Game 1: WAS 6, CHI 4
Game 2: CHI 10, WAS 3
Game 3: CHI 5, WAS 4
Game 4: CHI 2, WAS 0
Game 5: WAS 5, CHI 0
Game 6: WAS 8, CHI 6
Game 7: WAS 4, CHI 1
 

World Series Shutouts
1957-4	STL 6, BRO 0 Billy Pierce 7.0, 4 H
1959-2	SF 3, BRO 0 Ewell Blackwell SHO, 3 H, 10 K
1963-1	BRO 7, CHI 0 Gene Conley 8.0, 6 H, 8 K
1963-3	CHI 1, BRO 0 Ray Herbert SHO, 4 H, 8 K
1964-4	BRO 8, CHI 0 Gene Conley 7.0, 4 H,
1966-1	BRO 4, CHI 0 Gene Conley 6.0, 2 H, 6 K
1966-3	BRO 5, CHI 0 Lew Burdette SHO, 6 H, 3 K
1966-6	BRO 3, CHI 0 Lew Burdette SHO, 9 H, 4 K
1970-4	CHI 2, WAS 0 Bill Singer 8.0, 3 H, 4 K
1970-5	WAS 5, CHI 0 Andy Messersmith SHO, 4 H, 7 K
World Series Game 7
1959	*SF 5, BRO 3 (14) Jim Lemon 2-run HR in 14th
1965	*CHI 4, CLE 1 Ernie Banks 3-run HR in 8th
1970	WAS 4, CHI 1 Don Wilson 8.0, 4 H
*visiting team
World Series Winners regular season win margin over opponent
1957	Brooklyn  +17
1958	Louisville  -17
1959	San Francisco  -18
1960	Brooklyn  +13
1961	Brooklyn  +10
1962	Brooklyn  +4
1963	Brooklyn  +15
1964	Brooklyn  +2
1965	Chicago  -3
1966	Brooklyn  +6
1967	Atlanta  +8
1968	Manhattan  -9
1969	St. Louis  -2
1970

GAME 1 -- Washington 6, Chicago 4    BOXSCORE
Singer Off-Key, Messersmith, Mons Steal Game 1
CHICAGO (Oct. 2) -- Ray Fosse homered in the first inning and Gene Alley added a two-run double in the second, giving the Washington Monuments an early lead off Cy Young favorite Bill Singer.  The hosts got a run back on a solo homer by Amos Otis in the bottom of the third, but Andy Messersmith was solid, holding Chicago to just one run until the seventh inning.  Second baseman Ken Boswell, filling in for injured star Dave Cash, hit a solo homer in seventh for a 4-1 lead, and Floyd Robinson added two insurance runs with double in the eighth.

Chicago got men on base every inning but the sixth, but could not sustain a rally, and ultimately the difference came down to the bullpens.  Chicago's was leaky, as Johnny Kucks allowed two runs in two innings, while Washington's was airtight: Ray Narleski allowing a hit and a walk, but no runs, in the ninth.

Singer allowed 10 hits for just the second time in 35 starts this season, and lost for just the fourth time.  Carl Taylor and Carlos May combined for five of Chicago's 10 hits, but left six men on base with no RBIs.

GAME 2 -- Chicago 10, Washington 3     BOXSCORE
Adcock Sticks it to Monuments
CHICAGO (Oct. 3) -- Former Monument Joe Adcock hit a three-run homer, anchoring a breakout six-run third inning as Chicago rolled to a 10-3 rout over Washington's Bill Butler to level the Series at a game apiece as it heads to the nation's capital.  Washington tallied a run in the first on Ray Fosse's one-out groundout, but Adcock tied the game with his own groundout in the second.  The Horsies then blew the game open with a six-run outburst in the third, chasing Butler and building an insurmountable 7-1 lead.

Adcock, 41, is one of the few remaining original UL'ers.  He was drafted by Washington in 11th round of 1951's Inaugural Draft, and played nine seasons with the Monuments, helping them to their four UL championships in the early 50's.  He joined the Colts in 1960, just in time for their run of six straight West Division titles from 1961 to 1966.

Rick Reed pitched eight solid innings, allowing eight hits and three runs and striking out six.  Bill Mazeroski and Merv Rettenmund also homered for Chicago, and Maz drove in three runs.  Game 3 probables are lefty Wilbur Wood (12-12, 2.64) for Chicago and ace Don Wilson (16-8, 2.58) for Washington.

