Cecil Cooper drilled a grand-slam homer to cap a six-run fourth inning as the Brewers completed a three-game sweep of the Orioles with a 13-5 pasting. The grand slam was the Brewers' third in as many games. In the three-game bombardment of the Orioles, the Brewers got 38 hits and piled up 40 runs. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 13, Baltimore Orioles 5
Game Played on Sunday, April     9, 1978 (Day game) at County Stadium
Orioles      1  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  1  -   5 10  0
Brewers      0  4  0    6  0  0    0  3  x  -  13 14  2


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             4   2   3   0     1   0   .333      Molitor ss            5   2   3   1     0   0   .438
Harlow rf             3   2   1   0     1   0   .429      Money 3b              3   1   3   1     1   0   .462
  Lopez ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Bando dh              3   1   1   1     2   0   .222
Singleton dh          5   0   2   1     0   0   .333      Hisle lf              5   2   1   2     0   0   .385
Murray 3b             4   0   1   1     1   0   .273      Lezcano rf            4   1   1   0     1   2   .333
May 1b                5   0   2   2     0   0   .273      Cooper 1b             4   3   2   4     1   1   .429
Kelly lf              4   1   1   0     1   1   .250      Thomas cf             3   1   1   0     2   0   .300
DeCinces 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Sakata 2b             4   0   1   2     1   0   .375
Dempsey c             4   0   0   1     0   0   .273      Moore c               5   2   1   1     0   0   .200
Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .111      Sorensen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  D. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stoddard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  10   5     5   2             Totals               36  13  14  12     8   3

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 18,514
Left on Base: Orioles 10, Brewers 8
DP: Orioles 1, Brewers 1
Errors: Molitor, Sorensen
Doubles: Singleton (2), Cooper (1), Money (2), Lezcano (1)
Home Runs: Cooper (1)
Stolen Bases: Hisle (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Money (1)
GIDP: Kelly (1), Bando (1)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor L(0-1)         3.1  10  10  10   4   2   1  24  27.00
D. Martinez             4.1   4   3   3   4   1   0  20  16.62
Stoddard                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.79
Totals                  8    14  13  13   8   3   1  45

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sorensen W(1-0)         8     8   5   4   5   0   0  37   4.50
McClure                 1     2   0   0   0   2   0   5   0.00
Totals                  9    10   5   4   5   2   0  42

Wild Pitches: McGregor 2 (2), D. Martinez 2 (2), Sorensen (1)

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled; Bumbry was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Harlow walked; Sorensen threw a wild pitch
[Harlow to second]; Singleton doubled [Harlow scored]; Murray
walked; May flied out to center; Kelly grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (second to first); Money
singled to center; McGregor threw a wild pitch [Money to
second]; Bando grounded out (second to first) [Money to third];
Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 1, Brewers 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces flied out to left; Dempsey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Belanger grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano was called out on strikes; Cooper doubled
to right; McGregor threw a wild pitch [Cooper to third]; Thomas
walked; Sakata walked [Thomas to second]; Moore forced Sakata
(shortstop to second) [Cooper scored, Thomas to third]; On a
bunt Molitor singled [Thomas scored, Moore to second]; Money
doubled to left [Moore scored, Molitor to third]; Bando singled
to right [Molitor scored, Money to third]; Hisle forced Bando
(shortstop to second); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers
4.

ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry flied out to center; On a bunt Harlow
grounded out (pitcher to first); Singleton singled to center;
Murray lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Brewers 4.

BREWERS 3RD: Lezcano struck out; Cooper flied out to center;
Thomas singled to left; Sakata flied to right in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 4.

ORIOLES 4TH: May grounded out (second to first); Kelly singled
to right; DeCinces reached on an error by Sorensen [Kelly to
third]; Dempsey grounded out (second to pitcher) [Kelly scored
(unearned), DeCinces to second]; Belanger grounded out (third to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 4TH: Moore singled to right; On a bunt Molitor singled
[Moore to second]; Money out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Moore to third, Molitor to second]; Bando was walked
intentionally; Hisle singled to left [Moore scored, Molitor
scored, Bando to second]; Lezcano walked [Bando to third, Hisle
to second]; Cooper homered [Bando scored, Hisle scored, Lezcano
scored]; D. MARTINEZ REPLACED MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Thomas flied
out to center; Sakata grounded out (pitcher to first); 6 R, 4 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Brewers 10.

ORIOLES 5TH: Bumbry singled to right; Harlow singled to left
[Bumbry to second]; Singleton grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Bumbry to third, Harlow to second]; Murray grounded out (second
to first) [Bumbry scored, Harlow to third]; May singled to left
[Harlow scored]; Kelly walked [May to second]; DeCinces forced
Kelly (second to shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 4,
Brewers 10.

BREWERS 5TH: Moore flied out to center; Molitor singled to
right; Money singled to right [Molitor to third]; Bando grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Money out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Brewers 10.

ORIOLES 6TH: Dempsey flied out to right; Belanger walked; Bumbry
singled to left [Belanger to second]; Harlow lined to shortstop;
Singleton flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 4,
Brewers 10.

BREWERS 6TH: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Lezcano
doubled to right; Cooper struck out; Thomas grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Brewers 10.

ORIOLES 7TH: Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); May
reached on an error by Molitor; Kelly grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [May out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Brewers 10.

BREWERS 7TH: Sakata flied out to right; Moore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Molitor grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Brewers 10.

ORIOLES 8TH: DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); Dempsey
grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Brewers
10.

BREWERS 8TH: Money walked; D. Martinez threw a wild pitch [Money
to second]; Bando walked; Hisle forced Bando (third to second)
[Money to third]; Hisle stole second; D. Martinez threw a wild
pitch [Money scored, Hisle to third]; Lezcano grounded out
(third to first); Cooper was walked intentionally; Thomas walked
[Cooper to second]; Sakata singled to right [Hisle scored,
Cooper scored, Thomas to second]; STODDARD REPLACED D. MARTINEZ
(PITCHING); Moore forced Thomas (third unassisted); 3 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 4, Brewers 13.

ORIOLES 9TH: Bumbry walked; MCCLURE REPLACED SORENSEN
(PITCHING); LOPEZ BATTED FOR HARLOW; Lopez struck out; Singleton
made an out to second; Murray singled to left [Bumbry to
second]; May singled to left [Bumbry scored, Murray to second];
Kelly struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 5, Brewers 13.