1970 National League Championship Series

Infobox LCS


year = 1970
champion = Cincinnati Reds (3)
champion_manager = Sparky Anderson
champion_games = 102-60, .630, GA: 14½
runnerup = Pittsburgh Pirates (0)
runnerup_manager = Danny Murtaugh
runnerup_games = 89-73, .549, GA: 5
date = October 3–October 5
television = NBC
announcers = Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek (Game 1-2)
Jim Simpson and Sandy Koufax (Game 3)
umpires = John Grimsley, Fred Blandford, Hank Morgenweck, George Grygiel (Game 1); Stan Landes, Paul Pryor, Doug Harvey, Bob Engel, Harry Wendelstedt, Nick Colosi (Games 2-3)The by|1970 National League Championship Series was a match-up between the Eastern Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates and the Western Division champion Cincinnati Reds. The Reds swept the Pirates 3 games to none and went on to lose the World Series to the Baltimore Orioles.

(Note: Due to a one-day strike by major league umpires, the series was begun using four minor league umpires, with the regularly assigned crew – including union president Wendelstedt – returning for Games 2 and 3.)

ummary

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati wins the series, 3-0

Game summaries

Game 1

Saturday, October 3, 1970 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaLinescore
Road=Cincinnati|RoadAbr=CIN
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|R10=3|RR=3|RH=9|RE=0
Home=Pittsburgh|HomeAbr=PIT
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|H10=0|HR=0|HH=8|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Gary Nolan (1-0)|LP=Dock Ellis (0-1)|SV=Clay Carroll (1)|

Game 2

Sunday, October 4, 1970 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaLinescore
Road=Cincinnati|RoadAbr=CIN
R1=0|R2=0|R3=1|R4=0|R5=1|R6=0|R7=0|R8=1|R9=0|RR=3|RH=8|RE=1
Home=Pittsburgh|HomeAbr=PIT
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=1|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=1|HH=5|HE=2
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Jim Merritt (1-0)|LP=Luke Walker (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Bobby Tolan (1)|HomeHR=|

Game 3

Monday, October 5, 1970 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, OhioLinescore
Road=Pittsburgh|RoadAbr=PIT
R1=1|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=1|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=2|RH=10|RE=0
Home=Cincinnati|HomeAbr=CIN
H1=2|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=X|HR=3|HH=5|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Milt Wilcox (1-0)|LP=Bob Moose (0-1)|SV=Don Gullett (1)
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Tony Perez (1), Johnny Bench (1)|

Composite Box

1970 NLCS (3-0): Cincinnati Reds over Pittsburgh PiratesLinescore
Road=Cincinnati Reds
R1=2|R2=0|R3=1|R4=0|R5=1|R6=0|R7=0|R8=2|R9=0|R10=3|RR=9|RH=22|RE=1
Home=Pittsburgh Pirates
H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=1|H6=1|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|H10=0|HR=3|HH=23|HE=2Total Attendance: 112,943 Average Attendance: 37,648|

Notes

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1970_NLCS.shtml Baseball-Reference.com] - 1970 NLCS