstra lineup. We've got Whitaker 00:21:11.459 --> 00:21:15.285 leading off and playing in left Jenkins and center Rogers playing third 00:21:15.318 --> 00:21:19.565 base and hitting third. Steve Caves is the cleanup hitter plays first base 00:21:19.598 --> 00:21:24.256 hitting fifth and playing in right field, Bob Murphy hitting sixth and 00:21:24.289 --> 00:21:28.516 playing at second base. Roger White Adams hitting seventh and playing 00:21:28.549 --> 00:21:35.196 shortstop Phil Honeycutt hitting eighth and catching John Clark Khlar and 00:21:35.229 --> 00:21:40.285 the pitcher is Cliff Butcher for the devil waiting off and playing 00:21:40.318 --> 00:21:47.085 shortstop Roger deter hitting second and in right field, Ralph Dick 00:21:47.118 --> 00:21:52.847 heading third and playing in left field, John Dolan in clean up, playing 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:58.156 in center field will be Pr Pawe Powell heading fifth and catching will be 00:21:58.189 --> 00:22:04.217 Billy Joe Cotton hitting sixth and playing first base will be Jeff Osborne 00:22:04.250 --> 00:22:08.967 hitting seventh and playing second base will be Lenny Randall hitting 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:13.676 eighth and playing shortstop will be Relli and the pitcher for the Sun 00:22:13.709 --> 00:22:18.127 Devils. Tonight is Young Kenny Hanson. So it will be Osborne catching and 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:25.295 Hanson pitching. The pitcher for the t of Hurricane is Cliff Butcher 511 00:22:25.328 --> 00:22:31.982 £175 freshman. He's nine and one er, a before the World Series started was 00:22:32.015 --> 00:22:37.440 0.99. It's been up a little bit. However, in the two appearances here in 00:22:37.473 --> 00:22:41.940 the college World Series, he has not figured in either of the games. He 00:22:41.973 --> 00:22:45.522 worked seven innings against UCL A gave up four runs which were earned 00:22:45.555 --> 00:22:49.842 eight hits, two Hawks and three strikeouts and then he pitched two thirds 00:22:49.875 --> 00:22:55.766 against Texas walking two and striking out one. Roger Dutter steps in and 00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:58.976 we're ready to work here as the Devils want to stay in. This series takes 00:22:59.009 --> 00:23:06.206 inside for a ball. One that are hitting 306 leading off has come through 00:23:06.239 --> 00:23:11.236 with three stolen bases record here in the college World Series is five is 00:23:11.269 --> 00:23:16.147 the pitch just misses outside and it's ball two. Butcher was not too 00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:22.206 effective in the two preceding college World Series outings winds up right 00:23:22.239 --> 00:23:27.085 handed lovers. It is across the plate but it's too high and it's ball 00:23:27.118 --> 00:23:31.496 three, but you're shaking his head. Thought he had it all the way. Jacko 00:23:31.529 --> 00:23:36.565 Smith coaching down at third base for the Devils. Here's the 03 they 00:23:36.598 --> 00:23:43.387 called strike three balls and one strike, 00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:46.266 no score in the ball game. This is the lead off batter. Roger Deter takes 00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:50.236 across the outside corner, a fastball to count as four. So puter after 00:23:50.269 --> 00:23:54.535 throwing three pitches, all of them balls now come back to counters four, 00:23:54.568 --> 00:24:00.815 working very quickly outside ball four J one. 00:24:00.848 --> 00:24:05.637 That's the first banner to be walked by a butcher. But as we mentioned a 00:24:05.670 --> 00:24:09.295 moment ago in the seven innings, he walked a pair against UCL A and he 00:24:09.328 --> 00:24:15.226 walked two in just two thirds of an inning against Texas. 