Big Red Machine: 2010

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Blair World Series MVP

Baltimore center fielder Paul Blair was named World Series Most Valuable Player. Although known best for his speed and defensive wizardry, Blair hit .474 with five doubles, a pair of home runs, and nine RBI over the five games. Both of the homers came in game two at Shea Stadium, the second of which was a grand slam that turned the game into a 10-3 laugher that sent the Orioles home with a 2-0 lead in the series. Blair also drove in at least one run in four of the five games.

Monday, December 6, 2010

New York World Series Stats

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Primary Player Statistics For 1970 New York World Series
 
 
NAME              BAVG  GM  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO HB SH DP  SB CS  E
D.Clendenon       .444   5  18   3   8  2  0  0   0   2   1  0  0  0   0  0  0
B.Harrelson       .375   5  16   3   6  1  0  0   2   1   3  0  0  1   0  0  2
J.Foy             .300   3  10   0   3  1  0  0   3   0   1  1  0  1   0  0  0
J.Grote           .188   5  16   0   3  0  0  0   0   1   1  0  0  2   0  0  1
W.Garrett         .182   5  11   1   2  2  0  0   0   3   2  0  0  1   0  0  0
A.Weis            .167   4   6   1   1  0  1  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  3
T.Agee            .150   5  20   5   3  1  0  1   1   2   4  0  0  0   1  1  0
C.Jones           .150   5  20   0   3  1  0  0   1   1   5  0  0  1   0  0  0
R.Swoboda         .143   3   7   1   1  0  0  0   1   1   2  0  0  0   0  0  0
A.Shamsky         .143   2   7   1   1  0  0  1   3   0   1  0  0  0   0  0  0
K.Boswell         .125   5   8   0   1  0  0  0   0   2   1  0  0  0   0  0  0
D.Marshall        .000   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
K.Singleton       .000   3   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   2   2  0  0  1   0  0  0
D.Dyer            .000   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
M.Jorgensen       .000   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  0  0  0   0  0  0
T.Foli            ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
R.Gaspar          ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
E.Kranepool       ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
T.Martinez        ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
L.Stanton         ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
ALL PITCHERS      .273   5  11   1   3  0  0  0   1   0   4  0  0  0   0  0  0
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS       .220     159      35     1     12      28     0      1     6
                         5      16      8     2      16      1     7      1
 
 
NAME               ERA  W  L   PCT   G GS CG SH SV    IP   H   R  ER HR  BB  SO
D.Frisella        0.00  0  0  ----   2  0  0  0  0   4.1   3   0   0  0   5   5
J.McAndrew        0.00  0  0  ----   1  0  0  0  0   1.0   1   0   0  0   0   1
T.McGraw          2.45  1  1  .500   3  0  0  0  0   3.2   2   1   1  1   4   0
N.Ryan            2.45  0  1  .000   2  0  0  0  0   3.2   2   1   1  0   4   4
T.Seaver          4.50  0  1  .000   2  2  0  0  0  14.0  11   8   7  2   7  11
J.Koosman         4.91  0  1  .000   2  2  0  0  0  11.0  11   6   6  1   9   8
G.Gentry         13.50  0  0  ----   1  1  0  0  0   2.2   5   4   4  1   2   4
R.Herbel         19.29  0  0  ----   3  0  0  0  0   2.1   5   5   5  2   1   0
R.Sadecki        27.00  0  0  ----   1  0  0  0  0   0.2   2   2   2  0   0   1
D.Chance          ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
R.Folkers         ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
C.Koonce          ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
R.Taylor          ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
ALL NON-PITCHERS  ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
Team                                          0                   +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS       5.40     4         5     0     0        42      26     32
                        1     .200      5     0     43.1      27      7      34

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Champs World Series Stats

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Primary Player Statistics For 1970 Baltimore World Series
 
 
NAME              BAVG  GM  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO HB SH DP  SB CS  E
M.Rettenmund      .636   3  11   2   7  4  0  1   3   0   1  0  0  0   0  0  0
T.Crowley         .500   2   2   0   1  0  0  0   2   0   1  0  0  0   0  0  0
P.Blair           .474   5  19   7   9  5  0  2   9   3   1  0  3  0   0  0  1
B.Robinson        .316   5  19   2   6  0  0  0   2   4   0  0  0  0   1  0  0
F.Robinson        .250   5  20   3   5  0  0  1   3   4   5  0  0  0   0  0  0
D.Johnson         .238   5  21   1   5  1  0  0   1   1   4  0  0  0   0  0  0
D.Buford          .167   4  12   3   2  1  0  0   0   4   4  0  0  0   0  0  0
B.Powell          .158   5  19   4   3  0  0  3   4   5   5  0  0  0   0  0  0
E.Hendricks       .091   3  11   2   1  0  0  0   1   2   2  0  0  0   0  0  0
M.Belanger        .067   5  15   2   1  0  0  0   0   5   4  0  0  0   0  0  1
C.Motton          .000   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  0  0  0   0  0  0
A.Etchebarren     .000   2   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   3   3  0  0  0   0  0  0
C.Salmon          .000   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
B.Grich           ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
D.Baylor          ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
C.Dalrymple       ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
R.Freed           ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
J.Oates           ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
ALL PITCHERS      .182   5  11   1   2  0  0  0   0   1   2  1  1  1   0  0  0
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS       .250     168      42     0     25      34     4      1     2
                         5      27     11     7      32      1     1      0
 
 
NAME               ERA  W  L   PCT   G GS CG SH SV    IP   H   R  ER HR  BB  SO
J.Palmer          0.00  1  0 1.000   1  1  1  1  0   9.0   2   0   0  0   5   5
D.Hall            1.50  0  1  .000   2  0  0  0  0   6.0   6   3   1  1   0   2
J.Hardin          2.25  1  0 1.000   2  0  0  0  0   4.0   4   1   1  0   1   1
D.McNally         3.00  1  0 1.000   1  1  1  0  0   9.0   9   4   3  0   1   9
T.Phoebus         3.60  0  0  ----   1  1  0  0  0   5.0   0   2   2  0   7   1
M.Cuellar         3.75  1  0 1.000   2  2  0  0  0  12.0  14   6   5  1   2  10
M.Lopez           ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
P.Richert         ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
E.Watt            ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
F.Beene           ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
D.Leonhard        ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
M.Drabowsky       ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
ALL NON-PITCHERS  ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
Team                                          0                   +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS       2.40     1         5     2     0        35      12     16
                        4     .800      5     1     45.0      16      2      28

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Orioles last ditch rally clinches championship

In a manner fit for a Hollywood script, the Baltimore Orioles scored five runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to claim the 1970 World Championship. Frank Robinson cracked his first postseason homer to tie the game and Boog Powell sent one into orbit toward left-center field to send the hometown crowd onto the field as he circled the bases. The unbelievable finish had the stunned but ecstatic fans screaming long after champagne had begun flowing in the home team clubhouse, but was only fitting for a team that had rung up 114 regular season victories and had appeared invincible throughout the postseason, losing just one game in each series.

There was a clear nervous murmur starting to permeate through the stands after New York built a 5-0 lead against Mike Cuellar, who was denied a fourth postseason victory with his first subpar outing of the postseason. Cuellar had gotten the call after Earl Weaver scratched Jim Palmer for the second straight start, this time wanting to keep the opposing lefty swinging batters on the bench.

With Tom Seaver on the mound holding the Orioles in check, it appeared that the Mets would send the series back to Shea Stadium for game six. Tommie Agee started the scoring with a solo homer in the third inning. Agee and Bud Harrelson had three hits each to set the table throughout the game. Harrelson would drive in Agee in the fifth as the duo reached on back-to-back doubles. Cleon Jones followed with a single to provide a three run cushion.

