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Friday May 5, 1978
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Backing up the shutout pitching of Mike Caldwell, who allowed only four hits, Sixto Lezcano smashed two homers and OBen glivie added one as the Brewers defeated the Royals, 9-0. The shutout was the first for the Royals since being blanked by Nolan Ryan of the Angels, 7-0, last June 29.

Lezcano hit his first homer of the game with Larry Hisle on base in the second inning. In the fifth, after Sal Bando doubled and scored on a single by Hisle, Oglivie and Lezcano homered in succession. [The Sporting News]


Milwaukee Brewers 9, Kansas City Royals 0

Game Played on Friday, May 5, 1978 (Night game) at County Stadium

Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Brewers      0  2  2    0  5  0    0  0  x  -   9 14  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf,cf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Molitor ss            5   0   2   0     0   0   .293
Terrell 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Bando 3b              5   2   2   0     0   0   .294
McRae dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .245      Cooper 1b             5   1   2   0     0   1   .330
Cowens rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .237      Hisle dh              5   2   2   2     0   1   .281
Otis cf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .295      Oglivie lf            5   1   2   3     0   1   .281
  Zdeb lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .154      Lezcano rf            4   2   2   3     0   1   .250
Wathan 1b,c           3   0   1   0     0   0   .318      Thomas cf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .234
Porter c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .338      Martinez c            4   0   1   1     0   0   .250
  Hurdle 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Sakata 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .200
Patek ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Caldwell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Washington ss       1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
White 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .200
Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   4   0     0   4             Totals               39   9  14   9     2   6

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 10,435
Left on Base: Royals 3, Brewers 8
DP: Royals 1, Brewers 1
Errors: Washington
Doubles: Otis (5), McRae (6), Bando (3), Thomas (5), Martinez (3)
Home Runs: Lezcano 2 (3), Oglivie (3)
Stolen Bases: Sakata (1)
GIDP: Wilson (1), Oglivie (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn L(1-1)          4.1   7   6   5   1   3   1  22   5.87
Pattin                  2.2   6   3   3   1   2   2  14   2.70
Mingori                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   5   0.00
Totals                  8    14   9   8   2   6   3  41

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell W(2-1)         9     4   0   0   0   4   0  30   2.89
Totals                  9     4   0   0   0   4   0  30

Passed Balls: Porter (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Terrell
grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Molitor lined to third; Bando popped to catcher in
foul territory; Cooper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens struck out; Otis doubled to right; Wathan
lined to shortstop; Porter struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Hisle struck out but advanced to first on a passed
ball; Oglivie was called out on strikes; Lezcano homered [Hisle
scored (unearned)]; Thomas flied out to center; Martinez flied
out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied out to center; White singled to center;
Wilson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [White out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Brewers 2.

BREWERS 3RD: Sakata grounded out (third to first); Molitor lined
to left; Bando singled to center; Cooper singled to right [Bando
to third]; Hisle singled to left [Bando scored, Cooper to
second]; Oglivie singled to left [Cooper scored, Hisle to
second]; Lezcano flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Brewers 4.

ROYALS 4TH: Terrell lined to shortstop; McRae grounded out
(second to first); Cowens popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 4TH: Thomas was called out on strikes; Martinez grounded
out (third to first); Sakata walked; Sakata stole second;
Molitor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Brewers 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis flied out to center; Wathan singled to center;
Porter struck out; Patek forced Wathan (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 5TH: Bando doubled; Cooper grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Bando to third]; Hisle singled to left [Bando scored];
PATTIN REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING); Oglivie homered [Hisle
scored]; Lezcano homered; Thomas doubled to left; Martinez
doubled to left [Thomas scored]; Sakata was called out on
strikes; Molitor singled to left [Martinez to third]; Bando
popped to first; 5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 9.

ROYALS 6TH: White struck out; Wilson grounded out (third to
first); Terrell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 9.

BREWERS 6TH: WASHINGTON REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING SS); Cooper
singled to right; Hisle lined to third; Oglivie grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Cooper out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 9.

ROYALS 7TH: McRae doubled to left; Cowens grounded out
(shortstop to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); Wathan
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 9.

BREWERS 7TH: ZDEB REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING LF); WILSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Lezcano was called out on strikes;
Thomas walked; Martinez flied out to left; Sakata forced Thomas
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 9.

ROYALS 8TH: Porter popped to second; Washington grounded out
(third to first); White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 9.

BREWERS 8TH: MINGORI REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); HURDLE REPLACED
PORTER (PLAYING 1B); WATHAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C );
Molitor singled to right; Bando forced Molitor (third to
second); Cooper was called out on strikes; Hisle reached on an
error by Washington [Bando to second]; Oglivie forced Hisle
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers
9.

ROYALS 9TH: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Terrell
grounded out (second to first); McRae popped to first; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 9.



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