Held to seven hits by Moose Haas, the slumping Rangers lost to the Brewers, 5-1, for their sixth straight defeat and 23rd in 31 games since the All-Star break. The Brewers, who won their sixth in a row, were paced at bat by Sixto Lezcano, Cecil Cooper and Paul Molitor.

Lezcano hit a homer in the fourth inning and drove in another run with a single in the sixth. Cooper also accounted for two RBIs and Molitor hit a pair of triples. Pat Putnam homered for the Rangers' lone run. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 5, Texas Rangers 1
Game Played on Friday, August    17, 1979 (Night game) at County Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  7  0
Brewers      1  0  0    1  0  2    1  0  x  -   5 10  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Sample lf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Yount ss              3   2   1   0     1   0   .257
  Wills ph,2b         2   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Money 2b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .249
Bell 3b,ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .300      Cooper 1b             4   0   2   2     0   0   .313
Putnam 1b             4   1   2   1     0   1   .283      Thomas cf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .232
J. Ellis dh           4   0   0   0     0   2   .280      Oglivie lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Jorgensen rf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .233      Lezcano rf            4   2   2   2     0   1   .332
Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .243
Washington cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Molitor dh            4   0   2   1     0   0   .311
  Oliver ph,lf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .319      Moore c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .328
Blanks 2b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Haas p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rivers ph,cf        2   0   2   0     0   0   .271
Norman ss             1   0   0   0     0   0   .197
  Soderholm ph,3b     2   0   1   0     0   0   .254
Comer p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   7   1     1   5             Totals               33   5  10   5     2   5

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 24,074
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Brewers 6
DP: Rangers 0, Brewers 1
Doubles: Yount (21), Money (15), Thomas (22), Cooper (36)
Triples: Molitor 2 (13)
Home Runs: Putnam (15), Lezcano (20)
Stolen Bases: Yount (6)
Caught Stealing: Jorgensen (2)
GIDP: Putnam (7)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Comer L(12-8)           6     9   5   5   2   4   1  28   3.70
Kern                    2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   1.44
Totals                  8    10   5   5   2   5   1  35

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Haas W(8-7)             9     7   1   1   1   5   1  33   5.10
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   5   1  33

Wild Pitches: Kern (2), Haas (7)

Umpires: HP - Dan Morrison, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Mike Reilly


RANGERS 1ST: Sample made an out to second; Bell struck out;
Putnam struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Yount doubled to left; On a bunt Money singled
[Yount to third]; Cooper forced Money (shortstop to second)
[Yount scored]; Thomas walked [Cooper to second]; Oglivie
grounded out (first unassisted) [Cooper to third, Thomas to
second]; Lezcano made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Rangers 0, Brewers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: J. Ellis popped to first in foul territory;
Jorgensen walked; Jorgensen was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); Sundberg flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 2ND: Bando struck out; Molitor tripled to right; Molitor
was out trying to advance to home (catcher to pitcher); Moore
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Brewers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Washington popped to third in foul territory;
Blanks flied out to center; Norman grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Yount grounded out (second to first); Money struck
out; Cooper singled to right; Thomas flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Sample popped to first in foul territory; Bell
singled to right; Putnam grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Bell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Oglivie struck out; Lezcano homered; Bando struck
out; Molitor grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: J. Ellis struck out; Jorgensen lined to left;
Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Moore lined to right; Yount grounded out (pitcher
to first); Money doubled to left; Cooper grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: OLIVER BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Oliver lined to
right; RIVERS BATTED FOR BLANKS; Rivers singled to first;
SODERHOLM BATTED FOR NORMAN; Soderholm made an out to first;
WILLS BATTED FOR SAMPLE; Wills singled to center [Rivers to
third]; Bell forced Wills (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 6TH: WILLS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); BELL CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); OLIVER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
RIVERS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); SODERHOLM STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING 3B); Thomas doubled to left; Oglivie grounded out
(second to first) [Thomas to third]; Lezcano singled to center
[Thomas scored]; Bando popped to first in foul territory;
Molitor tripled to left [Lezcano scored]; Moore flied out to
left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Putnam homered; J. Ellis struck out; Jorgensen
struck out; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 7TH: Yount walked; KERN REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Yount
stole second; Kern threw a wild pitch [Yount to third]; Money
grounded out (third to first); Cooper doubled to left [Yount
scored]; Thomas flied out to left; Oglivie grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 5.

RANGERS 8TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Rivers
singled to right; Soderholm singled to left [Rivers to second];
Wills grounded out (first unassisted) [Rivers to third,
Soderholm to second]; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 8TH: Lezcano struck out; Bando grounded out (shortstop
to first); Molitor grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Putnam singled to right; Haas threw a wild pitch
[Putnam to second]; J. Ellis flied out to right; Jorgensen flied
out to center; Sundberg made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 5.