1970 World Series
The series opened at Yankee Stadium with a pitching battle between Fergie Jenkins and Phil Niekro that saw the game tied 2-2 after nine innings. In the top of the 10th, with 2 out and nobody on, Brinkman, Hebner and Carew delivered back to back to back singles off of Yankees close Bob Locker to give us a 3-2 lead. Bill Champion would shut the door in the bottom of the inning to give us a 3-2 win in game 1.
In game two, Klages & Ortega faced off and this time it was the Yankees getting the better end of a tight contest, winning 3-2 behind 2 RBI's from Don Dillard.
In game 3, back in Philly, Ron Hunt would set the pace for the Yankees as his three run homer off of Tommy John in the 2nd inning would give the Yankees a lead they would never relinquish en route to an 8-4 win. Hunt & Darrell Evans would each knock in 3 as Dean Chance was just good enough to hold us at bay and give the Yankees a 2-1 series lead.
Game 4 would bring good and bad news for the fightin Phils. The good news, after Don Dillards 2 run homer off of Jenkins in the 1st inning, we would take the Yankees to the woodshed, exploding for 15 runs, 9 off of Yankee starter Phil Niekro in the first five innings.
Mota and Javier would knock in 3 runs each. Brinkman & Hebner collected 3 hits each as we pounded them, 15-3. The bad news is that McCovey has a hip issue and he'll miss the next 3 days. Ooofah.
Game 5 was another tight contest between Klages & Ortega, and once again the Yankees would come out on top. Solo homers by Corky Withrow and Tony Perez would help the Yankees to a 3-2 win. We had a big chance in the ninth with Mota on 3rd and 1 out but Javier couldn't get him in, Yaz was HBP and Paul Blair grounded out to end the game. We head back to Yankee Stadium down 3-2 and without McCovey for game 6.
Game 6 was all about Dean Chance. Tommy John struggled, allowing 3 runs before being pulled after four innings and Dean Chance never took his foot off the brakes as he cruised to a complete game, 5 hit shutout as the Yankees won 4-0 and claimed the 1970 world title. Bleh.
Not much I can say about it, their pitching bested our pitching in the tight games and Tommy John sucked a donkeys ding a ling. Not having McCovey for games 5 & 6 was obviously a huge deal but I can't complain over spilled milk, it is what it is and we done got beat.