Agee and Harrelson would be in the middle of it again in the seventh frame. Seaver and Agee singled, with the runners hustling for the extra base. Harrelson lifted a fly ball deep enough to score Seaver, and Agee scored when Paul Blair's throw to third got away to push the lead to 5-0.

The hosts finally broke through the scoring column in the bottom of the frame with an unearned run. Blair doubled and scored when Harrelson throw to first on a grounder by Robinson sailed over the head of first baseman Donn Clendenon.

Seaver pitched one out deep into the ninth after walking the leadoff batter but striking out pinch hitter Terry Crowley. That would be the last out recorded in the series. Ron Herbel entered and proceeded to cough up the lead. Both runners scored on a double by Blair to cut the deficit in half. Robinson followed with the game tying blast. Tug McGraw entered only to see a 1-1 screwball leave the yard off the powerful bat of Powell.

Orioles 6 Mets 5

Strat-O-Matic Report


BOXSCORE: 1970 New York Mets At 1970 Baltimore Orioles             10/15/1970
 
  Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Agee CF           5  3  3  1 .176     D.Buford LF         3  1  1  0 .185  
  B.Harrelson SS      4  1  3  2 .200     P.Blair CF          4  2  2  2 .306  
  C.Jones LF          5  0  1  1 .235     F.Robinson RF       5  1  2  2 .250  
  D.Clendenon 1B      4  0  2  0 .364     B.Powell 1B         5  1  1  1 .200  
  J.Foy 3B            3  0  0  0 .267     B.Robinson 3B       3  0  0  0 .333  
B-W.Garrett PH,3B     1  0  1  0 .190     E.Hendricks C       4  0  0  0 .167  
  K.Singleton RF      2  0  0  0 .167     D.Johnson 2B        4  0  1  0 .139  
D-R.Swoboda RF        0  0  0  0 .091     M.Belanger SS       3  1  0  0 .034  
  J.Grote C           3  0  0  0 .207     M.Cuellar P         2  0  1  0 .333  
  A.Weis 2B           3  0  0  0 .100   A-C.Motton PH         1  0  0  0 .000  
C-K.Boswell PH,2B     1  0  0  0 .056     J.Hardin P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  T.Seaver P          4  1  1  0 .200   E-T.Crowley PH        1  0  0  0 .667  
  R.Herbel P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  T.McGraw P          0  0  0  01.000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  5 11  4                 Totals      35  6  8  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Cuellar In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Foy In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Weis In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Singleton In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Hardin In 9th Inning
 
Mets............ 0 0 1  0 2 0  2 0 0  -  5 11  4
Orioles......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 5  -  6  8  1
 
Mets (4-5)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Seaver                  8 1/3   5   3   2   4   3   0 134   4.00
R.Herbel BS(1st)          0       2   2   2   0   0   1   9  19.29
T.McGraw LOSS(1-1)        0       1   1   1   0   0   1   3   3.52
Totals                    8 1/3   8   6   5   4   3   2
 
Orioles (7-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Cuellar                 7       9   5   4   2   7   1 108   3.12
J.Hardin WIN(1-0)         2       2   0   0   1   1   0  33   1.80
Totals                    9      11   5   4   3   8   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 4,109 DATE- Thursday, October 15th 1970 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Larry Napp, John Rice, Marty Springstead, Larry Barnett
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 7  Orioles: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 1  Orioles: 2
ERRORS- B.Harrelson-2, A.Weis-2, P.Blair
DOUBLES- T.Agee(1st), B.Harrelson(1st), D.Clendenon(3rd), W.Garrett(2nd),
         P.Blair-2(5th)
HOME RUNS- T.Agee(2nd), F.Robinson(1st), B.Powell(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Blair
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Harrelson
WALKS- K.Singleton-2, J.Grote, D.Buford-2, B.Robinson, M.Belanger
STRIKE OUTS- B.Harrelson, C.Jones-2, D.Clendenon, K.Singleton, T.Seaver-3,
             D.Johnson, C.Motton, T.Crowley
GIDP- C.Jones, J.Grote
 
With the hometown crowd on the edge of their seats, Baltimore Orioles came
from behind to top New York Mets, 6 to 5.
 
Baltimore won the game with a rally in the bottom of the 9th inning when they
tallied 5 runs on 4 hits.  The big moment was provided by Frank Robinson who
came through for the home fans when he cracked a two-run shot (his 1st of the
season).  Baltimore won despite being out-hit by New York 11 hits to 8.
 
The victory went to Jim Hardin(1-0) who went 2 innings, allowing no runs. Tug
McGraw(1-1) was charged with the loss in relief.  He was unable to retire a
batter allowing 1 hit and no walks.
 
Hardin and Paul Blair were really whooping it up in the clubhouse after the
great come from behind victory.  As Earl Weaver noted, 'A win like this one
can do wonders for a team's attitude.' Everyone shares in the joy - the fans,
the players - even you guys - it's better than winning by a dozen runs!'

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Sunday, December 5, 2010

Shamsky blast keeps Mets alive

Orioles fans had to put away their brooms as a late two run homer by Art Shamsky provided the winning margin as New York won their first ever World Series contest. Tug McGraw provided three innings of one-hit, scoreless relief to gain the victory. Baltimore leads the series, 3-1.

Just like game three, the guests scored in their half of the first. However, the pair of runs scored without benefit of a hit off Baltimore starter Tom Phoebus, who got the nod from manager Earl Weaver in order to give Jim Palmer an extra day's rest with the series clinch just one win away. Phoebus did not give up a hit, but lasted just five innings due to issuing seven walks.

Baltimore knotted the score with single runs in the first and third innings off lefty Jerry Koosman. Paul Blair walked and Merv Rettenmund doubled to set the stage for Frank Robinson, who drove in the first run on a grounder to second. Rettenmund, now htting .625 in the postseason, doubled again in the third to drive in the tying run.

The home team pushed across the go ahead run in the sixth inning with another two bagger, this time from Davey Johnson. With the stellar Baltimore bullpen rested, it looked as if the visitors had taken the final dagger.

Dick Hall was called on for the long relief stint and tossed two scoreless frames before being touched up by Shamsky in the eighth inning. The runs were unearned as Tommie Agee scored after reaching on a rare error by sure-handed shortstop Mark Belanger.

McGraw would finish things off, allowing just one baserunner the rest of the way. Hits were hard to come by, with the Orioles outhitting their opponent, 5-4.

Game 5 will pit Tom Seaver against Palmer.

Mets 4 Orioles 3

Strat-O-Matic Report


BOXSCORE: 1970 New York Mets At 1970 Baltimore Orioles             10/14/1970
 
  Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Agee CF           2  2  0  0 .103     P.Blair CF          3  1  1  0 .281  
  W.Garrett 3B        2  1  0  0 .150     M.Rettenmund LF     5  0  2  1 .625  
  C.Jones LF          4  0  0  0 .241     F.Robinson RF       2  1  0  1 .222  
  A.Shamsky RF        3  1  1  3 .125     B.Powell 1B         4  0  0  0 .200  
  D.Clendenon 1B      3  0  0  0 .345     B.Robinson 3B       4  0  1  0 .367  
  K.Boswell 2B        2  0  1  0 .059     D.Johnson 2B        3  0  1  1 .125  
  J.Grote C           4  0  1  0 .231     A.Etchebarren C     3  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Harrelson SS      2  0  0  0 .115     M.Belanger SS       3  0  0  0 .038  
B-D.Marshall PH       1  0  0  0 .000   E-C.Salmon PH,SS      1  0  0  0 .000  
D-A.Weis SS           1  0  0  0 .143     T.Phoebus P         0  1  0  0 ----  
  J.Koosman P         2  0  0  0 .000   A-C.Motton PH         1  0  0  0 .000  
C-M.Jorgensen PH      1  0  0  0 .000     D.Hall P            1  0  0  0 .000  
  T.McGraw P          1  0  1  01.000   F-D.Buford PH         1  0  0  0 .167  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      28  4  4  3                 Totals      31  3  5  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Phoebus In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Harrelson In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Koosman In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Marshall In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Belanger In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Hall In 9th Inning
 
