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Candy Man	Dock	Friend

Pittsburgh 6 Los Angeles 3

Candelaria vs Sutton

Bobby Bonds lead off the game with a triple. Groat brought him in with a sacrifice fly. In the 2^nd pitcher John Candelaria helped his own game with an RBI single.LA threatened with 4 singles and a walk but could only manage 1 run as Burgess threw out maury Wills on an attempted steal. Pittsburgh scored in he 5^th on a Alou single. In the 8^th Burgess came through again with a 2 run homerun. Down 6-1 LA tried to fight back with Jackie Robinson homering in the 8^th and a Davis sacrifice but Game MVP John Candelaria held on for the complete game win. Sutton took the loss.

Los Angeles 2 Pittsburgh 8

Newcombe vs Ellis

Los Angeles was out the gate when Reese scored on a Snider groundout. From that point on Pittsburgh went with the long ball. All 8 Pittsburgh runs were scored on 5 homeruns (Stargell,Mazeroski, Bonilla , and Bonds with 2). Los Angeles threatened in the 5^th with a Davis on 2^nd but for the 2^nd game in a row Burgess threw him out trying to steal 2^nd. Game MVP Dock Ellis went the distance for the win, Newcombe took the loss.

Los Angeles 2 Pittsburgh 4

Valenzuela vs Friend

A classic pitching duel through 4 ½ scoreless innings. In the bottom of the 5^th Pittsburgh sent 8 batters to the plate a 2 run single by Pena, and two run single by Alou was all the runs Pittsburgh scored in the game. A single in the 7^th by pinch hitter Scioscia scored 1 and Groat’s second error in the 9^th allowed another run. Bob Friend completed the Pirates sweep by shutting down the Dodgers to get the complete game win and game MVP. Valenzuela the loss. Los Angeles was in tough in this series as all 3 Pittsburgh starters pitched complete games and each received the Game MVP award.

--submitted by Robert Chisholm--

Special thanks to Mr. Chisholm and Frank Seders for subbing and playing this series.  Both guys are top notch.  Not only did Robert sub, but he even took the time to do the writeups.