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. Milwaukee Brewers 5, Oakland Athletics 2Game Played on Sunday, September 24, 1978 (Day game) at County StadiumA'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. |
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