GAME 3 -- Chicago 5, Washington 4     BOXSCORE
May, Taylor Power Colts to Victory
WASHINGTON (Oct. 5) -- Carlos May and Carl Taylor, owners of the top two batting averages in the league, each homered, driving in all five runs as Chicago edged Washington 5-4 in Game 3.  Monuments' ace Don Wilson had a rocky start, as Spanky Spangler walked and Taylor singled to set up May's three-run blast.  Washington scored a pair in the second on Gene Alley's double and Dick Green's single, and the score held at 3-2 as Wilbur Wood and Wilson settled into a low-hit pitchers duel.  Wood retired 10 straight before issuing a leadoff walk to Cleon Jones in the sixth, and the Mons tied the game in the seventh.  Al Oliver led off the inning with a single after battling through a 12-pitch at-bat, and two batters later Dick Green reached on Davey Johnson's error.  Wilson successfully moved the runners up with a sacrifice, and Oliver scored on a wild pitch, knotting the score at 3-3.  Wilson got the first two batters out in the eighth, preserving his four-hitter, but Spangler walked and Taylor launched a two-run homer to left-center to put the Colts ahead 5-3.  Johnny Kucks came on in relief of Wood, and promptly gave up a solo shot to Ray Fosse, but a quartet of relievers combined to record the final six outs. 

Wilson suffered something of a hard-luck loss.  Take away the two homers and he gave up only three hits, no runs, and struck out nine.  "Wilbah" Wood was a first round pick in 1967, but won only 19 games in his first three seasons before going 12-12, 2.64 in 32 starts this season.  Wood is now 6-0, 1.04 in seven starts since Aug. 26.

GAME 4 -- Chicago 2, Washington 0     BOXSCORE
Sing Sing Blanks Monuments
WASHINGTON (Oct. 6) -- Bill Singer returned to form in Game 4, anchoring a three-hit shutout and pulling the Colts within one win of their second UL championship.  Sing Sing retired the first 11 batters he faced, before plunking Ray Fosse and walking Bernie Carbo in the fourth inning, and took a no-hitter into the fifth, when Gene Alley doubled with one out but was left stranded.  Fosse was beaned again in the sixth, and Carbo singled again, but Joe Rudi lined to third to end the threat. 

Rick Wise nearly matched Singer's dominance, allowing just five hits and two runs in eight innings, but wasn't good enough to beat the UL's hottest pitcher.  Chicago took a 1-0 lead in the third when Bill Mazeroski hit a leadoff single, and scored on a walk, sacrifice bunt, and an RBI groundout by Amos Otis.  The Horsies doubled their lead in the eighth on Tony Perez' RBI double.  Bob D. Johnson, Chicago's rookie closer, nailed down the win with a perfect ninth, including a Joe Rudi's deep fly ball to the warning track.

Chicago takes a 3-1 Series lead into Game 5.  Probable starters are Ron Reed (13-10, 2.72) and Andy Messersmith (15-10, 3.65).

GAME 5 -- Washington 5, Chicago 0     BOXSCORE
Messersmith Returns the Favor
WASHINGTON (Oct. 7) -- A day after Bill Singer and Bob D. Johnson blanked the Monuments, Andy Messersmith shut out Chicago with a four-hit gem, striking out seven, to record just the fifth complete game shutout in World Series history.

Ron Reed matched the 24-year-old righthander pitch for pitch until Joe Rudi's solo homer in the bottom of the fourth gave the Monuments the lead.  Reed took a three-hitter to the bottom of the sixth, when the wheels fell off.  Al Oliver walked and Rich Reese singled, setting up Ray Fosse's two-run double, and Fosse later scored on Rudi's RBI groundout.  Washington tacked on a spare run in the seventh, and Messersmith finished strong, retiring the last seven batters he faced.  Messersmith has both of Washington's wins, having beaten Singer in Game 1.

The Series returns to Chicago for Game 6.  Probable starters are Bill Butler (13-15, 3.63) for Washington and Wilbur Wood (12-12, 2.64) for the Colts.  Chicago RF Roger Maris (.268-17-91, .789 OPS), who has been out of action since spraining his ankle Sept. 9, got a clean bill of health from the Colts trainer and will play in Game 6.  Maris, 36, joined the Colts in June in the Roberto Clemente trade and hit .280-10-53 with an .843 OPS in 71 games with Chicago.