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:20.545 Our information is that his arm is, there's a grounder in the center field 00:24:20.578 --> 00:24:28.578 by Ralph Dick on his way to third. Here's a coming in. He is out. 00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:37.476 Roger Getter tried to go all the way to third on that single up the middle 00:24:37.509 --> 00:24:42.016 by Ralph Dick. The throw coming from the center fielder, Tom Jenkins to 00:24:42.049 --> 00:24:46.335 the third baseman Les Rogers gets him out of there 8 to 5. And on the 00:24:46.368 --> 00:24:50.526 throw, Ralph Dick goes on down to second base. So there's one away, a 00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:55.335 beautiful throw by the center fielder. Tom Jenkins, a great defensive play 00:24:55.368 --> 00:25:02.406 as Roger almost had a beat, John Belan steps in 00:25:02.439 --> 00:25:06.016 John hitting 335 00:25:06.049 --> 00:25:09.486 has a triple and a double in World Series competition. Here's the pitch 00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:13.585 check, swing call strike inside corner, 00:25:13.618 --> 00:25:18.575 but your arm is bothered in cold weather, but he has no problem because 00:25:18.608 --> 00:25:24.647 it's about 75 here and 25% relative humidity right hand ready peaks at 00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:29.647 Ralph Dick at second base. Here comes the one strike pitch swung on a 00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:32.805 grounder to the right side. Feel it by the first baseman picks it up, 00:25:32.838 --> 00:25:39.166 throws just in time. He safe. No, he got to the bag in time. But the first 00:25:39.199 --> 00:25:46.055 base umpire says that he did not step on it. So Dink is safe. It's gonna 00:25:46.088 --> 00:25:49.085 go as a base hit. 00:25:49.118 --> 00:25:53.926 Dance gets an infield hit the second hit given up by butcher here in the 00:25:53.959 --> 00:25:59.137 top of the first. So the Devils have two men on Ralph Dick is at third 00:25:59.170 --> 00:26:04.565 base, John Dolan at first base one away and Paul Ray Powell anxious and 00:26:04.598 --> 00:26:08.857 ready. His father in town stretched by butcher. The peak delivers check, 00:26:08.890 --> 00:26:12.117 swing outside a ball 00:26:12.150 --> 00:26:15.176 Well, Roger Jetter walked to lead off the top of the first. Ralph Dick 00:26:15.209 --> 00:26:18.397 single up the middle but Ditter thrown out attempting to go to third and 00:26:18.430 --> 00:26:23.217 Von SEK singles, Ralph Dick all the way to third base pr P the batter 00:26:23.250 --> 00:26:28.107 throw to first and check back in plenty of time for those who joined us 00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:31.467 late. The Devils working against the toss of Hurricanes here in the top of 00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:36.006 the first inning pitched to pr outside ball two and Butcher not giving him 00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:41.246 anything good at all. Keeping it low. And unfortunately away for Butcher 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:44.085 two balls. No strikes. 00:26:44.118 --> 00:26:49.236 New York University Violets down the Sex Longhorn 3 to 2 pitch, two pile 00:26:49.269 --> 00:26:52.535 is across the plate but I have all three. 00:26:52.568 --> 00:26:58.486 Ok. No action in the Tulsa bullpen. 00:26:58.519 --> 00:27:04.055 Butcher has had only sparing wrist here in the series pitch call strike pr 00:27:04.088 --> 00:27:08.496 taking all the way. Steve Rogers, the youngster who pitched seven and two 00:27:08.529 --> 00:27:12.397 thirds innings of Hitler's fall against Texas has had only a day's rest so 00:27:12.430 --> 00:27:15.967 he cannot come back. 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:20.486 Dolak with the lead at first Ralph Dick at third pitch to pau check swing. 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:25.045 Balfour 00:27:25.078 --> 00:27:30.916 walk number two given up by Butcher. Two walks and two hits. The bases are 00:27:30.949 --> 00:27:37.397 crammed full of devils and Billy Joel Cotton, the catcher stepping in. 00:27:37.430 --> 00:27:42.857 Oh, and we're going to have, I believe it will be very difficult to have 00:27:42.890 --> 00:27:46.147 any change of, of relief because there has been no one warming up in the 00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:50.607 Tulsa bullpen. Gene shall however, has gone out to the mound to talk to 00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:55.467 his young freshman Hurler. And the conflab includes the catcher Johnny 00:27:55.500 --> 00:28:02.656 Clark. The