Completing his 23rd start and winning his 21st game, southpaw Mike Caldwell hurled the Brewers to a 5-2 triumph over the A's. The Brewers got two runs in the third inning on singles by Paul Molitor and Charlie Moore, a double by Robin Yount and an error by A's catcher Jim Essian on the throw to the plate.

A double by Ben Oglivie and single by Jim Wohlford produced another marker in the fourth and doubles by Oglivie, Wohlford and Molitor gave the Brewers a 5-0 lead in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 5, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Sunday, September 24, 1978 (Day game) at County Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  9  2
Brewers      0  0  2    1  0  2    0  0  x  -   5 11  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dilone rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Yount ss              4   0   1   2     0   0   .299
Revering 1b           4   0   1   0     0   3   .270      Money 1b              4   0   0   0     0   3   .291
  Alston pr,1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .204      Cooper dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .316
Carty dh              3   0   0   0     1   0   .284      Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .288
Page lf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .285      Oglivie lf            4   2   2   0     0   1   .297
  Wallis ph,lf        1   0   1   0     0   0   .255      Lezcano rf            4   0   1   0     0   2   .292
Guerrero ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .277      Wohlford cf           4   1   2   2     0   1   .297
Gross 3b              2   0   1   0     0   1   .206      Molitor 2b            4   1   3   1     0   0   .272
Burke cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Moore c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .266
Essian c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .225      Caldwell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Picciolo 2b           2   0   0   0     0   1   .208
  Newman ph           1   1   1   2     0   0   .233
  Woodard 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Duncan ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   9   2     1   5             Totals               35   5  11   5     1   7

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 16,535
Left on Base: A's 7, Brewers 7
DP: A's 0, Brewers 2
Errors: Guerrero, Essian
Doubles: Page (25), Yount (23), Oglivie 2 (27), Wohlford (7), Molitor (24)
Home Runs: Newman (7)
Stolen Bases: Dilone (47)
Caught Stealing: Yount (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Gross (4)
GIDP: Burke (7), Carty (14)
Hit by Pitch: Gross (5,by Caldwell)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(7-13)        5.1   9   5   5   0   5   0  25   3.43
Heaverlo                2.2   2   0   0   1   2   0  11   3.28
Totals                  8    11   5   5   1   7   0  36

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell W(21-9)        9     9   2   2   1   5   1  36   2.26
Totals                  9     9   2   2   1   5   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Caldwell (7)
Wild Pitches: Caldwell (8)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone grounded out (third to first); Revering
struck out; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Yount reached on an error by Guerrero; Yount was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Money struck out;
Cooper grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Page doubled to left; Guerrero singled to
shortstop [Page stayed at second]; Gross out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Page to third, Guerrero to second]; Burke
popped to first in foul territory; Essian popped to first; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie
grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Lezcano struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo grounded out (third to first); Dilone
singled to right; Dilone stole second; Revering struck out;
Carty walked; Caldwell threw a wild pitch [Dilone to third,
Carty to second]; Page flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Wohlford lined to third; Molitor singled to center;
Moore singled to right [Molitor to third]; Yount doubled to left
[Molitor scored, Moore scored, Yount to third (error by
Essian)]; Money struck out; Cooper flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross
singled to right; Burke flied out to right; Essian grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Bando flied out to left; Oglivie doubled to right;
Lezcano struck out; Wohlford singled to center [Oglivie scored];
Molitor singled to center [Wohlford to second]; Moore forced
Molitor (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
0, Brewers 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo struck out; Dilone grounded out (second
to first); Revering struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Yount flied out to left; Money struck out; Cooper
singled to right; Bando grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Page
grounded out (pitcher to first); Guerrero grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Brewers 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Oglivie doubled to left; Lezcano flied out to
center; Wohlford doubled to left [Oglivie scored]; HEAVERLO
REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Molitor doubled to left [Wohlford
scored]; Moore grounded out (second to first) [Molitor to
third]; Yount grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross was hit by a pitch; Burke grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Gross out at
second]; Essian singled to left; NEWMAN BATTED FOR PICCIOLO;
Newman homered [Essian scored]; Dilone flied out to center; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 7TH: WOODARD REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING 2B); Money flied
out to center; Cooper flied out to left; Bando walked; Oglivie
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Brewers 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Revering singled to right; ALSTON RAN FOR
REVERING; Carty grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Alston out at second]; WALLIS BATTED FOR PAGE; Wallis
singled to right; Guerrero singled to left [Wallis to second];
Gross struck out; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 8TH: ALSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WALLIS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Lezcano singled to left; Wohlford was
called out on strikes; Molitor grounded out (second to first)
[Lezcano to second]; Moore grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Brewers 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Burke grounded out (third to first); Essian
grounded out (second to first); DUNCAN BATTED FOR WOODARD;
Duncan popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Brewers 5.