GAME 5
Travers vs Walberg
Brewers 8, A's 4
In a rematch of game 1 starters the Brewers hoped to clinch the pennant with lefty Bill Travers on the hill. The A's hoped that Walberg could duplicate the magic that Quinn created the night before in order to send the series back to Milwaukee. Tied 2-2 after 4 the Brew crew received an RBI triple by Sal Bando, who scored immediately on catcher Charlie Moore's squeeze bunt. Bando walked with the bases loaded in the 6th to make it 5-2. Larry Hisle's single in the 7th made it 6-2. In the bottom of the inning the A's got an RBI single from Eddie Collins and a bases loaded walk RBI from Simmons to once again make it a 2 run game. Milwaukee knew that the A's were not about to roll over. Eduardo Rodriguez came on to get Hale to fly out to center and prevent the big inning. With 2 out in the top of the 8th Robin Yount hit a 2 run shot, his second of the day, to take all the air out of the A's balloon. Rodriguez got the first two batters out in the bottom of the 9th before giving up a single to batting champ Simmons. Bob McClure trotted in from the pen for the lefty/lefty matchup vs Hale, who lined to Cooper at first for the final out as the Brewers clinched the AL Pennant.
Travers vs Walberg
Brewers 8, A's 4
In a rematch of game 1 starters the Brewers hoped to clinch the pennant with lefty Bill Travers on the hill. The A's hoped that Walberg could duplicate the magic that Quinn created the night before in order to send the series back to Milwaukee. Tied 2-2 after 4 the Brew crew received an RBI triple by Sal Bando, who scored immediately on catcher Charlie Moore's squeeze bunt. Bando walked with the bases loaded in the 6th to make it 5-2. Larry Hisle's single in the 7th made it 6-2. In the bottom of the inning the A's got an RBI single from Eddie Collins and a bases loaded walk RBI from Simmons to once again make it a 2 run game. Milwaukee knew that the A's were not about to roll over. Eduardo Rodriguez came on to get Hale to fly out to center and prevent the big inning. With 2 out in the top of the 8th Robin Yount hit a 2 run shot, his second of the day, to take all the air out of the A's balloon. Rodriguez got the first two batters out in the bottom of the 9th before giving up a single to batting champ Simmons. Bob McClure trotted in from the pen for the lefty/lefty matchup vs Hale, who lined to Cooper at first for the final out as the Brewers clinched the AL Pennant.
Editor's Note: A's manager Stephen Lee predicted his team would go down to defeat even before the series started. He was quoted as saying, "We don't matchup well vs Milwaukee. Our 3 regular season contests weren't even close". With that said, Mr. Lee, who like his team is a Philly native transplanted in California, did a whale of a job in his rookie KOD season. Lee took a team with zero pitching all the way to the ALCS. A great managerial job for sure.
Brewers win series 4-1
Brewers win series 4-1
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