Play-by-Play Gunslingers at Dukes

(Bunt:B Run:16 Corners:In)
There's a bunt between the mound and first
Sutton and Greenberg are after it
Greenberg grabs it
Over to first
Just in time!

Yount sends a routine ground ball to first
Greenberg takes it on one hop
Flips it to Sutton
X-CHART INFO: Pos-1B Range-4 Split-13
COMPARE: 1-G1 2-G1 3-G2 4-G3 5-G3
(Roll: 5-11)

It's a routine fly into center
Cobb ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Don Sutton holds Cheyenne scoreless
in the first inning
(Roll: 5-12)

Curve, in the dirt
Ball four
Cobb trots down to first
No outs here in the bottom of the 1st
(Roll: 2-4)

Cobb takes a walking lead
Cobb has stolen 18 bases
in 31 attempts in 2012
The runner unable to take a big lead
Johnson keeps looking him back

Base hit to left for Wagner
Third base coach Jim Leyland
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Cobb...
They are going to cut off the throw
to hold Wagner at first...
(Roll: 3-4)
(Split: Single 1-12, LO 13-20)
(Split card selected- 6)

Wagner slowly moves away from the base
Johnson continues to hold the runner close

Jackson swings awkwardly... strike three
Johnson took something off
of that breaking ball
He had Jackson way out in front
Cheyenne gets the first out of the inning
(Roll: 4-6)

Smashed into center field
Hank Greenberg has a base hit
Cobb scores from third!
Wagner takes second
(Roll: 4-6)
(Split: Single 1-8, Ground 9-20)
(Split card selected- 5)

Wagner edges away from the bag
Johnson looks the runner back

Broken bat ground ball to short
Taken by Yount
Over to second for one
Could be two . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
Wagner takes third
The runner on first, Greenberg, is out
Two down
Due up next is Roberto Clemente
Let's see what happens now
(Roll: 1-8)

Collins takes a three step lead
Collins is off on the pitch!
Freehan has the pitch
And here's the overhand throw...
Collins sliding to the outside...
Avoids the tag...
He's safe
Good throw by Freehan

Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Clemente is outta there
The crowd is jumping all over the ump!
We've played through the first
inning here at Tiger Stadium
So far...
Alexandria ahead 1 to 0
(Roll: 3-6)

Checked swing, ball four
Campanella looks back at Ed Runge...
The home plate umpire asks Bruce
Froemming for confirmation
Yep! Mickey did not go around
He was already half way down to first
(Roll: 2-7)

Mantle takes his lead
Sutton steps off the rubber
Firing to first at the same time...
He caught Mantle leaning!
He's out

A jug-handled curve
Manush goes out and gets it
It's a liner to right
Clemente will have to hurry...
Here he comes...
No sir... he has to play
it on the short hop
Single for Heinie Manush
(Roll: 2-8)

Don Sutton watches Manush
As he moves away from the bag
Manush breaks for second on the slider
Campanella displays his strong arm...
SAFE...
The throw was too late

Routine fly to left
Cuyler starts in
Now he starts backpedaling...
Faster...
Just does catch up to it!
Manush scampers back to second
With two gone, Alexandria ahead
1 to 0 in the top of the 2nd
(Roll: 2-10)

Curve, down low...
Swung on and missed
Strike three right by Lazzeri
Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it!
After 1 and a half innings today,
the Dukes lead by 1
(Roll: 4-9)

In the dirt
And Campanella holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning
(Roll: 4-7)

Boggs sends a hot smash to the mound
Johnson takes it on one hop
Fires to Lazzeri for one
Back to first for the double play!
Two away now for Alexandria
They're ahead by 1
The Dukes have 2 hits on the afternoon
(Roll: 1-4)

Routine grounder to third
Rose scoops it up
Over to first for the out
(BallPark/Weather Effect)
That wraps up the inning for Alexandria
By the way, Alexandria is 5 and
5 in their last ten games
(Roll: 2-4)
(Split: Single 1-3, LO 4-20)
(Split card selected- 20)

