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Friday August 31, 1973
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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Chicago Cubs 0 (Game 1)

Game Played on Friday, August 31, 1973 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  1
Pirates      0  0  6    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   7 11  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Clines cf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .265
Monday cf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .264      Hebner 3b             5   1   3   1     0   0   .273
Williams 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .290      Oliver 1b             5   1   2   0     0   1   .285
Carty lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .232      Stargell lf           2   1   1   3     2   1   .293
Santo 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .278        Parker lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Cardenal rf           3   0   2   0     1   1   .312      Zisk rf               5   1   1   0     0   1   .324
Popovich 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .245      Cash 2b               4   1   1   0     0   1   .267
Hundley c             3   0   1   0     1   0   .230      Sanguillen c          4   0   2   0     0   0   .281
Reuschel p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .123      J. Hernandez ss       3   1   1   0     1   1   .235
  Thornton ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .172      Rooker p              2   1   0   0     1   1   .250
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .667
  Hickman ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .251
  Aker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   7   0     3   5             Totals               35   7  11   4     5   7

Time of Game: 2:18
Left on Base: Cubs 8, Pirates 10
DP: Cubs 0, Pirates 2
Errors: Santo, Oliver
Doubles: Kessinger (16), Hebner (22), Oliver (24)
Triples: J. Hernandez (2)
Home Runs: Stargell (36)
Sacrifice Hits: Reuschel (9), Rooker (5)
GIDP: Santo 2 (21)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuschel L(12-13)       4     8   6   3   3   4   1  24   2.73
LaRoche                 3     3   1   1   2   3   0  14   5.77
Aker                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.40
Totals                  8    11   7   4   5   7   1  41

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rooker W(7-4)           9     7   0   0   3   5   0  35   2.97
Totals                  9     7   0   0   3   5   0  35

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Andy Olsen


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Monday
grounded out (second to first); Williams flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Clines grounded out (pitcher to first); Hebner
singled to center; Oliver forced Hebner (second to shortstop);
Stargell walked [Oliver to second]; Zisk forced Stargell
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

CUBS 2ND: Carty walked; Santo grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Carty out at second]; Cardenal
walked; Popovich flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen
singled to center; J. Hernandez forced Sanguillen (third to
second); Rooker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Pirates 0.

CUBS 3RD: Hundley singled to center; Reuschel out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Hundley to second]; Kessinger grounded
out (second to first) [Hundley to third]; Monday was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Clines flied out to right; Hebner doubled to
center; Oliver singled to left [Hebner to third]; Stargell
homered [Hebner scored, Oliver scored]; Zisk singled to center;
Cash singled to third [Zisk to second]; Sanguillen grounded out
(first unassisted) [Zisk to third, Cash to second]; J. Hernandez
was walked intentionally; Rooker reached on an error by Santo
[Zisk scored (unearned) (no RBI), Cash scored (unearned) (no
RBI), J. Hernandez scored (unearned) (no RBI), Rooker to first];
Clines struck out; 6 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates
6.

CUBS 4TH: Williams singled to right; Carty popped to second;
Santo grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Williams out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Pirates 6.

PIRATES 4TH: Hebner grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver
doubled to right; Stargell was walked intentionally; Zisk was
called out on strikes; Cash was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 6.

CUBS 5TH: Cardenal singled to left; Popovich struck out; Hundley
walked [Cardenal to second]; THORNTON BATTED FOR REUSCHEL;
Thornton struck out; Kessinger popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 5TH: LAROCHE REPLACED THORNTON (PITCHING); Sanguillen
flied out to right; J. Hernandez tripled to center; Rooker
walked; Clines reached on a fielder's choice [J. Hernandez out
at home (third to catcher), Rooker to second]; Hebner singled to
center [Rooker scored, Clines to third, Hebner to second (on
throw)]; Oliver struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Pirates 7.

CUBS 6TH: Monday struck out; Williams flied out to center; Carty
lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 7.

PIRATES 6TH: Stargell was called out on strikes; Zisk flied out
to right; Cash grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 7.

CUBS 7TH: PARKER REPLACED STARGELL (PLAYING LF); Santo flied out
to center; Cardenal struck out; Popovich flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 7.

PIRATES 7TH: Sanguillen singled to left; J. Hernandez struck
out; Rooker out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Sanguillen to second]; Clines walked; Hebner grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 7.

CUBS 8TH: Hundley flied out to right; HICKMAN BATTED FOR
LAROCHE; Hickman grounded out (third to first); Kessinger
doubled to right; Monday singled to first [Kessinger to third];
Williams popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Pirates 7.

PIRATES 8TH: AKER REPLACED HICKMAN (PITCHING); Oliver grounded
out (second to first); Parker grounded out (first to pitcher);
Zisk flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 7.

CUBS 9TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
dropped a foul fly hit by Santo for an error; Santo grounded out
(third to first); Cardenal singled to left; Popovich singled to
center [Cardenal to second]; Hundley flied out to center; 0 R, 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 7.



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