in the 1971 series, however, cuellar pitched and was the losing pitcher in game three and game seven against the pirates. cuellar and the orioles were narrowly edged in the decisive seventh game by a score of just 2–1. this was the very unusual year in which the orioles had four twenty-game winners in their starting rotation, and their manager, earl weaver, decided to continue his usual pitching rotation that had already been established.