1974 National League Championship Series
1974 National League Championship Series | ||||||||||
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Dates | October 5–9 | |||||||||
Umpires | Nick Colosi Paul Pryor Lee Weyer John McSherry Shag Crawford (crew chief) Satch Davidson | |||||||||
Broadcast | ||||||||||
Television | NBC KTTV (Dodgers' broadcast) KDKA-TV (Pirates' broadcast) | |||||||||
TV announcers | NBC: Jim Simpson and Maury Wills (Game 1) Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek (in Los Angeles) NBC did not televise Game 2 due to conflicts with its NFL coverage. KTTV: Vin Scully and Jerry Doggett KDKA-TV: Bob Prince and Nellie King | |||||||||
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The 1974 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five series that matched the East Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates against the West Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers. It was the sixth NLCS in all. The Dodgers won the Series three games to one and lost the 1974 World Series to the Oakland Athletics.
Summary
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Los Angeles won the series, 3–1.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 5 | Los Angeles Dodgers – 3, Pittsburgh Pirates – 0 | Three Rivers Stadium | 2:25 | 40,638[1] |
2 | October 6 | Los Angeles Dodgers – 5, Pittsburgh Pirates – 2 | Three Rivers Stadium | 2:44 | 49,247[2] |
3 | October 8 | Pittsburgh Pirates – 7, Los Angeles Dodgers – 0 | Dodger Stadium | 2:41 | 55,953[3] |
4 | October 9 | Pittsburgh Pirates – 1, Los Angeles Dodgers – 12 | Dodger Stadium | 2:36 | 54,424[4] |
Game summaries
Game 1
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Don Sutton (1–0) LP: Jerry Reuss (0–1) |
The Dodgers had been winless in six games played at Pittsburgh during the regular season but they remedied that situation in postseason play. In the opening game,
Game 2
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Andy Messersmith (1–0) LP: Dave Giusti (0–1) Home runs: LAD: Ron Cey (1) PIT: None |
The Dodgers struck first in Game 2 on Steve Garvey's RBI single in the first with two on off of Jim Rooker. Ron Cey's leadoff home run in the fourth extended their lead to 2–0. The Pittsburgh string of scoreless innings was extended to 15 before the Pirates finally got on the board in the seventh inning off of Andy Messersmith. After two leadoff singles and sacrifice bunt, one run came in on a Richie Hebner groundout and the other on an Al Oliver high bouncer that escaped third baseman Cey's glove and was scored a single. With the game tied going into the eighth inning, it was a battle between ace relievers Mike Marshall, of Los Angeles, and Dave Giusti. Giusti could not retire even one batter. After a leadoff double and subsequent single, back-to-back RBI singles by Willie Crawford and Manny Mota aided by an error by catcher Manny Sanguillén put the Dodgers back in front 4–2. Davey Lopes's RBI single off of Larry Demery extended their lead to 5–2 while Marshall retired six straight batters in the last two innings to give the Dodgers a 2–0 series lead heading to Los Angeles.
Game 3
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Bruce Kison (1–0) LP: Doug Rau (0–1) Home runs: PIT: Willie Stargell (1), Richie Hebner (1) LAD: None |
A record crowd for Dodger Stadium (55,953) showed up for Game 3 with the home team one win away from the World Series, but the Pirates hammered starter Doug Rau in the top of the first. After a leadoff single and one-out walk, Willie Stargell's three-run home run put the Pirates up 3–0. One out later, an error, the first of five the Dodgers committed in the game, allowed Bob Robertson to reach base before Richie Hebner's two-run home run extended the lead to 5–0. In the fourth, back-to-back two-out RBI singles by Hebner and Mario Mendoza with two on off of Charlie Hough made it 7–0 Pirates. Bruce Kison gave up only two hits in the 6+2⁄3 innings he worked and his reliever Ramón Hernández, slammed the door on the Dodgers the rest of the way as the Pirates staved off elimination.
Game 4
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Don Sutton (2–0) LP: Jerry Reuss (0–2) Home runs: PIT: Willie Stargell (2) LAD: Steve Garvey 2 (2) |
Don Sutton and Jerry Reuss, as in the opener, were the opposing pitchers in the fourth game. Sutton was just as good as he ever was, permitting but one run (on Willie Stargell's home run in the seventh) and three hits and striking out seven in eight innings of work before allowing the ubiquitous Mike Marshall to close.
Reuss and three relievers, on the other hand, were hammered.
Composite box
1974 NLCS (3–1): Los Angeles Dodgers over Pittsburgh Pirates
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 37 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh Pirates | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total attendance: 200,262 Average attendance: 50,066 |
References
- ^ "1974 NLCS Game 1 – Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ "1974 NLCS Game 2 – Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ "1974 NLCS Game 3 – Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Los Angeles Dodgers". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ "1974 NLCS Game 4 – Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Los Angeles Dodgers". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
External links
- Baseball-Reference.com – 1974 NLCS