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Now, here's Bob Davies from Omaha, Nebraska,
the Golden Hurricanes of the University of Tulsa, the Sun Devils of
Arizona State University. For those of you who have been joining us both
last night. And tonight, we want to tell you that, of course, this is a
simulcast that is going on radio on the Cool A and KFM as well along with
the channel 10 telecast. So that occasionally we may sound a little word.
We certainly don't mean to be, but we would not like to leave out our
great radio who are towing around the valley with transistors making sure
that they hear this final game of the college World Series for Tulsa. They
have won three and lost one. They drew by yesterday, they defeated UCL A 6
to 5 in 11 innings. They beat Texas 4 to 2, beat New York 2 to 0 and lost
to Arizona State 11 to 3 for the Devils. They have won four and lost one.
They lost the opener to Texas 4 to 0. They beat UCL A 2 to 1 in 11
innings. Took on Massachusetts 4 to 2 and defeated Tulsa 11 to 3 on
Wednesday pitching a Steve Rogers, a right hander will get the starting
nod tonight. He 6 £165 sophomore from Springfield, Missouri was six and O
at the end of the season has picked up two victories won in release here
in the college World Series. And currently it's eight and zero. He's had
lots of over four days for the Devils. They will counter with Larry Gura
Collegiate baseball's winning pitcher with 18 wins and two losses from
Joliet Illinois senior. He lost to Texas in the open and then came back to
beat Tulsa in relief. He is going to work with just a day's rest, uh,
perhaps, maybe a little bit more than a day's rest. We'll be back with
more of this action after this commercial message 59 minutes past the hour
of five o'clock. And you're listening to the Arizona State University
Baseball Network, we'll be joining Bob Davies at Omaha in just a second
with the final game. This is the championship game between Arizona State
and Tulsa. Bob Davies will have all the play by play on both Cool AM and
FM and also on Cool television channel 10 and the game is being broadcast
in color. So if you'd like to watch it on channel 10 do so
well, the weather man has done an about face like he is much accustomed to
here in Omaha, it is 69 degrees outside. 36%. The relative humidity
reading and the wind from the southeast and occasional gusts up to six MPH.
And for those of you watching on television, you could see of course,
that the center field flag, the United States flag was not moving very
much. Here are the starting line ups for the Tulsa Hurricane leading off
and playing left field, Roger Whittaker hitting second and in center field
, Tom Jenkins hitting third and playing third base. Les Rogers hitting
cleanup and playing first base, Steve Cave catching and hitting fifth, Bob
Murphy hitting sixth and playing second base Roger Adams hitting seventh
and playing shortstop Phil Honeycutt in right field hitting eighth, Larry
Bird and the pitcher for the Hurricanes is Steve Rogers eight wins and no
losses for the Devils. It will be better leading off and playing short,
Ralph Dick hitting second in right field. John Dunn will be hitting third
and playing left Paul Ray Powell, the clean up hitter in center field in
the fifth position in the batting order. Capture Billy Joe Cotton hitting
sixth and playing first base will be Jeff Osborne hitting seventh and
playing second base will be Lenny Randall in the eighth position and
playing third base defensively will be Rick Valley and of course the
pitcher Larry Gura Batteries for the levels Cotton catching and Gura
pitching as Steve Whitaker steps in and we're about ready to begin this
game for all the marbles here in the 23rd annual college World Series. The
Devils are the home team
and of course, are in their traveling grays
are in there. Then there are whites, I should say. I thought of hurricanes
are in their graves which almost look a little blue from here. Girl ready
with the first pitch to Whitaker. I popped up to better at shortstop,
moving over a little bit to his left for second base. So has it for our
number one.
So Whitaker swings on the first ball pitch by Larry Gura and he'd be happy
if all the Hurricanes would do that pops up to deter. He is out number one
and the left handed batting center fielder, Tom Jenkins punch down a third
base line. G field to throw in time to Osborne and he's out of there. G
made a very good move coming straight towards the dugout towards the third
base line fielded. It turned and threw the Osborne low, but he picked it
up and Jenkins is out number two on two pitches.
Well, Tulsa is helping Rod Larry Gura on two pitches. He has two outs and
of course, as we mentioned a moment ago, he has not had much rest after
losing the opener to Texas, he's appeared two times in release. Les Rogers
steps in first pitch has popped up to the right side that could be retired
on three outside for making the run in foul territory. He has it for out
number three.
