The Red Sox smashed six homers including four in one inning, but could not match the batting of the Brewers, who piled up 22 hits and rolled to a 19-11 victory. Rick Burleson homered for the Red Sox in the first inning, Dave Stapleton hit his first major league homer in the fourth and, after Jim Rice was retired, Tony Perez, Carlton Fisk and Butch Hobson connected for the circuit in succession. Stapleton added another homer in the ninth.

Robin Yount and Paul Molitor rapped round-trippers for the Brewers, who enjoyed three big innings, racking up eight runs in the third, six in the seventh and four in the eighth. Molitor drove in four runs, Gantner batted in three and five other Brewers had two RBIs each. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 19, Boston Red Sox 8
Game Played on Saturday, May       31, 1980 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Brewers      0  0  8    0  0  1    6  4  0  -  19 22  0
Red Sox      1  0  0    4  0  2    0  0  1  -   8 12  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Molitor 2b            6   3   4   4     0   0   .366      Burleson ss           5   1   1   1     0   0   .246
  Bando 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Stapleton 2b          5   2   2   2     0   0   .333
Yount ss              5   2   3   2     1   0   .335      Rice lf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Cooper 1b             6   1   2   2     0   0   .348      Perez 1b              4   2   2   1     0   1   .301
Davis dh              6   2   2   2     0   0   .283      Fisk c                2   2   2   1     2   0   .310
Oglivie rf            6   3   3   2     0   0   .322        Allenson c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Thomas cf             5   2   1   1     1   1   .201      Hobson dh             4   1   2   3     0   0   .228
Gantner 3b,2b         5   3   3   3     0   1   .238      Evans rf              1   0   0   0     1   1   .195
Brouhard lf           5   1   2   0     0   0   .200        Yastrzemski ph,cf   1   0   1   0     1   0   .252
Moore c               5   2   2   2     0   0   .276      Hoffman 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Caldwell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dwyer cf,rf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .339
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        MacWhorter p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               49  19  22  18     2   2             Totals               35   8  12   8     4   3

Time of Game: 3:12   Attendance: 30,381
Left on Base: Brewers 5, Red Sox 4
DP: Brewers 4, Red Sox 0
Errors: Rice
Doubles: Molitor (12), Davis (7), Gantner (4), Oglivie (9), Moore (4), Cooper (12), Thomas (7), Yount (15), Fisk (10)
Home Runs: Yount (8), Molitor (4), Burleson (4), Stapleton 2 (2), Perez (7), Fisk (7), Hobson (6)
GIDP: Hobson (4), Burleson 2 (9), Hoffman (1)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell                3.1   6   5   5   1   1   5  15   3.48
Cleveland W(3-2)        4.1   5   2   2   3   1   0  19   4.37
McClure                 1.1   1   1   1   0   1   1   5   2.57
Totals                  9    12   8   8   4   3   6  39

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez L(1-5)           2.1   5   5   5   1   1   0  13   4.50
MacWhorter              1.2   4   3   3   1   0   0  10   8.38
Drago                   2.1   4   4   4   0   1   1  11   5.02
Lockwood                2.2   9   7   6   0   0   1  17   6.35
Totals                  9    22  19  18   2   2   2  51

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Don Denkinger


BREWERS 1ST: Molitor singled to center; Yount forced Molitor
(third to second); Cooper flied out to center; Davis flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson homered; Stapleton grounded out (third to
first); Rice flied out to center; Perez flied out to center; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 1.

BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas
grounded out (second to first); Gantner was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk walked; Hobson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Fisk out at second]; Evans
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Brouhard singled to right; Moore forced Brouhard
(first to shortstop); Molitor doubled to right [Moore to third];
Yount walked; Cooper singled to left [Moore scored, Molitor
scored, Yount to second]; Davis doubled to right [Yount scored,
Cooper scored]; MACWHORTER REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Oglivie
singled to right [Davis scored]; Thomas walked [Oglivie to
second]; Gantner doubled to left [Oglivie scored, Thomas
scored]; Brouhard grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore
singled to right [Gantner scored]; Molitor lined to second; 8 R,
7 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 8, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Hoffman grounded out (second to first); Dwyer
singled to left; Burleson grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Dwyer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 8, Red Sox 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Yount singled to left; Cooper flied out to center;
Davis flied out to center; Oglivie flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 8, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Stapleton homered; Rice grounded out (shortstop to
first); Perez homered; Fisk homered; Hobson homered; the Red
Sox become the 12th team to hit 4 or more homers in one inning;
this is the sixth time that the Red Sox have accomplished the
feat; it was last done by the Red Sox on 7/4/1977; Boston also
hits back-to-back-to-back homers for the first time in club
history since 8/13/1977; CLEVELAND REPLACED CALDWELL
(PITCHING); Evans walked; Hoffman grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at second]; 4 R, 4 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 8, Red Sox 5.

BREWERS 5TH: DRAGO REPLACED MACWHORTER (PITCHING); Thomas struck
out; Gantner grounded out (third to first); Brouhard grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 8, Red
Sox 5.

RED SOX 5TH: On a bunt Dwyer singled; Burleson grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Dwyer out at
second]; Stapleton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 8, Red Sox 5.

BREWERS 6TH: Moore flied out to right; Molitor grounded out
(second to first); Yount homered; Cooper flied out to left; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 9, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 6TH: Rice grounded out (third to first); Perez singled;
Fisk doubled to left [Perez to third]; Hobson singled to right
[Perez scored, Fisk scored, Hobson to second (on throw to
home)]; YASTRZEMSKI BATTED FOR EVANS; Yastrzemski walked;
Hoffman flied out to center; Dwyer flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 9, Red Sox 7.

BREWERS 7TH: YASTRZEMSKI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); DWYER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Davis singled; Oglivie doubled
to right [Davis scored]; Thomas flied out to right [Oglivie to
third]; Gantner singled to right [Oglivie scored]; LOCKWOOD
REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Brouhard singled [Gantner to third,
Brouhard to second (on throw to 3b)]; Moore doubled to right
[Gantner scored, Brouhard to third]; Molitor homered [Brouhard
scored, Moore scored]; Yount grounded out (third to first);
Cooper doubled to right; Davis flied out to left; 6 R, 7 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Brewers 15, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 7TH: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Stapleton
made an out to second; Rice flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 15, Red Sox 7.

BREWERS 8TH: Oglivie singled to third; Thomas doubled to left
[Oglivie scored]; Gantner singled to second [Thomas to third];
Brouhard made an out to first; Moore made an out to shortstop;
Molitor singled to left [Thomas scored, Gantner to second];
Yount doubled to left [Gantner scored (RBI), Molitor scored
(error by Rice) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Cooper grounded out (first
to pitcher); 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 19, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 8TH: BANDO REPLACED MOLITOR (PLAYING 3B); GANTNER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Perez struck out; Fisk walked;
Hobson made an out to first; Yastrzemski singled to right [Fisk
to third]; MCCLURE REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Hoffman
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers
19, Red Sox 7.

BREWERS 9TH: ALLENSON REPLACED FISK (PLAYING C ); Davis flied
out to left; Oglivie flied out to center; Thomas made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 19, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 9TH: Dwyer struck out; Burleson flied out to left;
Stapleton homered; Dave Stapleton becomes just the 6th AL
player to hit 2 homers in his first two ML games; Rice flied
out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 19, Red Sox 8.