The Cardinals held an 8-1 lead after five innings but needed still another run on a homer by Jose Cruz in the eighth to outlast the Phillies, 9-8. Lou Brock drove in two runs with a single and Ted Sizemore accounted for two with a double as the Cardinals built up their early lead at the expense of Steve Carlton, who was kayoed in the fifth and suffered his first defeat at the hands of his former teammates after beating them five times.

The Phillies rallied for two runs in each of the last three innings, forcing the Cardinals to call on six pitchers before Diego Segui retired Bob Boone on a line drive in the ninth to earn his 10th save. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 9, Philadelphia Phillies 8
Game Played on Saturday, June      30, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Phillies     1  0  0    0  0  1    2  2  2  -   8 13  1
Cardinals    1  0  0    5  2  0    0  1  x  -   9 11  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
B. Robinson rf,3b     5   2   3   1     1   0   .313      Brock lf              4   2   1   2     1   1   .298
Doyle 2b              5   0   2   1     0   2   .272      Sizemore 2b           3   0   1   2     1   0   .275
Unser cf              4   0   1   1     1   1   .341      Torre 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .313
Luzinski lf           5   0   1   1     0   0   .262      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .283
Hutton 1b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .331      Melendez cf           4   2   3   1     0   0   .255
  Pagan ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .194        Dwyer cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .196
Schmidt 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .230      Reitz 3b              4   2   2   0     0   0   .234
  Montanez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Tyson ss              4   1   1   1     0   1   .240
  Lersch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      J. Cruz rf            3   2   2   2     1   0   .242
  Tovar ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .276      Foster p              3   0   1   0     0   0   .241
  Ruthven pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .111        Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Boone c               4   1   2   1     1   0   .241        Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bowa ss               3   1   0   0     1   1   .207        Hrabosky p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Rogodzinski ph      1   0   1   1     0   0   .227        Pena p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Carlton p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .140        Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brandon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Anderson ph,rf      1   1   0   1     1   0   .259

Totals               39   8  13   7     6   5             Totals               33   9  11   8     4   3

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 45,869
Left on Base: Phillies 11, Cardinals 4
DP: Phillies 2, Cardinals 0
Errors: B. Robinson, Simmons
Doubles: Unser (9), Doyle (5), Pagan (5), Melendez (7), Sizemore (9)
Home Runs: J. Cruz (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Anderson (2)
GIDP: Simmons (18)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton L(7-9)          4.1  10   8   7   4   2   0  26   4.55
Brandon                 1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   5.91
Lersch                  2     1   1   1   0   1   1   7   4.10
Totals                  8    11   9   8   4   3   1  37

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Foster W(5-5)           6     8   4   3   2   3   0  28   3.13
Folkers                 0.2   0   0   0   2   1   0   4   1.23
Granger                 1     2   2   2   1   0   0   6   4.28
Hrabosky                0.2   2   2   2   0   1   0   4   5.00
Pena                    0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.44
Segui SV(10)            0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.38
Totals                  9    13   8   7   6   5   0  46

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Jerry Dale


PHILLIES 1ST: B. Robinson walked; Doyle struck out; Unser
doubled to left [B. Robinson scored]; Luzinski grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Unser to third]; Hutton grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals
0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Sizemore flied out to left; Torre
popped to shortstop; Simmons walked [Brock to second]; Melendez
doubled to left [Brock scored, Simmons to third]; Reitz flied
out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt flied out to center; Boone grounded out
(first unassisted); Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Tyson flied out to center; J. Cruz flied out to
right; Foster singled to right; Brock struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Carlton struck out; B. Robinson singled to right;
Doyle singled to left [B. Robinson to second]; Unser flied out
to center; Luzinski flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Sizemore walked; Torre flied out to left; Simmons
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Sizemore out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Hutton grounded out (first to pitcher); Schmidt
grounded out (shortstop to first); Boone grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Melendez singled to left; Reitz singled to right
[Melendez to third]; Tyson singled to center [Melendez scored,
Reitz to third, Tyson to second (on throw)]; J. Cruz walked;
Foster popped to second; Brock singled to left [Reitz scored,
Tyson scored, J. Cruz to second]; Sizemore doubled to left [J.
Cruz scored, Brock scored]; Torre popped to first in foul
territory; Simmons popped to first; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 1, Cardinals 6.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa grounded out (third to first); Carlton
grounded out (first unassisted); B. Robinson singled to center;
Doyle lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 5TH: Melendez singled to center; Reitz singled to left
[Melendez to second]; Tyson struck out; J. Cruz singled to right
[Melendez scored, Reitz scored (error by B. Robinson)
(unearned), J. Cruz to third]; BRANDON REPLACED CARLTON
(PITCHING); Foster hit into a double play (third to catcher to
first) [J. Cruz out at home]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Cardinals 8.

PHILLIES 6TH: Unser grounded out (first to pitcher); Luzinski
singled to center; Hutton forced Luzinski (first to shortstop);
Schmidt singled to left [Hutton to second]; Boone singled to
center [Hutton scored, Schmidt to third]; Bowa struck out; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 8.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
popped to third; Torre lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Cardinals 8.

PHILLIES 7TH: ANDERSON BATTED FOR BRANDON; Anderson walked; B.
Robinson singled to right [Anderson to second]; FOLKERS REPLACED
FOSTER (PITCHING); Doyle struck out; Unser walked [Anderson to
third, B. Robinson to second]; Luzinski grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Anderson scored, B. Robinson to third, Unser to second];
Hutton walked; GRANGER REPLACED FOLKERS (PITCHING); MONTANEZ
BATTED FOR SCHMIDT; Hutton was picked off first but was safe on
an error by Simmons [B. Robinson scored (unearned), Unser to
third]; Montanez grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cardinals 8.

CARDINALS 7TH: ANDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); B. ROBINSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); LERSCH REPLACED MONTANEZ
(PITCHING); Simmons grounded out (second to first); Melendez
flied out to center; Reitz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 4, Cardinals 8.

PHILLIES 8TH: Boone singled to left; Bowa walked [Boone to
second]; Anderson lined to center [Boone to third]; B. Robinson
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Boone scored, Bowa to second];
Doyle doubled to left [Bowa scored]; HRABOSKY REPLACED GRANGER
(PITCHING); Unser struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6,
Cardinals 8.

CARDINALS 8TH: Tyson flied out to center; J. Cruz homered;
Hrabosky struck out; Brock grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 9.

PHILLIES 9TH: DWYER REPLACED MELENDEZ (PLAYING CF); Luzinski
grounded out (second to first); PAGAN BATTED FOR HUTTON; Pagan
doubled to left; TOVAR BATTED FOR LERSCH; Tovar singled to right
[Pagan to third]; RUTHVEN RAN FOR TOVAR; PENA REPLACED HRABOSKY
(PITCHING); Boone walked [Ruthven to second]; ROGODZINSKI BATTED
FOR BOWA; Rogodzinski singled to shortstop [Pagan scored,
Ruthven to third, Boone to second]; Anderson hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Ruthven scored, Boone to third]; SEGUI REPLACED PENA
(PITCHING); B. Robinson lined to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 8, Cardinals 9.