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Pirates 4 @ Cardinals 3
Busch Stadium
April 17, 1973

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on April 17, 1973 at Busch Stadium. The home team Cardinals were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateApril 17, 1973 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 4 H: 15 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 4
Hits: 15
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 3 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 12
Runs: 3
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherRamon Hernandez  
Losing PitcherAlan Foster  
SaveJim Rooker  
Game Winning RBIDave Cash 

Game Info

DateApril 17, 1973 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Visiting Starting PitcherSteve Blass  
Home Starting PitcherBob Gibson  
BallparkBusch Stadium 
CitySt. Louis 
StateMO 
Attendance9,851 
Time of Game2 hours 53 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Andy Olsen
1B: Art Williams
2B: Shag Crawford
3B: Doug Harvey

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dave Cash  Second Baseman 
Manny Sanguillen  Right Fielder 
Al Oliver  Center Fielder 
Willie Stargell  Left Fielder 
Richie Hebner  Third Baseman 
Bob Robertson  First Baseman 
Milt May  Catcher 
Gene Alley  Shortstop 
Steve Blass  Pitcher 
Bill Virdon  Manager 

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lou Brock  Left Fielder 
Ted Sizemore  Second Baseman 
Jose Cruz  Center Fielder 
Joe Torre  First Baseman 
Ted Simmons  Catcher 
Ken Reitz  Third Baseman 
Bernie Carbo  Right Fielder 
Mike Tyson  Shortstop 
Bob Gibson  Pitcher 
Red Schoendienst  Manager 

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Pirates 4 @ Cardinals 3
Busch Stadium
April 17, 1973

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/17/1973 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (N)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI
Cash D, 2b            6  0  3  1   Brock L, lf           7  0  0  0   
Sanguillen M, rf      7  1  4  0   Sizemore T, 2b        6  0  1  0   
Oliver A, cf          7  1  2  0   Cruz J, cf            4  2  2  0   
Stargell W, lf        6  1  2  1   Torre J, 1b           5  0  1  1   
Hebner R, 3b          6  0  2  0   Simmons T, c          5  1  2  1   
Robertson B, 1b       5  0  0  0   Reitz K, 3b           3  0  2  0   
May M, c              6  0  0  0   Anderson D, pr        0  0  0  0   
Alley G, ss           5  1  1  0   Busse R, ss           2  0  0  0   
Blass S, p            3  0  1  0   Carbo B, rf           4  0  0  0   
Giusti D, p           0  0  0  0   Melendez L, ph-rf     1  0  1  0   
Davalillo V, ph       1  0  0  0   Tyson M, ss           3  0  0  0   
Hernandez R, p        0  0  0  0   Crosby E, ph-3b       3  0  0  0   
Clines G, ph          0  0  0  0   Gibson B, p           3  0  0  0   
Rooker J, p           0  0  0  0   McCarver T, ph        1  0  0  0   
                                   Segui D, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Stein B, ph           1  0  1  0   
                                   Granger W, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Fenwick B, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Foster A, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     52  4 15  2                        49  3 10  2

Pittsburgh       300 000 000 000 01 --  4
St.Louis         100 200 000 000 00 --  3

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Blass S*              8.0  5  3  3  5  2
Giusti D              3.0  2  0  0  1  2
Hernandez R (W)       2.0  3  0  0  0  0
Rooker J (S)          1.0  0  0  0  1  1

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gibson B              9.0 11  3  1  2  0
Segui D               2.0  0  0  0  0  1
Granger W             2.0  2  0  0  0  0
Foster A (L)          1.0  2  1  1  1  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Carbo B 2
DP -- Pittsburgh 1, St.Louis 2
LOB -- Pittsburgh 11, St.Louis 12
2B -- Cruz J
3B -- Simmons T
CS -- Melendez L, Cash D
SH -- Blass S, Cruz J, Clines G
WP -- Gibson B, Blass S, Giusti D
T -- 2:53
A -- 9851

    

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