Rallying from a 4-0 deficit, the Cardinals came back to edge the Dodgers, 6-5, as Mark Littell pitched spectacularly in relief to gain his first N. L. victory. The righthander blanked the Dodgers on two hits over the last six innings while striking out eight.

The Cards' winning run came in the sixth when Tony Scott and Mike Tyson singled and Lou Brock stroked a sacrifice fly to plate Scott. The Redbirds tied the game in the fifth on a two-run homer by Jerry Morales. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Game Played on Wednesday, May       10, 1978 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  2    1  2  1    0  0  0  -   6  9  1
Dodgers      4  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5 10  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              3   0   1   1     1   1   .289      Lopes 2b              4   1   2   0     1   0   .315
Templeton ss          5   1   1   1     0   0   .220      Russell ss            5   1   2   1     0   1   .267
Hernandez 1b          5   0   0   0     0   1   .312      Smith rf              3   1   1   1     1   1   .317
Simmons c             2   1   1   1     3   0   .313      Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   2   .300
Morales cf            4   1   1   2     1   1   .229      Garvey 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Monday cf             3   1   0   0     1   2   .365
Scott rf              3   2   2   0     1   0   .273      Lacy lf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .412
Tyson 2b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .274      Yeager c              3   0   2   2     0   1   .225
Denny p               1   1   1   0     0   0   .333        Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .182
  Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Rhoden p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .188
  Littell p           2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Castillo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Oates ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .500
                                                            Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .600
                                                            Baker ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .324

Totals               34   6   9   6     6   3             Totals               34   5  10   5     4  10

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 34,851
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Dodgers 6
DP: Cardinals 2, Dodgers 0
Errors: Scott
Doubles: Templeton (8), Denny (1), Tyson (4), Lopes (7), Smith (11), Lacy (1)
Home Runs: Morales (2)
Caught Stealing: Brock (1), Russell (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Brock (1)
GIDP: Russell (7), Lopes (3)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny                   3     8   5   5   3   2   0  19   2.75
Littell W(1-2)          6     2   0   0   1   8   0  19   1.78
Totals                  9    10   5   5   4  10   0  38

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rhoden L(4-1)           5.1   9   6   6   2   3   1  27   2.76
Castillo                0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.27
Hough                   3     0   0   0   4   0   0  12   4.91
Totals                  9     9   6   6   6   3   1  41

Wild Pitches: Hough (2)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Jerry Dale


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Templeton doubled to left;
Hernandez grounded out (second to first) [Templeton to third];
Simmons walked; Morales was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes doubled to left; Russell singled to center
[Lopes scored]; Smith doubled to left [Russell scored]; Cey
flied out to right; Garvey grounded out (third to first); Monday
walked; Lacy singled to left [Smith scored, Monday to second];
Yeager singled to right [Monday scored, Lacy to third (error by
Scott), Yeager to second]; Rhoden grounded out (shortstop to
first); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 4.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz popped to second; Scott grounded out
(second to first); Tyson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 2ND: Lopes walked; Russell grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Lopes out at second]; Smith walked; Cey
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 4.

CARDINALS 3RD: Denny doubled to left; Brock singled to left
[Denny to third]; Templeton forced Brock (second to shortstop)
[Denny scored]; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted)
[Templeton to second]; Simmons singled to left [Templeton
scored]; Morales forced Simmons (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 3RD: Garvey flied out to left; Monday was called out on
strikes; Lacy doubled to left; Yeager singled to left [Lacy
scored]; Rhoden singled to left [Yeager to second]; Lopes flied
out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Dodgers 5.

CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz popped to third; Scott singled to center;
Tyson doubled to center [Scott scored]; DWYER BATTED FOR DENNY;
Dwyer lined to second; Brock grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 4TH: LITTELL REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Russell flied to
left in foul territory; Smith flied out to right; Cey was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Dodgers 5.

CARDINALS 5TH: Templeton flied out to center; Hernandez struck
out; Simmons walked; Morales homered [Simmons scored]; Reitz
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
5, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey struck out; Monday struck out; Lacy flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Dodgers 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Scott singled to second; Tyson singled to left
[Scott to third, Tyson to second (on throw to 3b)]; Littell
grounded out (first unassisted); CASTILLO REPLACED RHODEN
(PITCHING); Brock hit a sacrifice fly to left [Scott scored];
Templeton popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
6, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 6TH: Yeager struck out; OATES BATTED FOR CASTILLO; Oates
walked; Lopes grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Oates out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6,
Dodgers 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED OATES (PITCHING); Hernandez flied
out to right; Simmons walked; Morales walked [Simmons to
second]; Hough threw a wild pitch [Simmons to third, Morales to
second]; Reitz popped to catcher in foul territory; Scott
walked; Tyson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Cardinals 6, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 7TH: Russell singled to shortstop; Russell was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Smith struck out; Cey
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
6, Dodgers 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: Littell popped to first; Brock walked; Brock was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Templeton flied
to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6,
Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 8TH: Garvey lined to left; Monday popped to second; Lacy
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
6, Dodgers 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: Hernandez flied out to left; Simmons flied out to
left; Morales flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 6, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 9TH: DAVALILLO BATTED FOR YEAGER; Davalillo struck out;
BAKER BATTED FOR HOUGH; Baker struck out; Lopes singled to
center; Russell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6,
Dodgers 5.