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Pirates 14 @ Giants 5
Candlestick Park
May 3, 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 3, 1973 at Candlestick Park. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 14 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 3, 1973 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 14 H: 17 E: 3 LOB: 4
Runs: 14
Hits: 17
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 4
Home Team
San Francisco Giants
R: 5 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherNelson Briles  
Losing PitcherJim Willoughby  
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Game Winning RBIAl Oliver 

Game Info

DateMay 3, 1973 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamSan Francisco Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherNelson Briles  
Home Starting PitcherJim Willoughby  
BallparkCandlestick Park 
CitySan Francisco 
StateCA 
Attendance4,198 
Time of Game2 hours 40 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Art Williams
1B: Shag Crawford
2B: Doug Harvey
3B: Andy Olsen

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 
Rennie Stennett  Shortstop 
Nelson Briles  Pitcher 
Bill Virdon  Manager 

San Francisco Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Bonds  Right Fielder 
Tito Fuentes  Second Baseman 
Chris Speier  Shortstop 
Willie McCovey  First Baseman 
Dave Kingman  Third Baseman 
Gary Thomasson  Center Fielder 
Gary Matthews  Left Fielder 
Dave Rader  Catcher 
Jim Willoughby  Pitcher 
Charlie Fox  Manager 

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Pirates 14 @ Giants 5
Candlestick Park
May 3, 1973

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         Game of 5/3/1973 -- Pittsburgh at San Francisco (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    San Francisco      AB  R  H RBI
Cash D, 2b            5  2  2  1   Bonds B, rf           5  2  1  1   
Sanguillen M, rf      5  2  3  1   Fuentes T, 2b         4  1  2  0   
Oliver A, cf          5  3  4  6   Speier C, ss          5  0  1  0   
Stargell W, lf        5  1  1  0   McCovey W, 1b         3  1  1  1   
Hebner R, 3b          4  1  0  0   Howarth J, cf         2  0  0  1   
Robertson B, 1b       4  3  2  1   Kingman D, 3b         1  0  0  0   
May M, c              5  2  3  3   Phillips M, 3b        3  0  1  0   
Stennett R, ss        5  0  1  0   Thomasson G, cf-1b    3  0  1  0   
Briles N, p           5  0  1  0   Matthews G, lf        3  0  1  0   
                                   Rader D, c            4  1  1  0   
                                   Willoughby J, p       0  0  0  0   
                                   McDowell S, p         1  0  0  0   
                                   Arnold C, ph          1  0  1  0   
                                   Carrithers D, p       1  0  1  0   
                                   Blanco D, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Sosa E, p             0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     43 14 17 12                        37  5 11  3

Pittsburgh       252 410 000 -- 14
San Francisco    100 100 300 --  5

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Briles N (W)          9.0 11  5  2  3  5

  San Francisco        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Willoughby J (L)      1.2  6  7  2  0  2
McDowell S            3.1  9  7  6  2  0
Carrithers D          3.0  2  0  0  0  0
Sosa E                1.0  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Cash D 3, Matthews G, Bonds B
DP -- Pittsburgh 3, San Francisco 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 4, San Francisco 8
2B -- Robertson B, Phillips M, Rader D
HR -- Oliver A 2, May M, McCovey W
WP -- McDowell S
T -- 2:40
A -- 4198

    

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