Mike Caldwell, pitching his fourth complete game in his last six starts, allowed only six hits as the Brewers bowled over the A's, 7-1. Sal Bando began the Brewers' scoring with an RBI single in the first inning. A two-run double by Sixto Lezcano and two Oakland errors produced four more tallies in the third. A two-run single by Robin Yount in the fifth finished the Brewers' scoring.

The result knocked the A's out of first place in the American League West for the first time since April 19. The A's defeat was the 12th in their last 17 games and second straight since Jack McKeon replaced Bobby Winkles as manager of Charlie Finley's athletes. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 7, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Wednesday, May       24, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Brewers      1  0  4    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   7 11  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  6  3


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Molitor 2b            4   2   2   0     1   0   .309      Burke cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .289
Cooper 1b             5   1   2   0     0   1   .327      Edwards 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Bando 3b              3   2   2   1     2   1   .270        Staggs ph,2b        2   0   1   0     0   0   .309
Oglivie lf            5   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Page lf               4   1   2   1     0   1   .287
Lezcano rf            5   1   2   2     0   0   .327      Guerrero ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .282
May cf                3   0   0   0     1   1   .167      Revering 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .267
  Thomas cf           1   0   1   0     0   0   .238        Picciolo pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Yount ss              5   0   1   3     0   1   .314      Alexander dh          3   0   0   0     1   0   .233
Money dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Gross 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .212
Moore c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .293      Essian c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .218
Caldwell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Murphy rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
                                                          Thomasson rf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .170
                                                            Newman ph,c         1   0   1   0     0   0   .385
                                                          Broberg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Langford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   7  11   6     4   5             Totals               33   1   6   1     1   5

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance:  2,257
Left on Base: Brewers 9, A's 6
DP: Brewers 0, A's 2
Errors: Edwards, Guerrero, Revering
Doubles: Moore (1), Lezcano (7), Thomas (7), Page (6), Staggs (2)
Home Runs: Page (3)
Stolen Bases: Molitor (9)
GIDP: Money (1), Cooper (4)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell W(4-3)         9     6   1   1   1   5   1  34   3.36
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   5   1  34

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg L(4-4)          2.1   4   5   2   2   1   0  15   3.06
Langford                2.2   3   2   2   1   0   0  11   3.02
Heaverlo                3     3   0   0   1   3   0  13   4.41
Sosa                    1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   0.84
Totals                  9    11   7   4   4   5   0  43

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


BREWERS 1ST: Molitor reached on an error by Edwards; Molitor
stole second; Cooper struck out; Bando singled to left [Molitor
scored (unearned)]; Oglivie lined to third; Lezcano flied to
right in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Burke grounded out (third to first); Edwards
grounded out (shortstop to first); Page doubled to right;
Guerrero grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 1, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 2ND: May grounded out (first to pitcher); Yount lined to
center; Money popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering grounded out (second to first);
Alexander walked; Gross popped to first in foul territory;
Essian forced Alexander (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Brewers 1, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Moore doubled to left; Molitor reached on an error
by Revering [Moore scored (no RBI)]; Cooper singled to left
[Molitor to second]; Bando walked [Molitor to third, Cooper to
second]; Oglivie made an out to shortstop; Lezcano doubled to
left [Molitor scored (unearned), Cooper scored, Bando to third];
May was walked intentionally; LANGFORD REPLACED BROBERG
(PITCHING); Yount reached on an error by Guerrero [Bando scored
(unearned), Lezcano to third, May to second]; Money grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Yount out at
second]; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Thomasson grounded out (pitcher to first); Burke
flied out to left; Edwards popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 4TH: On a bunt Moore grounded out (third to first);
Molitor singled to left; Cooper grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Molitor out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page grounded out (first unassisted); Guerrero
flied out to right; Revering flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 5, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Bando walked; Oglivie popped to third in foul
territory; Lezcano singled to left [Bando to second]; May
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bando to third, Lezcano to
second]; Yount singled to left [Bando scored, Lezcano scored];
Money lined to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 7, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Alexander grounded out (second to first); Gross
flied out to center; Essian flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 7, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 6TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Moore flied
out to center; Molitor walked; Cooper flied out to center; Bando
singled to center [Molitor to second]; Oglivie grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 7, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Thomasson was called out on strikes; Burke
singled to center; STAGGS BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Staggs doubled to
left [Burke to third]; Page struck out; Guerrero grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 7, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 7TH: STAGGS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Lezcano made an
out to second; May struck out; Yount flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 7, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Revering grounded out (second to first);
Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 7, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 8TH: Money struck out; Moore made an out to first;
Molitor singled to left; Cooper singled to right [Molitor to
second]; Bando struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 7,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: THOMAS REPLACED MAY (PLAYING CF); Essian struck
out; NEWMAN BATTED FOR THOMASSON; Newman singled to right; Burke
popped to first in foul territory; Staggs grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 7,
Athletics 0.

BREWERS 9TH: MURPHY REPLACED ESSIAN (PLAYING RF); NEWMAN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SOSA REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Oglivie
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lezcano popped to third in
foul territory; Thomas doubled to left; Yount struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 7, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Page homered; Guerrero flied out to right;
Revering singled to right; PICCIOLO RAN FOR REVERING; Alexander
popped to first in foul territory; Gross struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 7, Athletics 1.