Split With Last Place Orioles Keeps Brewers 8 Games Back

 GAME 1:

GWRBI-Adduci

Game MVP:Joey Meyer

County Stadium    (01-10-2024 08:05:14)       Time 4:49, 77ø, Wind: 9 MPH Right to Left  Night Game

Aug 12, 1988                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   10 11 12   13    R  H  E

1988 Baltimore 52-62          0 1 2   0 1 0   1 0 0    0  0  0    0    5 10  0
1988 Milwaukee 64-53          1 0 0   0 2 0   0 2 0    0  0  0    1    6 12  1

Recap

Mil 1st: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Mil      Greg Brock doubled scoring Leonard to take the lead.  Bal  0 Mil 1.

Mil      Greg Brock extended his hit streak to 11.

Bal 2nd: Scored 1 run on a hit.

Bal      Rene Gonzales hit a grounder scoring 1 to tie the score.  Bal  1 Mil 1.

Bal 3rd: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 2 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks.

Bal      Eddie Murray walked scoring Orsulak to take the lead.  Bal  2 Mil 1.

Bal      Fred Lynn hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Bal  3 Mil 1.

Bal 5th: Scored 1 run on a hit.

Bal      Eddie Murray hit a solo HR(15).  Bal  4 Mil 1.

Mil 5th: Scored 2 runs on a hit and one walk.

Mil      Joey Meyer hit a 2 run HR(9).  Bal  4 Mil 3.

Bal 7th: Scored 1 run on a hit, one walk and an error.

Bal      Eddie Murray hit a grounder scoring 1, E4.  Bal  5 Mil 3.

Mil 8th: Scored 2 runs on 4 hits.

Mil      Paul Molitor singled scoring Gantner.  Bal  5 Mil 4.

Mil      Robin Yount singled scoring Sveum to tie the score.  Bal  5 Mil 5.

Bal 2th: Failed to score on 2 hits and one walk.

Mil 3th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.

Mil      Jim Adduci singled scoring Gantner to win the game.  Bal  5 Mil 6.

Bal  Eddie Murray: 2 for 5, HR, 2 RBI.

Bal  Joe Orsulak: 3 for 4, 2 runs.

Mil  Odell Jones pitched 3 innings and picked up the win: 3 IP, 3 hits, 1 BB, 1 K. He's 4-1 on the year.

Bal  Tom Niedenfuer pitched 1.2 innings and took the loss: 1.2 IP, 1 earned run, 4 hits, 0 BB, 1 K. He drops to 2-2 on the year.

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GAME 2:

GWRBI-Anderson,B

Game MVP:Jeff Ballard

County Stadium    (01-10-2024 08:14:23)       Time 3:10, 70ø, Cloudy, Light Rain, Wind: 10 MPH Out to RCF  Night Game

Aug 13, 1988                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1988 Baltimore 53-62          1 0 3   0 2 1   0 0 0      7 16  0
1988 Milwaukee 64-54          0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0      0  5  1

Recap

Bal 1st: Scored 1 run on 2 hits, and an error.

Bal      Brady Anderson hit a grounder scoring 1 to take the lead.  Bal  1 Mil 0.

Bal 3rd: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 4 hits and one walk.

Bal      Eddie Murray hit a 3 run HR(16).  Bal  4 Mil 0.

Bal 5th: Scored 2 runs on 4 hits.

Bal      Larry Sheets hit a 2 run HR(10).  Bal  6 Mil 0.

Bal 6th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.

Bal      Eddie Murray singled scoring Orsulak.  Bal  7 Mil 0.

Bal  Brady Anderson: 4 for 5.

Bal  Eddie Murray: 4 for 5, HR, 4 RBI, 2 runs.

Bal  Joe Orsulak: 2 for 5, triple, 2 runs.

Bal  Jeff Ballard threw a shutout: 5 hits, 1 BB, 2 K. He's 4-9 on the year.

Mil  Tom Filer pitched poorly for 4.1 innings and took the loss: 6 earned runs, 11 hits, 1 BB, 1 K. He drops to 3-7 on the year.

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GAME 3:

GWRBI-Gantner

Game MVP:Rob Deer

County Stadium    (01-10-2024 08:21:21)       Time 2:56, 78ø, Wind: 8 MPH Right to Left  Day Game

Aug 14, 1988                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E

1988 Baltimore 53-63          0 0 0   0 0 3   1 0 0      4  5  0

1988 Milwaukee 65-54          3 0 0   0 0 1   0 1 -      5  9  1

Recap

Mil 1st: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks.

Mil      Robin Yount doubled scoring Molitor to take the lead.  Bal  0 Mil 1.

Mil      Rob Deer doubled scoring 2.  Bal  0 Mil 3.

Bal 6th: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 2 hits, 2 walks and an error.

Bal      Eddie Murray hit a 3 run HR(17) to tie the score.  Bal  3 Mil 3.

Mil 6th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.

Mil      Rob Deer hit a solo HR(18) to take the lead.  Bal  3 Mil 4.

Bal 7th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Bal      Rene Gonzales scored on a WP by Crim to tie the score.  Bal  4 Mil 4.

Mil 8th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Mil      Jim Gantner singled scoring Deer to take the lead.  Bal  4 Mil 5.

Mil  Rob Deer: 3 for 4, double, HR, 3 RBI, 2 runs.

Mil  Chuck Crim pitched 1.2 innings and picked up the win: 1.2 IP, 1 hit, 0 BB, 1 K. He's 5-3 on the year.

Mil  Dan Plesac pitched a 1-2-3 9th to record his 24th save of the season.

Bal  Doug Sisk took the loss: 1 IP, 1 earned run, 2 hits. He drops to 1-2 on the year.

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GAME 4:

GWRBI-Murray

Game MVP:Jose Bautista

County Stadium    (01-10-2024 08:27:49)       Time 3:18, 71ø, Wind: 6 MPH Out to LCF  Night Game

Aug 15, 1988                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E

1988 Baltimore 54-63          0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0      1 10  1

1988 Milwaukee 65-55          0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0      0  5  0

Recap

Bal 4th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Bal      Eddie Murray hit a solo HR(18) to take the lead.  Bal  1 Mil 0.

Bal  Eddie Murray: 2 for 3, HR.

Bal  Joe Orsulak: 4 for 4.

Mil  Paul Molitor: 3 for 4, double.

Bal  Jose Bautista pitched a great 7 innings for the win: 4 hits, 1 BB, 6 K. He goes to 9-8 on the year.

Bal  Mark Thurmond pitched a shutout the final 2 innings to record his 5th save of the year.

Mil  Teddy Higuera pitched 8 solid innings but took the loss: 1 earned run, 8 hits, 1 BB, 8 K. He's now 13-6 on the season.