Mets............ 2 0 0  0 0 0  0 2 0  -  4  4  0
Orioles......... 1 0 1  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  3  5  1
 
Mets (4-4)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Koosman                 6       4   3   3   3   6   0  87   3.32  A1 C8
T.McGraw WIN(1-0)         3       1   0   0   2   0   0  44   2.35  C9
Totals                    9       5   3   3   5   6   0
 
Orioles (6-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Phoebus                 5       0   2   2   7   1   0  88   3.00  A1 C2
D.Hall LOSS(0-1)          4       4   2   0   0   2   1  57   1.13  C3
Totals                    9       4   4   2   7   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 11,545 DATE- Wednesday, October 14th 1970 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Jake O'Donnell, Jim Honochick, Frank Umont, George Maloney
T- 2:35
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 5  Orioles: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 0  Orioles: 1
ERRORS- M.Belanger
DOUBLES- P.Blair(3rd), M.Rettenmund-2(5th), D.Johnson(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Shamsky(1st)
STOLEN BASES- T.Agee(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- T.Agee
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Blair
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Shamsky
WALKS- T.Agee-2, W.Garrett-2, D.Clendenon, K.Boswell-2, P.Blair, F.Robinson-2,
       D.Johnson, A.Etchebarren
HIT BY PITCH- T.Phoebus
STRIKE OUTS- K.Boswell, J.Koosman, M.Jorgensen, F.Robinson, B.Powell-2,
             A.Etchebarren, M.Belanger, C.Motton
GIDP- B.Harrelson
WILD PITCHES- T.Phoebus-3, D.Hall
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Andy Etchebarren blocked the plate, saving a run!
 
One run was the difference at Memorial Stadium as the New York Mets defeated
the Baltimore Orioles 4 to 3.
 
New York won the game with a rally in the top of the 8th inning with 2 runs.
Tommie Agee kicked off the action when he reached on an error.  After an out
was recorded, Dick Hall stepped in and he let loose a wild pitch.  One out
later, Art Shamsky came up and he cracked a two-run shot (his 1st of the
season).  New York managed only 4 hits on the afternoon.  
 
Tug McGraw(1-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 3 innings and allowing no
runs. Hall(0-1) was hit with the loss in relief.  He was pinned with the loss
despite not allowing an earned run in his 4 innings of work.  
 
 
SCORESHEET: 1970 New York Mets at 1970 Baltimore Orioles
T.Agee-A1    A1:W>b1    B1:L/4     C1:W>b1    *8*:E/6
                                              
                                              
W.Garret-A1  A2:SB>12   B2:W>b1    C2:CS/26>  D2:F/9
             WP>23 W>b             1o G/53    
             1                                
C.Jones-A1   A3:WP>3#   B3:G/63    *6*:L/5    D3:WP>12
             12 P/6                           G/53
                                              
A.Shamsk-A1  A4:WP>23   *4*:F/8    C4:G/43    D4:HR>2#
             SF/9>3#                          b#
                                              
D.Clende-A1  A5:L/6     B5:W>b1    C5:G/43    D5:P/3
                                              
                                              
K.Boswel-A1  *2*:W>b1   B6:W>12 b  *7*:K      *9*:Si
                        1                     
                                              
J.Grote-A1   A7:P/5     B7:L/6     C7:Si      D7:G/3>12
                                              
                                              
B.Harrel-A1  A8:G-DP/3  B8:G/63    C8:F/7     D8:F/9
D.Marsha-C8  63>1o                            
A.Weis-D1                                     
J.Koosma-A1  *3*:K      *5*:L/4    C9:K       D9:Si>2o
M.Jorgen-C9                                   
T.McGraw-D1                                   
 
P.Blair-A1   A1:W>b1    B1:Sac/34  C1:F/7     D1:Do      E1:G/63
                        >12                              
                                                         
M.Retten-A1  A2:Do>13   B2:Do>2#   *6*:G/63   D2:F/8     E2:F/8
                                                         
                                                         
F.Robins-A1  A3:G/43>3  B3:K       C3:W>b1    D3:W>b1
             # 23                             
                                              
B.Powell-A1  A4:K       B4:K       C4:L/5     D4:F/8
                                              
                                              
B.Robins-A1  A5:F/8     *4*:G/63   C5:Si>12   *8*:P/3
                                              
                                              
D.Johnso-A1  *2*:F/7    B6:L/4     C6:Do>2#   D6:W>b1
                                   13         
                                              
A.Etcheb-A1  A7:K       B7:G/13    C7:IW>b1   D7:F/9
                                              
                                              
M.Belang-A1  A8:K       *5*:P/6    C8:F/9     D8:G/63
C.Salmon-D8                                   
                                              
T.Phoebu-A1  *3*:HBP    B9:K       *7*:F/7    *9*:G/43
C.Motton-B9                                   
D.Hall-C2+

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Saturday, December 4, 2010

O's outlast New Yorkers

It looked like the visiting New York Mets were determined to get back into the series, but the pitching staff could not hold off the relentless Baltimore attack and dropped a hard fought contest 5-4.

Orioles manager Earl Weaver sent a lefty to the mound for the second straight day, which is a clear disadvantage for their opponent, who was a mere 24-23 against southpaws during the regular season, versus a 69-46 record against righties. Still, with lefty hitting slugger Art Shamsky on the bench for the second straight day, the guests came out of the gate fast and posted a three spot in the first inning. After the first run of the game scored on a passed ball with the bases loaded, third sacker Joe Foy slammed a single into the left to plate the other two runs.

Gary Gentry took the mound for New York, but immediately gave two of the runs back on Boog Powell's 4th postseason homer. Gentry would prove ineffective, coughing up two more runs in the third inning before being given an early shower in favor of bullpen mate Danny Frisella. Game two hero Paul Blair doubled in the tying run and eventually scored the go ahead run later in the inning on Brooks Robinson's two out single.

Meanwhile, McNally settled down and held the Mets in check until the eighth inning. Donn Clendenon doubled to lead off the frame, his third hit of the game. Foy struck again one out later with a two bagger for third RBI of the contest. Suprisingly, Weaver stayed with his starter, who rewarded the decision by stranding the go ahead run at second.

The deadlock was short lived, though the tie would be broken without the benefit of a base hit. Nolan Ryan issued a one out walk to Frank Robinson, his fourth free pass in two plus innings of work, so Tug McGraw was summoned from the pen to face Powell. However, he would suffer from the same problem with wildness as his predecessor. A passed ball moved Robinson up a base and Powell was walked intentionally. Another walk to Brooks Robinson loaded the bases for the second straight inning. This time, Ellie Hendricks cashed in the winning run with a fly ball to right field.

A revived McNally set the Mets down meekly in order to finish what he started, surviving with nine strikeouts to help offset the nine hits and a walk he surrendered.