confrontation is over. Uh Gene shall coming back walking very 00:28:02.689 --> 00:28:09.726 slowly. Well, no action in the bullpen but Paul or Pat Carlton Carleton 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:14.795 has been scheduled to work. All right, Richard can win a little right 00:28:14.828 --> 00:28:18.166 hander ready to face fully cotton fired across the plate. But high ball 00:28:18.199 --> 00:28:20.986 one 00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:25.107 rd at third base, John Dolan sacks the runner at second and Pr Powell at 00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:28.676 first one away for the Devils here at the top of the first inning cliff 00:28:28.709 --> 00:28:31.897 butcher ready to go right hander delivers Philly swings and fouls it out 00:28:31.930 --> 00:28:36.717 of the glove of Johnny Clar one ball and one strike. 00:28:36.750 --> 00:28:40.736 These two teams will be in the tour tournament tomorrow providing of 00:28:40.769 --> 00:28:44.295 course the Devils win and that's the way we figure it. And the third team 00:28:44.328 --> 00:28:48.565 will be New York University immediately following this game. And again, we 00:28:48.598 --> 00:28:51.656 have to say if the Devils win, there will be a flip of the coin. One team 00:28:51.689 --> 00:28:56.357 will draw by a base hit into right center field. Dick will score easily. 00:28:56.390 --> 00:29:01.736 Here comes DP for home. The Phils coming home, he's safe and Parley p 00:29:01.769 --> 00:29:05.976 coming around third, Paul gets by the catcher Pell scores and Billy Joe 00:29:06.009 --> 00:29:14.009 Compton flies into third base. 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:22.377 Billy Joe Cotton, a little blooping line drive into short right center 00:29:22.410 --> 00:29:25.736 field 00:29:25.769 --> 00:29:31.496 scored as a single Dick. Ralph Dick comes home from third base. John Dolan 00:29:31.529 --> 00:29:36.756 comes home from first Paul. Ray Paul went to third and on the throw from 00:29:36.789 --> 00:29:40.867 the right fielder which was an error it got by the catcher came all the 00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:44.746 way. Home. Three runs are home. Cotton went all the way to third on that 00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:49.717 air and Jeff Osborne stands in takes a strike call pitched high, pop fly 00:29:49.750 --> 00:29:54.676 to the right side out of play back up in the stands and the count is no 00:29:54.709 --> 00:29:59.117 balls and two strikes to Jeff Osborne still only one down, Billy Cotton 00:29:59.150 --> 00:30:04.305 from mccook Nebraska showing some hometown fans just exactly how it's done 00:30:04.338 --> 00:30:08.097 where they clutch single to right center where the base is loaded. Devils 00:30:08.130 --> 00:30:14.967 three Tulsa nothing pitch. Osborne takes outside ball one. 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:18.676 I'll tell you you folks have been sending those telegrams and believe me, 00:30:18.709 --> 00:30:24.045 the devils really appreciate it. Pitch check, swing in the dirt trial two 00:30:24.078 --> 00:30:30.516 counters even to left-handed batting first baseman Jeff Osborne 00:30:30.549 --> 00:30:34.555 butcher Texas sign from Johnny Clark right hander delivers so that little 00:30:34.588 --> 00:30:41.266 number to the right side and they runner coming in from third base. Billy 00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:45.065 Joe Cotton cannot move. Comes part way down the line. The first baseman 00:30:45.098 --> 00:30:49.986 Steve Caves picked up the ball and wisely Jeff Osborne stopped but then 00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:53.835 Caves just proceeded towards home plate and thanked Osborne for out. 00:30:53.868 --> 00:30:59.746 Number two. Cotton had to stay at third base and Lenny Randall is about 00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:03.686 two down, three runs home Lenny Randall stepping in pitch by Butcher 00:31:03.719 --> 00:31:08.186 popped up left side coming in foul territory. Lets Rogers and back at the 00:31:08.219 --> 00:31:12.766 coach's box has it for our number three. 