A shot to first
Greenberg is right there
Beckley is retired!
With one down, up next is Lou Brock
To be followed by Pete Rose
Alexandria on top 1 to 0
(Roll: 3-6)

Bouncer in the hole
and past Hank Greenberg...
Base hit into right field!
That one had eyes on it
Good piece of hitting by Brock
X-CHART INFO: Pos-1B Range-4 Split-4
COMPARE: 1-G2# 2-G3# 3-SI1 4-SI2 5-SI2
(Roll: 5-11)

Brock watches Sutton move...
He's moving away from the bag
Fastball in on the fists...
And there goes Brock on the steal!
And here's the overhand throw...
Brock is safe!
As Collins tries to apply a tag
On a VERY late throw...
Brock had a big jump
Steal 20 in 26 attempts now for Brock

Taking his lead is Brock
Brock is going on the pitch!
It's a fastball at the knees...
Campanella displays his rocket arm...
Way too late...
Credit Brock with steal number 21
As he takes third

It's the squeeze play!
A little squib in front of home
Campanella picks it up...
He turns and tries the tag...
SAFE!

Robin Yount swings
Pulled towards left-center field
Cuyler looks up
SEE YAA!!
That one was hit way "DOWNTOWN"!
That was a long home run for Robin
(BallPark/Weather Effect)
(Roll: 4-2)

Good slider, inside part of the plate
Bottomley gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Collins grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Cheyenne leads 3 to 1 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Las Vegas is in front of Honolulu 3 to 0
Des Moines besting New Orleans 5 to 0
Anchorage and Memphis are all knotted at 1
Foster and Glavine currently dueling
Buffalo slipping by Escanaba 5 to 3
Ripken Jr has hit his 8th
homerun for Buffalo
X-CHART INFO: Pos-2B Range-1 Split-11
COMPARE: 1-G1 2-G1 3-G2 4-G3 5-G3#
(Roll: 5-7)

There is a shot right up the middle
Hit right on the nose by Mantle
It bounces right into the
waiting glove of Cobb
Mantle has himself a single
(Roll: 2-4)
(Split: Single 1-12, Ground 13-20)
(Split card selected- 10)

Manush grounds one to third
Boggs juggles it
Over to first
Heinie beats it out!
Boggs will get an error on the play
That's error number 2 of the
game for Alexandria
X-CHART INFO: Pos-3B Range-2 Split-11
COMPARE: 1-G1 2-G1 3-G2 4-G3 5-G3#
(Roll: 4-4)

Ripped to third, but right
at Boggs...easy out
Cheyenne is finally retired...
But not before the Dukes
have their lead taken away
after a 3-run outburst
by the Gunslingers
3 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors
and 2 men left on base
for Cheyenne...
After 2 and a half innings,
the Gunslingers now lead by 2
(Roll: 1-7)
(Split: Single 1-11, LO 12-20)
(Split card selected- 14)

It's wide... he missed with a slider
Cobb will stroll down to first
He continues to get on
base with regularity
He has a  .427 OBP this year
(Roll: 4-7)

Stretching to his lead is Cobb
He has this down to a science
He is an outstanding base stealer
He gives opposing teams fits
Slow curve...
Freehan has it...
It's a delayed steal... There he goes
The peg down...
Yount tries to apply the tag...
Cobb is under the tag... SAFE!

