Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 15, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1973 at Busch Stadium II. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 8, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 5 0 2 0
Cardenal rf 5 3 3 0
Williams lf 4 2 2 0
  James lf 0 0 0 0
Pepitone 1b 5 2 3 5
Fanzone 3b 1 0 0 0
  Popovich ph,3b 2 1 0 0
Beckert 2b 5 0 1 3
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
Kessinger ss 3 0 1 0
Hooton p 1 0 0 0
  Hiser ph 1 0 0 0
  Bonham p 2 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 13 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 3 4
Simmons c 5 0 1 0
Torre 1b 5 1 2 0
Cruz cf 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 1 0
Carbo rf 2 0 1 1
  Melendez pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Busse ss 3 0 0 0
Cleveland p 2 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 0 1 0 0
  Andrews p 0 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Crosby ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 6 10 5
Chicago 001 030 4008131
St. Louis 001 202 0016101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton   4.0 6 3 2 0 2
  Bonham  W (1-0) 4.1 3 3 3 3 6
  Locker  SV (1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
3
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland   6.0 9 4 4 1 3
  Andrews  L (0-1) 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Granger   2.2 3 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
4
3

  E–Pepitone (2), Granger (1).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–Chicago Hundley (1,off Cleveland); Pepitone (1,off Granger); Beckert (1,off Granger), St. Louis Carbo (1,off Hooton); Crosby (1,off Bonham).  HR–Chicago Pepitone (1,5th inning off Cleveland 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Popovich (1,by Granger); Kessinger (2,by Granger).  SH–Busse (1,off Bonham).  SB–Brock (2,2nd base off Hooton/Hundley).  WP–Andrews (2).  IBB–Granger 2 (2,Popovich,Kessinger).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:31.  A–14,087.
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