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Game #18. Boston 6 Cincinnati 4 WP-Gary Peters (3-1) LP- Jim Merritt (0-2) HR- Pete Rose (1) Boston won the matchup of the league’s two best teams, by defeating the Cincinnati Reds, 4 to 2. The Red Sox scored first, after getting three straight singles off Jim Merritt, in the top of the fifth. They…

Game #17. Los Angeles 1 Baltimore 5 WP- Jim Palmer (3-2) LP- Don Sutton (0-3) HR- Paul Blair 2 (2), Don Buford (3) Jim Palmer got the complete game win for the Orioles, allowing one run on five hits, while walking three and striking out seven. Paul Blair had a huge game from the leadoff…

Game #16: Baltimore 0 Oakland 1 WP- Diego Segui (2-1) LP- Tom Phoebus (0-2) HR- Don Mincher (1) Both starters went the distance in a terrific pitcher’s duel. The Athletics and Diego Segui came out on top, with Don Mincher’s second inning, home run, the only tally in the game. Boston 1 Minnesota 5 WP-…

Game 15 Results: Boston 0 Baltimore 4 WP- Mike Cuellar (2-0) LP- Sonny Siebert (2-1) Mike Cuellar blanked Boston, 4-0, on a four-hitter. He fanned six and walked two. Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 5 WP- Jim McGlothin (3-0) LP- Bob Veale (1-3) SV- Wayne Granger (2) HR- Hal McRae (3); Richie Hebner (2) Pittsburgh jumped out…

Game #14 Results: Boston 3 Pittsburgh 5 WP- Orlando Pena (1-0) LP- Gary Peters (2-1) HR-Al Oliver (2) The Pirates got a huge win over the first place Red Sox, 5 to 3. The teams were tied three all after five innings, when Roberto Clemente hit a one-out triple in the sixth. Bob Robertson singled…

Game #13 Results: Baltimore 7 Pittsburgh 0 WP- Jim Palmer (2-2) LP- Dock Ellis (0-2) Jim Palmer of the Orioles, shutout the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7 to 0, on a six hitter. Frank Robinson led the Baltimore offense with three hits and three runs scored. Minnesota 4 Los Angeles 1 WP- Jim Perry (1-0) LP- Don…

Game #12 Results: Boston 6 Los Angeles 4 WP- Mike Nagy (2-0) LP- Joe Moeller (0-2) HR- Carl Yastrzemski (3), Billy Conigliaro (4); Manny Mota (1), Von Joshua (1) Boston got out to a big lead early, then held off a scrappy Dodgers team, in a 6 to 4 win. Each team had two home…

Game # 11 Results: Baltimore 5 New York 8 WP- Gary Waslewski (1-0) LP- Marcelino Lopez (1-2) HR- Bobby Murcer (3) Gene Michael’s two-run single in the bottom of the eighth broke a five all tie, as the Yankees beat the Twins, 8 to 3. Cincinnati 4 Boston 3 WP- Jim McGlothin (2-0) LP- Vicente…

Game #10 Results: Baltimore 4 Los Angeles 2 WP-Dick Hall (1-0) LP-Ray Lamb (1-1) SV- Eddie Watt (1) HR-Boog Powell (1), Andy Etchebarren (1) Andy Etchebarren’s two-run home run in the top of the ninth off Ray Lamb, was the difference in this one. Boston 2 New York 0 WP- Gary Peters (2-0) LP- Mel…

A 56-game season of the top eight teams of 1970 Game Nine Results Los Angeles 8 Cincinnati 4 WP- Charlie Hough (1-0) LP- Gary Nolan (2-1) HR- Bill Sudakis(1), Steve Garvey (1), Wes Parker (2) Hal McRae (1), Tony Perez (2) Crosley Field lived up to its reputation as a home run hitter’s park, as…