1979 world series game 6

1979 Kellogg’s Dave Parker (#21) Check prices on eBay (affiliate link) Check prices on Amazon (affiliate link) After a day off to think about what they had done, the Bucs and O’s headed back to Baltimore for Game 6. At the time, the Pirates wore Cuban-style caps with gold bands around them, and the players vied against each other on the field and at the plate to see who could fill up more rows. It was a simple, almost child-like incentive, but it seemed to work as the Pirates captured the booty of the National League East Championship on the final day of the season."We are family, I've got all my sisters with me." - Sister Sledge (1979, Cotillion Records, Bernard Edwards)Pittsburgh's Jim Bibby and Baltimore's Scott McGregor went mano y mano in the grand finale that would crown the last world champion of the 1970's. Garcia grabbed two singles, a double and a triple and batted in four runs.

Bill Madlock-Phil Garner-Willie Stargell; Tim Foli-Phil Garner-Bill Madlock-Phil Garner; Dave Parker-Ed Ott.E: Dave Parker (1); Tim Foli (2).Outfield Assists: Dave Parker (Eddie Murray at 3rd base).Baserunning CS: Bill Madlock (1, 2nd base by Jim Palmer/Rick Dempsey); Matt Alexander (1, 2nd base by Don Stanhouse/Rick Dempsey). Now down three games to one, Pops had to rally his Family as they prepared to go against the victorious Flanagan in Game 5. Willie Stargell had labored long and hard throughout the decade trying to restore a sense of enjoyment and pride that had been missing in the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse since the tragic death of Roberto Clemente in 1972.

Next, Jim Rooker, who had won only four games during the '79 season, was, with some controversy, given the Game 5 start and performed beautifully with a very uncharacteristic three-hitter over five innings.

Newly adopted Family members Bill Madlock and Tim Foli both stepped up as, respectively, the former Met third baseman drove in three runs, and both he and shortstop Foli went four-for-four to instigate a 7-1 setback for Baltimore. Template:World Series Rating The 1979 World Series matched the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates (98-64) against the American League's Baltimore Orioles (102-57), with the Pirates coming back from a 3 games to 1 deficit to win the Series in seven games.

Path to the World Series ALCS: Baltimore over ... Jim Rooker and Bert Blyleven teaming up for a six-hitter. The Pirates were famous for adopting "We Are Family" as their theme song.

Game 2 was tied 2-2 until the ninth, when Manny Sanguillen's RBI single gave Pittsburgh a 3-2 lead. Tune in with us NOW for Game 6 of the 1979 World Series on AT&T SportsNet - Pittsburgh Region Not in the Pittsburgh Region? Pittsburgh became the fourth team in history to rise up from a three-games-to-one deficit to win a best-of-seven Classic.
Pops accounted for the game's final run with a clutch 8th-inning homer, but the Birds held on for a 5-4 opening victory.

On the heels of Rooker's turnaround, John Candelaria became the obvious choice for Game 6 and "The Candy Man" combined with side-armed reliever Kent Tekulve to hold the Orioles to seven meaningless hits in a 4-0 shutout. NOTE: A Regulation Little League Game is 6 Innings X= Inning not played or information is unavailable. As the Series moved on to the Steel City, any home-field advantage proved not be non-existent.
Five different Pirate hitters had collected ten or more hits: Garner (who finished with a .500 average) and Pops Stargell tallied 12 each, Omar Moreno had 11, and Parker and Foli each tallied ten. Bert Blyleven, arguably the greatest curveball thrower in the NL, worked four scoreless innings of relief to seal the deal. Phil Garner and Stargell (a two-time National League home-run champ with 461 lifetime HRs) each collected two RBIs, as Dave "The Cobra" Parker bit Baltimore for four hits. Fellow Oriole Benny Ayala also flew high as he launched a two-run homer deep into the cheap seats as the visiting American League champions prevailed, 8-4.As the 1970s came to a close, in sharp contrast to this self-centered, so-called "Me Decade," a "Family" headed by "Pops" reunited for the Fall Classic and brought fun back to baseball. 1979. 1979 World Series Game 6 – Pirates 4, Orioles 0. Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan made the numbers stand despite the best efforts of the Buccos— line-up.

All three Pirates pitchers had risen to the occasion and evened the contest while earning their stripes as well as Stargell's stars.Stargell had certainly earned his own stars as the 38-year-old veteran slugged 32 homers for the "Family" and its pater familias Chuck Tanner, and almost single-handedly swept the Cincinnati Reds in the NL Championship Series with a .455 average, two homers, and six runs batted in. After striking out Parker, McGregor gave up a single to Bill Robinson, and Stargell brought both them both around the bases with a tape-measure homer over the right-field fence. The Family's pitching staff had held the Orioles to an embarrassing two runs in the final 28 innings of the Series. After tearing through five Orioles pitchers for two more runs in the 9th, the Pirates sailed off with a 4-1 victory and another World Series title.