MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
SAN DIEGO CAPTAINS AT DENVER BURROS
08/02/1973
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
SAN DIEGO CAPTAINS AT DENVER BURROS
GAME ID: 1566 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 2ND , 1973 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Diego Captains (61-49) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Denver Burros (70-41) 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 6 9 0
Burros Top Captains, 6-0, Behind Cardenas
Denver beat San Diego on the strength of starting pitcher Bruce Cardenas's fine effort. The right-hander led his team to a win, 6-0. By defeating San Diego, the first-place Burros improved to 70-41.

Cardenas, a native of Brentwood, California, was dealing all game. He kept San Diego hitters off-balance, while giving the Burros 8.2 quality innings. Cardenas threw 122 pitches, allowing 4 hits and striking out 5.

"I had pretty good command out there," said Cardenas.
SAN DIEGO BATTING LINESCORE DENVER BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
E. Wilkins SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .280 11 29
R. Roe CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .259 5 33
R. Barnes LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .331 14 73
T. Stallings 1B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .272 15 62
   a-B. Anderson PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 2 28
   b-J. McCallson 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .175 0 1
D. Howard 2B 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .254 11 40
E. Peters C 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .226 11 41
T. Row 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .276 1 7
R. Byrd RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .237 3 19
   d-W. Henry PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .207 0 5
M. Pike P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 5
   R. Wisniewski P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .100 0 0
   c-J. Hammit PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .253 19 56
   K. Craig P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 1
Totals 30 0 4 0 4 5 16      
a - B. Anderson pinch ran for T. Stallings in the 7th
b - J. McCallson substituted for B. Anderson in the 7th
c - J. Hammit pinch hit for R. Wisniewski in the 8th
d - W. Henry pinch hit for R. Byrd in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: R. Roe (21, 1st Inning off B. Cardenas, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: E. Wilkins , R. Roe 2 , D. Howard , E. Peters
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Barnes , T. Stallings , T. Row , W. Henry
GIDP: E. Peters
Hit by Pitch: T. Stallings
Team LOB: 8
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
G. Moret RF 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 .316 22 65
J. Bitting CF 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 .278 6 51
J. Robinson 3B 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 .304 22 75
J. Crabtree 1B 4 0 1 2 0 2 3 .300 18 78
T. Clark C 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .312 3 16
   a-D. Smith LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223 6 28
S. Garcia LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .375 1 1
   b-G. Gregory C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 5
K. Gunn SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0
T. Gregory 2B 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 .240 1 14
B. Cardenas P 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 .190 1 4
   D. Scorza P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 2
Totals 29 6 9 6 7 4 13      
a - D. Smith substituted for T. Clark in the 8th
b - G. Gregory substituted for S. Garcia in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Crabtree (18, 2nd Inning off M. Pike, 2 on, 2 outs) , K. Gunn (1, 7th Inning off R. Wisniewski, 0 on, 2 outs)
Triples: K. Gunn (1, 5th Inning off R. Wisniewski, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: S. Garcia (1, 5th Inning off M. Pike, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: G. Moret , J. Bitting 2 , J. Crabtree 2 , T. Clark , S. Garcia 5 , K. Gunn 5
2-out RBI: J. Crabtree , T. Clark , S. Garcia
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Clark , S. Garcia , T. Gregory , B. Cardenas
Sac Bunt: B. Cardenas
Sac Fly: J. Robinson
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
CS: G. Moret 2 (16) , S. Garcia (1)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Gregory-Gunn-Crabtree)
SAN DIEGO PITCHING LINESCORE DENVER PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Pike L (10-8) 4.2 5 6 6 5 2 1 102 3.45   
R. Wisniewski 2.1 4 0 0 1 1 0 42 2.70   
K. Craig 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 3.58   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Pike 27
Batters Faced: M. Pike 24, R. Wisniewski 11, K. Craig 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Pike 7-5, R. Wisniewski 3-2, K. Craig 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: M. Pike 102-57, R. Wisniewski 42-25, K. Craig 14-8
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Cardenas W (12-7) 8.2 4 0 0 4 5 0 122 3.16   
D. Scorza 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.46   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Cardenas 77
Batters Faced: B. Cardenas 34, D. Scorza 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Cardenas 8-12, D. Scorza 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: B. Cardenas 122-74, D. Scorza 2-1
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Scorza 2-0
Hit Batsmen: B. Cardenas
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Bruce Cardenas
Ballpark: Gates Crescent Park
Weather: Clear skies (76 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 8 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM MT
Time: 2:51
Attendance: 21666
Special Notes: 1B Troy Stallings was injured being hit by a pitch.
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