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Tuesday May 1, 1973
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Breaking a 3-3 tie, the Padres scored six runs in the fifth inning and defeated the Cardinals, 10-5. Dave Hilton walked to open the stanza and when Ivan Murrell bunted, both runners were safe on a late throw to second. Derrel Thomas singled for a run to snap the tie. Leron Lee walked to load the bases and Nate Colbert drove in two runs with a ground-rule double. A walk to Cito Gaston, error on a grounder by Fred Kendall on which two runs scored and a sacrifice fly by Dave Campbell added the other tallies. [The Sporting News]


San Diego Padres 10, St. Louis Cardinals 5

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

Cardinals    0  0  2    0  1  0    1  1  0  -   5 12  5
Padres       0  2  0    1  6  0    1  0  x  -  10 10  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   0   0   1     0   1   .238      Thomas ss             3   1   1   1     2   1   .235
Melendez rf           3   2   2   0     2   0   .333      Grubb cf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .259
Torre 1b              4   2   2   2     1   1   .290      Lee lf                4   1   1   0     1   0   .256
Simmons c             4   0   2   1     1   0   .229      Colbert 1b            4   2   2   2     1   0   .267
J. Cruz cf            5   0   2   1     0   1   .243      Gaston rf             3   3   1   0     1   1   .333
Reitz 3b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .179      Kendall c             4   1   3   3     0   0   .308
Crosby 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .154      Campbell 2b           2   0   1   3     1   0   .303
Kelleher ss           2   0   0   0     0   2   .143      Hilton 3b             2   1   0   0     2   0   .218
  Anderson ph,ss      2   1   1   0     0   0   .222      Corkins p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Spinks p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .143        Murrell ph          0   1   0   0     0   0   .154
  Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Romo p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Stein ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .273
  Bibby p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Carbo ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .176
  Santorini p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  12   5     4   9             Totals               30  10  10   9     8   4

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance:  3,965
Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Padres 6
DP: Cardinals 1, Padres 0
Errors: Brock, Crosby, Anderson 2, Bibby
Doubles: Campbell (2), Colbert (3), Kendall (5)
Home Runs: Torre (2)
Stolen Bases: Colbert (1)
Caught Stealing: Thomas (1), Campbell (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Murrell (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Campbell (1)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spinks L(0-4)           4     6   6   5   3   2   0  19   7.15
Granger                 1     1   3   1   2   0   0   7   3.86
Bibby                   2     2   1   1   3   2   0  10   1.59
Santorini               1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   6.75
Totals                  8    10  10   7   8   4   0  40

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Corkins W(2-2)          5     7   3   3   3   5   1  24   6.63
Romo SV(3)              4     5   2   2   1   4   0  18   4.20
Totals                  9    12   5   5   4   9   1  42

Passed Balls: Simmons (7)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Augie Donatelli, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Melendez singled to right;
Torre popped to second; Simmons singled to center [Melendez to
second]; J. Cruz popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Thomas walked; Thomas was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Grubb grounded out (third to first); Lee
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Padres 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz singled to center; Crosby popped to catcher
in foul territory; Kelleher struck out; Spinks struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Colbert grounded out (third to first); Gaston
singled to left; Kendall singled to left [Gaston to third (error
by Brock), Kendall to second (on throw)]; Campbell doubled to
left [Gaston scored, Kendall scored (unearned)]; Campbell was
picked off and caught stealing third (pitcher to shortstop to
third); Hilton flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 0, Padres 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock grounded out (third to first); Melendez
walked; Torre homered [Melendez scored]; Simmons grounded out
(second to first); J. Cruz singled to left; Reitz forced J. Cruz
(third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Padres 2.

PADRES 3RD: Corkins grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas
was called out on strikes; Grubb grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Padres 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Crosby singled to right; Crosby was picked off
first (catcher to first); Kelleher was called out on strikes;
Spinks struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Padres 2.

PADRES 4TH: Lee singled to right; Colbert walked [Lee to
second]; Lee was picked off second (catcher to shortstop);
Colbert stole second; Gaston was called out on strikes; Kendall
singled to right [Colbert scored]; Campbell flied out to center;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Padres 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock lined to center; Melendez walked; Torre
walked [Melendez to second]; Simmons singled to right [Melendez
scored, Torre to second]; J. Cruz flied out to right [Torre to
third]; Reitz grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 3, Padres 3.

PADRES 5TH: Hilton walked; MURRELL BATTED FOR CORKINS; Murrell
reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Hilton to
second]; Thomas singled to center [Hilton scored, Murrell to
second]; GRANGER REPLACED SPINKS (PITCHING); Simmons allowed a
passed ball [Murrell to third, Thomas to second]; Grubb grounded
out (first unassisted); Lee walked; Colbert doubled to right
[Murrell scored, Thomas scored, Lee to third]; Gaston was walked
intentionally; Kendall reached on an error by Crosby [Lee scored
(RBI), Colbert scored (unearned) (no RBI), Gaston to third,
Kendall to first]; Campbell hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Gaston scored (unearned)]; Hilton flied out to left; 6 R (4
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Padres 9.

CARDINALS 6TH: ROMO REPLACED MURRELL (PITCHING); Crosby grounded
out (second to first); ANDERSON BATTED FOR KELLEHER; Anderson
grounded out (shortstop to first); STEIN BATTED FOR GRANGER;
Stein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Padres 9.

PADRES 6TH: ANDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); BIBBY REPLACED
STEIN (PITCHING); Romo struck out; Thomas walked; Thomas was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Bibby [Thomas to
third]; Grubb was called out on strikes; Lee grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Padres 9.

CARDINALS 7TH: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Melendez
popped to catcher in foul territory; Torre singled to center;
Simmons walked [Torre to second]; J. Cruz singled to right
[Torre scored, Simmons to third]; Reitz struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Padres 9.

PADRES 7TH: Colbert singled to left; Gaston forced Colbert
(second to shortstop) [Gaston to second (error by Anderson)];
Kendall doubled to right [Gaston scored]; Campbell walked;
Hilton walked [Kendall to third, Campbell to second]; Romo hit
into a double play (right to catcher) [Kendall out at home]; 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Padres 10.

CARDINALS 8TH: Crosby grounded out (second to first); Anderson
singled to left; CARBO BATTED FOR BIBBY; Carbo singled to center
[Anderson to third]; Brock forced Carbo (shortstop to second)
[Anderson scored]; Melendez singled to left [Brock to second];
Torre was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Padres 10.

PADRES 8TH: SANTORINI REPLACED CARBO (PITCHING); Thomas popped
to shortstop; Grubb singled to shortstop [Grubb to second (error
by Anderson)]; Lee grounded out (second to first) [Grubb to
third]; Colbert grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 5, Padres 10.

CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons grounded out (second to first); J. Cruz
was called out on strikes; Reitz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Padres 10.



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