So it couldn't be any quicker. And Larry Gura comes in after three pitches
and after one half inning of play, no runs, no hits, no errors and nobody
left and the score. The Devils, nothing. The Hurricanes, nothing.
Well, that happened. He went by so quickly, we almost didn't get a chance
to tell you what happened on three straight pitches. The Tulsa Hurricanes
go out 123 Whitaker popping to debtor at short and then Tom Jenkins going
grounding out uh Gura to Osborne and Les Rogers popping up to Osborne in
foul territory, 123 for the Devils in the bottom half of the first inning.
The three Ds Roger Deter Ralph Dick and John Dolan in that order, of
course, the big concern for the Devils and head coach Bobby Winkles was
that since Larry has pitched three times this week, whether or not he
would be able to not only pitch tonight but go very far and the Hurricanes
help him out right in the first by going down in order 123. Roger Detter
stepping in. He has set a college World Series mark by stealing bases. A
one hopper to the third baseman. Rogers keeps it in front of him on a
bounce, picks it up again and fires to Steve Cave. The first baseman Roger
Detter goes out on the first ball pitch. 5 to 3.
Rogers has had full four days of rest. He is a slight right hander at 100
and 65 pitched seven and one third hitless innings against the University
of Texas pitched to Dick as a curveball missing inside for ball. One come
on the Hurricanes. On the other hand, are depending very much on this
young man since the Devils have seen almost all their other pitchers and
bombarded them on Wednesday night. There's a fastball strike on the
outside corner, Ralph Dick taking all the way. The count is even at one
apiece. This is for all the marbles. The 1969 NCAA championship. The
Devils attempting to make it on every other year. They won in 65 and 67
would like to take this one home. The pitch. Dick swings and misses a
fastball strike two
again. May we thank you for the many, many telegrams over 100 today alone
including Barry Goldwater, Barry Goldwater, Jr Paul Fanon John Rhodes,
Senator Kyl Hayden, Steve Allen. Many, many fastball is a called strike
three that got your drop the ball. The throw is in plenty of time. Ralph
Dick is out number two, first strikeout for Rogers. The Devils have two
times and John Dolak stepping in
Golden Sachs has had a very good series. He has in 16 at bats hit safely
seven times, scored six runs and has four RBIs leads world series hitters
with an average of 438 pitch swung on a missed strike one.
They said in the beginning that Rogers was a junk pitcher that is that he
throws a lot of cute curves and motions, but he's used the fastball very
effectively here in the opening moment. Swung out a miss by Don looked
like a meer and it's no balls and two strikes as Rogers quickly gets ahead
of the left handed batting left fielder John has had the good swing in the
series.
Stands in ready to take O and two. Rogers has a sign for Bob Murphy right
hand of the livers on affect swings and this is like three
well for the Devils in the first three up and three down, no runs, no hits
, no errors and nobody left and the score at the end of one complete
inning of play. The Devils nothing. The Hurricanes, nothing.
Mm,
Steve caves the cleanup hitter for the Tulsa Hurricane steps in right
handed batter hitting 273 on the season. Takes the ball inside. Gura has
worked in 12 innings in this college World Series. He worked five innings
in the opener against Texas which he lost last Friday. Here's the pitch
cade checks the swing on a fastball that fall two and Cotton fires the
ball back to girl. He then worked two and a third innings against
Massachusetts. They save and then came back to work four and two thirds
against TTA for the win line shot into right center field. The ball is
gonna be in there for extra bases. Ralph Dick giving chase all the way to
the fence, standard 70 ft away, digging around second. Here's a throw
coming into Randall. He'll be in at third base with a stand up triple.
That ball was very nicely placed. Paul Ray Powell had moved over a little
bit to left center and caves the clean up hitter, put it right between him
all the way to the fence. 380 ft away, the pitch swung on and filed back
to the screen by Bob Murphy. The catcher nobody away as Steve caves
triples to right center and the Hurricanes have a runner at third base.
Larry Gura checks the runner. Here's the pitch curveball hangs high and
it's a ball and a strike. Well, there was no doubt about that one. He
really lambasted it one and one girl working for the first time in trouble.
The left hander ready delivers one on one across the plate but low ball
two and Bob Murphy taking
Gura has worked 100 and 48 innings, not including the college World Series.
Here's the two ball, one strike pitch swung on fouled back to the screen.
The count even two and two
fly ball would not automatically score. Caves from third base. There are
three good arms in the double outfield. Here's a 22 pit curveball line
shot gets by the third baseman Valley. He'll have to go to the base hit.
