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Friday August 31, 1973
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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 2 (Game 2)

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

Cubs         0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  2
Pirates      1  0  1    3  0  0    0  0  x  -   5  9  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          4   0   1   0     1   0   .259      Clines cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .265
Monday cf             3   0   1   1     2   1   .264      Parker lf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .230
Williams 1b           5   0   0   0     0   0   .287      Oliver 1b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .285
Carty lf              4   0   0   0     1   1   .230      Zisk rf               4   0   2   2     0   1   .327
Cardenal rf           4   1   1   0     1   1   .311      Hebner 3b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .273
Santo 3b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .278      May c                 4   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Popovich 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .245      Stennett 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .246
Lundstedt c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .000      J. Hernandez ss       3   1   1   0     0   0   .241
  Fanzone ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Morlan p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .182
  Hundley c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .230        Johnson p           2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Jenkins p             2   0   2   1     1   0   .125        R. Hernandez p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hickman ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Burris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   8   2     7   6             Totals               34   5   9   5     0   7

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 35,884
Left on Base: Cubs 12, Pirates 5
DP: Cubs 0, Pirates 1
Errors: Monday, Santo
Doubles: Zisk 2 (18), Stennett (16)
Home Runs: Hebner (20)
Stolen Bases: Parker (1)
GIDP: Kessinger (14)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(12-13)        7     9   5   5   0   7   1  31   3.95
Burris                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.36
Totals                  8     9   5   5   0   7   1  34

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morlan                  3.2   4   2   2   5   2   0  20   3.38
Johnson W(3-1)          3.1   3   0   0   1   2   0  14   3.75
R. Hernandez SV(6)      2     1   0   0   1   2   0   7   2.31
Totals                  9     8   2   2   7   6   0  41

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


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger flied out to center; Monday walked; Williams
flied out to right; Carty flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker
singled to center; Parker stole second; Oliver struck out; Zisk
doubled to right [Parker scored]; Hebner struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 1.

CUBS 2ND: Cardenal flied out to left; Santo struck out; Popovich
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Pirates 1.

PIRATES 2ND: May grounded out (second to first); Stennett
reached on an error by Santo [Stennett to first]; J. Hernandez
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Stennett to second]; Morlan
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Pirates 1.

CUBS 3RD: Lundstedt flied out to right; Debut game for Tom
Lundstedt; Jenkins walked; Kessinger singled to center
[Jenkins to second]; Monday singled to right [Jenkins to third,
Kessinger to second]; Williams popped to catcher in foul
territory; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Clines grounded out (second to first); Parker
popped to first in foul territory; Oliver singled to right; Zisk
doubled to center [Oliver scored, Zisk out at third (center to
shortstop to catcher to third)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Pirates 2.

CUBS 4TH: Cardenal walked; Santo flied out to center; Popovich
singled to right [Cardenal to second]; Lundstedt struck out;
Jenkins singled to center [Cardenal scored, Popovich to second];
Kessinger walked [Popovich to third, Jenkins to second]; Monday
walked [Popovich scored, Jenkins to third, Kessinger to second];
JOHNSON REPLACED MORLAN (PITCHING); Williams forced Monday
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 2, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 4TH: Hebner homered; May grounded out (second to first);
Stennett doubled to right; J. Hernandez singled to left
[Stennett to third]; Johnson struck out; Clines singled to first
[Stennett scored, J. Hernandez to second]; Parker singled to
right [J. Hernandez scored, Clines to third]; Oliver flied out
to center; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Pirates 5.

CUBS 5TH: Carty was called out on strikes; Cardenal was called
out on strikes; Santo walked; Popovich grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 5TH: Zisk flied out to center; Hebner grounded out
(first to pitcher); May popped to third in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Pirates 5.

CUBS 6TH: Lundstedt grounded out (shortstop to first); Jenkins
singled to left; Kessinger flied to left in foul territory;
Monday flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Pirates 5.

PIRATES 6TH: Stennett grounded out (second to first); J.
Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Johnson was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Pirates 5.

CUBS 7TH: Williams lined to left; Carty flied out to center;
Cardenal singled to shortstop; Santo singled to center [Cardenal
to second]; Popovich popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 2, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 7TH: Clines reached on an error by Monday [Clines to
second]; Parker struck out; Oliver flied out to right [Clines to
third]; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Pirates
5.

CUBS 8TH: R. HERNANDEZ REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); FANZONE
BATTED FOR LUNDSTEDT; Fanzone singled to left; HICKMAN BATTED
FOR JENKINS; Hickman struck out; Kessinger grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Fanzone out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 8TH: BURRIS REPLACED HICKMAN (PITCHING); HUNDLEY
REPLACED FANZONE (PLAYING C ); Hebner grounded out (second to
first); May grounded out (second to first); Stennett grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Pirates 5.

CUBS 9TH: Monday struck out; Williams flied out to right; Carty
walked; Cardenal grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 2, Pirates 5.



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