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: BAL – Brooks 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: OAK – Sal 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: OAK – Sal 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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