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1973 National League
Championship Series
1973:
NLCS (3-0) Los
Angeles Dodgers defeat
St. Louis Cardinals
Special
thanks to Bruce Thomas for making it a fun and entertaining
series. We spent the whole series chit-chatting on DISCORD.
Nothing better than h2h for the strategy and the relationships.
Our topics bounced around between 1970's baseball, the '51
Dodgers, M*A*S*H and who knows what. Bruce had the underdog
Redbirds who won the NL East with a .500 record. Still all 3
games were tight, especially game 3, where he was up 4-1 and the
Dodgers won it in the 9th with a 2 run shot by Willie Davis to put
the boys from Hollyweird up 5-4.
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Game 1: Boxscore and Play by Play
Oct 6, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1973 St. Louis 0-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2
1973 Los Angeles 1-0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 - 5 10 0
Game MVP:Don Sutton
Dodger Stadium Time 2:27, 78ø, Wind: 2 MPH Right to Left Day Game
GAME 1:
Sutton outlasts Gibby, who was chased late in the game.
The game was tied at 2 after 4, but the Dodgers realized this
was 1973's version of Gibby and not 1968's and they scored 3
runs off him over the next 2 innings to stake Sutton to a lead
he wouldn't relinquish. Bill Russell was 4-4 on the day
with a run and an RBI out of the 7 hole. Sutton notched
the CG win and no one bellyached about his 125 pitches thrown :)
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Game 2: Boxscore and Play by Play
Oct 7, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1973 St. Louis 0-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
1973 Los Angeles 2-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 1
GWRBI-Russell, B
Game MVP:Andy Messersmith
Dodger Stadium Time 2:42, 74ø, Wind: 15 MPH Right to Left Day Game
GAME 2:
Messersmith looked like a Cy Young winner out-dueling Rick Wise.
LA scored all of their runs in the bottom of the 2nd thanks to 2
hits and 3 walks off of Wise. Messersmith scattered 4 hits
and gave up one run thanks to a Davey Lopes error and a WP by
Andy himself. STL's best chance to get Messersmith was in
the 6th. Teddy Simmons hit a deep drive that Davis flagged
down against the wall with one out. Torre and McBride
followed with 2 out singles, but Kenny Reitz ended the threat
with a weak pop up to 3-Dog. Messersmith cruised the rest
of the way.
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Game 3: Boxscore and Play by Play
Oct 8, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1973 Los Angeles 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 10 0
1973 St. Louis 0-3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 2
GWRBI-Davis, W
Game MVP:Bill Russell
Busch Stadium I Time 3:05, 64ø, Clear, Light Rain, Wind: 19 MPH Right to Left Day Game
GAME 3:
As mentioned earlier STL took a 4-1 lead into the 9th but
Hrabosky and Pena couldn't hold down the fort. Without a
doubt 3-Dog is the Series MVP hitting .417 and having the game
winning 2 runs shot. Can't forget Bill Russell who hit
.583. Jim Brewer got the save with a shaky 9th, but we'll
take it. Doug Rau got the win after pitching a scoreless
8th in relief of Claude Osteen, who was roughed up early, but
righted the ship to survive.
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