The cellar-dwelling Cardinals, getting two-hit pitching from John Denny, broke their 11-game losing streak with a 2-0 whitewashing of the Expos. Both Cardinal runs were unearned.

With two out and two on in the third inning, Expo third baseman Larry Parrish booted a grounder by Ken Reitz on what should have been the side-retiring out. Ted Simmons then bounced a grounder up the middle that drove in the Cardinal runs. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 2, Montreal Expos 0
Game Played on Wednesday, May       24, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  2
Cardinals    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  5  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .293      Templeton ss          4   1   0   0     0   0   .222
Speier ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Dwyer lf              3   1   2   0     0   0   .250
Carter c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .229      Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .248
Perez 1b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .236      Simmons c             4   0   1   2     0   0   .318
Valentine rf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Hernandez 1b          1   0   0   0     2   0   .297
Cromartie lf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Iorg rf               2   0   0   0     0   0   .185
Dawson cf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .259        Morales ph,rf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .210
Parrish 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Mumphrey cf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .179
Dues p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .125      Phillips 2b           3   0   2   0     0   1   .360
  Garrett ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Denny p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Schatzeder p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Unser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               26   0   2   0     1   3             Totals               27   2   5   2     2   4

Time of Game: 1:47   Attendance: 12,135
Left on Base: Expos 1, Cardinals 5
DP: Expos 1, Cardinals 2
Errors: Valentine, Parrish
Doubles: Phillips (2)
Caught Stealing: Cash (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Denny (3)
GIDP: Cromartie (4), Parrish (6), Mumphrey (6)
Hit by Pitch: Valentine (1,by Denny), Dwyer (1,by Dues)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dues L(0-2)             5     5   2   0   2   1   0  22   2.67
Schatzeder              3     0   0   0   0   3   0   9   3.12
Totals                  8     5   2   0   2   4   0  31

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(4-2)            9     2   0   0   1   3   0  28   2.96
Totals                  9     2   0   0   1   3   0  28

Hit by Pitch: Dues (1), Denny (2)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Joe West, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Nick Colosi


EXPOS 1ST: Cash grounded out (second to first); Speier grounded
out (shortstop to first); Carter flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first);
Dwyer singled to center; Reitz flied out to right; Simmons
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Perez struck out; Valentine was hit by a pitch;
Cromartie grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Valentine out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez walked; Iorg flied out to left;
Mumphrey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Hernandez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Dawson grounded out (third to first); Parrish
grounded out (second to first); Dues struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Phillips doubled to right [Phillips to third
(error by Valentine)]; Denny struck out; Templeton reached on a
fielder's choice [Phillips out at home (first to catcher to
third), Templeton to second]; Dwyer was hit by a pitch; Reitz
reached on an error by Parrish [Templeton to third, Dwyer to
second, Reitz to first]; Simmons singled to center [Templeton
scored (unearned), Dwyer scored (unearned), Reitz to third,
Simmons to second (on throw)]; Hernandez was walked
intentionally; Iorg grounded out (second to first); 2 R (0 ER),
2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Cash walked; Cash was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Speier grounded out (third to first); Carter
lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first);
Phillips singled to left; Denny out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher
to second) [Phillips to second]; Templeton flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 5TH: Perez grounded out (pitcher to first); Valentine
grounded out (third to first); Cromartie grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Dwyer singled to right [Dwyer out at second
(right to shortstop)]; Reitz flied out to left; Simmons grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals
2.

EXPOS 6TH: Dawson singled to right; Parrish grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Dawson out at
second]; GARRETT BATTED FOR DUES; Garrett was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: SCHATZEDER REPLACED GARRETT (PITCHING); Hernandez
lined to left; MORALES BATTED FOR IORG; Morales was called out
on strikes; Mumphrey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 7TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Cash grounded
out (pitcher to first); Speier grounded out (first unassisted);
Carter singled to shortstop; Perez flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Phillips struck out; Denny popped to first in
foul territory; Templeton popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 8TH: Valentine grounded out (second to first); Cromartie
flied out to left; Dawson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: Dwyer flied out to right; Reitz struck out;
Simmons popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 9TH: Parrish flied out to right; UNSER BATTED FOR
SCHATZEDER; Unser grounded out (pitcher to first); Cash grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals
2.