Home runs by Larry Hisle and Gorman Thomas backed the three-hit pitching of Lary Sorensen and Moose Haas as Milwaukee finished with its best record ever, 93-69. [ap]



Milwaukee Brewers 9, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Sunday, October   1, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Brewers      0  2  1    0  4  0    0  1  1  -   9 12  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  2


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Molitor ss            4   0   0   1     0   1   .273      Alston lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .205
Bando 3b              4   2   1   0     1   0   .285      Revering 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .271
Cooper 1b             2   1   1   0     1   1   .312      Page rf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .285
  Muser 1b            2   0   1   0     0   1   .133        Dilone rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Hisle dh              2   1   2   1     1   0   .290      Carty dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .282
  Davis ph,dh         1   0   0   1     0   0   .248      Robinson c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Oglivie rf            2   1   0   1     1   0   .303        Meyer c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Yurak lf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gross 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .200
Thomas cf             5   2   2   3     0   0   .246      Wallis cf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .249
Wohlford lf,rf        4   1   2   1     0   0   .297      Picciolo ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Gantner 2b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .216      Woodard 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Haney c               4   0   1   1     0   1   .200      Wirth p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sorensen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Broberg p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Haas p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   9  12   9     4   4             Totals               30   0   3   0     1   2

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance:  2,742
Left on Base: Brewers 6, A's 4
DP: Brewers 0, A's 1
Errors: Alston, Gross
Doubles: Thomas (24), Gross (10), Revering (21)
Triples: Robinson (1)
Home Runs: Hisle (34), Thomas (32)
Sacrifice Flies: Molitor (5), Davis (4)
GIDP: Thomas (6)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sorensen W(18-12)       6     1   0   0   1   0   0  20   3.21
Haas SV(1)              3     2   0   0   0   2   0  11   6.16
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1   2   0  31

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wirth L(5-6)            4.1   9   7   7   3   1   2  24   3.43
Broberg                 4.2   3   2   2   1   3   0  18   4.62
Totals                  9    12   9   9   4   4   2  42

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Joe Brinkman


BREWERS 1ST: On a bunt Molitor made an out to third; Gross
dropped a foul fly hit by Bando for an error; Bando grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cooper walked; Hisle singled to left
[Cooper to third (error by Alston), Hisle to second]; Oglivie
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Alston flied out to center; Revering grounded out
(second to first); Page grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Wohlford
singled to right; Gantner singled to left [Wohlford to second];
Haney singled to left [Wohlford scored, Gantner to third];
Molitor hit a sacrifice fly to center [Gantner scored]; Bando
popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson
grounded out (first to pitcher); Gross popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Cooper struck out; Hisle homered; Oglivie walked;
Thomas grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Oglivie
out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Wallis grounded out (second to first); Picciolo
flied out to right; Woodard grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Wohlford grounded out (second to first); Gantner
singled to right; Haney flied out to center; Molitor grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: On a bunt Alston grounded out (pitcher to first);
Revering popped to shortstop; Page flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Bando singled to left; Cooper singled to left
[Bando to second]; Hisle walked [Bando to third, Cooper to
second]; Oglivie forced Hisle (shortstop to second) [Bando
scored, Cooper to third]; Thomas homered [Cooper scored, Oglivie
scored]; BROBERG REPLACED WIRTH (PITCHING); Wohlford grounded
out (pitcher to first); Gantner flied out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 7, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: MUSER REPLACED COOPER (PLAYING 1B); YURAK
REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING LF); WOHLFORD CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross doubled to right;
Wallis walked; Picciolo flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Brewers 7, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Haney grounded out (third to first); Molitor flied
out to left; Bando flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 7, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Woodard flied out to left; Alston grounded out
(first to pitcher); Revering flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 7, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Muser struck out; DAVIS BATTED FOR HISLE; Davis
popped to first in foul territory; Yurak grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 7, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HAAS REPLACED
SORENSEN (PITCHING); Page struck out; Carty popped to first in
foul territory; Robinson tripled to center; Gross flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 7, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 8TH: DILONE REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING RF); Thomas doubled
to left; Wohlford singled [Thomas scored]; Gantner forced
Wohlford (second to shortstop); Haney struck out; Molitor struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 8, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Wallis popped to first; Picciolo popped to first;
Woodard popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 8,
Athletics 0.

BREWERS 9TH: MEYER REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING C ); Bando walked;
Muser singled to right [Bando to third]; Davis hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Bando scored]; Yurak grounded out (first
unassisted) [Muser to second]; Thomas grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 9, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Alston struck out; Revering doubled to right;
Dilone popped to first; Carty popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 9, Athletics 0.