The Brewers spoiled the return of Jack McKeon as manager of Oakland, replacing Bobby Winkles, by edging the A's, 3-2. The Brewers snapped a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning. Don Money walked, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored when first baseman Dave Revering booted a grounder by Cecil Cooper. Milwaukee Brewers 3, Oakland Athletics 2Game Played on Tuesday, May 23, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumBrewers 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 2 A's 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molitor 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .304 Burke cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .293 Cooper 1b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .324 Dilone rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .207 Bando 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .261 Alexander ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238 Oglivie lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .255 Murphy pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Lezcano rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .323 Page lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Wohlford rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Guerrero ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .289 Thomas cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .231 Revering 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Yount ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Picciolo pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Money dh 2 1 0 0 1 0 .284 Newman dh 2 0 1 0 1 0 .360 Martinez c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Edwards pr,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Augustine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gross 3b 4 0 0 1 0 1 .219 Essian c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Staggs 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .302 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 5 2 2 5 Totals 30 2 5 2 3 1 Time of Game: 2:02 Attendance: 2,534 Left on Base: Brewers 4, A's 5 DP: Brewers 2, A's 0 Errors: Cooper, Yount, Revering Home Runs: Burke (1) Stolen Bases: Molitor (8) Caught Stealing: Edwards (6) Sacrifice Hits: Martinez (1), Page (2) GIDP: Essian (5), Page (4) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Augustine W(5-6) 9 5 2 2 3 1 1 34 5.24 Totals 9 5 2 2 3 1 1 34 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough L(2-3) 7.1 5 3 2 1 4 0 28 2.60 Lacey 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 2.51 Totals 9 5 3 2 2 5 0 34 Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Bill Kunkel BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Cooper grounded out (pitcher to first); Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Burke grounded out (second to first); Dilone walked; Page out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Dilone to second]; Guerrero grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Athletics 0. BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie struck out; Lezcano was called out on strikes; Thomas flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering popped to catcher in foul territory; Newman singled to right; Gross made an out to shortstop; Essian forced Newman (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Athletics 0. BREWERS 3RD: Yount lined to right; Money popped to catcher in foul territory; Martinez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Staggs grounded out (pitcher to first); Burke homered; Dilone grounded out (pitcher to first); Page flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Athletics 1. BREWERS 4TH: Molitor singled to second; Cooper forced Molitor (shortstop to second); Bando grounded out (first unassisted) [Cooper to second]; Oglivie singled [Cooper scored]; Lezcano singled to right [Oglivie to third]; Thomas singled to right [Oglivie scored, Lezcano to third]; Yount lined to shortstop; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Guerrero singled to center; Revering singled to left [Guerrero to second]; Newman reached on an error by Yount [Guerrero to third, Revering to second]; Gross reached on an error by Cooper [Guerrero scored (RBI), Revering to third, Newman to second]; Essian grounded into a double play (third to catcher) [Gross to second, Revering out at home, Newman out at third]; Staggs grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Athletics 2. BREWERS 5TH: Money walked; Martinez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Money to second]; Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper reached on an error by Revering [Money scored (unearned) (no RBI), Cooper out at second (second to catcher to shortstop to first to third)]; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Burke flied out to center; On a bunt Dilone grounded out (pitcher to first); Page popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. BREWERS 6TH: Bando flied out to right; Oglivie flied to left in foul territory; Lezcano grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Guerrero flied out to center; Revering made an out to shortstop; Newman walked; EDWARDS RAN FOR NEWMAN; Edwards was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. BREWERS 7TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Thomas struck out; Yount struck out; Money grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross struck out; Essian made an out to shortstop; Staggs grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. BREWERS 8TH: Martinez flied out to left; Molitor singled to center; LACEY REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Molitor stole second; Cooper struck out; Bando was walked intentionally; Oglivie flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); ALEXANDER BATTED FOR DILONE; Alexander walked; MURPHY RAN FOR ALEXANDER; Page grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. BREWERS 9TH: MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); On a bunt Lezcano grounded out (catcher to first); Sixto Lezcano ejected by HP umpire Bill Deegan after being called for interference; Thomas flied out to center; Yount grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: WOHLFORD REPLACED LEZCANO (PLAYING RF); Guerrero singled to center; Revering forced Guerrero (first to shortstop); PICCIOLO RAN FOR REVERING; On a bunt Edwards grounded out (third to first) [Picciolo to second]; Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 2. |
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