The '82 Brewers blew a lead and took a 5-4 ten inning loss to the Angels in California on May 29.
California scored a first inning run off Randy Lerch. Don Baylor's sac fly knocked in Brian Downing.
The Brewers came back to take a 4-1 lead. They scored a pair of runs in the fourth: Ben Oglivie singled in Robin Yount. Oglivie scored from third when Mark Brouhard grounded into a double play. Milwaukee scored two more in the seventh on back-to-back RBI singles by Cecil Cooper and Yount.
Lerch was solid up to this point, but he walked Fred Lynn to start the seventh. Rod Carew had a bunt single and Lerch committed an error to put Lynn at third and Carew at second. Time for Rollie Fingers.
But, Fingers gave up a one out single to Bob Boone and both runners scored to cut the lead to 4-3.
In the ninth, Fingers gave up a two-out RBI single to Bobby Grich and California tied the game.
After the Brewers went down quietly in the top of the tenth, Jamie Easterly replaced Fingers for the bottom of the tenth. Reggie Jackson hit a one out solo homer and the Angels won 5-4.
Complete box score and play-by-play are HERE.
The Brewers fell to 21-23 with this loss. They are tied with Toronto for fifth place in the AL East, 7-1/2 games behind AL East leading Boston. Buck Rodgers doesn't have much time to turn this around.
The series against the Angels continues on May 30.
Scheduled starters 5/30/82:
MIL: Jim Slaton
SEA: Bruce Kison
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