George Bamberger, who served as Baltimore's pitching coach for 10 years, made a winning debut as manager against his former club when the Brewers romped over the Orioles, 11-3, to the delight of a Milwaukee opening-day crowd of 47,724. Sixto Lezcano hit the first grand-slam homer of his major league career to highlight the Brewers' attack and Larry Hisle, acquired in the re-entry draft from the Twins, celebrated his first game in a Milwaukee uniform with a two-run blast. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 11, Baltimore Orioles 3

Game Played on Friday, April 7, 1978 (Day game) at County Stadium

Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 9 2 Brewers 0 3 1 0 2 0 4 1 x - 11 9 0 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bumbry cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Molitor ss 5 0 1 1 0 0 .200 Dauer dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Money 3b 4 1 0 1 1 1 .000 Murray 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .500 Bando dh 4 2 1 0 1 2 .250 May 1b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .000 Hisle lf 3 3 2 2 0 0 .667 DeCinces 2b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .750 Lezcano rf 2 2 1 4 2 0 .500 Roenicke lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .500 Cooper 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .250 Lopez rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Thomas cf 4 0 0 0 0 4 .000 Dempsey c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .333 Sakata 2b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .500 Belanger ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Etchebarren c 3 1 1 2 1 1 .333 Crowley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Augustine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stoddard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 9 3 3 2 Totals 33 11 9 11 5 9 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 47,824 Left on Base: Orioles 6, Brewers 4 DP: Orioles 1, Brewers 3 Errors: May, Belanger Doubles: Etchebarren (1), Hisle (1) Home Runs: Murray (1), Hisle (1), Lezcano (1) Caught Stealing: Cooper (1) Sacrifice Flies: Dempsey (1) GIDP: Lopez (1), Bumbry (1), Roenicke (1), Hisle (1) Hit by Pitch: Hisle (1,by Stoddard) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan L(0-1) 2.2 6 4 4 2 2 0 15 13.50 Stoddard 4.1 2 6 3 2 6 2 19 6.23 T. Martinez 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 9.00 Totals 8 9 11 8 5 9 2 39 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Augustine W(1-0) 8.1 9 3 3 3 2 1 34 3.24 Rodriguez 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Totals 9 9 3 3 3 2 1 36 Hit by Pitch: Stoddard (1) Wild Pitches: Stoddard (1) Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry was called out on strikes; Dauer made an out to second; Murray singled to left; May walked [Murray to second]; DeCinces flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Paul Molitor; Money walked; Bando singled to left [Money to second]; Hisle grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bando out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Roenicke singled to shortstop; Lopez grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Roenicke out at second]; Dempsey flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano walked; Cooper lined to right; Thomas struck out; Sakata singled to right [Lezcano to third]; Etchebarren doubled to right [Lezcano scored, Sakata scored]; Molitor singled to left [Etchebarren scored]; Money flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 3. ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger singled to left; Bumbry grounded into a double play (second to first) [Belanger out at second]; Dauer flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 3. BREWERS 3RD: Bando struck out; Hisle doubled to left; Lezcano grounded out (third to first); Cooper singled to left [Hisle scored]; STODDARD REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Cooper was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 4. ORIOLES 4TH: Murray grounded out (third to first); May flied out to left; DeCinces singled to left; Roenicke forced DeCinces (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 4. BREWERS 4TH: Thomas struck out; Sakata grounded out (shortstop to first); Etchebarren grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 4. ORIOLES 5TH: Lopez struck out; Dempsey lined to second; Belanger flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 4. BREWERS 5TH: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Money struck out; Bando reached on an error by Belanger; Hisle homered (unearned) [Bando scored (unearned)]; Lezcano walked; Stoddard threw a wild pitch [Lezcano to second]; Cooper was called out on strikes; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 6. ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry grounded out (shortstop to first); Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 6. BREWERS 6TH: Thomas struck out; Sakata popped to first in foul territory; Etchebarren struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 6. ORIOLES 7TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); DeCinces singled to right; Roenicke grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [DeCinces out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 6. BREWERS 7TH: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Money reached on an error by May; Bando walked [Money to second]; Hisle was hit by a pitch [Money to third, Bando to second]; Lezcano homered [Money scored (unearned), Bando scored, Hisle scored]; Cooper flied out to center; Thomas struck out; 4 R (3 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 10. ORIOLES 8TH: Lopez grounded out (second to first); Dempsey singled to right; Belanger forced Dempsey (second to shortstop); Bumbry flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 10. BREWERS 8TH: T. MARTINEZ REPLACED STODDARD (PITCHING); Sakata singled; Etchebarren walked [Sakata to second]; Molitor forced Etchebarren (pitcher to second to shortstop) [Sakata to third]; Money forced Molitor (shortstop to second) [Sakata scored]; Bando struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Brewers 11. ORIOLES 9TH: Dauer flied out to center; Murray homered; May walked; DeCinces singled to left [May to second]; Roenicke singled to center [May scored, DeCinces to third]; Lopez walked [Roenicke to second]; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED AUGUSTINE (PITCHING); Dempsey hit a sacrifice fly to center [DeCinces scored, Roenicke to third]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR BELANGER; Crowley popped to third in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Brewers 11.

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