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Saturday May 27, 1978
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Winning for the fourth time in a stretch of five complete games, Lary Sorensen pitched the Brewers to a 4-2 victory over the Angels. Ben Oglivie knocked in the initial run with a single in the first inning before the Brewers chased Tom Griffin in the third. Robin Yount singled, took third on a single by Cecil Cooper and scored on a sacrifice fly by Sal Bando.

Griffin, making his first A. L. start, then loaded the bases and forced in a run with a pass to Don Money. Oglivie added an insurance marker with a homer in the fifth. Both of the Angels' runs counted on wild pitches by Sorensen. [The Sporting News]


Milwaukee Brewers 4, California Angels 2

Game Played on Saturday, May 27, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Brewers      1  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  0
Angels       0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   2  8  2


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gantner 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .212      Grich 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .216
  Sakata 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Chalk ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Yount ss              5   1   2   0     0   0   .318      Bostock dh            4   0   1   0     0   0   .225
Cooper 1b             4   2   3   0     1   0   .329      Fairly 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Bando 3b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .274      Baylor lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Oglivie lf            3   1   2   2     1   0   .252      Landreaux cf          4   1   3   0     0   0   .236
Lezcano rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .324      Lansford 3b           4   1   2   0     0   1   .283
May cf                3   0   0   0     0   0   .200      R. Miller rf          2   0   1   0     1   0   .242
  Thomas cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .230        Rudi ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .180
Money dh              3   0   0   1     1   1   .263      Humphrey c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Martinez c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .210        Rettenmund ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .341
Sorensen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hampton c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                          Griffin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            D. Miller p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4   9   4     3   4             Totals               34   2   8   0     1   2

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 29,097
Left on Base: Brewers 9, Angels 6
DP: Brewers 0, Angels 1
Errors: Fairly, Griffin
Triples: Lansford (2)
Home Runs: Oglivie (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Bando (2)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sorensen W(6-3)         9     8   2   2   1   2   0  35   3.59
Totals                  9     8   2   2   1   2   0  35

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin L(0-1)          2.2   5   3   2   3   0   0  17   5.40
D. Miller               6.1   4   1   1   0   4   1  23   3.05
Totals                  9     9   4   3   3   4   1  40

Wild Pitches: Sorensen 2 (3)

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


BREWERS 1ST: Gantner flied out to right; Yount grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cooper walked; Bando singled to center
[Cooper to third]; Oglivie singled to center [Cooper scored,
Bando to second]; Lezcano popped to second in foul territory; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Grich singled to center; Chalk grounded out (first
unassisted) [Grich to second]; Bostock singled to left [Grich to
third]; Fairly made an out to third; Baylor forced Bostock
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Angels
0.

BREWERS 2ND: May grounded out (first unassisted); Money made an
out to shortstop; Martinez singled to center; Gantner made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Landreaux singled to right; Lansford forced
Landreaux (shortstop to second); R. Miller singled to right
[Lansford out at third (right to third)]; Humphrey grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Angels 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Yount singled to right; Cooper singled to left
[Yount to third]; Bando hit a sacrifice fly to left [Yount
scored, Cooper to second]; Oglivie walked; Lezcano reached on a
fielder's choice [Cooper to third, Oglivie to second (error by
Griffin)]; May made an out to third; Money walked [Cooper scored
(unearned), Oglivie to third, Lezcano to second]; D. MILLER
REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Martinez flied out to left; 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Grich grounded out (third to first); Chalk grounded
out (second to first); Bostock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Angels 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Gantner struck out; Yount reached on an error by
Fairly; Cooper lined into a double play (right to first) [Yount
out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Fairly flied out to center; Baylor made an out to
first; Landreaux grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Angels 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie
homered; Lezcano struck out; May grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Lansford tripled to center; R. Miller grounded out
(first unassisted); Humphrey flied out to center; Sorensen threw
a wild pitch [Lansford scored]; Grich struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Angels 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Money made an out to shortstop; Martinez popped to
first in foul territory; Gantner grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: SAKATA REPLACED GANTNER (PLAYING 2B); Chalk grounded
out (pitcher to first); Bostock flied out to left; Fairly
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
4, Angels 1.

BREWERS 7TH: Yount flied out to center; Cooper singled to third;
Bando forced Cooper (shortstop to second); Oglivie grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Angels 1.

ANGELS 7TH: THOMAS REPLACED MAY (PLAYING CF); Baylor grounded
out (shortstop to first); Landreaux singled to right; Lansford
singled to center [Landreaux to third]; Sorensen threw a wild
pitch [Landreaux scored, Lansford to second]; R. Miller walked;
RETTENMUND BATTED FOR HUMPHREY; Rettenmund flied out to left;
Grich forced Lansford (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 4, Angels 2.

BREWERS 8TH: HAMPTON REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING C ); Lezcano
flied out to left; Thomas popped to third in foul territory;
Money struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Angels 2.

ANGELS 8TH: Chalk grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock
flied to left in foul territory; Fairly flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Angels 2.

BREWERS 9TH: Martinez flied out to center; Sakata popped to
third in foul territory; Yount singled to shortstop; Cooper
singled to left [Yount to third]; Bando was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4, Angels 2.

ANGELS 9TH: Baylor grounded out (second to first); Landreaux
singled to left; Lansford was called out on strikes; RUDI BATTED
FOR R. MILLER; Rudi forced Landreaux (shortstop to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Angels 2.



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