With John Urrea and Pete Vuckovich combining on a four-hitter, the Cardinals prevailed over the Dodgers, 4-0, hading L.A. its second successive whitewash. Ken Reitz broke the scoreless tie with a seventh-inning homer and the Cards added three runs in the eighth on singles by Garry Templeton and Jim Dwyer, a double by Keith Hernandez and sacrifice fly by Jerry Morales.

Steve Garvey extended his hitting streak to 20 games with a ninth-inning single for the Dodgers. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Game Played on Sunday, April     30, 1978 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  3  x  -   4  8  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              2   0   1   0     2   0   .312      Templeton ss          4   1   2   0     0   0   .185
Russell ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Dwyer lf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .273
Smith rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .297      Hernandez 1b          4   1   1   1     0   0   .325
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .321      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .301
Garvey 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .333      Morales cf            3   0   0   1     0   1   .253
Baker lf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .351      Reitz 3b              3   1   2   1     0   0   .315
Monday cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .353      Mumphrey rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .130
Yeager c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Tyson 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .236
Sutton p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Urrea p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Phillips 2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .267

Totals               29   0   4   0     3   5             Totals               31   4   8   3     1   4

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 21,677
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Cardinals 6
DP: Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2
Errors: Smith
Doubles: Monday (4), Hernandez (8)
Home Runs: Reitz (3)
Stolen Bases: Lopes 4 (8), Russell (2), Templeton (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Morales (1)
GIDP: Monday (2), Baker (1)
Hit by Pitch: Baker (1,by Urrea), Russell (1,by Urrea), Reitz (3,by Sutton)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton L(2-2)           8     8   4   3   1   4   1  34   5.93
Totals                  8     8   4   3   1   4   1  34

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Urrea W(2-2)            7     3   0   0   3   4   0  28   3.67
Vuckovich SV(1)         2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.31
Totals                  9     4   0   0   3   5   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Sutton (1), Urrea 2 (2)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Russell grounded
out (first unassisted) [Lopes to third]; Smith popped to
shortstop; Cey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton flied out to center; Dwyer flied out to
right; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey walked; Baker was hit by a pitch [Garvey to
second]; Monday grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Garvey to third, Baker out at second]; Yeager lined
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Morales
struck out; Reitz was hit by a pitch; Mumphrey grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Sutton flied out to right; Lopes walked; Lopes
stole second; Russell was hit by a pitch; HP umpire Eric
Gregg called interference on himself when he bumped catcher Ted
Simmons as he threw on a steal attempt; both runners were sent
back to their bases; Smith struck out; Lopes stole third and
Russell stole second; Cey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson lined to left; Urrea grounded out
(shortstop to first); Templeton singled to pitcher; Templeton
stole second; Dwyer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey flied out to center; Baker grounded out
(pitcher to first); Monday struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez grounded out (first to pitcher);
Simmons struck out; Morales grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Yeager flied out to center; Sutton flied out to
center; Lopes singled to center; Lopes stole second; Russell
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Mumphrey
flied out to center; Tyson singled to shortstop; Urrea struck
out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Smith singled to right; Cey grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Smith to second]; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to
first); Baker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton grounded out (first unassisted); Dwyer
singled to center; Hernandez flied out to left; Simmons popped
to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Monday doubled to left; Yeager grounded out (second
to first) [Monday to third]; Sutton struck out; Lopes flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz
homered; Mumphrey struck out; Tyson grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

DODGERS 8TH: VUCKOVICH REPLACED TYSON (PITCHING); PHILLIPS
REPLACED URREA (PLAYING 2B); Russell popped to second; Smith
flied out to center; Cey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: Phillips flied out to right; Templeton singled to
center; Dwyer singled to center [Templeton to third]; Hernandez
doubled to right [Templeton scored, Dwyer scored (error by
Smith) (no RBI), Hernandez to third]; Simmons was walked
intentionally; Morales hit a sacrifice fly to left [Hernandez
scored (unearned), Simmons to second]; Reitz singled to third
[Simmons to third]; Mumphrey grounded out (pitcher to first); 3
R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 4.

DODGERS 9TH: Garvey singled to center; Baker grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Garvey out at second];
Monday grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 4.