A two-out homer by Ben Oglivie in the 10th inning lifted the Brewers to a 6-5 victory over the Twins. The Twins had tied the score with two runs in the bottom of the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Butch Wynegar and single by Bombo Rivera. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 6, Minnesota Twins 5
Game Played on Thursday, June      28, 1979 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    3  0  1    0  0  1    1  -   6  8  1
Twins        1  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  -   5 18  4


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Molitor 2b            5   0   1   1     0   0   .323      Powell lf             3   1   2   0     1   1   .363
Money dh              5   1   1   0     0   2   .241        Randall 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .299
Cooper 1b             5   0   0   0     0   2   .306      Smalley ss            5   0   2   0     1   1   .363
Thomas cf             3   1   1   0     2   1   .255      Landreaux cf          5   1   0   1     0   0   .277
Oglivie lf            4   3   2   3     1   0   .246      Adams dh              3   0   2   0     1   0   .306
Lezcano rf            4   0   1   0     1   1   .320        Morales ph,dh       2   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .236      R. Jackson 1b         5   1   2   1     0   0   .271
Yount ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .244      Cubbage 3b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .250
Moore c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .373        Norwood ph,rf       1   1   1   0     0   0   .255
Slaton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wynegar c             4   0   2   1     0   0   .278
  Augustine p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wilfong 2b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .302
  Castro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Edwards ph,rf,lf    1   0   0   0     1   0   .288
                                                          Rivera rf,lf          5   0   3   1     0   1   .279
                                                            Castino 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .264
                                                          Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6   8   4     5   6             Totals               42   5  18   4     4   4

Time of Game: 3:11   Attendance: 22,224
Left on Base: Brewers 6, Twins 15
DP: Brewers 1, Twins 1
Errors: Yount, Powell, Smalley, Wynegar, Wilfong
Doubles: Oglivie (10), Thomas (16), Powell (8)
Triples: Molitor (5)
Home Runs: Oglivie (15)
Stolen Bases: Oglivie (4)
Sacrifice Hits: R. Jackson (3), Randall (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Landreaux (3), Wynegar (2)
GIDP: Yount (9), Rivera (2)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton                  6.2  13   3   3   3   3   0  34   2.79
Augustine               2     3   2   2   1   1   0  10   2.83
Castro W(2-0)           1.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   6   1.96
Totals                 10    18   5   5   4   4   0  50

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz                   8.2   7   5   4   5   5   0  37   4.74
Marshall L(9-7)         1.1   1   1   1   0   1   1   5   2.33
Totals                 10     8   6   5   5   6   1  42

Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Steve Palermo


BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Money
struck out; Cooper lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Powell doubled to center; Smalley singled to center
[Powell to third]; Landreaux hit a sacrifice fly to left [Powell
scored]; Adams flied out to left; R. Jackson popped to catcher
in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 1.

BREWERS 2ND: Thomas made an out to shortstop; Oglivie grounded
out (second to first); Lezcano grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Cubbage singled to right; Wynegar singled to left
[Cubbage to second]; On a bunt Wilfong singled [Wynegar to
second, Cubbage to third]; Rivera grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Wynegar to third, Cubbage scored, Wilfong out
at second]; Powell was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 2.

BREWERS 3RD: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount
singled to shortstop; Moore forced Yount (shortstop to second)
[Moore to second (error by Wilfong)]; Molitor grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: Smalley walked; Landreaux forced Smalley (first to
shortstop); Adams singled to right [Landreaux to third]; R.
Jackson singled to center [Landreaux scored, Adams to second];
Cubbage grounded out (first to pitcher) [R. Jackson to second,
Adams to third]; Wynegar lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 0, Twins 3.

BREWERS 4TH: Money singled to left; Cooper struck out; Thomas
walked [Money to second]; Oglivie doubled to left [Thomas
scored, Money scored, Oglivie to third (error by Powell)];
Lezcano singled to center [Oglivie scored (error by Smalley)
(unearned)]; Bando walked [Lezcano to second]; Yount grounded
into a double play (third to first) [Lezcano out at third]; 3 R
(2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 4TH: Wilfong struck out; Rivera was called out on strikes;
Powell singled to third; Smalley singled to right [Powell to
third]; Landreaux forced Smalley (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Moore flied out to left; Molitor popped to first in
foul territory; Money struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
3, Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: Adams walked; R. Jackson out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Adams to second]; Cubbage singled [Adams out
at home (left to catcher)]; Wynegar grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Cooper made an out to third; Thomas walked; Oglivie
forced Thomas (first to shortstop); Oglivie stole second
[Oglivie scored (error by Wynegar)]; Lezcano walked; Bando flied
out to left; 1 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: Wilfong made an out to second; Rivera singled to
center; Powell walked [Rivera to second]; Smalley flied out to
left; Landreaux flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 4, Twins 3.

BREWERS 7TH: Yount flied out to center; Moore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Adams singled to center; R. Jackson flied out to
left; Cubbage flied out to center; Wynegar singled to right
[Adams to second]; AUGUSTINE REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); EDWARDS
BATTED FOR WILFONG; Edwards forced Wynegar (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4, Twins 3.

BREWERS 8TH: RANDALL REPLACED POWELL (PLAYING 2B); RIVERA
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
RF); Money grounded out (third to first); Cooper struck out;
Thomas doubled to left; Oglivie was walked intentionally;
Lezcano struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Rivera singled to left; Randall out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Rivera to second]; Smalley was called
out on strikes; Landreaux grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Twins 3.

BREWERS 9TH: Bando flied out to left; Yount flied out to center;
Moore singled to left; Molitor tripled to right [Moore scored];
MARSHALL REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Money grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: MORALES BATTED FOR ADAMS; Morales grounded out
(second to first); R. Jackson singled to right; NORWOOD BATTED
FOR CUBBAGE; Norwood singled to shortstop [R. Jackson to third
(error by Yount)]; Wynegar hit a sacrifice fly to left [R.
Jackson scored]; Edwards walked [Norwood to second]; CASTRO
REPLACED AUGUSTINE (PITCHING); Rivera singled to right [Edwards
to third, Norwood scored]; Randall lined to right; 2 R, 3 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 5, Twins 5.

BREWERS 10TH: NORWOOD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); EDWARDS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); CASTINO REPLACED RIVERA (PLAYING
3B); Cooper grounded out (third to first); Thomas struck out;
Oglivie homered; Lezcano flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 6, Twins 5.

TWINS 10TH: Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); Landreaux
grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales singled to right; R.
Jackson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 6,
Twins 5.