00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:17.916 So for the Devils in the first, they pick up three runs on three hits. 00:31:17.949 --> 00:31:22.117 There was one error and one man left and the score at the end of one half 00:31:22.150 --> 00:31:26.565 inning of play, the Sun Devils at Arizona State University three, the 00:31:26.598 --> 00:31:34.097 Golden Hurricanes of PSA yet to bat. 00:31:34.130 --> 00:31:39.506 Kenny Hudson ready to work in his first college World Series game will 00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:44.565 face Roger Whittaker who skies it to straight away center field p moving 00:31:44.598 --> 00:31:47.637 over a little bit to his left under it. Has it in flip, but he held on to 00:31:47.670 --> 00:31:52.776 the ball. So there's out. Number one Whitaker hitting 343 had a home run 00:31:52.809 --> 00:31:58.416 for a little fellow one up and one down. And Tommy Jenkins, a center 00:31:58.449 --> 00:32:01.926 fielder left handed batter pitched by Hanson is high and away for ball. 00:32:01.959 --> 00:32:09.416 One, Bill one up and one down. Here's the pitch by Hanson across the plate 00:32:09.449 --> 00:32:15.147 for low ball. 23 to Nothing Devils lead it t banning in the bottom of the 00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:22.756 1st 17 games. He started at 14 and completed 716 ball three high. And 00:32:22.789 --> 00:32:27.426 Billy Cotton really lets Kenny know that he's got to do some concentrating 00:32:27.459 --> 00:32:31.285 out there as he zings it back to him. Kenny ready. Now, here's the three 00:32:31.318 --> 00:32:35.206 ball pitch across the plate called strike and there's action in the 00:32:35.239 --> 00:32:41.857 bullpen for the Sun Devils. It is Larry Gura Hanson, 31 delivered, swung 00:32:41.890 --> 00:32:46.397 on a grounder to the right side. Randall rushing, throwing Osborne in time 00:32:46.430 --> 00:32:51.147 on a pretty play. 00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:54.717 Kenny H and thought he had a chance for that ball came off the mound to 00:32:54.750 --> 00:32:58.805 his left side, could not get it. And when Randall came charging, he had to 00:32:58.838 --> 00:33:02.246 fall down to get out of the way so that Lenny could make the pretty play 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:06.835 that he did. So they're two up and two down. And L Rogers who was probably 00:33:06.868 --> 00:33:11.107 one of the finest hitting, one of the finest hitters in college baseball 00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:17.206 hitting 4, 17 steps in, takes outside on a curveball. That's ball one. 00:33:17.239 --> 00:33:21.217 He's a daddy good hitter way deep in the box, slightly close stand pitch, 00:33:21.250 --> 00:33:27.166 it touches him on the shoulder and Kenny Hanson hits his 16th batsman of 00:33:27.199 --> 00:33:31.397 the year. He had 15 coming into this ball game and Rogers hustles down to 00:33:31.430 --> 00:33:37.186 first base so they're two down but Rogers is at first base and the batter 00:33:37.219 --> 00:33:44.756 is the cleanup hitter. Steve caves the first baseman game 264 on the 00:33:44.789 --> 00:33:46.795 season 00:33:46.828 --> 00:33:54.496 and 100 and six at bats. He has 28 hits, 15 RBIs, one double and one 00:33:54.529 --> 00:34:00.045 triple and have stolen four bases left handed batter. 00:34:00.078 --> 00:34:05.535 What short lead by Rogers, the stretch by Hanson first pitch, the cave has 00:34:05.568 --> 00:34:10.905 swung out of this first fight. Well, Bobby, Bobby Winkles said yesterday, 00:34:10.938 --> 00:34:15.146 of course, that if Hansen had his stuff, nobody would be able to touch him. 00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:18.747 There's the next pitch swung out and missed again by cave as a fastball, 00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:23.506 it gets right by him and three or four times today in the hotel, we passed 00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:26.296 Kenny and each time we look at him and the word we gave him was 00:34:26.329 --> 00:34:29.104 concentration. 