Orioles 5 Mets 4, Baltimore leads series 3-0

Strat-O-Matic Report


BOXSCORE: 1970 New York Mets At 1970 Baltimore Orioles             10/13/1970
 
  Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Agee CF           5  0  0  0 .111     D.Buford LF         4  1  1  0 .174  
  B.Harrelson SS      5  1  1  0 .125     P.Blair CF          4  2  2  1 .276  
  C.Jones LF          4  0  1  0 .280     F.Robinson RF       3  1  1  0 .240  
  D.Clendenon 1B      4  2  3  0 .385     B.Powell 1B         3  1  1  2 .231  
  R.Swoboda RF        3  1  0  0 .091     B.Robinson 3B       3  0  1  1 .385  
  J.Foy 3B            3  0  2  3 .333     E.Hendricks C       3  0  0  1 .214  
  W.Garrett 2B        4  0  0  0 .167     D.Johnson 2B        4  0  1  0 .103  
  T.McGraw P          0  0  0  0 ----     M.Belanger SS       2  0  0  0 .043  
  J.Grote C           4  0  1  0 .227     D.McNally P         3  0  1  0 .167  
  G.Gentry P          1  0  1  0 .333                                          
  D.Frisella P        1  0  0  0 .000                                          
A-K.Singleton PH      1  0  0  0 .250                                          
  N.Ryan P            0  0  0  0 ----                                          
B-K.Boswell 2B        1  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  4  9  3                 Totals      29  5  8  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Frisella In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Ryan In 8th Inning
 
Mets............ 3 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  4  9  1
Orioles......... 2 0 2  0 0 0  0 1    -  5  8  0
 
Mets (3-4)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
G.Gentry                  2 2/3   5   4   4   2   4   1  46   6.97
D.Frisella                2 1/3   1   0   0   4   2   0  48   0.00
N.Ryan LOSS(0-1)          2 1/3   2   1   1   4   2   0  46   1.59
T.McGraw                  0 2/3   0   0   0   2   0   0   6   3.86
Totals                    8       8   5   5  12   8   1
 
Orioles (6-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.McNally WIN(1-0)        9       9   4   3   1   9   0 140   3.38
Totals                    9       9   4   3   1   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 35,130 DATE- Tuesday, October 13th 1970 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Don Denkinger, Art Frantz, Nestor Chylak, Russ Goetz
T- 3:12
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 7  Orioles:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 1  Orioles: 0
ERRORS- J.Grote
DOUBLES- C.Jones(1st), D.Clendenon(2nd), J.Foy(1st), D.Buford(2nd),
         P.Blair(2nd)
HOME RUNS- B.Powell(4th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Hendricks
WALKS- R.Swoboda, D.Buford, P.Blair, F.Robinson-2, B.Powell-2, B.Robinson-2,
       E.Hendricks, M.Belanger-2, D.McNally
HIT BY PITCH- J.Foy
STRIKE OUTS- T.Agee-3, B.Harrelson, C.Jones, R.Swoboda, J.Foy, W.Garrett,
             K.Singleton, D.Buford-2, F.Robinson, B.Powell, E.Hendricks,
             D.Johnson, M.Belanger, D.McNally
PASSED BALLS- J.Grote-2, E.Hendricks
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Ron Swoboda robbed Dave McNally of an extra base hit.
          Bot 8th: Ron Swoboda robbed Ellie Hendricks of an extra base hit.
 
Dave McNally allowed Earl Weaver to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game
as the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Mets by a score of 5 to 4.
 
The game was decided in the 8th inning.  After an out was recorded, Frank
Robinson drew a walk.  Tug McGraw then threw a pitch that the catcher muffed.
Boog Powell then was walked intentionally.  Brooks Robinson came up and he
drew a walk to load the bases.  Ellie Hendricks came to the plate and hit a
sacrifice fly scoring the run.  New York could do no damage in the 9th.
 
The victory was credited to McNally(1-0) who went the distance, allowing 4
runs. Nolan Ryan(0-1) absorbed the loss in relief.

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Friday, December 3, 2010

Game 2 Boxscore

Strat-O-Matic Report


BOXSCORE: 1970 Baltimore Orioles At 1970 New York Mets             10/11/1970
 
  Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Buford LF         4  1  0  0 .158     T.Agee CF           4  0  0  0 .136  
  P.Blair CF          5  2  3  5 .240     B.Harrelson SS      4  1  2  0 .105  
  F.Robinson RF       5  0  1  0 .227     C.Jones LF          4  0  1  0 .286  
  B.Powell 1B         4  1  1  1 .217     D.Clendenon 1B      4  1  3  0 .318  
  B.Robinson 3B       5  1  2  0 .391     R.Swoboda RF        4  0  1  1 .125  
  E.Hendricks C       4  2  1  0 .273     J.Foy 3B            4  0  1  0 .222  
  D.Johnson 2B        5  1  1  0 .080     J.Grote C           2  0  0  0 .222  
  M.Belanger SS       3  1  0  0 .048   B-W.Garrett PH        1  0  0  0 .214  
  M.Cuellar P         2  0  0  0 .286   E-D.Dyer C            1  0  0  0 .000  
A-T.Crowley PH        1  0  1  21.000     A.Weis 2B           2  1  1  0 .167  
  D.Hall P            0  0  0  0 ----   C-K.Boswell PH,2B     1  0  0  0 .000  
F-M.Rettenmund PH     1  1  1  1 .727     T.Seaver P          1  0  0  1 .167  
  J.Hardin P          0  0  0  0 ----     N.Ryan P            0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        D-D.Marshall PH       1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          R.Sadecki P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          R.Herbel P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      39 10 11  9                 Totals      33  3  9  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Cuellar In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Grote In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Weis In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Ryan In 7th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Garrett In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Hall In 8th Inning
 
Orioles......... 0 0 0  0 0 5  0 5 0  - 10 11  0
Mets............ 0 0 0  0 1 1  0 0 1  -  3  9  1
 
Orioles (5-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Cuellar WIN(3-0)        5       5   1   1   0   3   0  65   2.37  A1 C1
D.Hall                    2       2   1   1   0   0   0  20   2.25  C2 C9
J.Hardin                  2       2   1   1   0   0   0  19   3.00  D1
Totals                    9       9   3   3   0   3   0
 
Mets (3-3)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Seaver LOSS(2-1)        5 2/3   6   5   5   3   8   2  95   4.82  A1 C9
N.Ryan                    1 1/3   0   0   0   0   2   0  15   0.00  D1 D4
R.Sadecki                 0 2/3   2   2   2   0   1   0  19  16.20  D5 D8
R.Herbel                  1 1/3   3   3   3   1   0   1  33  11.57  D9
Totals                    9      11  10  10   4  11   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 50,787 DATE- Sunday, October 11th 1970 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bill Haller, Jim Odom, Bill Kunkel, Ed Runge
T- 2:57
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles: 6  Mets: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 2  Mets: 0
ERRORS- A.Weis
DOUBLES- P.Blair(1st)
TRIPLES- A.Weis(1st)
HOME RUNS- P.Blair-2(2nd), B.Powell(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- B.Robinson(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Seaver
WALKS- D.Buford, B.Powell, E.Hendricks, M.Belanger
STRIKE OUTS- D.Buford-2, P.Blair, F.Robinson-3, B.Powell, E.Hendricks,
             D.Johnson, M.Belanger-2, B.Harrelson, R.Swoboda, J.Grote
GIDP- J.Foy, J.Grote
WILD PITCHES- N.Ryan
 
Paul Blair launched 2 homeruns at Shea Stadium where the Baltimore Orioles
beat the New York Mets by the score of 10 to 3.
 
Blair really lit it up for Baltimore.  The New York fans let him have it for
what he did to their boys.  He doubled in the 1st inning, smashed a
bases-empty 'big-fly' in the 6th inning and cleared the bases with a Grand
Slam homerun (his 2nd of the season) in the 8th inning.  Baltimore totaled 11
hits on the afternoon.  
 
The winning pitcher was Mike Cuellar(3-0) who allowed 1 run in 5 innings. Tom
Seaver(2-1) was hit with the loss.  Despite the loss, he struckout 8
Baltimore batters in 5 and 2/3 innings.  
 
