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Saturday May 6, 1978
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The Cardinals brought their record to 4-3 under new manager Ken Boyer, with all four victories coming via the shutout route, when John Denny pitched a two-hitter to beat the Padres, 1-0. Mike Tyson singled with one out in the seventh inning and Denny sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Lou Brock, Garry Templeton singled to decide Denny's duel with Gaylord Perry, who was the loser on a seven-hitter. [The Sporting News]


St. Louis Cardinals 1, San Diego Padres 0

Game Played on Saturday, May 6, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  1
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   1  7  2


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .213      Brock lf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .290
Smith ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .305      Templeton ss          4   0   2   1     0   0   .204
Gamble rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Hernandez 1b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .337
Winfield cf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .275      Simmons c             2   0   0   0     2   0   .300
Tenace 1b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .176      Morales cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .216
Sweet c               2   0   0   0     1   1   .179      Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .275
Almon 3b              2   0   0   0     1   2   .318      Mumphrey rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .148
Thomas 2b             2   0   1   0     0   0   .247      Tyson 2b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .282
  Champion 2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Denny p               2   0   1   0     0   0   .294
Perry p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   2   0     2   6             Totals               29   1   7   1     3   3

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 13,534
Left on Base: Padres 4, Cardinals 8
DP: Padres 2, Cardinals 0
Errors: Thomas, Templeton, Reitz
Doubles: Winfield (4), Hernandez (11)
Stolen Bases: Tenace (2)
Caught Stealing: Winfield (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Denny (1)
GIDP: Mumphrey (2), Morales (4)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(2-1)            7     7   1   1   3   3   0  30   2.17
Lee                     1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.00
Totals                  8     7   1   1   3   3   0  33

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(3-1)            9     2   0   0   2   6   0  31   2.01
Totals                  9     2   0   0   2   6   0  31

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


PADRES 1ST: Richards struck out; Smith grounded out (first
unassisted); Gamble grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (first to pitcher); Templeton
grounded out (third to first); Hernandez singled to right;
Simmons walked [Hernandez to second]; Morales struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield doubled to left; Tenace flied out to center
[Winfield to third]; Sweet struck out; Almon walked; Winfield
was caught stealing home (catcher to shortstop to catcher)
[Almon to second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz singled to right; Mumphrey grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Reitz out at
second]; Tyson reached on an error by Thomas [Tyson to first];
Denny popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Cardinals 0.

PADRES 3RD: Thomas flied out to left; Perry grounded out
(pitcher to first); Richards grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock struck out; Templeton singled to left;
Hernandez doubled to right [Templeton to third]; Simmons was
walked intentionally; Morales grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Simmons out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 4TH: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Gamble
popped to shortstop; Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey
grounded out (first unassisted); Tyson popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 5TH: Tenace struck out; Sweet grounded out (first
unassisted); Almon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Denny singled to right; Brock forced Denny (first
to shortstop); Templeton grounded out (pitcher to first) [Brock
to second]; Hernandez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 6TH: Thomas singled to center; Perry popped to first in
foul territory; Richards grounded out (second to first) [Thomas
to second]; Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons flied out to left; Morales popped to
pitcher; Reitz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Cardinals 0.

PADRES 7TH: Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first); Winfield
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Tenace reached on
an error by Reitz [Tenace to first]; Tenace stole second [Tenace
to third (error by Templeton)]; Sweet walked; Almon struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: CHAMPION REPLACED THOMAS (PLAYING 2B); Mumphrey
grounded out (second to first); Tyson singled to center; Denny
out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Tyson to second];
Brock was walked intentionally; Templeton singled to center
[Tyson scored, Brock to second]; Hernandez grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 8TH: Champion grounded out (first to pitcher); TURNER
BATTED FOR PERRY; Turner grounded out (second to first);
Richards grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: LEE REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); Simmons grounded
out (third to first); Morales popped to shortstop; Reitz lined
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 9TH: Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); Gamble flied
out to center; Winfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Cardinals 1.



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