00:34:29.137 --> 00:34:31.956 He's ahead now, one and two with two down Rogers with a short lead at 00:34:31.989 --> 00:34:36.015 first base. Here's the pitch Rogers moving. There's the throw by Billy Joe 00:34:36.048 --> 00:34:40.655 Cotton and they got him. Pretty Roger dead are taking the throw. Rogers is 00:34:40.688 --> 00:34:46.945 out 2 to 6 to retire the side for the 00:34:46.978 --> 00:34:51.334 Hurricanes in the first no runs. There were no hits, no errors and nobody 00:34:51.367 --> 00:34:55.075 left on base and the score at the end of one complete inning of play. The 00:34:55.108 --> 00:35:03.108 Sun Devils of Arizona State three, the Hurricanes of nothing. 00:35:04.510 --> 00:35:07.675 We go to the top of the second inning and for the Devils, it'll be the 00:35:07.708 --> 00:35:12.046 bottom of the order. Rick Valley Ken Hanson and back up to Roger Ditter 00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:18.175 valet 231 playing third base. The freshman takes a curveball called strike 00:35:18.208 --> 00:35:24.247 one pretty pitch by cliff butcher. Remind you that you're tuned to Kool 00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:29.066 radio, the 960 spot on your radio dial in Phoenix pitch. Another curveball 00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:34.236 and Valley caught looking two times in a row. Same pitch. Watch out for 00:35:34.269 --> 00:35:37.916 the inside fastball, but you're ready. Working quickly delivers flies it 00:35:37.949 --> 00:35:42.296 to right center going over is the right fielder. Bobby Murphy calling away 00:35:42.329 --> 00:35:48.699 Tommy Jackson and takes it for out number 11 up and one down. Kenny Hanson. 00:35:48.989 --> 00:35:50.989 The batter Kenny out of be hitting pitcher 244 on the season. Certainly 00:35:54.735 --> 00:35:59.092 not afraid to sla 00:35:59.125 --> 00:36:03.530 in 45 at bats. He has picked up 11 hits. There's a grounder to the left 00:36:03.563 --> 00:36:08.211 side shortstop, Phil Honeycutt and the throw to Caves is in time Hanson on 00:36:08.244 --> 00:36:13.276 the first pitch is out number two, two up and two down. And Roger Detter 00:36:13.309 --> 00:36:18.126 who walked in the first and was out trying to go to third is the best 00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:22.115 Roger doubles lead it three to nothing batting here in the top of the 00:36:22.148 --> 00:36:25.717 second inning. Both these teams will remain in the tournament. Of course, 00:36:25.750 --> 00:36:29.287 the Devils winning it pitch to deter is a curveball inside backs him out 00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:35.146 of there. It's ball one 00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:39.776 beat UCL. A 6 to 5. There's a ball outside in 10 innings and they were 00:36:39.809 --> 00:36:44.467 lucky UCL A made six errors in that ball game. Then they beat Texas 4 to 2. 00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:47.865 No luck in that one. Steve Rogers pitching seven and two thirds a line 00:36:47.898 --> 00:36:51.086 shot knocked down by the shortstop, kept in front of him. The fell in the 00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:56.175 dirt that is dropped by the first baseman. That debt will be safe whether 00:36:56.208 --> 00:36:59.057 it will be hit or an error. Beautiful play by the shortstop when it got it 00:36:59.090 --> 00:37:04.372 is an error on the throw. The rule being, I would imagine that if you 00:37:04.405 --> 00:37:08.581 throw the ball in the dirt, the error then will belong to you. But it was 00:37:08.614 --> 00:37:12.671 a beautiful play. Honeycutt went far to his left almost behind. Second 00:37:12.704 --> 00:37:15.682 base, got the ball, knocked it down and picked it up on the dead run and 00:37:15.715 --> 00:37:18.952 threw. There's a quick throw that are back in plenty of time. Roger has, 00:37:18.985 --> 00:37:23.171 as we said, three stolen bases in this series and I believe that butcher 00:37:23.204 --> 00:37:26.421 knows it. Roger was a good lead at first base. Here's a pitch that are 00:37:26.454 --> 00:37:30.240 moving. Pitches outside to throw, goes right on the center field that is 00:37:30.273 --> 00:37:35.695 on his way to third. He'll make it standing up. Roger Ditter steals base 00:37:35.728 --> 00:37:41.217 number four in the series and the record is five. 00:37:41.250 --> 00:37:45.217 So the Devils have a runner at third base and the batter will be Ralph 00:37:45.250 --> 00:37:49.345 Dick who singled back in the first inning. 