Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 11, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1973 at Busch Stadium II. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 1 3 1
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Driessen 3b 4 0 0 1
  Menke 3b 1 1 1 0
Perez 1b 5 1 2 1
Bench c 5 1 1 1
Tolan rf 4 1 1 1
Geronimo cf 5 1 3 0
Crosby ss 5 1 1 2
Billingham p 4 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 13 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 2 3 3
Sizemore 2b 5 0 0 0
McCarver 1b 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 5 1 2 1
Torre 3b 5 0 2 0
Cruz J. cf 4 0 1 0
Carbo rf 4 1 1 0
Tyson ss 4 0 0 0
Cleveland p 2 0 0 0
  Cruz H. ph 1 0 0 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 1 1 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 11 4
Cincinnati 100 003 000 37133
St. Louis 001 000 003 15112
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   8.2 9 3 3 3 5
  Hall  W (7-4) 1.1 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
5
5
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland   7.0 9 4 4 1 5
  Folkers   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Pena  L (3-2) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Hrabosky   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
13
7
7
1
7

  E–Tolan (10), Crosby (5), Billingham (2), Sizemore (10), J Cruz (4).  DP–Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 1.  PB–Simmons (18).  2B–Cincinnati Geronimo (8,off Cleveland); Crosby (3,off Cleveland); Rose (24,off Cleveland); Menke (8,off Pena), St. Louis Carbo (12,off Billingham).  3B–Cincinnati Bench (3,off Pena).  HR–St. Louis Brock (5,9th inning off Hall 2 on, 2 out); Simmons (9,10th inning off Hall 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Tolan (7,off Hrabosky).  SB–Morgan (45,2nd base off Cleveland/Simmons).  CS–Brock (13,2nd base by Billingham/Bench).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:31.  A–46,473.
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