St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 4, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1973 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers 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 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 3 1
Melendez rf 4 0 1 0
  Carbo rf 0 0 0 0
Torre 3b,1b 3 0 1 0
Simmons 1b 3 1 0 0
  Reitz 3b 1 0 0 0
McCarver c 5 1 1 0
Cruz cf 5 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 5 0 1 0
Kelleher ss 3 1 2 2
Wise p 4 1 1 1
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 6 1 3 1
Mota lf 5 1 3 1
Buckner 1b 5 0 0 0
Davis cf 5 0 2 1
Ferguson c 5 1 1 0
Crawford rf 4 1 2 0
Cey 3b 5 1 2 2
Russell ss 5 1 1 1
Osteen p 1 0 0 0
  Hough p 1 0 0 0
  Garvey ph 1 0 1 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
  Cannizzaro ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 45 6 15 6
St. Louis 040 010 000 05103
Los Angeles 000 013 001 16150
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wise   8.1 12 5 4 1 4
  Segui  L (0-2) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.1
15
6
5
1
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen   4.2 6 5 5 2 4
  Hough   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Culver   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Brewer  W (2-1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
10
5
5
3
7

  E–Simmons (4), J Cruz (1), Kelleher (3).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–St. Louis Melendez (3,off Culver); Tyson (1,off Culver), Los Angeles Russell (4,off Segui).  3B–Los Angeles Cey (1,off Wise).  SH–Melendez (2,off Osteen).  HBP–Kelleher (1,by Osteen).  IBB–Torre (3,by Brewer).  SB–Lopes (6,2nd base off Wise/McCarver).  CS–Mota (1,2nd base by Wise/McCarver).  WP–Osteen (2), Hough (1).  HBP–Osteen (1,Kelleher).  IBB–Brewer (3,Torre).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Art Williams.  T–3:00.  A–34,187.
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