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Indians 7 @ Twins 8
Metropolitan Stadium
May 8, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Indians, played on May 8, 1981 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins beat the visiting Indians with a score of 8 to 7.

Game Summary

DateMay 8, 1981 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 7 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 7
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 8 H: 14 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 8
Hits: 14
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Winning Pitcher—Jack O'Connor  
Losing Pitcher—Sid Monge  
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Game Winning RBI—John Castino 

Game Info

DateMay 8, 1981 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohn Denny  
Home Starting PitcherAlbert Williams  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance4,664 
Time of Game3 hours 
UmpiresHP: John Shulock
1B: Vic Voltaggio
2B: Bill Kunkel
3B: Terry Cooney

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Miguel Dilone  Left Fielder 
Rick Manning  Center Fielder 
Mike Hargrove  First Baseman 
Andre Thornton  DH 
Joe Charboneau  Right Fielder 
Toby Harrah  Third Baseman 
Ron Hassey  Catcher 
Duane Kuiper  Second Baseman 
Tom Veryzer  Shortstop 
Dave Garcia  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hosken Powell  Right Fielder 
John Castino  Third Baseman 
Mickey Hatcher  Center Fielder 
Roy Smalley  Shortstop 
Glenn Adams  DH 
Gary Ward  Left Fielder 
Rob Wilfong  Second Baseman 
Ron Jackson  First Baseman 
Sal Butera  Catcher 
Johnny Goryl  Manager 

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Indians 7 @ Twins 8
Metropolitan Stadium
May 8, 1981

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         Game of 5/8/1981 -- Cleveland at Minnesota (N)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Dilone M, lf          5  1  2  2   Powell H, rf          5  0  2  1   
Manning R, cf         2  0  0  0   Engle D, ph           1  0  0  0   
Bannister A, ph-cf    1  1  1  0   Castino J, 3b         5  1  2  1   
Hargrove M, 1b        1  1  0  0   Hatcher M, cf         4  1  1  1   
Thornton A, dh        4  1  1  0   Smalley R, ss         2  0  1  0   
Charboneau J, rf      4  1  1  1   Baker C, ss           2  0  0  0   
Littleton L, rf       0  0  0  0   Goodwin D, ph         1  0  1  2   
Orta J, ph            0  0  0  0   Mackanin P, ss        0  0  0  0   
Diaz B, ph            1  0  1  2   Adams G, dh           4  1  1  0   
Dybzinski J, pr       0  0  0  0   Ward G, lf            3  2  1  0   
Kelly P, rf           0  0  0  0   Wilfong R, 2b         5  1  3  0   
Harrah T, 3b          4  0  1  1   Jackson R, 1b         5  0  1  2   
Hassey R, c           2  1  1  1   Butera S, c           3  2  1  1   
Kuiper D, 2b          4  1  2  0                                      
Veryzer T, ss         4  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  7 10  7                        40  8 14  8

Cleveland        000 000 232 --  7
Minnesota        022 000 031 --  8
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Denny J               7.2 12  7  5  7  6
Monge S (L)           1.0  2  1  0  0  1

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Williams A            7.1  4  3  3  7  3
Corbett D             0.1  3  2  2  1  0
Verhoeven J*          0.1  1  1  1  0  0
Jackson D             0.1  1  1  1  0  0
Cooper D              0.1  0  0  0  0  1
O'Connor J (W)        0.1  1  0  0  1  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Veryzer T, Dilone M
DP -- Cleveland 1, Minnesota 2
LOB -- Cleveland 9, Minnesota 13
2B -- Hatcher M, Diaz B
SB -- Manning R, Powell H
CS -- Dilone M
SH -- Hargrove M
SF -- Hassey R
Balk -- Williams A
PB -- Hassey R
T -- 3:00
A -- 4664

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