Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants
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 Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 1, San Francisco Giants 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lacy 2b 3 0 0 0
Buckner lf 4 0 0 0
Paciorek cf 3 0 0 0
Ferguson c 2 1 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Crawford rf 2 0 0 0
Russell ss 3 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
Downing p 2 0 0 0
  Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  McMullen ph 1 0 0 0
  Shanahan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 1 0
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 3 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 4 1 1 0
Matthews lf 3 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 1 2
Speier ss 4 0 1 0
Kingman 3b 3 1 1 1
Howarth cf 3 0 1 0
Rader c 3 0 1 0
Bryant p 3 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 3
Los Angeles 000 000 001110
San Francisco 000 003 00x371
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Downing  L (9-8) 5.2 7 3 3 1 7
  Zahn   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Shanahan   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
1
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bryant  W (21-9) 8.2 1 1 1 4 3
  Sosa  SV (15) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
4
3

  E–Kingman (14).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (25,6th inning off Downing 1 on, 1 out); Kingman (18,6th inning off Downing 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Crawford (1,by Bryant); Paciorek (1,by Bryant).  SH–Matthews (2,off Downing).  SB–Ferguson (1,2nd base off Bryant/Rader); Bonds (39,3rd base off Downing/Ferguson).  WP–Bryant (8), Sosa (7).  HBP–Bryant 2 (7,Crawford,Paciorek).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:15.  A–15,470.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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