Template:World Series Rating

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)

Game 1Edit

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

Game 2Edit

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

Game 3Edit

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

Game 4Edit

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

Game 5Edit

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

mlb.com coverage of Game 5

External linksEdit

• 1970 World Series by Baseball Almanac
• History of the World Series - 1970