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Milwaukee Brewers @ Oakland Athletics

1979-05-18 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 2556 · 2:39

Milwaukee Brewers defeated Oakland Athletics 8–0. Milwaukee Brewers put up 3 in the 2nd. Bill Travers earned the win. Paul Molitor went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML4	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	8	9
OAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

W: Bill Travers L: Mike Norris SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Greg Kosc · 1B: Jerry Neudecker · 2B: George Maloney · 3B: Bill Deegan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Robin Yount	4	0	0	0	1	1
Sal Bando	5	1	1	1	1	0
Cecil Cooper	3	1	2	3	2	0
Dick Davis	4	0	0	0	1	0
Ben Oglivie	4	0	0	1	1	2
Sixto Lezcano	3	1	1	1	2	2
Paul Molitor	5	1	2	1	0	0
Gorman Thomas	2	2	0	0	3	1
Buck Martinez	5	2	3	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Miguel Dilone	4	0	0	0
Derek Bryant	4	0	0	1
Mitchell Page	4	1	0	1
Jeff Newman	4	0	0	0
Mario Guerrero	1	0	1	0
Wayne Gross	3	1	0	1
Jim Essian	3	0	0	0
Mickey Klutts	2	0	0	1
Dwayne Murphy	2	1	1	1
Rob Picciolo	1	0	0	0
Larry Murray	1	0	0	0
Mike Edwards	1	0	0	0

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Travers	9.0	3	2	5

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Norris	1.2	2	5	2
Dave Hamilton	4.0	3	2	2
Jim Todd	2.0	2	2	1
Bob Lacey	1.1	2	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Robin Yount: HP
Sal Bando: 6(1)3/GDP
Cecil Cooper: W
Dick Davis: 54(1)/FO

Bot 1

Miguel Dilone: 9
Derek Bryant: 63
Mitchell Page: 3/G

Top 2

Ben Oglivie: K
Sixto Lezcano: K
Paul Molitor: HR/7D
Gorman Thomas: W
Buck Martinez: S7.1-2
Robin Yount: W.2-3;1-2
Sal Bando: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Cecil Cooper: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Dick Davis: 7

Bot 2

Jeff Newman: 7
Mario Guerrero: W
Wayne Gross: 43.1-2
Jim Essian: 63

Top 3

Ben Oglivie: 8
Sixto Lezcano: W
Paul Molitor: 16(1)/FO
Gorman Thomas: SB2
Gorman Thomas: K/C

Bot 3

Mickey Klutts: 9
Dwayne Murphy: S7
Miguel Dilone: 9
Derek Bryant: 8

Top 4

Buck Martinez: 53
Robin Yount: 9
Sal Bando: E6
Cecil Cooper: 3/G

Bot 4

Mitchell Page: S7
Jeff Newman: 64(1)3/GDP
Mario Guerrero: 13

Top 5

Dick Davis: 6
Ben Oglivie: K
Sixto Lezcano: W
Paul Molitor: D.1-3
Gorman Thomas: E6.3-H(NR)(UR);2XH(652)

Bot 5

Wayne Gross: S9
Jim Essian: 54(1)/FO
Mickey Klutts: K
Dwayne Murphy: K/C

Top 6

Buck Martinez: D
Robin Yount: 63.2-3
Sal Bando: 34#
Cecil Cooper: S3.3-H
Dick Davis: 53

Bot 6

Miguel Dilone: 8
Derek Bryant: K/C
Mitchell Page: K

Top 7

Ben Oglivie: 7
Sixto Lezcano: K
Paul Molitor: 9

Bot 7

Jeff Newman: 43
Rob Picciolo: 43
Wayne Gross: K

Top 8

Gorman Thomas: W
Buck Martinez: 1/F
Robin Yount: 8
Sal Bando: S.1-3
Cecil Cooper: S.3-H;1-2
Dick Davis: W.2-3;1-2
Ben Oglivie: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Sixto Lezcano: S8.3-H;2XH(82);1-2

Bot 8

Jim Essian: 8
Larry Murray: 53
Dwayne Murphy: W
Miguel Dilone: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Paul Molitor: 9
Gorman Thomas: W
Buck Martinez: S.1-3
Robin Yount: K
Sal Bando: 5/F

Bot 9

Derek Bryant: 7
Mitchell Page: 43
Jeff Newman: E1
Mike Edwards: 6/F

Notes & reviews

first game for staff umpires in 1979 after strike
Mickey Klutts, Rob Picciolo and Athletics manager Jim Marshall ejected by 1B umpire Jerry Neudecker for arguing the call on Picciolo

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