Well, hi, everybody. This is Bob Murphy with Ralph Kiner and Lindsay Nelson.

And we have a beautiful day for the final game of the three-games cell of San Diego.

Must find themselves today in a position of needing a victory to salvage the final game of the set.

The Padres winning the first two ball games. The skies are partly cladilly.

A very warm, comfortable day, the temperature in the low 70s.

The breeze is blowing gently from right across toward left.

Right now, Dave Garcia is coming out to meet at home plate with Eddie

Yost and the umpires for the usual pre-game discussion of the ground rules in the

exchange of the batting order slips. The starting pitchers in today's games for San Diego

Little Fred Norman, a left-hander with a big screwball. And on the Mountain of the

York Mets, Gary Gentry, who has a blazing fastball.

With the lineups and batting orders for the game today, let's check in with Ralph Kiner.

Okay, Bob Murphy and for the Mets, it's going to be Gentry on the mound,

and Jerry going for his third win of the year and pitching for the Padres, it's Fred Norman. Leadoff batter for San Diego will be Gerald Thomas' second baseman. Batting second and playing shortstop, Enzoor Hernandez. Batting third in left field, Learon Lee. Batting fourth and playing first base. Nate Colbert. Batting fifth playing right field, Ollie Brown. Batting six. We catching Fred Ty Batting seventh playing ten of field, John Peter. Batting eight and playing third base, James Campbell, and Fred Norman, batting ninth. For the Mets, Bud Harrelson will lead off. He'll be it short. Batting second playing, second Ted Martinez. Batting third in center field, Tommy Agee. Batting fourth, playing second. Playing right field, rusty stop.

Batting fifth and playing left field, Cleon Jones.

Batting six, playing third base, Jim Pergosi.

Batting seventh, the first baseman, Jim Beecham.

Batting eighth, and catching Jerry Grody and the pitcher, Jerry Gentry, batting night.

Now for the play-by-play, Bob Murphy.

All right, Ralph, Gerald Thomas, switch hitter, batting left-facing Gary Gentry.

Gary trying for his third win of the new season.

And the fastball is low, one ball and no strikes.

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