St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 8, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1973 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 2 5 1
Crosby 2b 4 0 0 0
  Sizemore ph 1 0 0 0
Cruz cf 4 0 1 1
Torre 1b 3 0 1 1
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 2 0 0 0
  Tyson pr 0 1 0 0
Carbo rf 3 0 0 0
Busse ss 3 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 1 0
Spinks p 2 0 0 0
  Santorini p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Foster p 0 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b 5 0 1 0
Sanguillen rf 4 1 1 0
Oliver cf 3 0 1 0
Stargell lf 4 1 2 2
Hebner 3b 4 0 0 0
Robertson 1b 3 1 0 0
May c 4 1 2 2
Alley ss 2 1 1 1
Ellis p 3 0 1 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
St. Louis 101 000 001382
Pittsburgh 010 030 10x591
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Spinks  L (0-1) 4.0 3 3 3 2 2
  Santorini   0.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Andrews   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Foster   2.0 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  W (1-0) 8.2 7 3 3 4 7
  Hernandez  SV (2) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
8

  E–Crosby (1), Simmons (1), May (1).  DP–St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 1.  PB–Simmons (2); May (1).  2B–St. Louis Torre (1,off Ellis); J Cruz (1,off Ellis).  3B–Pittsburgh Sanguillen (1,off Foster).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (1,2nd inning off Spinks 0 on, 0 out); May (1,5th inning off Spinks 1 on, 0 out); Alley (1,5th inning off Santorini 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Ellis (1,off Foster).  IBB–Alley (1,by Andrews).  SB–Brock (1,2nd base off Ellis/May).  WP–Ellis (1).  IBB–Andrews (1,Alley).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:09.  A–23,391.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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