It busts in on Wagner's fists...
STRIKE THREE!!!
That strike out is number
200 for Randy Johnson
as the scoreboard notes
Johnson's been mowing them down this year!
1st in the league in K's!
One gone for Alexandria
(Roll: 6-7)

Jackson swings and misses, strike three!
Joe chased a curve ball in the dirt
Two away in the bottom of the 3rd
Cheyenne on top 3 to 1
(Roll: 6-9)

Curve in the dirt... and
Greenberg holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Greenberg will take first on the walk
Number 1 today for Greenberg
(Roll: 3-7)

Change up...
Collins was way out in front...
Strike Three
That's it for Alexandria
Cheyenne has 3 runs, 4 hits and no errors
While Alexandria has one run,
2 hits and 2 errors
Alexandria has now left 4 runners stranded
(Roll: 5-8)

Swung on and hit sharply to third
Boggs plays it on one bounce
Over to Greenberg...
Out of there!
One down for Cheyenne
Jake Beckley is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for Cheyenne
(Roll: 6-10)

There's a drive to right by Beckley
Clemente scoops it up
Fires it to second
Beckley turns back and
settles for a single
Terrific play by Clemente
(Roll: 1-7)

Beckley moves away from first base...
He has 6 stolen bases on the season
Curveball from Sutton...
There he goes for second!
The peg down by Campanella...
Beckley out at second base
It wasn't even close
The throw beat Beckley by a mile

It's a soft liner headed
towards the outfield
Collins is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
That's all for Cheyenne
After 3 and a half innings in
Alexandria this afternoon,
Cheyenne ahead 3 to 1
(Roll: 3-12)

High and away
Ball four
(Roll: 4-12)

Clemente inches slowly away from the bag
The runner can't seem to get a good lead

And Campanella will sit down...
strike three called
That's one away
(Roll: 5-6)

Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Boggs is outta there
That's the second out of the inning
(Roll: 6-9)

Cuyler lines one into center
Mantle is up with it
Fires it to third
Clemente holds at second
(Open Triangle Reading)
(Roll: 1-3)
(Split: Single 1-15, LO 16-20)
(Split card selected- 6)

Swung on and missed... Strike three!
A hook just below the knees got him
That's 8 on the day now for Johnson
That's all for the Dukes here
in the bottom of the 4th
No runs, one hit, no errors
and 2 men left on base
So at this juncture...
Cheyenne on top 3 to 1
(Roll: 4-8)

Nibbler, right to Sutton
Over to Greenberg for the easy out
It is time to check our Tiger
Stadium scoreboard
for a review of today's games
Tim, what's going on around the league?
Well, Ernie, currently...

Las Vegas with the lead
over Honolulu 3 to 0
Des Moines winning over New Orleans 7 to 1
Anchorage leads Memphis 3 to 2
Biggio has hit his 6th homerun for Memphis
Escanaba and Buffalo are all knotted at 5
Snider has hit his 20th
homerun for Escanaba
(Roll: 2-3)

Big bender, low and inside...
Swung on...
Line single to Cobb in center...
Picking it up in a hurry is Cobb...
Yount takes a wide turn...
But stays at first base
as the throw comes in
(Roll: 2-7)
(Split: Single 1-15, LO 16-20)
(Split card selected- 14)

Yount edges away from first base
Yount has been successful
in 3 of 5 attempts
so far this season
Sutton freezes the runner...
Now he zips a quick throw to first...
Yount just gets back...
Greenberg throws it back to Sutton...
Yount takes a long lead
Yount looks for the sign...

Snap throw to first...
GOT HIM THIS TIME!!!
A great move by Sutton

Curveball...
Up in the strike zone...
Swung on and drilled into center
Cobb racing back...
The ball is hit over his head
It hits off the 9 foot high fence
And there's Bottomley around first base
Cobb with a strong throw...
But off the bag
Jim comes into second sliding
with a double
That's 19 doubles for Bottomley
on the year
(Roll: 1-7)
(Split: Triple 1-5, Double 6-20)
(Split card selected- 13)

Hanging curveball...
Mantle times it, swings...
There's a high drive...
Crunched deep towards right center...
Cobb doesn't have a chance
Home Run for Mantle
That was way over the fence
(Roll: 3-5)

