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Tuesday May 1, 1973
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Three homers in one inning highlighted the Cubs' 14-hit attack in a 9-5 victory over the Dodgers. Glenn Beckert led off the fourth with a single and Billy Williams followed with a homer. Then, after one out, Ron Santo and Jose Cardenal hit for the circuit in succession. Tom Paciorek and Bill Buckner rapped consecutive homers for the Dodgers in the ninth inning. [The Sporting News]


Chicago Cubs 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Game Played on Tuesday, May 1, 1973 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Cubs         1  1  3    4  0  0    0  0  0  -   9 14  0
Dodgers      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  2  2  -   5 13  2


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf             5   1   3   1     1   2   .318      Russell ss            5   0   1   0     0   1   .242
Beckert 2b            5   1   2   1     0   0   .282      Mota lf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .387
Williams lf           4   1   1   2     1   1   .284        Paciorek lf         1   1   1   1     0   0   .167
  Hiser lf            1   0   1   0     0   0   .400      Buckner 1b            5   2   3   1     0   1   .280
Hickman 1b            4   1   0   0     1   2   .138      Davis cf              5   1   1   0     0   1   .240
Santo 3b              4   2   3   1     0   1   .373      Ferguson c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .321
  Fanzone 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Yeager c            2   0   1   0     0   0   .143
Cardenal rf           4   2   2   3     1   1   .355      Crawford rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .208
Hundley c             4   0   0   0     1   2   .150      Cey 3b                2   1   1   1     1   0   .262
Kessinger ss          2   1   1   1     2   0   .269      Lopes 2b              3   0   3   1     1   0   .320
Hooton p              4   0   1   0     0   1   .250      John p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rau p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Garvey ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Hough p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lacy ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .212
                                                            Culver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   9  14   9     7  10             Totals               36   5  13   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 12,413
Left on Base: Cubs 12, Dodgers 9
DP: Cubs 2, Dodgers 1
Errors: Russell, Crawford
Doubles: Monday (4), Beckert (6)
Triples: Cardenal (1)
Home Runs: Williams (1), Santo (4), Cardenal (2), Paciorek (1), Buckner (2)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Hooton (1), Kessinger (1), Rau (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Beckert (1), Cey (1)
GIDP: Kessinger (7), Buckner (4), Hough (1)
Hit by Pitch: Santo (2,by Hough)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hooton W(2-2)           8.1  13   5   5   3   3   2  39   5.68
LaRoche SV(1)           0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2  12.27
Totals                  9    13   5   5   3   4   2  41

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John L(2-2)             2     6   5   3   2   1   0  15   3.24
Rau                     2     5   4   4   1   3   3  12   7.15
Hough                   4     1   0   0   4   6   0  17   2.61
Culver                  1     2   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.70
Totals                  9    14   9   7   7  10   3  48

Passed Balls: Ferguson (4)
Hit by Pitch: Hough (1)
Wild Pitches: Hooton (1), John (2)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Bruce Froemming


CUBS 1ST: Monday singled to right; John threw a wild pitch
[Monday to third]; Beckert hit a sacrifice fly to left [Monday
scored]; Williams grounded out (pitcher to first); Hickman
walked; Santo singled to right [Hickman to second]; Cardenal
walked [Hickman to third, Santo to second]; Hundley forced
Cardenal (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Russell grounded out (third to first); Mota singled
to second; Buckner grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Mota out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Dodgers 0.

CUBS 2ND: Kessinger singled to left; Hooton out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Kessinger to second]; Monday doubled
[Kessinger scored]; Beckert grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Monday to third]; Williams struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Davis grounded out (second to first); Ferguson
grounded out (second to first); Crawford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 3RD: Hickman reached on an error by Russell [Hickman to
second]; Santo singled to left [Hickman to third]; Cardenal
tripled to center [Hickman scored (unearned), Santo scored]; RAU
REPLACED JOHN (PITCHING); Hundley struck out; Kessinger out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Cardenal scored (unearned)];
Hooton singled to center; Monday was called out on strikes; 3 R
(1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Cey singled to center; Lopes singled to center [Cey
to second]; Rau out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Cey
to third, Lopes to second]; Russell struck out; Mota walked;
Hooton threw a wild pitch [Cey scored, Lopes to third, Mota to
second]; Buckner struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5,
Dodgers 1.

CUBS 4TH: Beckert singled to left; Williams homered [Beckert
scored]; Hickman lined to shortstop; Santo homered; Cardenal
homered; Hundley was called out on strikes; Kessinger walked;
Hooton popped to shortstop; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 9,
Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Davis popped to third in foul territory; Ferguson
grounded out (third to first); Crawford singled to right; Cey
walked [Crawford to second]; Lopes walked [Crawford to third,
Cey to second]; GARVEY BATTED FOR RAU; Garvey grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 9, Dodgers 1.

CUBS 5TH: HOUGH REPLACED GARVEY (PITCHING); Monday was called
out on strikes; Beckert doubled to left; Williams walked;
Hickman struck out; Santo was hit by a pitch [Beckert to third,
Williams to second]; Cardenal struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Cubs 9, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Russell grounded out (second to first); Mota lined
to center; On a bunt Buckner singled to first; Davis popped to
first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 9, Dodgers 1.

CUBS 6TH: Hundley popped to shortstop; Kessinger walked;
Ferguson allowed a passed ball [Kessinger to second]; Hooton
struck out; Monday walked; Beckert forced Kessinger (third
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 9, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Crawford grounded out (second to first); Cey grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 9, Dodgers 1.

CUBS 7TH: YEAGER REPLACED FERGUSON (PLAYING C ); Williams popped
to catcher in foul territory; Hickman struck out; Santo struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 9, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 7TH: HISER REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING LF); FANZONE
REPLACED SANTO (PLAYING 3B); Lopes singled to center; Hough
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Lopes out at second]; Russell singled to left; Mota grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 9, Dodgers 1.

CUBS 8TH: PACIOREK REPLACED MOTA (PLAYING LF); Cardenal lined to
third; Hundley walked; Kessinger grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Hundley out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 9, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 8TH: Buckner singled to center; Davis singled to second
[Buckner to second]; Yeager singled to pitcher [Buckner to
third, Davis to second]; Crawford flied out to center; Cey hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Buckner scored]; Lopes singled to right
[Davis scored, Yeager to third]; LACY BATTED FOR HOUGH; Lopes
stole second; Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 9, Dodgers 3.

CUBS 9TH: CULVER REPLACED LACY (PITCHING); Hooton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Monday singled to left; Beckert flied out
to center; Hiser singled to right [Hiser to second (error by
Crawford), Monday out at home (right to second to catcher)]; 0
R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 9, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 9TH: Russell flied out to center; Paciorek homered;
Buckner homered; LAROCHE REPLACED HOOTON (PITCHING); Davis
struck out; Yeager flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 9, Dodgers 5.



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