Instead of being stunned when Lou Brock hit a three-run homer to tie the score in the ninth inning, the Reds came back with three runs in the 10th to gain a 7-5 victory over the Cardinals, who went down to their fifth straight defeat. Ed Crosby, obtained from the Cardinals, drove in two runs with a double in the sixth to help the Reds take a 4-1 lead. In the Cardinals' ninth, Bernie Carbo doubled and Luis Melendez singled. With two out, manager Sparky Anderson brought in Tom Hall to face Brock and, on the lefthander's first pitch, Brock tied the score with his homer. The Reds wasted little time against Orlando Pena in the 10th, scoring three runs on a double by Denis Menke, single by Tony Perez, triple by Johnny Bench and sacrifice fly by Bobby Tolan. Ted Simmons homered in the Cardinals' half of 10th. [The Sporting News] |
Cincinnati Reds 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5
Game Played on Saturday, August 11, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Reds 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 - 7 13 3 Cardinals 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 5 11 2 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose lf 5 1 3 1 0 1 .345 Brock lf 4 2 3 3 1 0 .295 Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .296 Sizemore 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Driessen 3b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .332 McCarver 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .255 Menke 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .172 Simmons c 5 1 2 1 0 0 .291 Perez 1b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .301 Torre 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .292 Bench c 5 1 1 1 0 2 .253 J. Cruz cf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .235 Tolan rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .209 Carbo rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .275 Geronimo cf 5 1 3 0 0 0 .187 Tyson ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .238 Crosby ss 5 1 1 2 0 0 .169 Cleveland p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Billingham p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .014 H. Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .045 Folkers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 Melendez ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .259 Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 42 7 13 7 1 7 Totals 39 5 11 4 3 5 Time of Game: 2:31 Attendance: 46,473 Left on Base: Reds 7, Cardinals 7 DP: Reds 1, Cardinals 1 Errors: Tolan, Crosby, Billingham, Sizemore, J. Cruz Doubles: Geronimo (8), Crosby (3), Rose (24), Menke (8), Carbo (12) Triples: Bench (3) Home Runs: Brock (5), Simmons (9) Stolen Bases: Morgan (45) Caught Stealing: Brock (13) Sacrifice Flies: Tolan (7) GIDP: Crosby (1), Sizemore (8) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Billingham 8.2 9 3 3 3 5 0 36 3.27 Hall W(7-4) 1.1 2 2 2 0 0 2 6 3.84 Totals 10 11 5 5 3 5 2 42 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Cleveland 7 9 4 4 1 5 0 32 3.23 Folkers 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 3.21 Pena L(3-2) 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 3.51 Hrabosky 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.31 Totals 10 13 7 7 1 7 0 44 Passed Balls: Simmons (18) Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Tom Gorman REDS 1ST: Rose singled to right; Morgan singled to right [Rose to third]; Morgan stole second; Driessen grounded out (first unassisted) [Rose scored]; Perez grounded out (pitcher to first); Bench popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Sizemore lined to third; McCarver walked; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 0. REDS 2ND: Tolan flied out to center; Geronimo singled to center; Crosby forced Geronimo (second to shortstop); Billingham forced Crosby (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Torre singled to shortstop [Torre to second (error by Crosby)]; J. Cruz walked; Carbo grounded out (shortstop to first) [Torre to third, J. Cruz to second]; Tyson struck out; Cleveland grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 0. REDS 3RD: Rose flied out to left; Morgan was called out on strikes; Driessen reached on an error by Sizemore [Driessen to first]; Perez singled to left [Driessen to second]; Bench flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to center; Brock was picked off first but was safe on an error by Billingham [Brock scored (error by Tolan)]; Sizemore struck out; McCarver popped to third in foul territory; Simmons singled to right; Torre singled to left [Simmons to second]; J. Cruz grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 1. REDS 4TH: Tolan grounded out (second to first); Geronimo flied out to center; Crosby grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Carbo grounded out (second to first); Tyson was called out on strikes; Cleveland grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 1. REDS 5TH: Billingham was called out on strikes; Rose singled to first; Morgan walked [Rose to second]; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Rose to third, Morgan to second]; Driessen flied out to center; Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Brock walked; Sizemore grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Brock out at second]; McCarver singled to right; Simmons lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 1. REDS 6TH: Bench was called out on strikes; Tolan singled to center; Geronimo doubled to right [Tolan to third]; Crosby doubled to left [Tolan scored, Geronimo scored]; Billingham grounded out (second to first) [Crosby to third]; Rose doubled to center [Crosby scored, Rose to third (error by J. Cruz)]; Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); J. Cruz singled to right; Carbo flied out to right; Tyson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 1. REDS 7TH: Driessen popped to third; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bench was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 7TH: H. CRUZ BATTED FOR CLEVELAND; H. Cruz struck out; Debut game for Heity Cruz; Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 1. REDS 8TH: FOLKERS REPLACED H. CRUZ (PITCHING); Tolan grounded out (pitcher to first); Geronimo singled to left; Crosby grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Geronimo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: MENKE REPLACED DRIESSEN (PLAYING 3B); McCarver grounded out (second to first); Simmons flied out to right; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 1. REDS 9TH: Billingham struck out; Rose was called out on strikes; Morgan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 9TH: J. Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); Carbo doubled to left; Tyson grounded out (second to first); MELENDEZ BATTED FOR FOLKERS; Melendez singled to left [Carbo to third]; HALL REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Brock homered [Carbo scored, Melendez scored]; Sizemore popped to first; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 4. REDS 10TH: PENA REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); Menke doubled to left; Perez singled to center [Menke scored]; Bench tripled to right [Perez scored]; HRABOSKY REPLACED PENA (PITCHING); Tolan hit a sacrifice fly to center [Bench scored]; Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first); Crosby popped to second; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 7, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 10TH: McCarver flied out to center; Simmons homered; Torre grounded out (catcher to first); J. Cruz grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 7, Cardinals 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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