'I just got in the box, looked for a pitch and swung,' Blair said.  'That's
it'
 
SCORESHEET: 1970 Baltimore Orioles at 1970 New York Mets
D.Buford-A1  A1:G/63    B1:K       C1:K       D1:WP>3#   E1:W>23 1
                                              23 G/3     2 b1
                                                         
P.Blair-A1   A2:Do      *4*:K      *6*:HR>b#  *7*:G/63   E2:HR>3#
                                                         2# 1# b#
                                                         
F.Robins-A1  A3:K       B3:G/43    C3:K       D3:K       E3:Si
                                                         
                                                         
B.Powell-A1  A4:P/5     B4:W>b1    C4:HR>b#   D4:K       E4:F/9
                                                         
                                                         
B.Robins-A1  *2*:G/43   B5:Si>13   C5:Si      *8*:P/4    *9*:L/6
                                                         
                                                         
E.Hendri-A1  A6:G/3     B6:SB>12   C6:W>12 b  D6:Si      E6:F/8
                        K          1                     
                                                         
D.Johnso-A1  A7:F/8     *5*:F/7    C7:K       D7:Si>13   E7:G/43
                                                         
                                                         
M.Belang-A1  *3*:K      B8:E/4     C8:W>23 1  D8:K
                                   2 b1       
                                              
M.Cuella-A1  A9:L/6     B9:P/3     C9:Si>3#   D9:Si>3#
T.Crowle-C9                        2# 13      12
D.Hall-D2+                                    
 
T.Agee-A1    A1:G/63    B1:F/9     C1:G/63    *8*:F/8
                                              
                                              
B.Harrel-A1  A2:K       B2:Si      *6*:Si     D2:G/13
                                              
                                              
C.Jones-A1   A3:Si      B3:L/6     C3:P/4     D3:F/8
                                              
                                              
D.Clende-A1  A4:Si>13   *4*:F/8    C4:Si>13   *9*:Si
                                              
                                              
R.Swobod-A1  A5:K       B5:F/7     C5:Force/  D5:Si>13
                                   64>3# 1o   
                                   b1         
J.Foy-A1     *2*:Si     B6:G/63    C6:F/7     D6:G-DP/6
                                              43>3# 1o
                                              
J.Grote-A1   A7:G-DP/6  *5*:K      *7*:G/3    D7:G/63
W.Garret-C7  43>1o                            
D.Dyer-D1                                     
A.Weis-A1    A8:G/63    B8:Tr      C8:G/43
K.Boswel-C8                        
                                   
T.Seaver-A1  *3*:G/53   B9:SF/7>3  C9:G/13
N.Ryan-C2               #          
D.Marsha-C9+

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Bombs away as O's power over New York ace

Paul Blair homered twice, including a grand slam in the 8th inning, as Baltimore overpowered the homestanding Mets at Shea Stadium, 10-3. That gives the Orioles a 2-0 advantage as they head home for game three of the series Tuesday at Memorial Stadium.

As expected, the game started off as a pitcher's duel, with ALCS MVP Mike Cuellar going for the guests, while New York countered with ace Tom Seaver, who recorded a pair of wins in the NL playoff series victory over Cincinnati.

The home team broke through the scoring column first in the 4th stanza with a run from the bottom of the order. Light hitting second baseman Al Weis, in the lineup for his glovework and a southpaw on the mound, tripled to the right-center field gap and scored on Seaver's fly ball to left.

However, Blair tied it up in the 6th with a solo blast to left-center. As had occurred all season, that was just the beginning of the rally. One out later, Boog Powell homered to right to give the guests the lead for good. Brooks Robinson followed with a single and Seaver uncharacteristically walked two to load the bases. Terry Crowley came off the bench with a single to force the Mets' starter out of the game. In relief, Nolan Ryan uncorked a wild pitch to plate the fifth run of the inning and put the game out of reach.

The Orioles bullpen combination of Dick Hall and Jim Hardin would give up a run apiece in mop up duty to clinch Cuellar's third win of the postseason. Donn Clendenon had three singles to pace the Mets nine-hit attack.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Cuellar ALCS MVP, Clendenon takes NL honors

Baltimore lefty Mike Cuellar was named MVP of the 1970 American League playoffs. Cuellar earned the victory in each of his two starts, including tossing 7-1/3 shutout innings in the clinching game 4 of the series. Cuellar finished the series with a 2.57 ERA and 12 strikeouts over 14 innings.

Donn Clendenon led the way for New York as they upset a Reds team that won 102 regular season games in the National League playoffs. Clendenon homered twice and drove in 6 runs as the Mets took the first two games of the series on the road. By the time the smoke cleared at Riverfront Stadium, the righty slugger was 4 for 9 and the Mets headed home just one win away from the franchise's first ever World Series birth, which they accomplished in game 4.

Palmer spins two hit gem as O's take series opener

Jim Palmer worked around 5 free passes by allowing just two hits and Merv Rettenmund slammed a roundtripper as Baltimore defeated the New York Mets at Shea Stadium in Game 1 of the 1970 World Series.

Rettenmund got his second start of the postseason with lefty Jerry Koosman on the mound and continued to make the most of his platoon opportunities, going 4 for 5 with two doubles in addition to the home run. Koosman struggled throughout and was fortunate to strand several runners, allowing 7 hits and 6 walks in just five innings of work. The Orioles left 13 men on base for the game.

However, Palmer took advantage of two twin killings when the Metropolitans did get a rally started, and cruised the rest of the way to save the bullpen arms for another day to even his postseason record at 1-1.

Strat-O-Matic Report


BOXSCORE: 1970 Baltimore Orioles At 1970 New York Mets             10/10/1970
 
  Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Belanger SS       4  0  1  0 .056     T.Agee CF           4  0  0  0 .167  
  P.Blair CF          3  0  1  1 .150     W.Garrett 3B        3  0  1  0 .231  
  F.Robinson RF       5  0  1  0 .235     C.Jones LF          3  0  0  0 .294  
  B.Powell 1B         3  1  0  0 .211     A.Shamsky RF        4  0  0  0 .077  
  M.Rettenmund LF     5  1  4  1 .700     D.Clendenon 1B      3  0  0  0 .222  
  B.Robinson 3B       4  1  2  1 .389     K.Boswell 2B        3  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Johnson 2B        5  0  1  0 .050     J.Grote C           3  0  1  0 .250  
  A.Etchebarren C     2  0  0  0 .000     B.Harrelson SS      1  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Palmer P          3  0  0  0 .200   B-K.Singleton PH      1  0  0  0 .333  
                                        C-A.Weis SS           0  0  0  0 .000  
                                          J.Koosman P         1  0  0  0 .000  
                                        A-D.Marshall PH       0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          D.Frisella P        0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          R.Herbel P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        D-M.Jorgensen PH      1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          J.McAndrew P        0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  3 10  3                 Totals      27  0  2  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Koosman In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Harrelson In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Singleton In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Herbel In 8th Inning
 
Orioles......... 0 0 0  2 1 0  0 0 0  -  3 10  0
Mets............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  0
 
Orioles (4-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Palmer WIN(1-1)         9       2   0   0   5   5   0 123   1.69
Totals                    9       2   0   0   5   5   0
 
Mets (3-2)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Koosman LOSS(1-1)       5       7   3   3   6   2   1 100   2.77
D.Frisella                2       2   0   0   1   3   0  29   0.00
R.Herbel                  1       0   0   0   0   0   0   9   0.00
J.McAndrew                1       1   0   0   0   1   0  14   0.00
Totals                    9      10   3   3   7   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 53,938 DATE- Saturday, October 10th 1970 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Red Flaherty, Bob Stewart, Ron Luciano, Merlyn Anthony
T- 2:15
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles:13  Mets: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 2  Mets: 1
DOUBLES- M.Rettenmund-2(3rd), W.Garrett(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Rettenmund(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Blair, J.Palmer
WALKS- M.Belanger, P.Blair, B.Powell-2, B.Robinson, A.Etchebarren-2, W.Garrett,
       C.Jones, D.Clendenon, B.Harrelson, D.Marshall
STRIKE OUTS- B.Powell, M.Rettenmund, D.Johnson, A.Etchebarren-2, J.Palmer,
             T.Agee, W.Garrett, C.Jones-2, A.Shamsky
GIDP- J.Palmer, W.Garrett, K.Singleton
 
Left fielder Merv Rettenmund had 4 hits and Jim Palmer allowed 2 hits while
blanking New York as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Mets 3 to 0
at Shea Stadium.
 
