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Pirates 4 @ Phillies 1
Veterans Stadium
August 5, 1973

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on August 5, 1973 at Veterans Stadium. The home team Phillies were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 4 to 1.

Game Summary

DateAugust 5, 1973 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 4 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 4
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 1 H: 5 E: 0 LOB: 3
Runs: 1
Hits: 5
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 3
Winning PitcherDock Ellis  
Losing PitcherWayne Twitchell  
SaveDave Giusti  
Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateAugust 5, 1973 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Visiting Starting PitcherDock Ellis  
Home Starting PitcherWayne Twitchell  
BallparkVeterans Stadium 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance31,157 
Time of Game2 hours 24 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ken Burkhart
1B: Lee Weyer
2B: John Kibler
3B: Frank Pulli

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rennie Stennett  Second Baseman 
Dave Parker  Center Fielder 
Al Oliver  First Baseman 
Willie Stargell  Left Fielder 
Richie Zisk  Right Fielder 
Manny Sanguillen  Catcher 
Richie Hebner  Third Baseman 
Dal Maxvill  Shortstop 
Dock Ellis  Pitcher 
Bill Virdon  Manager 

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Del Unser  Center Fielder 
Denny Doyle  Second Baseman 
Willie Montanez  First Baseman 
Greg Luzinski  Left Fielder 
Bill Robinson  Right Fielder 
Bob Boone  Catcher 
Mike Schmidt  Third Baseman 
Terry Harmon  Shortstop 
Wayne Twitchell  Pitcher 
Danny Ozark  Manager 

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Pirates 4 @ Phillies 1
Veterans Stadium
August 5, 1973

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/5/1973 -- Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Stennett R, 2b        3  1  1  0   Unser D, cf           4  0  0  0   
Parker D, cf          2  1  0  0   Doyle D, 2b           3  0  1  0   
Oliver A, 1b          3  0  0  1   Montanez W, 1b-rf     4  0  0  0   
Stargell W, lf        3  1  1  0   Luzinski G, lf        4  0  0  0   
Zisk R, rf            5  0  3  2   Robinson B, rf-3b     3  1  1  0   
Sanguillen M, c       4  0  0  0   Boone B, c            3  0  2  0   
Hebner R, 3b          2  0  0  0   Schmidt M, 3b-ss      3  0  0  0   
Maxvill D, ss         4  0  0  0   Harmon T, ss          2  0  0  0   
Ellis D, p            3  0  0  0   Rogodzinski M, ph     1  0  0  0   
Giusti D, p           1  1  1  0   Brandon B, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Wallace M, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Twitchell W, p        2  0  0  0   
                                   Hutton T, ph-1b       1  0  1  1   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     30  4  6  3                        30  1  5  1

Pittsburgh       010 000 021 --  4
Philadelphia     000 000 010 --  1

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ellis D (W)*          7.0  4  1  1  1  5
Giusti D (S)          2.0  1  0  0  0  2

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Twitchell W (L)       8.0  5  3  3  5  5
Brandon B+            0.0  1  1  1  1  0
Wallace M             1.0  0  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
  + Pitched to 3 batters in 9th

DP -- Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 10, Philadelphia 3
2B -- Zisk R 2, Hutton T
SH -- Parker D, Stennett R
SF -- Oliver A
HBP -- by Twitchell W (Oliver A), by Twitchell W (Parker D)
WP -- Twitchell W
PB -- Boone B
T -- 2:24
A -- 31157

    

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