And Manush will sit down...
Strike three called
That is number 2 today for Sutton
That retires the side...
2 runs cross the plate for Cheyenne
After 4 and a half innings,
Cheyenne leads 5 to 1
(Roll: 4-9)

It's a high fly into left
Brock ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
One away
Joe Jackson, a fine hitter, is due up next
Hank Greenberg will follow
(Roll: 1-9)

Sinking fastball...
Jackson swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Rose...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
X-CHART INFO: Pos-3B Range-3 Split-18
COMPARE: 1-G1 2-G1 3-G1 4-G1 5-G2
(Roll: 4-4)

The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Greenberg swung, that's strike three
Greenberg isn't happy at
all with that call
That's out number three
A perfect inning for Johnson here
in the bottom of the 5th
(Roll: 4-5)

Freehan hits a deep fly to left-center
Cobb is at the warning track
He stumbles a little...
Rights himself
It bounces off the fence...
Two-base hit for Freehan
(Roll: 6-6)
(Split: Triple 1-6, Double 7-20)
(Split card selected- 17)

Swung on and missed...
Lazzeri is down on strikes
(Roll: 6-7)

Groundball to in front of home
Freehan is trying to advance
to third base...
They throw trying to get
the lead runner...
Here's the play at third...
He's SAFE!
(Roll: 4-10)

Beckley stretches his lead
Fastball outside corner...
Brock looks at the pitch...
And there goes Beckley!
Campanella throws down...
Strong throw by Campanella...
But not in time
Beckley is called safe at second
He had a big jump on Sutton
He needs to pay more attention
to the runners

Slow roller to short
Freehan is coming home
Wagner comes up with it
Throws home for the out!
Score It: 6-2
The runner on third, Freehan, is out
Beckley takes third
Two down
Campanella asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Campanella and Sutton
(Roll: 3-5)

This one is hit a mile high!
Collins grabs it for the out
(BallPark/Weather Effect)
Score It: 4
And that's the final out of the inning
Cheyenne has 5 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While Alexandria has one run,
3 hits and 2 errors
Cheyenne has left 5 men on base today
(Roll: 6-3)
(Split: Single 1-3, LO 4-20)
(Split card selected- 6)

STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Randy Johnson
here this afternoon
One gone in the bottom of the 6th
Up next will be Roberto Clemente
He is saying a few words to Ed Runge
(Roll: 4-6)

There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Clemente
No chance for either Yount or Brock
That one had base hit written all over it
(Roll: 2-8)

Clemente takes a walking lead
Clemente has stolen 2 of 2 bases this year
Clemente held closely by Johnson

High fly ball...
Brock drifting back...
At the track...
At the fence...


GONE!!!
Two runs in on home run number 9
in 2012 for the Alexandria catcher
(BallPark/Weather Effect)
(Roll: 6-3)

Off-speed pitch...
Boggs swings at it...
Hits a high fly to deep center
Mantle bolting after it...
This one might carry all the way
Mantle jumps for it...
He reaches up and makes the catch!
Mickey went a long way for that
Cheyenne on top 5 to 3 with
two away this inning
X-CHART INFO: Pos-CF Range-2 Split-12
COMPARE: 1-F2 2-F2 3-F2 4-F1 5-SI2
(Roll: 5-4)

Sinking fastball...
Tailing away...
Swung on...
Cuyler hits a deep fly to left-center
Back to the fence
Mantle is at the warning track
He's a little out of control...
Rights himself
Can't get it...
It bounces off the fence...
Cuyler around first...
Here's the throw...
It's a rope...
The slide...
SAFE!!
Two-base hit for Cuyler
(Roll: 6-10)
(Split: Double 1-15, Flyout 16-20)
(Split card selected- 4)

Cobb hits the deck!
Not in time
Johnson's pitch hit him hard on the arm
He appears to be OK
He is off to first base, running
The crowd gives Johnson a
piece of their minds
(Roll: 2-12)

