Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
May 2, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1973 at Candlestick Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, San Francisco Giants 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 1 0 0
Sanguillen rf 4 0 1 0
Oliver cf 3 0 0 1
Stargell lf 3 1 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 0 2 0
Robertson 1b 4 0 2 0
May c 4 0 2 1
Stennett ss 2 0 0 0
Walker p 3 0 1 0
  Rooker p 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 5 0 1 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 1 0
  Blanco pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Goodson 3b 2 0 0 0
  Phillips pr 0 1 0 0
  Howarth cf 1 0 0 0
Matthews lf 4 0 1 0
Thomasson cf 2 0 0 0
  Arnold ph 0 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Sadek ph 0 0 0 0
Rader c 4 0 1 0
Barr p 2 0 0 0
  Kingman ph,3b,1b 1 0 0 1
Totals 31 1 4 1
Pittsburgh 011 000 000281
San Francisco 000 000 100141
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walker  W (1-0) 6.0 2 1 0 4 3
  Rooker   2.1 2 0 0 1 3
  Giusti  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
5
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Barr  L (3-2) 7.0 7 2 1 2 2
  Moffitt   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
3
3

  E–Oliver (3), Goodson (3).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Hebner (6,off Moffitt), San Francisco Matthews (4,off Walker).  SF–Oliver (3,off Barr); Kingman (1,off Rooker).  IBB–Stennett (1,by Moffitt).  CS–May (1,2nd base by Barr/Rader).  WP–Barr (1).  IBB–Moffitt (2,Stennett).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Art Williams, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:10.  A–4,818.
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