Three runs in the first inning triggered the Brewers to a 4-1 decision over the Rangers. After the Rangers scored on singles by Bump Wills and Buddy Bell around a walk, the Brewers immediately countered.

Don Money walked, Cecil Cooper doubled and both counted on a double by Gorman Thomas, who scored the third run of the inning on a passed ball. A sacrifice fly by Paul Molitor drove home the final Brewer run in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 4, Texas Rangers 1
Game Played on Thursday, August    16, 1979 (Night game) at County Stadium
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  1
Brewers      3  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   4 10  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .273      Yount ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .257
Rivers cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .267      Money 2b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .245
Oliver lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .321      Cooper 1b             4   1   3   0     0   0   .312
Bell ss               4   0   2   1     0   1   .300      Thomas cf             4   1   1   2     0   0   .231
Zisk rf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .268      Oglivie lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Montanez dh           4   0   1   0     0   1   .234      Lezcano rf            4   1   3   0     0   0   .330
Soderholm 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .252      Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Putnam 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .281      Molitor dh            2   0   1   1     0   0   .309
Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Martinez c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Allard p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sorensen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   8   1     2   5             Totals               32   4  10   3     1   1

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 14,559
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Brewers 6
DP: Rangers 1, Brewers 1
Errors: Sundberg
Doubles: Cooper 2 (35), Thomas (21)
Stolen Bases: Lezcano (4)
Caught Stealing: Putnam (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Molitor (4)
GIDP: Bando (13)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Allard L(1-1)           8    10   4   3   1   1   0  34   3.86
Totals                  8    10   4   3   1   1   0  34

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sorensen W(13-12)       9     8   1   1   2   5   0  35   3.69
Totals                  9     8   1   1   2   5   0  35

Passed Balls: Sundberg (5)

Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Dan Morrison, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Terry Cooney


RANGERS 1ST: Wills singled to right; Rivers walked [Wills to
second]; Oliver flied out to left; Bell singled to left [Wills
scored, Rivers to second]; Zisk flied out to left; Montanez
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Yount flied out to center; Money walked; Cooper
doubled to right [Money to third]; Thomas doubled to left [Money
scored, Cooper scored]; Oglivie grounded out (second to first)
[Thomas to third]; Sundberg allowed a passed ball [Thomas
scored]; Lezcano singled to center; Bando grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers
3.

RANGERS 2ND: Soderholm was called out on strikes; Putnam singled
to center; Putnam was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Sundberg made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 2ND: Molitor singled to first; Martinez flied out to
right; Yount forced Molitor (second to shortstop); Money lined
to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Rivers flied
out to right; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 3RD: Cooper flied out to center; Thomas made an out to
second; Oglivie struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Brewers 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell singled to right; Zisk forced Bell (third to
second); Montanez lined into a double play (third to first)
[Zisk out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 4TH: Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando
grounded out (second to first); Molitor grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Soderholm popped to catcher in foul territory;
Putnam struck out; Sundberg singled to right; Wills flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Martinez singled to left; Yount singled to left
[Martinez to second]; Money made an out to second; Cooper
singled to first [Martinez to third, Yount to second]; Thomas
forced Martinez (third to catcher) [Yount to third, Cooper to
second]; Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Rivers flied out to center; Oliver flied out to
center; Bell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Brewers 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Lezcano singled to left; Lezcano stole second
[Lezcano to third (error by Sundberg)]; Bando grounded out
(pitcher to first); Molitor hit a sacrifice fly to left [Lezcano
scored (unearned)]; Martinez flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Montanez
struck out; Soderholm singled to right; Putnam forced Soderholm
(second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 7TH: Yount grounded out (second to first); Money
grounded out (third to first); Cooper doubled to right; Thomas
made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers
4.

RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg flied out to left; Wills singled to
center; Rivers made an out to first; Oliver forced Wills
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers
4.

BREWERS 8TH: Oglivie made an out to shortstop; Lezcano singled
to right; Bando grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Lezcano out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Brewers 4.

RANGERS 9TH: Bell grounded out (second to first); Zisk walked;
Montanez singled to right [Zisk to third]; Soderholm flied out
to center; Putnam lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 1, Brewers 4.