Caves will score easily.
A line shot to Rick Valley at third base will be scored as a base hit. He
could not get to it. The ball was hit very well. Steve came at third base
held up momentarily thinking maybe Bali had a play and then came on to
score and the Hurricanes lead it one to nothing here in the second inning.
Still nobody out. Here's the pitch. They bumped in the air picked off by
Guru and Murphy will have time to scamper back to first base. Roger Adams
attempts to sacrifice bunt and pops up to Guru for out number one and
Murphy holds first base
action in the bullpen for Arizona State is another left hander freshman,
Jimmy Crawford. There's the runner at first base and Bob Murphy, Phil Hke
, the shortstop up 268 on the season stretched by G. The peak of the
runner delivers inside night stop by Billy Joe and it's ball one. Larry
does not, does not have the stuff he had Wednesday night and with good
reason, he has worked three times already for a total of 12 innings.
There's a stretch, here's the pitch file back to the screen and the count
is even one ball and one strike. But as we've told you all season long,
this young man gets stronger as the game goes on and if in the early going
, he is a little shaky. Usually he can pull himself out of it. Girl
stretches the peak at Murphy. Here's the pitch front right in front of the
plate caught very nicely by Billy Joe the third of Billy. So it's a double
play
popped up to Billy Joe Cotton who quickly got out in front of that plate
picked it up in mid air and threw the Cotton for the double play and the
Hurricanes are quickly retired here in the second, but not before they
pick up one run on two hits. There were no double errors and nobody left
on base and the score at the end of 1.5 innings of play, the Hurricanes
won the Devils nothing
this speed to section a the support of the f
the Devils come up in the bottom of the second inning and Paul Ray Powell
, Billy Joe Cotton and Jeff Osborne in that order, Steve Rogers had no
trouble with the Devils at all. Got to ground out immediately and struck
out Dick and all. And second right hander looks down at Bob Murphy for the
sign. Paul, Ray Powell steps in. There's the first pitch, fastball misses
outside for a ball and Murphy will have words with his young pitcher.
Perhaps they got a little crossed up on the signal. Pa Ray Powell hitting
300 even on the series hitting 360 on the season of the top 15 batters
each. The Tulsa ball club in Arizona State each have three in the top 15
series. Batter. There's a lazy curve that's low and away to Paul Ray girl
from catcher Bob Murphy gets away from Rogers and Phil Hocutt will hustle
it back to him two balls and no strikes. Devils trailing in the ball game
one to nothing but batting only in the bottom of the second Rogers ready.
The right handed lives line shot over to second base in the center field.
Paul Ray Powell has a single,
that's the first hit given up by Rogers.
Paul Ray Powell. Let's see. Let's see. Double check here now has seven
bases in the two.
Billy Joe Cotton stepping in 263 series. 3, 37 on a season takes high and
inside for ball one last night. Uh, Billy Joe had a very bad night behind
the plate. In other words, he got spiked chasing a bunt and got hit by a
foul tip. Here's the one ball pitch to cut, swung on and missed strike one
when he was hurt after being hit by the foul ball. And he really was, it
was, he was in pain. He was hitting doc Scott. I had breakfast with a
doctor this morning, the team physician, he said, Billy Joe said that he
really wasn't hurt. He just wanted the doc to come up so he could get on
television one ball and one strike.
Powell set at first base. Here's the pitch. The cop swung on the ground as
the left side could be two honey cut, fumbled the ball. He'll have no
place to go. Everybody face
Phil Hocutt who made a fantastic catch of Paul Ray Powell's line drive in
Wednesday night's game could not hold on to that ground ball from the bat
of Billy Joe Cotton. And with Powell's speed coming into second base, he
had no time for the force and everybody's safe that I have two on nobody
down. Jeff Osborne up, Roger's ready pitch. A little fun is foul as Murphy
quickly in front of the plate picks it up and fires the third base. But
plate umpire Marty mcdonagh said no sir. They hit in foul territory.
Cotton retreats to first base P the second and Jeff Osborne has strike one
69 degrees here in Omaha. A little different story from last night. The
wind, you can not see the flag in center field does not move at all. So
we'll have to say there is no win 36% the relative humidity and it is
really a pretty day in Omaha final game. They had to go all 15 of them to
decide who would be the national champ. And it's between the Tulsa
Hurricane and the Sun Devils of Arizona State. Both runners lead. Here's
the one strike pitch low and inside as Jeff brings his bat back in from an
attempted bunt and it's all even up at one apiece.
