Designated hitter Gorman Thomas slammed a homerun and had 4 RBI at COUNTY STADIUM where the Seattle Mariners beat the Milwaukee Brewers in 11 innings by the score of 8 to 5.
The score was knotted at 5 after nine innings. Seattle came out on top in the
11th inning. Phil Bradley led off and he doubled. Alvin Davis stepped up to
the plate and he doubled scoring a single run. Thomas then lined a one-base
hit driving in one more runner. Thomas took second on the throw. Al Cowens
came up and he slapped a base-hit scoring the final run of the inning.
Seattle finished with 15 hits while Milwaukee ended up with 11.
Jim Beattie(4-7) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 2 and 2/3 innings.
Roy Thomas earned the save, his 6th. Bob Gibson(0-1) was hit with the loss
in relief. Seattle scored big getting 3 runs off him in 2 innings.
