| A balk by Orlando Pena in the eighth inning enabled Cito Gaston to score and gave the Padres a 4-3 victory over the Cardinals, who went down to the 11th defeat in their last 12 games. The Cardinals took a 3-0 lead before the Padres rallied for two runs in the sixth on successive singles by Johnny Grubb, Dave Roberts, Nate Colbert and Gaston. Colbert singled with two out in the eighth and scored the tying run on a triple by Gaston before the balk handed the Padres their winning tally. [The Sporting News] |
San Diego Padres 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3
Game Played on Saturday, August 18, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Padres 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 - 4 10 0 Cardinals 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 1 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG J. Morales lf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .277 Brock lf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .295 Grubb cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .302 Heintzelman 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .500 Roberts 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .267 Melendez rf 2 0 1 1 1 0 .259 Colbert 1b 4 1 2 1 0 2 .260 Carbo ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Gaston rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .264 McBride pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .385 Kendall c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .260 McCarver ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Thomas 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Torre 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .295 Anderson ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .130 Simmons c 2 0 0 1 1 0 .289 Troedson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .167 H. Cruz cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lee ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241 Agee ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Arlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .230 Caldwell p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .147 Tyson ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .245 Nagy p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pena p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sizemore ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Totals 35 4 10 3 3 6 Totals 32 3 9 3 5 4 Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 28,786 Left on Base: Padres 7, Cardinals 9 DP: Padres 2, Cardinals 2 Errors: Tyson Doubles: Tyson (9), Carbo (15) Triples: Gaston (4) Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (46) Caught Stealing: Thomas (3), Brock (16) Sacrifice Hits: Sizemore (15) Sacrifice Flies: Simmons (7) GIDP: Troedson (1), J. Morales (8), Melendez (9), Agee (5) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Troedson 6 7 3 3 2 1 0 26 4.44 Arlin W(8-11) 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 4.87 Caldwell SV(6) 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 8 3.83 Totals 9 9 3 3 5 4 0 39 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nagy 5.1 7 2 2 1 4 0 23 2.76 Pena L(3-3) 2.2 3 2 2 1 1 0 12 3.46 Hrabosky 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2.15 Totals 9 10 4 4 3 6 0 38 Balks: Pena (1) Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Ed Sudol PADRES 1ST: J. Morales was called out on strikes; Grubb grounded out (second to first); Roberts singled to left; Colbert struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Heintzelman reached on a fielder's choice [Brock to third]; Melendez singled to right [Brock scored, Heintzelman to second]; Torre flied out to right [Heintzelman to third]; Simmons hit a sacrifice fly to left [Heintzelman scored]; H. Cruz grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 2. PADRES 2ND: Gaston grounded out (shortstop to first); Kendall flied out to center; Thomas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz flied out to right; Tyson doubled to left; Nagy grounded out (shortstop to first) [Tyson to third]; Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 2. PADRES 3RD: Anderson grounded out (third to first); Troedson was called out on strikes; J. Morales singled to center; Grubb forced J. Morales (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 3RD: Heintzelman singled to center; Melendez grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Heintzelman out at second]; Torre flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 2. PADRES 4TH: Roberts flied out to right; Colbert struck out; Gaston grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons grounded out (third to first); H. Cruz grounded out (third to first); Reitz singled to left; Tyson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 2. PADRES 5TH: Kendall singled to left; Thomas forced Kendall (second to shortstop); Anderson walked [Thomas to second]; Troedson grounded into a double play (second to first) [Anderson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Nagy flied out to left; Brock walked; Brock stole second; Brock was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Heintzelman singled to left; Melendez walked [Heintzelman to second]; Torre singled to center [Heintzelman scored, Melendez to third]; Simmons flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 3. PADRES 6TH: J. Morales popped to shortstop; Grubb singled to pitcher; Roberts singled to shortstop [Grubb to second]; Colbert singled to left [Grubb scored, Roberts to second]; Gaston singled to center [Roberts scored, Colbert to third]; PENA REPLACED NAGY (PITCHING); Kendall reached on a fielder's choice [Colbert out at home (third to catcher), Gaston to second]; Thomas grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 6TH: H. Cruz grounded out (third to first); Reitz flied out to left; Tyson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 3. PADRES 7TH: Anderson struck out; LEE BATTED FOR TROEDSON; Lee walked; J. Morales grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Lee out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 7TH: ARLIN REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Pena struck out; Brock struck out; Heintzelman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 3. PADRES 8TH: Grubb grounded out (second to first); Roberts grounded out (second to first); Colbert singled to shortstop; Gaston tripled to center [Colbert scored]; Pena balked [Gaston scored]; Kendall flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 8TH: CARBO BATTED FOR MELENDEZ; Carbo doubled to right; MCBRIDE RAN FOR CARBO; Torre walked; CALDWELL REPLACED ARLIN (PITCHING); Simmons walked [McBride to third, Torre to second]; AGEE BATTED FOR H. CRUZ; Agee grounded into a double play (third to catcher to first) [Torre to third, Simmons to second, McBride out at home]; Reitz flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 3. PADRES 9TH: MCBRIDE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); AGEE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Thomas singled to center; Anderson reached on a fielder's choice [Thomas to second (error by Tyson)]; HRABOSKY REPLACED PENA (PITCHING); Thomas was caught stealing third (catcher to third) [Anderson to second]; Caldwell struck out; J. Morales was walked intentionally; Grubb grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 9TH: Tyson singled to center; SIZEMORE BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Sizemore out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Tyson to second]; Brock struck out; Heintzelman was walked intentionally; MCCARVER BATTED FOR MCBRIDE; McCarver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 3.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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