Clay Dalrymple

The cleanup batter, the left fielder, Wes Covington.

Batting fifth and doing the catching, Clay Dalrymple.

Playing third base, Don Demeter.

Batting in the sixth position.

The center fielder, Tony Gonzalez.

And the right fielder, Johnny Callison.

The catcher in the ballgame, Clay Dalrymple.

Now Doug Harvey walks out halfway to the pitcher's mound, asks for the ball, takes a look at it, and throws it back to Cal McLeish.

Oh, yeah, you did when you were a kid like me.

And we went up there, and, you know, our catcher was Clay Dalrymple.

And he was sort of like the Lou Gehrig of catchers.

He always catched.

Belanger got his bat under a breaking ball from Seaver, foul popped it, and Brody squeezed it for the out.

Clay Dalrymple will make a pinch-hitting appearance now in the top of the 10th inning.

Dalrymple, who was with the Phillies in 1968 and who was acquired during the winter for a minor league outfielder, Ron Stone.

Dalrymple has made an appearance before in this series and has had an infield base hit.

[crowd boos] Batting ninth, pitching for the Orioles, warming up in the bullpen, number 22, Jim Palmer.

[crowd boos] Here are the remaining players and coaches of the Baltimore Orioles: Mike Cuellar, Clay Dalrymple, Andy Etchebarren, Bob Floyd, Dick Hall, Jim Hardin, Dave Leonard, Marcelino Lopez, Dave May, Dave McNally, Curt Motton, Tom Phoebus, Merv Rettenmund, Pete Richert, Chico Salmon, Eddie Watt.

Coaches: George Bamberger, Billy Hunter, Charlie Lau, George Stallar.

[crowd cheering] Now for the New York Mets.

[crowd noise]

Come on, Nolan!

He walked him, and Clay Dalrymple will be coming up now.

Clay Dalrymple will bat for Dave Leonard.

And that'll bring in Ellie Hendricks, the left-handed hitting catcher.

Hendricks shares a catching with Andy Echeberra and Clay Dalrymple.

Echeberra hits right-handed.

Hendricks and Dalrymple, they're left-handed hitters.

And the next pitch to Charlie Smith is taken.

Piece of paper out in front of the home plate being picked up by Clay Dalrymple.

That is ball four.

Charlie Smith walks to first base.

And he takes a fastball inside.

It's ball one.

After Tony Gonzalez, the batter will be Dick Stuart and then Clay Dalrymple.

Of the first six batters in the order for the Phillies, they have only one right-hand batter against the right-hander Jack Fisher.

He is interchangeable.

Batting seventh and catching is Clay Dalrymple.

Batting ninth, uh, batting eighth and playing shortstop is Ruben Amaro, A-M-A-R-O, recently back from his stint in the armed forces.

Ruben Amaro back at shortstop for the Philadelphia Phils.

But in this case, he has a single to left.

Runner at first, nobody out.

Catcher Clay Dalrymple coming up.

Dalrymple has a batting average this season of .302, including six home runs.

Batting ninth and pitching for the Orioles this afternoon, number nineteen, Dave McNally, who is warming up on the sidelines.

And here are the remaining players and coaches of the Baltimore Orioles: Paul Blair, Mike Cuellar, Clay Dalrymple, Jerry DiBatter, Hank Thompson, Tom Dukes, Andy Etchebarren, Dick Hall, Grant Jackson, Dave Leonard, Kurt Moten, Jim Palmer, Pete Richert, Chico Salmon, Tom Shope, Eddie Watt.

And the coaches, Jim Frey, Billy Hunter, and George Stoller.

Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for our national anthem, which will be sung by the Chorus of the Chesapeake