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The Dodgers stole Game 1 in Pittsburgh as Don Sutton pitched a complete-game shutout, and then took Game 2 after fending off a rally by the Pirates. When the series shifted to Los Angeles for Game 3, the Pirates, thanks to stellar pitching performances from starter Bruce Kison and relief pitcher Ramón Hernández , blew out the Dodgers in a 7 ...
This was the fourth postseason meeting of the Pirates–Reds rivalry this decade. The Reds won in 1970, 1972, and 1975.This time, the Pirates would return the favor, sweeping the Reds and returning to the World Series for the second time in nine years (in the process denying a rematch of the 1970 World Series between the Reds and Orioles).
The Pittsburgh Pirates have completed 132 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) since joining the National League (NL) in 1887. Through 2018, they have played 20,256 regular season games, winning 10,240 and losing 10,016, for a winning percentage of .506. The Pirates are also a combined total of 43—53 (.448) in post-season play.
This series was not close - Don Gullett pitched a complete game as the Reds blew out the Pirates in Game 1, and Fred Norman and Rawly Eastwick held the Pirates' offense to just one run scored in Game 2 as the Reds went up 2–0 in the series headed to Pittsburgh. In Game 3, the Pirates held a 2–1 lead after seven innings, until Pete Rose hit ...
The 1974 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five series in Major League Baseball’s 1974 postseason that matched the East Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates against the West Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
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The playoffs began on October 2, 1971, and concluded on October 17, 1971, with the Pittsburgh Pirates defeating the Baltimore Orioles in seven games in the 1971 World Series. It was the Pirates' fourth championship in franchise history.