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1970 AL Championship Series (3-0): Baltimore Orioles (108-54) over Minnesota Twins (98-64)

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WS: BAL-CIN / ALCS: BAL-MIN / NLCS: CIN-PIT
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 3, 1970 at Metrop. Stad (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  2  0    7  0  1    0  0  0    10 13  0
    Minnesota Twins              1  1  0    1  3  0    0  0  0     6 11  2

    PITCHERS: BAL - Cuellar, Hall (5)
              MIN - Perry, Zepp (4), Woodson (5), Williams (6), Perranoski (9)

               WP - Dick Hall
	       LP - Jim Perry
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Buford, Cuellar, Powell
              MIN - Killebrew

  ATTENDANCE: 26,847

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1970 at Metrop. Stad (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            1  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  7    11 13  0
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0     3  6  2

    PITCHERS: BAL - McNally
              MIN - Hall, Zepp (4), Williams (5), Perranoski (8), Tiant (9)

               WP - Dave McNally
	       LP - Tom Hall
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Johnson, Robinson
              MIN - Killebrew, Oliva

  ATTENDANCE: 27,490

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1970 at Memor. Stad (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     1  7  2
    Baltimore Orioles            1  1  3    0  0  0    1  0  x     6 10  0

    PITCHERS: MIN - Kaat, Blyleven (3), Hall (5), Perry (7)
              BAL - Palmer

               WP - Jim Palmer
	       LP - Jim Kaat
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - none
              BAL - Johnson

  ATTENDANCE: 27,608

Series Batting Stats

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Baltimore Orioles

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Mark Belanger       3  12  5  4  0  0  0   1  1  0  .333  .385  .333  0 | 459 100  1  .218  .562  13
 Paul Blair          3  13  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  4  .077  .143  .077  0 | 480 128 18  .267  .782  24
#Don Buford          2   7  2  3  0  0  1   3  2  0  .429  .500  .857  0 | 504 137 17  .272  .817  16
*Mike Cuellar        1   2  1  1  0  0  1   4  0  1  .500  .500 2.000  0 | 112  10  2  .089  .257   0
 Andy Etchebarren    2   9  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  3  .111  .111  .111  0 | 230  56  4  .243  .661   4
 Dick Hall           1   2  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .500  0 |  12   1  0  .083  .166   0
*Ellie Hendricks     1   5  2  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .400  .400  .400  0 | 322  78 12  .242  .699   1
 Davey Johnson       3  11  4  4  0  0  2   4  1  1  .364  .462  .909  0 | 530 149 10  .281  .752   2
 Dave McNally        1   5  1  2  1  0  0   1  0  1  .400  .400  .600  0 | 105  14  1  .133  .461   0
 Jim Palmer          1   4  1  1  1  0  0   1  0  0  .250  .250  .500  0 | 113  17  1  .150  .342   0
*Boog Powell         3  14  2  6  2  0  1   6  0  3  .429  .429  .786  0 | 526 156 35  .297  .961   1
 Merv Rettenmund     1   3  1  1  0  0  0   1  2  1  .333  .600  .333  0 | 338 109 18  .322  .938  13
 Brooks Robinson     3  12  3  7  2  0  0   2  0  1  .583  .538  .750  0 | 608 168 18  .276  .764   1
 Frank Robinson      3  10  3  2  0  0  1   2  5  2  .200  .467  .500  0 | 471 144 25  .306  .918   2
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3 109 27 36  6  0  6  25 12 19  .330  .395  .550  0 |        179  .257  .743  84

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Minnesota Twins

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Bob Allison         3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .333  .000  0 |  72  15  1  .208  .664   1
 Brant Alyea         3   7  1  0  0  0  0   0  2  3  .000  .222  .000  0 | 258  75 16  .291  .897   3
 Bert Blyleven       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  50   7  0  .140  .297   0
 Leo Cardenas        3  11  1  2  0  0  0   1  1  1  .182  .250  .182  0 | 588 145 11  .247  .674   2
*Rod Carew           2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 191  70  4  .366  .931   4
*Tom Hall            2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  44   8  0  .182  .364   0
*Jim Holt            3   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 319  85  3  .266  .642   3
*Jim Kaat            1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  76  15  1  .197  .512   0
 Harmon Killebrew    3  11  2  3  0  0  2   4  2  4  .273  .385  .818  0 | 527 143 41  .271  .957   0
*Charlie Manuel      1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  64  12  1  .188  .494   0
 George Mitterwald   2   8  2  4  1  0  0   2  0  2  .500  .500  .625  0 | 369  82 15  .222  .679   3
*Tony Oliva          3  12  2  6  2  0  1   1  0  1  .500  .500  .917  0 | 628 204 23  .325  .878   5
*Ron Perranoski      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  24   1  0  .042  .084   0
#Jim Perry           2   1  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  97  24  1  .247  .573   0
 Frank Quilici       3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 141  32  2  .227  .588   0
*Paul Ratliff        1   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0 | 149  40  5  .268  .806   0
*Rich Reese          2   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .143  .250  .143  0 | 501 131 10  .261  .703   5
 Rick Renick         2   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .200  .200  .200  0 | 179  41  7  .229  .708   0
 Danny Thompson      3   8  0  1  1  0  0   0  1  0  .125  .222  .250  0 | 302  66  0  .219  .482   0
 Luis Tiant          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  32  13  0  .406  .955   1
 Cesar Tovar         3  13  2  5  0  1  0   1  0  0  .385  .385  .538  0 | 650 195 10  .300  .798  30
 Stan Williams       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0       1.000        0 |  19   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Dick Woodson        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Bill Zepp           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  44   6  0  .136  .292   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3 101 10 24  4  1  3  10  9 22  .238  .300  .386  0 |        153  .262  .727  57

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Baltimore Orioles

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Dave McNally        1   3.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  6  3  5  5 | 24-9  296  3.22  1.20 185   
 Jim Palmer          1   1.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  7  1  3 12 | 20-10 305  2.71  1.19 199   
 Dick Hall           1   0.00 1-0  0  0  4.7  1  0  0  3 | 10-5   61  3.08  0.93  30  3
*Mike Cuellar        1  12.46 0-0  0  0  4.3 10  6  1  2 | 24-8  298  3.48  1.15 190   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.33 3-0  0  2 27.0 24 10  9 22 |            3.15 1.210   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Minnesota Twins

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Stan Williams       2   0.00 0-0  0  0  6.0  2  0  1  2 | 10-1  113  1.99  1.03  76 15
*Tom Hall            2   6.75 0-1  0  0  5.3  6  4  4  6 | 11-6  155  2.55  1.03 184  4
 Jim Perry           2  13.50 0-1  0  0  5.3 10  8  1  3 | 24-12 279  3.04  1.13 168   
*Ron Perranoski      2  19.29 0-0  0  0  2.3  5  5  1  3 |  7-8  111  2.43  1.35  55 34
 Bert Blyleven       1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  2  0  0  2 | 10-9  164  3.18  1.16 135   
*Jim Kaat            1   9.00 0-1  0  0  2.0  6  2  2  1 | 14-10 230  3.56  1.31 120   
 Dick Woodson        1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  2  1  1  0 |  1-2   31  3.82  1.57  22  1
 Bill Zepp           2   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  2  1  2  2 |  9-4  151  3.22  1.36  64  2
 Luis Tiant          1  13.50 0-0  0  0  0.7  1  1  0  0 |  7-3   93  3.40  1.35  50   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   7.71 0-3  0  0 25.7 36 22 12 19 |            3.23 1.250   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: BAL-CIN / ALCS: BAL-MIN / NLCS: CIN-PIT

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