Palmer(1-1) dominated New York hitters.  He allowed only 2 hits and 5 walks in
9 innings reducing his ERA from 3.86 to 1.69.  New York proved to be no
trouble in the bottom of the 9th.  
 
Jerry Koosman(1-1) suffered the loss. He allowed 7 hits and 6 walks in 5
innings.

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Mets slip by Reds to face Birds in World Series

Gil Hodges pulled the right strings, lifting his ace, Tom Seaver, in the 5th inning trailing 3-2 for a pinch hitter that fueled the winning rally as the Metropolitans edged the Reds to clinch the franchise's first ever trip to the World Series.

Strat-O-Matic Report


BOXSCORE: 1970 Cincinnati Reds At 1970 New York Mets                10/7/1970
 
  Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Rose RF           5  2  3  1 .357     T.Agee CF           3  0  0  1 .214  
  B.Tolan CF          4  0  0  0 .188     W.Garrett 3B        4  0  1  2 .200  
  T.Perez 3B          4  0  0  0 .000     C.Jones LF          3  1  1  0 .357  
  J.Bench C           4  0  1  1 .176     D.Clendenon 1B      3  0  0  0 .267  
  L.May 1B            2  0  0  0 .313     A.Shamsky RF        3  0  0  0 .111  
  B.Carbo LF          4  1  1  0 .333   F-R.Swoboda RF        1  0  0  0 .000  
  T.Helms 2B          3  0  2  0 .167     K.Boswell 2B        3  0  0  0 .000  
G-H.McRae PH          1  0  0  0 .200     J.Grote C           3  1  1  0 .231  
H-D.Chaney 2B         0  0  0  0 ----     B.Harrelson SS      3  1  0  0 .000  
  W.Woodward SS       2  0  0  0 .111     T.Seaver P          1  0  1  0 .200  
B-A.Bravo PH          1  0  0  0 .500   A-K.Singleton PH      1  1  1  0 .500  
D-D.Concepcion SS     1  0  0  0 .333     N.Ryan P            0  0  0  0 ----  
  G.Nolan P           2  0  0  0 .500   E-M.Jorgensen PH      1  0  0  0 .000  
  T.Cloninger P       0  0  0  0 ----     T.McGraw P          0  0  0  0 ----  
C-J.Stewart PH        1  0  1  0 .500                                          
  C.Carroll P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
I-T.Cline PH          1  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  3  8  2                 Totals      29  4  5  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Seaver In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Woodward In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Cloninger In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Bravo In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Ryan In 7th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Shamsky In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Helms In 8th Inning
H-Subbed Defensively (2B) For McRae In 8th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Carroll In 9th Inning
 
Reds............ 1 1 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  8  1
Mets............ 0 0 1  1 2 0  0 0    -  4  5  1
 
Reds (1-3)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
G.Nolan LOSS(0-2)         4 2/3   5   4   3   1   3   0  85   3.37
T.Cloninger               1 1/3   0   0   0   1   0   0  19   0.00
C.Carroll                 2       0   0   0   0   1   0  23   4.15
Totals                    8       5   4   3   2   4   0
 
Mets (3-1)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Seaver WIN(2-0)         5       6   3   2   0   7   1  87   3.46
N.Ryan HOLD(1st)          2       1   0   0   1   2   0  29   0.00
T.McGraw SAVE(2nd)        2       1   0   0   1   1   0  32   4.50
Totals                    9       8   3   2   2  10   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 51,551 DATE- Wednesday, October 7th 1970 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jake O'Donnell, Jim Honochick, Frank Umont, George Maloney
T- 1:57
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 7  Mets: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0  Mets: 1
ERRORS- T.Perez, T.Seaver
DOUBLES- P.Rose(2nd), J.Bench(1st)
HOME RUNS- P.Rose(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Agee
WALKS- L.May-2, C.Jones, D.Clendenon
STRIKE OUTS- P.Rose, T.Perez-2, J.Bench-2, L.May, B.Carbo-2, G.Nolan-2,
             T.Agee-2, W.Garrett, J.Grote
GIDP- W.Woodward
WILD PITCHES- G.Nolan
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Wayne Garrett robbed Lee May of a base hit.
          Bot 8th: Bob Tolan robbed Ron Swoboda of an extra base hit.
 
The New York Mets nipped the Cincinnati Reds 4 to 3 at Shea Stadium in a hard
fought contest.
 
Tom Seaver(2-0) contributed a pedestrian performance to earn the win.  He went
5 innings allowing 6 hits and no walks.  Seaver recorded 7 strikeouts.
Cincinnati had 8 hits in the game while New York had 5, but New York had the
more timely hits.  
 
Seaver got help from Tug McGraw who earned his 2nd save.  Gary Nolan(0-2) was
the losing pitcher.  He surrendered 4 runs and 5 hits in 4 and 2/3 innings.

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Orioles edge Twins, ticket punched to Fall Classic

Boog Powell smacked two homers to account for the offense and Mike Cuellar provided 7-1/3 innings of shutout pitching to avenge last season's upset by the Twins as the Orioles take the ALCS 3-1 with a 2-1 win over Minnesota.

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BOXSCORE: 1970 Minnesota Twins At 1970 Baltimore Orioles            10/7/1970
 
  Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Tovar CF          4  0  3  0 .467     D.Buford LF         4  0  1  0 .200  
  D.Thompson 2B       3  0  0  0 .133   E-M.Rettenmund LF     0  0  0  0 .600  
B-B.Allison PH        0  0  0  0 .000     P.Blair CF          4  0  0  0 .118  
C-C.Manuel PH         1  0  0  0 .000     B.Powell 1B         3  2  2  2 .250  
  S.Williams P        0  0  0  0 ----     F.Robinson RF       3  0  0  0 .250  
  T.Oliva RF          4  0  1  0 .125     B.Robinson 3B       3  0  2  0 .357  
  H.Killebrew 3B      2  1  1  1 .273     E.Hendricks C       3  0  0  0 .286  
  B.Alyea LF          4  0  0  0 .273     D.Johnson 2B        3  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Reese 1B          4  0  0  0 .182     M.Belanger SS       3  0  0  0 .000  
  L.Cardenas SS       3  0  0  0 .200     M.Cuellar P         2  0  0  0 .400  
  G.Mitterwald C      3  0  0  0 .000     D.Hall P            0  0  0  0 ----  
  J.Perry P           2  0  0  0 .400   D-B.Grich PH          1  0  0  0 .000  
A-R.Carew PH,2B       1  0  1  0 .500     P.Richert P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          E.Watt P            0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  6  1                 Totals      29  2  5  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Perry In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Thompson In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Allison In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hall In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Buford In 9th Inning
 
Twins........... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  1  6  1
Orioles......... 1 0 0  0 0 1  0 0    -  2  5  0
 
