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The 1971 World Series was the championship round of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1971 season and featured the first night game in its history. The 68th edition of the Fall Classic was a best-of-seven playoff between the defending World Series and American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles and the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates.
They took Game 3 off a complete game performance from Steve Blass. In Game 4, the first night game in World Series history, the score was tied at three until the bottom of the seventh, when Pittsburgh's Milt May hit an RBI single which scored Bob Robertson, and the Pirates held on to even the series at two games each.
Dock Phillip Ellis Jr. (March 11, 1945 – December 19, 2008) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1968 through 1979, most notably as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates teams that won five National League Eastern Division titles in six years between 1970 and 1975 and won the World Series in 1971.
October 17 – Pitcher Steve Blass throws a four-hitter and Roberto Clemente homers as the Pittsburgh Pirates win Game Seven of the World Series over the Baltimore Orioles, 2–1, becoming World Champions for the first time since 1960. Clemente is named the Series MVP. Game Four of this World Series was the first night game played in Series ...
Bob Veale spent 11 seasons with the Pirates and helped lead the team to a World Series title in 1971. ... and helping the team beat the Baltimore Orioles in seven games in the 1971 World Series.
The Arizona Diamondbacks head home to Chase Field to play Game 3 of the World Series against the Texas Rangers. The Series is tied 1-1.
The 1971 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five series in Major League Baseball’s 1971 postseason that pitted the East Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates against the West Division champion San Francisco Giants. The Pirates won the Series three games to one and won the 1971 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles.
The Arizona Diamondbacks hosted Game 3 of the World Series on Monday and multiple celebrities made an appearance at Chase Field. Among them> New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was on hand at the ...