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St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies

1973-09-19 · Night game · Veterans Stadium · Att: 7066 · 2:09

Philadelphia Phillies defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 5th. Steve Carlton earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Steve Carlton L: Tom Murphy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Kibler · 1B: Frank Pulli · 2B: Ken Burkhart · 3B: Lee Weyer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ted Sizemore	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tommie Agee	4	0	0	1	0	0
Ted Simmons	3	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Torre	4	1	1	0	0	0
Luis Melendez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ken Reitz	3	0	1	0	0	2
Mike Tyson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Tom Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Heintzelman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Hughes	1	0	1	1	0	0
Tim McCarver	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

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

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Tom Murphy	4.1	7	3
John Andrews	0.0	1	0
Eddie Fisher	1.2	1	0
Mike Nagy	2.0	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Carlton	9.0	10	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: S8
Ted Sizemore: PO1(E1).1-2#
Ted Sizemore: 63.2-3
Tommie Agee: 13.3-H
Ted Simmons: D7
Joe Torre: 53

Bot 1

Denny Doyle: 63
Bob Boone: K/C
Del Unser: 8

Top 2

Luis Melendez: 53
Ken Reitz: D9
Mike Tyson: 43.2-3
Tom Murphy: K

Bot 2

Greg Luzinski: 53
Bill Robinson: K/C
Willie Montanez: S8
Mike Schmidt: 54(1)/FO

Top 3

Lou Brock: S5
Ted Sizemore: 8
Tommie Agee: SB2
Tommie Agee: 9
Ted Simmons: W
Joe Torre: 8

Bot 3

Larry Bowa: 6/P
Steve Carlton: 43
Denny Doyle: S7
Bob Boone: D7.1-3
Del Unser: 8

Top 4

Luis Melendez: S6
Ken Reitz: K
Mike Tyson: S9.1-2
Tom Murphy: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Lou Brock: 7

Bot 4

Greg Luzinski: 8
Bill Robinson: K/C
Willie Montanez: T9
Mike Schmidt: S7.3-H
Larry Bowa: 7

Top 5

Ted Sizemore: 3/P
Tommie Agee: 31
Ted Simmons: 8

Bot 5

Steve Carlton: S7
Denny Doyle: D9.1-3
Bob Boone: WP.3-H;2-3
Bob Boone: 53
Del Unser: S9.3-H
Greg Luzinski: 13.1-2
Bill Robinson: 53

Top 6

Joe Torre: 53
Luis Melendez: 53
Ken Reitz: K.BX1(23)

Bot 6

Willie Montanez: S8
Mike Schmidt: 54(1)3/GDP
Larry Bowa: 43

Top 7

Mike Tyson: S
Tom Heintzelman: 54(1)3/GDP
Lou Brock: 53

Bot 7

Steve Carlton: 53
Denny Doyle: 3/L
Bob Boone: S6
Del Unser: 43

Top 8

Ted Sizemore: S7
Tommie Agee: 46(1)3/GDP
Ted Simmons: 8

Bot 8

Greg Luzinski: 9
Bill Robinson: 6/P
Willie Montanez: 63

Top 9

Joe Torre: S8
Luis Melendez: WP.1-2
Luis Melendez: K/C
Terry Hughes: D7.2-H
Mike Tyson: 53
Tim McCarver: 8

Notes & reviews

Reitz ejected by 1B umpire Pulli for arguing call that he had swung at strike 3 on check swing
Brock ejected by 1B umpire Pulli for arguing he was safe at 1st

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