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Game Log for 1978
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIL Apr 09 W, 13-5 vs Orioles Start 8.0 8 37 5 4 0 5 0 0 4.50 W (1-0) MIL Apr 14 L, 5-6 at Orioles Start 6.2 7 30 6 5 0 2 1 6 5.52 L (1-1) MIL Apr 18 L, 6-7 at Red Sox Start 5.1 8 27 5 3 0 3 0 2 5.40 MIL Apr 23 W, 3-2 at Yankees Start 8.0 5 30 2 2 1 1 0 2 4.50 W (2-1) MIL Apr 28 L, 6-7 at Royals Start 6.0 7 27 3 3 0 2 0 3 4.50 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIL May 02 L, 3-5 vs White Sox Start 8.2 11 38 5 5 2 1 0 3 4.64 L (2-2) MIL May 06 W, 4-3 vs Royals Start 1 9.0 11 35 3 3 1 2 0 3 4.35 W (3-2) MIL May 10 L, 3-4 vs Rangers Start 2 9.0 5 35 4 4 1 4 0 4 4.30 L (3-3) MIL May 16 W, 4-3 at Rangers Start 3 9.0 7 37 3 3 0 3 0 3 4.13 W (4-3) MIL May 21 W, 2-1 vs Angels Start 4 9.0 5 34 1 1 1 2 1 4 3.78 W (5-3) MIL May 27 W, 4-2 at Angels Start 5 9.0 8 35 2 2 0 1 0 2 3.59 W (6-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIL Jun 01 L, 3-4 at Tigers Start 6 8.0 9 32 4 4 0 0 0 1 3.67 L (6-4) MIL Jun 06 W, 5-1 vs Tigers Start 7 9.0 9 33 1 1 0 0 0 4 3.44 W (7-4) MIL Jun 11 (1) W, 2-1 vs Blue Jays Start 8 9.0 5 31 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.25 W (8-4) MIL Jun 16 W, 8-6 at Indians Start 8.0 7 33 6 6 2 2 0 0 3.48 MIL Jun 21 W, 5-3 vs Orioles Start 7.1 8 29 3 3 0 0 0 2 3.49 W (9-4) MIL Jun 26 W, 8-2 vs Twins Start 9 9.0 9 39 2 2 0 4 0 1 3.39 W (10-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIL Jul 01 W, 4-0 at Mariners Start 10 1 9.0 7 33 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.18 W (11-4) MIL Jul 05 L, 1-3 at Twins Start 11 8.0 11 36 3 3 0 1 0 1 3.19 L (11-5) MIL Jul 15 W, 3-1 vs White Sox Start 12 9.0 5 32 1 1 1 0 0 1 3.07 W (12-5) MIL Jul 19 L, 2-8 vs Red Sox Start 7.1 9 30 6 5 0 0 0 1 3.20 L (12-6) MIL Jul 24 L, 1-5 at White Sox Start 7.0 10 32 4 4 0 0 1 1 3.28 L (12-7) MIL Jul 29 L, 3-4 at Blue Jays Start 6.1 8 28 4 2 1 0 0 2 3.27 L (12-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIL Aug 02 W, 5-3 at Orioles Finish 1 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.25 MIL Aug 04 W, 6-2 vs Red Sox Start 13 9.0 6 34 2 2 0 2 0 2 3.20 W (13-8) MIL Aug 09 L, 7-8 at Yankees Start 7.0 7 30 3 3 1 2 0 2 3.22 MIL Aug 14 W, 4-3 at Red Sox Start 8.0 13 38 3 2 0 2 0 3 3.18 W (14-8) MIL Aug 18 W, 2-0 vs Tigers Start 14 2 9.0 8 35 0 0 0 2 0 2 3.05 W (15-8) MIL Aug 23 W, 9-4 vs Indians Start 4.1 10 22 4 4 1 0 0 0 3.15 MIL Aug 27 L, 2-4 at Tigers Start 15 8.0 7 33 4 4 0 1 1 3 3.20 L (15-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIL Sep 01 L, 4-5 vs Rangers Start 16 9.0 10 38 5 5 1 1 0 3 3.27 L (15-10) MIL Sep 06 W, 7-0 at Blue Jays Start 17 3 9.0 4 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.15 W (16-10) MIL Sep 11 W, 5-3 at Mariners Start 7.0 8 30 3 3 0 1 0 2 3.17 W (17-10) MIL Sep 16 L, 2-5 vs Twins Start 3.2 7 19 5 3 0 0 0 1 3.23 L (17-11) MIL Sep 20 W, 5-4 at Royals Start 6.1 9 29 4 4 0 1 0 2 3.29 MIL Sep 26 L, 3-4 at Angels Start 9.0 8 36 4 3 1 0 0 2 3.28 L (17-12) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIL Oct 01 W, 9-0 at A's Start 6.0 1 20 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.21 W (18-12)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      18  12   3.21   36  36  17   0   0   3  280.0  277  1148  111  100  14   46   4   78   21-15  4.53 runs/start
As closer        0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   1   0    0.2    0     2    0    0   0    0   0    0    1-0 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              602   66  167  221  23   2   9   60  10   3   27   4   0   41   8  .277  .367  .309  .676
