The Cardinals completed the three-game sweep of their series against the Pirates, racking up a 6-5 victory on Ted Simmons' three hits and Mike Phillips' two-run triple. The Cards jumped on starter Bert Blyleven for three runs in the first on singles by Garry Templeton and Jerry Morales around a stolen base and doubles by Simmons and Keith Hernandez.

The Cards got three more in the third on a single by Simmons, walk to Ken Reitz, single by Jerry Mumphrey and Phillips' triple. Eric Rasmussen hurled the Cards' third straight complete game and Blyleven lost his first N.L. decision. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Game Played on Thursday, April 13, 1978 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Pirates 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 - 5 7 1 Cardinals 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 x - 6 11 1 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Taveras ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .250 Brock lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .308 Garner 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Dwyer lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Parker rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .174 Templeton ss 5 1 1 0 0 2 .250 B. Robinson lf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .333 Morales rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .240 Milner 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .125 Simmons c 4 2 3 1 0 0 .364 Stennett 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .118 Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .500 Ott c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .105 Reitz 3b 3 1 0 0 1 2 .273 Moreno cf 2 1 0 1 1 0 .176 Mumphrey cf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .333 Blyleven p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Phillips 2b 4 0 2 2 0 1 .400 Fregosi ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Rasmussen p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Bibby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 5 7 4 2 4 Totals 34 6 11 6 3 8 Time of Game: 2:00 Attendance: 12,351 Left on Base: Pirates 2, Cardinals 8 DP: Pirates 0, Cardinals 2 Errors: Ott, Mumphrey Doubles: Simmons 2 (4), Hernandez (4) Triples: Taveras (1), Phillips (1) Home Runs: B. Robinson (1) Stolen Bases: Moreno (2), B. Robinson (1), Templeton (2), Brock (2) Sacrifice Hits: Rasmussen (1) GIDP: Garner (1), Stennett (2) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven L(0-1) 6 8 6 6 2 6 0 28 5.54 Bibby 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 10 0.00 Totals 8 11 6 6 3 8 0 38 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rasmussen W(1-1) 9 7 5 3 2 4 1 34 4.85 Totals 9 7 5 3 2 4 1 34 Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey PIRATES 1ST: Taveras grounded out (third to first); Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Templeton singled to center; Templeton stole second [Templeton to third (error by Ott)]; Morales singled to center [Templeton scored]; Simmons doubled to right [Morales scored]; Hernandez doubled to left [Simmons scored]; Reitz struck out; Mumphrey grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 3. PIRATES 2ND: B. Robinson struck out; Milner grounded out (second to first); Stennett lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 2ND: Phillips struck out; Rasmussen was called out on strikes; Brock singled to center; Brock stole second; Templeton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 3. PIRATES 3RD: Ott popped to shortstop; Moreno walked; Moreno stole second; Blyleven struck out; Taveras tripled to left [Moreno scored]; Garner flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 3RD: Morales grounded out (pitcher to first); Simmons singled to left; Hernandez lined to center; Reitz walked [Simmons to second]; Mumphrey singled to center [Simmons scored, Reitz to third]; Phillips tripled to center [Reitz scored, Mumphrey scored]; Rasmussen grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Cardinals 6. PIRATES 4TH: Parker grounded out (second to first); B. Robinson homered; Milner flied out to center; Stennett popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 6. CARDINALS 4TH: Brock flied out to left; Templeton was called out on strikes; Morales flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 6. PIRATES 5TH: Ott grounded out (first unassisted); On a bunt Moreno grounded out (pitcher to first); Blyleven grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 6. CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons flied to right in foul territory; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Reitz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 6. PIRATES 6TH: On a bunt Taveras singled to first; Garner grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Taveras out at second]; Parker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 6. CARDINALS 6TH: Mumphrey walked; Phillips flied out to left; Rasmussen out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Mumphrey to second]; Brock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 6. PIRATES 7TH: DWYER REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); B. Robinson singled to left; B. Robinson stole second; Milner struck out; Stennett singled to shortstop [B. Robinson stayed at second]; Ott singled to center [B. Robinson scored, Stennett scored (error by Mumphrey) (unearned) (no RBI), Ott to third]; Moreno grounded out (second to first) [Ott scored (unearned)]; FREGOSI BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Fregosi singled to shortstop; Taveras flied out to center; 3 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 5, Cardinals 6. CARDINALS 7TH: BIBBY REPLACED FREGOSI (PITCHING); On a bunt Templeton grounded out (third to first); Morales grounded out (catcher to first); Simmons doubled to center; Hernandez was walked intentionally; Reitz forced Hernandez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 5, Cardinals 6. PIRATES 8TH: Garner grounded out (third to first); Parker grounded out (second to first); B. Robinson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Cardinals 6. CARDINALS 8TH: Mumphrey was called out on strikes; Phillips singled to center; On a bunt Rasmussen struck out; Dwyer singled to center [Phillips to second]; Templeton forced Dwyer (first to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 5, Cardinals 6. PIRATES 9TH: Milner walked; Stennett grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Milner out at second]; Ott flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Cardinals 6.

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