Monday September 3, 1973
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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4 (Game 1)

Game Played on Monday, September 3, 1973 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cardinals 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 1 Pirates 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 16 3 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 6 2 3 0 0 0 .295 Stennett 2b,ss 6 1 1 0 0 1 .244 Sizemore 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .271 Parker cf 4 1 4 0 0 0 .256 J. Cruz cf,rf 4 0 0 2 0 0 .234 Augustine cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Simmons c 6 0 3 1 0 0 .296 Giusti p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 McCarver 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Oliver 1b 6 1 2 2 0 1 .291 Torre 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 .290 Stargell lf 5 1 1 2 0 0 .289 Carbo rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Zisk rf 6 0 0 0 0 2 .315 Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .350 Hebner 3b 6 1 3 1 0 0 .274 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 May c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Agee ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Rooker pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 McBride ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .304 R. Hernandez p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Segui p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clines cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Hughes ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 J. Hernandez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Fisher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sanguillen ph,c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .282 Reitz 3b 6 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Briles p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Tyson ss 6 1 2 0 0 0 .242 Cash ph,2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Cleveland p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Melendez ph,cf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .257 Totals 49 4 11 4 2 5 Totals 50 5 16 5 0 6 Time of Game: 3:13 Left on Base: Cardinals 11, Pirates 10 DP: Cardinals 1, Pirates 0 Errors: J. Cruz, Stennett, Oliver, J. Hernandez Doubles: Brock (24), Simmons (29), Melendez (15), Hebner (23), Parker (5) Home Runs: Oliver (19), Stargell (37), Hebner (21) Stolen Bases: Brock 3 (57) Sacrifice Hits: Sizemore (18), J. Cruz (5) Sacrifice Flies: J. Cruz (7), Stargell (4) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Cleveland 7.2 12 4 4 0 1 2 34 3.08 Pena 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.21 Hrabosky 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 1.83 Segui 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 10 2.84 Fisher L(1-1) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4.86 Totals 12 16 5 5 0 6 3 51 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Briles 7 5 3 3 1 2 0 29 2.85 R. Hernandez 2.2 3 1 1 1 0 0 12 2.54 Giusti W(9-2) 3.1 3 0 0 0 3 0 13 1.69 Totals 13 11 4 4 2 5 0 54 Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Paul Pryor CARDINALS 1ST: Brock doubled to right; Sizemore out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Brock to third]; J. Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first) [Brock scored]; Simmons singled to center; McCarver popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Stennett singled to left; Parker singled to center [Stennett to second]; Oliver forced Parker (first to shortstop) [Stennett to third]; Stargell sacrifice flied into a double play (right to first) [Stennett scored, Oliver out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 1. CARDINALS 2ND: Carbo flied out to right; Reitz flied out to right; Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 2ND: Zisk was called out on strikes; Hebner doubled to right; May grounded out (first unassisted) [Hebner to third]; J. Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Cleveland struck out; Brock singled to first; Brock stole second; Brock stole third; Sizemore walked; J. Cruz hit a sacrifice fly to center [Brock scored, Sizemore to second]; Simmons doubled to center [Sizemore scored]; McCarver flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 3RD: Briles grounded out (shortstop to first); Stennett grounded out (second to first); Parker doubled to right; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Carbo grounded out (second to first); Reitz grounded out (pitcher to first); Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 4TH: Stargell popped to third in foul territory; Zisk flied out to center; Hebner flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Cleveland popped to first; Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 5TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); J. Hernandez popped to first in foul territory; Briles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 1. CARDINALS 6TH: J. Cruz reached on an error by Oliver [J. Cruz to second]; Simmons singled to shortstop [J. Cruz stayed at second]; McCarver flied out to left; Carbo struck out; Reitz reached on an error by J. Hernandez [J. Cruz to third, Simmons to second, Reitz to first]; Tyson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 6TH: Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker singled to center; Oliver singled to center [Parker to third, Oliver to second (error by J. Cruz)]; Stargell popped to shortstop; Zisk flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Cleveland grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Brock flied out to left; Sizemore popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 7TH: Hebner popped to second; May singled to center; ROOKER RAN FOR MAY; SANGUILLEN BATTED FOR J. HERNANDEZ; Sanguillen singled to center [Rooker to second]; CASH BATTED FOR BRILES; Cash lined to left; Stennett flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 1. CARDINALS 8TH: SANGUILLEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); CASH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); STENNETT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); R. HERNANDEZ REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING); J. Cruz popped to catcher in foul territory; Simmons popped to second; McCarver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 8TH: TORRE REPLACED MCCARVER (PLAYING 1B); Parker singled to right; Oliver homered [Parker scored]; Stargell homered; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner flied out to center; R. Hernandez singled to right; PENA REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Sanguillen singled to center [R. Hernandez to second]; Cash forced Sanguillen (shortstop to second); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 4. CARDINALS 9TH: AUGUSTINE REPLACED PARKER (PLAYING CF); HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR CARBO; Heintzelman popped to shortstop; Debut game for Dave Augustine; Reitz flied out to right; Tyson singled to right; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR PENA; Melendez doubled to center [Tyson scored]; Brock flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 4. PIRATES 9TH: MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); J. CRUZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); HRABOSKY REPLACED HEINTZELMAN (PITCHING); Stennett was called out on strikes; Augustine singled to right; Oliver struck out; Stargell flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 4. CARDINALS 10TH: Sizemore singled to center; J. Cruz out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Sizemore to second]; Simmons flied out to center [Sizemore to third]; Torre was walked intentionally; AGEE BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; GIUSTI REPLACED AUGUSTINE (PITCHING); CLINES REPLACED R. HERNANDEZ (PLAYING CF); MCBRIDE BATTED FOR AGEE; McBride was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 4. PIRATES 10TH: SEGUI REPLACED MCBRIDE (PITCHING); Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner singled to shortstop; Clines was called out on strikes; Sanguillen popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 4. CARDINALS 11TH: Reitz flied out to right; Tyson singled to right; Melendez struck out; Brock singled to right [Tyson to third]; Brock stole second; Sizemore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 4. PIRATES 11TH: Cash grounded out (third to first); Stennett flied out to center; Giusti was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 4. CARDINALS 12TH: J. Cruz grounded out (second to first); Simmons grounded out (second to first); Torre struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 4. PIRATES 12TH: Oliver flied out to center; Stargell flied out to right; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 4. CARDINALS 13TH: HUGHES BATTED FOR SEGUI; Hughes singled to left; Reitz forced Hughes (first to shortstop) [Reitz to second (error by Stennett)]; Tyson flied out to center; Melendez flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 4. PIRATES 13TH: FISHER REPLACED HUGHES (PITCHING); Hebner hit an inside the park homer to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 5.

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