GAME 6 -- Washington 8, Chicago 6     BOXSCORE
Knowles Blows, Mons Force Game 7
CHICAGO (Oct. 9) -- Darold Knowles took a 6-0 lead and blew it out of his ass, as the Monuments, nine outs from elimination, rallied to stun the Colts 8-6.  Chicago broke open a 2-0 game in the fifth, scoring three runs on Merv Rettenmund's single and Roger Maris' double.  Wilbur Wood pitched six shutout innings, allowing just three hits, but yielded to Knowles, a 28-year-old lefty, in the seventh.  Knowles (1-2, 3.35 in 34 relief appearances), gave up two hits and four walks, and was charged with all six runs as Washington tied the game, silencing a packed house at Comiskey Park.  Bernie Carbo and Nate Colbert hit RBI singles in the eight and ninth innings, and four Monument relievers combined for three shutout innings to put the game away, forcing a Game 7 tomorrow.  Carl Taylor and Tony Perez led off the bottom of the ninth with singles, but closer Ray Narleski then retired three in a row, striking out Roger Maris to earn his second save of the series.

The win sets up just the third Game 7 in UL World Series history [see sidebar], and if past records are any guide, the Monuments should feel confident, as the visitors have won on both previous occasions.  In 1959, San Francisco rallied from a 3-2 Series deficit, winning a pair of games at Brooklyn to steal the Series from the Superbas.  In 1965, the Colts completed a similar feat, claiming a pair of wins at Cleveland after the Barons took a 3-2 Series lead.  Both games were won on late home runs: Bob Lemon's epic 14th inning job in '59, and Ernie Banks eighth-inning blast to lead the Colts to their first (and as of today, still only) UL championship.

On the flip side, no team has ever come back from a 3-1 Series deficit.  The pitching matchup is a pair of staff aces: Don Wilson (0-1, 3.24) vs. Bill Singer (1-1, 2.40).

Shades of '59
Game 7 Preview
CHICAGO (Oct. 10) -- Today's Game 7 is just the third in the 14-year history of the World Series, and the parallels with 1959 are many.  Okay, several. 

First, let's be frank, as pennant winners go, the Monuments are a fairly mediocre team.  Washington's 89 wins were the fewest by any pennant winner since the '59 Spiders, who were 87-67.  Second, like the '59 Spiders, the '70 Monuments improved by 24 wins to climb from worst to first.

The team with the better regular season record (and home field advantage) has won 8 of the first 13 UL World Series [see sidebar], but two of those five underdog winners finished more than 10 games behind the favorites during the regular season: the 1958 Louisville Colonels and, you guessed it, the 1959 Spiders.  San Francisco won 18 fewer games than 105-win Brooklyn, the biggest spread between the pennant winners in league history.  The Mons finished 12.5 games behind Chicago, the second biggest margin since 1960.

1959 was also the first year the World Series went to seven games, and the Spiders stunned the baseball world by upsetting the heavily favored Brooklyn Superbas.  In Game 7, the Spiders faced Brooklyn ace Gene Conley, who had the best pitching season in league history to that point (27-6, 1.79).  Today Washington faces Bill Singer (24-3, 1.67), who put up Conley-esque numbers and broke the single season ERA record. 

That first Game Seven 11 years ago featured a young Spiders rookie named Harmon Killebrew, now the third baseman for the Monuments.  But the hero that day was Jim Lemon, who hit a game-winning homer in the 14th inning off Johnny Kucks -- the same Johnny Kucks who this year lost Game 1 and has a 13.50 ERA in two appearances for the Colts.  Will history repeat itself?

GAME 7 -- Washington 4, Chicago 1     BOXSCORE
Back from the Brink
Monuments Win Fifth Title
CHICAGO (Oct. 10) -- The Washington Monuments, staring down elimination for the sixth time in a fortnight, won for the sixth time, beating Chicago 4-1 at Comiskey Park to complete a stunning three-game turnaround and claim their first UL championship since 1956.  Don Wilson outlasted Bill Singer after the Monuments broke a 1-1 tied with a two-run sixth inning. 

