St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 4, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1973 at Three Rivers Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 1 1
Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 1
Torre 1b 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 1 0
Melendez cf 3 0 1 0
  McCarver ph 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0
  McBride pr 0 0 0 0
  Hughes 3b 1 0 0 0
Carbo rf 4 1 1 0
Tyson ss 3 1 2 0
Nagy p 1 0 0 0
  Agee ph 1 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews p 0 0 0 0
  Heintzelman ph 1 0 1 0
  Cruz T. pr 0 1 0 0
  Cruz J. cf 1 0 1 1
Totals 33 4 10 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 3 1 0 0
Parker cf 3 1 2 2
  Clines ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Oliver 1b 3 0 0 0
Stargell lf 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 0 1 0
Zisk rf 4 0 2 0
Sanguillen c 3 0 2 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0
  Stennett ph 1 0 0 0
Rooker p 3 0 1 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Campanis ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
St. Louis 000 000 0314100
Pittsburgh 001 010 000280
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy   5.0 5 2 2 3 2
  Murphy   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Andrews  W (1-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky  SV (4) 2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker  L (7-5) 7.0 8 3 3 0 5
  Giusti   2.0 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–St. Louis Brock (25,off Rooker), Pittsburgh Sanguillen (21,off Nagy); Hebner (24,off Nagy).  3B–Pittsburgh Parker (1,off Nagy).  HR–Pittsburgh Parker (3,5th inning off Nagy 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Tyson (6,off Giusti); Cash (2,off Murphy).  SF–Sizemore (3,off Giusti).  IBB–Simmons (8,by Giusti); Sanguillen (3,by Nagy).  WP–Giusti (3).  IBB–Nagy (2,Sanguillen); Giusti (12,Simmons).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:45.  A–16,280.
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