The umpires tonight at Vargo will be behind home plate calling the balls and strikes.

Doug Harvey will be at first base, Harry Wendlestat at second base, and Shag Crawford will be at third base.

Well this is a chance for the Reds to get at one of the top teams in the league.

The Dodgers with the Phillies in between the Reds and the Dodgers.

There's eight games separation from the fifth place Reds to the third place Dodgers.

In the other ball games tonight, they have played four innings in Atlanta,

and after four, Houston and the

Braves are tied, four to four. St. Louis is entertaining the Giants, and that game is just getting

underway. They have not yet started playout at St. Louis, but they're right on the verge of getting

to go with Jim Gibbon starting for the Giants tonight against Ray Washburn of St. Louis.

Over at Pittsburgh tonight, the Cubs and the Pirates have come three scoreless innings, and the Phillies have the Mets down one to nothing.

They've played three innings at Shea Stadium. Jim Maloney warming up for the Cincinnati Reds will face Wes Parker, the leadoff batterer,

a switch hitter with a 256 batting average. Parker has hit 11 home runs. He has 42 runs

batted in. To set the Reds defensively for you, Tony Perez is at first base. Beat Rose at second. Leo Cardenas at short. Tommy Helms is at third.

Tommy Harper in right. Leida Pinson in center. Darren Johnson in left and behind the plate is Don Pavlittick.

In the coaching box for the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight, Preston Gomez at third base,

and Danny Ozark is at first base.

Jim Maloney completes his warm up, and who will bat left-handed moves in.

The Dodgers tonight, when Maury Wills out of the lineup, will have only three switch

hitters. Parker is the only one of the three switch hitters who throws left-handed.

Maloney's first pitch is taken for a strike. Maloney comes

straight overhand with a fastball to start the game. On deck Jim Gilliam to be

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