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The Pirates' offense was neutered yet again in Game 2 as the Reds won 3–1. The Reds clinched the pennant in Cincinnati as they won by one run in Game 3. The Pirates and Reds would meet in the postseason again five more times – in the NLCS in 1972 (Reds victory), 1975 (Reds victory), 1979 (Pirates victory), and 1990 (Reds victory), as well ...
The 1970 National League Championship Series was a semifinal matchup of the 1970 MLB Postseason between the East Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates and the West Division champion Cincinnati Reds. The Reds swept the Pirates three games to none and went on to lose the World Series to the Baltimore Orioles. The series was the second NLCS.
January 14, 1970: Jack Fisher was traded by the Reds to the California Angels for Bill Harrelson and Dan Loomer (minors). [5] January 17, 1970: Joel Youngblood was drafted by the Reds in the 2nd round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft. [6] February 4, 1970: Dennis Ribant was traded by the Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bo Belinsky. [7]
The 1970 Major League Baseball season: The Seattle Pilots relocated to Milwaukee and became the Brewers, thus returning Major League Baseball to Wisconsin for the first time since the relocation of the Milwaukee Braves to Atlanta following the 1965 season. Major League Baseball returned to Seattle in 1977, when the Mariners began play.
The Pirates–Reds rivalry is a Major League Baseball (MLB) National League divisional rivalry played between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds. The Pirates and Reds are both members of the National League (NL) Central division. Both teams have been active rivals for more than 135 seasons, dating back well into the infancy of the MLB.
While the 1970 ALCS will feature a return engagement between 1969's combatants, the Baltimore Orioles and Minnesota Twins, the 1970 NLCS will feature two teams who haven't made the postseason since the early 1960s: the Pirates, who won the 1960 World Series, and Cincinnati Reds, winners of the 1961 NL pennant.
If you took a 7 p.m. stroll last Tuesday across Pittsburgh's Roberto Clemente Bridge, the structure attaching downtown Pittsburgh to its baseball stadium, you probably noticed a rare sight for ...
All of the Reds' four pennants in the 1970s came against these teams (Pittsburgh Pirates in 1970, 1972, and 1975, and Philadelphia Phillies in 1976). In 1979, Pete Rose added to the notion of the Big Red Machine being part of the rivalry when he signed with the Phillies and helped them win their first World Series championship in 1980 .