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Pirates
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
May 2, 1973
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 2, 1973 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 2, 1973 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 2, 1973 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Luke Walker |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Barr |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
City | San Francisco |
State | CA |
Attendance | 4,818 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Andy Olsen 1B: Art Williams 2B: Shag Crawford 3B: Doug Harvey |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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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 |
Rennie Stennett | Shortstop |
Luke Walker | Pitcher |
Bill Virdon | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
Chris Speier | Shortstop |
Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
Ed Goodson | Third Baseman |
Gary Matthews | Left Fielder |
Gary Thomasson | Center Fielder |
Dave Rader | Catcher |
Jim Barr | Pitcher |
Charlie Fox | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
May 2, 1973
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Barr
Cash strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Barr
Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Barr
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oliver for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Walker
Bonds hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Walker
Fuentes hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Walker
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Walker
McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stargell vs. Barr
Stargell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hebner vs. Barr
Hebner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stargell moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robertson vs. Barr
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Stargell moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
May vs. Barr
May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stargell scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stennett vs. Barr
There's a wild pitch. May moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stennett vs. Barr
Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Walker
Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Walker
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Walker
Thomasson strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Barr
Walker strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Barr
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodson juggles the ball. That's an error on Goodson. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanguillen vs. Barr
Sanguillen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cash moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Oliver vs. Barr
Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cash tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stargell vs. Barr
Stargell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Walker
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barr vs. Walker
Barr hits a popup towards first. Robertson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Walker
Bonds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Walker
Fuentes hits a fly ball into left field. Stargell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hebner vs. Barr
Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Barr covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Barr
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Barr
May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stennett vs. Barr
Stennett takes first base on ball four. Robertson moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walker vs. Barr
Walker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Walker
Speier is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Walker
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodson vs. Walker
Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Walker
Matthews hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Oliver. Matthews reaches second base with a double. Goodson moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Thomasson vs. Walker
Thomasson hits a fly ball into left field. Stargell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Barr
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Barr
Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sanguillen for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Barr
Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Walker
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barr vs. Walker
Barr hits a popup towards first. Robertson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Walker
Bonds hits a line drive into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stargell vs. Barr
Stargell hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Barr covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hebner vs. Barr
Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Barr
Robertson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Matthews throws the ball in to Fuentes who tags Robertson trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Walker
Fuentes hits a line drive into left field. Stargell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Walker
Speier strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Walker
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Barr
May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stennett vs. Barr
There goes May. The throw from Rader and he is out, Speier applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stennett vs. Barr
Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Barr
Walker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Barr
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Walker
Goodson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Walker
Mike Phillips pinch runs for Ed Goodson.
Matthews hits a fly ball towards center. Oliver settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Oliver. Phillips moves to third. Matthews moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Arnold vs. Walker
Chris Arnold pinch hits for Gary Thomasson.
Arnold takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rader vs. Rooker
Jim Rooker now pitching.
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kingman vs. Rooker
Dave Kingman pinch hits for Jim Barr.
Kingman hits a fly ball into left field. Stargell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Phillips tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bonds vs. Rooker
Bonds is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Moffitt
Dave Kingman now playing third base. Randy Moffitt now pitching. Jim Howarth now playing center field.
Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Moffitt
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stargell vs. Moffitt
Stargell hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Rooker
Fuentes strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Rooker
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Rooker
McCovey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howarth vs. Rooker
Damaso Blanco pinch runs for Willie McCovey.
Howarth is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hebner vs. Moffitt
Damaso Blanco now playing third base. Dave Kingman now playing first base.
Hebner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Hebner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robertson vs. Moffitt
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blanco fields it and throws to first for the out. Hebner moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
May vs. Moffitt
May hits a popup towards third. Blanco settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stennett vs. Moffitt
Stennett is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rooker vs. Moffitt
Rooker strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Rooker
Matthews hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sadek vs. Rooker
Mike Sadek pinch hits for Randy Moffitt.
Sadek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Rooker
Rader hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sadek moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kingman vs. Giusti
Dave Giusti now pitching.
Kingman strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bonds vs. Giusti
Bonds strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/2/1973 -- Pittsburgh at San Francisco (D) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI Cash D, 2b 4 1 0 0 Bonds B, rf 5 0 1 0 Sanguillen M, rf 4 0 1 0 Fuentes T, 2b 4 0 0 0 Oliver A, cf 3 0 0 1 Speier C, ss 3 0 0 0 Stargell W, lf 3 1 0 0 McCovey W, 1b 3 0 1 0 Hebner R, 3b 4 0 2 0 Blanco D, pr-3b 0 0 0 0 Robertson B, 1b 4 0 2 0 Goodson E, 3b 2 0 0 0 May M, c 4 0 2 1 Phillips M, pr 0 1 0 0 Stennett R, ss 2 0 0 0 Howarth J, cf 1 0 0 0 Walker L, p 3 0 1 0 Matthews G, lf 4 0 1 0 Rooker J, p 1 0 0 0 Thomasson G, cf 2 0 0 0 Giusti D, p 0 0 0 0 Arnold C, ph 0 0 0 0 Moffitt R, p 0 0 0 0 Sadek M, ph 0 0 0 0 Rader D, c 4 0 1 0 Barr J, p 2 0 0 0 Kingman D, ph-3b-1b 1 0 0 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 2 8 2 31 1 4 1 Pittsburgh 011 000 000 -- 2 San Francisco 000 000 100 -- 1 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Walker L (W)* 6.0 2 1 0 4 3 Rooker J 2.1 2 0 0 1 3 Giusti D (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Barr J (L) 7.0 7 2 1 2 2 Moffitt R 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 * Pitched to 3 batters in 7th E -- Goodson E, Oliver A DP -- San Francisco 1 LOB -- Pittsburgh 7, San Francisco 9 2B -- Matthews G, Hebner R CS -- May M SF -- Oliver A, Kingman D WP -- Barr J T -- 2:10 A -- 4818
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