Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
May 6, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1973 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 3, San Francisco Giants 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hiser cf 4 0 3 0
Popovich 2b 4 0 1 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
  Bonham p 0 0 0 0
Pepitone 1b 3 0 0 0
Cardenal rf 4 1 2 0
Fanzone 3b 4 0 0 0
Rudolph c 4 0 2 1
Kessinger ss 3 1 1 0
Gura p 2 0 0 0
  Garrett ph,lf 1 1 1 2
  Hickman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 1 1 0
Fuentes 2b 4 1 1 0
Speier ss 4 1 2 2
Kingman 1b 4 0 1 1
Matthews lf 3 1 1 0
Howarth cf 4 0 0 0
Phillips 3b 3 0 1 1
Rader c 3 0 0 0
Willoughby p 3 0 1 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
Chicago 010 000 2003101
San Francisco 001 120 00x480
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  L (1-1) 6.0 8 4 4 1 5
  Bonham   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
1
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Willoughby  W (3-2) 8.0 10 3 3 2 2
  Sosa   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  McDowell  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
3

  E–Fanzone (1).  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–Chicago Rudolph (2,off Willoughby), San Francisco Fuentes (5,off Gura).  3B–San Francisco Speier (1,off Gura).  HR–Chicago Garrett (1,7th inning off Willoughby 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Kessinger (7,by Willoughby).  SB–Cardenal (2,2nd base off Willoughby/Rader); Hiser (3,2nd base off Willoughby/Rader); Matthews (1,2nd base off Gura/Rudolph).  CS–Rudolph (2,2nd base by Willoughby/Rader).  IBB–Willoughby (1,Kessinger).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:24.  A–19,499.
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