Playing in near-freezing weather, the Pirates got four-hit pitching from Bob Moose and shut out the Cubs, 6-0. The crowd of 3,764 was a record low for a game at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates backed Moose with homers by Manny Sanguillen and Milt May. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Chicago Cubs 0

Game Played on Thursday, April 12, 1973 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 Pirates 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 x - 6 10 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Monday cf 3 0 1 0 1 2 .154 Stennett 2b 4 0 0 1 0 3 .167 Cardenal rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Sanguillen rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .375 Williams lf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .333 Oliver cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Pepitone 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Stargell lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Santo 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .400 Hebner 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Beckert 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Robertson 1b 2 2 2 0 2 0 .214 Hundley c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 May c 4 2 2 2 0 1 .286 Kessinger ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .083 Alley ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .273 Jenkins p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Moose p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Hiser ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 0 4 0 4 5 Totals 33 6 10 5 2 5 Time of Game: 2:04 Attendance: 3,764 Left on Base: Cubs 7, Pirates 7 DP: Cubs 1, Pirates 1 Errors: Pepitone, Kessinger Doubles: Robertson (1) Home Runs: Sanguillen (1), May (2) Sacrifice Hits: Moose (1) Sacrifice Flies: Stennett (1) GIDP: Beckert (3), Moose (1) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins L(0-1) 7 10 6 5 2 4 2 34 4.20 Gura 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 Totals 8 10 6 5 2 5 2 37 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moose W(1-0) 9 4 0 0 4 5 0 34 0.00 Totals 9 4 0 0 4 5 0 34 Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey CUBS 1ST: Monday struck out; Cardenal flied out to left; Williams grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Stennett struck out; Sanguillen reached on an error by Kessinger [Sanguillen to first]; Oliver singled to center [Sanguillen to second]; Stargell flied out to center; Hebner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. CUBS 2ND: Pepitone flied out to right; Santo struck out; Beckert grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Robertson walked; May struck out; Alley singled to center [Robertson to second]; Moose grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Alley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. CUBS 3RD: Hundley grounded out (third to first); Kessinger walked; Jenkins was called out on strikes; Monday was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Stennett struck out; Sanguillen homered; Oliver lined to right; Stargell struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 1. CUBS 4TH: Cardenal popped to shortstop; Williams singled to center; Pepitone walked [Williams to second]; Santo forced Williams (third unassisted) [Pepitone to second]; Beckert flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 1. PIRATES 4TH: Hebner grounded out (first unassisted); Robertson walked; May homered [Robertson scored]; Alley lined to left; Moose singled to center; Stennett forced Moose (third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 3. CUBS 5TH: Hundley popped to catcher in foul territory; Kessinger flied out to left; Jenkins grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 3. PIRATES 5TH: Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Stargell singled to center; Hebner flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 3. CUBS 6TH: Monday singled to right; Cardenal struck out; Williams walked [Monday to second]; Pepitone flied out to center; Santo forced Williams (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 3. PIRATES 6TH: Robertson singled to left; May singled to right [Robertson to third]; Alley singled to pitcher [Robertson scored, May to second]; Moose reached on an error by Pepitone on a sacrifice bunt [May scored (no RBI), Alley to third, Moose to second]; Stennett hit a sacrifice fly to center [Alley scored (unearned)]; Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver grounded out (catcher to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 6. CUBS 7TH: Beckert grounded out (third to first); Hundley flied out to center; Kessinger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 6. PIRATES 7TH: Stargell flied out to center; Hebner flied out to center; Robertson doubled to left; May popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 6. CUBS 8TH: HISER BATTED FOR JENKINS; Hiser grounded out (second to first); Monday walked; Cardenal popped to third; Williams singled to first [Monday to second]; Pepitone grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 6. PIRATES 8TH: GURA REPLACED HISER (PITCHING); Alley grounded out (pitcher to first); Moose grounded out (pitcher to first); Stennett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 6. CUBS 9TH: Santo singled to center; Beckert grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Santo out at second]; Hundley flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 6.

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