Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 21, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1973 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 1, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b,ss 3 0 1 0
Buckner lf,1b 3 0 0 1
Davis cf 4 0 1 0
Ferguson c 4 0 0 0
Crawford rf 3 0 1 0
Garvey 1b 3 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 0 1 0
Russell ss 3 0 0 0
  Lacy 2b 0 0 0 0
Sutton p 2 1 1 0
  Joshua lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 1 1 0
  Dwyer lf 0 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 4 1 1 0
McCarver 1b 4 0 1 1
  Reitz 3b 0 0 0 0
Torre 3b,1b 3 2 2 2
Simmons c 3 1 0 0
Carbo rf 2 1 0 0
Cruz cf 4 1 1 2
Tyson ss 4 0 1 2
Gibson p 4 1 0 0
Totals 31 8 7 7
Los Angeles 000 001 000150
St. Louis 200 000 60x871
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (12-6) 6.0 5 6 6 1 4
  Culver   0.2 2 2 2 2 0
  Hough   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
8
8
4
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (10-9) 9.0 5 1 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
7

  E–McCarver (6).  DP–St. Louis 2.  PB–Ferguson (14).  2B–Los Angeles Davis (24,off Gibson), St. Louis Brock (12,off Sutton); J Cruz (17,off Sutton); McCarver (4,off Culver).  HR–St. Louis Torre (9,1st inning off Sutton 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Buckner (5,off Gibson).  HBP–Simmons (2,by Sutton).  SB–Sizemore (4,2nd base off Sutton/Ferguson).  WP–Culver (2).  HBP–Sutton (4,Simmons).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:07.  A–39,340.
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