Led by Ted Sizemore, who collected a total of seven hits and drove in three runs in each game, the Dodgers swept a doubleheader with the Reds, 7-3 and 13-3. Despite the losses, the Reds left town with a 12-game lead over the Dodgers in the West division race. Pete Rose smashed two homers for the Reds in the lidlifter, tying the score at 3-3 with his second blow in the eighth inning.

The Dodgers broke the deadlock with four runs in their half. With one out, Maury Wills doubled for his fourth hit of the game and Manny Mota was safe on an error, Wills holding second. Willie Davis singled to score Wills. Wes Parker was retired, but Billy Grabarkewitz walked. Sizemore singled to drive in two runs. After a pass to Jim Brewer loaded the bases, the Dodgers worked a triple steal, with Grabarkewitz scoring.

The Dodgers, who collected 15 hits in the first game, piled on 20 more in the second game, including four by Sizemore and three each by Davis, Parker, Tom Haller and Garbarkewitz. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Cincinnati Reds 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, August 9, 1970 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium

Reds         1  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0  -   3  8  1
Dodgers      0  0  0    2  0  1    0  4  x  -   7 15  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose rf               5   2   3   2     0   1   .329      Wills ss              5   1   4   0     0   1   .271
Tolan cf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .318      Mota lf               5   1   1   1     0   0   .302
Perez 3b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .332      Davis cf              5   1   2   1     0   0   .320
Bench lf,c            4   0   1   1     0   1   .303      Parker 1b             4   1   2   0     1   1   .317
  Concepcion ss       0   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Grabarkewitz 3b       2   2   0   0     3   2   .307
May 1b                4   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Sizemore 2b           4   0   3   3     1   0   .296
Helms 2b,ss,2b        3   0   1   0     1   0   .229      Russell rf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .243
Corrales c            2   0   0   0     0   1   .267        Brewer p            0   0   0   0     1   0   .100
  Bravo ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .308      Torborg c             3   1   1   0     1   1   .242
Woodward ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Haller ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .268
  Stewart ph,2b,c     2   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Sutton p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .169
Merritt p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .149        Crawford rf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .224
  Carbo ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .316
  Washburn p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gullett p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Noriega p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  McRae ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .274

Totals               35   3   8   3     1   8             Totals               37   7  15   6     7   8

Time of Game: 2:56
Left on Base: Reds 7, Dodgers 13
DP: Reds 2, Dodgers 0
Errors: Perez, Brewer, Torborg
Doubles: Rose (25), Russell (6), Torborg (7), Mota (12), Wills (11)
Home Runs: Rose 2 (12)
Stolen Bases: Grabarkewitz (16), Sizemore (4), Brewer (1)
Caught Stealing: Wills (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Bravo (3)
GIDP: Mota (9), Russell (2)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Merritt                 6    10   3   3   5   4   0  30   4.01
Washburn L(1-4)         1.1   3   2   1   0   3   0   8   8.19
Gullett                 0.1   2   2   2   2   1   0   5   3.48
Noriega                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.28
Totals                  8    15   7   4*  7   8   0  44

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton                  7     6   3   3   1   6   2  29   3.87
Brewer W(5-5)           2     2   0   0   0   2   0   8   2.85
Totals                  9     8   3   3   1   8   2  37

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Augie Donatelli


REDS 1ST: Rose doubled to center; Tolan reached on a fielder's
choice [Rose out at third (pitcher to shortstop to third)];
Perez singled to pitcher [Tolan to second]; Bench singled to
left [Tolan scored, Perez to second]; May popped to second;
Helms flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers
0.

DODGERS 1ST: Wills singled to left; Mota grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Wills out at second]; Davis
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Dodgers 0.

REDS 2ND: Corrales struck out; Woodward grounded out (third to
first); Merritt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Parker singled to right; Grabarkewitz struck out;
Sizemore walked [Parker to second]; Russell grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Sizemore out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose struck out; Tolan grounded out (second to first);
Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Torborg flied out to left; Sutton struck out; Wills
singled to right; Wills was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Dodgers 0.

REDS 4TH: Bench struck out advanced to second on an error by
Torborg; May flied out to center [Bench to third]; Helms popped
to third; Corrales popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Mota grounded out (pitcher to first); Davis
grounded out (first unassisted); Parker singled to right;
Grabarkewitz walked [Parker to second]; Sizemore singled to
center [Parker scored, Grabarkewitz to third]; Russell doubled
to left [Grabarkewitz scored, Sizemore to third]; Torborg was
walked intentionally; Sutton forced Russell (third unassisted);
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 2.

REDS 5TH: Woodward flied out to center; Merritt flied out to
center; Rose homered; Tolan grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Wills struck out; Mota flied out to center; Davis
singled to pitcher; Parker walked [Davis to second];
Grabarkewitz walked [Davis to third, Parker to second]; Sizemore
forced Grabarkewitz (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Reds 2, Dodgers 2.

REDS 6TH: Perez flied out to center; Bench flied out to right;
May popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Russell popped to shortstop; Torborg doubled to
left; Sutton struck out; Wills singled to first [Torborg to
third]; Mota doubled to right [Torborg scored, Wills to third];
Davis popped to third; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 3.

REDS 7TH: Helms walked; BRAVO BATTED FOR CORRALES; Bravo out on
a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Helms to second]; STEWART
BATTED FOR WOODWARD; Stewart grounded out (second to first)
[Helms to third]; CARBO BATTED FOR MERRITT; Carbo struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 7TH: STEWART STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); BRAVO STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BENCH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C );
HELMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); WASHBURN REPLACED CARBO
(PITCHING); Parker flied out to right; Grabarkewitz struck out;
Sizemore singled to shortstop; Russell singled to right
[Sizemore to third]; Torborg was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 3.

REDS 8TH: Rose homered; Tolan singled to right; BREWER REPLACED
RUSSELL (PITCHING); CRAWFORD REPLACED SUTTON (PLAYING RF); Tolan
was picked off first but was safe on an error by Brewer [Tolan
to third]; Perez struck out; Bench popped to shortstop; May
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 8TH: Crawford struck out; Wills doubled to right; Mota
reached on an error by Perez [Wills stayed at second, Mota to
first]; GULLETT REPLACED WASHBURN (PITCHING); Davis singled to
center [Wills scored, Mota to second]; Johnny Bench ejected
by HP umpire Chris Pelekoudas claiming he tagged Maury
Wills; CONCEPCION REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING SS); HELMS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); STEWART CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C );
Parker was called out on strikes; Grabarkewitz walked [Mota to
third, Davis to second]; Sizemore singled to left [Mota scored
(unearned), Davis scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher),
Grabarkewitz to second]; Brewer walked [Grabarkewitz to third,
Sizemore to second]; NORIEGA REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING); HALLER
BATTED FOR TORBORG; Grabarkewitz stole home and Sizemore stole
third and Brewer stole second; Haller flied out to center; 4 R
(3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers 7.

REDS 9TH: HALLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Helms singled to
left; Bravo struck out; Stewart popped to second; MCRAE BATTED
FOR NORIEGA; McRae singled to center [Helms to second]; Rose
flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers 7.

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