Scipio Spinks, who had been sidelined by an inflamed shoulder, made his first start since May 1 and combined with Diego Segui to beat the Reds, 2-0, for the Cardinals' seventh straight victory. Spinks had previously lost four decisions. The triumph represented poetic justice for the young righthander, who damaged his knee sliding into Johnny Bench in a game with the Reds last July 4 and was out of action for the balance of the season.

The Cardinals scored an unearned run off Clay Carroll in the third inning and added their other tally off Pedro Borbon in the seventh when Tim McCarver singled, advanced to second after a long fly by Ted Simmons and scored on a single by Ken Reitz. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 2, Cincinnati Reds 0
Game Played on Tuesday, May       29, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1
Cardinals    0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   2  8  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Concepcion ss         3   0   1   0     1   0   .296      Brock lf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .290
Morgan 2b             2   0   1   0     2   1   .310      Sizemore 2b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .319
Rose lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .303      McCarver 1b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .288
Bench c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .236      Simmons c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Perez 1b              3   0   0   0     1   3   .268      J. Cruz rf            2   0   0   0     1   0   .221
Tolan cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .237      Melendez cf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .250
Menke 3b              2   0   1   0     1   1   .208      Reitz 3b              3   0   2   1     0   0   .222
  Hague ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .156      Tyson ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Geronimo rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .178      Spinks p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Carroll p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .000        Anderson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Locklear ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .190        Segui p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Stahl ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .400

Totals               31   0   5   0     5  12             Totals               28   2   8   1     2   2

Time of Game: 1:56   Attendance: 13,384
Left on Base: Reds 9, Cardinals 4
DP: Reds 3, Cardinals 0
Errors: Morgan
Doubles: Concepcion (7), Simmons (6), Brock (6)
Caught Stealing: Morgan (5), Sizemore (2)
GIDP: Simmons (11), Tyson (2)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carroll L(1-4)          6     5   1   0   1   1   0  20   4.88
Borbon                  2     3   1   1   1   1   0  10   2.09
Totals                  8     8   2   1   2   2   0  30

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spinks W(1-4)           6     5   0   0   4   8   0  26   5.65
Segui SV(7)             3     0   0   0   1   4   0  10   1.25
Totals                  9     5   0   0   5  12   0  36

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


REDS 1ST: Concepcion doubled to left; Morgan walked; Rose popped
to shortstop in foul territory; Bench flied out to left; Perez
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock was called out on strikes; Sizemore
grounded out (third to first); McCarver flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

REDS 2ND: Tolan grounded out (second to pitcher); Menke was
called out on strikes; Geronimo grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons doubled to left; J. Cruz grounded out
(second to first) [Simmons to third]; Melendez walked; Reitz
lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Melendez out at
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

REDS 3RD: Carroll struck out; Concepcion walked; Morgan singled
to right [Concepcion to second]; Rose flied out to left; Bench
singled to pitcher [Concepcion to third, Morgan to second];
Perez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson grounded out (pitcher to first); Spinks
grounded out (second to first); Brock doubled to left; Sizemore
singled to pitcher [Brock scored (error by Morgan) (unearned)
(no RBI)]; Sizemore was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

REDS 4TH: Tolan grounded out (second to first); Menke walked;
Geronimo flied out to left; Carroll struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: McCarver singled to right; Simmons grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [McCarver out at
second]; J. Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
0, Cardinals 1.

REDS 5TH: Concepcion popped to shortstop; Morgan walked; Morgan
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Rose was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Melendez flied out to right; Reitz singled to
left; Tyson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Reitz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Cardinals 1.

REDS 6TH: Bench grounded out (third to first); Perez struck out;
Tolan singled to shortstop; Menke singled to right [Tolan to
third]; Geronimo was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: ANDERSON BATTED FOR SPINKS; Anderson flied out to
right; Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

REDS 7TH: SEGUI REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); LOCKLEAR BATTED
FOR CARROLL; Locklear grounded out (third to first); Concepcion
flied out to left; Morgan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: BORBON REPLACED LOCKLEAR (PITCHING); McCarver
singled to right; Simmons flied out to center; J. Cruz was
walked intentionally [McCarver to second]; Melendez flied out to
right; Reitz singled to right [McCarver scored, J. Cruz to
third]; Tyson popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds
0, Cardinals 2.

REDS 8TH: Rose grounded out (second to first); Bench was called
out on strikes; Perez walked; Tolan grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: Segui struck out; Brock grounded out (second to
first); Sizemore singled to right; McCarver flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 2.

REDS 9TH: HAGUE BATTED FOR MENKE; Hague struck out (catcher to
first); Geronimo was called out on strikes; STAHL BATTED FOR
BORBON; Stahl flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Cardinals 2.