We were kidding last night on the radio, talking about mccook Nebraska and
a very fine Arizona State supporter called us all away from Flagstaff to
tell us that they are really more than five. Here's the pitch I kept at
front is off the shin guard of catcher Bob Murphy. He's walking around
saying my, that stings. It'll go as strike 21 ball and two strikes.
It was a lazy curveball and usually on the b you have to give with the bat
in order to make the ball not go too far. In that case, you had to poke at
it because the pitch was so slow a ball and two strikes, Billy Joe Cotton
, the runner at first base, Paul Ray Powell, the runner at second base.
Nobody down a ball and two strikes to Jeff Osborne left hand hitting
first baseman Steve Rogers. The right hander takes a check. Here's the
pitch inside ball two. How does even up two and two
in the first inning Rogers put the Devils down 123 and in the second
inning, Steve Caves led off with a triple and Bob Murphy singled and the
hurricane of Tulsa is out of front one to nothing but the Devils are
threatening with two on and nobody. Nine. Here's a pitch to Osborne high
away ball three almost got away from Murphy. So it's a full count and two
good speed merchants on the B Devils have Tilford 13. Uh There's been 13
stolen bases and the Devils have Tilford nine of them here in the World
Series. Six of them going to Roger deter to establish a new college World
Series. The record. Ok. Here's the stretch by Rogers, the P at pile of 2nd
32 coming inside all the way back to the fence. Everybody will be safe.
Paul Ray Pow will hold at third base. So the Devils have the bases full
and up comes Lny Randall,
that was the first walk given up. And here comes Dean Shell
jail has been with the Tulsa ball club for just four years and has
compiled a record of 94 wins and 21 losses. This is their first trip to
the college World Series and they are an unexpected late finisher. Many of
the folks who call this game of baseball for collegiate
contests such as this, say that the Tulsa Bar club would not get this far
being his first trip to the college World Series.
All right, we have the bases loaded. The infield is in for the play at the
plate and Lenny Randall steps in. Lenny hitting only 176 on the series
takes a pitch outside a low ball one,
2, 28 on the season, Lenny has decent eyes and at one time over the season
led off and can get on very good.
Roger's taking plenty of time and Marty mcdonald, the plate umpire steps
up and says, hey, come on bases loaded. Nobody out. Rogers. The right
hander ready. Here's a pitch to Randall swung on a grounder foul to the
left side. And again, as has been the case all through this series,
Randall way out in front with a swing
to the ball club beat the perennial favorites. Oklahoma State beat them 54
and 13 innings and an 84 to make it to this college World Series. Randall
pops it foul to the right side out of play. Nobody will get it. And the
count is even, it should be a ball and two strikes and it is to the box
office only the second Missouri Valley entrance in the college World
Series in the past 13 years, Devils in their fourth college World Series
tournament, they've won two national championships on odd years and of
course, they would like very much to take this one home. They have the
bases voted. There's the one ball, two strike pitch to Randall swung on a
ground ball and grab it on the line can move. It's out number one and
another great catch by Honeycutt as Randall almost had a base hit over
Phil Honeycutt pa the infield in Berkeley at the plate, but it just did
not have enough. Um, and Randall is out number one,
it looked like a base hit from here. Honi is almost between 2nd and 3rd
and that ball just not quite high enough. He leaped maybe a foot or so in
the air and pulled it down on the webbing, one down bases still loaded.
Rick Valley, the freshman third baseman right handed batter waits the
first pitch check, swing. It goes all the way back. Pa pa will score
easily on the flag. Totten advances to third and Osborne to second. It's a
wild pitch,
a wild pitch by Steve Rogers scores Powell from third base. Cotton moves
to third and Osborne to second. Still only one down and the score is all
tied at one apiece. Well, that's exactly how New York got their run off.
La la Gros, a double followed by a wild pitch and eventually a single
Rogers ready now with a one ball pitch to Valley, swung on a grounder
right back to the mound. Rogers fears it and throws him out at first base
a nice defensive move by the pitcher Steve Rogers.
So they're two down, Osborne still at second Cotton still at third and
Larry Gura will attempt to do something about his own car. Larry hitting
only 170 on the season has no hits in the World Series outside and low for
a ball. Billy Joe Cotton is ready to move at third base. He has watched
Steve Rogers work. He knows that there might be an occasion that ball is
going to get by catcher Bob Murphy and he wants to make and take every
advantage of it. Rogers does not like the ball ask for and gets a new one.
