Sii qor faqradaan - Murtaugh oo ka warqabay tayada badan ee kooxda Pittsburgh, wuxuu codsaday in dib loo soo celiyo shaqada maamulka ka dib markii Larry Shepard la eryay usbuucii ugu dambeeyay ee xilli ciyaareedka. Markii laga saaray cudurka, wuxuu mar kale noqday kabtanka kooxda Burcad badeeda. (Saacado uun ka dib dib markii dib loo shaqaaleysiiyay 9-kii Oktoobar, Don Hoak, oo ah xiddigihiisa saddexaad ee horyaalka World Series 1960 ee Pirates iyo maamule ka tirsan nidaamka beeraha ee Pirates-ka sanadkii 1969, ayaa u dhintay wadno-xanuun ka dib markii uu rumeysan yahay inuu yahay tartame hormuud u ah inuu maareeyo naadiga waalidka.) Labadii kooxood ee ugu horreeyay waxay ku guuleysteen 1970 <unk> 71 horyaalkii horyaalka qaranka ee horyaalka Bari. Inkastoo kooxda ay ku dhacday horyaalkii National League ee xilli ciyaareedkaas
Sanadkii 1971-kii kooxda Murtaugh ee Pirates ayaa ka adkaatay San Francisco Giants kulankii NLCS ka dibna waxay ku guuleysteen 1971 World Series iyagoo dib ugu soo laabtay guuldaradii ay laba kulan oo barbaro ah ka soo gaareen Baltimore Orioles. Horyaalka Adduunka waxaa lagu calaamadeeyay waxqabadka cajiibka ah ee Hall of Fame Baseball-ka mustaqbalka Roberto Clemente, oo garaacay.414 oo leh 12 hits si uu kooxdiisa ugu hogaamiyo horyaalka.