The Denver Brewers:
Tuesday, October 3, 1978:
The Brewers win a slugfest in the penultimate regular season game of the 1978 season with
Antonio Acuna (.361/.405/.644) leading the way, going 3 for 6 with 3 runs scored, 3 driven in, hitting his 12th home run of the season.
Brett Taranto (.347/.381/.535) also went 3 for 6 and hit his 33rd double, as did
Jose Figueroa (.288/.325/.364), who also scored 3 runs and drove in another.
John Weaver got the start and it once again didn't go well.
Weaver gave up 7 runs on 8 hits over 4 innings.
Weaver did, however, hit a massive solo home run in the 2nd inning, the first of his big league career.
Cory Degano (1-0, 6.43) got the win with 2 innings of relief in which he allowed 1 run on 2 hits.
Jon Williams (.239/.309/.477) hit his 5th homer.
Wednesday, October 4, 1978:
And the Brewers get pretty well man-handled by the Baltimore Lords in the final game of the regular season, as veteran left-hander
Erik Sloan (10-5, 4.29) gives up 6 runs (5 earned) on 7 hits over 4 innings pitched.
Richard Escamilla hit his 2nd home run as a Brewer (in just 12 plate appearances) and finishes his brief first stint with the club with 8 RBI.
Joe Willemse (.272/.307/.350) and
Willie Olivarez (.450/.450/.700) both went 2 for 4 in the loss, with
Olivarez hitting his first big league triple.
Notes from around the WPK:
After clinching the SJL pennant in the first game of the final series of the regular season, El Paso loses the final two games to Columbus while Philadelphia wins their final two against Houston and the final standings see El Paso winning by just 1 game over Philly and 2 over Columbus.
L.A.'s Jesus Hernandez hits a pair of home runs in Tuesday's game to get to 32 on the season and that is where he finishes, with the most home runs of any player in the WPK this season (Bud Lindsay finishes with the most in the SJL at 31).
Brooklyn's Jose Hernandes pitched a great game against Charlotte on Tuesday and finishes with a 15-4 record and a 2.23 ERA. But Denver ace
Sadahige Kawasaki takes the ERA crown with a 2.22 ERA.