Kammala wannan magana: "Babban Red Machine" ya lashe wasanni 102 kuma ya shiga cikin kakar wasa. Merritt ya lashe wasa na biyu na Reds na wasanni uku na Pittsburgh Pirates a cikin
1970 National League Championship Series, duk da haka, Merritt da Reds ba su yi nasara ba a cikin Wasannin Duniya da Baltimore Orioles. The O's sun doke Reds a wasanni biyar. Merritt ya fara wasan da ya yanke hukunci, kuma ya ba da gudummawar gudummawa guda uku a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na 1.2 don ɗaukar hasara.