1983 National League Championship Series

The 1983 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 Phillies beat the Dodgers 3 games to 1 and would go on lose the 1983 World Series to the Baltimore Orioles.

Managers: Tommy Lasorda, Los Angeles; Paul Owens, Philadelphia

Umpires: Terry Tata, Dick Stello, John McSherry, Lee Weyer, Doug Harvey, Jerry Crawford

Series MVP: Gary Matthews, Philadelphia

Television: NBC (Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola announcing)

[edit] Summary

Phillies win the Series, 3-1

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Philadelphia - 1, Los Angeles - 0	October 4	Dodger Stadium	49,963
2	Philadelphia - 1, Los Angeles - 4	October 5	Dodger Stadium	55,967
3	Los Angeles - 2, Philadelphia - 7	October 7	Veterans Stadium	53,490
4	Los Angeles - 2, Philadelphia - 7	October 8	Veterans Stadium	64,494

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
W: Steve Carlton (1-0) L: Jerry Reuss (0-1) SV: Al Holland (1)
HRs: PHI – Mike Schmidt (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
Los Angeles	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	4	6	1
W: Fernando Valenzuela (1-0) L: John Denny (0-1) SV: Tom Niedenfuer (1)
HRs: PHI – Gary Matthews (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0
Philadelphia	0	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	X	7	9	1
W: Charles Hudson (1-0) L: Bob Welch (0-1)
HRs: LAD – Mike Marshall (1); PHI – Gary Matthews (2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	10	0
Philadelphia	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	X	7	13	1
W: Steve Carlton (2-0) L: Jerry Reuss (0-2)
HRs: LAD – Dusty Baker (1); PHI – Gary Matthews (3), Sixto Lezcano (1)