A pair of four-run innings enabled the Brewers to extend their winning streak to five games with an 8-4 victory over the A's. After being held to two singles through the first five frames, the Brewers erupted against Rick Langford in the sixth when Jim Gantner and Robin Yount singled and Cecil Cooper and Dick Davis followed with successive homers.

Cooper and Davis singled to ignite another four-run outburst by the Brewers in the eighth. After a wild pitch, Ben Oglivie drove in both runners with a single. Two passes then filled the bases and two more runs scored on a fielder's choice grounder by Gorman Thomas and single by Gantner. The A's had a four-run inning of their own in the ninth, three scoring on a homer by Jeff Newman. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 8, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Saturday, May       26, 1979 (Night game) at County Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  4  -   4 11  1
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  4    0  4  x  -   8 12  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Murphy cf             4   1   1   1     1   0   .278      Gantner 2b            5   1   2   1     0   0   .283
Murray rf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .163      Yount ss              4   1   2   0     0   0   .243
Page dh               4   0   0   0     1   1   .229      Cooper 1b             4   2   2   3     0   1   .306
Newman 1b             5   1   1   3     0   1   .227      Davis dh              4   2   2   1     0   2   .299
Gross 3b              4   0   2   0     1   1   .297      Oglivie lf            4   1   2   2     0   1   .215
Burke lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .241      Lezcano rf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .306
Essian c              4   0   0   0     1   1   .211      Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .219
Guerrero ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .232      Thomas cf             4   0   0   1     0   1   .250
Edwards 2b            4   1   3   0     0   0   .219      Moore c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .372
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Slaton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Castro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   4  11   4     4   5             Totals               34   8  12   8     3   7

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance: 20,512
Left on Base: A's 12, Brewers 5
DP: A's 0, Brewers 0
Errors: Essian, Gantner
Doubles: Edwards (4)
Home Runs: Newman (7), Cooper (9), Davis (4)
Stolen Bases: Moore (3)
Caught Stealing: Gantner (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Burke (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(1-7)         5.1   6   4   4   0   6   2  22   5.46
Lacey                   0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.06
Todd                    1.1   3   2   2   0   0   0   6   9.32
Hamilton                0     1   2   2   2   0   0   3   2.25
Heaverlo                0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   1.77
Totals                  8    12   8   8   3   7   2  37

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton W(4-3)           8.2  11   4   4   4   5   1  41   2.18
Castro                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.08
Totals                  9    11   4   4   4   5   1  43

Wild Pitches: Langford (5), Hamilton (1), Slaton 2 (3)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy made an out to shortstop; On a bunt Murray
singled; Page popped to third in foul territory; Newman grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Gantner grounded out (second to first); Yount
singled to right; Langford threw a wild pitch [Yount to second];
Cooper struck out; Davis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross walked; Burke singled [Gross to second];
Essian made an out to first; Guerrero flied out to center;
Edwards made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie singled to center; Lezcano forced Oglivie
(shortstop to second); Bando struck out; Thomas struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Murphy made an out to second; Murray grounded out
(first to pitcher); Page popped to third in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); Gantner
flied out to left; Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross
grounded out (second to first); Burke singled to center; Slaton
threw a wild pitch [Burke to third]; Essian walked; Guerrero
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Cooper made an out to shortstop; Davis struck out;
Oglivie struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers
0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Edwards doubled to right; Murphy flied to left in
foul territory; Murray grounded out (pitcher unassisted)
[Edwards to third]; Page lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando
lined to center; Thomas flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Newman popped to first in foul territory; Gross
singled to right; Burke out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
first) [Gross to second]; Essian was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); Gantner
singled to left; Yount singled to left [Gantner to third];
Cooper homered [Gantner scored, Yount scored]; Davis homered;
LACEY REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Oglivie flied out to left;
Lezcano singled to right; Bando struck out; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Guerrero flied out to right; Edwards singled to
right; Slaton threw a wild pitch [Edwards to second]; Murphy
walked; Murray was called out on strikes; Page walked [Edwards
to third, Murphy to second]; Newman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 7TH: TODD REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Thomas flied out to
center; Moore singled to center; Moore stole second [Moore to
third (error by Essian)]; Gantner reached on a fielder's choice
[Moore out at home (second to catcher)]; Gantner was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Gross struck out; Burke lined to center; Essian
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers
4.

BREWERS 8TH: Yount flied out to right; Cooper singled to left;
Davis singled to right [Cooper to second]; HAMILTON REPLACED
TODD (PITCHING); Hamilton threw a wild pitch [Cooper to third,
Davis to second]; Oglivie singled to right [Cooper scored, Davis
scored]; Lezcano walked [Oglivie to second]; Bando walked
[Oglivie to third, Lezcano to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED
HAMILTON (PITCHING); Thomas forced Bando (shortstop to second)
[Oglivie scored, Lezcano to third]; Moore walked [Thomas to
second]; Gantner singled to left [Lezcano scored, Thomas out at
home (left to catcher), Moore to second]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 8.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Guerrero singled to center; Edwards singled to
center [Guerrero to second]; Murphy singled to center [Guerrero
scored, Edwards to second]; Murray popped to shortstop in foul
territory; Page was called out on strikes; Newman homered
[Edwards scored, Murphy scored]; Gross singled to right; CASTRO
REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); Burke reached on an error by Gantner
[Gross to second]; Essian grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 5
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Brewers 8.