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Sunday July 8, 1979
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The Brewers swept a doubleheader from the Tigers, 5-4 and 3-1, as Ben Oglivie clouted three homers in the first game and doubled in a run in the second contest. In the opener, Oglivie homered leading off the second and sixth innings and belted a two-run blast in the seventh stanza.

Both Brewer starters went the route, Mike Caldwell doing so for the 12th time this season in the first game and Bill Travers on a four-hitter in the nightcap. [The Sporting News]


Milwaukee Brewers 5, Detroit Tigers 4 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, July 8, 1979 (Day game) at County Stadium

Tigers       0  0  0    1  1  0    0  1  1  -   4 10  2
Brewers      0  1  1    0  0  1    2  0  x  -   5 11  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   3   1     0   1   .297      Molitor 2b            5   1   2   0     0   0   .330
Whitaker 2b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .303      Money dh              4   1   1   0     1   0   .227
Kemp lf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .323      Cooper 1b             1   0   0   0     3   1   .314
Morales rf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .239      Thomas cf             5   0   1   1     0   1   .243
Parrish c             4   1   2   1     0   0   .284      Oglivie lf            3   3   3   4     1   0   .254
Wockenfuss 1b         4   0   0   0     0   2   .233      Lezcano rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .318
Staub dh              4   1   1   0     0   1   .233      Yount ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .248
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   2   1     0   1   .251      Moore c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .369
Wagner ss             2   1   1   0     0   1   .319      Gantner 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .275
Billingham p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Caldwell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4  10   4     0   9             Totals               32   5  11   5     7   3

Time of Game: 2:44
Left on Base: Tigers 4, Brewers 11
DP: Tigers 3, Brewers 1
Errors: Whitaker, Wagner
Doubles: Staub (12), Rodriguez (14), Wagner (3), Molitor (18), Gantner (4)
Triples: Lezcano (3)
Home Runs: Morales (8), Parrish (10), Oglivie 3 (18)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (44)
Sacrifice Hits: Kemp (2), Wagner (3), Cooper (2)
GIDP: Moore (7), Lezcano (8), Money (2)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham              3.2   4   2   2   4   0   1  17   3.55
Hiller L(3-7)           3.1   5   3   3   2   1   2  17   4.32
Lopez                   1     2   0   0   1   2   0   6   3.19
Totals                  8    11   5   5   7   3   3  40

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell W(10-5)        9    10   4   4   0   9   2  35   3.27
Totals                  9    10   4   4   0   9   2  35

Passed Balls: Parrish (15)
Wild Pitches: Caldwell (4)

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


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to left; Whitaker struck out; Kemp
out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [LeFlore to second];
Morales grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Money
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper walked; Thomas forced
Cooper (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Brewers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Parrish singled to left; Wockenfuss grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Parrish to second]; Caldwell threw a wild
pitch [Parrish to third]; Parrish was picked off third (catcher
to third); Staub struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie homered; Lezcano reached on an error by
Wagner; Yount forced Lezcano (pitcher to second); Moore grounded
into a double play (second to first) [Yount out at second]; 1 R,
1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: On a bunt Rodriguez singled to third; Wagner struck
out; LeFlore singled to left [Rodriguez to third]; LeFlore stole
second; Whitaker lined into a double play (third unassisted)
[Rodriguez out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Gantner grounded out (shortstop to first); Molitor
doubled to left; Money grounded out (third to first); Cooper was
walked intentionally; Thomas singled to shortstop [Thomas out at
second (shortstop to first to second), Cooper to third, Molitor
scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Kemp flied out to center; Morales homered; Parrish
grounded out (second to first); Wockenfuss struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Oglivie walked; Lezcano grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Oglivie out at second]; Yount
walked; Moore singled to left [Yount to third]; HILLER REPLACED
BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Gantner forced Moore (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Staub doubled to right; Rodriguez doubled to right
[Staub scored]; Wagner out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Rodriguez to third]; LeFlore was called out on strikes;
Whitaker was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Molitor reached on an error by Whitaker; Money
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Molitor
out at second]; Cooper walked; Thomas popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Kemp struck out; Morales flied out to right; Parrish
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Brewers 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Oglivie homered; Lezcano struck out; Yount popped
to catcher in foul territory; Moore walked; Gantner doubled to
right [Moore to third]; Molitor grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Wockenfuss struck out; Staub flied out to center;
Rodriguez made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
2, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 7TH: Money singled to right; Cooper out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Money to second]; Parrish allowed a
passed ball [Money to third]; Thomas grounded out (pitcher to
first); Oglivie homered [Money scored]; Lezcano tripled to
right; Yount grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Wagner doubled to right; LeFlore singled to center
[Wagner scored]; Whitaker popped to catcher in foul territory;
Kemp lined to right; Morales made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 8TH: LOPEZ REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); Moore made an out
to first; Gantner singled to center; Molitor singled to left
[Gantner to second]; Money walked [Gantner to third, Molitor to
second]; Cooper struck out; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Tigers 3, Brewers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Parrish homered; Wockenfuss grounded out (pitcher to
first); Staub popped to third in foul territory; Rodriguez
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Brewers 5.



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