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Wednesday June 6, 1973
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Late throws on two fielder's choice plays enabled the Cardinals to score four runs, instead of one, in the fifth inning and led to a 6-3 victory over the Padres. Jose Cruz opened the stanza with a single and Mike Tyson walked. When Bob Gibson bunted, Clay Kirby threw too late to third in an attempted forceout, loading the bases.

Lou Brock hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Cruz and sending Tyson to second. Ted Sizemore grounded to Dave Campbell and the second baseman's throw home was too late to catch Tyson. Ted Simmons then smashed a homer to drive in two more runs. [The Sporting News]


St. Louis Cardinals 6, San Diego Padres 3

Game Played on Wednesday, June 6, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Padres       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  5  0
Cardinals    1  0  0    0  5  0    0  0  x  -   6  8  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hernandez ss          4   1   1   0     0   1   .250      Brock lf              2   0   1   1     1   1   .300
Grubb cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .311      Sizemore 2b           2   2   1   1     1   0   .296
Lee lf                4   1   1   2     0   0   .271      Torre 3b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .310
Gaston rf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .306        Reitz 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Kendall c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Simmons c             4   1   3   4     0   0   .266
Roberts 3b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .169      McCarver 1b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .324
Murrell 1b            3   0   1   1     0   1   .188      Melendez cf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .254
Campbell 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .224      J. Cruz rf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .226
Kirby p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tyson ss              2   1   0   0     1   1   .250
  Corkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .188      Gibson p              2   1   1   0     0   1   .111
  Ross p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Troedson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .289
  Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   5   3     0   7             Totals               26   6   8   6     5   9

Time of Game: 1:50   Attendance: 15,857
Left on Base: Padres 2, Cardinals 4
DP: Padres 4, Cardinals 0
Doubles: Roberts (2), Simmons (11)
Home Runs: Lee (3), Simmons (1)
Caught Stealing: Brock (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Gibson (2), Sizemore (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Brock (2)
GIDP: McCarver (3), Tyson (3), Simmons (12), Melendez (2)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby L(2-6)            5     5   6   6   3   8   1  23   6.02
Ross                    1.1   2   0   0   2   1   0   7   4.41
Troedson                0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.93
Romo                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.41
Totals                  8     8   6   6   5   9   1  34

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson W(4-6)           9     5   3   3   0   7   1  32   3.00
Totals                  9     5   3   3   0   7   1  32

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


PADRES 1ST: Hernandez flied out to center; Grubb grounded out
(first to pitcher); Lee flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Brock was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Sizemore singled to left; Torre flied
out to center; Simmons doubled to left [Sizemore scored];
McCarver struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals
1.

PADRES 2ND: Gaston grounded out (first to pitcher); Kendall
lined to shortstop; Roberts doubled to left; Murrell singled to
left [Roberts scored, Murrell to second (on throw)]; Campbell
flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Melendez grounded out (third to first); J. Cruz
grounded out (second to first); Tyson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 3RD: Kirby popped to second; Hernandez struck out; Grubb
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Gibson struck out; Brock struck out; Sizemore
walked; Torre struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1,
Cardinals 1.

PADRES 4TH: Lee grounded out (pitcher to first); Gaston struck
out; Kendall flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons singled to first; McCarver grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Simmons out at
second]; Melendez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1,
Cardinals 1.

PADRES 5TH: Roberts popped to second; Murrell popped to third;
Campbell popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: J. Cruz singled to right; Tyson walked [J. Cruz
to second]; Gibson reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice
bunt [J. Cruz to third, Tyson to second]; Brock hit a sacrifice
fly to left [J. Cruz scored, Tyson to third, Gibson to second];
Sizemore reached on a fielder's choice [Tyson scored]; Torre
struck out; Simmons homered [Gibson scored, Sizemore scored];
McCarver was called out on strikes; 5 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Cardinals 6.

PADRES 6TH: CORKINS BATTED FOR KIRBY; Corkins was called out on
strikes; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals
6.

CARDINALS 6TH: ROSS REPLACED CORKINS (PITCHING); Melendez struck
out; J. Cruz walked; Tyson grounded into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop to first) [J. Cruz out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 6.

PADRES 7TH: Lee grounded out (first unassisted); Gaston singled
to center; Kendall popped to shortstop; Roberts grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 7TH: Gibson singled to left; Brock singled to center
[Gibson to second]; Sizemore out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Gibson to third, Brock to second]; Torre was walked
intentionally; TROEDSON REPLACED ROSS (PITCHING); Simmons
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Torre out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1,
Cardinals 6.

PADRES 8TH: REITZ REPLACED TORRE (PLAYING 3B); Murrell struck
out; Campbell struck out; MARSHALL BATTED FOR TROEDSON; Marshall
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 8TH: ROMO REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING); McCarver
singled to second; Melendez grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [McCarver out at second]; J. Cruz
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1,
Cardinals 6.

PADRES 9TH: Hernandez singled to left; Grubb flied out to left;
Lee homered [Hernandez scored]; Gaston struck out; Kendall flied
out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Cardinals 6.



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