00:37:49.378 --> 00:37:52.986 A su lost to Texas in the opener. Four to nothing had been battling back 00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:58.736 ever since the total cardiac kids of college baseball beat UCL A 2 to 1 in 00:37:58.769 --> 00:38:03.287 finity came on and beat Massachusetts. Yes. Yesterday, 4 to 2 leading in 00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:06.506 this ball game. 3 to 0 pitch to Dick swung a little number in front of the 00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:12.376 plate, but you will feel it. There's a three just in time. Butcher 1 to 3. 00:38:12.409 --> 00:38:16.135 The Devils are retired in the second. No runs, no hits, no errors and a 00:38:16.168 --> 00:38:19.977 man left and a score at the end of an inning and a half, they send Devils 00:38:20.010 --> 00:38:23.115 three. The Hurricanes 00:38:23.148 --> 00:38:27.816 first place man, Steve Cave Hanson will have to do it all over again. He 00:38:27.849 --> 00:38:30.836 had a two strike count on caves but they threw out the runner. Here's the 00:38:30.869 --> 00:38:35.037 first pitch. It's a called strike. Kenny would like to believe that was 00:38:35.070 --> 00:38:39.396 the third strike in case we mismatch the mathematics in that last half 00:38:39.429 --> 00:38:42.967 inning. There's a pitch, a fly ball, the straight away center field pare 00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:46.925 moving a little bit back as the wind carries it to his right and takes it 00:38:46.958 --> 00:38:49.615 for out. Number one. 00:38:49.648 --> 00:38:54.026 Caves is out number one for the Hurricanes in the second. Bob Murphy. The 00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:58.405 next batter followed by Roger Hatam Murphy 248 on the season playing in 00:38:58.438 --> 00:39:02.856 right field. There were two errors in that last inning for the Hurricanes. 00:39:02.889 --> 00:39:05.135 There's a pitch a while when it gets all the way back to the screen ball 00:39:05.168 --> 00:39:09.827 , one, there were no runs and no hits, two errors by the Hurricanes and a 00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:16.747 man left on base Murphy. There's a pitch by Hanson as that ball gets fired. 00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:22.217 Hurricanes have committed three errors in this game and that's a total of 00:39:22.250 --> 00:39:27.236 nine in the series. So they've committed some first college World series 00:39:27.269 --> 00:39:31.845 jitters. There's a let up curve hangs high and inside to Murphy and it's 00:39:31.878 --> 00:39:37.986 two balls and a strike. Billy Joe Cotton will attempt to make Kenny Hanson 00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:42.807 concentrate every moment he's on that mound. There's the two ball, one 00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:47.115 strike pitch, a line shot into right center. Dick will not be able to get 00:39:47.148 --> 00:39:49.816 through it. It's gonna go all the way to the wall boxes off the wall. Cas 00:39:49.849 --> 00:39:53.336 are perfectly gone for a second. The throw will hold him there. A stand up 00:39:53.369 --> 00:39:57.635 double. 00:39:57.668 --> 00:40:02.376 Bob Murphy picks up the first base hit given up by Kenny Hanson and a good 00:40:02.409 --> 00:40:07.385 one. It is a stinging double to right center off the fence some 370 ft 00:40:07.418 --> 00:40:12.026 away. Dick made the good play and the thrower will hold him there. So 00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:15.247 there's one down Murphy, the runner at second base and Roger Adams, the 00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:18.856 second baseman hitting 271 00:40:18.889 --> 00:40:23.365 on the season is the batting left handed batting 00:40:23.398 --> 00:40:29.376 second baseman steps in two for 11 in the series. 