Rogers, 66 and two thirds innings on the season gave up 2036 hits, 17
runs, 10 of which were earned, walked 27 and struck out 70. There's a
fastball strike on the inside corner taking all the way and it's a ball
and a strike 1 to 1 ball game. Doubles batting in the bottom of the second
, have a pair of runners on Osborne's second. Cotton at third. Here's the
11 pitch. Gua takes inside ball two and it gets away from Bob Murphy but
right under the feet of plate umpire mcdonough Murphy could not find it
but no advance because it was right by the plate. Two ball, two balls and
one strike to Larry G beam from the opposite side, choked up on the bed.
Larry says I don't want a home run. Just a little bingo. Rogers has the
sign he wants. Here's the 12 pitch inside ball three.
All right, we are, we are checking the scoreboard. It reached two and two
now. So we'll go with that two balls and two strikes. Tagua two outs and
two on. Here's the 2 to 2 pitch. De Larry swung on a number to the left
side. Rogers. The third baseman throws Gura out with as he makes the nice
fielding play, 5 to 3 for the Devils are retired in the second but not
before they score a run on one hit. There was an error and two men left
and the score at the end of two complete innings of play. The Devils won
the Hurricane won
Larry Bird. The right fielder's first batter swings and misses on the
first pitch. Strike one hitting 371 on the season, but he's batting ninth
. A let up curve is strike two. Go change up nicely and it's zero and two
, as we said, go has a tendency to get stronger as he goes pitch inside a
ball on a curveball and a count as two balls or a ball and two strikes, 11
ball game. Tulsa and Arizona State scoring one apiece in the second.
Here's the pitch by G curve ball strike three called, it was a pretty one.
That's the first strikeout for Gura out number one for Tulsa and we'll go
to the batter and we'll go to the pitcher, Steve Rogers.
Let's see. Do we have anything on his batting to?
He does have two hits and have scored a run in four at bats here in the
college World Series hits 333 on the season attempts to bunt and it's a
called strike as he misses,
I guess you'd have to call it a swing because he did not pull his bat back
at any rate. There is a strike pitch by G swung out of miss strike two on
a fastball. Looks good. Looks better. Now, Larry said to, uh, Doug Gerlich
, our human statistician who is very carnivorous. However, that if he did
not work too often, he could probably go all the way. He did not work at
all yesterday, of course, did not warm up, but with three or four pitches
and in the first inning, had only three, that ball was inside. It's the
ball and two strikes. Here's the pitch check swing and it is even up at
two and two. So that Gura indicated that if he did not work until this
moment that he probably could go all the way. And of course, Bobby Winkles
hopes. That's the case. Here's a 22 pitch inside for ball three. So the
pitcher Steve Rogers and of course, Larry does not want to walk in
one away. Here's the 32 pitch basketball. We're gonna miss Black three,
two strikeouts. Now in a row, we go to the top of the order. It's Roger
Whitaker who on the first ball pitched in this ball game pops up to Roger
Ditter hitting 338 on the season is the fifth leading batter in the world
Series competition with a mark of 357 hits and 20 at bats pitch inside in
the dirt. Billy Joe Cotton knocks it down ball one Whitaker. Not a large
man has good wrist, has a home run with two on against Texas to help Steve
Rogers win that ball game. Red pops it up Cotton. Coming back. I don't
believe he'll have room. He'll go as far as he can. No, he doesn't. We're
not going to have any room either. Right. Not more than 5 ft from us and
we're up very high.
Not a large crowd on hand tonight. Here's the pitch by G A grounder to the
left side is set up with it to throw across the diamond in time. And
Whitaker is out number three. So for the hurricane in the third, no runs,
no hits, no errors and nobody left and the score at the end of 2.5 innings
of play, the Devils won T one V
in the bottom of the third. It's the top of the order Denner Dickens on,
on se Roger de 306 on the season has been played a great college World
Series first pitch by Rogers is blowing away ball one again. Many, many.
Thank you on behalf of Bobby Winkles and the ball club for your great
telegrams over 100 of them today. They've been coming in every day and the
kids really appreciate it. Gary Gentry said while you're there, you might
as well win it all. Bobby Allison jokingly asked links, what do you do for
me this year? A grounder right back to the man and Rogers throws that out
easily
one up and one down. Ralph Dick who struck out in the first is the battle
seven
drop 336 and that's uh quite a drop from the, at the season's end when he
hit 360 there's a, a little scrubber in the chart right center right field
and it's gonna be in there for a base hit. Well, maybe we should say that
everybody average is dropping just a little bit because he proves us to be
a liar by just dropping one into right field hit. Number two given up by
Rogers and John Dolan who struck out himself back in the first will step
in had a great series, great swing against
earlier. Tulsa pitching. There's a quick throw to first base, Ralph back
in plenty of time.
