The slumping Cardinals were shut out by Dave Roberts, 6-0, and suffered their 13th defeat in the last 14 games while the Cubs racked up their sixth consecutive victory. Roberts beat the Cardinals for the second time this year and for third time over two seasons, accounting for all his victories with the Cubs since being obtained in a deal with the Tigers July 30, 1977. Dave Rader, Roberts' batterymate, drove in four of the Cubs' runs with a single and triple. [The Sporting News]

Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 0

Game Played on Friday, May 26, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Cubs 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 - 6 10 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 .252 Templeton ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .218 Clines rf,lf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .279 Dwyer lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Buckner 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .339 Morales rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Kingman lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .246 Simmons c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .318 Wallis cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Freed 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Trillo 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .281 Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Murcer cf,rf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .257 Mumphrey cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Ontiveros 3b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .164 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rader c 4 1 2 4 0 0 .242 Iorg ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Roberts p 2 0 2 1 1 0 .500 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .280 Falcone p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Scott cf 2 0 2 0 0 0 .234 Totals 34 6 10 6 5 5 Totals 32 0 7 0 0 0 Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 20,068 Left on Base: Cubs 7, Cardinals 5 DP: Cubs 2, Cardinals 1 Doubles: Murcer (6), Roberts (1) Triples: Rader (2) Sacrifice Hits: Roberts (1) GIDP: Morales (5), Dwyer (1) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Roberts W(2-0) 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 32 2.13 Totals 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 32 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Falcone L(0-3) 5.1 7 5 5 3 2 0 25 6.67 Hamilton 1.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 7 6.43 Littell 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 8 3.11 Totals 9 10 6 6 5 5 0 40 Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Jerry Dale, 3B - John McSherry CUBS 1ST: De Jesus popped to second; Clines struck out (catcher to first); Buckner singled to right; Kingman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Dwyer singled to right; Morales grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Dwyer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Cardinals 0. CUBS 2ND: Trillo grounded out (third to first); Murcer flied out to center; Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (third to first); Freed flied out to left; Reitz singled to center; Mumphrey forced Reitz (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Cardinals 0. CUBS 3RD: Rader popped to third in foul territory; Roberts walked; De Jesus lined to left; Clines grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson grounded out (third to first); Falcone grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Cardinals 0. CUBS 4TH: Buckner lined to center; Kingman singled to left; Trillo singled to center [Kingman to second]; Murcer doubled to right [Kingman scored, Trillo to third]; Ontiveros was walked intentionally; Rader singled to center [Trillo scored, Murcer scored, Ontiveros out at third (center to first to third)]; Roberts singled to pitcher [Rader to second]; De Jesus flied out to center; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Dwyer grounded out (first to pitcher); Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Cardinals 0. CUBS 5TH: Clines grounded out (third to first); Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Freed flied out to left; Reitz popped to first in foul territory; Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Cardinals 0. CUBS 6TH: Trillo flied out to center; Murcer singled to right; Ontiveros walked [Murcer to second]; HAMILTON REPLACED MUMPHREY (PITCHING); SCOTT REPLACED FALCONE (PLAYING CF); Rader tripled to right [Murcer scored, Ontiveros scored]; Roberts out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Rader scored]; suicide squeeze; De Jesus walked; Clines flied out to right; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 6, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Tyson flied out to center; Scott singled to third; Templeton singled to shortstop [Scott to second]; Dwyer lined to left [Scott to third]; Morales grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 6, Cardinals 0. CUBS 7TH: Buckner singled to center; Kingman struck out; Trillo lined into a double play (second to first) [Buckner out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 6, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 7TH: WALLIS REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING CF); CLINES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MURCER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Simmons singled to center; Freed flied out to center; Reitz popped to second; IORG BATTED FOR HAMILTON; Iorg grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 6, Cardinals 0. CUBS 8TH: LITTELL REPLACED IORG (PITCHING); Murcer struck out; Ontiveros flied out to right; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 6, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 8TH: Tyson singled to shortstop; Scott singled to center [Tyson to second]; Templeton forced Scott (second to shortstop) [Tyson to third]; Dwyer grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Templeton out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 6, Cardinals 0. CUBS 9TH: Roberts doubled to right; De Jesus struck out; Clines walked; Buckner flied out to left; Wallis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 6, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 9TH: Morales flied out to left; Simmons popped to first in foul territory; Freed grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 6, Cardinals 0.

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