Making his debut with the Brewers, Ed Farmer yielded only two hits in five innings of relief and gained a 4-3 victory over the Rangers. Farmer, who had come up from Spokane (Pacific Coast), took over with the bases loaded and none out in the fifth after the Rangers had scored two runs.

Farmer struck out John Lowenstein, got Al Oliver on a grounder as a run scored to tie the game at 3-3 and then retired Richie Zisk on a fly. Sal Bando promptly smashed the deadlock in the Brewers' half, hitting a homer for the deciding run. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 4, Texas Rangers 3

Game Played on Sunday, September 3, 1978 (Day game) at County Stadium

Rangers 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0 Brewers 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 x - 4 12 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .252 Molitor 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .282 Jorgensen pr,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .170 Money dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .291 Putnam ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .132 Bando 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .284 Wills 2b 3 0 0 1 1 2 .230 Hisle lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .290 Bonds ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Lezcano rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .279 Lowenstein 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .219 Cooper 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .316 Oliver lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .315 Yount ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .298 Zisk dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Thomas cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .247 Campaneris pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189 Martinez c 3 0 2 1 0 0 .221 Grubb rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Replogle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Ellis c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .208 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beniquez cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .253 Harrah ss 3 1 2 0 1 0 .223 Matlack p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 8 2 3 5 Totals 35 4 12 4 1 5 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 14,014 Left on Base: Rangers 8, Brewers 9 DP: Rangers 0, Brewers 0 Errors: Martinez Home Runs: Bando (16) Stolen Bases: Lowenstein (12), Harrah (27), Oliver (5), Campaneris 2 (20), Yount (12) Sacrifice Hits: J. Ellis (1), Martinez (8) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack L(12-12) 6 10 4 4 1 4 1 29 2.40 Alexander 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 4.22 Totals 8 12 4 4 1 5 1 37 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Replogle 4 6 3 1 2 2 0 20 3.97 Farmer W(1-0) 5 2 0 0 1 3 0 18 0.00 Totals 9 8 3 1 3 5 0 38 Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Durwood Merrill RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove flied out to center; Wills struck out; Lowenstein singled to right; Lowenstein stole second; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Molitor struck out; Money singled to left; Bando flied out to center; Hisle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk flied out to right; Grubb struck out; J. Ellis popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano walked; Cooper flied out to center; Yount forced Lezcano (shortstop to second); Yount stole second; Thomas singled to left [Yount scored]; Martinez forced Thomas (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Beniquez flied out to center; Harrah singled to left; Hargrove flied out to right; Harrah stole second; Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 1. BREWERS 3RD: Molitor grounded out (second to first); Money popped to first in foul territory; Bando flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); Oliver singled to center; Oliver stole second; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first) [Oliver to third]; Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 1. BREWERS 4TH: Hisle singled to left; Lezcano forced Hisle (second to shortstop); Cooper singled to second [Lezcano to third]; Yount singled to left [Lezcano scored, Cooper to second]; Thomas flied out to center; Martinez singled to center [Cooper scored, Yount to second]; Molitor flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 3. RANGERS 5TH: J. Ellis singled to second; Beniquez singled to center [J. Ellis to second]; Harrah singled to left [J. Ellis scored (error by Martinez; assist by Hisle) (unearned), Beniquez to third, Harrah to second]; Hargrove walked; JORGENSEN RAN FOR HARGROVE; Wills walked [Beniquez scored, Harrah to third, Jorgensen to second]; FARMER REPLACED REPLOGLE (PITCHING); Lowenstein struck out; Oliver grounded out (first to pitcher) [Harrah scored (unearned), Jorgensen to third, Wills to second]; Zisk flied out to center; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 3. BREWERS 5TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Money struck out; Bando homered; Hisle singled to third; Lezcano singled to left [Hisle to second]; Cooper was called out on strikes; Yount forced Hisle (third unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 4. RANGERS 6TH: Grubb singled to second; J. Ellis out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Grubb to second]; Beniquez struck out; Harrah walked; Jorgensen flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 4. BREWERS 6TH: Thomas singled to third; Martinez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Thomas to second]; Molitor grounded out (third to first); Money struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 4. RANGERS 7TH: Wills struck out; Lowenstein grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 4. BREWERS 7TH: ALEXANDER REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Bando singled to right; Hisle popped to catcher in foul territory; Lezcano flied out to right; Cooper struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 4. RANGERS 8TH: Zisk singled to left; CAMPANERIS RAN FOR ZISK; Campaneris stole second; Grubb popped to second; J. Ellis flied out to left; Campaneris stole third; Beniquez grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 4. BREWERS 8TH: CAMPANERIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas popped to first in foul territory; Martinez singled to left; Molitor flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 4. RANGERS 9TH: Harrah flied out to left; PUTNAM BATTED FOR JORGENSEN; Putnam popped to shortstop; BONDS BATTED FOR WILLS; Bonds popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 4.

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