Although held to two hits, the Cardinals took advantage of a wild pitch by Burt Hooton to defeat the Dodgers, 1-0, and provide Ken Boyer with a victory in his debut as their new manager. Keith Hernandez singled in the seventh inning and took second when a pitch by Hooton skipped past catcher Steve Yeager.

After Ted Simmons grounded out, sending Hernandez to third, the Dodgers walked Jerry Morales intentionally, hoping to set up a double play, but Ken Reitz foiled the move with a sacrifice fly. Eric Rasmussen shut out the Dodgers on four hits. The fast game took only one hour, 33 minutes. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Game Played on Saturday, April     29, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   1  2  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .307      Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .320
Russell ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .247      Templeton ss          3   0   0   0     0   1   .170
Smith rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .300      Hernandez 1b          3   1   1   0     0   0   .329
  Burke pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Simmons c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .314
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .338      Morales cf            2   0   0   0     1   0   .263
Garvey 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Reitz 3b              2   0   0   1     0   0   .300
Baker lf              2   0   0   0     1   0   .366      Mumphrey rf           2   0   0   0     1   1   .143
Monday cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .359      Tyson 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Yeager c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Rasmussen p           3   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Hooton p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   4   0     2   2             Totals               25   1   2   1     2   3

Time of Game: 1:33   Attendance: 20,596
Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Cardinals 3
DP: Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1
Doubles: Simmons (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Reitz (1)
GIDP: Garvey (3)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hooton L(1-3)           7     2   1   1   2   3   0  25   3.28
Garman                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.52
Totals                  8     2   1   1   2   3   0  28

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rasmussen W(2-2)        9     4   0   0   2   2   0  32   3.25
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   2   0  32

Wild Pitches: Hooton (1)

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Eric Gregg, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello


DODGERS 1ST: Ken Boyer new Cardinals manager; Lopes
grounded out (first unassisted); Russell grounded out (third to
first); Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock lined to left; Templeton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey struck out; Garvey grounded out (pitcher to
first); Baker flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); Morales
grounded out (third to first); Reitz grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Monday flied out to center; Yeager flied out to
left; Hooton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Mumphrey struck out; Tyson flied out to center;
Rasmussen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Lopes lined to left; Russell singled to left; Smith
flied out to center; Cey flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Templeton
flied out to center; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey singled to left; Baker grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Garvey to second]; Monday struck out; Yeager popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons doubled to right; Morales flied out to
right; Reitz flied out to left; Mumphrey walked; Tyson forced
Mumphrey (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Hooton grounded out (third to first); Lopes flied
out to center; Russell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Rasmussen grounded out (third to first); Brock
grounded out (second to first); Templeton was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Smith walked; Cey flied out to right; Garvey popped
to shortstop; Baker walked [Smith to second]; Monday flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Hernandez singled to left; Hooton threw a wild
pitch [Hernandez to second]; Simmons grounded out (second to
first) [Hernandez to third]; Morales was walked intentionally;
Reitz hit a sacrifice fly to center [Hernandez scored]; Mumphrey
popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

DODGERS 8TH: Yeager flied out to right; DAVALILLO BATTED FOR
HOOTON; Davalillo grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes
singled to center; Russell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: GARMAN REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); Tyson
popped to second; Rasmussen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

DODGERS 9TH: Smith singled to right; BURKE RAN FOR SMITH; Cey
flied out to center; Garvey grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Burke out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.