Friday August 31, 1973
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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Chicago Cubs 0 (Game 1)

Game Played on Friday, August 31, 1973 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1 Pirates 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 x - 7 11 1 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kessinger ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Clines cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .265 Monday cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .264 Hebner 3b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .273 Williams 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Oliver 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .285 Carty lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .232 Stargell lf 2 1 1 3 2 1 .293 Santo 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Parker lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Cardenal rf 3 0 2 0 1 1 .312 Zisk rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .324 Popovich 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .245 Cash 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .267 Hundley c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .230 Sanguillen c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .281 Reuschel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .123 J. Hernandez ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 .235 Thornton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .172 Rooker p 2 1 0 0 1 1 .250 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 Hickman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Aker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 0 7 0 3 5 Totals 35 7 11 4 5 7 Time of Game: 2:18 Left on Base: Cubs 8, Pirates 10 DP: Cubs 0, Pirates 2 Errors: Santo, Oliver Doubles: Kessinger (16), Hebner (22), Oliver (24) Triples: J. Hernandez (2) Home Runs: Stargell (36) Sacrifice Hits: Reuschel (9), Rooker (5) GIDP: Santo 2 (21) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuschel L(12-13) 4 8 6 3 3 4 1 24 2.73 LaRoche 3 3 1 1 2 3 0 14 5.77 Aker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.40 Totals 8 11 7 4 5 7 1 41 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rooker W(7-4) 9 7 0 0 3 5 0 35 2.97 Totals 9 7 0 0 3 5 0 35 Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Andy Olsen CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Monday grounded out (second to first); Williams flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Clines grounded out (pitcher to first); Hebner singled to center; Oliver forced Hebner (second to shortstop); Stargell walked [Oliver to second]; Zisk forced Stargell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. CUBS 2ND: Carty walked; Santo grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carty out at second]; Cardenal walked; Popovich flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen singled to center; J. Hernandez forced Sanguillen (third to second); Rooker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. CUBS 3RD: Hundley singled to center; Reuschel out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hundley to second]; Kessinger grounded out (second to first) [Hundley to third]; Monday was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Clines flied out to right; Hebner doubled to center; Oliver singled to left [Hebner to third]; Stargell homered [Hebner scored, Oliver scored]; Zisk singled to center; Cash singled to third [Zisk to second]; Sanguillen grounded out (first unassisted) [Zisk to third, Cash to second]; J. Hernandez was walked intentionally; Rooker reached on an error by Santo [Zisk scored (unearned) (no RBI), Cash scored (unearned) (no RBI), J. Hernandez scored (unearned) (no RBI), Rooker to first]; Clines struck out; 6 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 6. CUBS 4TH: Williams singled to right; Carty popped to second; Santo grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Williams out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 6. PIRATES 4TH: Hebner grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver doubled to right; Stargell was walked intentionally; Zisk was called out on strikes; Cash was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 6. CUBS 5TH: Cardenal singled to left; Popovich struck out; Hundley walked [Cardenal to second]; THORNTON BATTED FOR REUSCHEL; Thornton struck out; Kessinger popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 6. PIRATES 5TH: LAROCHE REPLACED THORNTON (PITCHING); Sanguillen flied out to right; J. Hernandez tripled to center; Rooker walked; Clines reached on a fielder's choice [J. Hernandez out at home (third to catcher), Rooker to second]; Hebner singled to center [Rooker scored, Clines to third, Hebner to second (on throw)]; Oliver struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 7. CUBS 6TH: Monday struck out; Williams flied out to center; Carty lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 7. PIRATES 6TH: Stargell was called out on strikes; Zisk flied out to right; Cash grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 7. CUBS 7TH: PARKER REPLACED STARGELL (PLAYING LF); Santo flied out to center; Cardenal struck out; Popovich flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 7. PIRATES 7TH: Sanguillen singled to left; J. Hernandez struck out; Rooker out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Sanguillen to second]; Clines walked; Hebner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 7. CUBS 8TH: Hundley flied out to right; HICKMAN BATTED FOR LAROCHE; Hickman grounded out (third to first); Kessinger doubled to right; Monday singled to first [Kessinger to third]; Williams popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 7. PIRATES 8TH: AKER REPLACED HICKMAN (PITCHING); Oliver grounded out (second to first); Parker grounded out (first to pitcher); Zisk flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 7. CUBS 9TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver dropped a foul fly hit by Santo for an error; Santo grounded out (third to first); Cardenal singled to left; Popovich singled to center [Cardenal to second]; Hundley flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 7.

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