Cubs @ Cardinals
June 23, 1973

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Bottom 11 R H E
Cubs 2 9 1
Cardinals 2 7 0
Bottom 11 R H E
Cubs 2 9 1
Cardinals 3 8 0

Luis Melendez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .243
OBP .000 .296
At Bats 0 173
Hits 0 42
• Singles 0 35
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 20

Jack Aker Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 4 12
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Busch Stadium - June 23, 1973
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Single
Jack Aker
Randy Hundley
Jim Hickman
Glenn Beckert
Carmen Fanzone
Don Kessinger
Billy Williams
Gene Hiser
Jose Cardenal
Luis Melendez
Jim Dwyer
Bernie Carbo

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 2 9 1 9
St. Louis Cardinals 3 8 0 9
Winning Pitcher Diego Segui
Losing Pitcher Jack Aker
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Luis Melendez
Attendance 46,151
Time of Game 2 hours 43 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Luis Melendez pinch hits for Diego Segui. Melendez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carbo scores. Dwyer moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Dwyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carbo moves to second.
Bottom 11 Carbo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 11 Simmons hits a fly ball into right field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Torre hits a fly ball into right field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Kessinger strikes out.
Top 11 Hundley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 11 There goes Fanzone. The throw from Simmons and he is out, Sizemore applying the tag.
Top 11 Fanzone takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Mike Tyson now playing shortstop. Diego Segui now pitching. Cardenal hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Reitz hits a fly ball into right field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fanzone fields it and throws to second for the out. Cruz moves to third.
Bottom 10 Brock is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 Mike Tyson pinch hits for Rick Wise. Tyson bunts towards the mound. Aker fields it and throws to first for the out. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 10 Jose Cruz pinch hits for Mick Kelleher. Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Hickman hits a fly ball into center field. Dwyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Dwyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Beckert hits a popup towards short. Kelleher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Dwyer hits a fly ball into center field. Hiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Carbo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Gene Hiser now playing center field. Jack Aker now pitching. Randy Hundley now catching. Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Gene Hiser pinch hits for Fergie Jenkins. Hiser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fanzone scores.
Top 9 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fanzone moves to third.
Top 9 Ron Santo pinch hits for Ken Rudolph. Santo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ken Reitz now playing third base. Joe Torre now playing first base. Fanzone hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Carbo. Fanzone reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 McCarver hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sizemore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dwyer scores. Brock moves to third.
Bottom 8 Brock is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Wise hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kelleher bunts towards the mound. Jenkins fields it and throws to first for the out. Dwyer moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dwyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hickman fields the ball and throws to Jenkins covering. Safe.
Top 8 Cardenal hits a fly ball into center field. Dwyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hickman hits a popup towards short. Kelleher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarver fields the ball and throws to Wise covering. Safe. Beckert moves to second.
Top 8 Beckert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Monday strikes out.
Bottom 7 Carbo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Simmons hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim Hickman now playing first base. Torre hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Rudolph fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Jenkins is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Kessinger is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Rudolph strikes out.
Top 7 Fanzone hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cleo James pinch runs for Pat Bourque. Cardenal hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Cardenal reaches second base with a double. James goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Bourque takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Sizemore. The throw from Rudolph and he is safe. Sizemore steals second.
Bottom 6 Sizemore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Wise strikes out.
Top 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Monday hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kelleher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jenkins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Dwyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bourque scoops it up and throws to first, with Jenkins covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Carbo hits a fly ball into right field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jenkins strikes out.
Top 5 Kessinger strikes out.
Top 5 Rudolph hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bourque scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simmons for the out.
Bottom 4 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jenkins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Fanzone strikes out.
Top 4 Cardenal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Bourque hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarver scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bourque for the out.
Top 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Sizemore hits a popup, foul, towards third. Fanzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brock is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Wise strikes out.
Top 3 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Monday bunts towards the mound. Wise fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kessinger moves to third.
Top 3 Jenkins bunts in front of the plate. Simmons scoops up the ball and tags Jenkins for the out. Kessinger moves to second.
Top 3 Kessinger takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Kelleher hits a fly ball into right field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dwyer hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Carbo hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rudolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Fanzone strikes out.
Top 2 Cardenal hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bourque hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Simmons hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Torre. The throw from Rudolph and he is safe. Torre steals second.
Bottom 1 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger misplays the ball. That's an error on Kessinger. Brock scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 McCarver hits a popup towards first. Bourque settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sizemore bunts towards the mound. Jenkins fields it and throws to first for the out. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards third. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Monday strikes out.