1974 American League Championship Series

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The 1974 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five matchup between the Eastern Division Champion Baltimore Orioles and the Western Division Champion Oakland Athletics. The Athletics beat the Orioles 3 games to 1 and received their third straight pennant in the process. They would go on defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1974 World Series and win their third straight World Series championship.

Managers: Alvin Dark, Oakland; Earl Weaver, Baltimore

Umpires: Larry Napp, Jerry Neudecker, Russ Goetz, Dave Phillips, Marty Springstead, Bill Deegan

Television: NBC (Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek announcing)

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[edit] Summary

[edit] Baltimore Orioles vs. Oakland Athletics

Athletics win the Series, 3-1

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Baltimore - 6, Oakland - 3 October 5 Oakland Coliseum 41,609
2 Baltimore - 0, Oakland - 5 October 6 Oakland Coliseum 42,810
3 Oakland - 1, Baltimore - 0 October 8 Memorial Stadium 32,060
4 Oakland - 2, Baltimore - 1 October 9 Memorial Stadium 28,136

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Game One

October 5, Oakland Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 6 10 0
Oakland 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 9 0
W: Mike Cuellar (1-0)  L: Catfish Hunter (0-1)  
HRs: BALBrooks Robinson (1), Paul Blair (1), Bobby Grich (1)

[edit] Game Two

October 6, Oakland Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Oakland 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 5 8 0
W: Ken Holtzman (1-0)  L: Dave McNally (0-1)  
HRs: BALSal Bando (1), Ray Fosse (1)

[edit] Game Three

October 8, Memorial Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2
Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
W: Vida Blue (1-0)  L: Jim Palmer (0-1)  
HRs: BALSal Bando (2)

[edit] Game Four

October 8, Memorial Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1
W: Catfish Hunter (1-1)  L: Mike Cuellar (1-1)  SV: Rollie Fingers (1)
HRs: None


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