St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
May 16, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1973 at Wrigley Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Chicago Cubs 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 0 0 0
Melendez rf 4 0 0 0
Torre 1b 3 0 1 0
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
Cruz cf 3 1 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 1 0
Crosby ss 3 1 0 0
  Kelleher ss 1 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 2
Foster p 3 0 1 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 4 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 4 0 1 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 2 1
Williams lf 3 0 0 0
Pepitone 1b 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Cardenal rf 3 0 2 0
Rudolph c 4 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 3 0 1 0
  Popovich ss 1 0 0 0
Reuschel p 1 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Hiser ph 1 1 1 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
St. Louis 030 000 000–340
Chicago 000 000 010–172
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Foster  W (2-3) 7.1 7 1 1 1 3
  Folkers  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (3-3) 7.2 4 3 2 3 5
  LaRoche   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Locker   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
3
2
3
7
  E–Kessinger (6), Reuschel (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Hiser (2,off Foster).  3B–St. Louis Tyson (1,off Reuschel).  SH–Reuschel (2,off Foster).  CS–Reitz (1,2nd base by Reuschel/Rudolph).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–(none), 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:03.  A–8,899.
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