Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
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 Three Rivers Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Tovar 2b 3 1 1 0
  Doyle 2b 0 0 0 0
Unser cf 4 2 2 0
Montanez rf 3 1 0 1
Luzinski lf 4 1 1 2
Hutton 1b 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 0 0 0
Boone c 4 0 0 1
Bowa ss 3 0 0 0
Twitchell p 4 0 0 0
  Scarce p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 4 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 3 0 1 1
Hebner 3b 3 0 0 0
Sanguillen rf 4 0 0 0
Stargell lf 4 1 1 0
Oliver cf 4 0 0 0
Robertson 1b 3 0 1 1
May c 3 0 1 0
  Hernandez pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Alley ss 2 1 1 0
  Clines ph 1 0 0 0
  McNertney c 0 0 0 0
Ellis p 2 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Rooker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Philadelphia 410 000 000540
Pittsburgh 011 000 000252
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Twitchell  W (1-1) 8.1 5 2 2 2 5
  Scarce  SV (4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  L (3-4) 8.0 4 5 3 4 6
  Rooker   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
5
3
4
7

  E–Cash (4), Sanguillen (6).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–Philadelphia Tovar (10,off Ellis), Pittsburgh Stargell (6,off Twitchell).  3B–Philadelphia Unser (1,off Ellis), Pittsburgh Alley (2,off Twitchell).  IBB–Schmidt (1,by Ellis); Bowa (3,by Ellis).  IBB–Ellis 2 (3,Schmidt,Bowa).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–1:57.  A–6,885.
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