St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 20, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1973 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 5, Philadelphia Phillies 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
McBride cf 2 2 1 0
  Cruz J. cf 0 0 0 0
  Agee ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Simmons c 5 1 3 1
McCarver 1b 3 0 1 1
Torre 3b 4 1 2 0
  Cruz H. pr 0 0 0 0
Carbo rf 3 1 2 2
  Heintzelman ph 0 0 0 0
Tyson ss 3 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 1 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Hughes ph 1 0 0 0
Foster p 3 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
  Kelleher ss 0 0 0 0
  Reitz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Doyle 2b 3 1 2 4
Boone c 5 1 1 1
Unser cf 5 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 3 1 2 1
Robinson B. rf 5 0 1 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 2 0
Schmidt 3b 4 1 1 0
Bowa ss 4 2 3 0
  Scarce p 0 0 0 0
Ruthven p 1 0 0 0
  Diorio p 0 0 0 0
  Rogodzinski ph 0 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Brandon p 1 0 0 0
  Robinson C. ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
St. Louis 012 001 1005101
Philadelphia 030 102 00x6121
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Foster  L (13-9) 5.2 10 6 5 4 2
  Hrabosky   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Segui   2.0 1 0 0 1 5
Totals
8.0
12
6
5
5
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven   3.2 6 3 2 5 6
  Diorio   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Wallace   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Brandon  W (2-4) 1.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Scarce  SV (12) 2.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
7
8

  E–Sizemore (15), Bowa (10).  PB–Simmons (25).  2B–St. Louis Simmons 2 (34,off Ruthven,off Brandon), Philadelphia Bowa (11,off Foster); B Robinson (28,off Foster).  HR–St. Louis Carbo (8,7th inning off Brandon 0 on, 0 out), Philadelphia Doyle (3,2nd inning off Foster 2 on, 2 out); Boone (10,6th inning off Foster 0 on, 1 out); Luzinski (29,6th inning off Foster 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Heintzelman (1,off Scarce).  HBP–McBride (2,by Brandon); Montanez (6,by Hrabosky).  IBB–Torre (13,by Ruthven); McCarver (6,by Diorio); Luzinski (9,by Foster).  SF–Doyle (3,off Foster).  SB–Brock (67,2nd base off Ruthven/Boone); Schmidt (6,3rd base off Foster/Simmons).  WP–Segui (7).  HBP–Hrabosky (2,Montanez); Brandon (3,McBride).  IBB–Foster (3,Luzinski); Ruthven (9,Torre); Diorio (4,McCarver).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:53.  A–6,155.
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