Completing his 23rd start and winning his 21st game, southpaw Mike Caldwell hurled the Brewers to a 5-2 triumph over the A's. The Brewers got two runs in the third inning on singles by Paul Molitor and Charlie Moore, a double by Robin Yount and an error by A's catcher Jim Essian on the throw to the plate.

A double by Ben Oglivie and single by Jim Wohlford produced another marker in the fourth and doubles by Oglivie, Wohlford and Molitor gave the Brewers a 5-0 lead in the sixth. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 5, Oakland Athletics 2

Game Played on Sunday, September 24, 1978 (Day game) at County Stadium

A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 9 2 Brewers 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 x - 5 11 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dilone rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Yount ss 4 0 1 2 0 0 .299 Revering 1b 4 0 1 0 0 3 .270 Money 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .291 Alston pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Cooper dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .316 Carty dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .284 Bando 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .288 Page lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Oglivie lf 4 2 2 0 0 1 .297 Wallis ph,lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Lezcano rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .292 Guerrero ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .277 Wohlford cf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .297 Gross 3b 2 0 1 0 0 1 .206 Molitor 2b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .272 Burke cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Moore c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .266 Essian c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .225 Caldwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Picciolo 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .208 Newman ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .233 Woodard 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Duncan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 2 9 2 1 5 Totals 35 5 11 5 1 7 Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 16,535 Left on Base: A's 7, Brewers 7 DP: A's 0, Brewers 2 Errors: Guerrero, Essian Doubles: Page (25), Yount (23), Oglivie 2 (27), Wohlford (7), Molitor (24) Home Runs: Newman (7) Stolen Bases: Dilone (47) Caught Stealing: Yount (5) Sacrifice Hits: Gross (4) GIDP: Burke (7), Carty (14) Hit by Pitch: Gross (5,by Caldwell) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford L(7-13) 5.1 9 5 5 0 5 0 25 3.43 Heaverlo 2.2 2 0 0 1 2 0 11 3.28 Totals 8 11 5 5 1 7 0 36 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Caldwell W(21-9) 9 9 2 2 1 5 1 36 2.26 Totals 9 9 2 2 1 5 1 36 Hit by Pitch: Caldwell (7) Wild Pitches: Caldwell (8) Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Al Clark ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone grounded out (third to first); Revering struck out; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Yount reached on an error by Guerrero; Yount was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Money struck out; Cooper grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Page doubled to left; Guerrero singled to shortstop [Page stayed at second]; Gross out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Page to third, Guerrero to second]; Burke popped to first in foul territory; Essian popped to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Lezcano struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo grounded out (third to first); Dilone singled to right; Dilone stole second; Revering struck out; Carty walked; Caldwell threw a wild pitch [Dilone to third, Carty to second]; Page flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Wohlford lined to third; Molitor singled to center; Moore singled to right [Molitor to third]; Yount doubled to left [Molitor scored, Moore scored, Yount to third (error by Essian)]; Money struck out; Cooper flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross singled to right; Burke flied out to right; Essian grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 2. BREWERS 4TH: Bando flied out to left; Oglivie doubled to right; Lezcano struck out; Wohlford singled to center [Oglivie scored]; Molitor singled to center [Wohlford to second]; Moore forced Molitor (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 3. ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo struck out; Dilone grounded out (second to first); Revering struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 3. BREWERS 5TH: Yount flied out to left; Money struck out; Cooper singled to right; Bando grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Page grounded out (pitcher to first); Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 3. BREWERS 6TH: Oglivie doubled to left; Lezcano flied out to center; Wohlford doubled to left [Oglivie scored]; HEAVERLO REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Molitor doubled to left [Wohlford scored]; Moore grounded out (second to first) [Molitor to third]; Yount grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Brewers 5. ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross was hit by a pitch; Burke grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Gross out at second]; Essian singled to left; NEWMAN BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Newman homered [Essian scored]; Dilone flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 5. BREWERS 7TH: WOODARD REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING 2B); Money flied out to center; Cooper flied out to left; Bando walked; Oglivie was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: Revering singled to right; ALSTON RAN FOR REVERING; Carty grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Alston out at second]; WALLIS BATTED FOR PAGE; Wallis singled to right; Guerrero singled to left [Wallis to second]; Gross struck out; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 5. BREWERS 8TH: ALSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WALLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Lezcano singled to left; Wohlford was called out on strikes; Molitor grounded out (second to first) [Lezcano to second]; Moore grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 5. ATHLETICS 9TH: Burke grounded out (third to first); Essian grounded out (second to first); DUNCAN BATTED FOR WOODARD; Duncan popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Brewers 5.

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