1971 American League Championship Series

Infobox LCS
alcs = yes


year = 1971
champion = Baltimore Orioles (3)
champion_manager = Earl Weaver
champion_games = 101-57, .639, GA: 12
runnerup = Oakland Athletics (0)
runnerup_manager = Dick Williams
runnerup_games = 101-60, .627, GA: 16
date = October 3–October 5
television = NBC
announcers = Jim Simpson and Sandy Koufax (Game 1-2)
Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek (Game 3)
umpires = Hank Soar, Larry Napp, Lou DiMuro, Jake O'Donnell, Ron Luciano, Bill KunkelThe by|1971 American League Championship Series was a matchup between the Eastern Division Champion Baltimore Orioles and the Western Division Champion Oakland Athletics. The Orioles swept the Athletics 3 games to none, despite the fact that each team had won 101 games. The Orioles won their third consecutive pennant in the process, but would go on to lose the 1971 World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

ummary

Baltimore Orioles vs. Oakland Athletics

Baltimore wins the series, 3-0

Game summaries

Game 1

Sunday, October 3, 1971 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, MarylandLinescore
Road=Oakland|RoadAbr=OAK
R1=0|R2=2|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=3|RH=9|RE=0
Home=Baltimore|HomeAbr=BAL
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=4|H8=0|H9=X|HR=5|HH=7|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Dave McNally (1-0)|LP=Vida Blue (0-1)|SV=Eddie Watt (1)|

Game 2

Monday, October 4, 1971 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, MarylandLinescore
Road=Oakland|RoadAbr=OAK
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=1|RH=6|RE=0
Home=Baltimore|HomeAbr=BAL
H1=0|H2=1|H3=1|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=1|H8=2|H9=X|HR=5|HH=7|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Mike Cuellar (1-0)|LP=Catfish Hunter (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Boog Powell 2 (2), Brooks Robinson (1), Elrod Hendricks (1)|

Game 3

Tuesday, October 5, 1971 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, CaliforniaLinescore
Road=Baltimore|RoadAbr=BAL
R1=1|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=2|R6=0|R7=2|R8=0|R9=0|RR=5|RH=12|RE=0
Home=Oakland|HomeAbr=OAK
H1=0|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=0|H6=1|H7=0|H8=1|H9=0|HR=3|HH=7|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Jim Palmer (1-0)|LP=Diego Segui (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Reggie Jackson 2 (2), Sal Bando (1)|

Composite Box

1971 ALCS (3-0): Baltimore Orioles over Oakland AthleticsLinescore
Road=Baltimore Orioles
R1=1|R2=1|R3=1|R4=1|R5=2|R6=0|R7=7|R8=2|R9=0|RR=15|RH=26|RE=1
Home=Oakland Athletics
H1=0|H2=2|H3=1|H4=2|H5=0|H6=1|H7=0|H8=1|H9=0|HR=7|HH=22|HE=0Total Attendance: 110,800 Average Attendance: 36,933|

Notes

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1971_ALCS.shtml 1971 ALCS at Baseball-Reference.com]