George Bamberger, who served as Baltimore's pitching coach for 10 years, made a winning debut as manager against his former club when the Brewers romped over the Orioles, 11-3, to the delight of a Milwaukee opening-day crowd of 47,724. Sixto Lezcano hit the first grand-slam homer of his major league career to highlight the Brewers' attack and Larry Hisle, acquired in the re-entry draft from the Twins, celebrated his first game in a Milwaukee uniform with a two-run blast. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 11, Baltimore Orioles 3
Game Played on Friday, April     7, 1978 (Day game) at County Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3  9  2
Brewers      0  3  1    0  2  0    4  1  x  -  11  9  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Molitor ss            5   0   1   1     0   0   .200
Dauer dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Money 3b              4   1   0   1     1   1   .000
Murray 3b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .500      Bando dh              4   2   1   0     1   2   .250
May 1b                2   1   0   0     2   0   .000      Hisle lf              3   3   2   2     0   0   .667
DeCinces 2b           4   1   3   0     0   0   .750      Lezcano rf            2   2   1   4     2   0   .500
Roenicke lf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .500      Cooper 1b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .250
Lopez rf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Thomas cf             4   0   0   0     0   4   .000
Dempsey c             3   0   1   1     0   0   .333      Sakata 2b             4   2   2   0     0   0   .500
Belanger ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Etchebarren c         3   1   1   2     1   1   .333
  Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Augustine p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stoddard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   9   3     3   2             Totals               33  11   9  11     5   9

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 47,824
Left on Base: Orioles 6, Brewers 4
DP: Orioles 1, Brewers 3
Errors: May, Belanger
Doubles: Etchebarren (1), Hisle (1)
Home Runs: Murray (1), Hisle (1), Lezcano (1)
Caught Stealing: Cooper (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Dempsey (1)
GIDP: Lopez (1), Bumbry (1), Roenicke (1), Hisle (1)
Hit by Pitch: Hisle (1,by Stoddard)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan L(0-1)         2.2   6   4   4   2   2   0  15  13.50
Stoddard                4.1   2   6   3   2   6   2  19   6.23
T. Martinez             1     1   1   1   1   1   0   5   9.00
Totals                  8     9  11   8   5   9   2  39

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Augustine W(1-0)        8.1   9   3   3   3   2   1  34   3.24
Rodriguez               0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Totals                  9     9   3   3   3   2   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Stoddard (1)
Wild Pitches: Stoddard (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry was called out on strikes; Dauer made an out
to second; Murray singled to left; May walked [Murray to
second]; DeCinces flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut
game for Paul Molitor; Money walked; Bando singled to left
[Money to second]; Hisle grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Bando out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Roenicke singled to shortstop; Lopez grounded into
a double play (shortstop to first) [Roenicke out at second];
Dempsey flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano walked; Cooper lined to right; Thomas
struck out; Sakata singled to right [Lezcano to third];
Etchebarren doubled to right [Lezcano scored, Sakata scored];
Molitor singled to left [Etchebarren scored]; Money flied out to
left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 3.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger singled to left; Bumbry grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Belanger out at second]; Dauer
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 3RD: Bando struck out; Hisle doubled to left; Lezcano
grounded out (third to first); Cooper singled to left [Hisle
scored]; STODDARD REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Cooper was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 4.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray grounded out (third to first); May flied out
to left; DeCinces singled to left; Roenicke forced DeCinces
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers
4.

BREWERS 4TH: Thomas struck out; Sakata grounded out (shortstop
to first); Etchebarren grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 4.

ORIOLES 5TH: Lopez struck out; Dempsey lined to second; Belanger
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 5TH: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Money
struck out; Bando reached on an error by Belanger; Hisle homered
(unearned) [Bando scored (unearned)]; Lezcano walked; Stoddard
threw a wild pitch [Lezcano to second]; Cooper was called out on
strikes; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 6.

ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry grounded out (shortstop to first); Dauer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers
6.

BREWERS 6TH: Thomas struck out; Sakata popped to first in foul
territory; Etchebarren struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 6.

ORIOLES 7TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); DeCinces
singled to right; Roenicke grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [DeCinces out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 0, Brewers 6.

BREWERS 7TH: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Money
reached on an error by May; Bando walked [Money to second];
Hisle was hit by a pitch [Money to third, Bando to second];
Lezcano homered [Money scored (unearned), Bando scored, Hisle
scored]; Cooper flied out to center; Thomas struck out; 4 R (3
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 10.

ORIOLES 8TH: Lopez grounded out (second to first); Dempsey
singled to right; Belanger forced Dempsey (second to shortstop);
Bumbry flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Brewers 10.

BREWERS 8TH: T. MARTINEZ REPLACED STODDARD (PITCHING); Sakata
singled; Etchebarren walked [Sakata to second]; Molitor forced
Etchebarren (pitcher to second to shortstop) [Sakata to third];
Money forced Molitor (shortstop to second) [Sakata scored];
Bando struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 11.

ORIOLES 9TH: Dauer flied out to center; Murray homered; May
walked; DeCinces singled to left [May to second]; Roenicke
singled to center [May scored, DeCinces to third]; Lopez walked
[Roenicke to second]; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED AUGUSTINE (PITCHING);
Dempsey hit a sacrifice fly to center [DeCinces scored, Roenicke
to third]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR BELANGER; Crowley popped to third
in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3, Brewers 11.