Ray Narleski pitched another scoreless ninth to earn his third save in as many appearances--all on the road--and become the first relief pitcher to win World Series Most Valuable Player.  The 41-year-old all-time saves leader was acquired in July from Atlanta, and had a 1.14 ERA and 14 saves in 22 appearances with the Monuments.  The veteran closer was instrumental down the stretch, saving four of Washington's six must-wins, including the playoff with Detroit and Games 6 and 7.

Trailing Detroit by two games with two to play, Washington won two games in Brooklyn and then defeated the Griffins in their own stadium in the one-game tiebreaker.  Then trailing the World Series 3-1, the Mons won Game 5 at home and Games 6-7 at Comiskey to claim their first UL champsionhip since 1956.

The title was the first for GM Doug Aiton, who took the reins of the Monuments at the end of the 1959, the year the club's seven-year run of 90-plus win season came to a crashing end with a 30-game collapse.  It took Aiton four seasons to nurse the ballclub back over .500, and they managed four winning seasons in five years in the mid-60s before finishing dead last in the league the last two seasons.

It was Chicago's sixth--and perhaps bitterest--World Series loss in seven tries.  No club has ever come this close and not won.  But with most of their stars, including the league batting champion and runner up, probable Cy Young winner and best reliever, under the age of 25, the Colts have their gaze fixed squarely on the future.

World Series Preview
The 1970 Fall Classic matches two of the youngest teams to reach the postseason.  Washington has 13 players on its roster age 25 or younger, 13 with less than two full years of major league experience, and five rookies in its starting lineup.  The Colts have six players under 25, including 1-2 pitchers Bill Singer and Bill Champion, who were a combined 39-5, hitters Carl Taylor and Carlos May, the top two hitters in the league.

It is also a matchup of the league's best pitching team (Chicago) and the best hitting team (Washington).  Chicago's 2.73 ERA was a full 39 points better than the next best staff (San Francisco), and 90 points below the league average.  Washington scored a league-high 768 runs, 114 above the league average.

The Colts and Monuments are two of the most successful clubs in league history.  Washington is second in league championships (4), and Chicago is second in World Series appearances (7).

BY THE NUMBERS

CHICAGO
5^th in runs – 2^nd in batting average and hits, 3^rd in OPS and SB, 4^th in OBP, 5^th in SLG, 11^th in HR
1^st in runs allowed – 1^st in ERA (1^st in starters, 1^st in bullpen), 7^th in strikeouts, 6^th in HR allowed

WASHINGTON
1^st in runs – 1^st in batting, SLG, OPS, 2^nd in OBP, 5^th in HR, SB
3^rd in runs allowed – 3^rd in ERA (4^th in starters, 2^nd in bullpen), 1^st in strikeouts, 4^th in HR allowed

CHICAGO
Top Hitters:
1B Carlos May (.336-23-93, .948 OPS)
3B Tony Perez (.277-21-90, .755)
RF Roger Maris (.268-17-91, .789) - injured until Oct. 9
C Carl Taylor (.340-4-51, .821, 188 hits)
CF Amos Otis (.252-5-52, 64 SB)

Top Pitchers:
SP Bill Singer (24-3, 1.67 ERA, 0.87 WHIP)
SP Bill Champion (15-2, 3.09, 1.40)
CL Bob D. Johnson (8-2, 1.73, 30 saves)

Will not play:
CF Albie Pearson (.295-1-8, .748) (shoulder tendonitis, out 5 weeks)

Former Monuments now with Chicago:
1B Joe Adcock (WAS 1951-59)
SS Bill Mazeroski (WAS 1969)
MR Jim Kaat (WAS 1963-65)
MR Dan Osinski (WAS 1964)

WASHINGTON
Top Hitters:
C Ray Fosse (.309-20-106, .857 OPS)
RF Bernie Carbo (.286-20-85, .834)
CF Al Oliver (.259-18-86, .723)
3B Harmon Killebrew (.243-29-98, .803)
1B Rich Reese (.305-14-64, .797)

Top Pitchers:
SP Don Wilson (16-8, 2.58 ERA, 1.14 WHIP)
SP Rick Wise (16-10, 3.38, 1.17)
CL Ray Narleski (5-3, 3.04, 25 saves)

Will not play:
2B Dave Cash (.309-3-61, .754 OPS in 142 games) (strained groin)

Former Colts now with Washington:
MR Don Drysdale (CHI 1957-58, 1965)
C Sammy Taylor (CHI 1967-69)