Mike Caldwell, pitching his fourth complete game in his last six starts, allowed only six hits as the Brewers bowled over the A's, 7-1. Sal Bando began the Brewers' scoring with an RBI single in the first inning. A two-run double by Sixto Lezcano and two Oakland errors produced four more tallies in the third. A two-run single by Robin Yount in the fifth finished the Brewers' scoring.

The result knocked the A's out of first place in the American League West for the first time since April 19. The A's defeat was the 12th in their last 17 games and second straight since Jack McKeon replaced Bobby Winkles as manager of Charlie Finley's athletes. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 7, Oakland Athletics 1

Game Played on Wednesday, May 24, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Brewers 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 7 11 0 A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 3 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molitor 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .309 Burke cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .289 Cooper 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .327 Edwards 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Bando 3b 3 2 2 1 2 1 .270 Staggs ph,2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .309 Oglivie lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Page lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .287 Lezcano rf 5 1 2 2 0 0 .327 Guerrero ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .282 May cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .167 Revering 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Thomas cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Picciolo pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Yount ss 5 0 1 3 0 1 .314 Alexander dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .233 Money dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Gross 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .212 Moore c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .293 Essian c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .218 Caldwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murphy rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Thomasson rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .170 Newman ph,c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .385 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 7 11 6 4 5 Totals 33 1 6 1 1 5 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 2,257 Left on Base: Brewers 9, A's 6 DP: Brewers 0, A's 2 Errors: Edwards, Guerrero, Revering Doubles: Moore (1), Lezcano (7), Thomas (7), Page (6), Staggs (2) Home Runs: Page (3) Stolen Bases: Molitor (9) GIDP: Money (1), Cooper (4) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Caldwell W(4-3) 9 6 1 1 1 5 1 34 3.36 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 5 1 34 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Broberg L(4-4) 2.1 4 5 2 2 1 0 15 3.06 Langford 2.2 3 2 2 1 0 0 11 3.02 Heaverlo 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 13 4.41 Sosa 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.84 Totals 9 11 7 4 4 5 0 43 Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan BREWERS 1ST: Molitor reached on an error by Edwards; Molitor stole second; Cooper struck out; Bando singled to left [Molitor scored (unearned)]; Oglivie lined to third; Lezcano flied to right in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Burke grounded out (third to first); Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Page doubled to right; Guerrero grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Athletics 0. BREWERS 2ND: May grounded out (first to pitcher); Yount lined to center; Money popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering grounded out (second to first); Alexander walked; Gross popped to first in foul territory; Essian forced Alexander (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Athletics 0. BREWERS 3RD: Moore doubled to left; Molitor reached on an error by Revering [Moore scored (no RBI)]; Cooper singled to left [Molitor to second]; Bando walked [Molitor to third, Cooper to second]; Oglivie made an out to shortstop; Lezcano doubled to left [Molitor scored (unearned), Cooper scored, Bando to third]; May was walked intentionally; LANGFORD REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Yount reached on an error by Guerrero [Bando scored (unearned), Lezcano to third, May to second]; Money grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Yount out at second]; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 5, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Thomasson grounded out (pitcher to first); Burke flied out to left; Edwards popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Athletics 0. BREWERS 4TH: On a bunt Moore grounded out (third to first); Molitor singled to left; Cooper grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Molitor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Page grounded out (first unassisted); Guerrero flied out to right; Revering flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Athletics 0. BREWERS 5TH: Bando walked; Oglivie popped to third in foul territory; Lezcano singled to left [Bando to second]; May grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bando to third, Lezcano to second]; Yount singled to left [Bando scored, Lezcano scored]; Money lined to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Alexander grounded out (second to first); Gross flied out to center; Essian flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 0. BREWERS 6TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Moore flied out to center; Molitor walked; Cooper flied out to center; Bando singled to center [Molitor to second]; Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Thomasson was called out on strikes; Burke singled to center; STAGGS BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Staggs doubled to left [Burke to third]; Page struck out; Guerrero grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 0. BREWERS 7TH: STAGGS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Lezcano made an out to second; May struck out; Yount flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Revering grounded out (second to first); Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 0. BREWERS 8TH: Money struck out; Moore made an out to first; Molitor singled to left; Cooper singled to right [Molitor to second]; Bando struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: THOMAS REPLACED MAY (PLAYING CF); Essian struck out; NEWMAN BATTED FOR THOMASSON; Newman singled to right; Burke popped to first in foul territory; Staggs grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 0. BREWERS 9TH: MURPHY REPLACED ESSIAN (PLAYING RF); NEWMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SOSA REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Oglivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Lezcano popped to third in foul territory; Thomas doubled to left; Yount struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: Page homered; Guerrero flied out to right; Revering singled to right; PICCIOLO RAN FOR REVERING; Alexander popped to first in foul territory; Gross struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 1.

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