Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 2, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1973 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 2 3 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 1 0
Tolan rf 4 0 0 1
Bench c 5 0 1 1
Perez 1b 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Menke 3b 2 0 1 0
  Stahl ph 1 0 0 0
  Chaney 3b 1 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 2 0 1 0
  Locklear ph 0 1 0 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
  Hague ph 1 0 0 0
  Gullett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 9 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 1 2 0
Sanguillen rf 4 1 1 0
Hebner 3b 4 1 1 1
Stargell lf 2 0 0 0
Oliver cf 4 1 1 1
Robertson 1b 3 0 0 1
May c 3 0 1 1
Hernandez J. ss 3 0 0 0
Ellis p 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez R. p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Cincinnati 100 000 200390
Pittsburgh 300 100 00x462
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (7-2) 0.2 3 3 3 1 0
  Hall   5.1 2 1 1 2 2
  Sprague   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Gullett   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  W (5-5) 8.1 9 3 0 1 7
  Hernandez   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Giusti  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
0
1
8

  E–Robertson (3), J Hernandez (4).  2B–Cincinnati Morgan (13,off Ellis), Pittsburgh Hebner (9,off Billingham).  SF–Tolan (2,off Ellis).  HBP–Locklear (1,by Ellis).  IBB–Stargell (2,by Billingham).  SB–Morgan 2 (23,2nd base off Ellis/May 2); Concepcion (11,2nd base off Ellis/May).  HBP–Ellis (4,Locklear).  IBB–Billingham (4,Stargell).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Art Williams.  T–2:21.  A–19,212.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook