1970 World Series
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The 1970 World Series was between the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles, with the Orioles winning in five games. In this series Emmett Ashford became the first African American to umpire in the Fall Classic. It also featured the first World Series games to be played on artificial turf, as Games 1 and 2 took place at Cincinnati's brand-new Riverfront Stadium. In Game 1, when Ty Cline hit the ball straight high, Elrod Hendricks caught it as well as tagging Bernie Carbo at the plate with his empty glove as Carbo missed the plate. Carbo was called out. Reds manager Sparky Anderson ran out of the dugout and argued with umpire Ken Burkhart about the controversial tag.
Managers: Earl Weaver (Baltimore), Sparky Anderson (Cincinnati)
Umpires: Ken Burkhart (NL), Red Flaherty (AL), Tony Venzon (NL), Bob Stewart (AL), Billy Williams (NL), Emmett Ashford (AL)
Series MVP: Brooks Robinson (Baltimore)
Television: NBC (Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek, Chuck Thompson and Jim McIntyre announcing)
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[edit] Summary
AL Baltimore Orioles (4) vs. NL Cincinnati Reds (1)
Game Score Date Location Attendance
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(1) Orioles - 4, Reds - 3 October 10 Riverfront Stadium 51,351
(2) Orioles - 6, Reds - 5 October 11 Riverfront Stadium 51,351
(3) Reds - 3, Orioles - 9 October 13 Memorial Stadium 51,773
(4) Reds - 6, Orioles - 5 October 14 Memorial Stadium 53,007
(5) Reds - 3, Orioles - 9 October 15 Memorial Stadium 45,341
[edit] Matchups
[edit] Game 1
October 10, 1970 at Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati Reds)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Baltimore Orioles 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 7 2
Cincinnati Reds 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
PITCHERS: BAL - Palmer, Richert (9)
CIN - Nolan, Carroll (7)
WP - Palmer
LP - Nolan
SAVE - Richert
HOME RUNS: BAL - Powell, Hendricks, B. Robinson
CIN - May
ATTENDANCE: 51,531
[edit] Game 2
October 11, 1970 at Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati Reds)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Baltimore Orioles 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 6 10 2
Cincinnati Reds 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 7 0
PITCHERS: BAL - Cuellar, Phoebus (3), Drabowsky (5), Lopez (7), Hall (8)
CIN - McGlothlin, Wilcox (5), Carroll (5), Gullett (8)
WP - Phoebus
LP - Wilcox
SAVE - Hall
HOME RUNS: BAL - Powell
CIN - Tolan, Bench
ATTENDANCE: 51,531
[edit] Game 3
October 13, 1970 at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Cincinnati Reds 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 0
Baltimore Orioles 2 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 X 9 10 1
PITCHERS: CIN - Cloninger, Granger (6), Gullett (7)
BAL - McNally
WP - McNally
LP - Cloninger
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: CIN - none
BAL - F. Robinson, Buford, McNally
ATTENDANCE: 51,733
[edit] Game 4
October 14, 1970 at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Cincinnati Reds 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 6 8 3
Baltimore Orioles 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 8 0
PITCHERS: CIN - Nolan, Gullett (3), Carroll (6)
BAL - Palmer, Watt (8), Drabowsky (9)
WP - Carroll
LP - Watt
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: CIN - Rose, May
BAL - B. Robinson
ATTENDANCE: 53,007
[edit] Game 5
October 15, 1970 at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Cincinnati Reds 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
Baltimore Orioles 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 X 9 15 0
PITCHERS: CIN - Merritt, Granger (2), Wilcox (3), Cloninger (5), Washburn (7), Carroll (8)
BAL - Cuellar
WP - Cuellar
LP - Merritt
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: CIN - none
BAL - F. Robinson, Rettenmund
ATTENDANCE: 45,341
[edit] Trivia
- Brooks Robinson won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award hitting .429, (which broke the record for total bases with seventeen (17)), tied the record for most hits in one (1) game with four (4), and tied teammate Paul Blair for most hits in a five-game Series with nine (9).
- Total Baseball described Brooks Robinson's fielding with, "other-wordly defense at third (which) gave Reds righthanded hitters nightmares through the Series."
- Game 1 of the 1970 World Series, played on October 10, 1970 in Riverfront Stadium, was the first Fall Classic game played on artificial grass!
- Prior to Game 1 a reporter asked Brooks "The Hoover" Robinson if he thought he would be able to play defense on the artificial grass. Robinson cooly replied, "I'm a Major League third baseman. If you want to go play in a parking lot, I'm supposed to stop the ball."
- Dave McNally became the first player to hit a World Series grand slam home run as a pitcher.
- Upon hearing that Brooks Robinson had won the MVP award and a new car from Toyota, Reds' catcher Johnny Bench said, "If we had known he wanted a car that badly, we'd all have chipped in and bought him one."
[edit] External links
- 1970 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
- 1970 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
- 1970 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com
- 1970 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org
- History of the World Series - 1970
- Reds History
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