European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Pig 18 the stars and stripes Bavido double lifts a9m Over tribe in Lith Cleveland a the Oakland athletics held to two hits by Sam Mcdowell through10 innings erupted for three hits in the Lith and edged Cleveland cards sting braves 3-1, in 12 on or Atlanta a Light hit Ting Dick Schofield triggered a two run 12th-inning outburst with his first Homer of the sea son giving St. Louis a 3-1 Victory Over Atlanta thursday night. The switch hitting Utility in fielder belted his Homer batting Dick Schofield. 1st or of year left handed off reliever Phi Niekro 5-6. Niekro then walked Pinch hitter Phil Gagliano an Lou Brock doubled him Home with an insurance was the first time at Bat for Schofield who entered the Gamin the ninth inning and Only his 17th Homer in 16 major league seasons. The cardinals scored their first run in the third when Start ing Pitcher Steve Carlton socked is first major league Homer off Ken Johnson. 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One out later Danny Cater beat out an infield hit and Bando followed by rapping a hit to left Field. As Chico Salmon started after the Ball his knee apparently locked and he fell Down. The hit went for a double and Cater raced Home. Mcdowell now 6-5, struck out14. Joe Rudi a .210 hitter got the first hit off Mcdowell rapping a 3-2 pitch into left Field for clean single with two out in the seventh inning. Dave Duncan led off the eighth with the second Oakland hit also a single and his Pinch runner John Odom reached second on Reggie Jackson s Sac Rifice bunt. Mcdowell then fanned Pinch hitter Mike Hersh Berger and John Donaldson for his ninth and 10th strikeouts. Mcdowell twice missed a Hance to give himself some runs. In the fourth with runner sat second and third and two out he popped up trying to bunt Andin the sixth with two out and the bases loaded he struck out. 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The tigers in stretching their thirty years ago tonight when night baseball was a Novelty we happened to have had the Good Luck of being in ebbetts Field Home of the Zany Brooklyn dodgers when night baseball came Toria Thusn. Larry Macphail was general manager of the dodgers then an Larry Macphail was a promotional Genius. He was Miles ahead staid contemporaries his kind did t come along again until Bill Veeck created his auctions in the american league a baseball generation later. Macphail had worked his changes upon the Structure of base Ball in Cincinnati prior to his arrival in Brooklyn. He was the first . To Send his players around the league in night baseball had been the Cincy fashion since 1935. President Franklin d. Roosevelt pushed a Button in the Whitehouse on May 24 of that depression year and the arc lights went on in Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Incidentally the reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies in that history making game. For a Long time Only seven night games a season one again teach opposing team in the league were permitted with Iron regu Larity. But night Ball was an immediate hit with the fans an the club owners loosened up and gradually relaxed the regulation until now practically every game is played at night except on saturdays sundays and holidays. Total pkg 1 5 1 total 41 0 8 0 Oakland 000 000 000 011 Cleveland .000 000 000 000 a Harper Campane Risi Mcdowell Duncan. Lob Oakland 9, Cleveland 12.2bl.brown, Fuller 2, Bando. So Hiu per Nelson. . In h rerbbso7 t 2 02 1 11 5 Fuller 4.32j. spragne w.2-0 Mcdowell l,6-5 Fuller. T3 32. 0 0 01 Sprague pirates face Tumble giants san Francisco a Roy face put Down a ninth in Ning san Francisco uprising thursday preserving Pitts Burgh s 8-7 Victory Over the giants. Face held the giants scoreless after they had scored two runs and had runners on first an second with none out in the ninth. Ollie Brown opened thinning with a single off Tommie Sisk Willie Mays bunted for hit and the runners wound up on second and third when Sis threw the bunt past first. Bob Veale relieved and Willi Mccovey singled both runners Home to make it 8-7. Face the replaced Veale and Jim Ray Hart singled to left. But Bob Barton attempting to sacrifice popped Back to face and Hal Lanier bounced to Sec Ond. Face walked Frank John son intentionally before fanning Inch hitter Ray Sadecki for the final out. Box score on Page 33 double no hit Johnny Vandermeer. Displays record setting form to this tale started out about the first night baseball game at m a f1 ?1 l which is Vohy 1 happened to be at ebbetts Fielda an that night. The dad of one of my seventh Grade pals worked in the Advertis ing offices of the new York times and he used to get passes and take Jerry and me to certain . Zeman was an avowed dodger hater and he would take us to All the giant and Yankee games we wanted to go to. Buthe put his foot Down when we asked him to take us to ebbetts Field even when the giants were the visiting team. You boys can see enough Good baseball at the Polo ground Sand Yankee stadium without going to see those bums play he told us Many times. But even this total enemy wanted to be on hand for the extravaganza. And what a memorable occasion it turned out to be for baseball reasons As Well As technological was playing our beloved bums. The reds were on their Way to becoming one of the top clubs in the National league of. That Era and the dodgers weren t too much to write Home about. But under Macphail s guidance they were on the , there was an enormous crowd on hand the night of f.vve�15t9. When the lights went on for the first time Tebbetts Field. A yellow baseball was used because it was believed that the batters and fielders could follow a yellow bal better than a White one under the lights. Neither the lights nor the yellow Ball bothered the reds but the dodgers were unable to fathom either. The reds scored Early. The crowd hooted at the dodgers futility but nary soul stirred from his place in the Sun. Or Mazda magic. A wild lefty was on the Mound for Cincinnati. Inning after continued on pure 2i of two unearned runs in "21third inning the Resu shortstop Jackie he error. Willie Horton is league Lead to games swept the series from the twin11 games off the tigers now have won their last 10 games Ninel Denny Al first skidded through Hernandez Lep with runners on first and i and two out in the third scoring one run and Don Wert to drive in a second. A single by Bill Freehan following Mickey Stanley s sin Gle and a sacrifice accounted for the tigers final run in the fifth. Mclain who struck six pitched his 10th Complete game Victory yielded his Only run Ini the second on a single by Rich i Reese a walk and a single Byi Rookie Jim Holt. 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