The Orioles clinched the East division title when the Brewers lost to the Twins, so it made no difference when the new champions dropped the first game of a scheduled twi-night doubleheader with the Indians, 7-3. The second game was postponed because of rain.

Cliff Johnson drove in three runs with two homers for the Indians, Mike Hargrove accounted for three with a bases-loaded double and Rick Manning contributed a round-tripper to the attack. Al Bumbry had a homer for the Orioles. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Baltimore Orioles 3
Game Played on Saturday, September 22, 1979 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Indians      0  1  0    0  0  6    0  0  0  -   7 11  0
Orioles      1  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   3 10  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove lf           5   0   2   3     0   2   .296      Bumbry cf             5   1   3   1     0   0   .290
Manning cf            5   1   2   1     0   2   .258      Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     1   1   .173
Harrah 3b             4   1   2   0     1   1   .285      Singleton rf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .297
Thornton 1b           5   0   1   0     0   1   .233        Corey pr,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cage 1b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Murray 1b             4   0   4   1     0   0   .294
Johnson dh            5   2   2   3     0   0   .269        Chism 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Pruitt rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .296      Roenicke lf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .264
  Norris rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .249      DeCinces 3b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .230
Alexander c           3   1   0   0     1   1   .224      May dh                4   0   0   0     0   1   .251
Rosello 2b            3   1   1   0     0   1   .280      Dauer 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .248
Veryzer ss            3   1   1   0     1   0   .220      Dempsey c             4   1   2   1     0   0   .237
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stoddard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Flinn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   7  11   7     3   8             Totals               37   3  10   3     2   7

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 29,470
Left on Base: Indians 7, Orioles 9
DP: Indians 0, Orioles 1
Errors: DeCinces
Doubles: Thornton (31), Harrah (24), Hargrove (18), Dempsey 2 (23), Bumbry (29)
Home Runs: Johnson 2 (17), Manning (3), Bumbry (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Rosello (9)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(16-13)          6.2   9   3   3   0   4   1  29   4.52
Monge                   2.1   1   0   0   2   3   0  10   2.39
Totals                  9    10   3   3   2   7   1  39

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor L(12-6)        5.2   7   5   4   1   5   3  25   3.36
Stoddard                2.1   3   2   2   2   3   0  12   1.79
Flinn                   1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9    11   7   4*  3   8   3  41

Wild Pitches: Stoddard (3)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Rocky Roe, 3B - Nick Bremigan


INDIANS 1ST: Hargrove struck out; Manning struck out; Harrah
singled to left; Thornton flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry homered; Belanger flied out to left;
Singleton grounded out (second to first); Murray singled to
center; Roenicke flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Johnson homered; Pruitt flied out to left;
Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); Rosello struck out;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces flied out to left; May grounded out (third
to first); Dauer lined to left; 1:19 rain delay; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Veryzer flied out to center; Hargrove singled to
right; Manning popped to catcher in foul territory; Harrah
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey popped to catcher in foul territory; Bumbry
singled to center; Belanger flied out to center; Singleton
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton doubled to left; Johnson made an out to
shortstop; Pruitt lined into a double play (second unassisted)
[Thornton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray singled to right; Roenicke struck out;
DeCinces struck out; May grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Alexander walked; Rosello out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Alexander to second]; Veryzer flied out to
right [Alexander to third]; Hargrove was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Dempsey
doubled to left; Bumbry doubled to center [Dempsey to third];
Belanger was called out on strikes; Singleton grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Manning homered; Harrah doubled to left; Thornton
flied out to center; Johnson homered [Harrah scored]; Pruitt
grounded out (third to first); Alexander reached on an error by
DeCinces; STODDARD REPLACED MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Rosello singled
to right [Alexander to third]; Veryzer walked [Rosello to
second]; Hargrove doubled to left [Alexander scored (unearned),
Rosello scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher), Veryzer
scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher)]; Stoddard threw a
wild pitch [Hargrove to third]; Manning was called out on
strikes; 6 R (5 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: NORRIS REPLACED PRUITT (PLAYING RF); Murray singled
to third; Roenicke forced Murray (third to second); DeCinces
flied out to center; May flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 7, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Harrah walked; Thornton struck out; Johnson forced
Harrah (second to shortstop); Norris lined to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Dauer singled to right; Dempsey doubled [Dauer
scored]; Bumbry flied out to center; Belanger lined to center;
MONGE REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Singleton walked; COREY RAN FOR
SINGLETON; Murray singled to left [Dempsey scored, Corey to
second]; Roenicke struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 7,
Orioles 3.

INDIANS 8TH: COREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CHISM REPLACED
MURRAY (PLAYING 1B); Alexander struck out; Rosello grounded out
(shortstop to first); Veryzer singled to first; Hargrove flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: DeCinces struck out; May struck out; Dauer made an
out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Orioles 3.

INDIANS 9TH: FLINN REPLACED STODDARD (PITCHING); Manning singled
to center; Harrah popped to second; Thornton flied out to right;
Johnson made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7,
Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 9TH: CAGE REPLACED THORNTON (PLAYING 1B); Dempsey made
an out to first; Bumbry made an out to shortstop; Belanger
walked; Corey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
7, Orioles 3.