St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
May 10, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1973 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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 3, San Francisco Giants 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 3 0
Melendez rf 4 0 0 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 0 0 0 0
Torre 1b 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
Cruz cf 3 0 1 0
Busse ss 4 1 1 1
Tyson 2b 3 1 0 0
Wise p 1 1 1 1
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Carbo ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 1 1 0
Fuentes 2b 3 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 0 1 2
McCovey 1b 3 2 2 1
  Thomasson 1b 1 0 0 0
Matthews lf 4 1 1 0
Howarth cf 4 0 1 2
Kingman 3b 3 1 1 1
Rader c 3 0 0 0
McDowell p 2 1 1 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 1 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
St. Louis 010 110 000380
San Francisco 010 221 00x691
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  L (3-2) 5.2 9 6 6 2 3
  Granger   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Folkers   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
2
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  W (1-0) 6.0 6 3 3 4 1
  Moffitt  SV (6) 3.0 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
6
4

  E–Fuentes (4).  DP–St. Louis 1, San Francisco 1.  2B–St. Louis J Cruz (5,off McDowell).  3B–St. Louis Wise (1,off McDowell), San Francisco Howarth (1,off Wise).  HR–St. Louis Busse (2,4th inning off McDowell 0 on, 2 out), San Francisco McCovey (8,2nd inning off Wise 0 on, 0 out); Kingman (5,6th inning off Wise 0 on, 1 out).  CS–Busse (1,2nd base by McDowell/Rader); Brock (4,2nd base by McDowell/Rader); Phillips (1,2nd base by Granger/Simmons).  SB–Matthews (2,2nd base off Wise/Simmons).  WP–McDowell 2 (4).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:37.  A–3,236.
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