Playing in near-freezing weather, the Pirates got four-hit pitching from Bob Moose and shut out the Cubs, 6-0. The crowd of 3,764 was a record low for a game at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates backed Moose with homers by Manny Sanguillen and Milt May. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Chicago Cubs 0
Game Played on Thursday, April     12, 1973 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  2
Pirates      0  0  1    2  0  3    0  0  x  -   6 10  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf             3   0   1   0     1   2   .154      Stennett 2b           4   0   0   1     0   3   .167
Cardenal rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .125      Sanguillen rf         4   1   1   1     0   0   .375
Williams lf           3   0   2   0     1   0   .333      Oliver cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Pepitone 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .273      Stargell lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .286
Santo 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .400      Hebner 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Beckert 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .154      Robertson 1b          2   2   2   0     2   0   .214
Hundley c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .143      May c                 4   2   2   2     0   1   .286
Kessinger ss          2   0   0   0     1   0   .083      Alley ss              4   1   2   1     0   0   .273
Jenkins p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Moose p               3   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Hiser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   4   0     4   5             Totals               33   6  10   5     2   5

Time of Game: 2:04   Attendance:  3,764
Left on Base: Cubs 7, Pirates 7
DP: Cubs 1, Pirates 1
Errors: Pepitone, Kessinger
Doubles: Robertson (1)
Home Runs: Sanguillen (1), May (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Moose (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Stennett (1)
GIDP: Beckert (3), Moose (1)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(0-1)          7    10   6   5   2   4   2  34   4.20
Gura                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8    10   6   5   2   5   2  37

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moose W(1-0)            9     4   0   0   4   5   0  34   0.00
Totals                  9     4   0   0   4   5   0  34

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey


CUBS 1ST: Monday struck out; Cardenal flied out to left;
Williams grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Stennett struck out; Sanguillen reached on an error
by Kessinger [Sanguillen to first]; Oliver singled to center
[Sanguillen to second]; Stargell flied out to center; Hebner
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Pirates 0.

CUBS 2ND: Pepitone flied out to right; Santo struck out; Beckert
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Robertson walked; May struck out; Alley singled to
center [Robertson to second]; Moose grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Alley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

CUBS 3RD: Hundley grounded out (third to first); Kessinger
walked; Jenkins was called out on strikes; Monday was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Stennett struck out; Sanguillen homered; Oliver
lined to right; Stargell struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
0, Pirates 1.

CUBS 4TH: Cardenal popped to shortstop; Williams singled to
center; Pepitone walked [Williams to second]; Santo forced
Williams (third unassisted) [Pepitone to second]; Beckert flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Hebner grounded out (first unassisted); Robertson
walked; May homered [Robertson scored]; Alley lined to left;
Moose singled to center; Stennett forced Moose (third to
second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 3.

CUBS 5TH: Hundley popped to catcher in foul territory; Kessinger
flied out to left; Jenkins grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 5TH: Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver
grounded out (shortstop to first); Stargell singled to center;
Hebner flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates
3.

CUBS 6TH: Monday singled to right; Cardenal struck out; Williams
walked [Monday to second]; Pepitone flied out to center; Santo
forced Williams (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 0, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 6TH: Robertson singled to left; May singled to right
[Robertson to third]; Alley singled to pitcher [Robertson
scored, May to second]; Moose reached on an error by Pepitone on
a sacrifice bunt [May scored (no RBI), Alley to third, Moose to
second]; Stennett hit a sacrifice fly to center [Alley scored
(unearned)]; Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Oliver grounded out (catcher to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 6.

CUBS 7TH: Beckert grounded out (third to first); Hundley flied
out to center; Kessinger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 7TH: Stargell flied out to center; Hebner flied out to
center; Robertson doubled to left; May popped to second; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 6.

CUBS 8TH: HISER BATTED FOR JENKINS; Hiser grounded out (second
to first); Monday walked; Cardenal popped to third; Williams
singled to first [Monday to second]; Pepitone grounded out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 8TH: GURA REPLACED HISER (PITCHING); Alley grounded out
(pitcher to first); Moose grounded out (pitcher to first);
Stennett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 6.

CUBS 9TH: Santo singled to center; Beckert grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Santo out at second];
Hundley flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Pirates 6.