Change up...
Wagner rips it to center...
Honus was sitting on that pitch
However, he got under it just a bit
Mantle started back on it
Now he's coming in...
He's under it and makes the easy catch
"Can of Corn"
Score It: 8
That's the third out of the inning
Alexandria leaves even more
ducks on the pond
They have stranded 8 so far today
Hence, their 2 run deficit
(Roll: 1-6)

Curve...Swung on by Yount...
Lined right back over the mound...
Through into center field for a single
(Roll: 2-7)
(Split: Single 1-15, LO 16-20)
(Split card selected- 7)

Bottomley will try the hit and run!
Hit and run result from SADV chart...
Broken bat, left side...
Eddie Collins is there
Over to first
That'll do it for Jim Bottomley
Yount advances on that broken bat grounder
One out here in the top of the 7th
Say, I had an opportunity to eat lunch
with one of my favorite players
of all time today
Yogi Berra was in town with his son Dale
Himself a former big leaguer
What a combination those two make!
I asked Dale if he took after
his dad or mother
His answer says it all...
As far as dad is concerned,
"Our similarities are different"

Fastball over the plate...
Mantle swings...
He hits this one very deep...
Ty Cobb is giving chase...
But this one is going, going...

GONE!
Mantle now has 2 homers on the day!
Nice day indeed!
He now has 21 roundtrippers on the year
That is Mickey Mantle's 21st
home run of the year.
(Roll: 3-6)
(Split: HR 1-12, Flyout 13-20)
(Split card selected- 6)

Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Campanella fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Manush
That's two away
Wagner comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Gomez
Bill Freehan will be next up...
(Roll: 6-7)

Sinking fastball...
Freehan goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Wagner...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Freehan is out by a step
That's it for Cheyenne
Here at Tiger Stadium, After
6 and a half innings,
Cheyenne has 7 runs, 11 hits and no errors
While Alexandria has 3 runs,
6 hits and 2 errors
Cheyenne has left 5 on base
Alexandria has stranded 8
(Roll: 2-7)

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Lets play our trivia game while the crowd
enjoys 'Take Me Out To The Ballgame'

In 1972, what Chicago Cub became the first
pitcher in histroy to win 200 games
without ever winning 20
in any one season?
Milt Pappas

Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing just a bit is Brock
And he pulls it in
And there's one away
(Roll: 2-4)

Slow ground ball
Yount is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two quick outs for Alexandria
They need baserunners; and now!
At least they have one of
their better hitters
Eddie Collins, up next
(Roll: 3-10)

Johnson comes with  a sharp
breaking ball...
Too much for Collins
as he swings right over
it for strike three
Three away here in the bottom of the 7th
After 7 innings Cheyenne ahead 7 to 3
The official attendance has
just been announced
47742 fans here at Tiger
Stadium this afternoon
(Roll: 6-9)

A two hopper...
Boggs...
Lazzeri is out!
So one up and one gone
(Roll: 6-8)

Another hook for strike three!
Beckley just stood there looking
Two up, two down for Cheyenne
(Roll: 6-7)

Brock dribbles a roller to Honus Wagner
Wagner comes up with it and throws
It's in the dirt
Greenberg can't come up with it
That'll be a throwing error on Wagner
That's error number 3 of the
game for Alexandria
X-CHART INFO: Pos-SS Range-1 Split-4
COMPARE: 1-G2# 2-G3# 3-SI1 4-SI2 5-SI2
(Roll: 6-10)

Brock watches Gomez carefully
As he stretches out his lead
Gomez steps away from the mound
Now Brock moves back to first

Rose raps a sizzling ground ball
It zips through the hole
Clemente is over to pick it up
Throws a strike to Wagner
No chance to get Brock at third
X-CHART INFO: Pos-1B Range-5 Split-5
COMPARE: 1-G1 2-G3# 3-G3# 4-SI1 5-SI2
(Roll: 4-12)

