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1970 NL Championship Series (3-0): Cincinnati Reds (102-60) over Pittsburgh Pirates (89-73)

 1969 NLCS /  1971 NLCS

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 3 Rivers Std (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    3     3  9  0
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0     0  8  0

    PITCHERS: CIN - Nolan, Carroll (10)
              PIT - Ellis, Gibbon (10)

               WP - Gary Nolan
	       LP - Dock Ellis
             SAVE - Clay Carroll

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              PIT - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,088

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1970 at 3 Rivers Std (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  1    0  1  0    0  1  0     3  8  1
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  5  2

    PITCHERS: CIN - Merritt, Carroll (6), Gullett (6)
              PIT - Walker, Giusti (8)

               WP - Jim Merritt
	       LP - Luke Walker
             SAVE - Don Gullett

   HOME RUNS: CIN - Tolan
              PIT - none

  ATTENDANCE: 39,317

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1970 at Cinergy Fld (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     2 10  0
    Cincinnati Reds              2  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  x     3  5  0

    PITCHERS: PIT - Moose, Gibbon (8), Giusti (8)
              CIN - Cloninger, Wilcox (6), Granger (9), Gullett (9)

               WP - Milt Wilcox
	       LP - Bob Moose
             SAVE - Don Gullett

   HOME RUNS: PIT - none
              CIN - Bench, Perez

  ATTENDANCE: 40,538

Series Batting Stats

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Cincinnati Reds

                                          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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Johnny Bench        3   9  2  2  0  0  1   1  3  1  .222  .417  .556  0 | 605 177 45  .293  .932   5
*Angel Bravo         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  65  18  0  .277  .688   0
*Bernie Carbo        2   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .143  .000  0 | 365 113 21  .310 1.005  10
 Clay Carroll        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  14   1  0  .071  .204   0
*Ty Cline            2   1  2  1  0  1  0   0  1  0 1.000 1.000 3.000  0 |+ 65  18  0  .277  .805   1
 Tony Cloninger      1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  47  10  2  .213  .596   0
 Dave Concepcion     2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 265  69  1  .260  .641  10
 Wayne Granger       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  10   1  0  .100  .200   0
 Don Gullett         2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  19   4  0  .211  .566   1
 Tommy Helms         3  11  0  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  .273  .273  .273  0 | 575 136  1  .237  .544   2
 Lee May             3  12  0  2  1  0  0   2  0  2  .167  .167  .250  0 | 605 153 34  .253  .781   1
 Hal McRae           2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 165  41  8  .248  .755   0
*Jim Merritt         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  83  14  3  .169  .484   0
 Gary Nolan          1   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .333  .333  .333  0 |  82  13  0  .159  .400   0
 Tony Perez          3  12  1  4  2  0  1   2  1  1  .333  .385  .750  0 | 587 186 40  .317  .990   8
#Pete Rose           3  13  1  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  .231  .231  .231  0 | 649 205 15  .316  .855  12
#Jimmy Stewart       1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 105  28  1  .267  .665   5
*Bobby Tolan         3  12  3  5  0  0  1   2  1  1  .417  .462  .667  1 | 589 186 16  .316  .859  57
 Milt Wilcox         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   5   1  0  .200  .400   0
 Woody Woodward      3  10  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  .100  .182  .100  0 | 264  59  1  .223  .568   1
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3 100  9 22  3  1  3   8  8 12  .220  .278  .360  1 |        191  .270  .772 115

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

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

Pittsburgh Pirates

                                          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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Gene Alley          2   7  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .125  .000  0 | 426 104  8  .244  .659   7
*Matty Alou          3  12  1  3  1  0  0   0  2  1  .250  .357  .333  0 | 677 201  1  .297  .685  19
 Dave Cash           2   8  1  1  1  0  0   0  1  1  .125  .222  .250  0 | 210  66  1  .314  .784   5
 Roberto Clemente    3  14  1  3  0  0  0   1  0  4  .214  .214  .214  0 | 412 145 14  .352  .963   3
#Dock Ellis          1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  70   7  0  .100  .239   1
 Joe Gibbon          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Dave Giusti         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  16   3  0  .188  .629   0
*Richie Hebner       2   6  0  4  2  0  0   0  2  1  .667  .750 1.000  0 | 420 122 11  .290  .826   2
 Johnny Jeter        3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 126  30  2  .238  .655   9
 Bill Mazeroski      1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  2  0  .000  .500  .000  0 | 367  84  7  .229  .607   2
 Bob Moose           1   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  66  12  0  .182  .492   0
*Al Oliver           2   8  0  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  .250  .333  .250  0 | 551 149 12  .270  .740   1
 Jose Pagan          1   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .333  .500  .333  0 | 230  61  7  .265  .747   1
 Freddie Patek       1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .250  .000  0 | 237  58  1  .245  .664   8
 Bob Robertson       2   5  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .200  .200  .400  0 | 390 112 27  .287  .931   4
 Manny Sanguillen    3  12  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .167  .167  .167  0 | 486 158  7  .325  .788   2
*Willie Stargell     3  12  0  6  1  0  0   1  1  1  .500  .538  .583  0 | 474 125 31  .264  .840   0
*Luke Walker         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  46   6  0  .130  .314   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3 102  3 23  6  0  0   3 12 19  .225  .307  .284  0 |        130  .270  .729  66

    * - 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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Cincinnati Reds

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Gary Nolan          1   0.00 1-0  0  0  9.0  8  0  4  6 | 18-7  251  3.27  1.28 181   
*Jim Merritt         1   1.69 1-0  0  0  5.3  3  1  0  2 | 20-12 234  4.08  1.29 136   
 Tony Cloninger      1   3.60 0-0  0  0  5.0  7  2  4  1 |  9-7  148  3.83  1.45  56  1
*Don Gullett         2   0.00 0-0  1  0  3.7  1  0  2  3 |  5-2   78  2.43  1.26  76  6
 Milt Wilcox         1   0.00 1-0  0  0  3.0  1  0  2  5 |  3-1   22  2.42  1.16  13  1
 Clay Carroll        2   0.00 0-0  1  0  1.3  2  0  0  2 |  9-4  104  2.59  1.26  63 16
 Wayne Granger       1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  1  0  0  0 |  6-5   85  2.66  1.25  38 35
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   0.96 3-0  2  0 28.0 23  3 12 19 |            3.69 1.360   

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

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

Pittsburgh Pirates

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Dock Ellis          1   2.79 0-1  0  0  9.7  9  3  4  1 | 13-10 202  3.21  1.39 128   
 Bob Moose           1   3.52 0-1  0  0  7.7  4  3  2  4 | 11-10 190  3.99  1.32 119   
*Luke Walker         1   1.29 0-1  0  0  7.0  5  1  1  5 | 15-6  163  3.04  1.34 124  3
 Dave Giusti         2   3.86 0-0  0  0  2.3  3  1  1  1 |  9-3  103  3.06  1.33  85 26
*Joe Gibbon          2   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  1  0  0  1 |  0-1   41  4.83  1.66  26  5
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.67 0-3  0  0 27.0 22  8  8 12 |            3.70 1.380   

    * - 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

 1969 NLCS /  1971 NLCS

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