00:40:29.409 --> 00:40:32.827 Hanson looking down at Bill Joe over the sign the stretch and a quick peek 00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:37.916 right hander delivers called strike outside corner three to nothing ball 00:40:37.949 --> 00:40:41.006 game. The Devils lead it scoring three of them right in the top of the 00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:44.986 first inning, Delsa batting in the bottom of the second with one down and 00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:49.506 the man at second base Hanson stretching looks delivers but up curve is 00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:55.026 high. It's ball 11 and one. Larry G is not running up at the present time 00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:59.686 but he is in the bullpen and Bobby Winkle is making very sure that this 00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:04.626 youngster has all the support he needs the team as well. Should Kenny get 00:41:04.659 --> 00:41:09.175 just a little bit wild? He's done fine. One ball, one strike pitch a foul 00:41:09.208 --> 00:41:13.586 back to the screen to the left side out of play and Hanson is ahead of all 00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:18.776 and two strikes. Well, for those of you who perhaps joined us late, Texas 00:41:18.809 --> 00:41:23.115 was eliminated in the afternoon game by the New York University Violets by 00:41:23.148 --> 00:41:27.276 the score of 3 to 2 on a disputed call in the ninth inning. They were 00:41:27.309 --> 00:41:31.316 ahead 3 to 2 but the leadoff man doubled and after two outs, we'll tell 00:41:31.349 --> 00:41:35.675 you about a minute. There's a ball in a way two and two. What happened was 00:41:35.708 --> 00:41:41.267 that they left handed better for the Longhorns got a hit right down the 00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:44.827 right field line. The first baseman gloved it in foul territory, ran, hit 00:41:44.860 --> 00:41:48.686 the bag and when he hit the bag, the runner kicked it long, I admit for a 00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:51.376 strike three. 00:41:51.409 --> 00:41:56.816 Roger Adams is strikeout victim number one for Hanson out number two for 00:41:56.849 --> 00:42:02.425 the Hurricanes and Phil Hocutt is about it. 00:42:02.458 --> 00:42:07.287 Well, we have talked about the rest periods between games. Kenny Hanson 00:42:07.320 --> 00:42:11.796 has certainly had his, uh, it's been almost a full month since he last 00:42:11.829 --> 00:42:16.166 pitched May the 17th. So Kenny is not going to be tired. There's a pitch 00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:20.307 curveball outside corner pretty pitch. He did not to it. He simply glided 00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:22.856 it in there. 00:42:22.889 --> 00:42:26.876 Honey, cut, the shortstop is a 379 hitter right handed batter pitch, 00:42:26.909 --> 00:42:31.396 fastball is inside for a ball. It's even up one and 12 down. The runner at 00:42:31.429 --> 00:42:36.037 second for Tulsa is Bob Murphy who doubled and Honeycutt the B with one on 00:42:36.070 --> 00:42:38.155 one. 00:42:38.188 --> 00:42:41.445 It's been a great college world series Hanson stretches and the look at 00:42:41.478 --> 00:42:47.378 Honeycutt delivers curveball is pretty across the plate called strike two. 00:42:47.869 --> 00:42:49.869 Maybe not getting off the second base too far. Hanson is fast and Cotton's 00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:57.217 arm has already been proven as he's thrown out. Les Rogers who tried to 00:42:57.250 --> 00:43:02.586 steal second pitch inside almost got him. It was so fast that Honeycutt 00:43:02.619 --> 00:43:07.945 all of us didn't get out of the water two and two. 00:43:07.978 --> 00:43:11.925 Kenny with a good move out there. The curveball a let up curveball and the 00:43:11.958 --> 00:43:16.327 fastball looked like the same 22 coming curveball just misses. He thought 00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:20.296 he had it count is full three and two. The first time that Kenny has been 00:43:20.329 --> 00:43:24.146 behind. 