The 1961 National League champs went down quickly against the '69 Red Sox. The Reds won the opener, then lost four in a row, with a crushing extra-inning loss in Game Four proving pivotal.
Game One: Reds 5, Red Sox 4: Boston led 3-1 going into the bottom of the seventh, but the Reds plated three runs to take the lead, with Frank Robinson driving in two with a two-out single. The Bosox tied it in the top of the eighth, but Gene Freese homered in the bottom of the inning to put the Reds in front to stay.
Game Two: Red Sox 3, Reds 0: Mike Nagy and Joey Jay traded shutout frames through six innings, but Carl Yastrzemski hit a three-run homer in the seventh. Boston pinch-hit for Nagy during that rally, and Bill Landis and Sparky Lyle completed the four-hit shutout.
Game Three: Red Sox 9, Reds 5: Boston led 7-1 after four innings; Cincinnati scored three runs in the ninth to make the final score deceptively close. Yastrzemski, Mike Andrews and Reggie Smith each scored two runs. Andrews had four hits.
Game Four: Red Sox 7, Reds 6 (11 innings): A contest with multiple lead changes ended with a wild 11th inning. Lyle, pitching his second inning, gave up a single to Robinson and walked Gordy Coleman before yielding a three-run homer to Wally Post. He then walked the next two hitters before Ray Jarvis got the final outs. Jim Brosnan relieved for Cincinnati; with one out pinch-hitter Dick Schofield singled. Yastremski followed with another single. Andrews walked. Cincinnati was unable to turn a double play on Rico Petrocelli's grounder, with a run scoring in the force out. Smith then homered to end the game and give the Sox a 3-1 advantage in the series.
Game Five: Red Sox 7, Reds 1: Cincinnati scored in the top of the first and did not advance a runner beyond second base the rest of the way. Petrocelli and Smith each homered; Petrocelli scored three runs and Smith drove in three.
Projected rotation: Cuple-Nagy-Siebert-Lonborg-(Culp)-(Nagy)-(Siebert). The bullpen will be fully available.
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