The three-hit pitching of Bill Travers enabled the Brewers to roll over the A's, 8-0. Cecil Cooper drove in three runs, getting credit for one RBI on a walk with the bases loaded in the second inning and accounting for two others with singles in the sixth and eighth. Paul Molitor chipped in with a solo homer. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 8, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Friday, May       18, 1979 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Brewers      0  3  0    0  1  1    0  3  0  -   8  9  1
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
Yount ss              4   0   0   0     1   1   .230      Dilone rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Bando 3b              5   1   1   1     1   0   .218      Bryant lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .100
Cooper 1b             3   1   2   3     2   0   .340      Page dh               4   0   1   0     0   1   .201
Davis dh              4   0   0   0     1   0   .227      Newman 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .198
Oglivie lf            4   0   0   1     1   2   .214      Guerrero ss           1   0   0   0     1   0   .231
Lezcano rf            3   1   1   1     2   2   .293        Picciolo ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .190
Molitor 2b            5   1   2   1     0   0   .256        Edwards ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .196
Thomas cf             2   2   0   0     3   1   .286      Gross 3b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .304
Martinez c            5   2   3   0     0   0   .186      Essian c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Travers p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Klutts 2b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .200
                                                            Murray 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .205
                                                          Murphy cf             2   0   1   0     1   1   .227
                                                          Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   8   9   7    11   6             Totals               30   0   3   0     2   5

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance:  2,556
Left on Base: Brewers 12, A's 5
DP: Brewers 1, A's 1
Errors: Travers, Guerrero 2
Doubles: Molitor (8), Martinez (1)
Home Runs: Molitor (3)
Stolen Bases: Molitor (9)
GIDP: Bando (4), Newman (4)
Hit by Pitch: Yount (1,by Norris)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Travers W(2-2)          9     3   0   0   2   5   0  32   3.47
Totals                  9     3   0   0   2   5   0  32

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris L(3-3)           1.2   2   3   3   5   2   1  12   4.86
Hamilton                4     3   2   1   2   2   0  18   1.59
Todd                    2     2   3   3   2   1   0  10  10.64
Lacey                   1.1   2   0   0   2   1   0   7   4.50
Totals                  9     9   8   7  11   6   1  47

Hit by Pitch: Norris (4)

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Bill Deegan


BREWERS 1ST: first game for staff umpires in 1979 after
strike; Yount was hit by a pitch; Bando grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Yount out at second]; Cooper
walked; Davis forced Cooper (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone flied out to right; Bryant grounded out
(shortstop to first); Page grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie struck out; Lezcano struck out; Molitor
homered; Thomas walked; Martinez singled to left [Thomas to
second]; Yount walked [Thomas to third, Martinez to second];
Bando walked [Thomas scored, Martinez to third, Yount to
second]; Cooper walked [Martinez scored, Yount to third, Bando
to second]; HAMILTON REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Davis flied out
to left; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman flied out to left; Guerrero walked; Gross
grounded out (second to first) [Guerrero to second]; Essian
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 3, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Oglivie flied out to center; Lezcano walked;
Molitor forced Lezcano (pitcher to shortstop); Molitor stole
second; Thomas was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Klutts flied out to right; Murphy singled to
left; Dilone flied out to right; Bryant flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Martinez grounded out (third to first); Yount flied
out to right; Bando reached on an error by Guerrero; Cooper
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page singled to left; Newman grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Page out at second];
Guerrero grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 3, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Davis made an out to shortstop; Oglivie struck out;
Lezcano walked; Molitor doubled [Lezcano to third]; Thomas
reached on an error by Guerrero [Lezcano scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Molitor out at home (shortstop to third to catcher)]; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross singled to right; Essian forced Gross
(third to second); Klutts struck out; Murphy was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Martinez doubled; Yount grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Martinez to third]; Bando grounded out (first to
second); Cooper singled to first [Martinez scored]; TODD
REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Davis grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Dilone flied out to center; Bryant was called out
on strikes; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5,
Athletics 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Oglivie flied out to left; Lezcano struck out;
Molitor flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Newman grounded out (second to first); PICCIOLO
BATTED FOR GUERRERO; Picciolo grounded out (second to first);
Mickey Klutts, Rob Picciolo and Athletics manager Jim Marshall
ejected by 1B umpire Jerry Neudecker for arguing the call on
Picciolo; Gross struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
5, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 8TH: MURRAY REPLACED KLUTTS (PLAYING 2B); EDWARDS
REPLACED PICCIOLO (PLAYING SS); Thomas walked; Martinez popped
to pitcher; Yount flied out to center; Bando singled [Thomas to
third]; Cooper singled [Thomas scored, Bando to second]; Davis
walked [Bando to third, Cooper to second]; LACEY REPLACED TODD
(PITCHING); Oglivie walked [Bando scored, Cooper to third, Davis
to second]; Lezcano singled to center [Cooper scored, Davis out
at home (center to catcher), Oglivie to second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Brewers 8, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Essian flied out to center; Murray grounded out
(third to first); Murphy walked; Dilone forced Murphy (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 8, Athletics 0.

BREWERS 9TH: Molitor flied out to right; Thomas walked; Martinez
singled [Thomas to third]; Yount struck out; Bando popped to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 8, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Bryant flied out to left; Page grounded out
(second to first); Newman reached on an error by Travers;
Edwards popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 8,
Athletics 0.