vs RHB              469   39  110  141  10   3   5   34   2   5   19   0   5   37  10  .235  .301  .269  .569

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            10   5   3.06   16  16  10   0   0   1  129.1  126   521   48   44   8   23   1   36   11-5   4.56 runs/start
Road             8   7   3.33   21  20   7   1   1   2  151.1  151   629   63   56   6   23   3   42   11-10  4.50 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              6   3   2.99   10  10   4   0   0   0   75.1   65   305   31   25   4   17   3   27    6-4   4.90 runs/start
Night           12   9   3.29   27  26  13   1   1   3  205.1  212   845   80   75  10   29   1   51   16-11  4.38 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            2   1   4.50    5   5   0   0   0   0   34.0   35   151   21   17   1   13   1   13    2-3   6.60 runs/start
May              4   2   3.02    6   6   5   0   0   0   53.2   47   214   18   18   5   13   1   19    4-2   3.33 runs/start
June             4   1   3.04    6   6   4   0   0   0   50.1   47   197   17   17   2    6   0   13    5-1   5.17 runs/start
July             2   4   2.89    6   6   3   0   0   1   46.2   50   191   18   15   2    1   1   10    2-4   2.33 runs/start
August           3   1   2.93    7   6   3   1   1   1   46.0   51   194   16   15   2    9   1   12    5-2   5.00 runs/start
September        2   3   3.68    6   6   2   0   0   1   44.0   46   183   21   18   2    3   0   11    3-3   4.33 runs/start
October          1   0   0.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    1    20    0    0   0    1   0    0    1-0   9.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           2   1   2.00    3   3   2   0   0   0   27.0   21   105    7    6   2    3   1    8    2-1   3.00 runs/start
A's              1   0   0.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    1    20    0    0   0    1   0    0    1-0   9.00 runs/start
Blue Jays        2   1   1.11    3   3   2   0   0   1   24.1   17    90    5    3   1    0   0    8    2-1   4.00 runs/start
Indians          0   0   7.30    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.1   17    55   10   10   3    2   0    0    2-0   8.50 runs/start
Mariners         2   0   1.69    2   2   1   0   0   1   16.0   15    63    3    3   0    1   0    6    2-0   4.50 runs/start
Orioles          2   1   4.76    4   3   0   1   1   0   22.2   23    98   14   12   0    7   1    8    3-1   7.67 runs/start
Rangers          1   2   4.00    3   3   3   0   0   0   27.0   22   110   12   12   2    8   0   10    1-2   3.67 runs/start
Red Sox          2   1   3.64    4   4   1   0   0   0   29.2   36   129   16   12   0    7   0    8    2-2   4.50 runs/start
Royals           1   0   4.22    3   3   1   0   0   0   21.1   27    91   10   10   1    5   0    8    2-1   5.00 runs/start
Tigers           2   2   2.38    4   4   4   0   0   1   34.0   33   133    9    9   0    3   1   10    2-2   3.00 runs/start
Twins            1   2   3.48    3   3   2   0   0   0   20.2   27    94   10    8   0    5   0    3    1-2   3.67 runs/start
White Sox        1   2   3.65    3   3   1   0   0   0   24.2   26   102   10   10   3    1   1    5    1-2   2.33 runs/start
Yankees          1   0   3.00    2   2   0   0   0   0   15.0   12    60    5    5   2    3   0    4    1-1   5.00 runs/start

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