1977 National League Championship Series
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The 1977 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five matchup between the Western Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the Eastern Division champion Philadelphia Phillies. The Dodgers beat the Phillies 3 games to 1 and would go on lose the 1977 World Series to the New York Yankees.
Managers: Tommy Lasorda, Los Angeles; Danny Ozark, Philadelphia
Umpires: Paul Pryor, Bob Engel, Harry Wendelstedt, Bruce Froemming, Dutch Rennert, Paul Runge
Series MVP: Dusty Baker, Los Angeles
Television: NBC (Jim Simpson and Maury Wills announcing)
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[edit] Summary
[edit] Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Dodgers win the Series, 3-1
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia - 7, Los Angeles - 5 | October 4 | Dodger Stadium | 55,968 |
| 2 | Philadelphia - 1, Los Angeles - 7 | October 5 | Dodger Stadium | 55,973 |
| 3 | Los Angeles - 6, Philadelphia - 5 | October 7 | Veterans Stadium | 63,719 |
| 4 | Los Angeles - 4, Philadelphia - 1 | October 8 | Veterans Stadium | 64,924 |
[edit] Game Summaries
[edit] Game One
October 4, Dodger Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| W: Gene Garber (1-0) L: Elias Sosa (0-1) SV: Tug McGraw (1) | ||||||||||||
| HRs: PHI – Greg Luzinski (1); LAD – Ron Cey (1) | ||||||||||||
The Phillies took the opening game of the series, winning their first postseason game since Game 1 of the 1915 World Series. They had lost the final four games in 1915, been swept in the 1950 World Series and were swept again in the 1976 National League Championship Series.
[edit] Game Two
October 5, Dodger Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 | 9 | 1 |
| W: Don Sutton (1-0) L: Jim Lonborg (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HRs: PHI – Bake McBride (1); LAD – Dusty Baker (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game Three
October 7, Veterans Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| Philadelphia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| W: Lance Rautzhan (1-0) L: Gene Garber (1-1) SV: Mike Garman (1) | ||||||||||||
| HRs: None | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game Four
October 8, Veterans Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| W: Tommy John (1-0) L: Steve Carlton (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HRs: LAD – Dusty Baker (2) | ||||||||||||
[edit] External links
- Baseball-Reference.com - 1977 NLCS
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