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NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1970 National League Date: 4/21/1970 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1970 PHN 7 5 R.Clement PIN .514 T.Perez CIN 5 T.Perez CIN 21 1970 MON 5 4 R.Carty ATN .510 J.Hickman CHN 4 J.Bench CIN 15 1970 NYN 6 5 J.Hickman CHN .419 H.Aaron ATN 4 D.Menke HON 15 1970 PIN 5 5 J.Torre SLN .417 J.Bench CIN 4 W.McCovey SFN 15 1970 CHN 4 5 R.Fairly MON .412 N.Colbert SDN 4 H.Aaron ATN 12 1970 SLN 3 6 WINS SAVES ERA 1970 ATN 9 4 P.Niekro ATN 3 F.Gladdin HON 5 G.Nolan CIN 0.77 1970 CIN 10 6 OTHERS TIED W 2 J.Brewer LAN 3 J.McGloth CIN 0.84 1970 LAN 7 5 OTHERS TIED W 2 G.Gentry NYN 1.15 1970 SFN 7 7 R.Wise PHN 1.17 1970 HON 7 7 J.Koosman NYN 1.71 1970 SDN 1 12 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS R.Carty ATN 13 B.Tolan CIN 7 G.Perry SFN 30 R.Clement PIN 9 T.Agee NYN 5 P.Niekro ATN 26 J.Hickman CHN 8 J.Foy NYN 5 L.Dierker HON 25 R.Swoboda NYN 8 M.Wills LAN 5 G.Nolan CIN 24 OTHERS TIED W 7 B.Bonds SFN 5 B.Singer LAN 23 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS CIN 8 at ATN 2 CIN-Nolan(1-0, 0.77) at ATN-Niekro(3-0, 3.60) HON 3 at PIN 7 HON-Dierker(1-0, 2.74) at PIN-Veale(0-1, 5.59) SDN-Kirby(0-2, 7.36) at NYN-Gentry(2-0, 1.15) SLN-Gibson(1-0, 6.75) at CHN-Hands(1-1, 1.93) WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS H.Aaron ATN .321 28 9 7 7 3 D.McMahon SFN 7 1 0 1 8 0 002 D.Dietz SFN .300 20 6 5 10 1 G.Nolan CIN 17 7 0 5 17 0 100 J.Pepitone HON .297 37 11 11 7 3 F.Linzy SFN 5 3 0 0 4 0 200 B.Carbo CIN .348 23 8 5 4 2 D.Selma PHN 7 4 0 1 5 0 201 J.Lefebvre LAN .346 26 9 11 0 2 J.Sparma MON 6 2 0 3 7 0 100 WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS L.Lee SLN .125 24 3 2 1 0 J.Maloney CIN 6 20 12 4 3 1 020 B.GrabarkewitzLAN .185 27 5 1 1 0 D.Lemaster HON 11 18 13 7 8 2 120 B.Heise SFN .139 36 5 3 1 0 T.McGraw NYN 5 7 7 4 5 0 000 J.Edwards HON .158 38 6 3 2 0 L.Gura CHN 6 6 6 3 6 2 010 D.Kessinger CHN .231 26 6 0 2 0 A.Foster LAN 12 10 10 8 6 1 020 INJURY REPORT No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1970 National League EAST WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT 1970 Philadelphia PHN 7 5 .583 ---- 152 73 88 .453 1970 Montreal MON 5 4 .556 .5 73 89 .451 1970 New York NYN 6 5 .545 .5 83 79 .512 1970 Pittsburgh PIN 5 5 .500 1.0 89 73 .549 1970 Chicago CHN 4 5 .444 1.5 84 78 .519 1970 St. Louis SLN 3 6 .333 2.5 76 86 .469 WEST WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT 1970 Atlanta ATN 9 4 .692 ---- 149 76 86 .469 1970 Cincinnati CIN 10 6 .625 .5 102 60 .630 1970 Los Angeles LAN 7 5 .583 1.5 87 74 .540 1970 San Francisco SFN 7 7 .500 2.5 86 76 .531 1970 Houston HON 7 7 .500 2.5 79 83 .488 1970 San Diego SDN 1 12 .077 8.0 63 99 .389 OVERALL RECORD Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK ATN 9 4 .692 3- 4 6- 0 0- 1 9- 3 2- 0 1- 1 6-4 Lost 1 CHN 4 5 .444 1- 4 3- 1 2- 1 2- 4 0- 1 1- 1 4-5 Lost 4 CIN 10 6 .625 6- 2 4- 4 3- 2 7- 4 1- 1 3- 2 7-3 Won 1 HON 7 7 .500 5- 5 2- 2 3- 2 4- 5 1- 2 4- 1 5-5 Lost 1 LAN 7 5 .583 4- 2 3- 3 1- 2 6- 3 1- 0 4- 0 6-4 Lost 1 MON 5 4 .556 2- 2 3- 2 1- 1 4- 3 0- 0 2- 2 5-4 Won 3 NYN 6 5 .545 2- 4 4- 1 1- 3 5- 2 0- 2 2- 2 5-5 Lost 2 PHN 7 5 .583 2- 3 5- 2 2- 3 5- 2 4- 0 3- 1 7-3 Won 2 PIN 5 5 .500 3- 2 2- 3 3- 2 2- 3 1- 2 2- 3 5-5 Won 3 SDN 1 12 .077 0- 3 1- 9 1- 2 0-10 0- 2 0- 7 1-9 Lost 8 SFN 7 7 .500 3- 4 4- 3 2- 0 5- 7 1- 1 1- 1 6-4 Won 1 SLN 3 6 .333 2- 3 1- 3 0- 1 3- 5 1- 1 2- 4 3-6 Lost 3 TOTAL 71 71 .500 TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ InDiv OutDiv ATN 9- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 9- 4 0- 0 CHN 4- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 4- 