Wednesday September 5, 1973
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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Game Played on Wednesday, September 5, 1973 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cardinals 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 5 10 0 Pirates 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 3 13 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .295 Cash 2b 3 2 1 0 2 0 .270 Sizemore 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .271 Parker cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .275 J. Cruz cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .233 Oliver 1b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .288 Simmons c 3 1 1 0 2 0 .300 Stargell lf 5 1 2 2 0 0 .287 McCarver 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .253 Sanguillen c 5 0 1 0 0 0 .283 Torre 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Hebner 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .275 Carbo rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .271 Zisk rf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .324 Reitz 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .227 Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .217 Tyson ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .246 Robertson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Foster p 3 1 1 0 0 0 .214 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andrews p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morlan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .364 Zachary p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Segui p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Walker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 Stennett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243 R. Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 May ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .269 J. Hernandez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Totals 35 5 10 5 4 3 Totals 39 3 13 3 2 5 Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 18,894 Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Pirates 11 DP: Cardinals 1, Pirates 0 Errors: Hebner Doubles: J. Cruz (22), McCarver (12), Sizemore (19), Zisk (19) Home Runs: Stargell (38) Stolen Bases: Brock (59) Sacrifice Hits: Sizemore (19) Sacrifice Flies: Reitz (3) GIDP: Oliver (14) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Foster W(12-7) 6 10 2 2 1 4 0 29 3.06 Andrews 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 4.80 Segui SV(17) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 2.77 Totals 9 13 3 3 2 5 1 41 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Morlan L(2-2) 0.1 3 3 3 2 1 0 6 4.06 Zachary 4.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.00 Walker 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 6 4.45 R. Hernandez 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.47 Johnson 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 3.78 Totals 9 10 5 5 4 3 0 41 Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Ed Vargo CARDINALS 1ST: 10 minute rain delay before start of game; Brock was called out on strikes; Sizemore singled to left; J. Cruz doubled to center [Sizemore to third]; Simmons was walked intentionally; McCarver doubled to center [Sizemore scored, J. Cruz scored, Simmons to third]; Carbo was walked intentionally; ZACHARY REPLACED MORLAN (PITCHING); Reitz hit a sacrifice fly to right [Simmons scored, McCarver to third]; Tyson grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Cash grounded out (third to first); Parker grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver singled to right; Stargell singled to center [Oliver to third]; Sanguillen flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Foster grounded out (first unassisted); Brock flied out to left; Sizemore flied out to center; 55 minute rain delay; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Hebner popped to third; Zisk singled to shortstop; Maxvill was called out on strikes; Zachary struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 3RD: J. Cruz flied out to left; Simmons singled to right; McCarver flied out to left; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Cash flied out to right; Parker struck out; Oliver popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz singled to center; Tyson lined to shortstop; On a bunt Foster forced Reitz (catcher to shortstop); Brock reached on an error by Hebner [Foster to second, Brock to first]; Sizemore grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 0. PIRATES 4TH: Stargell flied out to right; Sanguillen flied out to right; Hebner singled to right; Zisk singled to left [Hebner to second]; Maxvill forced Zisk (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 5TH: J. Cruz flied out to right; Simmons flied out to center; McCarver flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 0. PIRATES 5TH: GONZALEZ BATTED FOR ZACHARY; Gonzalez struck out; Cash walked; Parker singled to left [Cash to second]; Oliver singled to center [Cash scored, Parker to second]; Stargell grounded out (second to first) [Parker to third, Oliver to second]; Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 1. CARDINALS 6TH: WALKER REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); Carbo struck out; Reitz grounded out (second to first); Tyson singled to second; Foster singled to center [Tyson to second]; Brock walked [Tyson to third, Foster to second]; Sizemore doubled to left [Tyson scored, Foster scored, Brock out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 1. PIRATES 6TH: Hebner singled to right; Zisk flied out to center; Maxvill forced Hebner (shortstop to second); STENNETT BATTED FOR WALKER; Stennett forced Maxvill (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 1. CARDINALS 7TH: R. HERNANDEZ REPLACED STENNETT (PITCHING); J. Cruz struck out; Simmons flied out to center; McCarver singled to right; Carbo grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 1. PIRATES 7TH: TORRE REPLACED MCCARVER (PLAYING 1B); Cash singled to left; Parker singled to left [Cash to second]; ANDREWS REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); Oliver grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Cash to third, Parker out at second]; Stargell homered [Cash scored]; Sanguillen singled to center; Hebner flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 3. CARDINALS 8TH: Reitz grounded out (second to first); Tyson grounded out (pitcher to first); HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR ANDREWS; Heintzelman lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 3. PIRATES 8TH: SEGUI REPLACED HEINTZELMAN (PITCHING); Zisk doubled to left; ROBERTSON BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Robertson flied out to left; MAY BATTED FOR R. HERNANDEZ; May struck out; Cash walked; Parker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 3. CARDINALS 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED ROBERTSON (PITCHING); J. HERNANDEZ REPLACED MAY (PLAYING SS); Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Sizemore out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Brock to third]; J. Cruz popped to shortstop; Simmons was walked intentionally; Torre flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 3. PIRATES 9TH: Oliver flied out to right; Stargell flied out to left; Sanguillen flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 3.

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