A grand slam by Sixto Lezcano in the bottom of the ninth inning for his second homer of the game lifted the Brewers to a 9-5 victory over the Red Sox in the season's opener. After the Red Sox tied the score at 5-5 in the top of the ninth on homers by Carl Yastrzemski and Butch Hobson, Paul Molitor started the Brewers' half with a single and was sacrificed to second by Cecil Cooper.

Dick Davis fouled out and Ben Oglivie received an intentional walk. Gorman Thomas then walked to load the bases and Lezcano drove the ball into the right-center field bullpen. Lezcano's other homer came with a man on base in the fourth inning. The Brewers also had bases-empty blows by Oglivie, Molitor and Don Money. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 9, Boston Red Sox 5
Game Played on Thursday, April     10, 1980 (Day game) at County Stadium
Red Sox      0  1  2    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   5 10  0
Brewers      0  0  0    3  1  1    0  0  4  -   9  9  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Remy 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Molitor 2b            5   2   2   1     0   0   .400
Burleson ss           4   1   2   0     0   0   .500      Cooper 1b             4   0   1   0     0   3   .250
Lynn cf               4   1   1   0     0   1   .250      Davis dh              5   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Rice lf               4   0   1   1     0   1   .250      Oglivie lf            3   2   1   1     2   0   .333
Yastrzemski dh        4   2   3   2     0   0   .750      Thomas cf             2   2   1   0     3   1   .500
Perez 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Lezcano rf            5   2   2   6     0   0   .400
Hobson 3b             4   1   2   2     0   0   .500      Money 3b              3   1   1   1     1   0   .333
Evans rf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Yount ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Rader c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Moore c               4   0   1   0     0   2   .250
Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Slaton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Renko p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5  10   5     1   3             Totals               34   9   9   9     7   7

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 53,313
Left on Base: Red Sox 4, Brewers 7
DP: Red Sox 0, Brewers 2
Doubles: Cooper (1), Thomas (1)
Home Runs: Yastrzemski (1), Hobson (1), Oglivie (1), Lezcano 2 (2), Molitor (1), Money (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Cooper (1)
GIDP: Rader (1), Perez (1)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley               4.1   5   4   4   2   3   3  20   8.31
Renko                   3.2   2   1   1   3   4   1  16   2.45
Drago L(0-1)            0.2   2   4   4   2   0   1   6  54.00
Totals                  8.2   9   9   9   7   7   5  42

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton                  8.1  10   5   5   1   3   2  34   5.40
Cleveland W(1-0)        0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Totals                  9    10   5   5   1   3   2  36

Wild Pitches: Slaton (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Mike Reilly


RED SOX 1ST: Remy grounded out (pitcher to first); Burleson
singled to right; Lynn flied out to center; Rice struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (third to first); Cooper was
called out on strikes; Davis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Brewers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski singled to right; Perez singled to
right [Yastrzemski to third]; Slaton threw a wild pitch [Perez
to second]; Hobson singled [Yastrzemski scored, Perez to third];
Evans struck out; Rader grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Hobson out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie flied out to right; Thomas struck out;
Lezcano popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Brewers 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Remy flied out to left; Burleson singled to center;
Lynn singled to right [Burleson to third]; Rice singled to left
[Burleson scored, Lynn to second]; Yastrzemski singled to center
[Lynn scored, Rice to third]; Perez grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Yastrzemski out at second]; 2 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Money grounded out (third to first); Yount made an
out to first; Moore singled to right; Molitor flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Brewers 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Hobson grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans
walked; Rader grounded out (first unassisted) [Evans to second];
Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Cooper was called out on strikes; Davis flied out
to center; Oglivie homered; Thomas walked; Lezcano homered
[Thomas scored]; Money walked; Yount flied out to right; 3 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Brewers 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Burleson flied out to center; Lynn was called out
on strikes; Rice grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Moore grounded out (third to first); Molitor
homered; Cooper doubled to left; RENKO REPLACED ECKERSLEY
(PITCHING); Davis struck out; Oglivie was walked intentionally;
Thomas walked [Cooper to third, Oglivie to second]; Lezcano
forced Oglivie (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Brewers 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski flied out to left; Perez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hobson grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Money homered; Yount grounded out (shortstop to
first); Moore was called out on strikes; Molitor flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Brewers 5.

RED SOX 7TH: Evans flied out to left; Rader flied out to center;
Remy grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 7TH: Cooper struck out; Davis grounded out (shortstop to
first); Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Brewers 5.

RED SOX 8TH: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn
grounded out (first unassisted); Rice flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 8TH: Thomas doubled to left; Lezcano flied out to
center; Money flied out to center; Yount walked; Moore struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Brewers 5.

RED SOX 9TH: Yastrzemski homered; Perez grounded out (third to
first); Hobson homered; CLEVELAND REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING);
Evans grounded out (pitcher to first); Rader flied out to right;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 9TH: DRAGO REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Molitor singled to
right; Cooper out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Molitor to second]; Davis popped to first in foul territory;
Oglivie was walked intentionally; Thomas walked [Molitor to
third, Oglivie to second]; Lezcano homered [Molitor scored,
Oglivie scored, Thomas scored]; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
5, Brewers 9.