Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers
July 7, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1973 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers 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, Los Angeles Dodgers 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Davalillo 1b 4 1 2 0
  Zisk ph 1 0 0 0
Clines rf 3 1 1 3
Oliver cf 4 0 1 0
Stargell lf 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 2 2 0
Sanguillen c 4 1 2 2
Cash 2b 4 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Stennett ss,2b 4 0 1 1
Rooker p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 0 1 0 0
  Lamb p 1 0 0 0
  Alley ss 0 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 1 1 1
Buckner rf,1b 5 1 1 2
Davis cf 5 1 2 2
Garvey 1b 5 1 4 1
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
Mota lf 4 0 2 2
  Paciorek pr,lf 0 0 0 0
McMullen 3b 5 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 2 4 0
Yeager c 3 1 1 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 0 0
  Cannizzaro c 0 0 0 0
Messersmith p 1 0 0 0
  Rau p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford ph,rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 37 8 16 8
Pittsburgh 010 032 000691
Los Angeles 001 410 02x8162
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker   3.2 9 5 5 2 2
  Johnson   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Lamb  L (0-1) 3.0 5 3 3 0 1
  Giusti   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
16
8
8
3
4
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith   6.1 9 6 5 1 6
  Rau  W (2-1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Brewer  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
1
7

  E–Hebner (11), Garvey (4), Messersmith (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Hebner (17,off Messersmith); Sanguillen (14,off Messersmith), Los Angeles Russell 2 (19,off Rooker,off Lamb); Garvey 2 (8,off Rooker 2); Crawford (16,off Lamb).  HR–Pittsburgh Clines (1,5th inning off Messersmith 2 on, 1 out); Sanguillen (8,6th inning off Messersmith 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Clines (3,off Messersmith); Messersmith (3,off Rooker); Lopes (4,off Lamb).  IBB–Lopes (6,by Rooker); Mota (8,by Giusti).  CS–Davalillo (2,2nd base by Messersmith/Yeager); Stennett (1,2nd base by Messersmith/Yeager); Lopes (8,2nd base by Lamb/Sanguillen); Russell (4,2nd base by Lamb/Sanguillen).  SB–Davis (14,2nd base off Rooker/Sanguillen).  IBB–Rooker (7,Lopes); Giusti (8,Mota).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:46.  A–33,197.
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