1 to 1 ball game devils batting in the bottom of the third. Have a runner
at first and Ralph Dick and only one away. Donald se the batter awaits the
first pitch. Here it comes, checks inside ball one.
Not uh as we said a moment ago, not too large a crowd. They're looking for
a new attendance figure, but they needed over 11,000 to break the old
series mark of 63,906. I don't believe they have it yet. Here's the pitch
to Donald last shot to left field gonna be in there for a base hit one
hopper to the left fielder, Roger Whitaker, his throw will hold uh Ralph
Dick at second base.
So two hits in a row, put Ralph Dick at second base, John Zenk at first
and Pr Powell with a single back in the second inning, hitting over 300
for series play would like very much 362. Thank you, Norty Jensen would
like to add a couple of RBIs to his credit Rogers checks. Ralph Dick, the
runner at second base delivers in the dirt. Gets way away from him. Bonne
out to third base. Nick going to second or third base and Donald the
second and it's gonna be, we'll check out probably a wild pitch, but at
any rate, dick moves to third and do check to second with one out and Paul
Ray Powell, it is a wild pitch.
That's the second wild pitch by Rogers. And you got to remember he's only
a sophomore and he is under great pressure. He has won two games in this
college World Series already and he would like very much to win the third.
Number 22. Craig Bothwell and number 21 Johnny Clark are both catchers.
They're out in the bullpen. That ought to be interesting. Both catchers.
Well, that's kind of different. Well, that might mean a pinch hitter,
Murphy can also play right field. They could put the catcher in and move
Murphy to write for a pinch hitter, but, uh, we'll have to see what's
happening. It's the pitcher who's in trouble. Steve Rogers has two men on
with only one away and Pr Paul Ray P, the batter with a one ball count
taking plenty of time. Now looks at the runner at third. Here's the one
ball pitch swung on a line shot right into the glove and bounces out of
the glove of the truck dicks and it will be a
that ball hit very sharply. Phil Hocutt did well to get to it. He got to,
it, knocked it down. The ball bounced away from him. Do saw that the play
was very close to him. Scampered back to second base. The ball bounced far
enough that the second baseman Roger Adams picked it up but he could make
no play. Ralph Dick scores from third base. The Devils lead it 2 to 1 and
Paul Ray Powell is safe at first with his second hit of the ball game.
Second or the catcher Cotton Springs on grounds line to the left side.
Third baseman picks it up and throws it in the right center field. Here
comes a six story car, right p digging for third. He's gonna come on,
here's a throw into the play. He is out of there and on the play, Billy
Joe goes to third base.
Well, my goodness sakes. The ball was hit on a slow roller to the third
baseman, Les Rogers. He threw to the second baseman Roger Adams covering
up to get the fourth on Paul Ray Powell, the ball went all the way into
right field on the play. Dunham se scored Paul Ray Powell then eventually
was thrown out 8 to 3 to 4. And on the error which was eventually the
first, the third baseman which allowed Billy Joe Cotton to be safe at
first. Billy Joe very wisely kept moving and moved all the way to third
base. So there are two runs home. The Devils lead it 3 to 1. There are two
outs. Cotton at third and the batter Jeff Osborne Rogers ready to work.
First pitched Osborne as a grounder into left field for a Cotton will
score.
Cotton scores from third base. The Devils lead it 4 to 1. Osborne the
runner at first base and Lenny Randall will step in butcher warming up
cliff butcher their number two pitcher warming up in the Tulsa bullpen Sun
Devils four Tulsa 12 down. Osborne at first Randall who popped up to the
shortstop his first appearance, swings and grounds it back to the screen
strike one. Well, Denard started off almost got a hit but a great fielding
effort by the pitcher Steve Rogers as he jumped high in the air to spread
the ball through him out and then the devil started to hit him. Ralph Dick
up the middle. John Doen to left Paul Ray Powell to left side. Cotton safe
on an air and Osborne with a single to left pitch to Randall just catches
the outside corner with a curveball and it's even up one and one.
