With John Urrea and Pete Vuckovich combining on a four-hitter, the Cardinals prevailed over the Dodgers, 4-0, hading L.A. its second successive whitewash. Ken Reitz broke the scoreless tie with a seventh-inning homer and the Cards added three runs in the eighth on singles by Garry Templeton and Jim Dwyer, a double by Keith Hernandez and sacrifice fly by Jerry Morales.

Steve Garvey extended his hitting streak to 20 games with a ninth-inning single for the Dodgers. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

Game Played on Sunday, April 30, 1978 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 x - 4 8 0 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .312 Templeton ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .185 Russell ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Dwyer lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .273 Smith rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .297 Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .325 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .321 Simmons c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .301 Garvey 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Morales cf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .253 Baker lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .351 Reitz 3b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .315 Monday cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .353 Mumphrey rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .130 Yeager c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Sutton p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Urrea p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Phillips 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Totals 29 0 4 0 3 5 Totals 31 4 8 3 1 4 Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 21,677 Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Cardinals 6 DP: Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2 Errors: Smith Doubles: Monday (4), Hernandez (8) Home Runs: Reitz (3) Stolen Bases: Lopes 4 (8), Russell (2), Templeton (3) Sacrifice Flies: Morales (1) GIDP: Monday (2), Baker (1) Hit by Pitch: Baker (1,by Urrea), Russell (1,by Urrea), Reitz (3,by Sutton) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sutton L(2-2) 8 8 4 3 1 4 1 34 5.93 Totals 8 8 4 3 1 4 1 34 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Urrea W(2-2) 7 3 0 0 3 4 0 28 3.67 Vuckovich SV(1) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.31 Totals 9 4 0 0 3 5 0 34 Hit by Pitch: Sutton (1), Urrea 2 (2) Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Russell grounded out (first unassisted) [Lopes to third]; Smith popped to shortstop; Cey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton flied out to center; Dwyer flied out to right; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. DODGERS 2ND: Garvey walked; Baker was hit by a pitch [Garvey to second]; Monday grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Garvey to third, Baker out at second]; Yeager lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Morales struck out; Reitz was hit by a pitch; Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. DODGERS 3RD: Sutton flied out to right; Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Russell was hit by a pitch; HP umpire Eric Gregg called interference on himself when he bumped catcher Ted Simmons as he threw on a steal attempt; both runners were sent back to their bases; Smith struck out; Lopes stole third and Russell stole second; Cey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson lined to left; Urrea grounded out (shortstop to first); Templeton singled to pitcher; Templeton stole second; Dwyer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. DODGERS 4TH: Garvey flied out to center; Baker grounded out (pitcher to first); Monday struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez grounded out (first to pitcher); Simmons struck out; Morales grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. DODGERS 5TH: Yeager flied out to center; Sutton flied out to center; Lopes singled to center; Lopes stole second; Russell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Mumphrey flied out to center; Tyson singled to shortstop; Urrea struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. DODGERS 6TH: Smith singled to right; Cey grounded out (pitcher to first) [Smith to second]; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton grounded out (first unassisted); Dwyer singled to center; Hernandez flied out to left; Simmons popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. DODGERS 7TH: Monday doubled to left; Yeager grounded out (second to first) [Monday to third]; Sutton struck out; Lopes flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz homered; Mumphrey struck out; Tyson grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1. DODGERS 8TH: VUCKOVICH REPLACED TYSON (PITCHING); PHILLIPS REPLACED URREA (PLAYING 2B); Russell popped to second; Smith flied out to center; Cey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: Phillips flied out to right; Templeton singled to center; Dwyer singled to center [Templeton to third]; Hernandez doubled to right [Templeton scored, Dwyer scored (error by Smith) (no RBI), Hernandez to third]; Simmons was walked intentionally; Morales hit a sacrifice fly to left [Hernandez scored (unearned), Simmons to second]; Reitz singled to third [Simmons to third]; Mumphrey grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 4. DODGERS 9TH: Garvey singled to center; Baker grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Garvey out at second]; Monday grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 4.

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