April 5, 1973
It was Opening Day for the 1973 MLB season. The traditional opening game in Cincinnati featured the Reds hosting the San Francisco Giants. Don Gullett got the start for Cincinnati and Juan Marichal started for SF.
It was 3-2 Cincinnati entering the 7th inning when SF busted the game open by scoring 7 runs. The big blow was a grand slam home run by Willie McCovey. Marichal drove in 2 runs to help his own cause and got the 1st Win of the season. Gullett was pitching well but was the victim of an error that led to 5 unearned runs.
BOXSCORE: 1973 San Francisco Giants At 1973 Cincinnati Reds 4/5/1973 Giants AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG B.Bonds RF 5 1 2 0 .400 P.Rose LF 5 2 2 0 .400 T.Fuentes 2B 5 1 2 2 .400 J.Morgan 2B 4 1 3 3 .750 C.Speier SS 4 1 0 0 .000 B.Tolan RF 5 0 0 0 .000 W.McCovey 1B 4 1 1 4 .250 J.Bench C 4 0 2 2 .500 G.Maddox CF 4 1 1 1 .250 T.Perez 1B 4 0 1 0 .250 A.Gallagher 3B 3 1 0 0 .000 C.Geronimo CF 3 0 1 0 .333 G.Matthews LF 3 1 1 0 .333 J.McGlothlin P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Rader C 4 1 1 0 .250 B-P.Gagliano PH 1 1 1 01.000 J.Marichal P 3 1 1 2 .333 D.Chaney SS 3 0 0 0 .000 E.Sosa P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Menke 3B 3 1 0 0 .000 D.Gullett P 2 0 0 0 .000 A-D.Concepcion CF 2 0 1 0 .500 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 9 9 9 Totals 36 5 11 5 A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Gullett In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For McGlothlin In 9th Inning Giants.......... 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 - 9 9 1 Reds............ 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 5 11 1 Giants (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA J.Marichal WIN(1-0) 8 2/3 11 5 5 2 2 0 5.19 E.Sosa SAVE(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Totals 9 11 5 5 2 2 0 Reds (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA D.Gullett LOSS(0-1) 6 2/3 6 8 3 2 8 1 4.05 J.McGlothlin 2 1/3 3 1 1 0 0 1 3.86 Totals 9 9 9 3 2 8 2 ATTENDANCE- 38,136 DATE- Thursday, April 5th 1973 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:44 LEFT ON BASE- Giants: 3 Reds: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 1 Reds: 1 ERRORS- J.Marichal, D.Menke DOUBLES- J.Morgan-2(2nd) TRIPLES- P.Rose(1st) HOME RUNS- W.McCovey(1st), G.Maddox(1st) RBIs- T.Fuentes-2(2nd), W.McCovey-4(4th), G.Maddox(1st), J.Marichal-2, J.Morgan-3(3rd), J.Bench-2(2nd) STOLEN BASES- P.Rose(1st), J.Morgan(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- J.Morgan SACRIFICE HITS- J.Marichal WALKS- C.Speier, G.Matthews, J.Morgan, D.Chaney HIT BY PITCH- A.Gallagher, D.Menke STRIKE OUTS- B.Bonds, T.Fuentes, C.Speier, W.McCovey-2, G.Maddox-2, D.Rader, D.Chaney, D.Gullett GIDP- C.Speier, D.Menke PASSED BALLS- J.Bench 2-out RBI- J.Bench-2, T.Fuentes-2, W.McCovey-4, J.Morgan-2 RLISP 2-out- C.Geronimo, C.Speier, B.Tolan-2 TEAM RISP- Giants: 4 for 8 Reds: 6 for 11 Willie McCovey hit a grand slam while Tito Fuentes had 2 base hits and 2 RBI as SF beat the Cincinnati Reds by a score of 9 to 5. Juan Marichal(1-0) pitched a fine game. He went 8 and 2/3 innings and surrended up 11 hits and 2 walks. San Francisco had 9 hits for the afternoon. Elias Sosa earned his 1st save. Don Gullett(0-1) ended up with the loss. He was knocked around pretty good, giving up 8 runs in 6 and 2/3 innings.
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