The A's put together seven consecutive singles for six runs in the fifth inning and defeated the Brewers, 7-5. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 7, Milwaukee Brewers 5
Game Played on Thursday, July      3, 1980 (Night game) at County Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  6  0    1  0  0  -   7 16  0
Brewers      3  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5 13  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cox 2b                5   2   3   0     0   0   .333      Yount ss              5   1   2   0     0   1   .331
Murphy cf             4   1   1   1     1   1   .305      Harris lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .267
Armas rf              5   1   4   1     0   0   .280      Cooper 1b             5   1   1   0     0   2   .328
Revering 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .303      Thomas cf             4   1   1   1     0   2   .222
  Essian 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Lezcano rf            4   1   1   2     0   1   .226
  Gross ph,1b         3   0   2   2     0   0   .275      Money 3b              4   1   3   2     0   0   .271
Newman dh             4   0   0   1     0   1   .235      Brouhard dh           4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Heath c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .223      Gantner 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .269
McKay 3b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .217        Davis ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .290
Davis lf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .250        Romero 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Picciolo ss           4   1   3   2     0   0   .267      Moore c               3   0   2   0     1   0   .273
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Caldwell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mitchell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Augustine p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Flinn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   7  16   7     1   4             Totals               37   5  13   5     1   7

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance: 15,298
Left on Base: A's 7, Brewers 8
DP: A's 0, Brewers 3
Doubles: Picciolo (7), Thomas (14)
Home Runs: Lezcano (13), Money (11)
Stolen Bases: Cox (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Newman (3), Harris (1), Thomas (2)
GIDP: Armas (9), Essian (5)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough W(9-8)           5.2  13   5   5   0   2   2  29   3.25
Lacey SV(2)             3.1   0   0   0   1   5   0  11   3.47
Totals                  9    13   5   5   1   7   2  40

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell L(7-5)         4.1  10   6   6   1   1   0  21   3.99
Mitchell                2     3   1   1   0   1   0   9   2.57
Augustine               0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.83
Flinn                   2.2   2   0   0   0   2   0  10   2.16
Totals                  9    16   7   7   1   4   0  41

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Russ Goetz


ATHLETICS 1ST: Cox grounded out (second to first); Murphy
walked; Armas grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Yount singled to left; Harris out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Yount to second]; Cooper struck out;
Thomas doubled to left [Yount scored]; Lezcano homered [Thomas
scored]; Money singled to left; Brouhard singled to right [Money
to third]; Gantner grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 3.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering grounded out (pitcher to first); Newman
flied out to right; Heath singled to left; McKay struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 2ND: ESSIAN REPLACED REVERING (PLAYING 1B); Moore
grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount grounded out (shortstop
to first); Harris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Davis flied out to left; Picciolo doubled to
left; On a bunt Cox singled to third [Picciolo to third]; Murphy
hit into a double play (pitcher to catcher to left to first to
second to center) [Picciolo out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 3RD: Cooper singled to right; Thomas out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Cooper to second]; Lezcano grounded out
(shortstop to first); Money homered [Cooper scored]; Brouhard
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Brewers 5.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas singled to third; Essian grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Armas out at second];
Newman flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Brewers 5.

BREWERS 4TH: On a bunt Gantner singled to pitcher; Moore singled
to left [Gantner to second]; Yount struck out; Harris flied out
to right; Cooper grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Brewers 5.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Heath grounded out (second to first); McKay
singled to left; Davis singled to center [McKay to third, Davis
to second (on throw)]; Picciolo singled to right [McKay scored,
Davis scored]; Cox singled to left [Picciolo to second]; Murphy
singled to right [Picciolo scored, Cox to third]; Armas singled
to left [Cox scored, Murphy to second]; MITCHELL REPLACED
CALDWELL (PITCHING); GROSS BATTED FOR ESSIAN; Gross singled to
center [Murphy scored, Armas to third]; Newman out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Armas scored, Gross to
second]; Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); 6 R, 7 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 5TH: GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Thomas grounded
out (third to first); Lezcano made an out to second; Money
singled to center [Money out at second (left to second)]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Brewers 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: McKay flied out to left; Davis popped to catcher
in foul territory; Picciolo grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 6TH: Brouhard flied out to center; Gantner grounded out
(shortstop to first); Moore singled to left; Yount singled to
shortstop [Moore to second]; Harris singled to shortstop [Moore
to third, Yount to second]; LACEY REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING);
Cooper grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 6, Brewers 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Cox singled to left; Cox stole second; Murphy
struck out; Armas singled to left [Cox to third]; AUGUSTINE
REPLACED MITCHELL (PITCHING); Gross singled to right [Cox
scored, Armas to third]; FLINN REPLACED AUGUSTINE (PITCHING);
Newman struck out; Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 7, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 7TH: Thomas was called out on strikes; Lezcano struck
out; Money grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 7, Brewers 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: McKay flied out to left; Davis was called out on
strikes; Picciolo singled to right; Cox made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 8TH: Brouhard made an out to third; DAVIS BATTED FOR
GANTNER; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore walked;
Yount grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 7, Brewers 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: ROMERO REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING 2B); Murphy flied
out to right; Armas singled to center; Gross flied out to left;
Newman flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7,
Brewers 5.

BREWERS 9TH: Harris struck out; Cooper struck out; Thomas struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 7, Brewers 5.