5 0- 0 CIN 10- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 9- 6 1- 0 HON 7- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 7- 6 0- 1 LAN 7- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 7- 5 0- 0 MON 5- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 5- 3 0- 1 NYN 6- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 6- 5 0- 0 PHN 7- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 7- 5 0- 0 PIN 5- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 4- 5 1- 0 SDN 1-12 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 1-12 0- 0 SFN 7- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 7- 7 0- 0 SLN 3- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 3- 6 0- 0 WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN: TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN MON NYN PHN PIN SDN SFN SLN ATN - 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 CHN 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 CIN 1 0 - 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 HON 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 LAN 1 0 3 1 - 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 MON 0 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 2 NYN 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0 0 2 PHN 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 - 2 0 0 0 PIN 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 - 0 0 2 SDN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 SFN 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 SLN 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN: TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN MON NYN PHN PIN SDN SFN SLN ATN - 0 2 29 11 0 0 0 0 32 8 0 CHN 0 - 0 0 0 24 0 16 0 0 0 0 CIN 8 0 - 0 31 6 0 0 0 9 30 0 HON 8 0 0 - 14 0 0 0 3 13 35 0 LAN 8 0 23 14 - 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 MON 0 23 5 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 15 NYN 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 13 12 0 0 14 PHN 0 16 0 0 0 0 23 - 11 0 0 0 PIN 0 0 0 7 0 0 9 13 - 0 0 9 SDN 15 0 7 10 13 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 SFN 21 0 30 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 SLN 0 0 0 0 0 20 8 0 7 0 0 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1970 National League                Date: 4/21/1970
 

CINCINNATI AT ATLANTA Reds............ 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 - 8 13 0 Braves.......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 7 0 Win:Merritt(2-1) Loss:Stone(2-1) Homeruns- T.Perez(5th), H.Aaron(4th) Right fielder Pete Rose had 4 hits at Fulton Co. Stadium as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves by the count of 8 to 2. Jim Merritt(2-1) delivered a fine performance for Cincinnati. He was reached for 7 hits and 1 walk in 7 and 1/3 innings. Cincinnati finished with 13 hits while Atlanta ended up with 7. George Stone(2-1) was hit with the loss. He allowed 6 runs and 11 hits in 6 innings. HOUSTON AT PITTSBURGH Astros.......... 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 0 Pirates......... 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 7 14 0 Win:Ellis(2-1) Loss:Bouton(1-1) Save:Gibbon(1st) Homeruns- J.Morgan(1st) Manny Sanguillen smacked 2 triples as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Houston Astros by a score of 7 to 3. Pittsburgh scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 2nd inning when they had 6 base hits. That early run support was enough for Dock Ellis(2-1) and Pittsburgh. Overall Pittsburgh out-hit Houston 14 to 10. Joe Gibbon recorded his 1st save. Jim Bouton(1-1) was the losing pitcher. He pitched 1 inning giving up 8 hits and no walks.

