PRELIMINARY ROUND (Best of Three)
SERIES #5
Series #5 of my 1969 APBA MLB tournament has the #5 Cincinnati Reds (89-73) vs the #12 expansion San Diego Padres (52-110).
This series is the first of 4 NL preliminary rounds series.
Game 1: Cincinnati (Maloney BY, 0-0) at San Diego (Niekro CZ, 0-0)
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With Cincy paying visit to SD, it did not take long for the Reds to start showing off their power. The Reds scored 3 in the first, with the help of a 2-run homer by Lee May. In the 2nd it was Alex Johnson hitting a 3-run bomb, putting the Reds up 6-0, and knocking out Padre starter, Joe Niekro. San Diego’s Al Ferrera hit a solo-HR in the bottom of the 2nd, 6-1 Reds lead. Bobby Tolan and Johnny Bench would add homers as the Reds route the Padres. Final score: Reds 12, Padres 5. The Reds lead the series, 1 game to 0.
Game #1
San Diego Stadium
CINCINNATI REDS (0-0) at SAN DIEGO PADRES (0-0)
Maloney(CIN) vs. Niekro(SDP)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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CINCINNATI REDS 3 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 12 18 1
SAN DIEGO PADRES 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 7 3
W- Maloney(1-0) L- Niekro(0-1)
HR- (SDP) Ferrara(1),in 2nd
(CIN) May(1),in 1st Johnson(1),in 2nd Tolan(1),in 4th Bench(1),in 8th
2B- (SDP) Cannizzaro(1)
SB- (CIN) Rose(1) Perez(1)
HBP-(CIN) Johnson(1)
SF- (SDP) Gaston(1)
Cincinnati leads series 1 game to 0.
Game 2: San Diego (Kirby C, 0-0) at Cincinnati (Merritt CYZ, 0-0)
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Game 2 in Cincinnati, played out completely different than Game 1. Each team traded runs in the 2nd inning. Cincinnati had lost Johnny Bench (5 for 6 in the series) for the remainder of the game due to a 4th inning injury. The score remained 1-1 until the top of the 9th. San Diego put up 2 runs, giving them a great chance to force a decisive game 3. But in the bottom of the 9th, with a run already across to make it a 3-2 game, 2 on and 2 outs, pinch-hitter Jim Stewart connected for a 3-run homer, as Crosley Field erupts in jubilation and a sigh of relief. The final score: Cincinnati 5, San Diego 3. Cincinnati wins the series, 2 games to none. The Reds have earned themselves a NL Quarterfinal match-up vs the #4 NL seed, the San Francisco Giants.
Game #2
Crosley Field
SAN DIEGO PADRES (0-1) at CINCINNATI REDS (1-0)
Kirby(SDP) vs. Merritt(CIN)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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SAN DIEGO PADRES 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 0
CINCINNATI REDS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 8 0
W- Granger(1-0) L- Reberger(0-1)
HR- (CIN) Stewart(1),in 9th
3B- (SDP) Gaston(1)
2B- (CIN) Rose(1)
CS- (CIN) Rose(1)
Cincinnati wins the series, 2 games to 0. San Diego is eliminated.
The MVP of the series is Jim Stewart: 1 for 2, 1 HR, 3 RBI, as a pinch-hitter.
SERIES STATS:
CINCINNATI REDS - Batting
Name G PA AB R H BI 2B 3B HR BB SO SB BA SLG OBP
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Bench, Johnny 2 7 6 2 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .833 1.333 .857
Stewart, Jimmy 2 2 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 2.000 .500
Corrales, Pat 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 .500
Maloney, Jim 1 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500
Rose, Pete 2 10 10 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400
Tolan, Bobby 2 9 9 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .667 .333
Helms, Tommy 2 9 9 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333
Woodward, Woody 2 9 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .250 .333
Johnson, Alex 2 9 8 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 .250 .625 .333
May, Lee 2 9 8 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 .250 .625 .333
Perez, Tony 2 9 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 .125 .125 .222
Merritt, Jim 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000
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82 77 17 26 16 1 0 5 4 12 2 .338 .545 .378
CINCINNATI REDS - Pitching
Name GP GS IP H RA ER BB SO W L Sv CG ShO HR ERA
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Granger, Wayne 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Carroll, Clay 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Merritt, Jim 1 1 8.0 7 3 3 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.38
Maloney, Jim 1 1 6.2 4 4 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.40
Ramos, Pedro 1 0 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
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5 2 18.0 15 8 8 7 16 2 0 0 0 0 1 4.00
SAN DIEGO PADRES - Batting
Name G PA AB R H BI 2B 3B HR BB SO SB BA SLG OBP
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Spiezio, Ed 2 8 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .571 .571 .625
Cannizzaro, Chris 2 8 7 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .429 .571 .500
Ferrara, Al 2 8 7 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 .286 .714 .375
Brown, Ollie 2 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .286 .375
Gaston, Cito 2 8 7 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 .286 .571 .250
Colbert, Nate 2 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .125 .125 .125
Arcia, Jose 2 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .111 .111 .200
Kelley, Dick 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000
Hriniak, Walt 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000
Pena, Roberto 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000
Sisk, Tommie 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Kirby, Clay 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000 .000 .250
Baldschun, Jack 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - - 1.000
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75 67 8 15 7 1 1 1 7 16 0 .224 .313 .293
SAN DIEGO PADRES - Pitching
Name GP GS IP H RA ER BB SO W L Sv CG ShO HR ERA
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Kirby, Clay 1 1 8.1 7 4 4 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.32
Baldschun, Jack 1 0 2.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
Sisk, Tommie 1 0 3.2 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.36
Reberger, Frank 2 0 2.1 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 7.71
Niekro, Joe 1 1 1.1 8 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 40.50
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6 2 17.2 26 17 16 4 12 0 2 0 0 0 5 8.15
The Pods put up more of a fight than I thought they would, and even played errorless ball in the second game. But what a stirring rally for the Reds! The future looks dicey for them further on, though, because who pitches after Maloney and Merritt? They only have Larry, Curly, and Moe.
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