Twins (1-3)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Perry LOSS(0-2)         7       5   2   2   0   1   2  97   5.93
S.Williams                1       0   0   0   0   0   0  12   3.00
Totals                    8       5   2   2   0   1   2
 
Orioles (3-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Cuellar WIN(2-0)        7 1/3   5   0   0   2   7   0  95   2.57
D.Hall HOLD(1st)          0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
P.Richert HOLD(2nd)       0 1/3   1   1   1   0   0   1   8   3.86
E.Watt SAVE(3rd)          0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.00
Totals                    9       6   1   1   2   8   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 29,782 DATE- Wednesday, October 7th 1970 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 1:45
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 5  Orioles: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 0  Orioles: 2
ERRORS- D.Thompson
DOUBLES- C.Tovar(1st), D.Buford(1st), B.Robinson(1st)
TRIPLES- C.Tovar(2nd)
HOME RUNS- H.Killebrew(1st), B.Powell-2(2nd)
WALKS- H.Killebrew-2
STRIKE OUTS- D.Thompson, B.Alyea-2, R.Reese, L.Cardenas, G.Mitterwald-2,
             J.Perry, M.Cuellar
GIDP- C.Manuel, R.Reese
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Leo Cardenas robbed Mark Belanger of a base hit.
 
Boog Powell slammed 2 homeruns as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota
Twins by a score of 2 to 1 at Memorial Stadium.
 
Baltimore set the tone of the game in the first inning scoring one runner.
Minnesota threatened in the 9th but their rally came up short.  
 
The win went to Mike Cuellar(2-0) who allowed no runs in 7 and 1/3 innings.
Eddie Watt was credited with his 3rd save.  Jim Perry(0-2) took the loss.  He
pitched 7 innings giving up only 5 hits and no walks.

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Reds stay alive

Jim McGlothlin lost a no-hitter and shutout in the 9th as Tommie Agee tripled and scored, but the righty pitched the game of his life to give Cincinnati life for another day. Lee May powered the offense of the Big Red Machine with a homer and three RBI.

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BOXSCORE: 1970 Cincinnati Reds At 1970 New York Mets                10/5/1970
 
  Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Rose RF           4  1  1  1 .222     T.Agee CF           3  1  1  0 .273  
  B.Tolan CF          3  1  2  0 .250     W.Garrett 3B        3  0  0  1 .167  
  T.Perez 3B          5  0  0  0 .000     C.Jones LF          4  0  0  0 .364  
C-D.Concepcion SS     0  0  0  0 .500     D.Clendenon 1B      3  0  0  0 .333  
  J.Bench C           5  1  2  1 .154     A.Shamsky RF        2  0  0  0 .167  
  L.May 1B            5  1  3  3 .357     K.Boswell 2B        3  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Carbo LF          3  0  0  0 .375     J.Grote C           3  0  0  0 .200  
A-T.Cline LF          1  0  0  0 .000     B.Harrelson SS      3  0  0  0 .000  
  T.Helms 2B          4  0  0  0 .000     G.Gentry P          2  0  0  0 .000  
  W.Woodward SS,3B    3  1  1  0 .143     J.McAndrew P        0  0  0  0 ----  
  J.McGlothlin P      3  0  0  0 .000   B-J.Foy PH            1  0  0  0 .200  
                                          R.Sadecki P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  5  9  5                 Totals      27  1  1  1
 
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Carbo In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For McAndrew In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Perez In 9th Inning
 
Reds............ 0 0 3  0 0 0  0 1 1  -  5  9  0
Mets............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  1  1  1
 
Reds (1-2)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.McGlothlin WIN(1-0)     9       1   1   1   4   4   0 118   1.00
Totals                    9       1   1   1   4   4   0
 
Mets (2-1)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
G.Gentry LOSS(0-1)        7 2/3   8   4   4   4   6   0 120   4.70
J.McAndrew                0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
R.Sadecki                 1       1   1   1   0   0   1  16   9.00
Totals                    9       9   5   5   4   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 35,203 DATE- Monday, October 5th 1970 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Emmett Ashford, Jerry Neudecker, Hank Soar, Lou Dimuro
T- 2:33
LEFT ON BASE- Reds:10  Mets: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 1  Mets: 0
ERRORS- G.Gentry
DOUBLES- L.May-2(3rd)
TRIPLES- T.Agee(1st)
HOME RUNS- L.May(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.McGlothlin
WALKS- P.Rose, B.Tolan-2, B.Carbo, T.Agee, W.Garrett, D.Clendenon, A.Shamsky
HIT BY PITCH- W.Woodward
STRIKE OUTS- P.Rose, T.Perez-3, B.Carbo, J.McGlothlin, T.Agee, D.Clendenon,
             K.Boswell, B.Harrelson
GIDP- C.Jones
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Tommie Agee robbed Johnny Bench of an extra base hit.
 
Jim McGlothlin took a no-hitter into the 9th inning and Lee May touched them
all and had 3 RBI as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the New York Mets by the
score of 5 to 1 at Shea Stadium.
 
May had a big day at the plate.  He doubled in the 2nd inning, doubled plating
two runs in the 3rd inning and blasted a solo shot (his 2nd of the season) in
the 9th inning.  Cincinnati had a total of 9 hits for the game.
 
McGlothlin(1-0) allowed 1 run on the game.  The right-handed McGlothlin lost
his chance for a no-hitter when Tommie Agee tripled with nobody out in the
9th inning.  Gary Gentry(0-1) was hit with the loss.

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Monday, November 29, 2010

Metropolitans stun reeling Reds

Donn Clendenon clinched the series MVP should New York clinch upon returning to the Big Apple with a two run homer, run scoring triple and a double to put another wrecking ball into Cincinnati's dream of a shot at the World Series. Jerry Koosman shut down the powerful Big Red Machine, allowing one run over 8 innings. Lee May's two run blast in the 9th would only make the game appear closer.

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BOXSCORE: 1970 New York Mets At 1970 Cincinnati Reds                10/4/1970
 
  Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Agee CF           5  0  1  0 .250     P.Rose RF           3  0  0  1 .200  
  B.Harrelson SS      5  0  0  0 .000     B.Tolan CF          4  0  0  0 .111  
  C.Jones LF          3  2  2  0 .571     T.Perez 3B          3  1  0  0 .000  
  D.Clendenon 1B      4  3  3  3 .444     J.Bench C           4  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Swoboda RF        3  0  0  0 .000     L.May 1B            4  1  2  2 .222  
  J.Grote C           3  0  1  2 .286     H.McRae LF          4  1  1  0 .250  
  J.Foy 3B            4  0  1  0 .250     T.Helms 2B          2  0  0  0 .000  
  A.Weis 2B           4  0  0  0 .000   B-J.Stewart PH,2B     2  0  1  0 .333  
  J.Koosman P         1  0  0  0 .000     W.Woodward SS       2  0  0  0 .000  
D-K.Singleton PH      1  0  0  0 .000     C.Carroll P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  T.McGraw P          0  0  0  0 ----     W.Granger P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        C-B.Carbo PH          1  0  0  0 .600  
                                          T.Cloninger P       0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          J.Merritt P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        A-D.Concepcion SS     1  0  0  0 .500  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  5  8  5                 Totals      30  3  4  3
 
A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Merritt In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Helms In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Granger In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Koosman In 9th Inning
 
Mets............ 2 0 0  0 0 2  0 1 0  -  5  8  0
Reds............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 2  -  3  4  0
 
Mets (2-0)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Koosman WIN(1-0)        8       3   1   1   1   3   0  82   1.13
T.McGraw                  1       1   2   2   1   1   1  19   9.00
Totals                    9       4   3   3   2   4   1
 
Reds (0-2)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Merritt LOSS(0-1)       5 1/3   4   4   4   3   2   1  89   6.75
C.Carroll                 2       3   1   1   1   1   0  38   7.71
W.Granger                 0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0.00
T.Cloninger               1       1   0   0   0   0   0  10   0.00
Totals                    9       8   5   5   4   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 48,267 DATE- Sunday, October 4th 1970 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:24
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 6  Reds: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 1  Reds: 2
DOUBLES- D.Clendenon(1st), L.May(1st)
TRIPLES- D.Clendenon(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.Clendenon(2nd), L.May(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Grote
WALKS- C.Jones, R.Swoboda, J.Koosman-2, T.Perez, D.Concepcion
HIT BY PITCH- P.Rose, J.Merritt
STRIKE OUTS- D.Clendenon, J.Foy, J.Koosman, J.Bench, H.McRae, J.Stewart,
             W.Woodward
GIDP- B.Harrelson, A.Weis, B.Tolan
BALKS- T.McGraw
WILD PITCHES- C.Carroll
 
Jerry Koosman delivered 8 solid innings as the New York Mets defeated the
Cincinnati Reds by the score of 5 to 3 at Riverfront Stadium.
 
