The Cardinals brought their record to 4-3 under new manager Ken Boyer, with all four victories coming via the shutout route, when John Denny pitched a two-hitter to beat the Padres, 1-0. Mike Tyson singled with one out in the seventh inning and Denny sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Lou Brock, Garry Templeton singled to decide Denny's duel with Gaylord Perry, who was the loser on a seven-hitter. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 1, San Diego Padres 0

Game Played on Saturday, May 6, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Padres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x - 1 7 2 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Brock lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .290 Smith ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .305 Templeton ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .204 Gamble rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .337 Winfield cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .275 Simmons c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .300 Tenace 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .176 Morales cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .216 Sweet c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .179 Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .275 Almon 3b 2 0 0 0 1 2 .318 Mumphrey rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .148 Thomas 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .247 Tyson 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .282 Champion 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Denny p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .294 Perry p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Turner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 0 2 0 2 6 Totals 29 1 7 1 3 3 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 13,534 Left on Base: Padres 4, Cardinals 8 DP: Padres 2, Cardinals 0 Errors: Thomas, Templeton, Reitz Doubles: Winfield (4), Hernandez (11) Stolen Bases: Tenace (2) Caught Stealing: Winfield (2) Sacrifice Hits: Denny (1) GIDP: Mumphrey (2), Morales (4) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry L(2-1) 7 7 1 1 3 3 0 30 2.17 Lee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.00 Totals 8 7 1 1 3 3 0 33 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny W(3-1) 9 2 0 0 2 6 0 31 2.01 Totals 9 2 0 0 2 6 0 31 Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt PADRES 1ST: Richards struck out; Smith grounded out (first unassisted); Gamble grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (first to pitcher); Templeton grounded out (third to first); Hernandez singled to right; Simmons walked [Hernandez to second]; Morales struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. PADRES 2ND: Winfield doubled to left; Tenace flied out to center [Winfield to third]; Sweet struck out; Almon walked; Winfield was caught stealing home (catcher to shortstop to catcher) [Almon to second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz singled to right; Mumphrey grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Reitz out at second]; Tyson reached on an error by Thomas [Tyson to first]; Denny popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. PADRES 3RD: Thomas flied out to left; Perry grounded out (pitcher to first); Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock struck out; Templeton singled to left; Hernandez doubled to right [Templeton to third]; Simmons was walked intentionally; Morales grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Simmons out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. PADRES 4TH: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Gamble popped to shortstop; Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey grounded out (first unassisted); Tyson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. PADRES 5TH: Tenace struck out; Sweet grounded out (first unassisted); Almon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Denny singled to right; Brock forced Denny (first to shortstop); Templeton grounded out (pitcher to first) [Brock to second]; Hernandez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. PADRES 6TH: Thomas singled to center; Perry popped to first in foul territory; Richards grounded out (second to first) [Thomas to second]; Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons flied out to left; Morales popped to pitcher; Reitz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. PADRES 7TH: Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first); Winfield grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Tenace reached on an error by Reitz [Tenace to first]; Tenace stole second [Tenace to third (error by Templeton)]; Sweet walked; Almon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 7TH: CHAMPION REPLACED THOMAS (PLAYING 2B); Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); Tyson singled to center; Denny out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Tyson to second]; Brock was walked intentionally; Templeton singled to center [Tyson scored, Brock to second]; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 1. PADRES 8TH: Champion grounded out (first to pitcher); TURNER BATTED FOR PERRY; Turner grounded out (second to first); Richards grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: LEE REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); Simmons grounded out (third to first); Morales popped to shortstop; Reitz lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 1. PADRES 9TH: Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); Gamble flied out to center; Winfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

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