Cincinnati Reds vs Los Angeles Dodgers
June 23, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1973 at Dodger Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 0 1 1
Morgan 2b 5 2 2 1
Driessen 3b,1b 4 0 1 2
Bench rf 4 0 0 0
Perez 1b 3 0 1 0
  Menke 3b 0 0 0 0
Tolan cf 4 0 0 0
Chaney ss 3 1 0 0
Plummer c 2 0 1 0
Norman p 3 1 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Davis cf 3 0 0 0
Cey 3b 2 1 1 1
Mota lf 4 0 1 0
Crawford rf 4 0 0 0
Russell ss 3 0 2 0
Yeager c 2 0 0 0
  Lacy ph 1 0 0 0
  Cannizzaro c 0 0 0 0
Messersmith p 2 0 0 0
  Garvey ph 1 0 1 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 7 1
Cincinnati 002 000 011460
Los Angeles 000 000 001171
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  W (4-7) 9.0 7 1 1 3 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith  L (7-6) 8.0 5 3 3 3 4
  Culver   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
5
5

  E–Messersmith (2).  DP–Cincinnati 4.  2B–Los Angeles Russell (15,off Norman); Mota (6,off Norman).  HR–Cincinnati Morgan (9,8th inning off Messersmith 0 on, 0 out), Los Angeles Cey (9,9th inning off Norman 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Norman (5,off Messersmith).  SB–Morgan (30,2nd base off Messersmith/Yeager); Chaney (1,3rd base off Culver/Cannizzaro).  WP–Culver (1).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:12.
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