Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants
May 12, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1973 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Francisco Giants 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 2 1 1 1
Buckner 1b 5 1 2 1
Mota lf 4 0 1 0
Davis cf 3 0 1 1
Ferguson c 4 0 2 1
Crawford rf 3 0 0 0
  Garvey ph 1 0 0 0
  Paciorek rf 0 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 1 0 0
Russell ss 4 1 2 0
Sutton p 3 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
  Culver p 1 0 0 0
  Rau p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 3 2 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 2 1
Speier ss 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 1 1 1
Goodson 3b 3 1 1 2
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Bryant p 0 0 0 0
Matthews lf 3 0 0 0
Rader c 3 0 2 1
Willoughby p 2 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Howarth cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Los Angeles 002 002 000492
San Francisco 021 000 101592
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   6.1 8 4 4 4 4
  Richert   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Culver  L (1-2) 1.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Rau   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.1
9
5
5
7
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Willoughby   6.0 6 4 4 2 1
  Sosa   1.1 3 0 0 0 1
  McDowell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Moffitt   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Bryant  W (4-3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
3

  E–Lopes (2), Ferguson (2), Speier (6), Goodson (4).  DP–Los Angeles 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Los Angeles Russell (7,off Willoughby), San Francisco Fuentes (7,off Sutton); Bonds (12,off Culver).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (9,2nd inning off Sutton 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Lopes (4,off Willoughby); Davis (3,off Willoughby); Goodson (1,off Richert).  SH–Fuentes (3,off Culver).  IBB–Rader (7,by Sutton); McCovey 2 (13,by Richert,by Rau); Speier (1,by Culver).  SB–Lopes (10,2nd base off Sosa/Rader); Bonds 2 (9,2nd base off Sutton/Ferguson,3rd base off Sutton/Ferguson); Fuentes (6,2nd base off Sutton/Ferguson).  WP–Sosa (2).  IBB–Sutton (2,Rader); Richert (1,McCovey); Culver (2,Speier); Rau (1,McCovey).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:57.  A–14,758.
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