1971 National League Championship Series
| 1971 National League Championship Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 2 – 6 | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Tom Gorman, Shag Crawford, Lee Weyer, Andy Olsen, Dick Stello, Satch Davidson | ||||||||||||
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| Television | NBC | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers |
Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek (Games 1–2) Jim Simpson and Sandy Koufax (Games 3–4) |
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| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates (3) | Danny Murtaugh | 97–65, .599, GA: 7 | |
| San Francisco Giants (1) | Charlie Fox | 90–72, .556, GA: 1 |
The 1971 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five series that pitted the East Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates against the West Division champion San Francisco Giants. The Pirates won the Series three games to one and won the 1971 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles. The Giants did not return to the postseason until 1987.
This was the first League Championship Series in either league that was not a sweep for the winning team (Baltimore swept Oakland in the 1971 ALCS).
Pittsburgh won the series, 3–1.
Saturday, October 2, 1971, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco
With aces Gaylord Perry and Steve Blass taking the mound for their respective teams, Game 1 looked to be a pitchers duel. It somewhat was for four innings; the Pirates struck for two in the top of the third when Dave Cash doubled home Jackie Hernández. 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.
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