The 1970 World Series- Cincinnati Reds vs Oakland Athletics
October 10th, 1970
Oakland 8 Cincinnati 1
The Athletics lead the Series 1-0
With 2-outs in the bottom of the 5th,
Sal Bando hits a 2-run double to score
Joe Rudi and Dick Green. After an intentional walk to
Reggie Jackson,
Gene Tenace hits a 2-run single that scores
Rick Monday and
Sal Bando and the Athletics open up a 6-1 lead.
Athletics SP
Blue Moon Odom was named the player of the game, he allowed 5 hits and struck out 6 to go 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA in 2 starts in the post season.
Athletics 3B
Sal Bando was 2 for 3 with a double and 2 RBIs.
Athletics RF
Reggie Jackson was 2 for 3 with a double, HR and 3 RBIs.
October 11th, 1970
Cincinnati 6 Oakland 0
The Series is tied 1-1
In the top of the 8th with the score 1-0 for the Reds,
Tony Perez hits a 2-out double to score
Bobby Tolan from 2nd.
Lee May follows with a double into LCF to score
Perez.
Johnny Bench follows with a single that
May scores on,
Bench moves to 2nd on the throw.
Tommy Helms plates
Bench from 2nd with a single up the middle to give the Reds a commanding 5-0 lead.
Reds SP
Jim Merritt was named the player of the game, he allowed 5 hits and struck out 2 to improve to 1-0 with a 1.76 ERA in 2 starts in the post season.
Reds CF
Bobby Tolan was 2 for 5 with a HR and RBI.
Reds 1B
Lee May was 2 for 4 with 2 doubles and an RBI.
October 13th, 1970
Cincinnati 3 Oakland 2
The Reds lead Series 2-1.
With the game tied 2-2 in the bottom of the 9th and 2-out,
Lee May hits a single.
May moves to 3rd on
Tony Perez's single through the infield on the right side. Before throwing a pitch to
Bernie Carbo, Athletics RP
Bob Locker throws a pickoff to 1B for an error and
May scores from 3rd for the odd walk off win.
Reds SP
Jim McGlothlin was named the player of the game. McGlothlin allowed 4 hits and struck out 7 over 6 innings to go to 1-0 with a 0.61 ERA in 2 starts in the post season.
Athletics SP
Vida Blue allowed 4 hits and struck out 5 over 7 innings.
Athletics 1B
Don Mincher was 2 for 3 with a HR and RBI.
October 14th, 1970
Oakland 4 Cincinnati 2
The Series is tied 2-2
With the score 2-1 in favour of the Athletics in the top of the 2nd and 1-out,
Rick Monday singles up the middle to score
Joe Rudi from 3rd and
Dick Green from 2nd to give the A's a 4-1 early lead that they held onto.
Athletics SP
Chuck Dobson was the player of the game, he allowed 6 hits and struck out 4 over 7 innings. Dobson is now 1-0 with a 4.20 ERA in 2 starts in the post season.
Athletics RF
Reggie Jackson was 1 for 2 with a HR and 2 RBIs.
Reds CF
Bobby Tolan was 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored.
October 15th, 1970
Oakland 17 Cincinnati 1
The Athletics lead the Series 3-2
The Athletics scored 14 runs over the final 3 innings to wallop the Reds. Leading 3-1 going into the top of the 7th, the Athletics scored 4 to take a 7-1 lead and the rout was on.
Athletics RF
Reggie Jackson was named the player of the game. Jackson making a name for himself with his hitting in October was 2 for 4 with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs. He is now hitting .273 with 4 HRs and 10 RBIs in 9 post season games. Jackson was the AL Championship MVP in 1969.
Athletics CF
Rick Monday was 2 for 5 with a double, HR and 6 RBIs.
Athletics SP
Blue Moon Odom allowed 6 hits and struck out 5 over 8 innings.
October 18th, 1970
Cincinnati 5 Oakland 3
The Series is tied 3-3
In the top of the 7th with the Athletics leading 3-2, with 1-out and
Lee May on 1st after a single,
Johnny Bench hits a double off the wall in CF to score
May. Now with 2-out and
Bench at 3rd,
Woody Woodward hits a liner into shallow LF to score
Bench. The Reds score 2 and take a 4-3 lead.
Reds SP
Jim Merritt is named the player of the game allowing 6 hits and striking out 4 over 6 innings. Merritt is now 2-0 with a 2.11 ERA in 3 starts in the 1970 post season.
Athletics SP
Catfish Hunter allowed 2 hits and struck out 5 over 6.1 innings.
Reds LF
Bernie Carbo was 1 for 3 with a HR and 2 RBIs.
October 19th, 1970
Oakland 1 Cincinnati 0
The Athletics win the World Series 4-3
With the game still scoreless in the bottom of the 4th, with 1-out and
Sal Bando at 3rd after a walk, a wild pitch and a
Reggie Jackson flyout to RF that moved
Bando up 90 feet,
Gene Tenace hits a single out of he reach of he Reds 2B into RF to score
Bando and he only run of the game.
Athletics SP
Vida Blue was the player of the game with his complete game 5 hitter in which he struck out 11. Blue is now 1-1 with a 2.57 ERA in 3 post season starts.
Reds SP
Jim McGlothlin allowed 5 hits and struck out 4 over 8 innings.
Athletics C
Gene Tenace was 2 for 3 with the GW RBI.
The Oakland Athletics are the 1970 World Champs.
For the Athletics, it was the franchises 6th World Series win. RF
Reggie Jackson was named the World Series MVP as he hit .292 with 4 HRs and 11 RBIs.