Mike Caldwell turned in his 20th complete game of the season, allowing only four hits, and pitched the Brewers to a 3-0 victory over the Twins. Roger Erickson was the loser on a five-hitter. Sixto Lezcano singled in the fifth inning for the Brewers' first hit and, after two out, Charlie Moore also singled and Paul Molitor tripled. The other run in the sixth was unearned and scored on a single by Lezcano, who had three of the Brewers' hits. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 3, Minnesota Twins 0
Game Played on Saturday, September 9, 1978 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  0  -   3  5  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Molitor 2b            4   0   1   2     0   0   .274      Norwood lf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .256
Money 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Rivera rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Cooper 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .315      Carew 1b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .337
Hisle lf              2   0   0   0     1   0   .289      Ford cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Oglivie dh            4   1   0   0     0   1   .299      Morales dh            4   0   0   0     0   0   .318
Lezcano rf            3   1   3   1     1   0   .284      Smalley ss            2   0   1   0     1   0   .283
Yount ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .306      Wolfe 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .243
Thomas cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .246      Wynegar c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .238
Moore c               2   1   1   0     1   0   .272      Randall 2b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .278
Caldwell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   5   3     3   2             Totals               29   0   4   0     3   4

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 10,639
Left on Base: Brewers 5, Twins 5
DP: Brewers 2, Twins 1
Errors: Randall
Doubles: Smalley (27)
Triples: Molitor (4)
Caught Stealing: Oglivie (5)
GIDP: Money (8), Ford (15), Norwood (15)
Hit by Pitch: Hisle (5,by Erickson)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell W(18-9)        9     4   0   0   3   4   0  32   2.35
Totals                  9     4   0   0   3   4   0  32

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson L(13-11)       9     5   3   2   3   2   0  35   4.12
Totals                  9     5   3   2   3   2   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Erickson (8)

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy


BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (third to first); Money lined
to left; Cooper flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: On a bunt Norwood made an out to pitcher; Rivera
grounded out (pitcher to first); Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Hisle walked; Oglivie grounded out (third to first)
[Hisle to second]; Lezcano walked; Yount lined to right; Thomas
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Ford grounded out (pitcher to first); Morales
grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Moore walked; Molitor flied out to center; Money
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Moore out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Wolfe grounded out (third to first); Wynegar struck
out; Randall struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins
0.

BREWERS 4TH: Cooper flied out to center; Hisle popped to second;
Oglivie struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Norwood struck out; Rivera grounded out (second to
first); Carew walked; Ford grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Lezcano singled to second; Yount grounded out
(second to first) [Lezcano to second]; Thomas was called out on
strikes; Moore singled to second [Lezcano to third]; Molitor
tripled to center [Lezcano scored, Moore scored]; Money popped
to third in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2,
Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Morales grounded out (second to first); Smalley
walked; Wolfe singled to left [Smalley to second]; Wynegar
popped to second; Randall forced Wolfe (third to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 2, Twins 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Cooper popped to first; Hisle was hit by a pitch;
Oglivie forced Hisle (second to shortstop); Oglivie was caught
stealing second but was safe at second (error by Randall; assist
by Wynegar); Lezcano singled to right [Oglivie scored
(unearned)]; Yount popped to second in foul territory; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Norwood walked; Rivera forced Norwood (first to
shortstop); Carew singled to left [Rivera to second]; Ford
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Carew
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Thomas grounded out (pitcher to first); Moore flied
out to left; Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley
doubled to left; Wolfe grounded out (third to first); Wynegar
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 0.

BREWERS 8TH: Money flied out to left; Cooper grounded out
(second to first); Hisle flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 8TH: Randall singled to right; Norwood grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Randall out at second];
Rivera flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Twins 0.

BREWERS 9TH: Oglivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Lezcano
singled to left; Yount flied out to right; Thomas forced Lezcano
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 9TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Ford grounded
out (shortstop to first); Morales grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 0.