He hits a tough grounder to short
Wagner comes up with it
Over to Greenberg
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side...
Yount fails to come through in the clutch
For Cheyenne, No runs, one hit, one
error and 2 men left on base
(Roll: 3-7)

Clemente slaps a hard grounder past short
Brock is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Clemente will hold with a clean single
(Roll: 2-8)

Clemente extends his lead towards second
The runner can't seem to get a good lead

Campanella just gets a piece of it
He 'nubs' it to second
Lazzeri races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
One down for Alexandria
Wade Boggs is still in the on-deck circle
and Kiki Cuyler is looking
for a bat in the dugout
(Roll: 3-9)

He lost him, ball four
Boggs is having a great year
His OBP of  .406 is among
the league's elite
(Roll: 4-7)

It is a fastball inside...
Cuyler pulls it down the line... and deep
Brock runs over toward the foul pole
He won't get this one...
Fair or foul???...

FAIRBALL signalled by Cal Hubbard!
HOME RUN for Kiki Cuyler!
(BallPark/Weather Effect)
(Roll: 2-12)

Tony La Russa is on his way
to the mound for Cheyenne
That will do it for Randy Johnson today
The right hander, Rollie Fingers
will be coming on
He has 41 previous appearances
His 5 and 7 record
is coupled with a   6.87 ERA
Cobb awaits patiently

Ground ball to the left side...
Yount scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
Two down
Due up next is Honus Wagner
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power to the Dukes
(Roll: 2-6)

Grounded down the line
Beckley to Fingers covering first
Score It: 3-1
That's all for the Dukes
After 8 innings in Alexandria
this afternoon,
Cheyenne ahead 7 to 6
(Roll: 3-3)

Bottomley hits a screamer at Eddie Collins
Collins takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Greenberg scoops it on one hop

Bottomley is out!
Nice play by Greenberg
One up, one down for Cheyenne
(Roll: 3-8)

Drilled deep to left
This one is deep!
IT'S GOING, GOING,
GONE!!!
Mantle can touch 'em all!
(BallPark/Weather Effect)
That is Mickey Mantle's 22nd
home run of the year.
(Roll: 3-7)

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

OUT!
Nice play by Ty Cobb
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Honolulu nipped Las Vegas 5 to 4
Des Moines humiliated New Orleans 13 to 3
Anchorage nipped Memphis 3 to 2
Buffalo cuffed Escanaba 8 to 5
(Roll: 1-7)

Swung on and foul tipped
Campanella hangs on to it
Strike out for Gomez
Number 3 on the day
That's all for Cheyenne
in the top of the 9th
They pick up 1 run
After 8 and a half innings,
it's 8-6 Cheyenne
(Roll: 6-7)

There's a roller down at Beckley
He's in front of it...
It rolls right between the wickets!
Error on Jake Beckley as he
didn't get his glove down
Maybe a bit too easy for him
X-CHART INFO: Pos-1B Range-2 Split-19
COMPARE: 1-G1 2-G1 3-G1 4-G1 5-G2
(Roll: 5-12)

It's a rainbow shot toward center
Mantle reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
(Roll: 5-9)

There's a high foul pop behind the plate
Freehan goes back to the screen
No play, it goes into the seats
Just missed the screen
. . . Collins back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Fastball down low...
Collins swings and hits one out to center
Mickey Mantle is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Fingers
Jackson trots back to first
That's the second out of the inning
While we wait for Roberto Clemente
to get a new bat
Let's point out that Alexandria is
5 and 5 in their last ten games
(Roll: 6-8)

Swing and a miss
Strike three
Clemente goes down on strikes
And that will do it for Alexandria
(Roll: 6-8)
Cheyenne wins 8 to 6
Johnson gets credit for the win
Fingers notches the save
Sutton takes the loss
The hitting star for Cheyenne
was Mickey Mantle
He was 4 for 4 with 3 homeruns!
He also knocked in 5 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Alexandria.