The Padres, who had lost to Dock Ellis eight straight times over his career, ended the righthander's mastery by defeating the Pirates, 6-5. The Padres took a 5-3 lead in the third inning with four runs, three scoring on a homer by Nate Colbert. The Pirates came back to tie with homers by Milt May and Bob Robertson, but singles by Johnny Grubb, Colbert and Cito Gaston in the seventh broke the deadlock and pinned the defeat on Ellis. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Game Played on Saturday, May       5, 1973 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Pirates      1  0  2    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   5 12  1
Padres       1  0  4    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   6 11  2


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   0   2   0     0   0   .306      Hernandez ss          3   1   2   0     1   0   .213
Sanguillen rf         5   1   2   0     0   0   .348      Grubb cf              3   2   3   1     1   0   .333
Oliver cf             4   0   2   1     1   0   .321      Lee lf                4   1   1   0     0   2   .293
Stargell lf           4   0   0   0     1   0   .314      Colbert 1b            4   1   2   3     0   2   .284
Hebner 3b             4   1   1   0     1   1   .282      Gaston rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .304
Robertson 1b          5   2   2   1     0   1   .316      Kendall c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .288
May c                 3   1   1   1     2   1   .311      Campbell 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .298
Stennett ss           5   0   2   2     0   1   .246      Hilton 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .217
Ellis p               4   0   0   0     0   2   .059      Corkins p             1   1   0   0     1   0   .125
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Romo p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .250

Totals               40   5  12   5     5   7             Totals               32   6  11   5     4   7

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 10,619
Left on Base: Pirates 13, Padres 6
DP: Pirates 0, Padres 0
Errors: May, Gaston, Campbell
Doubles: Hebner (7)
Triples: Sanguillen (3)
Home Runs: May (4), Robertson (4), Colbert (2)
Stolen Bases: Grubb (1), Hernandez (2), Hilton (2)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis L(3-2)            6.2  11   6   6   4   6   1  32   3.79
Johnson                 1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.84
Totals                  8    11   6   6   4   7   1  36

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Corkins                 4     9   4   4   4   2   1  26   7.04
Romo W(2-0)             5     3   1   1   1   5   1  19   3.60
Totals                  9    12   5   5   5   7   2  45

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


PIRATES 1ST: Cash flied out to right; Sanguillen tripled to
left; Oliver singled to center [Sanguillen scored]; Stargell
flied out to right; Hebner doubled to right [Oliver to third];
Robertson was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Hernandez singled to right; Grubb singled to center
[Hernandez to third]; Hernandez stole home and Grubb stole
second [Grubb to third (error by May)]; Lee struck out; Colbert
struck out; Gaston struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Padres 1.

PIRATES 2ND: May walked; Stennett struck out; Ellis forced May
(shortstop to second); Cash singled to left [Ellis to second];
Sanguillen flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Padres 1.

PADRES 2ND: Kendall made an out to second; Campbell lined to
second; Hilton made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 1, Padres 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Stargell
walked; Hebner forced Stargell (center to shortstop); Robertson
singled to left [Hebner to second]; May walked [Hebner to third,
Robertson to second]; Stennett singled to right [Hebner scored,
Robertson scored, May to third (error by Gaston), Stennett to
second]; Ellis grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Pirates 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: Corkins walked; Hernandez singled to center [Corkins
to third, Hernandez out at second (center to shortstop)]; Grubb
singled to left [Corkins scored]; Lee singled to right [Grubb to
second]; Colbert homered [Grubb scored, Lee scored]; Gaston
grounded out (third to first); Kendall grounded out (second to
first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Padres 5.

PIRATES 4TH: Cash flied out to right; Sanguillen singled to
left; Oliver singled to right [Sanguillen to second]; Stargell
flied out to center; Hebner walked [Sanguillen to third, Oliver
to second]; Robertson forced Hebner (shortstop to second); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 3, Padres 5.

PADRES 4TH: Campbell made an out to shortstop; Hilton singled to
left; Hilton stole second; Corkins made an out to second;
Hernandez walked; Grubb walked [Hilton to third, Hernandez to
second]; Lee was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Pirates 3, Padres 5.

PIRATES 5TH: May homered; Stennett reached on an error by
Campbell [Stennett to first]; ROMO REPLACED CORKINS (PITCHING);
Ellis was called out on strikes; Cash lined to center;
Sanguillen forced Stennett (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Pirates 4, Padres 5.

PADRES 5TH: Colbert struck out; Gaston grounded out (shortstop
to first); Kendall walked; Campbell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 4, Padres 5.

PIRATES 6TH: Oliver flied out to left; Stargell flied to right
in foul territory; Hebner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Padres 5.

PADRES 6TH: Hilton singled to left; Hilton was out trying to
advance to second (catcher unassisted); Vicente Romo called
for interference on Milt May's throw; Romo made an out to
second; Hernandez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Padres 5.

PIRATES 7TH: Robertson homered; May was called out on strikes;
Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first); Ellis was called out
on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Padres 5.

PADRES 7TH: Grubb singled to left; Lee lined to left; Colbert
singled to left [Grubb to second]; Gaston singled to left [Grubb
scored, Colbert out at third (left to shortstop)]; JOHNSON
REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Kendall lined to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Padres 6.

PIRATES 8TH: Cash singled to right; Sanguillen popped to third
in foul territory; Oliver walked [Cash to second]; Stargell
flied out to left; Hebner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 5, Padres 6.

PADRES 8TH: Campbell made an out to second; Hilton flied out to
center; Romo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5,
Padres 6.

PIRATES 9TH: Robertson flied out to center; May grounded out
(second to first); Stennett singled to center; DAVALILLO BATTED
FOR JOHNSON; Davalillo was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Padres 6.