The Cardinals completed the three-game sweep of their series against the Pirates, racking up a 6-5 victory on Ted Simmons' three hits and Mike Phillips' two-run triple. The Cards jumped on starter Bert Blyleven for three runs in the first on singles by Garry Templeton and Jerry Morales around a stolen base and doubles by Simmons and Keith Hernandez.

The Cards got three more in the third on a single by Simmons, walk to Ken Reitz, single by Jerry Mumphrey and Phillips' triple. Eric Rasmussen hurled the Cards' third straight complete game and Blyleven lost his first N.L. decision. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Game Played on Thursday, April     13, 1978 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Pirates      0  0  1    1  0  0    3  0  0  -   5  7  1
Cardinals    3  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   6 11  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            4   0   2   1     0   0   .250      Brock lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .308
Garner 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .077        Dwyer lf            1   0   1   0     0   0   .200
Parker rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .174      Templeton ss          5   1   1   0     0   2   .250
B. Robinson lf        4   2   2   1     0   1   .333      Morales rf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .240
Milner 1b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .125      Simmons c             4   2   3   1     0   0   .364
Stennett 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .118      Hernandez 1b          3   0   1   1     1   0   .500
Ott c                 4   1   1   1     0   0   .105      Reitz 3b              3   1   0   0     1   2   .273
Moreno cf             2   1   0   1     1   0   .176      Mumphrey cf           3   1   1   1     1   1   .333
Blyleven p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Phillips 2b           4   0   2   2     0   1   .400
  Fregosi ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Rasmussen p           3   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Bibby p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   7   4     2   4             Totals               34   6  11   6     3   8

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 12,351
Left on Base: Pirates 2, Cardinals 8
DP: Pirates 0, Cardinals 2
Errors: Ott, Mumphrey
Doubles: Simmons 2 (4), Hernandez (4)
Triples: Taveras (1), Phillips (1)
Home Runs: B. Robinson (1)
Stolen Bases: Moreno (2), B. Robinson (1), Templeton (2), Brock (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Rasmussen (1)
GIDP: Garner (1), Stennett (2)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(0-1)         6     8   6   6   2   6   0  28   5.54
Bibby                   2     3   0   0   1   2   0  10   0.00
Totals                  8    11   6   6   3   8   0  38

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rasmussen W(1-1)        9     7   5   3   2   4   1  34   4.85
Totals                  9     7   5   3   2   4   1  34

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey


PIRATES 1ST: Taveras grounded out (third to first); Garner
grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Templeton
singled to center; Templeton stole second [Templeton to third
(error by Ott)]; Morales singled to center [Templeton scored];
Simmons doubled to right [Morales scored]; Hernandez doubled to
left [Simmons scored]; Reitz struck out; Mumphrey grounded out
(pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals
3.

PIRATES 2ND: B. Robinson struck out; Milner grounded out (second
to first); Stennett lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 2ND: Phillips struck out; Rasmussen was called out on
strikes; Brock singled to center; Brock stole second; Templeton
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 3.

PIRATES 3RD: Ott popped to shortstop; Moreno walked; Moreno
stole second; Blyleven struck out; Taveras tripled to left
[Moreno scored]; Garner flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 1, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 3RD: Morales grounded out (pitcher to first); Simmons
singled to left; Hernandez lined to center; Reitz walked
[Simmons to second]; Mumphrey singled to center [Simmons scored,
Reitz to third]; Phillips tripled to center [Reitz scored,
Mumphrey scored]; Rasmussen grounded out (pitcher to first); 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cardinals 6.

PIRATES 4TH: Parker grounded out (second to first); B. Robinson
homered; Milner flied out to center; Stennett popped to first in
foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock flied out to left; Templeton was called out
on strikes; Morales flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 2, Cardinals 6.

PIRATES 5TH: Ott grounded out (first unassisted); On a bunt
Moreno grounded out (pitcher to first); Blyleven grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals
6.

CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons flied to right in foul territory;
Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Reitz struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 6.

PIRATES 6TH: On a bunt Taveras singled to first; Garner grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Taveras out
at second]; Parker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 6TH: Mumphrey walked; Phillips flied out to left;
Rasmussen out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Mumphrey
to second]; Brock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 6.

PIRATES 7TH: DWYER REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); B. Robinson
singled to left; B. Robinson stole second; Milner struck out;
Stennett singled to shortstop [B. Robinson stayed at second];
Ott singled to center [B. Robinson scored, Stennett scored
(error by Mumphrey) (unearned) (no RBI), Ott to third]; Moreno
grounded out (second to first) [Ott scored (unearned)]; FREGOSI
BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Fregosi singled to shortstop; Taveras flied
out to center; 3 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5,
Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 7TH: BIBBY REPLACED FREGOSI (PITCHING); On a bunt
Templeton grounded out (third to first); Morales grounded out
(catcher to first); Simmons doubled to center; Hernandez was
walked intentionally; Reitz forced Hernandez (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 6.

PIRATES 8TH: Garner grounded out (third to first); Parker
grounded out (second to first); B. Robinson popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 8TH: Mumphrey was called out on strikes; Phillips
singled to center; On a bunt Rasmussen struck out; Dwyer singled
to center [Phillips to second]; Templeton forced Dwyer (first to
shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 6.

PIRATES 9TH: Milner walked; Stennett grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Milner out at second]; Ott flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 6.