Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 3, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1973 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clines rf 5 0 1 0
Cash 2b 4 0 0 0
Oliver cf 4 0 0 0
Zisk lf 3 2 2 1
Sanguillen c 3 1 0 0
Robertson 1b 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 3 1 0 0
Stennett ss 4 1 1 1
Blass p 1 0 1 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Dettore p 0 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 1 1 1 4
Totals 33 6 6 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 2 2 1 0
  Dwyer pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Sizemore 2b 3 1 2 0
McCarver c 3 1 0 0
Simmons 1b 3 0 0 2
  Torre 1b 0 0 0 0
Cruz cf 3 1 1 1
Carbo rf 3 1 0 1
Reitz 3b 4 0 2 3
Tyson ss 4 0 1 0
Folkers p 4 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 7 7
Pittsburgh 000 100 005660
St. Louis 105 000 10x770
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  L (3-6) 2.2 1 6 6 6 1
  Johnson   4.1 5 1 1 0 1
  Dettore   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
7
7
6
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Folkers  W (2-0) 8.2 4 4 4 4 2
  Segui  SV (11) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
6
6
4
2

  E–None.  PB–McCarver (1).  2B–St. Louis Sizemore (10,off Blass).  3B–St. Louis Reitz (2,off Johnson).  HR–Pittsburgh Zisk (3,4th inning off Folkers 0 on, 1 out); Stargell (24,9th inning off Segui 3 on, 2 out).  SF–Simmons (4,off Blass).  SB–Cash (2,2nd base off Folkers/McCarver).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Art Williams, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:08.  A–28,449.
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