| Bobby Bonds hit Reggie Cleveland's second pitch of the game for a homer and that was all Jim Willoughby needed to pitch the Giants to a 1-0 victory over the Cardinals. [The Sporting News] |
San Francisco Giants 1, St. Louis Cardinals 0
Game Played on Saturday, April 28, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Giants 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bonds rf 4 1 2 1 1 0 .300 Brock lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Fuentes 2b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .327 Melendez rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Speier ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .277 J. Cruz cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .246 McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .258 Torre 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .274 Goodson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .354 Simmons c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .206 Maddox cf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .392 Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .172 Howarth cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Crosby 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .150 Thomasson lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .241 Busse pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .114 Rader c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .224 Segui p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willoughby p 4 0 0 0 0 3 .067 Kelleher ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333 McCarver ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Fenwick 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Cleveland p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Anderson ph,ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Totals 31 1 5 1 6 8 Totals 29 0 4 0 1 6 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 11,896 Left on Base: Giants 10, Cardinals 3 DP: Giants 2, Cardinals 0 Errors: Brock Doubles: Bonds (8), Cleveland (1), Crosby (2) Home Runs: Bonds (5) Sacrifice Hits: Rader (2) GIDP: J. Cruz (2), Cleveland (1) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Willoughby W(2-1) 9 4 0 0 1 6 0 30 4.32 Totals 9 4 0 0 1 6 0 30 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Cleveland L(0-3) 8 5 1 1 4 7 1 33 4.01 Segui 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 1.08 Totals 9 5 1 1 6 8 1 38 Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Nick Colosi GIANTS 1ST: Bonds homered; Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Speier struck out; McCovey walked; Goodson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Melendez walked; J. Cruz grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Melendez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. GIANTS 2ND: Maddox struck out; Thomasson walked; Rader popped to catcher in foul territory; Willoughby forced Thomasson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Torre struck out; Simmons lined to second; Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. GIANTS 3RD: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Fuentes grounded out (pitcher to first); Speier walked; McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Crosby popped to shortstop; Kelleher singled to right; Cleveland grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kelleher out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. GIANTS 4TH: Goodson lined to third; Maddox singled to left [Maddox to second (error by Brock)]; Thomasson popped to shortstop; Rader was walked intentionally; Willoughby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Brock grounded out (second to first); Melendez grounded out (third to first); J. Cruz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. GIANTS 5TH: Bonds flied out to left; Fuentes was called out on strikes; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: HOWARTH REPLACED MADDOX (PLAYING CF); Torre flied out to center; Simmons grounded out (pitcher to first); Reitz singled to left; Crosby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. GIANTS 6TH: McCovey struck out; Goodson flied out to center; Howarth singled to left; Thomasson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Kelleher grounded out (shortstop to first); Cleveland doubled to right; Brock grounded out (second to first) [Cleveland to third]; Melendez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. GIANTS 7TH: Rader singled to right; Willoughby was called out on strikes; Bonds doubled to left [Rader to third]; Fuentes struck out; Speier grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 7TH: J. Cruz flied out to right; Torre struck out; Simmons struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. GIANTS 8TH: McCovey grounded out (second to first); Goodson grounded out (second to first); Howarth flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 8TH: Reitz flied out to left; Crosby doubled to right; BUSSE RAN FOR CROSBY; MCCARVER BATTED FOR KELLEHER; McCarver grounded out (second to first) [Busse to third]; ANDERSON BATTED FOR CLEVELAND; Anderson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. GIANTS 9TH: SEGUI REPLACED BUSSE (PITCHING); ANDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); FENWICK REPLACED MCCARVER (PLAYING 2B); Thomasson walked; Rader out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Thomasson to second]; Willoughby was called out on strikes; Bonds walked; Fuentes forced Thomasson (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 9TH: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Melendez grounded out (third to first); J. Cruz grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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