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Houston Astros @ St. Louis Cardinals

1973-06-03 · Day game · Busch Stadium II · 10 innings · Att: 15614 · 2:41

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Houston Astros 2–1. Wayne Granger earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Wayne Granger L: Jim Crawford SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bob Engel · 1B: Harry Wendelstedt · 2B: Satch Davidson · 3B: Augie Donatelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Roger Metzger	5	0	2	0	0
Jesus Alou	5	0	0	0	0
Jim Wynn	4	0	0	0	1
Bob Watson	2	0	0	2	0
Lee May	4	0	1	0	1
Doug Rader	4	0	1	0	0
Tommy Helms	4	0	0	0	0
Skip Jutze	2	1	0	2	1
Ken Forsch	1	0	0	0	0
Jim Crawford	1	0	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	5	0	1	0	0	1
Ted Sizemore	4	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Torre	2	0	1	0	3	0
Ted Simmons	5	0	0	0	0	0
Tim McCarver	4	1	2	1	1	2
Jose Cruz	4	0	0	0	0	2
Luis Melendez	3	0	2	0	1	0
Mike Tyson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Scipio Spinks	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Stein	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dwain Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Forsch	8.1	6	4	6
Jim Crawford	1.0	2	1	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Scipio Spinks	8.0	3	4	1
Diego Segui	1.0	0	0	1
Wayne Granger	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roger Metzger: 8
Jesus Alou: 7/L
Jim Wynn: K/C

Bot 1

Lou Brock: K/C
Ted Sizemore: 53
Joe Torre: S8
Ted Simmons: 5/P

Top 2

Bob Watson: W
Lee May: S7.1-2
Doug Rader: 4/P
Tommy Helms: 5(B)4(2)/LDP

Bot 2

Tim McCarver: K
Jose Cruz: 2/FL
Luis Melendez: D9
Mike Tyson: 4/P

Top 3

Skip Jutze: W
Ken Forsch: 1/P
Roger Metzger: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Scipio Spinks: S7
Lou Brock: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Ted Sizemore: S7
Joe Torre: W.1-2
Ted Simmons: 7

Top 4

Jesus Alou: 43
Jim Wynn: 63
Bob Watson: W
Lee May: 9

Bot 4

Tim McCarver: W
Jose Cruz: K
Luis Melendez: W.1-2
Mike Tyson: 8.2-3
Scipio Spinks: 5/P

Top 5

Doug Rader: S7
Tommy Helms: E4.1-2;B-1
Skip Jutze: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Ken Forsch: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Roger Metzger: 8

Bot 5

Lou Brock: 9
Ted Sizemore: 7
Joe Torre: W
Ted Simmons: 9

Top 6

Jesus Alou: 63
Jim Wynn: 2/FL
Bob Watson: 8

Bot 6

Tim McCarver: K
Jose Cruz: 3/FL
Luis Melendez: 7

Top 7

Lee May: 2/FL
Doug Rader: 9
Tommy Helms: 63

Bot 7

Mike Tyson: 43
Scipio Spinks: K
Lou Brock: 1/G

Top 8

Skip Jutze: W
Ken Forsch: 14/SH.1-2
Roger Metzger: S9.2-3
Jesus Alou: PB.3-H(UR);1-2
Jesus Alou: 53
Jim Wynn: 9

Bot 8

Ted Sizemore: 5/L
Joe Torre: 7
Ted Simmons: 43

Top 9

Bob Watson: 43
Lee May: K
Doug Rader: 5/P

Bot 9

Tim McCarver: S8
Jose Cruz: K
Luis Melendez: S8.1-3
Bill Stein: PB.3-H(UR);1-2
Bill Stein: K
Dwain Anderson: 53

Top 10

Tommy Helms: 6/L
Skip Jutze: K
Jim Crawford: S9
Roger Metzger: S9.1-2
Jesus Alou: WP.2-3;1-2
Jesus Alou: 53

Bot 10

Lou Brock: S9
Ted Sizemore: 1E4/SH.1-3;B-2
Joe Torre: IW
Ted Simmons: 32(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Tim McCarver: S7.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

Astros manager Durocher ejected by 2B umpire Davidson for arguing that SS dropped line drive but umpire it a catch with the drop when he started to throw

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