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Tuesday August 7, 1979
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Sixto Lezcano, Gorman Thomas and Dick Davis each slugged two-run homers to power the Brewers to a 7-5 decision over the Orioles. Davis' blast came in the eighth inning and snapped a 5-5 tie. Jerry Augustine pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to earn his fourth victory of the season. [The Sporting News]


Milwaukee Brewers 7, Baltimore Orioles 5

Game Played on Tuesday, August 7, 1979 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Brewers      0  0  0    3  2  0    0  2  0  -   7 11  0
Orioles      2  0  1    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   5 11  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Molitor 2b            4   0   0   0     1   0   .307      Bumbry cf             4   1   3   0     1   1   .287
Money dh              4   1   1   0     1   0   .241      Belanger ss           1   1   0   1     1   0   .163
Cooper 1b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .304        Kelly ph            1   1   1   1     0   0   .320
Thomas cf             5   2   2   2     0   1   .232        Garcia ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Lezcano rf            4   2   3   2     0   0   .329      Singleton rf          5   0   1   1     0   1   .300
Davis lf              4   2   2   2     0   0   .264      Murray dh             4   0   1   1     0   1   .292
  Wohlford lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .271      May 1b                5   1   2   1     0   1   .283
Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .241      DeCinces 3b           4   0   0   0     1   1   .239
  Gantner pr,3b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Ayala lf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Yount ss              4   0   1   1     0   0   .260        Lowenstein ph,lf    1   0   0   0     0   1   .267
Moore c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .343      Dauer 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .258
Caldwell              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dempsey c             3   1   1   0     1   1   .254
  Slaton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Galasso p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stewart p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Castro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Augustine p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   7  11   7     3   2             Totals               36   5  11   5     4   7

Time of Game: 3:34   Attendance: 39,524
Left on Base: Brewers 6, Orioles 10
DP: Brewers 0, Orioles 1
Errors: May
Doubles: Lezcano (18), Davis (8), Yount (19), Bando (10), Bumbry (22)
Home Runs: Lezcano (17), Thomas (28), Davis (10), May (17), Kelly (5)
Stolen Bases: Molitor (23), Bumbry (27)
Caught Stealing: Moore (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Murray (4), Belanger (2)
GIDP: Molitor (8)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton                  5     6   4   4   4   3   1  25   2.89
Galasso                 1.1   3   1   1   0   2   1   7   4.50
Castro                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   1.77
Augustine W(4-4)        2.1   2   0   0   0   1   0   9   4.00
Totals                  9    11   5   5   4   7   2  42

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor                3.1   7   3   3   0   0   1  17   3.46
Stewart L(7-5)          3.2   3   4   4   2   0   2  16   3.53
Stanhouse               2     1   0   0   1   2   0   7   2.34
Totals                  9    11   7   7   3   2   3  40

Wild Pitches: Slaton (5), Augustine (2)

Umpires: HP - Fred Spenn, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Larry Barnett


BREWERS 1ST: Molitor flied out to center; Money lined to
shortstop; Cooper singled to right; Thomas popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: SLATON REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); Bumbry doubled
to center; Mike Caldwell hurt his back warming up;
Belanger walked; Singleton singled to left [Bumbry scored,
Belanger to third]; Slaton threw a wild pitch [Singleton to
second]; Murray hit a sacrifice fly to center [Belanger scored];
May grounded out (shortstop to first); DeCinces flied out to
center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 2.

BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano doubled to left; Davis grounded out (third
to first); Bando lined to third; Yount lined to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 2ND: Ayala singled to right; Dauer flied out to center;
Dempsey singled to third [Ayala to second]; Bumbry walked [Ayala
to third, Dempsey to second]; Belanger forced Ayala (third to
catcher) [Dempsey to third, Bumbry to second]; Singleton flied
out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 2.

BREWERS 3RD: Moore made an out to third; Molitor flied out to
right; Money singled to third; Cooper grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Murray struck out; May homered; DeCinces grounded
out (shortstop to first); Ayala grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 3.

BREWERS 4TH: Thomas singled to center; Lezcano homered [Thomas
scored]; Davis doubled to left; Bando grounded out (third to
first); Yount doubled to left [Davis scored]; STEWART REPLACED
MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Moore grounded out (second to first);
Molitor grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: Dauer grounded out (third to first); Dempsey
walked; Bumbry singled to right [Dempsey to third]; Bumbry stole
second; Belanger hit a sacrifice fly to left [Dempsey scored];
Singleton struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Orioles
4.

BREWERS 5TH: Money walked; Cooper flied out to left; Thomas
homered [Money scored]; Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to
first); Davis flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
5, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 5TH: Murray made an out to third; May was called out on
strikes; DeCinces walked; Ayala forced DeCinces (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Orioles 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Bando flied out to right; Yount flied out to right;
Moore reached on an error by May (assist by Dauer); Moore was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 5, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: GALASSO REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); Dauer flied out
to left; Dempsey was called out on strikes; Bumbry struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5, Orioles 4.

BREWERS 7TH: Molitor walked; Molitor stole second; Money
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper grounded out (first
unassisted) [Molitor to third]; Thomas grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: KELLY BATTED FOR BELANGER; Kelly homered; Singleton
grounded out (second to first); Murray singled to center; May
singled to third [Murray to second]; CASTRO REPLACED GALASSO
(PITCHING); DeCinces was called out on strikes; AUGUSTINE
REPLACED CASTRO (PITCHING); LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR AYALA;
Lowenstein struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 5, Orioles
5.

BREWERS 8TH: GARCIA REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING SS); LOWENSTEIN
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Lezcano singled to left; Davis
homered [Lezcano scored]; STANHOUSE REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING);
Bando doubled to left; GANTNER RAN FOR BANDO; Yount flied out to
center; Moore walked; Molitor grounded into a double play (third
to first) [Gantner out at third]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
7, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 8TH: GANTNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); WOHLFORD
REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING LF); On a bunt Dauer singled; Dempsey
flied out to center; Bumbry singled to left [Dauer to second];
Augustine threw a wild pitch [Dauer to third, Bumbry to second];
Garcia grounded out (third to first); Singleton lined to second;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 7, Orioles 5.

BREWERS 9TH: Money popped to first in foul territory; Cooper
struck out; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 7,
Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 9TH: Murray grounded out (second to first); May flied
out to left; DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 7, Orioles 5.



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