May 4, 1973 - Monday's 1st inning blast sets the tone!

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 May 4, 1973 - Monday's 1st inning blast sets the tone!


Rick Monday clubbed a two run homer in the first, and Joe Pepitone's rbi grounder along with Ron Santo's sac fly in the fifth provided sufficient offense for the Cubs to beat the Giants 4-2.
Fergie Jenkins scattered 10 hits over 9 innings and recorded his 3rd win against two defeats.
Juan Marichal continued to be victimized by bad baseball, dropping to 1-5 on the season with just two earned runs over seven innings.
Willie McCovey hit his 4th home run and stole a base for the Giants.

5-4-1973 (Night Game): 1973-CHN (13-11) vs. 1973-SFN (13-15) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1973-CHN 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 6 1 1973-SFN 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 3 1973-CHN AB R H RBI BB SO AVE R. Monday (CF) 2 2 1 2 2 1 .280 G. Beckert (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 .175 B. Williams (LF) 4 0 2 0 0 0 .275 J. Pepitone (1B) 4 0 0 1 0 0 .233 R. Santo (3B) 3 0 1 1 0 1 .241 J. Cardenal (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 1 .327 K. Rudolph (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 .167 D. Kessinger (SS) 3 1 2 0 1 0 .217 F. Jenkins (P) 4 0 0 0 0 1 .188 32 4 6 4 3 4 .229 1 for 3 with runners in scoring position. HR: R. Monday[7] RBI: R. Monday(2)[14], J. Pepitone[13], R. Santo[16] SF: R. Santo[2] CS: D. Kessinger[2] E: K. Rudolph[2] LOB: 5 1973-SFN AB R H RBI BB SO AVE B. Bonds (RF) 5 0 1 0 0 0 .198 T. Fuentes (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 .246 C. Speier (SS) 4 0 1 0 0 0 .292 W. McCovey (1B) 4 2 2 1 0 0 .216 D. Kingman (3B) 4 0 1 0 0 0 .244 G. Thomasson (LF) 4 0 2 1 0 1 .373 J. Howarth (CF) 4 0 1 0 0 1 .125 D. Rader (C) 3 0 1 0 0 0 .134 S. McDowell (P7) 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 E. Goodson (PH9) 1 0 0 0 0 1 .280 J. Marichal (P) 2 0 0 0 0 1 .312 M. Sadek (C7) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 M. Phillips (PH9) 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 37 2 10 2 0 4 .241 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position. 2B: D. Kingman[5], G. Thomasson[7], D. Rader[4] 3B: J. Howarth[1] HR: W. McCovey[4] RBI: W. McCovey[11], G. Thomasson[19] SB: W. McCovey[2] E: C. Speier(2)[6], W. McCovey[2] LOB: 8 1973-CHN IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA F. Jenkins (W, 3-2) 9.0 10 2 1 0 4 1 2.70 9.0 10 2 1 0 4 1 2.45 Game Score: F. Jenkins (66) Pitches Thrown: F. Jenkins (126) 1973-SFN IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA J. Marichal (L, 1-5) 6.0 4 4 2 1 3 1 2.52 S. McDowell 3.0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2.70 9.0 6 4 2 3 4 1 2.96 Game Score: J. Marichal (51) Pitches Thrown: J. Marichal (92) DDBB Player of the Game: R. Monday Candlestick Park, San Francisco

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