The cellar-dwelling Cardinals, getting two-hit pitching from John Denny, broke their 11-game losing streak with a 2-0 whitewashing of the Expos. Both Cardinal runs were unearned.

With two out and two on in the third inning, Expo third baseman Larry Parrish booted a grounder by Ken Reitz on what should have been the side-retiring out. Ted Simmons then bounced a grounder up the middle that drove in the Cardinal runs. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 2, Montreal Expos 0

Game Played on Wednesday, May 24, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Expos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 2 Cardinals 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2 5 0 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cash 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .293 Templeton ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 .222 Speier ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Dwyer lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .250 Carter c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .248 Perez 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Simmons c 4 0 1 2 0 0 .318 Valentine rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Hernandez 1b 1 0 0 0 2 0 .297 Cromartie lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Iorg rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Dawson cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Morales ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .210 Parrish 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Mumphrey cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Dues p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Phillips 2b 3 0 2 0 0 1 .360 Garrett ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Denny p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Unser ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Totals 26 0 2 0 1 3 Totals 27 2 5 2 2 4 Time of Game: 1:47 Attendance: 12,135 Left on Base: Expos 1, Cardinals 5 DP: Expos 1, Cardinals 2 Errors: Valentine, Parrish Doubles: Phillips (2) Caught Stealing: Cash (3) Sacrifice Hits: Denny (3) GIDP: Cromartie (4), Parrish (6), Mumphrey (6) Hit by Pitch: Valentine (1,by Denny), Dwyer (1,by Dues) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dues L(0-2) 5 5 2 0 2 1 0 22 2.67 Schatzeder 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 3.12 Totals 8 5 2 0 2 4 0 31 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny W(4-2) 9 2 0 0 1 3 0 28 2.96 Totals 9 2 0 0 1 3 0 28 Hit by Pitch: Dues (1), Denny (2) Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Joe West, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Nick Colosi EXPOS 1ST: Cash grounded out (second to first); Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Carter flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Dwyer singled to center; Reitz flied out to right; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 2ND: Perez struck out; Valentine was hit by a pitch; Cromartie grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Valentine out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez walked; Iorg flied out to left; Mumphrey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hernandez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 3RD: Dawson grounded out (third to first); Parrish grounded out (second to first); Dues struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Phillips doubled to right [Phillips to third (error by Valentine)]; Denny struck out; Templeton reached on a fielder's choice [Phillips out at home (first to catcher to third), Templeton to second]; Dwyer was hit by a pitch; Reitz reached on an error by Parrish [Templeton to third, Dwyer to second, Reitz to first]; Simmons singled to center [Templeton scored (unearned), Dwyer scored (unearned), Reitz to third, Simmons to second (on throw)]; Hernandez was walked intentionally; Iorg grounded out (second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 2. EXPOS 4TH: Cash walked; Cash was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Speier grounded out (third to first); Carter lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 4TH: Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Phillips singled to left; Denny out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Phillips to second]; Templeton flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 2. EXPOS 5TH: Perez grounded out (pitcher to first); Valentine grounded out (third to first); Cromartie grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Dwyer singled to right [Dwyer out at second (right to shortstop)]; Reitz flied out to left; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 2. EXPOS 6TH: Dawson singled to right; Parrish grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Dawson out at second]; GARRETT BATTED FOR DUES; Garrett was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 6TH: SCHATZEDER REPLACED GARRETT (PITCHING); Hernandez lined to left; MORALES BATTED FOR IORG; Morales was called out on strikes; Mumphrey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 2. EXPOS 7TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); Speier grounded out (first unassisted); Carter singled to shortstop; Perez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 7TH: Phillips struck out; Denny popped to first in foul territory; Templeton popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 2. EXPOS 8TH: Valentine grounded out (second to first); Cromartie flied out to left; Dawson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 8TH: Dwyer flied out to right; Reitz struck out; Simmons popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 2. EXPOS 9TH: Parrish flied out to right; UNSER BATTED FOR SCHATZEDER; Unser grounded out (pitcher to first); Cash grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 2.

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