St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
September 9, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1973 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Chicago Cubs 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 2 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
  Haney c 1 0 0 0
Carbo rf 4 1 2 0
McCarver 1b 4 1 3 0
Cruz cf 3 0 1 1
  Melendez ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 2 1
Tyson ss 3 1 2 1
Nagy p 2 0 1 1
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  McBride ph 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 13 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 1 1 0
Monday cf 4 3 3 3
Williams lf 2 1 2 2
Marquez 1b 2 0 0 0
  Carty ph 0 0 0 0
  LaCock ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Hickman rf,1b 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Popovich 2b 3 0 1 0
Rudolph c 3 0 0 0
Jenkins p 2 0 0 0
  Bonham p 1 0 0 0
  Paul p 0 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5
St. Louis 020 011 0004130
Chicago 101 020 01x570
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy   4.1 5 4 4 2 2
  Folkers   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Pena   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky  L (2-2) 2.0 1 1 1 0 3
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   6.0 11 4 4 0 3
  Bonham   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Paul   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Locker  W (9-5) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–St. Louis Tyson 2 (12,off Jenkins 2); McCarver (13,off Jenkins), Chicago Kessinger (18,off Nagy).  3B–Chicago Williams (2,off Folkers).  HR–Chicago Monday 2 (24,1st inning off Nagy 0 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Nagy 0 on, 2 out); Williams (19,8th inning off Hrabosky 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Tyson (7,off Bonham).  IBB–Brock (14,by Bonham).  CS–Brock (19,2nd base by Jenkins/Rudolph).  IBB–Bonham (5,Brock).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:25.  A–26,029.
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