1975 National League Championship Series

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The 1975 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five match-up between the Eastern Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates and the Western Division champion Cincinnati Reds. The Red swept the Pirates 3 games to none and went on to win the World Series against the Boston Red Sox.

Managers: Sparky Anderson, Cincinnati; Danny Murtaugh, Pittsburgh

Umpires: John Kibler, Andy Olsen, Frank Pulli, Billy Williams, Tom Gorman, Art Williams

Television: NBC (Jim Simpson and Maury Wills broadcasting)

Contents 1 Summary 1.1 Cincinnati Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates 2 Game Summaries 2.1 Game One 2.2 Game Two 2.3 Game Three 3 External links

[edit] Summary

[edit] Cincinnati Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Reds win the Series, 3-0

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Pittsburgh - 3, Cincinnati - 8	October 4	Riverfront Stadium	54,633
2	Pittsburgh - 1, Cincinnati - 6	October 5	Riverfront Stadium	54,752
3	Cincinnati - 5, Pittsburgh - 3	October 7	Three Rivers Stadium	46,355

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Game One

October 4, Riverfront Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	0
Cincinnati	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	X	8	11	0
W: Don Gullett (1-0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0-1)
HRs: CIN – Don Gullett (1)

[edit] Game Two

October 5, Riverfront Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Cincinnati	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	X	6	12	1
W: Fred Norman (1-0)  L: Jim Rooker (0-1)  SV: Rawly Eastwick (1)
HRs: CIN – Tony Perez (1)

[edit] Game Three

October 7, Three Rivers Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Cincinnati	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	6	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	7	2
W: Rawly Eastwick (1-0)  L: Ramon Hernandez (0-1)  SV: Pedro Borbon (1)
HRs: CIN – Dave Concepcion (1), Pete Rose (1); PIT – Al Oliver (1)

[edit] External links

• Baseball-Reference.com - 1975 NLCS