Rogers having his problems in the 2nd and 3rd in the first inning he made
the Devils swing away and he got them out quick pitch to Randall. High
fastball is ball two
in the first inning. He got, um, dead out very quickly and struck out Dick
and Dolak and the Tulsa ball club was back in the dugout before they
started. But in the 2nd and 3rd, he had his problem Osborne with the lead.
Here's the two ball, one strike pitch on its way to Randall check swing
Osborne moving.
Well, something must have happened because it was strike three calls, both
the indication from the plate umpire and the scoreboard had it ball to
strike one, Randall is called out on strikes that ends the inning for the
Devils, but not before they pick up three runs on four hits. There was one
air and one man left and a score at the end of three complete innings of
play. The Sun Devils for the Hurricane one.
Well, the devil hustle which is abnormal, they really move, got out to the
ground so fast that g uh second pitch to Tom Jenkins was a grounder to
Randall and he threw him out. So if you're just joining us, now, there's
one away for tough to here in the top of the fourth and the batter is the
third baseman, Les Rogers who swings and misses for strike one. Rogers is
a first team all American selection. He is a good fielder and he's hitting
416 on the season. So he can hit as well. Here's the pitch inside as Larry
brushes him back with a high fastball and the count is even at one apiece
416, that's got to be some hitter, girls. 11 pitch swung on a miss strike
two on a curveball.
Rogers is the third leading hitter in college World series play this year
with six hits, scored one run and had three RBIs as in 400 in the series
as well. Here's the one ball, two strike pitch to him. Grounder to the
right side. Randall charging it up with it. The throw to Osborne in time
and Jenkins and Rogers go out the same way 4 to 32 down. Nobody on and
Steve Cave should get a good hand last time up, tripled to right center
and scored the hurricane
297 is his average. Where's number 12 right handed banner good power.
Obviously, Gura will remember the left hander delivers the first pitch
called strike inside corner caves had some motion but did not follow
through strike one.
District five includes there's a long drive down the right field line f
into the bullpen area of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. That is without the s
it is a singular hurricane which is good. I hate to have a whole lot of
them out there making a lot of dust 4 to 1. The devils lead it. This is it
for all the marbles. The final game of the 69 College World Series. Here's
the pitch, it gets away from Cotton back to the screen and it's ball
number one against two strikes. That's the time to waste it.
1500 Sun Devil Clubbers also sent a telegram. There's a curveball in the
dirt. The caves, even the count of two and two and BJ Cotton plays one
back. A trademark reminder to the pitcher to shape up.
Here's the 22 pitch on its way, swung on a miss on a curveball fresh free.
There's the third strikeout for Gura and for Salsa in the fourth, no runs
, no hits, no errors and nobody left to score at the end of 3.5 innings of
play. Arizona State four Tulsa one
in the bottom of the fourth for the Devils. It'll be Rick Valley followed
by Larry G and then the top of the order
freshman playing in his first college World Series. Good glove. Here's the
first pitch by Rogers. It is low for a ball at third base. The assistant
coach, Jack Smither and the coach for the Sun Devils. And at first base,
it is Joe Miller, Steve Rogers working in the fourth inning right hander
ready to work, fired sky to short right center field coming in Jenkins and
by it is bird calling for it and taking him for out number one. Larry Bird
, the right fielder moved far to his right and made the catch for out
number one. Larry G, the better
Omaha fans and I see Tulsa fans too clapping for a guy who has really come
on here in the World Series after what appeared to be a shaky start. One
hopper right to the second basement on the first pitch and Adams throws
him out, easily, well tagged but right at somebody and Gura is out number
two, two up and two down and Roger Jetter hitless in two trips, Rogers had
a very good series and at one point that he had a good game and of course
, he played well defensively has not hit the ball. Could possibly be in
the running for MVP pitched by Rogers, a curveball strike outside corner
4 to 1 devils bleeding it and batting in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Scored one in the second three in the third, Steve Rogers checks Bob
Murphy for the sign, the right hander delivers and deter takes outside
another curveball. It's ball 11 and one. There have been only two, no
hitters pitched in college World Series play in the 23 years that's been
going on. Jim in 1950 pitched one for Texas that swings the initial strike
two. He beat tough college by the score of seven to nothing. And Jim
Whitson in 60 for Oklahoma State beat North Carolina seven to nothing.
Identical scores first names the same. There's a fastball, high four ball
two, been quite a few one hitters and I believe. I'm not quite sure. I
think Carl Thomas ex University of Arizona Ace, uh had one of those.
