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  • 1970 Great Eight League

    Through Game #37. Game Results: Cincinnati 5 Los Angeles 4 WP- Tony Cloninger (1-0) LP- Ray Lamb (2-2) SV- Wayne Granger (3) HR- Pete Rose (2); Willie Davis (3), B. Grabarkawitz (1) Tony Perez hit a rbi double in the bottom of the seventh inning, putting Cincinnati ahead to stay, as they nipped Los Angeles,…

  • 1970 Great Eight League

    Through Game #36. Game Results: Baltimore 7 Boston 1 WP- Jim Hardin (1-0) LP- Bill Lee 1-1) HR- Davey Johnson (3); Reggie Smith (10) With the game tied at one, Red Sox reliever, Bill Lee set the stage for disaster by giving up two singles and a double in succession. Bobby Bolin fared no better.…

  • 1970 Great Eight League

    Through Game #35. Game Results: Baltimore 2 Minnesota 3 WP- Steve Barber (4-0) LP- Eddie Watt (2-2) HR- Harmon Killebrew (5) Trailing, 2 to 1, after seven innings, the Twins tied it in the eighth and won it in the ninth, 3 to 2, on a walk off home run from Harmon Killebrew. New York…

  • 1970 Great Eight League

    Through game #34. Game Results: Boston 5 Oakland 3 WP- Gary Peters (7-1) LP- Chuck Dobson (2-1) SV- Ed Phillips (1) HR- John Kennedy (2), Joe Lahoud (2) Sparky Lyle blew a save chance, allowing a walk and back-to-back doubles, in the bottom of the ninth. Despite that, Ed Phillips was able to come in…

  • 1970 Great Eight League

    Through Game #33. Game Results: Baltimore 5 Cincinnati 4 WP- Eddie Watt (2-1) LP- Wayne Granger (2-2) HR- Davey Johnson (2); Lee May (2). Bernie Carbo (2) Wayne Granger blew a save opportunity, allowing a double, two walks, then committing an error in the top of the ninth, as the fading Reds lost to the…

  • 1970 Great Eight League

    Through Game #32. Game Results: Boston 6 Cincinnati 5 WP- Cal Koonce (1-0) LP- Don Gullett (1-2) SV- Sparky Lyle (4) HR- Reggie Smith (8), Rico Petrocelli (7); Tony Perez (5) Boston edged Cincinnati, 6 to 5. Sparky Lyle allowed a solo home run by Tony Perez in the bottom of the ninth inning to…

  • 1970 Great Eight League

    Through Game #31. Game Results: Los Angeles 2 Baltimore 5 WP- Mike Cuellar (4-1) LP- Alan Foster (3-2) SV- Eddie Watt (4) Boog Powell led the offense with a double and two singles and Mark Cuellar improved to 4 and 1, as Baltimore defeated Los Angeles, 5 to 2. Minnesota 7 Cincinnati 6 WP- Dick…

  • 1970 Great Eight League

    Through Game #30. Game Results: Baltimore 4 Oakland 5 WP- Bob Locker (2-3) LP- Marcelino Lopez (1-3) SV- Jim Roland (2) HR- Don Mincher (9) Oakland had to use five pitchers, but was able to edge Baltimore, 5 to 1. Don Mincher homered for the Athletics. Boston 8 Minnesota 5 WP- Gary Peters (6-1) LP-…

  • 1970 Great Eight League

    For some reason, I can’t add new posts on this site from my desktop computer. This note was made on my IPad but I dislike typing a lot on it,not to mention cutting and pasting charts on it. I’m writing my blurbs on Microsoft Word on my desktop. As a result, they’re only visible to…

  • 1970 Great Eight League

    Through game #28. Game Results: Boston 2 Pittsburgh 3 WP- Orlando Pena (2-0) LP- Gary Wagner (0-1) SV- Dave Giusti (2) HR- Richie Hebner (3) Pittsburgh upset Boston, thanks to Richie Hebner’s, two-run clout in the bottom of the eighth inning and went on to win, 3 to 2. Cincinnati 7 Oakland 0 WP- Wayne…