A winner twice previously in relief this season, Steve McCatty made his first start for the A's since 1977 and pitched 8 2/3 innings to gain a 2-1 victory over the Brewers. Dave Heaverlo replaced McCatty with two men on base in the ninth and struck out Paul Molitor to end the game. The Brewers scored their run in the first on a double by Cecil Cooper and single by Dick Davis.

Jeff Newman tied the score with a homer in the seventh and the A's went on to add an unearned run in the same stanza off Lary Sorensen, who beat himself with an error. Following Newman's homer, Mike Edwards singled with two out, took second on a wild pickoff attempt by Sorensen and scored the winning run on a single by Milt Ramirez. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 2, Milwaukee Brewers 1
Game Played on Sunday, May       27, 1979 (Day game) at County Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  7  1
Brewers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Murphy cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .277      Gantner 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .263
Page dh               3   0   0   0     1   0   .225      Yount ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .239
Burke lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .226      Cooper 1b             4   1   3   0     0   0   .315
Newman c              4   1   1   1     0   0   .227      Davis dh              3   0   1   1     0   0   .300
Gross 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Oglivie lf            2   0   0   0     2   1   .212
Guerrero ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .244      Lezcano rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .304
Edwards 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .220      Molitor 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .290
Ramirez 3b            3   0   2   1     0   0   .667      Thomas cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Murray rf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .160      Martinez c            2   0   1   0     0   0   .222
McCatty p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Moore ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .368
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sorensen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   7   2     2   2             Totals               30   1   6   1     3   3

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 22,928
Left on Base: A's 5, Brewers 6
DP: A's 2, Brewers 2
Errors: Edwards, Sorensen
Doubles: Guerrero (2), Cooper (12)
Home Runs: Newman (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Davis (1)
GIDP: Burke 2 (2), Gantner (2), Davis (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McCatty W(3-0)          8.2   6   1   1   3   2   0  33   0.76
Heaverlo SV(4)          0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   1.75
Totals                  9     6   1   1   3   3   0  34

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sorensen L(6-5)         9     7   2   1   2   2   1  34   2.66
Totals                  9     7   2   1   2   2   1  34

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy struck out; Page walked; Burke grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Page out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Gantner grounded out (first to pitcher); Yount
flied out to right; Cooper doubled to left; Davis singled to
right [Cooper scored, Davis out at second (right to shortstop)];
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross
grounded out (second to first); Guerrero grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie struck out; Lezcano grounded out (first to
pitcher); Molitor flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Edwards grounded out (pitcher to first); Ramirez
singled to left; Murray flied out to left; Murphy forced Ramirez
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Thomas flied out to center; Martinez grounded out
(second to first); Gantner grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page grounded out (shortstop to first); Burke
struck out; Newman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Yount walked; On a bunt Cooper singled [Yount to
second]; Davis out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Yount to third, Cooper to second]; Oglivie was walked
intentionally; Lezcano popped to catcher in foul territory;
Molitor grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross made an out to second; Guerrero doubled to
right; Edwards grounded out (second to first) [Guerrero to
third]; Ramirez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Thomas flied out to center; Martinez singled to
center; Gantner grounded into a double play (first to pitcher to
first) [Martinez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Murray walked; Murphy singled [Murray to second];
Page made an out to shortstop; Burke grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Yount flied out to left; Cooper singled to right;
Davis grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Cooper out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Brewers 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Newman homered; Gross flied out to center;
Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Edwards singled to
right; Edwards was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Sorensen [Edwards to third]; Ramirez singled to right [Edwards
scored (unearned)]; Murray flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 7TH: Oglivie reached on an error by Edwards [Oglivie to
second]; Lezcano flied out to right; Molitor grounded out
(catcher to first) [Oglivie to third]; Thomas grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Brewers 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); Page
grounded out (shortstop to first); Burke flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 8TH: MOORE BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Moore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gantner was called out on strikes; Yount
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Brewers
1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: MOORE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Newman
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross grounded out (third to
first); Guerrero singled to right; Edwards popped to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 9TH: Cooper grounded out (third to first); Davis flied
out to right; Oglivie walked; Lezcano singled to center [Oglivie
to third]; HEAVERLO REPLACED MCCATTY (PITCHING); Molitor struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Brewers 1.