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Monday May 7, 1973
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Staging a slugging show, the Pirates smashed five homers for all their runs and defeated the Dodgers, 5-4. Willie Stargell started the bombardment in the second inning. Dave Cash followed with a clout in the fifth and Richie Hebner homered in the sixth. Back-to-back blows by Manny Sanguillen and Al Oliver climaxed the attack in the seventh. [The Sporting News]


Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Game Played on Monday, May 7, 1973 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Pirates      0  1  0    0  1  1    2  0  0  -   5 11  1
Dodgers      2  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   4 10  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   1   2   1     0   1   .300      Russell ss            4   1   2   1     0   1   .248
Sanguillen rf         4   1   2   1     0   0   .343      Mota lf               4   1   1   1     1   0   .377
Oliver cf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .315      Davis cf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .286
Stargell lf           4   1   2   1     0   0   .324      Ferguson rf,c         3   0   1   1     1   1   .310
Hebner 3b             2   1   1   1     1   0   .277      Paciorek 1b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .167
Robertson 1b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .310      Cey 3b                3   1   1   0     1   1   .244
May c                 4   0   1   0     0   1   .309      Lacy 2b               3   1   0   0     1   0   .200
Stennett ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Yeager c              3   0   1   0     0   2   .200
  Alley ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .235        Garvey ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Walker p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Sutton p              2   0   1   0     1   0   .158
  Clines ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .308        Rau p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McMullen ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .350
  Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Rooker p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               34   5  11   5     2   4             Totals               32   4  10   3     5   8

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 17,745
Left on Base: Pirates 5, Dodgers 7
DP: Pirates 3, Dodgers 4
Errors: Walker
Doubles: Mota (2), Ferguson (9), Russell (5)
Triples: Russell (1)
Home Runs: Stargell (8), Cash (2), Hebner (3), Sanguillen (2), Oliver (5)
Caught Stealing: Davis (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Russell (2)
GIDP: Oliver (5), May 2 (3), Sutton (1)
Hit by Pitch: Hebner (2,by Rau)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Walker                  4     8   4   4   4   3   0  21   2.20
Johnson W(1-0)          2     2   0   0   0   3   0   7   3.48
Rooker SV(3)            3     0   0   0   1   2   0  10   0.00
Totals                  9    10   4   4   5   8   0  38

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton L(3-3)           6.2  11   5   5   2   3   5  30   2.18
Rau                     2.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   7   5.93
Totals                  9    11   5   5   2   4   5  37

Hit by Pitch: Rau (1)
Wild Pitches: Walker (2)

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


PIRATES 1ST: Cash singled to third; Sanguillen flied out to
left; Oliver grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Cash out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Russell tripled to right; Mota doubled to right
[Russell scored]; Davis grounded out (second to first) [Mota to
third]; Ferguson doubled to right [Mota scored]; Walker threw a
wild pitch [Ferguson to third]; Paciorek struck out; Cey walked;
Lacy grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 0, Dodgers 2.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell homered; Hebner walked; Robertson flied
out to center; May singled to right [Hebner to second]; Stennett
lined into a double play (second unassisted) [Hebner out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 2ND: Yeager struck out; Sutton walked; Russell lined
into a double play (first unassisted) [Sutton out at first]; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Dodgers 2.

PIRATES 3RD: Walker struck out; Cash grounded out (second to
first); Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Mota grounded out (third to first); Davis singled
to left; Davis was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to second); Ferguson reached on an error by
Walker [Ferguson to first]; Paciorek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Dodgers 2.

PIRATES 4TH: Oliver singled to center; Stargell singled to
center [Oliver to second]; Hebner lined to right [Oliver to
third]; Robertson walked [Stargell to second]; May was called
out on strikes; Stennett grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 1, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey singled to shortstop; Lacy walked [Cey to
second]; Yeager singled to left [Cey to third, Lacy to second];
Sutton grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Cey scored (no RBI), Lacy to third, Yeager out at
second]; Russell doubled to center [Lacy scored]; Mota was
walked intentionally; Davis singled to pitcher [Russell to
third, Mota to second]; Davis was picked off first (catcher to
first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1, Dodgers 4.

PIRATES 5TH: CLINES BATTED FOR WALKER; Clines flied out to
right; Cash homered; Sanguillen singled to center; Oliver
grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [Sanguillen to second];
Stargell grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 2, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 5TH: JOHNSON REPLACED CLINES (PITCHING); Ferguson struck
out; Paciorek singled to left; Cey was called out on strikes;
Lacy flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Dodgers 4.

PIRATES 6TH: Hebner homered; Robertson singled to left; May
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Robertson out at second]; Stennett grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 6TH: Yeager struck out; Sutton singled to right; Russell
hit into a double play (third to first) [Sutton out at third
(first to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Dodgers
4.

PIRATES 7TH: DAVALILLO BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Davalillo grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cash struck out; Sanguillen homered;
Oliver homered; RAU REPLACED SUTTON (PITCHING); Stargell
grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
5, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 7TH: ROOKER REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); Mota flied to
right in foul territory; Davis struck out; Ferguson walked;
Paciorek popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5,
Dodgers 4.

PIRATES 8TH: Hebner was hit by a pitch; Robertson flied out to
right; May grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Hebner out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5,
Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 8TH: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Lacy
grounded out (pitcher to first); GARVEY BATTED FOR YEAGER;
Garvey grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 5, Dodgers 4.

PIRATES 9TH: GARVEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); FERGUSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Stennett flied out to center;
Rooker struck out; Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 9TH: ALLEY REPLACED STENNETT (PLAYING SS); MCMULLEN
BATTED FOR RAU; McMullen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Russell struck out; Mota flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 5, Dodgers 4.



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