Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 26, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1973 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 13

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Grabarkewitz 2b 5 0 3 1
Unser cf 3 0 2 1
Montanez 1b 3 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 4 0 0 0
Robinson rf 4 0 0 0
  Anderson rf 0 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
  Hutton 1b 1 0 1 0
Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 2 2 0
Lonborg p 0 0 0 0
  Brandon p 0 0 0 0
  Rogodzinski ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Essian ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 2 2 0
Clines cf 5 1 3 3
Oliver 1b 4 1 2 1
Stargell lf 1 2 0 0
  Augustine pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 2 2 4
Zisk rf 4 1 0 0
Sanguillen c 5 2 2 1
Maxvill ss 5 1 1 3
McKee p 1 0 0 0
  Moose p 3 1 1 1
  Johnson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 13 13 13
Philadelphia 001 000 100281
Pittsburgh 107 203 00x13132
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lonborg  L (13-15) 2.1 6 7 4 2 1
  Brandon   1.2 3 3 3 2 0
  Wilson   2.0 3 3 3 2 0
  Culver   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
13
13
10
8
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
McKee   2.0 1 1 0 1 2
  Moose  W (12-12) 5.0 5 1 0 1 4
  Johnson  SV (4) 2.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
0
2
10

  E–B Robinson (8), Hebner (23), McKee (2).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Oliver 2 (35,off Lonborg 2).  3B–Pittsburgh Maxvill (3,off Wilson).  HR–Pittsburgh Hebner (25,4th inning off Brandon 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Unser (3,off Moose).  SF–Unser (7,off Moose).  IBB–Montanez (7,by Moose); Stargell 2 (19,by Lonborg 2).  SB–Unser (5,2nd base off McKee/Sanguillen); Bowa (9,2nd base off McKee/Sanguillen).  IBB–Lonborg 2 (7,Stargell 2); Moose (11,Montanez).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:47.  A–8,991.
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