Jim Palmer, who stayed behind in Florida for an extra week because of a sore shoulder, made his first start of the season for the Orioles and pitched a two-hitter to shut out the Brewers, 7-0. The Orioles handed Palmer a two-run lead in the second inning on a single by Lee May, double by Doug DeCinces, a balk by Jerry Augustine and sacrifice fly by Rick Dempsey before breaking the game open with five runs in the fifth. A double by Eddie Murray and single by Rich Dauer each accounted for two RBIs, while Augustine's second balk of the game sent another run across the plate. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 7, Milwaukee Brewers 0
Game Played on Saturday, April     15, 1978 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  1
Orioles      0  2  0    0  5  0    0  0  x  -   7 11  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Molitor ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .346      Bumbry cf             5   1   1   0     0   3   .222
  Johnson ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           5   1   3   0     0   0   .227
Money 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .357      Roenicke lf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .308
Cooper 1b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .321      Murray 1b             4   1   2   2     0   2   .320
Hisle lf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .296      May dh                4   1   1   0     0   1   .296
Oglivie dh            3   0   0   0     0   1   .188      DeCinces 3b           3   2   1   0     1   1   .292
Lezcano rf            2   0   0   0     1   0   .167      Lopez rf              2   0   0   0     2   1   .273
Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .304      Dempsey c             2   0   0   1     1   1   .238
Thomas cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Dauer 2b              4   0   1   2     0   0   .091
Etchebarren c         2   0   1   0     0   1   .400      Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gantner ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Augustine p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Caldwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   0   2   0     1   7             Totals               33   7  11   5     4   9

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance:  7,527
Left on Base: Brewers 2, Orioles 7
DP: Brewers 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Molitor
Doubles: DeCinces (2), Murray (1)
Caught Stealing: Lopez (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Dempsey (2)
GIDP: Molitor (2), Roenicke (2)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Augustine L(2-1)        4.1   9   7   7   4   2   0  25   6.87
Caldwell                2.2   2   0   0   0   6   0  10   3.00
Rodriguez               1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8    11   7   7   4   9   0  38

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(1-0)           9     2   0   0   1   7   0  29   0.00
Totals                  9     2   0   0   1   7   0  29

Balks: Augustine 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Joe Brinkman


BREWERS 1ST: Molitor struck out; Money popped to catcher; Cooper
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry struck out (catcher to first); Belanger
singled to left; Roenicke forced Belanger (shortstop to second);
Murray struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie
flied out to center; Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: May singled to right; DeCinces doubled to center
[May to third]; Augustine balked [May scored, DeCinces to
third]; Lopez walked; Lopez was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Dempsey hit a sacrifice fly to center [DeCinces
scored]; Dauer reached on an error by Molitor; Bumbry grounded
out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles
2.

BREWERS 3RD: Bando flied out to right; Thomas struck out;
Etchebarren struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger singled to center; Roenicke grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Belanger out at
second]; Murray singled to right; May flied out to right; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Molitor lined to right; Money grounded out (third
to first); Cooper flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: DeCinces flied out to right; Lopez grounded out
(pitcher to first); Dempsey walked; Dauer flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Hisle struck out; Oglivie struck out; Lezcano
walked; Bando grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Bumbry singled to center; On a bunt Belanger
singled [Bumbry to second]; On a bunt Roenicke singled to
catcher [Bumbry to third, Belanger to second]; Murray doubled to
left [Bumbry scored, Belanger scored, Roenicke to third]; May
grounded out (third to first); DeCinces was walked
intentionally; Augustine balked [Roenicke scored, Murray to
third, DeCinces to second]; Lopez was walked intentionally;
CALDWELL REPLACED AUGUSTINE (PITCHING); Dempsey struck out;
Dauer singled to left [Murray scored, DeCinces scored, Lopez to
second]; Bumbry struck out; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Orioles 7.

BREWERS 6TH: Thomas grounded out (third to first); Etchebarren
singled; Molitor grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Etchebarren out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 7.

ORIOLES 6TH: Belanger grounded out (pitcher to first); Roenicke
singled to right; Murray struck out; May was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 7.

BREWERS 7TH: Money lined to shortstop; Cooper flied out to
center; Hisle singled to right; Oglivie made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 7.

ORIOLES 7TH: JOHNSON REPLACED MOLITOR (PLAYING SS); DeCinces
struck out; Lopez struck out; Dempsey grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 7.

BREWERS 8TH: Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando
grounded out (third to first); Thomas popped to catcher; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 7.

ORIOLES 8TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); Dauer
grounded out (third to first); Bumbry struck out; Belanger flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 7.

BREWERS 9TH: GANTNER BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; Gantner struck out;
Johnson grounded out (second to first); Money grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 7.