Making his debut with the Brewers, Ed Farmer yielded only two hits in five innings of relief and gained a 4-3 victory over the Rangers. Farmer, who had come up from Spokane (Pacific Coast), took over with the bases loaded and none out in the fifth after the Rangers had scored two runs.

Farmer struck out John Lowenstein, got Al Oliver on a grounder as a run scored to tie the game at 3-3 and then retired Richie Zisk on a fly. Sal Bando promptly smashed the deadlock in the Brewers' half, hitting a homer for the deciding run. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 4, Texas Rangers 3
Game Played on Sunday, September 3, 1978 (Day game) at County Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  0
Brewers      0  1  0    2  1  0    0  0  x  -   4 12  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .252      Molitor 2b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .282
  Jorgensen pr,1b     1   0   0   0     0   0   .170      Money dh              4   0   1   0     0   2   .291
  Putnam ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .132      Bando 3b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .284
Wills 2b              3   0   0   1     1   2   .230      Hisle lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .290
  Bonds ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Lezcano rf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .279
Lowenstein 3b         4   0   1   0     0   1   .219      Cooper 1b             4   1   1   0     0   2   .316
Oliver lf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .315      Yount ss              4   1   1   1     0   0   .298
Zisk dh               4   0   1   0     0   0   .257      Thomas cf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .247
  Campaneris pr,dh    0   0   0   0     0   0   .189      Martinez c            3   0   2   1     0   0   .221
Grubb rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .264      Replogle p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
J. Ellis c            3   1   1   0     0   0   .208        Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Beniquez cf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .253
Harrah ss             3   1   2   0     1   0   .223
Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Alexander p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   8   2     3   5             Totals               35   4  12   4     1   5

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 14,014
Left on Base: Rangers 8, Brewers 9
DP: Rangers 0, Brewers 0
Errors: Martinez
Home Runs: Bando (16)
Stolen Bases: Lowenstein (12), Harrah (27), Oliver (5), Campaneris 2 (20), Yount (12)
Sacrifice Hits: J. Ellis (1), Martinez (8)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack L(12-12)        6    10   4   4   1   4   1  29   2.40
Alexander               2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   4.22
Totals                  8    12   4   4   1   5   1  37

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Replogle                4     6   3   1   2   2   0  20   3.97
Farmer W(1-0)           5     2   0   0   1   3   0  18   0.00
Totals                  9     8   3   1   3   5   0  38

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Durwood Merrill


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove flied out to center; Wills struck out;
Lowenstein singled to right; Lowenstein stole second; Oliver
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Molitor struck out; Money singled to left; Bando
flied out to center; Hisle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk flied out to right; Grubb struck out; J. Ellis
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano walked; Cooper flied out to center; Yount
forced Lezcano (shortstop to second); Yount stole second; Thomas
singled to left [Yount scored]; Martinez forced Thomas
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers
1.

RANGERS 3RD: Beniquez flied out to center; Harrah singled to
left; Hargrove flied out to right; Harrah stole second; Wills
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Molitor grounded out (second to first); Money
popped to first in foul territory; Bando flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); Oliver
singled to center; Oliver stole second; Zisk grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Oliver to third]; Grubb grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers
1.

BREWERS 4TH: Hisle singled to left; Lezcano forced Hisle (second
to shortstop); Cooper singled to second [Lezcano to third];
Yount singled to left [Lezcano scored, Cooper to second]; Thomas
flied out to center; Martinez singled to center [Cooper scored,
Yount to second]; Molitor flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 3.

RANGERS 5TH: J. Ellis singled to second; Beniquez singled to
center [J. Ellis to second]; Harrah singled to left [J. Ellis
scored (error by Martinez; assist by Hisle) (unearned), Beniquez
to third, Harrah to second]; Hargrove walked; JORGENSEN RAN FOR
HARGROVE; Wills walked [Beniquez scored, Harrah to third,
Jorgensen to second]; FARMER REPLACED REPLOGLE (PITCHING);
Lowenstein struck out; Oliver grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Harrah scored (unearned), Jorgensen to third, Wills to second];
Zisk flied out to center; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
3, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 5TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Money struck
out; Bando homered; Hisle singled to third; Lezcano singled to
left [Hisle to second]; Cooper was called out on strikes; Yount
forced Hisle (third unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
3, Brewers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Grubb singled to second; J. Ellis out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Grubb to second]; Beniquez
struck out; Harrah walked; Jorgensen flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Thomas singled to third; Martinez out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Thomas to second]; Molitor
grounded out (third to first); Money struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Brewers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Wills struck out; Lowenstein grounded out (first
unassisted); Oliver popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 7TH: ALEXANDER REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Bando
singled to right; Hisle popped to catcher in foul territory;
Lezcano flied out to right; Cooper struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 3, Brewers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Zisk singled to left; CAMPANERIS RAN FOR ZISK;
Campaneris stole second; Grubb popped to second; J. Ellis flied
out to left; Campaneris stole third; Beniquez grounded out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 8TH: CAMPANERIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Yount
grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas popped to first in
foul territory; Martinez singled to left; Molitor flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Brewers 4.

RANGERS 9TH: Harrah flied out to left; PUTNAM BATTED FOR
JORGENSEN; Putnam popped to shortstop; BONDS BATTED FOR WILLS;
Bonds popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Brewers 4.