Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
August 17, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1973 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Chicago Cubs 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 1 0 0
Buckner lf 3 0 1 0
Davis cf 3 0 0 1
Ferguson c 3 0 1 0
Crawford rf 3 0 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Cey 3b 2 0 0 0
Russell ss 3 0 0 0
Messersmith p 1 0 0 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 0 0
  Downing p 0 0 0 0
  Yeager ph 1 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 3 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 1 2 0
Cardenal rf 3 1 1 0
Williams 1b 4 1 3 4
Carty lf 4 0 0 0
  Hiser lf 0 0 0 0
Santo 3b 3 0 0 0
Monday cf 4 1 1 0
Hundley c 4 0 0 0
Popovich 2b 4 1 2 1
Bonham p 3 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Los Angeles 000 001 000131
Chicago 002 120 00x590
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith  L (11-8) 5.0 8 5 5 2 3
  Downing   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Hough   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
2
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  W (5-4) 8.1 3 1 1 4 9
  Locker  SV (11) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
4
9

  E–Davis (7).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago Popovich (4,off Messersmith).  HR–Chicago Williams (15,5th inning off Messersmith 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Davis (6,off Bonham).  HBP–Lopes (4,by Bonham).  SH–Bonham (2,off Messersmith).  SB–Monday (4,2nd base off Messersmith/Ferguson); Kessinger (5,2nd base off Downing/Ferguson).  HBP–Bonham (4,Lopes).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:09.  A–13,987.
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