Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 20, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1973 at Busch Stadium II. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 7 0 2 0
Buckner lf 7 0 2 0
Davis cf 6 1 1 0
Ferguson c 7 1 3 2
Crawford rf 7 2 3 0
Garvey 1b 7 0 3 2
Cey 3b 7 0 1 0
Russell ss 6 0 1 0
Osteen p 3 0 0 0
  Richert p 1 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 1 0
  Rau p 2 0 0 0
Totals 61 4 17 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 7 1 1 0
Sizemore 2b 6 0 0 1
Torre 1b 5 0 1 0
Simmons c 7 0 3 0
Melendez cf 5 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 5 1 0 0
Carbo rf 6 1 3 2
Tyson ss 6 0 3 0
Murphy p 1 0 0 0
  Stein ph 1 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 3 12 3
Los Angeles 300 000 000 000 0014172
St. Louis 100 020 000 000 0003121
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen   7.0 7 3 1 0 0
  Richert   3.2 3 0 0 2 1
  Brewer   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rau  W (3-1) 4.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
15.0
12
3
1
3
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Murphy   7.0 8 3 3 0 1
  Segui   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Pena   3.0 3 0 0 1 3
  Hrabosky   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Granger  L (2-4) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
15.0
17
4
4
2
9

  E–Garvey (5), Cey (12), Tyson (16).  DP–Los Angeles 3.  2B–Los Angeles Lopes (8,off Murphy); Joshua (2,off Pena); Garvey (9,off Granger).  HR–Los Angeles Ferguson (14,1st inning off Murphy 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis Carbo (3,5th inning off Osteen 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Davis (5,by Pena); Russell (10,by Granger); Reitz (2,by Richert).  SH–Murphy (2,off Osteen); Melendez (4,off Richert).  SF–Sizemore (2,off Osteen).  SB–Crawford (8,2nd base off Murphy/Simmons); Brock (32,2nd base off Osteen/Ferguson).  CS–Lopes (9,2nd base by Murphy/Simmons).  WP–Murphy (2).  IBB–Richert (5,Reitz); Pena (2,Davis); Granger (6,Russell).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–3:36.  A–24,434.
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