Donn Clendenon had a good day at the plate.  He bombed a two-run dinger (his
2nd of the season) in the 1st inning, tripled plating a run in the 6th inning
and doubled in the 8th inning.  For the game New York out-hit Cincinnati 8 to
4.  
 
The victory was credited to Koosman(1-0) who went 8 innings, allowing 1 run.
Jim Merritt(0-1) suffered the loss.  He gave up 4 runs and 4 hits in 5 and
1/3 innings.

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Birds fly out of Metropolitan with 2-0 lead

After Baltimore tied the game with a seeing-eye single in the 9th, Terry Crowley launched a pinch-hit home run in the 12th and Eddie Watt got the final three outs to send the O's home a win away from a sweep of the ALCS and a trip to the World Series.

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BOXSCORE: 1970 Baltimore Orioles At 1970 Minnesota Twins            10/4/1970
 
  Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Belanger SS       4  0  0  0 .000     C.Tovar CF          5  0  1  0 .250  
  P.Blair CF          5  1  0  0 .111     L.Cardenas SS       5  1  1  1 .222  
  F.Robinson RF       4  0  0  0 .167     H.Killebrew 1B      3  1  0  0 .167  
  B.Powell 1B         5  1  1  0 .200   A-R.Reese 1B          0  0  0  0 .333  
  M.Rettenmund LF     4  1  2  2 .500   H-T.Tischinski PH     1  0  0  0 .000  
  P.Richert P         0  0  0  0 ----   I-F.Quilici 1B        0  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Hall P            0  0  0  0 ----     T.Oliva RF          5  0  0  0 .111  
  M.Lopez P           0  0  0  0 ----     B.Alyea LF          3  2  3  3 .429  
J-T.Crowley PH        1  1  1  11.000   B-J.Holt LF           0  0  0  0 ----  
  E.Watt P            0  0  0  0 ----   D-R.Carew PH          1  0  1  0 .333  
  B.Robinson 3B       5  0  2  2 .375   F-P.Ratliff C         1  0  1  01.000  
  D.Johnson 2B        5  0  0  0 .000     G.Mitterwald C      3  0  0  0 .000  
  A.Etchebarren C     6  0  0  0 .000   E-C.Manuel PR,LF      1  0  0  0 .000  
  D.McNally P         3  0  0  0 .000     R.Renick 3B         5  0  2  0 .400  
  M.Drabowsky P       0  0  0  0 ----     D.Thompson 2B       5  0  0  0 .125  
C-D.Buford PH,LF      1  1  0  0 .167     T.Hall P            3  0  0  0 .000  
                                          R.Perranoski P      0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        G-B.Allison PH        1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          S.Williams P        0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        K-J.Perry PH          1  0  0  0 .667  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      43  5  6  5                 Totals      43  4  9  4
 
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Killebrew In 9th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Alyea In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Drabowsky In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Holt In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Mitterwald In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Carew In 10th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Perranoski In 10th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Reese In 11th Inning
I-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Tischinski In 12th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Lopez In 12th Inning
K-Pinch Hit For Williams In 12th Inning
 
Orioles......... 0 0 0  1 0 2  0 0 1  0 0 1  -  5  6  0
Twins........... 0 0 0  2 0 0  1 1 0  0 0 0  -  4  9  1
 
Orioles (2-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.McNally                 7       5   3   3   1   4   2  90   3.86
M.Drabowsky               1       1   1   1   0   1   1  12   9.00
P.Richert                 1       1   0   0   1   0   0  12   0.00
D.Hall                    1       1   0   0   0   0   0  15   0.00
M.Lopez WIN(1-0)          1       1   0   0   0   0   0  11   0.00
E.Watt SAVE(2nd)          1       0   0   0   0   1   0  12   0.00
Totals                   12       9   4   4   2   6   3
 
Twins (0-2)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Hall                    8 2/3   4   4   4   9  13   0 133   4.15
R.Perranoski BS(1st)      1 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  29   0.00
S.Williams LOSS(0-1)      2       1   1   1   0   2   1  28   4.50
Totals                   12       6   5   5   9  15   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 44,766 DATE- Sunday, October 4th 1970 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Russ Goetz, Don Denkinger, Art Frantz, Nestor Chylak
T- 2:47
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles:12  Twins: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 0  Twins: 0
ERRORS- D.Thompson
DOUBLES- M.Rettenmund(1st)
HOME RUNS- T.Crowley(1st), L.Cardenas(2nd), B.Alyea-2(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Tovar, R.Carew
WALKS- M.Belanger-2, P.Blair, F.Robinson, B.Powell, M.Rettenmund, B.Robinson,
       D.Johnson, D.Buford, H.Killebrew, G.Mitterwald
HIT BY PITCH- F.Robinson
STRIKE OUTS- P.Blair-3, B.Powell-2, M.Rettenmund, B.Robinson, D.Johnson,
             A.Etchebarren-4, D.McNally-3, C.Tovar-2, L.Cardenas, H.Killebrew,
             G.Mitterwald, D.Thompson
WEB GEMS- Bot 11th: Dave Johnson robbed Tom Tischinski of a base hit.
 
The Baltimore Orioles edged the Minnesota Twins in 12 innings at Metropolitan
Stadium by the score of 5 to 4.
 
The score was knotted at 4 after nine innings.  Baltimore was victorious in
the 12th inning.  Terry Crowley cracked a solo homerun (his 1st of the
season).  This was a game of many highs and lows for the home town fans, as
the lead kept changing - 5 times in all.  
 
The winning pitcher was Marcelino Lopez(1-0) who allowed no runs in 1 inning.
Lopez got help from Eddie Watt who earned his 2nd save.  The loss was charged
to Stan Williams(0-1) in relief.

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Big Red Machine

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Blair World Series MVP

Monday, December 6, 2010

New York World Series Stats

Champs World Series Stats

Orioles last ditch rally clinches championship

Orioles 6 Mets 5

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Shamsky blast keeps Mets alive

Mets 4 Orioles 3

Saturday, December 4, 2010

O's outlast New Yorkers

Orioles 5 Mets 4, Baltimore leads series 3-0

Friday, December 3, 2010

Game 2 Boxscore

Bombs away as O's power over New York ace

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Cuellar ALCS MVP, Clendenon takes NL honors

Palmer spins two hit gem as O's take series opener

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Mets slip by Reds to face Birds in World Series

Orioles edge Twins, ticket punched to Fall Classic

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Reds stay alive

Monday, November 29, 2010

Metropolitans stun reeling Reds

Birds fly out of Metropolitan with 2-0 lead

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