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Brewers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 18, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Milwaukee Brewers, played on May 18, 1979 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 18, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Milwaukee Brewers
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| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 18, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Milwaukee Brewers |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Travers |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Norris |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 2,556 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 39 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Greg Kosc 1B: Jerry Neudecker 2B: George Maloney 3B: Bill Deegan |
Milwaukee Brewers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Robin Yount | Shortstop |
| Sal Bando | Third Baseman |
| Cecil Cooper | First Baseman |
| Dick Davis | DH |
| Ben Oglivie | Left Fielder |
| Sixto Lezcano | Right Fielder |
| Paul Molitor | Second Baseman |
| Gorman Thomas | Center Fielder |
| Buck Martinez | Catcher |
| George Bamberger | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Miguel Dilone | Right Fielder |
| Derek Bryant | Left Fielder |
| Mitchell Page | DH |
| Jeff Newman | First Baseman |
| Mario Guerrero | Shortstop |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Jim Essian | Catcher |
| Mickey Klutts | Second Baseman |
| Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Jim Marshall | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Brewers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 18, 1979
Top 1
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Brewers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yount vs. Norris
Yount is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bando vs. Norris
Bando hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Norris
Cooper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Norris
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Brewers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dilone vs. Travers
Dilone hits a fly ball into right field. Lezcano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bryant vs. Travers
Bryant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Yount scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Travers
Page hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Page for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Brewers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Norris
Oglivie strikes out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lezcano vs. Norris
Lezcano strikes out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Norris
Molitor hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Norris
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Norris
Martinez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Yount vs. Norris
Yount takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to third. Martinez moves to second. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bando vs. Norris
Bando takes first base on ball four. Thomas scores. Martinez moves to third. Yount moves to second. View Play -
Brewers, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cooper vs. Norris
Cooper takes first base on ball four. Martinez scores. Yount moves to third. Bando moves to second. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Davis vs. Hamilton
Dave Hamilton now pitching.
Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Bryant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Travers
Newman hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Travers
Guerrero takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Travers
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Molitor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Guerrero moves to second. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Essian vs. Travers
Essian hits a ball on the ground towards short. Yount scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Hamilton
Oglivie hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lezcano vs. Hamilton
Lezcano takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Molitor vs. Hamilton
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hamilton fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Hamilton
There goes Molitor. The throw from Essian and he is safe. Molitor steals second. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Hamilton
Thomas is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klutts vs. Travers
Klutts hits a fly ball into right field. Lezcano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Travers
Murphy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dilone vs. Travers
Dilone hits a fly ball into right field. Lezcano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bryant vs. Travers
Bryant hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Hamilton
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yount vs. Hamilton
Yount hits a fly ball into right field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bando vs. Hamilton
Bando hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero misplays the ball. That's an error on Guerrero. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Hamilton
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cooper for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Travers
Page hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newman vs. Travers
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Yount fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Travers
Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Travers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Hamilton
Davis hits a popup towards short. Guerrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Hamilton
Oglivie strikes out. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lezcano vs. Hamilton
Lezcano takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Molitor vs. Hamilton
Molitor hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Molitor reaches second base with a double. Lezcano moves to third. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Thomas vs. Hamilton
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero misplays the ball. That's an error on Guerrero. Lezcano scores. That run is unearned. View Play
Bottom 5
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Brewers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Travers
Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Brewers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essian vs. Travers
Essian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Klutts vs. Travers
Klutts strikes out. View Play -
Brewers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Travers
Murphy is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Brewers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Hamilton
Martinez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Martinez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Brewers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Yount vs. Hamilton
Yount hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Martinez moves to third. View Play -
Brewers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bando vs. Hamilton
Bando hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops it up and throws to first, with Klutts covering, for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cooper vs. Hamilton
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman fields the ball and throws to Hamilton covering. Safe. Martinez scores. View Play -
Brewers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Todd
Jim Todd now pitching.
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Brewers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dilone vs. Travers
Dilone hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bryant vs. Travers
Bryant is called out on strikes. View Play -
Brewers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Travers
Page strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Brewers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Todd
Oglivie hits a fly ball into left field. Bryant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lezcano vs. Todd
Lezcano strikes out. View Play -
Brewers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Todd
Molitor hits a fly ball into right field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Brewers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Travers
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Molitor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Travers
Rob Picciolo pinch hits for Mario Guerrero.
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Molitor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Travers
Gross strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Brewers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Todd
Larry Murray now playing second base. Mike Edwards now playing shortstop.
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Brewers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Todd
Martinez hits a popup towards the mound. Todd settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yount vs. Todd
Yount hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bando vs. Todd
Bando hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Brewers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cooper vs. Todd
Cooper hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Bando moves to second. View Play -
Brewers, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Davis vs. Todd
Davis takes first base on ball four. Bando moves to third. Cooper moves to second. View Play -
Brewers, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Oglivie vs. Lacey
Bob Lacey now pitching.
Oglivie takes first base on ball four. Bando scores. Cooper moves to third. Davis moves to second. View Play -
Brewers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lezcano vs. Lacey
Lezcano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cooper scores. There goes Davis trying to get to home. Murphy throws the ball in to Essian who tags Davis who's trying to score from second, for the out. Oglivie moves to second. View Play
Bottom 8
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Brewers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Travers
Essian hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Travers
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Travers
Murphy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Brewers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dilone vs. Travers
Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Yount fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Brewers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Lacey
Molitor hits a fly ball into right field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Lacey
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Brewers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Lacey
Martinez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Brewers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Yount vs. Lacey
Yount strikes out. View Play -
Brewers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bando vs. Lacey
Bando hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Brewers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bryant vs. Travers
Bryant hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Travers
Page hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Molitor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Travers
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Travers juggles the ball. That's an error on Travers. View Play -
Brewers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Travers
Edwards hits a popup towards short. Yount settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/18/1979 -- Milwaukee at Oakland (N)
Milwaukee AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Yount R, ss 4 0 0 0 Dilone M, rf 4 0 0 0
Bando S, 3b 5 1 1 1 Bryant D, lf 4 0 0 0
Cooper C, 1b 3 1 2 3 Page M, dh 4 0 1 0
Davis D, dh 4 0 0 0 Newman J, 1b 4 0 0 0
Oglivie B, lf 4 0 0 1 Guerrero M, ss 1 0 0 0
Lezcano S, rf 3 1 1 1 Picciolo R, ph 1 0 0 0
Molitor P, 2b 5 1 2 1 Edwards M, ss 1 0 0 0
Thomas G, cf 2 2 0 0 Gross W, 3b 3 0 1 0
Martinez B, c 5 2 3 0 Essian J, c 3 0 0 0
Klutts M, 2b 2 0 0 0
Murray L, 2b 1 0 0 0
Murphy D, cf 2 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 8 9 7 30 0 3 0
Milwaukee 030 011 030 -- 8
Oakland 000 000 000 -- 0
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Travers B (W) 9.0 3 0 0 2 5
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Norris M (L) 1.2 2 3 3 5 2
Hamilton D 4.0 3 2 1 2 2
Todd J 2.0 2 3 3 2 1
Lacey B 1.1 2 0 0 2 1
E -- Guerrero M 2, Travers B
DP -- Milwaukee 1, Oakland 1
LOB -- Milwaukee 12, Oakland 5
2B -- Molitor P, Martinez B
HR -- Molitor P
SB -- Molitor P
HBP -- by Norris M (Yount R)
T -- 2:39
A -- 2556
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