Although held to two hits, the Cardinals took advantage of a wild pitch by Burt Hooton to defeat the Dodgers, 1-0, and provide Ken Boyer with a victory in his debut as their new manager. Keith Hernandez singled in the seventh inning and took second when a pitch by Hooton skipped past catcher Steve Yeager.

After Ted Simmons grounded out, sending Hernandez to third, the Dodgers walked Jerry Morales intentionally, hoping to set up a double play, but Ken Reitz foiled the move with a sacrifice fly. Eric Rasmussen shut out the Dodgers on four hits. The fast game took only one hour, 33 minutes. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

Game Played on Saturday, April 29, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x - 1 2 0 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .307 Brock lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .320 Russell ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .247 Templeton ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .170 Smith rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .300 Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .329 Burke pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Simmons c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .314 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .338 Morales cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .263 Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Reitz 3b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .300 Baker lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .366 Mumphrey rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .143 Monday cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .359 Tyson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Yeager c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Rasmussen p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Hooton p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Garman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 0 4 0 2 2 Totals 25 1 2 1 2 3 Time of Game: 1:33 Attendance: 20,596 Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Cardinals 3 DP: Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1 Doubles: Simmons (9) Sacrifice Flies: Reitz (1) GIDP: Garvey (3) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hooton L(1-3) 7 2 1 1 2 3 0 25 3.28 Garman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.52 Totals 8 2 1 1 2 3 0 28 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rasmussen W(2-2) 9 4 0 0 2 2 0 32 3.25 Totals 9 4 0 0 2 2 0 32 Wild Pitches: Hooton (1) Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Eric Gregg, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello DODGERS 1ST: Ken Boyer new Cardinals manager; Lopes grounded out (first unassisted); Russell grounded out (third to first); Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock lined to left; Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. DODGERS 2ND: Cey struck out; Garvey grounded out (pitcher to first); Baker flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); Morales grounded out (third to first); Reitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. DODGERS 3RD: Monday flied out to center; Yeager flied out to left; Hooton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Mumphrey struck out; Tyson flied out to center; Rasmussen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. DODGERS 4TH: Lopes lined to left; Russell singled to left; Smith flied out to center; Cey flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Templeton flied out to center; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. DODGERS 5TH: Garvey singled to left; Baker grounded out (pitcher to first) [Garvey to second]; Monday struck out; Yeager popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons doubled to right; Morales flied out to right; Reitz flied out to left; Mumphrey walked; Tyson forced Mumphrey (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. DODGERS 6TH: Hooton grounded out (third to first); Lopes flied out to center; Russell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Rasmussen grounded out (third to first); Brock grounded out (second to first); Templeton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. DODGERS 7TH: Smith walked; Cey flied out to right; Garvey popped to shortstop; Baker walked [Smith to second]; Monday flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Hernandez singled to left; Hooton threw a wild pitch [Hernandez to second]; Simmons grounded out (second to first) [Hernandez to third]; Morales was walked intentionally; Reitz hit a sacrifice fly to center [Hernandez scored]; Mumphrey popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1. DODGERS 8TH: Yeager flied out to right; DAVALILLO BATTED FOR HOOTON; Davalillo grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes singled to center; Russell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: GARMAN REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); Tyson popped to second; Rasmussen grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1. DODGERS 9TH: Smith singled to right; BURKE RAN FOR SMITH; Cey flied out to center; Garvey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Burke out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

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