The cellar-dwelling Cardinals scored one of their infrequent victories by beating the Dodgers, 6-1, behind the five-hit pitching of John Denny. The first Cardinal run came in the second inning when Jerry Morales got a two-out infield single, reached second on a throwing error by third baseman Ron Cey and scored on a single by Ken Reitz.

The Redbirds added another in the fourth on a walk to Ted Simmons, double by George Hendrick and single by Mike Tyson. Simmons belted a two-run homer in the seventh and Jerry Mumphrey singled home the Cards' final two markers in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Game Played on Thursday, July 13, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 1 Cardinals 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 x - 6 12 1 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .296 Templeton ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .242 Russell ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .274 Mumphrey lf 5 0 1 2 0 0 .249 Smith rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .298 Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .274 Cey 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .265 Simmons c 3 2 1 2 1 0 .311 Garvey 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .297 Hendrick cf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .243 Baker lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Morales rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .235 Monday cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .282 Reitz 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .236 Ferguson c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Tyson 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .247 John p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .114 Denny p 4 1 2 0 0 0 .167 Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 North ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Totals 32 1 5 1 1 4 Totals 34 6 12 6 5 1 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 16,819 Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Cardinals 9 DP: Dodgers 1, Cardinals 1 Errors: Cey, Denny Doubles: Hendrick 2 (16) Home Runs: Simmons (11) GIDP: Baker (5), Mumphrey (8) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA John L(10-7) 5 7 2 1 2 1 0 22 3.73 Hough 2.2 5 4 4 3 0 1 16 2.83 Rautzhan 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.33 Totals 8 12 6 5 5 1 1 39 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny W(8-6) 9 5 1 1 1 4 0 33 2.77 Totals 9 5 1 1 1 4 0 33 Wild Pitches: Hough (4) Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey DODGERS 1ST: Lopes was called out on strikes; Russell grounded out (third to first); Smith flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (second to first); Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. DODGERS 2ND: Cey grounded out (third to first); Garvey singled to left; Baker grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garvey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons popped to shortstop; Hendrick flied out to left; Morales singled to third [Morales to second (error by Cey)]; Reitz singled to right [Morales scored (unearned)]; Tyson flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1. DODGERS 3RD: Monday was called out on strikes; Ferguson struck out; John struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Denny singled to left; Templeton singled to third [Denny to second]; Mumphrey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Denny to third, Templeton out at second]; Hernandez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1. DODGERS 4TH: Lopes lined to left; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith reached on an error by Denny (assist by Tyson) [Smith to first]; Cey popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons walked; Hendrick doubled to left [Simmons to third]; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz was walked intentionally; Tyson singled to left [Simmons scored, Hendrick out at home (left to catcher), Reitz to third]; Denny grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2. DODGERS 5TH: Garvey flied out to left; Baker grounded out (third to first); Monday popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Hernandez singled to center; Simmons forced Hernandez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2. DODGERS 6TH: Ferguson grounded out (third to first); DAVALILLO BATTED FOR JOHN; Davalillo grounded out (third to first); Lopes grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 6TH: HOUGH REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); Hendrick doubled to left; Morales grounded out (first unassisted) [Hendrick to third]; Reitz flied out to right; Tyson was walked intentionally; Denny flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2. DODGERS 7TH: Russell flied out to right; Smith grounded out (second to first); Cey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 7TH: Templeton flied out to center; Mumphrey flied out to center; Hernandez walked; Simmons homered [Hernandez scored]; Hendrick walked; Morales forced Hendrick (shortstop to second); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 4. DODGERS 8TH: Garvey grounded out (third to first); Baker popped to second; Monday singled to right; Ferguson forced Monday (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 8TH: Reitz flied out to center; Tyson popped to third; Denny singled to center; Templeton singled to left [Denny to second]; Hough threw a wild pitch [Denny to third, Templeton to second]; Mumphrey singled to left [Denny scored, Templeton scored]; RAUTZHAN REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING); Hernandez flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 6. DODGERS 9TH: NORTH BATTED FOR RAUTZHAN; North grounded out (pitcher to first); Lopes grounded out (third to first); Russell singled to shortstop; Smith singled to center [Russell to third]; Cey singled to third [Russell scored, Smith to second]; Garvey walked [Smith to third, Cey to second]; Baker forced Garvey (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 1, Cardinals 6.

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