Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 29, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 1973 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 1, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bowa ss 5 0 0 0
Unser cf 3 1 1 0
Montanez 1b 3 0 1 0
Luzinski lf 4 0 1 1
Robinson B. rf 4 0 2 0
Boone c 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 0 0 0
Grabarkewitz 2b 1 0 0 0
  Robinson C. 2b 3 0 2 0
Carlton p 2 0 1 0
  Rogodzinski ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Diorio p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 2 2 0
Sizemore 2b 5 2 3 2
Agee cf 4 0 1 0
  McBride ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Simmons c 4 1 1 1
Melendez rf 5 1 2 0
McCarver 1b 5 1 3 2
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
Tyson ss 4 0 1 0
Gibson p 2 0 0 0
  Heintzelman ph 1 0 1 0
  Pena p 1 0 1 1
Totals 41 7 17 6
Philadelphia 000 001 000184
St. Louis 013 100 11x7171
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  L (13-20) 6.0 11 5 4 1 3
  Culver   1.0 5 2 2 0 0
  Diorio   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
17
7
6
1
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (12-10) 6.0 5 1 1 3 2
  Pena  SV (6) 3.0 3 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
3
7

  E–Bowa 2 (12), Unser (4), Grabarkewitz (4), Tyson (32).  DP–Philadelphia 2, St. Louis 2.  2B–Philadelphia B Robinson (32,off Gibson); Unser (20,off Gibson), St. Louis Sizemore 2 (22,off Carlton 2).  3B–St. Louis Melendez (1,off Carlton); Brock 2 (8,off Carlton 2).  IBB–Simmons (15,by Carlton).  SB–Schmidt (8,2nd base off Gibson/Simmons).  CS–Melendez (7,2nd base by Carlton/Boone).  IBB–Carlton (12,Simmons).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–1:59.  A–16,104.
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