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Saturday September 22, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

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.



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