Lead Story - 3/14/2022 Cleveland Indians - 1971 World Series ChampionsThe Cleveland Indians won the 1971 World Series, defeating the Houston Astros 4 games to 2. Luis Tiant got the win for the Indians in Game 1 allowing 1 run on 5 hits, striking out 9. Walt Bond gave the Indians an early lead with a 1st inning RBI single. Bond got the scoring going in the 3rd with another RBI single, giving the Indians the lead 4-0 in route to a 6-1 victory. The Indians pitching continued to dominate in Game 2, with Series MVP Mel Stottlemyre pitching a complete game, allowing 1 run on 4 hits to get the win. The Indians again took an early lead with Orlando Cepeda?s 3 run 1st inning home run, in route to a 5-1 victory. The Astros bats came to life in Game 3, and Dan Wilson responded, holding the Indians to 1 run on 3 hits to earn the win. The Astros took the lead in the 3rd with a 3 run home run by Marv Blaylock. Blaylock then hit a solo homer in the 5th giving the Astros the victory 7-2. The Astros tied the Series, taking Game 4, 5-3. The Indians took an early lead on Bond?s 2 run homer in the 2nd, but the Astros responded in the bottom half behind a leadoff single by Vic Davalillo. Behind 3-2 in the bottom of the 5th, the Astros took the lead for good on Jimmie Hall?s 2 run homer. Luis Tiant battled Larry Dierker in game 5. Tiant allowed 2 runs on 3 hits, striking out 11, and Dierker allowed 2 runs on 7 hits striking out 9. The game went into extra innings, tied at 2. In the top of the 10th, Gary Geiger hit the game winning Home run, giving the Indians the Series lead with the 3-2 victory. The Indians sent Mel Stottlemyre back to the mound in game 6, and he delivered another gem, holding the Astros to 1 run on 3 hits. With the Game tied at 1 going into the bottom of the 8th, Orlando Cepeda broke the game open with a 3 run home run, giving the Indians the World Championship with the 4-1 victory. MVP Mel Stottlemyre won 2 games in the Series with a 1.06 ERA, .588 WHIP and 5.29 K/9 |
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