1974 National League Championship Series

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The 1974 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five series that matched the Eastern Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates against the Western Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers won the Series 3 games to 1 and would go on to lose the 1974 World Series to the Oakland Athletics.

Managers: Walter Alston, Los Angeles; Danny Murtaugh, Pittsburgh

Umpires: Nick Colosi, Paul Pryor, Lee Weyer, John McSherry, Shag Crawford, Satch Davidson

Television: NBC (Jim Simpson and Maury Wills broadcasting)

Contents 1 Summary 1.1 Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Los Angeles Dodgers 2 Game Summaries 2.1 Game One 2.2 Game Two 2.3 Game Three 2.4 Game Four 3 External links

[edit] Summary

[edit] Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Dodgers win the Series, 3-1

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Los Angeles - 3, Pittsburgh - 0	October 5	Three Rivers Stadium	40,638
2	Los Angeles - 5, Pittsburgh - 2	October 6	Three Rivers Stadium	49,247
3	Pittsburgh - 7, Los Angeles - 0	October 8	Dodger Stadium	55,953
4	Pittsburgh - 1, Los Angeles - 12	October 9	Dodger Stadium	54,424

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Game One

October 5, Three Rivers Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	9	2
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
W: Don Sutton (1-0)   L: Jerry Reuss (0-1)
HR: None

[edit] Game Two

October 6, Three Rivers Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	5	12	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	3
W: Andy Messersmith (1-0)  L: Dave Giusti (0-1)
HRs: LAD – Ron Cey (1)

[edit] Game Three

October 8, Dodger Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10	0
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
W: Bruce Kison (1-0)  L: Doug Rau (0-1)
HRs: PIT – Willie Stargell (1), Richie Hebner (1)

[edit] Game Four

October 9, Dodger Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1
Los Angeles	1	0	2	0	2	2	2	3	X	12	12	0
W: Don Sutton (2-0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0-2)
HRs: LAD – Steve Garvey (2); PIT – Willie Stargell (2)

[edit] External links

• Baseball-Reference.com - 1974 NLCS