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Wise's opponent was Gary Nolan, and after three innings, there were nothing but zeroes on the scoreboard. With Joe Morgan batting in the top of the fourth, the game had to be stopped because some unruly fans were descending from the aisles onto the Reds' dugout. They apparently misunderstood the meaning of standing room only tickets...
First came Cecil Cooper, who hit one deep into the short-stop hole, so deep that even the rangy Dave Concepcion could barely reach it. Bernie Carbo, pinchhitting for Wise, then walked on four pitches. Goodbye Nolan, and hello Pedro Borbon...
While Cincy's hitting and fielding are somewhat appreciated by the Eastern press, the Reds pitching is highly underrated. Don Gullet is second to none in the NL, and he does not balk. Gary Nolan, who has made the comeback of the year, possesses one of the most baffling change ups in baseball, a change-up which allowed Nolan to strike out 15 straight Boston Red Sox batters in a 1968 exhibition game...
When California Angels Righthander Nolan Ryan pitches, curious things happen. Batters edge back from the plate, opposing managers bench their red-hot hitters, Angel outfielders let fly balls drop in for base hits, and the Angel catcher stuffs a half-inch-thick pad of foam rubber into his glove. The reason: Ryan throws so hard he rewrites the basic customs of the game. Batters inch back because they are scared, managers yank top hitters because they can't connect on high fastballs, Ryan's own outfielders are lulled to sleep by the preponderance of infield outs his pitches...
Number one player Art Scherer, who was elected captain earlier in the afternoon, won his match, as did Ned Bacon at three and Bill Nolan...