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Rangers
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
April 26, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Texas Rangers, played on April 26, 1981 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 26, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
|
| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 26, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jon Matlack |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bert Blyleven |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 13,777 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 57 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Al Clark 1B: Steve Palermo 2B: Ted Hendry 3B: Jim Evans |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bump Wills | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
| Al Oliver | DH |
| Buddy Bell | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Grubb | Right Fielder |
| Pat Putnam | First Baseman |
| Jim Sundberg | Catcher |
| Billy Sample | Left Fielder |
| Mario Mendoza | Shortstop |
| Don Zimmer | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Alan Bannister | Second Baseman |
| Jorge Orta | Right Fielder |
| Mike Hargrove | First Baseman |
| Andre Thornton | DH |
| Joe Charboneau | Left Fielder |
| Toby Harrah | Third Baseman |
| Bo Diaz | Catcher |
| Rick Manning | Center Fielder |
| Tom Veryzer | Shortstop |
| Dave Garcia | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
April 26, 1981
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Blyleven
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Blyleven
Rivers strikes out. Diaz drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Rivers out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Blyleven
Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Blyleven
Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oliver moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grubb vs. Blyleven
Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Matlack
Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Matlack
Orta hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Matlack
Hargrove hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Blyleven
Putnam hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Blyleven
Sundberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sample vs. Blyleven
Sample hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sundberg moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mendoza vs. Blyleven
Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer fields it and throws to second for the out. Sundberg scores. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Blyleven
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wills for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Matlack
Thornton is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Charboneau vs. Matlack
Charboneau hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Matlack
Harrah hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Diaz vs. Matlack
Diaz hits a popup, foul, towards first. Putnam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Blyleven
Rivers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Blyleven
Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivers moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Blyleven
There's a wild pitch. Rivers moves to third. Oliver moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bell vs. Blyleven
Bell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Grubb vs. Blyleven
Grubb hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivers scores. Oliver scores. Bell moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Putnam vs. Blyleven
Putnam hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Diaz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sundberg vs. Blyleven
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to home to get Bell. Grubb moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sample vs. Blyleven
Sample hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Matlack
Manning hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Manning for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Matlack
Veryzer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Matlack
Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mendoza vs. Blyleven
Mendoza hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Blyleven
There goes Mendoza. The throw from Diaz and he is out, Veryzer applying the tag. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Blyleven
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops it up and throws to first, with Blyleven covering, for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Blyleven
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivers for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Matlack
Orta strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Matlack
Hargrove takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thornton vs. Matlack
Thornton is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Charboneau vs. Matlack
Charboneau hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Blyleven
Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Blyleven
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grubb vs. Blyleven
Grubb hits a fly ball into left field. Charboneau settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Putnam vs. Blyleven
Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Matlack
Harrah hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sample. Harrah reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Diaz vs. Matlack
Diaz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Manning vs. Matlack
Manning hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Veryzer vs. Matlack
Veryzer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Mendoza. Harrah moves to third. Manning moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bannister vs. Matlack
Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza fields it and throws to second for the out. Harrah scores. Manning moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Orta vs. Matlack
Orta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Blyleven
Sundberg strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sample vs. Blyleven
Sample hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mendoza vs. Blyleven
Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Matlack
Hargrove hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Matlack
Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Charboneau vs. Matlack
Charboneau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Blyleven
Wills strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Blyleven
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bannister fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Blyleven
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Matlack
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Matlack
Diaz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manning vs. Matlack
Manning takes first base on ball four. Diaz moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Veryzer vs. Matlack
Veryzer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Diaz moves to third. Manning moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bannister vs. Matlack
Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Matlack fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Blyleven
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bannister scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Blyleven
Grubb takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Putnam vs. Blyleven
There goes Grubb. The throw from Diaz and he is out, Bannister applying the tag. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Blyleven
Putnam hits a popup towards third. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Matlack
Orta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargrove vs. Matlack
Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thornton vs. Matlack
Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hargrove moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Charboneau vs. Kern
Jim Kern now pitching.
Charboneau hits a popup towards first. Putnam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harrah vs. Kern
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Blyleven
Sundberg hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Charboneau. Sundberg reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sample vs. Blyleven
Sample hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mendoza vs. Blyleven
Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wills vs. Blyleven
Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Charboneau settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Kern
Diaz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manning vs. Kern
Jerry Dybzinski pinch runs for Bo Diaz.
Manning takes first base on ball four. Dybzinski moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dilone vs. Johnson
Miguel Dilone pinch hits for Tom Veryzer. John Henry Johnson now pitching.
Dilone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bannister vs. Johnson
Bannister hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Dybzinski scores. Manning moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Orta vs. Johnson
Orta hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Manning tags and scores. Bannister tags and moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hargrove vs. Johnson
Hargrove hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bannister scores. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/26/1981 -- Texas at Cleveland (D)
Texas AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Wills B, 2b 5 0 0 0 Bannister A, 2b 5 1 1 2
Rivers M, cf 3 1 1 0 Orta J, rf 4 0 1 1
Oliver A, dh 4 1 3 0 Hargrove M, 1b 4 0 1 1
Bell B, 3b 3 0 1 0 Thornton A, dh 4 0 2 0
Grubb J, rf 3 0 1 2 Charboneau J, lf 4 0 0 0
Putnam P, 1b 4 0 0 0 Harrah T, 3b 4 1 2 0
Sundberg J, c 4 1 2 0 Diaz B, c 3 0 1 0
Sample B, lf 4 0 1 0 Dybzinski J, pr 0 1 0 0
Mendoza M, ss 4 0 1 1 Manning R, cf 2 1 1 0
Veryzer T, ss 3 0 0 0
Dilone M, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 3 10 3 34 4 9 4
Texas 012 000 000 -- 3
Cleveland 000 010 003 -- 4
2 outs when winning run was scored.
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack J 7.1 7 1 0 2 3
Kern J* 0.2 0 2 2 2 0
Johnson J (L) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven B (W) 9.0 10 3 3 3 3
* Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
E -- Mendoza M
DP -- Texas 1, Cleveland 1
LOB -- Texas 7, Cleveland 9
2B -- Harrah T, Sundberg J
CS -- Mendoza M, Grubb J
SF -- Orta J
WP -- Blyleven B
T -- 2:57
A -- 13777
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