Friday April 27, 1979
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Gorman Thomas hit his third homer in as many games and his fourth of the season, connecting with two men on base in the second inning, to spark the Brewers to an 8-5 victory over the Blue Jays. After Jim Gantner drove in one run with a single in the second, Robin Yount also reached base and Thomas followed with his round-tripper to put the Brewers ahead, 5-2.

Cecil Cooper, who had two doubles and a single, hit his second two-bagger of the game in the fifth and scored what proved to be the deciding run on a single by Larry Hisle and sacrifice fly by Ben Oglivie. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 8, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Game Played on Friday, April 27, 1979 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

Brewers 1 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 8 10 1 Blue Jays 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 5 13 1 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yount ss 4 2 1 0 1 1 .220 Griffin ss 5 2 2 0 0 0 .172 Thomas cf 4 1 1 3 1 1 .218 Bailor rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .258 Cooper 1b 5 2 3 1 0 0 .389 Bosetti cf 5 2 5 1 0 0 .301 Hisle dh 5 1 2 0 0 2 .328 Carty dh 5 0 2 2 0 1 .270 Oglivie lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .186 Mayberry 1b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .355 Lezcano rf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .241 Woods lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Bando 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .189 Howell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .186 Gantner 2b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .167 McKay 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Martinez c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .048 Cerone c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .263 Sorensen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Huffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 8 10 8 4 6 Totals 40 5 13 4 1 4 Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 10,306 Left on Base: Brewers 6, Blue Jays 9 DP: Brewers 1, Blue Jays 0 Errors: Thomas, Griffin Doubles: Yount (6), Cooper 2 (8), Mayberry (5), Bosetti (3) Home Runs: Thomas (4) Stolen Bases: Gantner (1) Caught Stealing: Oglivie (1) Sacrifice Flies: Oglivie (1) GIDP: Carty (4) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sorensen W(3-2) 8.2 13 5 4 1 3 0 40 3.35 McClure SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.40 Totals 9 13 5 4 1 4 0 41 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Huffman L(2-1) 1.2 5 5 1 1 2 1 12 5.87 Willis 4.1 3 1 1 1 2 0 16 4.76 Murphy 0.2 2 2 2 2 0 0 6 6.28 Jefferson 2.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 4.66 Totals 9 10 8 4 4 6 1 41 Wild Pitches: Huffman (2) Balks: Huffman (1) Umpires: HP - Rich Panas, 1B - Dallas Parks, 3B - Joe Sawchuk BREWERS 1ST: Yount doubled to right; Thomas struck out; Cooper doubled to left [Yount scored]; Huffman threw a wild pitch [Cooper to third]; Hisle struck out; Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin singled; Bailor made an out to second; Bosetti singled to center [Griffin to third]; Carty singled to center [Griffin scored, Bosetti to second]; Mayberry doubled to right [Bosetti scored, Carty to third]; Woods grounded out (pitcher to first); Howell was walked intentionally; McKay forced Howell (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 1, Blue Jays 2. BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano reached on an error by Griffin; Huffman balked [Lezcano to second]; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Gantner singled to center [Lezcano scored (unearned)]; Gantner stole second; Martinez flied out to left; Yount walked; Thomas homered (unearned) [Gantner scored (unearned), Yount scored (unearned)]; Cooper singled to left; WILLIS REPLACED HUFFMAN (PITCHING); Hisle grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 5, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Cerone grounded out (first to pitcher); Griffin grounded out (third to first); Bailor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Blue Jays 2. BREWERS 3RD: Oglivie singled to center; Oglivie was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Lezcano flied out to center; Bando lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bosetti singled to center; Carty grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bosetti out at second]; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Blue Jays 2. BREWERS 4TH: Gantner was called out on strikes; Martinez flied out to center; Yount struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Woods made an out to second; Howell grounded out (first to pitcher); McKay grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Blue Jays 2. BREWERS 5TH: Thomas flied to left in foul territory; Cooper doubled to left; Hisle singled to center [Cooper to third]; Oglivie hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cooper scored]; Lezcano flied to right in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 6, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Cerone struck out; Griffin grounded out (second to first); Bailor singled; Bosetti doubled to left [Bailor scored]; Carty reached on an error by Thomas [Bosetti scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Mayberry singled to right [Carty to third]; Woods flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 6, Blue Jays 4. BREWERS 6TH: Bando made an out to second; Gantner walked; Martinez lined to third; Yount lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 6, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); McKay made an out to catcher; Cerone singled to left; Griffin made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 6, Blue Jays 4. BREWERS 7TH: MURPHY REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); Thomas walked; Cooper forced Thomas (first to shortstop); Hisle singled to left [Cooper to second]; Oglivie walked [Cooper to third, Hisle to second]; Lezcano flied to right in foul territory; Bando singled to right [Cooper scored, Hisle scored, Oglivie to third]; JEFFERSON REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Gantner flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 8, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt Bosetti singled; Carty struck out; Mayberry flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 8, Blue Jays 4. BREWERS 8TH: Martinez struck out; Yount flied out to left; Thomas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 8, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Woods flied out to center; Howell lined to center; McKay was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 8, Blue Jays 4. BREWERS 9TH: Cooper grounded out (second to first); Hisle struck out; Oglivie grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 8, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Cerone made an out to shortstop; On a bunt Griffin singled; Bailor made an out to shortstop; Bosetti singled [Griffin to second]; Carty singled to center [Griffin scored, Bosetti to second]; MCCLURE REPLACED SORENSEN (PITCHING); Mayberry struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 8, Blue Jays 5.

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