Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 17, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1973 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 6 0 3 1
Sanguillen rf 7 1 4 0
Oliver cf 7 1 2 0
Stargell lf 6 1 2 1
Hebner 3b 6 0 2 0
Robertson 1b 5 0 0 0
May c 6 0 0 0
Alley ss 5 1 1 0
Blass p 3 0 1 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Clines ph 0 0 0 0
  Rooker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 4 15 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 7 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 6 0 1 0
Cruz cf 4 2 2 0
Torre 1b 5 0 1 1
Simmons c 5 1 2 1
Reitz 3b 3 0 2 0
  Anderson pr 0 0 0 0
  Busse ss 2 0 0 0
Carbo rf 4 0 0 0
  Melendez ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Tyson ss 3 0 0 0
  Crosby ph,3b 3 0 0 0
Gibson p 3 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Stein ph 1 0 1 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Fenwick ph 1 0 0 0
  Foster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 3 10 2
Pittsburgh 300 000 000 000 014150
St. Louis 100 200 000 000 003102
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass   8.0 5 3 3 5 2
  Giusti   3.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Hernandez  W (1-0) 2.0 3 0 0 0 0
  Rooker  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
14.0
10
3
3
7
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson   9.0 11 3 1 2 0
  Segui   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Granger   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Foster  L (0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
14.0
15
4
2
3
1

  E–Carbo 2 (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis J Cruz (4,off Blass).  3B–St. Louis Simmons (1,off Blass).  SH–Blass (1,off Gibson); Clines (1,off Foster); J Cruz (1,off Giusti).  IBB–Torre (1,by Giusti).  CS–Cash (1,2nd base by Foster/Simmons); Melendez (1,2nd base by R Hernandez/May).  WP–Blass (2), Giusti (2), Gibson (1).  IBB–Giusti (1,Torre).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Art Williams, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:53.  A–9,851.
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