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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1973-05-21 · Night game · Veterans Stadium · Att: 9010 · 2:12

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 6th. Steve Blass earned the win and Dave Giusti picked up the save. Greg Luzinski went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	5	10
PHI	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6

W: Steve Blass L: Mac Scarce SV: Dave Giusti

Umpires — HP: Bill Williams · 1B: Dick Stello · 2B: Jerry Dale · 3B: Tom Gorman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gene Clines	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Cash	2	1	1	0	2	0
Manny Sanguillen	4	1	1	2	0	0
Willie Stargell	4	1	1	1	0	1
Bob Robertson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Richie Hebner	4	1	3	0	0	0
Gene Alley	4	1	1	0	0	1
Milt May	3	0	1	0	0	1
Steve Blass	2	0	1	1	0	1
Richie Zisk	1	0	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Larry Bowa	3	1	0	0	1	0
Del Unser	4	1	1	1	0	0
Willie Montanez	4	1	1	0	0	0
Greg Luzinski	4	1	2	2	0	1
Bill Robinson	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Schmidt	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mike Ryan	2	0	1	0	0	0
Denny Doyle	3	0	0	0	1	1
Steve Carlton	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Rogodzinski	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Hutton	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Boone	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Blass	8.0	6	3	4
Dave Giusti	1.0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Carlton	6.2	8	2	4
Bill Wilson	0.1	0	0	0
Mac Scarce	2.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gene Clines: 9
Dave Cash: 8
Manny Sanguillen: 5/L

Bot 1

Larry Bowa: 7/FL
Del Unser: 8
Willie Montanez: 43

Top 2

Willie Stargell: 8
Bob Robertson: K
Richie Hebner: S4
Gene Alley: K

Bot 2

Greg Luzinski: 8
Bill Robinson: 63
Mike Schmidt: W
Mike Ryan: S6.1-2
Denny Doyle: 9

Top 3

Milt May: K
Steve Blass: K.BX1(23)
Gene Clines: 3/G

Bot 3

Steve Carlton: 6/P
Larry Bowa: W
Del Unser: SB2
Del Unser: S8.2-H
Willie Montanez: D8.1-H(E8)(NR);B-3
Greg Luzinski: HR.3-H
Bill Robinson: 53
Mike Schmidt: K

Top 4

Dave Cash: W
Manny Sanguillen: 64(1)3/GDP
Willie Stargell: HR
Bob Robertson: 3/G

Bot 4

Mike Ryan: 63
Denny Doyle: 9
Steve Carlton: 7

Top 5

Richie Hebner: S9
Gene Alley: 9
Milt May: 13.1-2
Steve Blass: S9.2-H
Gene Clines: 13

Bot 5

Larry Bowa: 3/L
Del Unser: 7
Willie Montanez: 9

Top 6

Dave Cash: D7
Manny Sanguillen: HR.2-H
Willie Stargell: 8
Bob Robertson: 7
Richie Hebner: S4
Gene Alley: 54(1)/FO

Bot 6

Greg Luzinski: K/C
Bill Robinson: K
Mike Schmidt: 3/P

Top 7

Milt May: D7
Steve Blass: 54/SH.2-3
Gene Clines: 53
Dave Cash: W
Manny Sanguillen: 53

Bot 7

Mike Rogodzinski: 4/L
Denny Doyle: W
Tom Hutton: S1.1-2
Larry Bowa: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Del Unser: 7

Top 8

Willie Stargell: K
Bob Robertson: 3/FL
Richie Hebner: 63

Bot 8

Willie Montanez: 7
Greg Luzinski: S7
Bill Robinson: K
Mike Schmidt: 9

Top 9

Gene Alley: S7
Milt May: 24/SH.1-2
Richie Zisk: S7.2-H
Gene Clines: CS2(24)
Gene Clines: 8/L

Bot 9

Mike Rogodzinski: 3/G
Denny Doyle: K.BX1(23)
Bob Boone: 6

Notes & reviews

Gene Alley trapped Mike Ryan's line drive; 3B umpire Tom Gorman called Ryan out but was overruled by 2B umpire Jerry Dale; Alley had not thrown due to the initial ruling so Ryan was safe
Tom Hutton pulled hamstring running to 1B

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