| 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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