Ken Reitz, who went into the game batting only .177, hit his first major league homer to enable the Cardinals to defeat the Giants, 3-1. Ted Simmons was safe on an error by Willie McCovey before Reitz connected for his round-tripper off Ron Bryant in the sixth inning to delight 10 members of his family, including his parents, from nearby Daly City, Calif. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 3, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Wednesday, May       9, 1973 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Cardinals    1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  4  1
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  7  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              2   1   1   0     2   1   .264      Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .303
Melendez rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .317
Torre 1b              4   0   0   1     0   0   .298      Speier ss             4   0   2   0     0   0   .276
Simmons c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .198      McCovey 1b            2   0   0   0     1   0   .244
Reitz 3b              4   1   2   2     0   0   .193        Thomasson pr,1b     1   1   1   0     0   0   .239
J. Cruz cf            2   0   0   0     2   1   .236      Kingman 3b            4   0   0   0     0   3   .176
Busse ss              3   0   0   0     0   2   .138      Howarth cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .139
  Kelleher ss         0   0   0   0     1   0   .222      Matthews lf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .329
Tyson 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .233      Rader c               4   0   1   1     0   0   .200
Cleveland p           3   0   0   0     0   1   .167        Maddox pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .392
  Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bryant p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .091
                                                            Phillips ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .329

Totals               29   3   4   3     5   6             Totals               34   1   7   1     2   6

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance:  3,655
Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Giants 8
DP: Cardinals 1, Giants 1
Errors: Busse, McCovey
Doubles: Reitz (3)
Home Runs: Reitz (1)
Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (6), Bonds (7)
Caught Stealing: Brock (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Melendez (3)
GIDP: Tyson (1), Kingman (2)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland W(2-3)        8.2   7   1   1   2   6   0  35   2.55
Segui SV(3)             0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.08
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2   6   0  36

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant L(3-3)           7     3   3   2   4   6   1  28   1.91
Sosa                    2     1   0   0   1   0   0   7   1.88
Totals                  9     4   3   2   5   6   1  35

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


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Brock stole second; Melendez out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Brock to third]; Torre
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Brock scored]; Simmons
singled to left; Reitz flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds flied out to left; Fuentes grounded out (first
unassisted); Speier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: J. Cruz walked; Busse struck out; Tyson struck
out; Cleveland was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey grounded out (first to pitcher); Kingman
struck out; Howarth flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock was called out on strikes; Melendez flied
out to left; Torre grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Matthews singled to left; Rader grounded out (second
to first) [Matthews to second]; Bryant struck out; Bonds struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher); Reitz
flied out to right; J. Cruz walked; Busse struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Fuentes singled to right; Speier singled to left
[Fuentes to second]; McCovey flied out to right [Fuentes to
third]; Kingman struck out; Howarth flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson flied out to center; Cleveland grounded out
(second to first); Brock singled to left; Brock stole second;
Melendez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Matthews walked; Rader grounded out (second to
first) [Matthews to second]; Bryant struck out; Bonds reached on
an error by Busse [Matthews to third, Bonds to first]; Bonds
stole second; Fuentes flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Torre flied out to center; Simmons reached on an
error by McCovey [Simmons to first]; Reitz homered [Simmons
scored (unearned)]; J. Cruz struck out; Busse grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: KELLEHER REPLACED BUSSE (PLAYING SS); Speier singled
to right; McCovey walked [Speier to second]; THOMASSON RAN FOR
MCCOVEY; Kingman grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Thomasson to second, Speier out at third]; Howarth grounded out
(second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Giants
0.

CARDINALS 7TH: THOMASSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Tyson
flied out to center; Cleveland grounded out (shortstop to
first); Brock walked; Brock was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Matthews lined to second; Rader flied out to left;
PHILLIPS BATTED FOR BRYANT; Phillips grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: SOSA REPLACED PHILLIPS (PITCHING); Melendez
popped to second; Torre flied out to right; Simmons grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 8TH: Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); Fuentes flied
out to center; Speier flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: Reitz doubled to right; J. Cruz popped to third;
Kelleher walked; Tyson grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Kelleher out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cardinals 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 9TH: Thomasson singled to right; Kingman struck out;
Howarth singled to right [Thomasson to second]; Matthews flied
out to left; Rader singled to center [Thomasson scored, Howarth
to second]; MADDOX RAN FOR RADER; GOODSON BATTED FOR SOSA; SEGUI
REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Goodson flied out to right; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Giants 1.