1981 National Baseball League Championship Series
The 1981 National Baseball League Championship Series was the final series of the National Baseball League, the outcome of which determined the league’s representative in the 1981 World Series, the grand finale of Major League Baseball. This series three of five began on Tuesday, October 13, 1981 and ended on Monday, October 19, 1981 with a victory for the Los Angeles Dodgers in three games at two over the Montreal Expos Summary 1 Context 2 Teams present 3 Progress of the series 3 1 Schedule of meetings 3 2 Game 1 3 3 Game 2 3 4 Game 3 3 5 Game 4 3 6 Game 5 4 Most Outstanding Player 5 See also 6 Notes 7 External linksContext edit Full article 1981 Major League Baseball strike The 1981 Major League Baseball season had was interrupted for 50 days due to a players’ strike. Upon return to play, the league decided to use an unconventional formula for this season only. It determined that the teams leading their divisions at the time of the stoppage of play would be named champions of the first half of the season and would automatically advance to the playoff series The matches remaining on the regular schedule would be used to determine the ranking of the teams for the second half which would in turn crown champions in the East and West divisions Major baseball had planned to allow a wild card best second to move on to the series if the champion of a division turned out to be the same during both halves of the season but this eventuality did not materialize Division Series in the American and National leagues therefore took place exceptionally in 1981 From 1982 the major leagues returned to regular seasons of 162 games and to the regular formula of a single elimination round before the World Series and this format was the preferred one until 1995 Teams present modifyThe Los Angeles Dodgers won the championship of the West section of the National in the first half of the season with 36 victories and 21 defeats with a half match priority over the Cincinnati Reds who had one game less played at the time of the interruption of activities The Dodgers returned a record of 63 47 over the entire season and participated in the series for the first time since 1978 In the Division Series the Dodgers triumphed in 4 games over the Houston Astros 61 49 champions of the second half of the regular schedule in the West division Champions of the division East of the National League in the second half of the season the Montreal Expos 30 23 won their only section championship and participated in the playoffs for the only time in their history in 1981 They had taken 3rd place in the East in the first half and compiled a record of 60 48 for the entire season Over the entire season these statistics would have given them first place in the division In the division series the Expos beat the Philadelphia Phillies 59 48 first in the East in five games during the second half of the schedule and defending champions of the World Series Progress of the series modifyMeeting schedule modify Match Date Visitor Host Score1 October 13 Montreal Expos Los Angeles Dodgers 1 52 October 14 Montreal Expos Los Angeles Dodgers 3 03 October 16 Los Angeles Dodgers Montreal Expos 1 44 October 17 Los Angeles Dodgers Montreal Expos 7 15 October 19 Los Angeles Dodgers Montreal Expos 2 1 Game 1 edit Tuesday October 13, 1981 at Dodger Stadium Los Angeles California Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RH EMontreal Expos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0Los Angeles Dodgers 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 X 5 8 0MTL Starting Pitchers Bill Gullickson LA Burt Hooton Vic Burt Hooton 1 0 Def Bill Gullickson 0 1 HRs LA Pedro Guerrero 1 Mike Scioscia 1 After the Dodgers scored twice in the 2nd inning Pedro Guerrero and Mike Scioscia put the game out of reach of the Expos with back-to-back home runs in the 8th inning against ace reliever Jeff Reardon A double from Larry Parrish scored Gary Carter in the top of the 9th inning for Montreal but it was too late Los Angeles won 5-1 in the opening game of the Championship Series Match 2 edit Wednesday October 14, 1981 at the Dodger Stadium Los Angeles California Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RH EMontreal Expos 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 10 0Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1Starting Pitchers MTL Ray Burris LA Fernando Valenzuela Vic Ray Burris 1 0 Def Fernando Valenzuela 0 1 Ray Burris pitched a complete game five-hitter tossing Fernando Valenzuela and the Expos blanked the Dodgers 3-0 to even the series odds Tim Raines hit 3 hits and produced a point for Montreal Match 3 edit Friday October 16, 1981 at Olympic Stadium Montreal Quebec Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RH EDodgers de Los Angeles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0Montreal Expos 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Ron Cey strikes out on the play Subsequently Steve Rogers, winner of two victories in the Division Series against Philadelphia, offered another solid performance launching a complete game of seven hits Montreal scored four runs after two outs in the 6th inning Andre Dawson struck a single Gary Carter drew a walk then Larry Parrish tied the score with a one-run hit Jerry White followed up with a three-run home run against losing pitcher Jerry Reuss With a 4-1 win in front of their fans the Expos were not than a victory for a first participation in the World Series Match 4 modify Saturday October 17, 1981 at the Olympic Stadium Montreal Quebec Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RH Los Angeles EDodgers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 12 1Montreal Expos 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1Starting Pitchers LA Burt Hooton MTL Bill Gullickson Vic Burt Hooton 2 0 Def Bill Gullickson 0 2 HRs LA Steve Garvey 1 The same two starting pitchers as in the first game faced each other Dodgers avoided elimination and pushed the series to its limit by triumphing over the Expos 7 to 1 in a game where pitcher Burt Hooton once again got the best of Bill Gullickson Steve Garvey hit a two-run homer against Gullickson in the 8th inning to break the tie by 1 1 Los Angeles added 4 points in the 9th inning to secure the victory Game 5 modify Monday October 19, 1981 at the Olympic Stadium Montreal Quebec Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RH Los Angeles EDodgers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 0Montreal Expos 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1Starting Pitchers LA Fernando Valenzuela MTL Steve Rogers Vic Fernando Valenzuela 1 1 Def Steve Rogers 1 1 Save Bob Welch 1 HRs LA Rick Monday 1 Tim Raines started the first inning with a double for the Expos He beat a relay to be safe at the third base on a sacrifice hit from Rodney Scott then came to score when Andre Dawson committed in a double play Montreal maintained this priority by one point during the first half of the game until Rick Monday led off the 5th inning with a single. He raced to third on a hit by Pedro Guerrero and came to score when Dodgers starter Fernando Valenzuela was removed on a grounder to second base. In the 9th inning with a tie at 1 1 manager Jim Fanning decided to relieve his starting pitcher Ray Burris by Steve Rogers The second batter to face him Rick Monday catapulted the ball into the stands of Olympic Stadium for a home run The Dodgers advanced to the World Series by winning 2 1 The day which saw Rick Monday dash the Expos’ hopes of reaching their first final on a Monday monday in English was named Blue Monday by the team’s fans 1 Most Valuable Player edit Pitcher Burt Hooton of the Los Angeles Dodgers was named Most Valuable Player of the 1981 National Baseball League Championship Series after pitching 14 and two-thirds scoreless innings to the Expos 2 See also edit1981 National Baseball League Division Series 1981 American Baseball League Division Series 1981 American Baseball League Championship Series 1981 World SeriesNotes edit Blue Monday CBC September 29, 2004 Statistics from Burt Hooton baseball reference com Accessed March 13, 2009 External links edit1981 playoff game summaries on retrosheet org Series game summaries 1981 National League Championship Series on Baseball Reference com nbsp Baseball Portal nbsp 1980s Portal nbsp Los Angeles Portal nbsp Montreal Portal This document comes from 160 https fr wikipedia org w index php title National League Championship Series baseball 1981 amp oldid 170293366 160
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