Winning for the fourth time in a stretch of five complete games, Lary Sorensen pitched the Brewers to a 4-2 victory over the Angels. Ben Oglivie knocked in the initial run with a single in the first inning before the Brewers chased Tom Griffin in the third. Robin Yount singled, took third on a single by Cecil Cooper and scored on a sacrifice fly by Sal Bando.

Griffin, making his first A. L. start, then loaded the bases and forced in a run with a pass to Don Money. Oglivie added an insurance marker with a homer in the fifth. Both of the Angels' runs counted on wild pitches by Sorensen. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 4, California Angels 2

Game Played on Saturday, May 27, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Brewers 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 0 Angels 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 8 2 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Gantner 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .212 Grich 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .216 Sakata 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Chalk ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Yount ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .318 Bostock dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .225 Cooper 1b 4 2 3 0 1 0 .329 Fairly 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Bando 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .274 Baylor lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Oglivie lf 3 1 2 2 1 0 .252 Landreaux cf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .236 Lezcano rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .324 Lansford 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .283 May cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 R. Miller rf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .242 Thomas cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Rudi ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .180 Money dh 3 0 0 1 1 1 .263 Humphrey c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Martinez c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .210 Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .341 Sorensen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hampton c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Griffin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 4 9 4 3 4 Totals 34 2 8 0 1 2 Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 29,097 Left on Base: Brewers 9, Angels 6 DP: Brewers 0, Angels 1 Errors: Fairly, Griffin Triples: Lansford (2) Home Runs: Oglivie (7) Sacrifice Flies: Bando (2) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sorensen W(6-3) 9 8 2 2 1 2 0 35 3.59 Totals 9 8 2 2 1 2 0 35 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Griffin L(0-1) 2.2 5 3 2 3 0 0 17 5.40 D. Miller 6.1 4 1 1 0 4 1 23 3.05 Totals 9 9 4 3 3 4 1 40 Wild Pitches: Sorensen 2 (3) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney BREWERS 1ST: Gantner flied out to right; Yount grounded out (pitcher to first); Cooper walked; Bando singled to center [Cooper to third]; Oglivie singled to center [Cooper scored, Bando to second]; Lezcano popped to second in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Grich singled to center; Chalk grounded out (first unassisted) [Grich to second]; Bostock singled to left [Grich to third]; Fairly made an out to third; Baylor forced Bostock (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Angels 0. BREWERS 2ND: May grounded out (first unassisted); Money made an out to shortstop; Martinez singled to center; Gantner made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Landreaux singled to right; Lansford forced Landreaux (shortstop to second); R. Miller singled to right [Lansford out at third (right to third)]; Humphrey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Angels 0. BREWERS 3RD: Yount singled to right; Cooper singled to left [Yount to third]; Bando hit a sacrifice fly to left [Yount scored, Cooper to second]; Oglivie walked; Lezcano reached on a fielder's choice [Cooper to third, Oglivie to second (error by Griffin)]; May made an out to third; Money walked [Cooper scored (unearned), Oglivie to third, Lezcano to second]; D. MILLER REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Martinez flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 3, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Grich grounded out (third to first); Chalk grounded out (second to first); Bostock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Angels 0. BREWERS 4TH: Gantner struck out; Yount reached on an error by Fairly; Cooper lined into a double play (right to first) [Yount out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Angels 0. ANGELS 4TH: Fairly flied out to center; Baylor made an out to first; Landreaux grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Angels 0. BREWERS 5TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie homered; Lezcano struck out; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Angels 0. ANGELS 5TH: Lansford tripled to center; R. Miller grounded out (first unassisted); Humphrey flied out to center; Sorensen threw a wild pitch [Lansford scored]; Grich struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Angels 1. BREWERS 6TH: Money made an out to shortstop; Martinez popped to first in foul territory; Gantner grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Angels 1. ANGELS 6TH: SAKATA REPLACED GANTNER (PLAYING 2B); Chalk grounded out (pitcher to first); Bostock flied out to left; Fairly grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Angels 1. BREWERS 7TH: Yount flied out to center; Cooper singled to third; Bando forced Cooper (shortstop to second); Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 4, Angels 1. ANGELS 7TH: THOMAS REPLACED MAY (PLAYING CF); Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Landreaux singled to right; Lansford singled to center [Landreaux to third]; Sorensen threw a wild pitch [Landreaux scored, Lansford to second]; R. Miller walked; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR HUMPHREY; Rettenmund flied out to left; Grich forced Lansford (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 4, Angels 2. BREWERS 8TH: HAMPTON REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING C ); Lezcano flied out to left; Thomas popped to third in foul territory; Money struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Angels 2. ANGELS 8TH: Chalk grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock flied to left in foul territory; Fairly flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Angels 2. BREWERS 9TH: Martinez flied out to center; Sakata popped to third in foul territory; Yount singled to shortstop; Cooper singled to left [Yount to third]; Bando was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 4, Angels 2. ANGELS 9TH: Baylor grounded out (second to first); Landreaux singled to left; Lansford was called out on strikes; RUDI BATTED FOR R. MILLER; Rudi forced Landreaux (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 4, Angels 2.

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