Hi, everybody.

This is Bob Murphy with Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Kanger.

Reading you from our broadcast booth in Shea, stadium, we're after a delay.

About two hours and ten minutes, we are approaching the start at today's double-header between New York and Pennsylvania.

The game will get underway in about another four minutes.

Johnny McCartney's ground crew has removed the infield cover.

They have been doing a lot of work on the baselines and trying to move as much of the water off the outfield as possible.

It will be wet and it will be slippery in the outfield.

The starting pitchers are now warming up.

Interestingly enough, both starting pitchers are warming up in the New York Mets bullpen.

So much water standing in the visiting bullfin, Gary Nolan came over to the Mets bullpen

behind the right field fence to do his warming up.

The lineups and batting orders for the game today

for the Cincinnati Reds, Pete Rose in right field leading on.

Bobby Tolan and center field hitting second.

Tony Perez will be a third base hitting third.

Johnny Bench behind the plate batting cleanup.

Lee May at first base hitting fifth. Johnny Bench behind the blade batting cleanup. Lee May at first base hitting fifth.

Bernie Carver, the left-fielder batting six.

Tommy Helms at second base batting seven.

The shortstop, Woody Woodward, will hit eight.

And on the mound of batting night

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