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Athletics
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 31, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Oakland Athletics, played on August 31, 1981 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 31, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 31, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rick Langford |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bert Blyleven |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 8,442 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 43 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Don Denkinger 1B: Rich Garcia 2B: (none) 3B: Dan Morrison |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Tony Armas | Right Fielder |
| Mike Davis | DH |
| Jim Spencer | First Baseman |
| Mike Heath | Catcher |
| Dave McKay | Second Baseman |
| Fred Stanley | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Miguel Dilone | Left Fielder |
| Jorge Orta | Right Fielder |
| Mike Hargrove | First Baseman |
| Ron Hassey | Catcher |
| Toby Harrah | Third Baseman |
| Pat Kelly | DH |
| Rick Manning | Center Fielder |
| Duane Kuiper | Second Baseman |
| Tom Veryzer | Shortstop |
| Dave Garcia | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 31, 1981
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Blyleven
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Blyleven
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Blyleven
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dilone vs. Langford
Dilone hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Langford
Orta strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Langford
Hargrove hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hassey vs. Langford
Hassey hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Blyleven
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer misplays the ball. That's an error on Veryzer. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Blyleven
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Blyleven
Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Davis moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Blyleven
Heath hits a line drive towards short. Veryzer catches it and throws to second to double up Davis. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Langford
Harrah bunts towards third. Gross fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Langford
Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manning vs. Langford
Manning hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuiper vs. Langford
Kuiper hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Blyleven
McKay strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Blyleven
Stanley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Blyleven
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Orta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Blyleven
Murphy takes first base on ball four. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gross vs. Blyleven
Gross strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Langford
Veryzer hits a line drive towards short. Stanley reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dilone vs. Langford
Dilone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Armas throws the ball in to Stanley who tags Dilone trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Langford
Orta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Blyleven
Armas strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Blyleven
Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Blyleven
Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Blyleven
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Langford
Hargrove strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassey vs. Langford
Hassey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first, with Langford covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Langford
Harrah hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Langford
Kelly hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Kelly reaches second base with a double. Harrah goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Manning vs. Langford
Manning hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Manning for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Blyleven
McKay hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Blyleven
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Blyleven
Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murphy vs. Blyleven
Murphy hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Blyleven
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Blyleven
Armas hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Manning. Armas reaches second base with a double. Gross goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Blyleven
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Armas moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Spencer vs. Blyleven
Spencer strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Langford
Kuiper hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veryzer vs. Langford
Veryzer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dilone vs. Langford
Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Langford
There goes Dilone. The throw from Heath and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Orta vs. Langford
Orta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley misplays the ball. That's an error on Stanley. Dilone scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargrove vs. Langford
Hargrove is hit by the pitch. Orta moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hassey vs. Langford
Hassey takes first base on ball four. Orta moves to third. Hargrove moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Harrah vs. Langford
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Blyleven
Heath hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Blyleven
McKay hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Blyleven
Stanley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McKay moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Blyleven
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Langford
Kelly hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Langford
Manning hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuiper vs. Langford
Kuiper bunts towards the mound. Langford fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with McKay covering - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Langford
Veryzer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Blyleven
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Blyleven
Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Blyleven
Armas hits a fly ball into right field. Orta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dilone vs. Langford
Dilone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Langford
Langford fires to first and picks off Dilone. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Langford
Orta takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargrove vs. Underwood
Tom Underwood now pitching.
Hargrove takes first base on ball four. Orta moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bando vs. Underwood
Chris Bando pinch hits for Ron Hassey.
Bando hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Blyleven
Chris Bando now catching.
Davis strikes out. Bando drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Davis out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Blyleven
Spencer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Blyleven
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Underwood
Harrah strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Charboneau vs. Underwood
Joe Charboneau pinch hits for Pat Kelly.
Charboneau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Underwood fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Underwood
Manning hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Blyleven
McKay is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Blyleven
Stanley hits a popup towards first. Hargrove settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Blyleven
Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McKay moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murphy vs. Monge
Sid Monge now pitching.
Murphy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McKay scores. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Spillner
Cliff Johnson pinch hits for Wayne Gross. Dan Spillner now pitching.
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper fields it and throws to second for the out. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Armas vs. Spillner
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosello vs. Underwood
Rob Picciolo now playing shortstop. Fred Stanley now playing second base. Dave McKay now playing third base. Dave Rosello pinch hits for Duane Kui
Rosello strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Underwood
Bo Diaz pinch hits for Tom Veryzer.
Diaz hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dilone vs. Underwood
Dilone hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/31/1981 -- Oakland at Cleveland (N)
Oakland AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Henderson R, lf 5 1 2 0 Dilone M, lf 5 1 2 0
Murphy D, cf 4 1 2 4 Orta J, rf 3 0 0 0
Gross W, 3b 3 1 0 0 Hargrove M, 1b 2 0 1 0
Johnson C, ph 1 0 0 0 Hassey R, c 2 0 0 0
Picciolo R, ss 0 0 0 0 Bando C, ph-c 1 0 0 0
Armas T, rf 5 0 1 1 Harrah T, 3b 4 1 2 0
Davis M, dh 4 0 0 0 Kelly P, dh 3 1 2 2
Spencer J, 1b 4 0 2 0 Charboneau J, ph 1 0 0 0
Heath M, c 4 0 0 0 Manning R, cf 4 0 1 0
McKay D, 2b-3b 3 1 2 0 Kuiper D, 2b 3 0 1 0
Stanley F, ss-2b 4 1 2 0 Rosello D, ph 1 0 0 0
Veryzer T, ss 3 0 0 0
Diaz B, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 5 11 5 33 3 9 2
Oakland 000 040 001 -- 5
Cleveland 000 111 000 -- 3
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Langford R (W) 6.1 9 3 2 2 2
Underwood T (S) 2.2 0 0 0 1 2
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven B (L) 8.1 10 5 5 2 7
Monge S* 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Spillner D 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
E -- Veryzer T, Heath M, Stanley F
DP -- Oakland 2, Cleveland 2
LOB -- Oakland 8, Cleveland 7
2B -- Kelly P, Armas T
HR -- Murphy D, Kelly P
SB -- Dilone M
HBP -- by Langford R (Hargrove M), by Blyleven B (McKay D)
T -- 2:43
A -- 8442
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