Backing up the shutout pitching of Mike Caldwell, who allowed only four hits, Sixto Lezcano smashed two homers and OBen glivie added one as the Brewers defeated the Royals, 9-0. The shutout was the first for the Royals since being blanked by Nolan Ryan of the Angels, 7-0, last June 29.

Lezcano hit his first homer of the game with Larry Hisle on base in the second inning. In the fifth, after Sal Bando doubled and scored on a single by Hisle, Oglivie and Lezcano homered in succession. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 9, Kansas City Royals 0

Game Played on Friday, May 5, 1978 (Night game) at County Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Brewers 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 x - 9 14 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf,cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Molitor ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 .293 Terrell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Bando 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .294 McRae dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .245 Cooper 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .330 Cowens rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Hisle dh 5 2 2 2 0 1 .281 Otis cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .295 Oglivie lf 5 1 2 3 0 1 .281 Zdeb lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Lezcano rf 4 2 2 3 0 1 .250 Wathan 1b,c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .318 Thomas cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .234 Porter c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .338 Martinez c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Hurdle 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Sakata 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .200 Patek ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Caldwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Washington ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 White 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .200 Colborn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 0 4 0 0 4 Totals 39 9 14 9 2 6 Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 10,435 Left on Base: Royals 3, Brewers 8 DP: Royals 1, Brewers 1 Errors: Washington Doubles: Otis (5), McRae (6), Bando (3), Thomas (5), Martinez (3) Home Runs: Lezcano 2 (3), Oglivie (3) Stolen Bases: Sakata (1) GIDP: Wilson (1), Oglivie (2) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Colborn L(1-1) 4.1 7 6 5 1 3 1 22 5.87 Pattin 2.2 6 3 3 1 2 2 14 2.70 Mingori 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.00 Totals 8 14 9 8 2 6 3 41 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Caldwell W(2-1) 9 4 0 0 0 4 0 30 2.89 Totals 9 4 0 0 0 4 0 30 Passed Balls: Porter (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Bill Kunkel ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Terrell grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Molitor lined to third; Bando popped to catcher in foul territory; Cooper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens struck out; Otis doubled to right; Wathan lined to shortstop; Porter struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Hisle struck out but advanced to first on a passed ball; Oglivie was called out on strikes; Lezcano homered [Hisle scored (unearned)]; Thomas flied out to center; Martinez flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 2. ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied out to center; White singled to center; Wilson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [White out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 2. BREWERS 3RD: Sakata grounded out (third to first); Molitor lined to left; Bando singled to center; Cooper singled to right [Bando to third]; Hisle singled to left [Bando scored, Cooper to second]; Oglivie singled to left [Cooper scored, Hisle to second]; Lezcano flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 4. ROYALS 4TH: Terrell lined to shortstop; McRae grounded out (second to first); Cowens popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 4. BREWERS 4TH: Thomas was called out on strikes; Martinez grounded out (third to first); Sakata walked; Sakata stole second; Molitor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 4. ROYALS 5TH: Otis flied out to center; Wathan singled to center; Porter struck out; Patek forced Wathan (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 4. BREWERS 5TH: Bando doubled; Cooper grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bando to third]; Hisle singled to left [Bando scored]; PATTIN REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING); Oglivie homered [Hisle scored]; Lezcano homered; Thomas doubled to left; Martinez doubled to left [Thomas scored]; Sakata was called out on strikes; Molitor singled to left [Martinez to third]; Bando popped to first; 5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 9. ROYALS 6TH: White struck out; Wilson grounded out (third to first); Terrell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 9. BREWERS 6TH: WASHINGTON REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING SS); Cooper singled to right; Hisle lined to third; Oglivie grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Cooper out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 9. ROYALS 7TH: McRae doubled to left; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); Wathan flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 9. BREWERS 7TH: ZDEB REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING LF); WILSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Lezcano was called out on strikes; Thomas walked; Martinez flied out to left; Sakata forced Thomas (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 9. ROYALS 8TH: Porter popped to second; Washington grounded out (third to first); White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 9. BREWERS 8TH: MINGORI REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); HURDLE REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING 1B); WATHAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Molitor singled to right; Bando forced Molitor (third to second); Cooper was called out on strikes; Hisle reached on an error by Washington [Bando to second]; Oglivie forced Hisle (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 9. ROYALS 9TH: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Terrell grounded out (second to first); McRae popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 9.

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