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.