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Saturday April 28, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

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.



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