1971 National League Championship Series

1971 National League Championship Series

Infobox LCS


year = 1971
champion = Pittsburgh Pirates (3)
champion_manager = Danny Murtaugh
champion_games = 97-65, .599, GA: 7
runnerup = San Francisco Giants (1)
runnerup_manager = Charlie Fox
runnerup_games = 90-72, .556, GA: 1
date = October 2October 6
television = NBC
announcers = Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek (Game 1-2)
Jim Simpson and Sandy Koufax (Game 3-4)
umpires = Tom Gorman, Shag Crawford, Lee Weyer, Andy Olsen, Dick Stello, Satch Davidson
The 1971 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five series that pitted the Eastern Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates against the Western Division champion San Francisco Giants. The Pirates won the Series 3 games to 1 and would go on to win the 1971 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles.

ummary

an Francisco Giants vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh wins the series, 3-1

Game summaries

Game 1

Saturday, October 2, 1971 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, CaliforniaLinescore
Road=Pittsburgh|RoadAbr=PIT
R1=0|R2=0|R3=2|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=2|R8=0|R9=0|RR=4|RH=9|RE=0
Home=San Francisco|HomeAbr=SFG
H1=0|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=4|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=5|HH=7|HE=2
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Gaylord Perry (1-0)|LP=Steve Blass (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Tito Fuentes (1), Willie McCovey (1)|

With aces Gaylord Perry and Steve Blass taking the mound for their respective teams, Game 1 looked to be a pitchers duel. It sort of was for four innings; the Pirates struck for two in the top of the third when Dave Cash doubled home Jackie Hernandez. Cash scored the second run when Richie Hebner grounded to Tito Fuentes at second, but Willie McCovey, who attempted to field the ball and had to scramble back to first because Perry forgot to cover the bag, dropped Fuentes' throw. The Giants halved the lead in their half of the third when Chris Speier singled, went to second on a Perry sacrifice, and scored on a Ken Henderson single.

Fuentes and McCovey would redeem themselves in the fifth by each slamming two-run homers off Blass for a 5-2 lead. Al Oliver cut the deficit to 5-4 for the Pirates with two-run single in the seventh, but that was it as Perry went the distance for a complete game win.

Game 2

Sunday, October 3, 1971 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, CaliforniaLinescore
Road=Pittsburgh|RoadAbr=PIT
R1=0|R2=1|R3=0|R4=2|R5=1|R6=0|R7=4|R8=0|R9=1|RR=9|RH=15|RE=0
Home=San Francisco|HomeAbr=SFG
H1=1|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=2|HR=4|HH=9|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Dock Ellis (1-0)|LP=John Cumberland (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Gene Clines (1), Bob Robertson 3 (3)|HomeHR=Willie Mays (1)|

In front of an NBC-TV audience, Pirate first baseman Bob Robertson grew into a star in Game 2. Robertson smashed three homers, becoming the first to do so in a playoff game. His solo homer in the fourth tied the game at 2-2 and his three-run blast in the seventh made the score 8-2 and essentially put the game out of reach. Robertson also homered in the ninth, and Gene Clines added a homer for the Pirates.

Game 3

Tuesday, October 5, 1971 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaLinescore
Road=San Francisco|RoadAbr=SFG
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=1|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=1|RH=5|RE=2
Home=Pittsburgh|HomeAbr=PIT
H1=0|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=X|HR=2|HH=4|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Bob Johnson (1-0)|LP=Juan Marichal (0-1)|SV=Dave Giusti (1)
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Richie Hebner (1), Bob Robertson (4)|

The Pirates' Bob Johnson and the Giants' Juan Marichal locked into a tight pitcher's duel for eight innings. Bob Robertson hit a solo homer, his then-record fourth of the series, in the second, and the Giants tied it in the sixth when Ken Henderson singled and scored when third baseman Richie Hebner threw wildly past Robertson at first after fielding a bunt by Tito Fuentes.

Hebner would atone for the error, however, by slamming a game-winning solo homer in the eighth off Marichal. Dave Giusti came on in the ninth and saved it for Johnson and the Pirates.

Game 4

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaLinescore
Road=San Francisco|RoadAbr=SFG
R1=1|R2=4|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=5|RH=10|RE=0
Home=Pittsburgh|HomeAbr=PIT
H1=2|H2=3|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=4|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=9|HH=11|HE=2
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Bruce Kison (1-0)|LP=Gaylord Perry (1-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Willie McCovey (2), Chris Speier (1)|HomeHR=Richie Hebner (2), Al Oliver (1)|

Another anticipated pitching duel between Gaylord Perry and Steve Blass quickly went by the wayside. Blass lasted only two innings, giving up five runs. Willie McCovey had a three-run homer and Chris Speier also homered.

The Pirates, however, got Blass off the hook in their half of the second. Richie Hebner tied the game with a three-run homer, but not before 1960 World Series hero Bill Mazeroski provided a thrill by pinch-hitting for Blass and singling and later scoring on Hebner's home run.

The score stayed at 5-5 until the sixth when the Pirates pushed across four runs on a Roberto Clemente RBI single and a three-run homer by Al Oliver. Meanwhile, Bruce Kison and Dave Giusti pitched the last seven innings of shutout baseball to close out the series.

Composite Box

1971 NLCS (3-1): Pittsburgh Pirates over San Francisco GiantsLinescore
Road=Pittsburgh Pirates
R1=2|R2=5|R3=2|R4=2|R5=1|R6=4|R7=6|R8=1|R9=1|RR=24|RH=39|RE=3
Home=San Francisco Giants
H1=2|H2=5|H3=1|H4=0|H5=4|H6=1|H7=0|H8=0|H9=2|HR=15|HH=31|HE=4Total Attendance: 157,248 Average Attendance: 39,312|

Notes

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1971_NLCS.shtml 1971 NLCS at Baseball-Reference.com]


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