Athletics @ Indians
September 2, 1981

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Top 9	R	H	E
Athletics	4	9	3
Indians	10	13	0

Top 9	R	H	E
Athletics	4	9	3
Indians	10	13	0

Mickey Klutts Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.400
OBP	.000	.400
At Bats	4	10
Hits	0	4
• Singles	0	2
• Doubles	0	0
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	0	0
RBI’s	0	2

Dan Spillner Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	3	3

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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - September 2, 1981

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Strikeout

Dan Spillner

Chris Bando

Mike Hargrove

Duane Kuiper

Toby Harrah

Jerry Dybzinski

Miguel Dilone

Rick Manning

Jorge Orta

Mickey Klutts

Cliff Johnson

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Oakland Athletics	4	9	3	10
Cleveland Indians	10	13	0	9
Winning Pitcher	Dan Spillner
Losing Pitcher	Matt Keough
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Mike Hargrove
Attendance	5,198
Time of Game	3 hours 24 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Klutts strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Armas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to third.

Top 9 Johnson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Orta. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Spencer scores. Henderson goes all the way around to score.

Top 9 Murphy hits a fly ball into left field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Henderson takes first base on ball four. Spencer moves to second.

Top 9 Jim Spencer pinch hits for Fred Stanley. Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Manning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Bando hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moore scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bando for the out. Rosello moves to third. Harrah moves to second.

Bottom 8 Harrah hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rosello moves to second.

Bottom 8 Rosello takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Hargrove hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 8 Orta hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Dave McKay now playing second base. Bo McLaughlin now pitching. Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moore scoops it up and throws to first, with McLaughlin covering, for the out.

Top 8 Mike Davis pinch hits for Shooty Babitt. Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Moore takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Heath hits a fly ball into left field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Klutts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dybzinski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Armas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dilone. Armas reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 7 Dybzinski strikes out.

Bottom 7 Kuiper hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Manning tags and scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 7 There goes Manning. The throw from Heath and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Bando scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 7 Dave Beard now pitching. Manning hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Beard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Harrah scores. Bando moves to third.

Bottom 7 Bando hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Bando reaches second base with a double. Hargrove scores. Harrah moves to third.

Bottom 7 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Babitt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Orta scores. Hargrove moves to third.

Bottom 7 Jeff Jones now pitching. Dave Rosello pinch hits for Pat Kelly. Rosello bunts in front of the plate. Heath fields it and throws to first for the out. Orta moves to third. Hargrove moves to second.

Bottom 7 Hargrove hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dybzinski scores. Dilone scores. Orta moves to second.

Bottom 7 Bob Owchinko now pitching. Orta bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Dybzinski moves to third. Dilone moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 7 Dilone bunts towards the mound. Keough fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 7 Dybzinski hits a line drive into left field. Henderson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Henderson. Dybzinski moves to second.

Top 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 7 Murphy takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Henderson strikes out.

Top 7 Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Kuiper hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Manning hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Bando hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Dan Spillner now pitching. Babitt hits a fly ball into right field. Orta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Moore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Armas moves to third.

Top 6 Heath strikes out.

Top 6 Klutts strikes out.

Top 6 Armas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Babitt fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 5 Kelly hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Hargrove hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 5 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Murphy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stanley scores.

Top 5 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops it up and throws to first, with Waits covering, for the out. Stanley moves to third.

Top 5 Stanley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dilone. Stanley reaches second base with a double.

Top 5 Babitt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dybzinski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Orta hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Dilone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Harrah scores. Kuiper moves to third. Dybzinski moves to second.

Bottom 4 Dybzinski takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 There goes Kuiper. The throw from Heath and he is safe. Kuiper steals second.

Bottom 4 Kuiper takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Manning hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moore scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Manning for the out. Harrah moves to third.

Bottom 4 Bando bunts towards first. Moore scoops it up and throws to first, with Babitt covering, for the out. Harrah moves to second.

Bottom 4 Harrah takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Moore strikes out.

Top 4 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Klutts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moore scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kelly for the out.

Bottom 3 Hargrove takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Orta hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Dilone strikes out.

Bottom 3 Keough fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Keough. Dybzinski moves to third.

Bottom 3 Dybzinski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 3 Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dybzinski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 Murphy hits a fly ball into left field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dybzinski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Kuiper hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Manning takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Bando hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Stanley hits a fly ball into left field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Babitt takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Waits fires to first and picks off Moore.

Top 2 Moore takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Heath hits a line drive into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moore scoops it up and throws to first, with Keough covering, for the out.

Bottom 1 Hargrove hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Babitt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dilone moves to second.

Bottom 1 Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klutts fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 1 Klutts strikes out.

Top 1 Armas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Henderson scores. Murphy moves to third.

Top 1 Murphy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dilone. Murphy reaches second base with a double. Henderson moves to third.

Top 1 Henderson takes first base on ball four.

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