Home runs by Larry Hisle and Gorman Thomas backed the three-hit pitching of Lary Sorensen and Moose Haas as Milwaukee finished with its best record ever, 93-69. [ap]

Milwaukee Brewers 9, Oakland Athletics 0

Game Played on Sunday, October 1, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Brewers 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 - 9 12 0 A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 2 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molitor ss 4 0 0 1 0 1 .273 Alston lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .205 Bando 3b 4 2 1 0 1 0 .285 Revering 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Cooper 1b 2 1 1 0 1 1 .312 Page rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .285 Muser 1b 2 0 1 0 0 1 .133 Dilone rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Hisle dh 2 1 2 1 1 0 .290 Carty dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Davis ph,dh 1 0 0 1 0 0 .248 Robinson c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Oglivie rf 2 1 0 1 1 0 .303 Meyer c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Yurak lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gross 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Thomas cf 5 2 2 3 0 0 .246 Wallis cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .249 Wohlford lf,rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .297 Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Gantner 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .216 Woodard 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Haney c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .200 Wirth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sorensen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Haas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 9 12 9 4 4 Totals 30 0 3 0 1 2 Time of Game: 2:13 Attendance: 2,742 Left on Base: Brewers 6, A's 4 DP: Brewers 0, A's 1 Errors: Alston, Gross Doubles: Thomas (24), Gross (10), Revering (21) Triples: Robinson (1) Home Runs: Hisle (34), Thomas (32) Sacrifice Flies: Molitor (5), Davis (4) GIDP: Thomas (6) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sorensen W(18-12) 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 3.21 Haas SV(1) 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 11 6.16 Totals 9 3 0 0 1 2 0 31 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wirth L(5-6) 4.1 9 7 7 3 1 2 24 3.43 Broberg 4.2 3 2 2 1 3 0 18 4.62 Totals 9 12 9 9 4 4 2 42 Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Joe Brinkman BREWERS 1ST: On a bunt Molitor made an out to third; Gross dropped a foul fly hit by Bando for an error; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper walked; Hisle singled to left [Cooper to third (error by Alston), Hisle to second]; Oglivie flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Alston flied out to center; Revering grounded out (second to first); Page grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Athletics 0. BREWERS 2ND: Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Wohlford singled to right; Gantner singled to left [Wohlford to second]; Haney singled to left [Wohlford scored, Gantner to third]; Molitor hit a sacrifice fly to center [Gantner scored]; Bando popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson grounded out (first to pitcher); Gross popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Athletics 0. BREWERS 3RD: Cooper struck out; Hisle homered; Oglivie walked; Thomas grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Oglivie out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Wallis grounded out (second to first); Picciolo flied out to right; Woodard grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 0. BREWERS 4TH: Wohlford grounded out (second to first); Gantner singled to right; Haney flied out to center; Molitor grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: On a bunt Alston grounded out (pitcher to first); Revering popped to shortstop; Page flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Athletics 0. BREWERS 5TH: Bando singled to left; Cooper singled to left [Bando to second]; Hisle walked [Bando to third, Cooper to second]; Oglivie forced Hisle (shortstop to second) [Bando scored, Cooper to third]; Thomas homered [Cooper scored, Oglivie scored]; BROBERG REPLACED WIRTH (PITCHING); Wohlford grounded out (pitcher to first); Gantner flied out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: MUSER REPLACED COOPER (PLAYING 1B); YURAK REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING LF); WOHLFORD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross doubled to right; Wallis walked; Picciolo flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 0. BREWERS 6TH: Haney grounded out (third to first); Molitor flied out to left; Bando flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Woodard flied out to left; Alston grounded out (first to pitcher); Revering flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 0. BREWERS 7TH: Muser struck out; DAVIS BATTED FOR HISLE; Davis popped to first in foul territory; Yurak grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HAAS REPLACED SORENSEN (PITCHING); Page struck out; Carty popped to first in foul territory; Robinson tripled to center; Gross flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 7, Athletics 0. BREWERS 8TH: DILONE REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING RF); Thomas doubled to left; Wohlford singled [Thomas scored]; Gantner forced Wohlford (second to shortstop); Haney struck out; Molitor struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 8, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: Wallis popped to first; Picciolo popped to first; Woodard popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 8, Athletics 0. BREWERS 9TH: MEYER REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING C ); Bando walked; Muser singled to right [Bando to third]; Davis hit a sacrifice fly to center [Bando scored]; Yurak grounded out (first unassisted) [Muser to second]; Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 9, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: Alston struck out; Revering doubled to right; Dilone popped to first; Carty popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 9, Athletics 0.

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