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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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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