Here's a 2 to 2 pitch to Debtor. Kurt ball is fouled back to the screen.
Thomas I believe also is in line with about 11 other guys for most runs
batted in and had seven in one game back in one of the many times that the
University of Arizona came to the college World Series. Here's a 22 pitch.
It's inside Roger taking all the away of all three good eye steady Roger
hanging in with two ops and nobody aboard
Steve Rogers working in his fourth inning in this ball game. Bullpen
action has stopped for both sides. Now, here's the pitch, a pop foul to
the right side out of play out of the stadium count as the same three and
two.
Arizona State really wants this ball game because Coach Bobby Winkle said
they could have the day off. Thursday pitch swung on and fouled back to
the screen after last night's victory over New York University Wink said
you can have tomorrow off and the guys out voted him and they went to
practice this morning. So they really want to keep in 332 again, swung on
and missed strike three.
So for the Devils in the fourth, they go quickly, no runs, no hits, no
errors and nobody left the score at the end of four complete innings of
play. Arizona state four Tulsa one.
My
Bob Murphy, the catcher steps in swings and misses on the first pitch at
strike one, hitting 248 on the season and at a single back in the second
inning, there's a bat ball across the letters called strike two.
Bob Murphy has played right field in the college World Series as well.
There's a curveball strike, Billy Joe drops, it picks it up, throws to
Osman at first and Murphy becomes out number one strikeout victim. Number
four, that'll bring to the plate. Roger Adams, the second baseman. We saw
Skip Bryant of the Tempe Daily News walk into the stadium tonight and he
reminds us of something that when we always watch Arizona State athletics
, here's the first pitch swung on and fouled off the hands of Billy Cotton
for strike one. Whenever we watch an Arizona State function, we always see
a ball paint running around taking pictures and we do not see Eddie
Wiggins at this tournament. And we understand here's the next pitch as a
pop file back to the screen for strike tour. We are way ahead now of Roger
Adams. We understand that Eddie is in Mesa Luther Hospital chasing all the
nurses. So we're gonna send some encouragement to the doctors there to get
him well and out of there, Eddie wish you were here, pitch line shot to
left field on a standing very still under it and has
two up and two down Bill. Honey cuts the batter
360 on the season and the public arrest after a day or so ago said he made
the greatest catch of the series. Lenny Randall made one that we would
equal to it, but he's made another one today. Swings and misses and it is
a strike 12 outs. Nobody aboard for Tulsa in the fifth doubles lead it 4
to 1. Larry G on the mound delivers misses outside with a curveball and it
evens up one apiece.
I don't know if you had a chance to see what the Omaha and Rosenblatt
Stadium area really looks like here's the pitch, a fly ball to short right
field. Lenny Randall going out, Ralph Dick coming in. Randall waving him
away under it and takes a score out. Number three,
three up and three down for Tulsa in the fifth. No runs, no hits, no
errors and nobody left on base and the score at the end of 4.5 innings of
play. Arizona State four Tulsa one second left caves and stuff of this
college World Series contest, Ralph Dick a single and struck out and has
scored one of the four devil runs. Steve Rogers ready to work in the
bottom of the fifth. The right hander delivers dick swings and misses
strike one.
It is a nice evening. We have the windows open tonight. There is no wind
and a lot of Spectators sitting on the roof up here outside the first spot
, here's a one strike pitch inside for a ball. Ralph just got out of the
way of that one.
The Devils have hit well in the last couple of games. Uh, seems like a
couple of old Devils have hit pretty well. Reggie Jackson, Rick Mundy and
Sal Bando must have heard that it was college World Series time because
they're really rattling the fences for the athletics.
What did he have? Jackson has 26 home runs, you know, something like that.
He had 14 RBIs and two games there for Oakland against Boston 10 in one
game and four in the following day. Amazing. Amazing one ball and two
strikes to R. Dick Rogers. R delivers swung on a line shot but right at
the first baseman Steve Cas for out number one,
the Devils have hit the ball. Well, Lenny Randall with the bases loaded,
hit a line shot with just a little bit too low and the shortstop honeycutt
caught it that have been two runs without looking. And now Dick slaps one
, a line shot but right at the first baseman Steve Kay is one out donick
line shot to left field. Nobody's going to get that one. It's a base hit a
one hopper to Steve Whitaker. Don has his second hit of the night. He's
two for three and Paul Ray Powell will step in. Let's see, that would give
uh Dole nine hits in 19 at bats and he still leads in the college World
Series in Hitting Pr Powell.