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Athletics
@ Brewers
County Stadium
May 26, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Oakland Athletics, played on May 26, 1979 at County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 26, 1979 |
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Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Home Team |
Milwaukee Brewers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 26, 1979 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
Home Team | Milwaukee Brewers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rick Langford |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Slaton |
Ballpark | County Stadium |
City | Milwaukee |
State | WI |
Attendance | 20,512 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 51 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Greg Kosc 1B: Jerry Neudecker 2B: George Maloney 3B: Bill Deegan |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
Larry Murray | Right Fielder |
Mitchell Page | DH |
Jeff Newman | First Baseman |
Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
Glenn Burke | Left Fielder |
Jim Essian | Catcher |
Mario Guerrero | Shortstop |
Mike Edwards | Second Baseman |
Jim Marshall | Manager |
Milwaukee Brewers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jim Gantner | Second Baseman |
Robin Yount | Shortstop |
Cecil Cooper | First Baseman |
Dick Davis | DH |
Ben Oglivie | Left Fielder |
Sixto Lezcano | Right Fielder |
Sal Bando | Third Baseman |
Gorman Thomas | Center Fielder |
Charlie Moore | Catcher |
George Bamberger | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ Brewers
County Stadium
May 26, 1979
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Slaton
Murphy hits a popup towards short. Yount settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Slaton
Murray bunts towards the mound. Slaton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Page vs. Slaton
Page hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bando settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newman vs. Slaton
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantner vs. Langford
Gantner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yount vs. Langford
Yount hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Langford
There's a wild pitch. Yount moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cooper vs. Langford
Cooper strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Langford
Davis strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Slaton
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burke vs. Slaton
Burke hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Essian vs. Slaton
Essian hits a popup towards first. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Guerrero vs. Slaton
Guerrero hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Edwards vs. Slaton
Edwards hits a popup towards third. Bando settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Langford
Oglivie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lezcano vs. Langford
Lezcano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bando vs. Langford
Bando strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Langford
Thomas strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Slaton
Murphy hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gantner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Slaton
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops it up and throws to first, with Slaton covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Slaton
Page hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bando settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Langford
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantner vs. Langford
Gantner hits a fly ball into left field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yount vs. Langford
Yount hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Slaton
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Yount scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Slaton
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Slaton
Burke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essian vs. Slaton
There's a wild pitch. Burke moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Essian vs. Slaton
Essian takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Guerrero vs. Slaton
Guerrero hits a popup towards short. Yount settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Langford
Cooper hits a popup towards short. Guerrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Langford
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Langford
Oglivie strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Slaton
Edwards hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lezcano. Edwards reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Slaton
Murphy hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murray vs. Slaton
Murray hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Slaton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murray for the out. Edwards moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Page vs. Slaton
Page hits a line drive into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lezcano vs. Langford
Lezcano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bando vs. Langford
Bando hits a line drive into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Langford
Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Slaton
Newman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Slaton
Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burke vs. Slaton
Burke bunts in front of the plate. Moore fields it and throws to first for the out. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Essian vs. Slaton
Essian is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Langford
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantner vs. Langford
Gantner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yount vs. Langford
Yount hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gantner moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cooper vs. Langford
Cooper hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Langford
Davis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Lacey
Bob Lacey now pitching.
Oglivie hits a fly ball into left field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lezcano vs. Lacey
Lezcano hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bando vs. Lacey
Bando strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Slaton
Guerrero hits a fly ball into right field. Lezcano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Slaton
Edwards hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Slaton
There's a wild pitch. Edwards moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Slaton
Murphy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murray vs. Slaton
Murray is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Page vs. Slaton
Page takes first base on ball four. Edwards moves to third. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Newman vs. Slaton
Newman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Todd
Jim Todd now pitching.
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Todd
Moore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gantner vs. Todd
There goes Moore. The throw from Essian and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gantner vs. Todd
Gantner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards fields it and throws to home to get Moore. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yount vs. Todd
There goes Gantner. The throw from Essian and he is out, Edwards applying the tag. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Slaton
Gross strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Slaton
Burke hits a line drive into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Slaton
Essian hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yount vs. Todd
Yount hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Todd
Cooper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Todd
Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cooper moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oglivie vs. Hamilton
Dave Hamilton now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Cooper moves to third. Davis moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Oglivie vs. Hamilton
Oglivie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cooper scores. Davis scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lezcano vs. Hamilton
Lezcano takes first base on ball four. Oglivie moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bando vs. Hamilton
Bando takes first base on ball four. Oglivie moves to third. Lezcano moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thomas vs. Heaverlo
Dave Heaverlo now pitching.
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it and throws to second for the out. Oglivie scores. Lezcano moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moore vs. Heaverlo
Moore takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gantner vs. Heaverlo
Gantner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lezcano scores. There goes Thomas trying to get to home. Burke throws the ball in to Essian who tags Thomas, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Moore moves to second. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Slaton
Guerrero hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Slaton
Edwards hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Guerrero moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murphy vs. Slaton
Murphy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Guerrero scores. Edwards moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Brewers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murray vs. Slaton
Murray hits a popup, foul, towards short. Yount settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Brewers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Page vs. Slaton
Page is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Brewers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Newman vs. Slaton
Newman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Brewers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Slaton
Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Brewers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burke vs. Castro
Bill Castro now pitching.
Burke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantner misplays the ball. That's an error on Gantner. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Brewers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Essian vs. Castro
Essian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/26/1979 -- Oakland at Milwaukee (N) Oakland AB R H RBI Milwaukee AB R H RBI Murphy D, cf 4 1 1 1 Gantner J, 2b 5 1 2 1 Murray L, rf 5 0 1 0 Yount R, ss 4 1 2 0 Page M, dh 4 0 0 0 Cooper C, 1b 4 2 2 3 Newman J, 1b 5 1 1 3 Davis D, dh 4 2 2 1 Gross W, 3b 4 0 2 0 Oglivie B, lf 4 1 2 2 Burke G, lf 4 0 2 0 Lezcano S, rf 3 1 1 0 Essian J, c 4 0 0 0 Bando S, 3b 3 0 0 0 Guerrero M, ss 4 1 1 0 Thomas G, cf 4 0 0 1 Edwards M, 2b 4 1 3 0 Moore C, c 3 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 4 11 4 34 8 12 8 Oakland 000 000 004 -- 4 Milwaukee 000 004 04x -- 8 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Langford R (L) 5.1 6 4 4 0 6 Lacey B 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 Todd J 1.1 3 2 2 0 0 Hamilton D* 0.0 1 2 2 2 0 Heaverlo D 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO Slaton J (W) 8.2 11 4 4 4 5 Castro B 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 3 batters in 8th E -- Essian J, Gantner J LOB -- Oakland 12, Milwaukee 5 2B -- Edwards M HR -- Cooper C, Davis D, Newman J SB -- Moore C CS -- Gantner J SH -- Burke G WP -- Langford R, Slaton J 2, Hamilton D T -- 2:51 A -- 20512
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