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Athletics 2 @ Brewers 1
County Stadium
May 27, 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 27, 1979 at County Stadium. The home team Brewers were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

DateMay 27, 1979 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 2 H: 7 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 2
Hits: 7
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Milwaukee Brewers
R: 1 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 1
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherSteve McCatty  
Losing PitcherLary Sorensen  
SaveDave Heaverlo  
Game Winning RBIMilt Ramirez 

Game Info

DateMay 27, 1979 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamMilwaukee Brewers 
Visiting Starting PitcherSteve McCatty  
Home Starting PitcherLary Sorensen  
BallparkCounty Stadium 
CityMilwaukee 
StateWI 
Attendance22,928 
Time of Game2 hours 8 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jerry Neudecker
1B: George Maloney
2B: Bill Deegan
3B: Greg Kosc

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dwayne Murphy  Center Fielder 
Mitchell Page  DH 
Glenn Burke  Left Fielder 
Jeff Newman  Catcher 
Wayne Gross  First Baseman 
Mario Guerrero  Shortstop 
Mike Edwards  Second Baseman 
Milt Ramirez  Third Baseman 
Larry Murray  Right Fielder 
Jim Marshall  Manager 

Milwaukee Brewers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Gantner  Third Baseman 
Robin Yount  Shortstop 
Cecil Cooper  First Baseman 
Dick Davis  DH 
Ben Oglivie  Left Fielder 
Sixto Lezcano  Right Fielder 
Paul Molitor  Second Baseman 
Gorman Thomas  Center Fielder 
Buck Martinez  Catcher 
George Bamberger  Manager 

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Athletics 2 @ Brewers 1
County Stadium
May 27, 1979

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/27/1979 -- Oakland at Milwaukee (D)

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Milwaukee          AB  R  H RBI
Murphy D, cf          4  0  1  0   Gantner J, 3b         4  0  0  0   
Page M, dh            3  0  0  0   Yount R, ss           3  0  0  0   
Burke G, lf           4  0  0  0   Cooper C, 1b          4  1  3  0   
Newman J, c           4  1  1  1   Davis D, dh           3  0  1  1   
Gross W, 1b           4  0  0  0   Oglivie B, lf         2  0  0  0   
Guerrero M, ss        4  0  2  0   Lezcano S, rf         4  0  1  0   
Edwards M, 2b         4  1  1  0   Molitor P, 2b         4  0  0  0   
Ramirez M, 3b         3  0  2  1   Thomas G, cf          3  0  0  0   
Murray L, rf          2  0  0  0   Martinez B, c         2  0  1  0   
                                   Moore C, ph-c         1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  2  7  2                        30  1  6  1

Oakland          000 000 200 --  2
Milwaukee        100 000 000 --  1

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
McCatty S (W)         8.2  6  1  1  3  2
Heaverlo D (S)        0.1  0  0  0  0  1

  Milwaukee            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sorensen L (L)        9.0  7  2  1  2  2

E -- Sorensen L, Edwards M
DP -- Oakland 2, Milwaukee 2
LOB -- Oakland 5, Milwaukee 6
2B -- Cooper C, Guerrero M
HR -- Newman J
SH -- Davis D
T -- 2:08
A -- 22928

    

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