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1975 National League Championship Series

 
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1975 National League Championship Series
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Cincinnati Reds (3) Sparky Anderson 108–54, .667, GA: 20
Pittsburgh Pirates (0) Danny Murtaugh 92–69, .571, GA: 6½
Dates: October 4–October 7
Television: NBC
TV announcers: Joe Garagiola and Maury Wills
Umpires: John Kibler, Andy Olsen, Frank Pulli, Billy Williams, Tom Gorman, Art Williams
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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 in three games and went on to win the World Series against the Boston Red Sox.

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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati wins the series, 3–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance
1 October 4 Pittsburgh Pirates – 3, Cincinnati Reds – 8 Riverfront Stadium 3:00 54,633[1]
2 October 5 Pittsburgh Pirates – 1, Cincinnati Reds – 6 Riverfront Stadium 2:51 54,752[2] 
3 October 7 Cincinnati Reds – 5, Pittsburgh Pirates – 3 (10 innings) Three Rivers Stadium 2:47 46,355[3]

Game summaries

Game 1

Saturday, October 4, 1975 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio

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

WP: Don Gullett (1–0)  LP: Jerry Reuss (0–1)  
HRs:  CIN – Don Gullett (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 5, 1975 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio

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

WP: Fred Norman (1–0)  LP: Jim Rooker (0–1)  SV: Rawly Eastwick (1)  
HRs:  CIN – Tony Pérez (1)

Game 3

Tuesday, October 7, 1975 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

WP: Rawly Eastwick (1–0)  LP: Ramón Hernández (0–1)  SV: Pedro Borbón (1)  
HRs:  CIN – Dave Concepción (1), Pete Rose (1)  PIT – Al Oliver (1)

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1975 NLCS (3–0): Cincinnati Reds over Pittsburgh Pirates

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Cincinnati Reds 2 2 3 2 4 1 1 2 0 2 19 29 1
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 20 2
Total attendance: 155,740   Average attendance: 51,913


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