00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:29.577 Thank you again for the great telegrams. The kids really enjoy them. Gene 00:43:29.610 --> 00:43:33.095 Ferson one. There's a pitch, a grounder to the right side. Osborne loses 00:43:33.128 --> 00:43:36.856 it. It goes into foul territory. He picks it up. Here's the big throw to 00:43:36.889 --> 00:43:43.267 the plate as Murphy came around third base and did not only came down a 00:43:43.300 --> 00:43:48.026 little bit as if to draw the throw, Osborne wisely held on to it that kept 00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:53.956 Murphy at third base and Honeycutt at first. So it's an E three and John 00:43:53.989 --> 00:43:59.546 Clar will come to the place. So Tulsa has been on base at third base, Bob 00:43:59.579 --> 00:44:03.467 Murphy at first base for Honeycutt. And the batter is the catcher Johnny 00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:09.506 Clar right handed batter deep in the box. Close. Dance Hanson hits him on 00:44:09.539 --> 00:44:13.606 the right shoulder as he tried to get out of that way. And that's the 00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:19.646 second pit batsman of the game his 17th of the year and Bobby Winkles is 00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:22.956 going to come out and talk to him. 00:44:22.989 --> 00:44:27.655 So the bases are crammed full and the pitcher cliff butcher is up a 200 00:44:27.688 --> 00:44:30.155 hitter, 00:44:30.188 --> 00:44:34.936 but Bobby Winkles is having a good talk. Hansen is shaking his head up and 00:44:34.969 --> 00:44:39.467 down. Billy Joe Cotton is listening. Hanson says, ok, Winkles drops off 00:44:39.500 --> 00:44:44.126 the mound and Hansen and Cotton back to his position. Well, it's not an 00:44:44.159 --> 00:44:49.606 unusual situation for Kenny Hanson to find men on base. It is unusual for 00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:53.506 Kenny Hanson to find himself. However, in the college World Series with 00:44:53.539 --> 00:44:57.405 men on base, there are two down, however, and the batter is the pitcher, 00:44:57.438 --> 00:45:00.997 first pitch to him as a grounder to the left side deter has it the throw 00:45:01.030 --> 00:45:05.396 to ran for the force and he's out of there. The butcher on the fielder's 00:45:05.429 --> 00:45:09.646 choice forces, Johnny Clark at second base. 6 to 4. The Devils are out of 00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:14.356 it. There are no runs on one hit. There was a double air and three men 00:45:14.389 --> 00:45:18.615 left and the score at the end of two complete innings of play Arizona 00:45:18.648 --> 00:45:26.648 State three, Tulsa nothing. I may set his own record. In that case, 00:45:28.619 --> 00:45:32.526 the Devils in the top of the third will send up John Donald P pow and 00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:39.655 Billy Joe Scott, they lead it 30 D and an infield hit back in the first 00:45:39.688 --> 00:45:44.316 inning, left-handed batting left fielder Rogers in on the grass at third 00:45:44.349 --> 00:45:48.595 base. The infield moved around a little to right at the short stop. Phil 00:45:48.628 --> 00:45:52.267 Heniot has moved towards second pitch on se check swing misses outside a 00:45:52.300 --> 00:45:54.905 ball. 00:45:54.938 --> 00:45:59.506 Well, Hanson got out of it. He has uh is this is of course his first 00:45:59.539 --> 00:46:02.166 college World Series start. He did pitch one inning of relief against 00:46:02.199 --> 00:46:07.646 Texas. John swings and misses on a fastball. The count is even one a piece. 00:46:07.679 --> 00:46:12.037 Nebraska, the 23rd annual College World Series. It's been Andy today was 00:46:12.070 --> 00:46:15.787 more like Arizona and maybe the Devils are responding to that. It was warm 00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:18.977 all day long. Here's the pitch to John fly ball popped to the right side. 00:46:19.010 --> 00:46:23.646 I don't believe there is no play. It is strike two. It was around 75 00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:27.131 degrees at game time with the humidity reading. However, however, 00:46:27.164 --> 00:46:31.651 somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 to 30% but the sun was up for the most 00:46:31.684 --> 00:46:35.061 , uh the bigger portion of the day which looked like Arizona and it was 00:46:35.094 --> 00:46:38.220 warm and they are for the first time in the series playing at night as a 00:46:38.253 --> 00:46:42.352 grounder also to the right side foul out of play. The count remains the 00:46:42.385 --> 00:46:46.244 same a ball and two strikes.