St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 8, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1973 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 4 1 1 0
Cruz cf 4 1 1 0
Torre 1b 4 1 2 3
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Carbo rf 4 0 0 0
Busse ss 4 0 0 0
Wise p 3 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 4 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b 5 0 2 0
Sanguillen rf 4 1 2 1
Oliver cf 5 0 1 1
Stargell lf 4 0 1 0
Robertson 1b 5 1 1 1
Hebner 3b 3 1 1 0
Alley ss 3 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez ss 0 0 0 0
May c 3 0 0 0
Briles p 3 0 1 1
  Clines ph 1 1 1 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
St. Louis 000 201 000 0341
Pittsburgh 011 000 001 14101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wise   8.1 9 3 3 3 0
  Granger  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.1
10
4
4
3
0
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Briles   9.0 4 3 2 0 5
  Giusti  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
4
3
2
0
5

  E–Reitz (1), Hebner (1).  2B–Pittsburgh Hebner (2,off Wise); Oliver (1,off Wise); Stargell (1,off Wise).  HR–St. Louis Torre (1,4th inning off Briles 1 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Robertson (1,10th inning off Granger 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Sanguillen (1,off Granger).  IBB–May (2,by Wise); Hebner (1,by Wise).  SB–Sizemore (1,2nd base off Briles/May).  IBB–Wise 2 (2,May,Hebner).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:15.
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