1970 Cincinnati Reds At 1970 Atlanta Braves 4/20/1970 Reds AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG P.Rose RF 5 1 4 1 .333 F.Millan 2B 4 0 0 0 .351 T.Helms 2B 5 1 2 1 .333 T.Gonzalez CF 4 0 1 0 .319 B.Tolan CF 5 1 2 1 .313 H.Aaron RF 4 1 1 1 .283 T.Perez 3B 5 1 1 3 .323 R.Carty LF 3 1 2 0 .510 J.Bench C 4 1 0 0 .237 O.Cepeda 1B 4 0 1 1 .309 L.May 1B 5 1 2 1 .238 B.Aspromonte 3B 4 0 0 0 .143 H.McRae LF 4 1 2 0 .174 B.Didier C 2 0 0 0 .222 D.Concepcion SS 3 1 0 0 .188 A-C.Boyer PH 1 0 0 0 .176 J.Merritt P 3 0 0 1 .250 B-H.King C 0 0 0 0 .667 D.Gullett P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-T.Aaron PH 0 0 0 0 .000 G.Garrido SS 4 0 2 0 .400 G.Stone P 0 0 0 0 .143 R.Kester P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-S.Jackson PH 1 0 0 0 .256 G.Neibauer P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-B.Tillman PH 1 0 0 0 .419 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 8 13 8 Totals 32 2 7 2 A-Pinch Hit For Didier In 6th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Boyer In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Kester In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For King In 9th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Neibauer In 9th Inning Reds............ 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 - 8 13 0 Braves.......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 7 0 Reds (10-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Merritt WIN(2-1) 7 1/3 7 2 2 1 2 1 113 5.11 D.Gullett 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 23 1.13 Totals 9 7 2 2 2 3 1 Braves (9-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA G.Stone LOSS(2-1) 6 11 6 6 1 3 0 111 3.57 R.Kester 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 21 10.80 G.Neibauer 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 3.37 Totals 9 13 8 8 2 5 1 ATTENDANCE- 20,622 DATE- Monday, April 20th 1970 TIME- Night UMPIRES- Ken Burkhart, Ed Sudol, Lee Weyer, Andy Olsen T- 2:46 LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 7 Braves: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0 Braves: 0 DOUBLES- L.May(4th), R.Carty(3rd), O.Cepeda(7th) HOME RUNS- T.Perez(5th), H.Aaron(4th) SACRIFICE HITS- G.Stone-2 SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Merritt WALKS- J.Bench, D.Concepcion, R.Carty, T.Aaron HIT BY PITCH- F.Millan STRIKE OUTS- J.Bench, L.May, H.McRae, D.Concepcion, J.Merritt, H.Aaron, S.Jackson, B.Tillman

1970 Houston Astros At 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates 4/20/1970 Astros AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG J.Morgan 2B 5 2 2 2 .259 M.Alou CF 5 2 3 1 .310 T.Davis LF 5 0 2 0 .309 R.Hebner 3B 5 0 2 2 .273 J.Wynn CF 4 0 1 0 .315 R.Clemente RF 4 0 1 1 .514 J.Pepitone RF 3 0 1 1 .267 W.Stargell LF 4 0 0 0 .167 D.Menke SS 3 0 0 0 .408 A.Oliver 1B 4 1 2 0 .324 J.Mayberry 1B 4 0 0 0 .314 M.Sanguillen C 4 1 2 1 .300 D.Rader 3B 3 0 1 0 .259 G.Alley SS 4 1 2 1 .216 J.Edwards C 3 0 0 0 .185 B.Mazeroski 2B 3 1 1 0 .293 C-J.Beauchamp PH 1 0 1 0 .500 D.Ellis P 3 1 1 1 .167 J.Bouton P 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Gibbon P 1 0 0 0 .000 R.Cook P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-J.Alou PH 1 1 1 0 .438 J.Billingham P 0 0 0 0 .333 B-K.Lampard PH 1 0 0 0 .200 F.Gladding P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-B.Watson PH 1 0 1 0 .375 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 3 10 3 Totals 37 7 14 7 A-Pinch Hit For Cook In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Billingham In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Edwards In 9th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Gladding In 9th Inning Astros.......... 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 0 Pirates......... 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 7 14 0 Astros (7-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Bouton LOSS(1-1) 1 8 6 6 0 1 0 35 5.17 R.Cook 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 35 9.28 J.Billingham 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 34 8.79 F.Gladding 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 22 4.26 Totals 8 14 7 7 1 10 0 Pirates (5-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Ellis WIN(2-1) 7 2/3 8 3 3 2 4 1 112 1.90 J.Gibbon SAVE(1st) 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 24 0.00 Totals 9 10 3 3 2 6 1 ATTENDANCE- 16,559 DATE- Monday, April 20th 1970 TIME- Night T- 2:32 LEFT ON BASE- Astros: 8 Pirates: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 0 Pirates: 2 DOUBLES- J.Alou(2nd) TRIPLES- R.Hebner(1st), M.Sanguillen-2(2nd) HOME RUNS- J.Morgan(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- G.Alley WALKS- J.Pepitone, D.Menke, B.Mazeroski HIT BY PITCH- D.Rader STRIKE OUTS- T.Davis-2, J.Wynn, J.Mayberry-2, J.Bouton, R.Clemente, W.Stargell-3, M.Sanguillen, G.Alley, B.Mazeroski, D.Ellis-2, J.Gibbon GIDP- D.Menke, J.Edwards WILD PITCHES- J.Bouton WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Matty Alou robbed Tommy Davis of an extra base hit.