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Tuesday September 4, 1973
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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Game Played on Tuesday, September 4, 1973 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  1  -   4 10  0
Pirates      0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   1   1   1     0   1   .295      Cash 2b               3   1   0   0     1   0   .270
Sizemore 2b           3   0   0   1     0   0   .269      Parker cf             3   1   2   2     0   0   .267
Torre 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .290        Clines ph,cf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Simmons c             3   0   1   0     1   0   .299      Oliver 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .287
Melendez cf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .256      Stargell lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .286
  McCarver ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .249      Hebner 3b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .273
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Zisk rf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .317
Reitz 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .227      Sanguillen c          3   0   2   0     1   0   .284
  McBride pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .304      J. Hernandez ss       3   0   0   0     0   1   .239
  Hughes 3b           1   0   0   0     0   1   .182        Stennett ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .243
Carbo rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .274      Rooker p              3   0   1   0     0   1   .257
Tyson ss              3   1   2   0     0   1   .246        Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Nagy p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Campanis ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Agee ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .234
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  Andrews p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heintzelman ph      1   0   1   0     0   0   .381
  T. Cruz pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
  J. Cruz cf          1   0   1   1     0   0   .234

Totals               33   4  10   3     2   7             Totals               33   2   8   2     3   7

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 16,280
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Pirates 8
DP: Cardinals 0, Pirates 1
Doubles: Brock (25), Sanguillen (21), Hebner (24)
Triples: Parker (1)
Home Runs: Parker (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Tyson (6), Cash (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Sizemore (3)
GIDP: Reitz (17)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nagy                    5     5   2   2   3   2   1  22   3.18
Murphy                  1.1   2   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.76
Andrews W(1-1)          0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.50
Hrabosky SV(4)          2     1   0   0   0   4   0   7   1.75
Totals                  9     8   2   2   3   7   1  37

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rooker L(7-5)           7     8   3   3   0   5   0  28   3.02
Giusti                  2     2   1   1   2   2   0   9   1.76
Totals                  9    10   4   4   2   7   0  37

Wild Pitches: Giusti (3)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Terry Tata


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Sizemore flied out to right;
Torre flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Cash flied out to center; Parker lined to left;
Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons singled to left; Melendez grounded out
(first unassisted) [Simmons to second]; Reitz popped to third in
foul territory; Carbo lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell grounded out (second to first); Hebner
grounded out (first unassisted); Zisk singled to third;
Sanguillen doubled to right [Zisk out at home (right to second
to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson struck out; Nagy struck out; Brock grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: J. Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Rooker
grounded out (first to pitcher); Cash walked; Parker tripled to
center [Cash scored]; Oliver walked; Stargell popped to third; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Sizemore flied out to right; Torre grounded out
(third to first); Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Hebner doubled to right; Zisk grounded out (pitcher
to first); Sanguillen was walked intentionally; J. Hernandez was
called out on strikes; Rooker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Pirates 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Melendez singled to right; Reitz grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Melendez out at
second]; Carbo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker
homered; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Stargell
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Pirates 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Tyson singled to center; AGEE BATTED FOR NAGY;
Agee struck out; Brock forced Tyson (shortstop to second);
Sizemore popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 6TH: MURPHY REPLACED AGEE (PITCHING); Hebner struck out;
Zisk singled to right; Sanguillen grounded out (second to first)
[Zisk to second]; J. Hernandez popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Torre singled to right; Simmons flied out to
left; Melendez struck out; Reitz singled to center [Torre to
third]; MCBRIDE RAN FOR REITZ; Carbo grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 7TH: HUGHES REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING 3B); Rooker
singled to right; Cash out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Rooker to second]; ANDREWS REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING);
CLINES BATTED FOR PARKER; Clines popped to first; Oliver
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Pirates 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: CLINES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Tyson singled
to left; HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR ANDREWS; Heintzelman singled to
left [Tyson to second]; T. CRUZ RAN FOR HEINTZELMAN; Brock
doubled to left [Tyson scored, T. Cruz to third]; Debut game
for Tommy Cruz; GIUSTI REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING); Sizemore
hit a sacrifice fly to right [T. Cruz scored, Brock to third];
Torre struck out; Simmons was walked intentionally; MCCARVER
BATTED FOR MELENDEZ; Giusti threw a wild pitch [Brock scored,
Simmons to second]; Dave Giusti tagged Lou Brock at HP and
dropped the ball; when Brock was ruled safe by HP umpire Ed
Vargo, an argument ensued; McCarver walked; Hughes struck
out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 8TH: J. CRUZ REPLACED T. CRUZ (PLAYING CF); HRABOSKY
REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Stargell struck out; Hebner struck
out; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Pirates 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: Carbo singled to right; Tyson out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Carbo to second]; J. Cruz singled to
right [Carbo scored, J. Cruz out at second (right to catcher to
first)]; Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 9TH: Sanguillen singled to right; STENNETT BATTED FOR J.
HERNANDEZ; Stennett struck out; CAMPANIS BATTED FOR GIUSTI;
Campanis lined to left; Cash flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 4, Pirates 2.



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