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Wednesday May 23, 1973
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A single by Fred Kendall after two walks in the eighth inning produced the run that gave the Padres a 4-3 victory over the Dodgers. The Padres scored twice in the fourth and took a 3-1 lead when Mike Corkins homered in the fifth, but the Dodgers tied the score with circuit clouts by Willie Crawford and Bill Russell in the seventh. [The Sporting News]


San Diego Padres 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Game Played on Wednesday, May 23, 1973 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Padres       0  0  0    2  1  0    0  1  0  -   4  8  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    1  0  0    2  0  0  -   3  7  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hernandez ss          5   1   1   0     0   0   .258      Lopes 2b              4   0   1   0     0   3   .371
Grubb cf              2   1   1   0     1   1   .336      Buckner 1b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .286
Lee lf                4   1   1   1     0   1   .273      Davis cf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .273
Colbert 1b            1   0   0   0     3   1   .269      Ferguson lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .298
Kendall c             4   0   1   2     0   0   .311      Crawford rf           2   1   2   1     2   0   .301
J. Morales rf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Cey 3b                3   0   0   0     0   1   .287
Thomas 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .206      Russell ss            4   1   1   1     0   1   .267
Hilton 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .208      Yeager c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .259
Corkins p             2   1   1   1     0   1   .154        Mota ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .352
  Arlin p             2   0   1   0     0   0   .154        Paciorek pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Messersmith p         3   0   0   0     0   1   .133
                                                            Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .667
                                                            Garvey ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .224

Totals               31   4   8   4     5   5             Totals               31   3   7   2     4  11

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 11,975
Left on Base: Padres 6, Dodgers 6
DP: Padres 1, Dodgers 2
Doubles: Grubb (9), Lopes (4)
Home Runs: Corkins (1), Crawford (3), Russell (1)
Stolen Bases: Hernandez (12)
Caught Stealing: Hilton (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Grubb (2), Cey (3)
GIDP: J. Morales (3), Hernandez (2), Ferguson (3)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Corkins                 5     4   1   1   2   6   0  19   6.00
Arlin W(2-1)            3     3   2   2   1   4   2  13   5.63
Romo SV(4)              1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   3.68
Totals                  9     7   3   3   4  11   2  36

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith L(4-4)      7.2   5   4   4   5   4   1  31   3.48
Brewer                  1.1   3   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.85
Totals                  9     8   4   4   5   5   1  37

Wild Pitches: Arlin (5), Messersmith 2 (3)
Balks: Messersmith (1)

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Ed Sudol


PADRES 1ST: Hernandez popped to shortstop; Grubb struck out; Lee
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes struck out; Buckner flied out to left; Davis
walked; Ferguson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 2ND: Colbert walked; Kendall flied out to center; J.
Morales grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Colbert out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Crawford singled to center; Crawford was picked off
first (pitcher to first); Cey flied out to left; Russell struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 3RD: Thomas grounded out (second to first); Hilton flied
out to right; Corkins was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Yeager struck out; Messersmith struck out; Lopes
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 4TH: Hernandez singled to third; Hernandez stole second;
Grubb out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Hernandez to
third]; Lee singled to right [Hernandez scored]; Messersmith
threw a wild pitch [Lee to second]; Messersmith threw a wild
pitch [Lee to third]; Colbert walked; Kendall forced Colbert
(third to second) [Lee scored]; J. Morales forced Kendall (third
to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Buckner singled to center; Davis singled to right
[Buckner to third]; Ferguson grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Buckner scored (no RBI), Davis out at
second]; Crawford walked; Cey forced Crawford (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Dodgers 1.

PADRES 5TH: Thomas popped to shortstop; Hilton singled to right;
Hilton was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Corkins homered; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Russell grounded out (third to first); Yeager
struck out (catcher to first); Messersmith popped to first; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 1.

PADRES 6TH: Grubb doubled to center; Lee struck out; Colbert
struck out; Kendall flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 3, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Lopes doubled to left; ARLIN REPLACED CORKINS
(PITCHING); Buckner lined to second; Davis struck out; Ferguson
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3,
Dodgers 1.

PADRES 7TH: J. Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas
walked; Messersmith balked [Thomas to second]; Hilton grounded
out (shortstop to first); Arlin grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Crawford homered; Cey struck out; Russell homered;
Yeager grounded out (second to first); Messersmith flied out to
right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 3.

PADRES 8TH: Hernandez lined to center; Grubb walked; Lee flied
out to center; Colbert walked [Grubb to second]; BREWER REPLACED
MESSERSMITH (PITCHING); Kendall singled to left [Grubb scored,
Colbert to second]; J. Morales grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 4, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 8TH: Lopes was called out on strikes; Buckner singled to
center; Davis grounded out (first to second to pitcher) [Buckner
to second]; Arlin threw a wild pitch [Buckner to third];
Ferguson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 4, Dodgers 3.

PADRES 9TH: Thomas struck out; Hilton singled to left; Arlin
singled to first [Hilton to second]; Hernandez grounded into a
double play (third to second) [Hilton out at third, Arlin out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 9TH: Crawford walked; ROMO REPLACED ARLIN (PITCHING);
Cey out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Crawford to
second]; Russell flied out to right; MOTA BATTED FOR YEAGER;
Mota walked; PACIOREK RAN FOR MOTA; GARVEY BATTED FOR BREWER;
Garvey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 4, Dodgers 3.



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