1979 National League Championship Series

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The 1979 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five playoff in which the Pittsburgh Pirates swept the Cincinnati Reds to advance to and eventually win the World Series.

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instanceOf Major League Baseball postseason series
National League Championship Series
champion Pittsburgh Pirates
cityGame1 Cincinnati, Ohio
cityGame2 Cincinnati, Ohio
cityGame3 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
country United States
endDate 1979-10-07
followedBy 1980 National League Championship Series
format best-of-five series
game1Result Pittsburgh Pirates 5–2 Cincinnati Reds
game2ExtraInnings yes
game2Innings 10
game2Result Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2 Cincinnati Reds
game3Result Pittsburgh Pirates 7–1 Cincinnati Reds
gameCount 3
homeTeamGame1 Cincinnati Reds
homeTeamGame2 Cincinnati Reds
homeTeamGame3 Pittsburgh Pirates
league National League
loserGames 0
losingManager John McNamara
mostValuablePlayer Willie Stargell
MVPTeam Pittsburgh Pirates
PiratesDivision National League East
PiratesDivisionPlace 1st
PiratesRegularSeasonRecord 98–64
precededBy 1978 National League Championship Series
radioAnnouncersUS Jack Buck
Marty Brennaman
radioNetworkUS CBS Radio
RedsDivision National League West
RedsDivisionPlace 1st
RedsRegularSeasonRecord 90–71
runnerUp Cincinnati Reds
season 1979 Major League Baseball season
seriesResult Pittsburgh Pirates won 3–0
sport baseball
startDate 1979-10-02
televisionAnnouncersUS Joe Garagiola
Tony Kubek
televisionNetworkUS NBC
umpireCrewChief Doug Harvey
venueGame1 Riverfront Stadium
venueGame2 Riverfront Stadium
venueGame3 Three Rivers Stadium
winnerAdvancedTo 1979 World Series
winnerGames 3
winnerWonSubsequentWorldSeries yes
winningManager Chuck Tanner
year 1979

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Cincinnati Reds–Pittsburgh Pirates rivalry playoffMeeting 1979 National League Championship Series
John McSherry workedInNLCS 1979 National League Championship Series