So much for the excitement.

Paul Molitor rapped a record five hits and Mike Caldwell pitched a three-hitter as the powerful Milwaukee Brewers, behind a 17-hit attack, pummelled the St. Louis Cardinald 10-0 in the first game of the World Series, last night.

The Brewers rapped playoff hero Bob Forsch for all their runs and 10 hits to find themselves in an extremely unfamiliar position--in the lead for an entire game.

The Cardinals went down meekly, as Caldwell a junkball left-hander, got 10 out of his first 15 outs on ground balls. Caldwell's control, a problem in his last two appearances, was impeccable. He did not walk a batter until the sixth inning.

In this clash of two midwestern beer towns with no recent World Series experience the normally powerful Brewers nickeled and dimed the Cardinals one run at a time. They finished with 13 singles.

Scoring two unearned runs after a Keith Hernandez error the Brewers made it 3-0 in the fourth with Molitor driving in the run on a broken bat single. From there, the runs just kept on coming.

Game two of the World Series will be played tonight in St. Louis.