Clutch relief pitching by Jim Rooker in the seventh inning and Dave Giusti in the ninth enabled the Pirates to end their six-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Giants. Luke Walker, who started for the Pirates, yielded only two hits, but was removed in the seventh after two walks around an error loaded the bases with none out.

Rooker pitched out of that jam at the expense of only one run on a sacrifice fly by Dave Kingman. The Giants threatened again in the ninth when Mike Sadek walked and Dave Rader singled with one away but Giusti came in and struck out both Kingman and Bobby Bonds to save the game. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 2, San Francisco Giants 1

Game Played on Wednesday, May 2, 1973 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Pirates      0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  1
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  4  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   1   0   0     0   1   .271      Bonds rf              5   0   1   0     0   2   .298
Sanguillen rf         4   0   1   0     0   0   .338      Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .301
Oliver cf             3   0   0   1     0   0   .304      Speier ss             3   0   0   0     1   2   .267
Stargell lf           3   1   0   0     1   0   .368      McCovey 1b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .275
Hebner 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .299        Blanco pr,3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Robertson 1b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .284      Goodson 3b            2   0   0   0     1   0   .315
May c                 4   0   2   1     0   0   .286        Phillips pr         0   1   0   0     0   0   .500
Stennett ss           2   0   0   0     2   0   .191        Howarth cf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
Walker p              3   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Matthews lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .314
  Rooker p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Thomasson cf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .226
  Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000        Arnold ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .500
                                                            Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sadek ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .333
                                                          Rader c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .209
                                                          Barr p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .154
                                                            Kingman ph,3b,1b    1   0   0   1     0   1   .167

Totals               32   2   8   2     3   3             Totals               31   1   4   1     5   8

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance:  4,818
Left on Base: Pirates 7, Giants 9
DP: Pirates 0, Giants 1
Errors: Oliver, Goodson
Doubles: Hebner (6), Matthews (4)
Caught Stealing: May (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliver (3), Kingman (1)
GIDP: Robertson (6)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Walker W(1-0)           6     2   1   0   4   3   0  25   0.00
Rooker                  2.1   2   0   0   1   3   0  10   0.00
Giusti SV(2)            0.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   2   0.68
Totals                  9     4   1   0   5   8   0  37

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr L(3-2)             7     7   2   1   2   2   0  28   1.49
Moffitt                 2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   1.13
Totals                  9     8   2   1   3   3   0  36

Wild Pitches: Barr (1)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey


PIRATES 1ST: Cash struck out; Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop
to first); Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds flied out to center; Fuentes flied out to
center; Speier walked; McCovey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell walked; Hebner singled to right [Stargell
to second]; Robertson grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Stargell to third, Hebner out at second]; May
singled to right [Stargell scored]; Barr threw a wild pitch [May
to second]; Stennett grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Goodson grounded out (second to first); Matthews
grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomasson struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Giants 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Walker struck out; Cash reached on an error by
Goodson [Cash to first]; Sanguillen singled to right [Cash to
third]; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cash scored
(unearned)]; Stargell grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Rader grounded out (second to first); Barr made an
out to first; Bonds singled to left; Fuentes flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Hebner grounded out (first to pitcher); Robertson
singled to third; May made an out to second; Stennett walked
[Robertson to second]; Walker made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Speier was called out on strikes; McCovey walked;
Goodson forced McCovey (second to shortstop); Matthews doubled
to center [Goodson to third]; Thomasson flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Cash grounded out (third to first); Sanguillen
grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Rader flied out to center; Barr made an out to
first; Bonds lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Giants 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Stargell grounded out (first to pitcher); Hebner
grounded out (second to first); Robertson singled to left
[Robertson out at second (left to first to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Fuentes lined to left; Speier struck out; McCovey
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Giants 0.

PIRATES 7TH: May singled to left; May was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Stennett grounded out (third to first);
Walker singled to right; Cash forced Walker (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Goodson walked; PHILLIPS RAN FOR GOODSON; Matthews
reached on an error by Oliver [Phillips to third, Matthews to
second]; ARNOLD BATTED FOR THOMASSON; Arnold walked; ROOKER
REPLACED WALKER (PITCHING); Rader flied out to center; KINGMAN
BATTED FOR BARR; Kingman hit a sacrifice fly to left [Phillips
scored (unearned)]; Bonds was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER),
0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 1.

PIRATES 8TH: KINGMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MOFFITT
REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); HOWARTH REPLACED PHILLIPS (PLAYING
CF); Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
grounded out (second to first); Stargell flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: Fuentes struck out; Speier grounded out (third to
first); McCovey singled to left; BLANCO RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Howarth
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Giants 1.

PIRATES 9TH: BLANCO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); KINGMAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Hebner doubled to right; Robertson
grounded out (third to first) [Hebner to third]; May made an out
to third; Stennett was walked intentionally; Rooker struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 9TH: Matthews flied out to center; SADEK BATTED FOR
MOFFITT; Sadek walked; Rader singled to right [Sadek to second];
GIUSTI REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING); Kingman struck out; Bonds
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 1.

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