The cellar-dwelling Cardinals scored one of their infrequent victories by beating the Dodgers, 6-1, behind the five-hit pitching of John Denny. The first Cardinal run came in the second inning when Jerry Morales got a two-out infield single, reached second on a throwing error by third baseman Ron Cey and scored on a single by Ken Reitz.

The Redbirds added another in the fourth on a walk to Ted Simmons, double by George Hendrick and single by Mike Tyson. Simmons belted a two-run homer in the seventh and Jerry Mumphrey singled home the Cards' final two markers in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Game Played on Thursday, July      13, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  5  1
Cardinals    0  1  0    1  0  0    2  2  x  -   6 12  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .296      Templeton ss          5   1   2   0     0   0   .242
Russell ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .274      Mumphrey lf           5   0   1   2     0   0   .249
Smith rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .298      Hernandez 1b          4   1   1   0     1   1   .274
Cey 3b                4   0   1   1     0   0   .265      Simmons c             3   2   1   2     1   0   .311
Garvey 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .297      Hendrick cf           3   0   2   0     1   0   .243
Baker lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Morales rf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .235
Monday cf             3   0   1   0     0   1   .282      Reitz 3b              3   0   1   1     1   0   .236
Ferguson c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .220      Tyson 2b              3   0   1   1     1   0   .247
John p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .114      Denny p               4   1   2   0     0   0   .167
  Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .364
  Rautzhan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  North ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .261

Totals               32   1   5   1     1   4             Totals               34   6  12   6     5   1

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 16,819
Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Cardinals 9
DP: Dodgers 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Cey, Denny
Doubles: Hendrick 2 (16)
Home Runs: Simmons (11)
GIDP: Baker (5), Mumphrey (8)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John L(10-7)            5     7   2   1   2   1   0  22   3.73
Hough                   2.2   5   4   4   3   0   1  16   2.83
Rautzhan                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.33
Totals                  8    12   6   5   5   1   1  39

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(8-6)            9     5   1   1   1   4   0  33   2.77
Totals                  9     5   1   1   1   4   0  33

Wild Pitches: Hough (4)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes was called out on strikes; Russell grounded
out (third to first); Smith flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (second to first);
Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Hernandez grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey grounded out (third to first); Garvey singled
to left; Baker grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Garvey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons popped to shortstop; Hendrick flied out
to left; Morales singled to third [Morales to second (error by
Cey)]; Reitz singled to right [Morales scored (unearned)]; Tyson
flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Monday was called out on strikes; Ferguson struck
out; John struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Denny singled to left; Templeton singled to third
[Denny to second]; Mumphrey grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Denny to third, Templeton out at
second]; Hernandez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Lopes lined to left; Russell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Smith reached on an error by Denny (assist
by Tyson) [Smith to first]; Cey popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons walked; Hendrick doubled to left [Simmons
to third]; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz was
walked intentionally; Tyson singled to left [Simmons scored,
Hendrick out at home (left to catcher), Reitz to third]; Denny
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey flied out to left; Baker grounded out (third
to first); Monday popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Hernandez singled to
center; Simmons forced Hernandez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Ferguson grounded out (third to first); DAVALILLO
BATTED FOR JOHN; Davalillo grounded out (third to first); Lopes
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: HOUGH REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); Hendrick
doubled to left; Morales grounded out (first unassisted)
[Hendrick to third]; Reitz flied out to right; Tyson was walked
intentionally; Denny flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Russell flied out to right; Smith grounded out
(second to first); Cey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Templeton flied out to center; Mumphrey flied out
to center; Hernandez walked; Simmons homered [Hernandez scored];
Hendrick walked; Morales forced Hendrick (shortstop to second);
2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 4.

DODGERS 8TH: Garvey grounded out (third to first); Baker popped
to second; Monday singled to right; Ferguson forced Monday
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: Reitz flied out to center; Tyson popped to third;
Denny singled to center; Templeton singled to left [Denny to
second]; Hough threw a wild pitch [Denny to third, Templeton to
second]; Mumphrey singled to left [Denny scored, Templeton
scored]; RAUTZHAN REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING); Hernandez flied out
to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 9TH: NORTH BATTED FOR RAUTZHAN; North grounded out
(pitcher to first); Lopes grounded out (third to first); Russell
singled to shortstop; Smith singled to center [Russell to
third]; Cey singled to third [Russell scored, Smith to second];
Garvey walked [Smith to third, Cey to second]; Baker forced
Garvey (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Cardinals 6.