Jim Barr allowed only two hits, both by Lou Brock, and pitched the Giants to a 5-0 victory over the Cardinals. Bobby Bonds and Tito Fuentes were the leaders of the Giants' attack on Bob Gibson. Bonds collected a triple and two singles, while Fuentes had a triple, single and sacrifice fly and drove in three runs. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 5, St. Louis Cardinals 0
Game Played on Friday, April     27, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Giants       1  1  0    0  2  0    1  0  0  -   5  9  1
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  3


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   2   3   1     1   1   .292      Brock lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .239
Fuentes 2b            4   1   2   3     0   1   .344      Crosby 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .118
Speier ss             4   0   0   0     0   1   .286      J. Cruz cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .262
McCovey 1b            2   0   0   0     2   1   .271      Torre 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Goodson 3b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .377      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Thomasson cf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Carbo rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .152
Matthews lf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .268      Reitz 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .164
Rader c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .216      Kelleher ss           1   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Barr p                4   1   1   0     0   3   .182        Anderson ph,ss      1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                          Gibson p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   9   5     3   9             Totals               29   0   2   0     1   2

Time of Game: 1:42   Attendance: 14,370
Left on Base: Giants 6, Cardinals 3
DP: Giants 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Speier, Simmons 2, Kelleher
Doubles: Goodson (4), Matthews (2)
Triples: Bonds (2), Fuentes (2), Brock (1)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Fuentes (1)
GIDP: Goodson (2)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr W(3-1)             9     2   0   0   1   2   0  30   1.53
Totals                  9     2   0   0   1   2   0  30

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson L(0-3)           8     8   5   4   2   8   0  33   2.57
Folkers                 1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   0.00
Totals                  9     9   5   4   3   9   0  38

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Fuentes singled to center; Speier
flied out to center; McCovey walked [Fuentes to second]; Goodson
doubled to left [Fuentes scored, McCovey to third]; Thomasson
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock reached on an error by Speier [Brock to
first]; Crosby grounded out (first to pitcher) [Brock to
second]; J. Cruz flied out to right; Torre lined to third; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews popped to catcher in foul territory; Rader
singled to center; On a bunt Barr struck out; Bonds tripled to
left [Rader scored]; Fuentes struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Carbo
struck out; Reitz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Speier lined to second; McCovey flied out to left;
Goodson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Kelleher walked; Gibson lined into a double play
(third to second to first) [Kelleher out at first]; Brock
tripled to center; Crosby popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Thomasson grounded out (first unassisted); Matthews
struck out; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: J. Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); Torre
grounded out (third to first); Simmons grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Barr singled to left; Bonds singled to right [Barr
to third]; Fuentes tripled to right [Barr scored, Bonds scored];
Speier grounded out (pitcher to first); McCovey was walked
intentionally; Goodson grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [McCovey out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Carbo grounded out (first to pitcher); Reitz
popped to second in foul territory; Kelleher grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Cardinals
0.

GIANTS 6TH: Thomasson flied out to left; Simmons dropped a foul
fly hit by Matthews for an error; Matthews struck out; Rader
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Cardinals
0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Gibson grounded out (third to first); Brock
singled to center; Crosby grounded out (second to first) [Brock
to second]; J. Cruz flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 4, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Barr struck out; Bonds singled to left; Bonds stole
second [Bonds to third (error by Kelleher)]; Fuentes hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Bonds scored (unearned)]; Speier struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Torre flied out to right; Simmons grounded out
(second to first); Carbo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 8TH: McCovey struck out; Goodson grounded out (first
unassisted); Thomasson grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Reitz popped to second in foul territory;
ANDERSON BATTED FOR KELLEHER; Anderson popped to first in foul
territory; MCCARVER BATTED FOR GIBSON; McCarver grounded out
(pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5,
Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 9TH: FOLKERS REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); ANDERSON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Matthews doubled to left; Matthews
was picked off second but was safe on an error by Simmons
[Matthews to third]; Rader popped to third; Barr was called out
on strikes; Bonds was walked intentionally; Fuentes flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: Brock flied out to left; Crosby struck out; J.
Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 5, Cardinals 0.