1970 NLCS
Game one of the NLCS was an 8-1 shellacking as Javier homered and drove in 3 runs. Brinkman and Yaz each added 2 RBI. Klages & Lauzerique combined on the one run shut down to take game one in SF.
Game two was a tight, 1-0 game between Jenkins & Derrington until we broke it open in the 8th. McCovey, McCarver & Hebner all had RBI hits in the 4 run inning to push our lead to 5-0 and we would hold on to win it 5-2. Jenkins pitched 7 shutout innings.
Game three was all set for the sweep following a gem from Tommy John that had us up 2-1 going into the 9th. Bill Champion got roughed up like a lost schoolgirl, as the Giants piled on five 9th inning runs to avert the sweep and win game three by a 6-2 score.
In game four we messed Jim Kaat up big time. In a six run 4th inning, Brinkman hit a solo shot, Yaz hit a 2 run shot, and McCarver hit a bases load, 3 run double to spot us to a huge lead that Klages would have no trouble holding. We added 4 more runs in the 8th and despite a rocky 9th from Dennis Musgraves, we won 10-5 and closed out the series, earning ourselves a trip back to the World Series.
We'll match up with the Yankees who, for the second straight year, made easy work of the White Sox, dispatching them in four games. This is pretty much the same Yankee team we're used to. Niekro & Ortega are 20 games winners, Dean Chance is their 3rd starter. Dillard smashes another 50 homers this year and Darrell Evans has become a legit force, posting a .306/42/110 line.