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Brewers 4, Red Sox 3 (11)
\nBrewers now 90-60 (1st by 2.0 games)
\nBox Score<\/a> | Season Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n

\"1982<\/a>
Ben Oglivie's last gasp home run in the ninth gave the Brewers life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MILWAUKEE — For 8 2\/3 innings and 83 pitches, Dennis Eckersley<\/a> dominated the Milwaukee Brewers. But then, with a 3-2 lead and an 0-2 count…<\/p>\n

“With two strikes I had to swing at anything close,” Ben Oglivie<\/a> said of his ninth inning at bat. “I was looking for hard stuff. He got me out the other three times up that way.”<\/p>\n

Oglivie guessed right. Eckersley dealt him a high fastball that Benji smacked into the right field bleachers to tie the game at three.<\/p>\n

“This would have to be one of my biggest moments as far as the team… It has to be one of the greatest moments for me.”<\/p>\n

Of course, had the Brewers lost in extra innings, Oglivie’s heroics would have been simply a footnote.<\/p>\n

Robin Yount<\/a> started the 11th by beating out an infield single. Cecil Cooper<\/a> then singled to right to put runners at first and second with no outs. Third base coach Harry Warner then gave Ted Simmons<\/a> the bunt sign. It would be Simmons’ first sacrifice bunt of the season.<\/p>\n

“It was a hell of a bunt,” Warner said. “Boggs was playing behind Coop at first. The whole team thought he was going to hit.”<\/p>\n

After Simmons’ surprise sacrifice bunt, the Red Sox intentionally walked Ben Oglivie to load the bases and set up a double play opportunity with Gorman Thomas<\/a> at the plate.<\/p>\n

“He’s got the best sinker in the league,” Thomas said of Red Sox reliever Bob Stanley<\/a>. “Last thing I wanted to do was hit it on the ground.”<\/p>\n

Thomas was able to hit a fly ball to left to score Yount with the winning run.<\/p>\n

It was a classic Pete Vuckovich<\/a> game. He regularly got himself into and out of trouble. The Red Sox stranded nine runners, but were 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position and grounded into an astounding five double plays. Vuckovich pitched all 11 innings for his 18th win in 22 decisions.<\/p>\n

“Anytime you win one it’s a big one,” Thomas said. “But because there are only so many left (12 games), they seem so much bigger.”<\/p>\n

Every win does seem big right now, particularly with Baltimore winning seemingly every night. They won yet again, taking the Tigers 3-1 to remain two games back of the Crew.<\/p>\n

Game Notes:<\/b> Charlie Moore<\/a> extended his hitting streak to 12 games and Cecil Cooper to 14 games. … Paul Molitor<\/a>, who hit .429 with three homers, two triples, nine RBI, 25 total bases and 11 runs scored, was named AL Player of the Week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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