The Cardinals, who were in first place in the Eastern Division for several hours after the Cubs lost their afternoon game to the Padres, slipped back to second place by bowing to the Giants, 8-3. The Giants scored two unearned runs in the second inning before getting a legitimate pair in the third when Ed Goodson doubled and Gary Matthews homered. Ron Bryant helped himself to his 14th victory in the fourth, driving in one run with a single and then scoring himself on a passed ball and a single by Tito Fuentes. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 8, St. Louis Cardinals 3
Game Played on Wednesday, July      18, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Giants       0  2  2    0  0  2    0  0  2  -   8 14  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  1  -   3  7  3


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              3   0   0   0     2   0   .304      Brock lf              4   0   1   2     1   0   .288
Fuentes 2b            5   0   3   2     0   0   .284      Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .288
Maddox cf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .324      McCarver c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .244
McCovey 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .247      Torre 1b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .300
  Thomasson 1b        1   1   1   1     0   0   .280      Melendez cf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .265
Goodson 3b            5   1   1   0     0   1   .316      Reitz 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .239
Matthews lf           5   1   2   3     0   0   .323      Stein rf              2   1   0   0     1   2   .226
Phillips ss           4   2   3   0     0   0   .236        J. Cruz ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .224
  Blanco ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tyson ss              4   1   2   0     0   0   .242
Rader c               3   1   1   0     2   0   .240      Wise p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .157
Bryant p              3   1   1   1     0   2   .136        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Campbell ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .195
                                                            Pena p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Carbo ph            0   0   0   1     0   0   .246

Totals               40   8  14   7     4   5             Totals               32   3   7   3     4   7

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 25,605
Left on Base: Giants 10, Cardinals 7
DP: Giants 0, Cardinals 2
Errors: Sizemore, Tyson 2
Doubles: Goodson (18), Thomasson (4), Matthews (16)
Triples: Tyson (3)
Home Runs: Matthews (6)
Stolen Bases: Maddox (13), Tyson (2)
Caught Stealing: Brock (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Bryant (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Carbo (2)
GIDP: Fuentes 2 (9)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant W(14-7)          7.2   6   2   2   4   7   0  32   3.08
Sosa SV(8)              1.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   5   4.01
Totals                  9     7   3   3   4   7   0  37

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise L(11-5)            5.2  11   6   4   1   3   1  30   3.10
Hrabosky                1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.81
Pena                    2     3   2   2   3   1   0  11   3.73
Totals                  9    14   8   6   4   5   1  45

Passed Balls: McCarver (2)
Wild Pitches: Bryant (5)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds popped to first in foul territory; Fuentes
singled to left; Maddox reached on an error by Tyson [Fuentes to
second, Maddox to first]; McCovey was called out on strikes;
Goodson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0,
Cardinals 0.

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

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews flied out to right; Phillips singled to
left; Rader singled to right [Phillips to second]; On a bunt
Bryant struck out; Bonds reached on an error by Tyson [Phillips
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Rader to third, Bonds to first];
Fuentes singled to left [Rader scored (unearned), Bonds to third
(error by Sizemore)]; Maddox lined to shortstop; 2 R (0 ER), 3
H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre popped to second; Melendez struck out;
Reitz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2,
Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 3RD: McCovey grounded out (second to first); Goodson
doubled to left; Matthews homered [Goodson scored]; Phillips
singled to right; Rader flied out to left; Bryant was called out
on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Stein was called out on strikes; Tyson singled to
left; Tyson stole second; Wise struck out; Brock walked;
Sizemore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 4, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Bonds walked; Fuentes grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Bonds out at second]; Maddox grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: McCarver grounded out (third to first); Torre
walked; Melendez flied out to center; Reitz popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 5TH: McCovey flied out to center; Goodson grounded out
(first to pitcher); Matthews flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Stein struck out; Tyson flied out to right; Wise
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Phillips singled to right; Rader grounded out (first
unassisted) [Phillips to second]; Bryant singled to left
[Phillips scored]; McCarver allowed a passed ball [Bryant to
second]; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bryant to
third]; Fuentes singled to left [Bryant scored]; Maddox singled
to right [Fuentes to third]; HRABOSKY REPLACED WISE (PITCHING);
McCovey popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Giants 6, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: THOMASSON REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING 1B); Brock
flied out to left; Sizemore was called out on strikes; McCarver
singled to left; Torre singled to center [McCarver to second];
Melendez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 6, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Goodson struck out; Matthews flied out to right;
Phillips grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 6, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: BLANCO REPLACED PHILLIPS (PLAYING SS); Reitz
singled to center; Stein walked [Reitz to second]; Bryant threw
a wild pitch [Reitz to third, Stein to second]; Tyson flied out
to center; CAMPBELL BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Campbell grounded out
(third to first); Brock singled to left [Reitz scored, Stein
scored]; Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 6, Cardinals 2.

GIANTS 8TH: PENA REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Rader walked;
Bryant out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Rader to
second]; Bonds walked; Fuentes grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Bonds out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 6, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: Sizemore singled to third; McCarver forced
Sizemore (second to shortstop); Torre flied out to right;
Melendez walked [McCarver to second]; SOSA REPLACED BRYANT
(PITCHING); Reitz popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 6, Cardinals 2.

GIANTS 9TH: Maddox singled to left; Maddox stole second;
Thomasson doubled to left [Maddox scored]; Goodson grounded out
(third to first) [Thomasson to third]; Matthews doubled to left
[Thomasson scored]; Blanco flied out to right; Rader was walked
intentionally; Sosa struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 8,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: J. CRUZ BATTED FOR STEIN; J. Cruz flied out to
right; Tyson tripled to right; CARBO BATTED FOR PENA; Carbo hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Tyson scored]; Brock grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 8, Cardinals 3.