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Giants
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
April 28, 1973
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants, played on April 28, 1973 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 28, 1973 |
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Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 28, 1973 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Willoughby |
Home Starting Pitcher | Reggie Cleveland |
Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 11,896 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 12 minutes |
Umpires | HP: John McSherry 1B: Ed Sudol 2B: Chris Pelekoudas 3B: Nick Colosi |
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 |
Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
Gary Thomasson | Left Fielder |
Dave Rader | Catcher |
Jim Willoughby | Pitcher |
Charlie Fox | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
Luis Melendez | Right Fielder |
Jose Cruz | Center Fielder |
Joe Torre | First Baseman |
Ted Simmons | Catcher |
Ken Reitz | Third Baseman |
Ed Crosby | Second Baseman |
Mick Kelleher | Shortstop |
Reggie Cleveland | Pitcher |
Red Schoendienst | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
April 28, 1973
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Cleveland
Bonds hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Cleveland
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Cleveland
Speier strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Cleveland
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodson vs. Cleveland
Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Willoughby
Brock strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. Willoughby
Melendez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Willoughby
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Cleveland
Maddox strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Cleveland
Thomasson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Cleveland
Rader hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Simmons settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Willoughby vs. Cleveland
Willoughby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Willoughby
Torre strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Willoughby
Simmons hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Willoughby
Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Cleveland
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Cleveland
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cleveland fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Cleveland
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Cleveland
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCovey for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosby vs. Willoughby
Crosby hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelleher vs. Willoughby
Kelleher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cleveland vs. Willoughby
Cleveland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Cleveland
Goodson hits a line drive towards third. Reitz reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Cleveland
Maddox hits a line drive into left field. Brock picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Brock. Maddox moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomasson vs. Cleveland
Thomasson hits a popup towards short. Kelleher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rader vs. Cleveland
Rader is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Willoughby vs. Cleveland
Willoughby strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Willoughby
Brock 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 -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. Willoughby
Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Willoughby
Cruz is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Cleveland
Bonds hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Cleveland
Fuentes is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Cleveland
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Willoughby
Jim Howarth now playing center field.
Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Howarth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Willoughby
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Willoughby fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Willoughby
Reitz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosby vs. Willoughby
Crosby 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
Top 6
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Cleveland
McCovey strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Cleveland
Goodson hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howarth vs. Cleveland
Howarth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomasson vs. Cleveland
Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelleher vs. Willoughby
Kelleher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cleveland vs. Willoughby
Cleveland hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Cleveland reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brock vs. Willoughby
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cleveland moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Melendez vs. Willoughby
Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Cleveland
Rader hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Willoughby vs. Cleveland
Willoughby is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Cleveland
Bonds hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Bonds reaches second base with a double. Rader moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fuentes vs. Cleveland
Fuentes strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Speier vs. Cleveland
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Willoughby
Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Willoughby
Torre strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Willoughby
Simmons strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Cleveland
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Cleveland
Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howarth vs. Cleveland
Howarth hits a fly ball into right field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Willoughby
Reitz hits a fly ball into left field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosby vs. Willoughby
Crosby hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Crosby reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCarver vs. Willoughby
Ray Busse pinch runs for Ed Crosby. Tim McCarver pinch hits for Mick Kelleher.
McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Busse moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Anderson vs. Willoughby
Dwain Anderson pinch hits for Reggie Cleveland.
Anderson strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Segui
Diego Segui now pitching. Dwain Anderson now playing shortstop. Bobby Fenwick now playing second base.
Thomasson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Segui
Rader bunts towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rader for the out. Thomasson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Willoughby vs. Segui
Willoughby is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bonds vs. Segui
Bonds takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fuentes vs. Segui
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Willoughby
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Willoughby fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. Willoughby
Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Willoughby
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first, with Willoughby covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/28/1973 -- San Francisco at St.Louis (N) San Francisco AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Bonds B, rf 4 1 2 1 Brock L, lf 4 0 0 0 Fuentes T, 2b 5 0 0 0 Melendez L, rf 3 0 0 0 Speier C, ss 3 0 0 0 Cruz J, cf 4 0 0 0 McCovey W, 1b 3 0 0 0 Torre J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Goodson E, 3b 4 0 0 0 Simmons T, c 3 0 0 0 Maddox G, cf 2 0 1 0 Reitz K, 3b 3 0 1 0 Howarth J, cf 2 0 1 0 Crosby E, 2b 3 0 1 0 Thomasson G, lf 2 0 0 0 Busse R, pr 0 0 0 0 Rader D, c 2 0 1 0 Segui D, p 0 0 0 0 Willoughby J, p 4 0 0 0 Kelleher M, ss 2 0 1 0 McCarver T, ph 1 0 0 0 Fenwick B, 2b 0 0 0 0 Cleveland R, p 2 0 1 0 Anderson D, ph-ss 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 1 5 1 29 0 4 0 San Francisco 100 000 000 -- 1 St.Louis 000 000 000 -- 0 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Willoughby J (W) 9.0 4 0 0 1 6 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland R (L) 8.0 5 1 1 4 7 Segui D 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 E -- Brock L DP -- San Francisco 2 LOB -- San Francisco 10, St.Louis 3 2B -- Cleveland R, Bonds B, Crosby E HR -- Bonds B SH -- Rader D T -- 2:12 A -- 11896
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