Friday September 28, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Winning for the 10th time in his last 11 decisions, Mike Caldwell pitched the Brewers to a 10-1 victory over the Twins. Caldwell allowed only five hits with the Twins' run coming in the fourth inning on a pass to Butch Wynegar and triple by Ron Jackson. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 10, Minnesota Twins 1

Game Played on Friday, September 28, 1979 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Brewers 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 - 10 17 0 Twins 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molitor 2b 5 1 3 1 0 1 .321 Rivera lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Yount ss 4 2 0 1 1 0 .267 Castino 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Cooper 1b 5 2 3 5 0 1 .308 Smalley ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Thomas cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .240 Wynegar c 2 1 0 0 2 0 .266 Oglivie rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .279 R. Jackson 1b 4 0 3 1 0 0 .272 Davis dh 5 1 2 0 0 0 .264 Morales dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Wohlford lf 4 0 2 1 1 1 .274 Ward rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .231 Gantner 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .284 Edwards cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .251 Fosse c 5 2 2 0 0 0 .227 Wilfong 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .316 Caldwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Randall ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Redfern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Felton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 42 10 17 10 2 4 Totals 30 1 5 1 4 2 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 14,376 Left on Base: Brewers 8, Twins 6 DP: Brewers 1, Twins 1 Doubles: Wohlford (13), Fosse (3), Cooper 2 (44), R. Jackson (40) Triples: R. Jackson (5) Home Runs: Cooper (24) Stolen Bases: Molitor (33), Wohlford (6) Caught Stealing: Ward (1) Sacrifice Flies: Oglivie (4) GIDP: Davis (9), Morales (10) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Caldwell W(16-6) 9 5 1 1 4 2 0 34 3.29 Totals 9 5 1 1 4 2 0 34 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson L(3-10) 4.1 8 4 4 0 1 1 20 5.63 D. Jackson 0.2 3 1 1 1 0 0 6 4.28 Redfern 2 6 5 5 1 2 0 13 3.49 Felton 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0.00 Totals 9 17 10 10 2 4 1 45 Wild Pitches: D. Jackson 2 (10) Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Don Denkinger BREWERS 1ST: Molitor singled to left; Yount flied out to right; Molitor stole second; Cooper struck out; Thomas made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Rivera popped to first in foul territory; Castino grounded out (pitcher to first); Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie grounded out (second to first); Davis grounded out (third to first); Wohlford doubled to right; Gantner grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Wynegar walked; R. Jackson flied out to left; Morales grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Wynegar out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. BREWERS 3RD: Fosse grounded out (first to pitcher); Molitor flied out to right; Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Ward walked; Ward was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Edwards walked; Wilfong struck out; Rivera forced Edwards (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. BREWERS 4TH: Cooper homered; Thomas singled to left; Oglivie singled to center [Thomas to second]; Davis grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Thomas to third, Oglivie out at second]; Wohlford singled to center [Thomas scored]; Wohlford stole second; Gantner grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Castino grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley flied out to center; Wynegar walked; R. Jackson tripled [Wynegar scored]; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Twins 1. BREWERS 5TH: Fosse doubled to left; On a bunt Molitor singled [Fosse to third]; Yount forced Molitor (shortstop to second) [Fosse scored]; D. JACKSON REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Cooper doubled to center [Yount scored]; Thomas grounded out (second to first) [Cooper to third]; Oglivie flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 4, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Ward struck out; Edwards flied out to center; Wilfong grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Twins 1. BREWERS 6TH: Davis singled to right; D. Jackson threw a wild pitch [Davis to second]; Wohlford walked; D. Jackson threw a wild pitch [Davis to third, Wohlford to second]; Gantner singled to left [Davis scored, Wohlford to third]; REDFERN REPLACED D. JACKSON (PITCHING); Fosse flied out to left; Molitor struck out; Yount grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 5, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: Rivera grounded out (third to first); Castino grounded out (second to first); Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Twins 1. BREWERS 7TH: Cooper grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas struck out; Oglivie singled to left; Davis singled to left [Oglivie to second]; Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 5, Twins 1. TWINS 7TH: Wynegar grounded out (second to first); R. Jackson singled to left; Morales flied out to center; Ward singled to left [R. Jackson to second]; Edwards forced Ward (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 5, Twins 1. BREWERS 8TH: Gantner singled to center; Fosse singled to center [Gantner to third]; Molitor singled to center [Gantner scored, Fosse to second]; Yount walked [Fosse to third, Molitor to second]; Cooper doubled to right [Fosse scored, Molitor scored, Yount scored]; FELTON REPLACED REDFERN (PITCHING); Thomas flied out to center [Cooper to third]; Debut game for Terry Felton; Oglivie hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cooper scored]; Davis flied out to center; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 10, Twins 1. TWINS 8TH: RANDALL BATTED FOR WILFONG; Randall flied out to left; Rivera grounded out (third to first); Castino singled to center; Smalley forced Castino (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 10, Twins 1. BREWERS 9TH: RANDALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Wohlford struck out; Gantner flied out to left; Fosse grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 10, Twins 1. TWINS 9TH: Wynegar grounded out (third to first); R. Jackson doubled to center; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Ward flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 10, Twins 1.

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