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Cardinals 4 @ Pirates 5
Three Rivers Stadium
September 3, 1973
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on September 3, 1973 at Three Rivers Stadium. The home team Pirates beat the visiting Cardinals with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 3, 1973 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 4 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 4
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 5 H: 16 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 16
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 10
Winning Pitcher—Dave Giusti  
Losing Pitcher—Eddie Fisher  
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Game Winning RBI—Richie Hebner 

Game Info

DateSeptember 3, 1973 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherReggie Cleveland  
Home Starting PitcherNelson Briles  
BallparkThree Rivers Stadium 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance 
Time of Game3 hours 13 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bruce Froemming
1B: Terry Tata
2B: Ed Vargo
3B: Paul Pryor

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lou Brock  Left Fielder 
Ted Sizemore  Second Baseman 
Jose Cruz  Center Fielder 
Ted Simmons  Catcher 
Tim McCarver  First Baseman 
Bernie Carbo  Right Fielder 
Ken Reitz  Third Baseman 
Mike Tyson  Shortstop 
Reggie Cleveland  Pitcher 
Red Schoendienst  Manager 

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 
Richie Hebner  Third Baseman 
Milt May  Catcher 
Jackie Hernandez  Shortstop 
Nelson Briles  Pitcher 
Bill Virdon  Manager 

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1 Re: Pittsburgh Pirates versus St. Louis Cardinals - September 3, 1973 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information
Posted by Chris Jerin – 08/26/2015 at 3:32 PM
Was at this double-header with my Dad. Three Rivers went crazy after Richie Hebner's inside - the - park home run in the bottom of the 13th to win the first game. When they interviewed him on KDKA's evening news, he said, "I was runnin' around the bases like a cop was chasing me."

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Cardinals 4 @ Pirates 5
Three Rivers Stadium
September 3, 1973

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         Game of 9/3/1973, game 1 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Brock L, lf           6  2  3  0   Stennett R, 2b-ss     6  1  1  0   
Sizemore T, 2b        4  1  1  0   Parker D, cf          4  1  4  0   
Cruz J, cf-rf         4  0  0  2   Augustine D, cf       1  0  1  0   
Simmons T, c          6  0  3  1   Giusti D, p           1  0  0  0   
McCarver T, 1b        4  0  0  0   Oliver A, 1b          6  1  2  2   
Torre J, 1b           1  0  0  0   Stargell W, lf        5  1  1  2   
Carbo B, rf           3  0  0  0   Zisk R, rf            6  0  0  0   
Heintzelman T, ph     1  0  0  0   Hebner R, 3b          6  1  3  1   
Hrabosky A, p         0  0  0  0   May M, c              3  0  1  0   
Agee T, ph            0  0  0  0   Rooker J, pr          0  0  0  0   
McBride B, ph         1  0  0  0   Hernandez R, p        1  0  1  0   
Segui D, p            0  0  0  0   Clines G, cf          1  0  0  0   
Hughes T, ph          1  0  1  0   Hernandez J, ss       2  0  0  0   
Fisher E, p           0  0  0  0   Sanguillen M, ph-c    3  0  2  0   
Reitz K, 3b           6  0  0  0   Briles N, p           2  0  0  0   
Tyson M, ss           6  1  2  0   Cash D, ph-2b         3  0  0  0   
Cleveland R, p        3  0  0  0                                      
Pena O, p             0  0  0  0                                      
Melendez L, ph-cf     3  0  1  1                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     49  4 11  4                        50  5 16  5

St.Louis         102 000 001 000 0 --  4
Pittsburgh       100 000 030 000 1 --  5
  0 outs when winning run was scored.

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Cleveland R           7.2 12  4  4  0  1
Pena O                0.1  1  0  0  0  0
Hrabosky A            1.0  1  0  0  0  2
Segui D               3.0  1  0  0  0  3
Fisher E (L)          0.0  1  1  1  0  0

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Briles N              7.0  5  3  3  1  2
Hernandez R           2.2  3  1  1  1  0
Giusti D (W)          3.1  3  0  0  0  3

E -- Oliver A, Hernandez J, Cruz J, Stennett R
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- St.Louis 11, Pittsburgh 10
2B -- Brock L, Hebner R, Simmons T, Parker D, Melendez L
HR -- Oliver A, Stargell W, Hebner R
SB -- Brock L 3
SH -- Sizemore T, Cruz J
SF -- Stargell W, Cruz J
T -- 3:13
A -- 0

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