A winner for the 17th time this season, Mike Caldwell hurled the Brewers to a 1-0 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Indians came back to capture the second game, 12-6. The only run of the lidlifter came on a homer by Ben Oglivie in the second inning.

A three-run homer by Andre Thornton started the Indians off to their second-game triumph. The blast came in the first frame and followed a single by Paul Dade and walk to Buddy Bell. A leadoff homer by Ron Pruitt and consecutive doubles by Larvell Blanks and Rick Manning chased Brewer starter Bill Travers in the fourth. A double by Tom Veryzer and single by Bell then capped the five-run inning. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 1, Cleveland Indians 0 (Game 1)

Game Played on Thursday, August 31, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Brewers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molitor ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .287 Kuiper 2b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .290 Money 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .282 Grubb lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Cooper 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .320 Bell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .293 Lezcano rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .280 Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Oglivie lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .296 Pruitt rf,c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .245 Davis dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .256 Manning cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Bando 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .283 Blanks ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Thomas cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .241 Veryzer ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Moore c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Cox dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Caldwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Diaz c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Speed pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Paxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 1 3 1 0 7 Totals 32 0 6 0 1 1 Time of Game: 2:02 Left on Base: Brewers 1, Indians 6 DP: Brewers 1, Indians 1 Home Runs: Oglivie (15) Stolen Bases: Manning (12) Caught Stealing: Davis (5) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Caldwell W(17-8) 9 6 0 0 1 1 0 33 2.38 Totals 9 6 0 0 1 1 0 33 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Paxton L(9-8) 9 3 1 1 0 7 1 29 3.53 Totals 9 3 1 1 0 7 1 29 Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim McKean BREWERS 1ST: Molitor singled to left; Money struck out; Cooper popped to third in foul territory; Lezcano struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper singled to left; On a bunt Grubb forced Kuiper (pitcher to shortstop); Bell singled to center [Grubb to second]; Thornton lined into a double play (shortstop to second) [Grubb out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Indians 0. BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie homered; Davis popped to third; Bando struck out; Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Pruitt grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer singled to right; Cox flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. BREWERS 3RD: Moore flied out to left; Molitor struck out; Money flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Diaz flied out to center; Kuiper singled to shortstop; Grubb flied out to center; Bell forced Kuiper (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. BREWERS 4TH: Cooper flied out to left; Lezcano grounded out (third to first); Oglivie grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Thornton popped to shortstop; Pruitt walked; Manning forced Pruitt (pitcher to shortstop); Manning stole second; Veryzer grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. BREWERS 5TH: Davis singled to right; Bando struck out; Thomas struck out while Davis was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Cox flied out to right; Diaz grounded out (third to first); Kuiper flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. BREWERS 6TH: Moore grounded out (pitcher to first); Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Money flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 6TH: Grubb popped to first in foul territory; Bell struck out; Thornton flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. BREWERS 7TH: Cooper grounded out (second to first); Lezcano grounded out (pitcher to first); Oglivie grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 7TH: Pruitt flied out to right; Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. BREWERS 8TH: Davis popped to third; Bando grounded out (pitcher to first); Thomas was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 8TH: Cox grounded out (third to first); Diaz singled to left; SPEED RAN FOR DIAZ; Kuiper singled to center [Speed to second]; Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher) [Speed to third, Kuiper to second]; Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. BREWERS 9TH: PRUITT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); SPEED STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Moore flied out to left; Molitor popped to first; Money grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 9TH: Thornton flied out to left; Pruitt grounded out (shortstop to first); BLANKS BATTED FOR MANNING; Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0.

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