In a game featured by six homers, the Indians finally prevailed over the Orioles, 7-6. The Tribe trailed, 6-5, going into the ninth inning, but tied the contest with a one-out homer by Toby Harrah. Joe Charboneau followed with a double and Tim Stoddard replaced Dave Ford on the mound for the Orioles. After the second out, Tom Veryzer stroked a single to plate Charboneau with the winning run.

The Orioles jumped to a 4-0 lead in their first turn at bat on a three-run homer by Pat Kelly and bases-empty shot by Dan Graham. Terry Crowley connected for another homer in the fourth, but the Indians got a two-run shot from Charboneau in the second and three-run clout by Mike Hargrove in the sixth. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 7, Baltimore Orioles 6

Game Played on Tuesday, May 27, 1980 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Indians      0  2  0    0  0  3    0  0  2  -   7  9  1
Orioles      4  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   6 12  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dilone lf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .333      Bumbry cf             3   1   1   0     2   1   .351
  Alston lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Dauer 2b,3b           5   1   3   1     0   0   .246
Manning cf            3   1   1   0     0   1   .229      Singleton rf          5   0   1   0     0   2   .239
Hargrove 1b           4   1   1   3     0   0   .283      Murray 1b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .277
Orta rf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .276      Kelly lf              2   1   2   3     0   0   .286
Hassey c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .301        Roenicke lf         3   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Harrah 3b             3   2   1   1     1   0   .207      Graham 3b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .304
Charboneau dh         4   2   2   2     0   0   .301        Sakata 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Rosello 2b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .250      Crowley dh            2   1   1   1     0   0   .324
  Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .204        May ph,dh           2   0   1   0     0   1   .253
  Dybzinski 2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Dempsey c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .245
Veryzer ss            4   0   2   1     0   0   .311      Krenchicki ss         3   1   0   0     1   0   .143
Spillner p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ford p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cruz p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stoddard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   7   9   7     2   4             Totals               38   6  12   6     3   6

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance: 10,092
Left on Base: Indians 2, Orioles 8
DP: Indians 0, Orioles 2
Errors: Cruz, Murray
Doubles: Manning (4), Charboneau (5), Singleton (7), Murray (7)
Home Runs: Charboneau (7), Hargrove (5), Harrah (3), Kelly (2), Graham (3), Crowley (2)
Stolen Bases: Dilone (8), Kelly (5), Roenicke (2)
Caught Stealing: Veryzer (3), Bumbry (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Manning (2)
GIDP: Harrah (7)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spillner                3.1   8   5   5   2   2   3  18   5.66
Owchinko                2.1   3   1   1   1   0   0  11   5.82
Cruz W(2-2)             3.1   1   0   0   0   4   0  12   4.19
Totals                  9    12   6   6   3   6   3  41

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   5     5   5   4   2   3   2  22   3.52
Ford L(1-3)             3.1   3   2   2   0   1   1  12   3.69
Stoddard                0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.05
Totals                  9     9   7   6   2   4   3  36

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans


INDIANS 1ST: Dilone flied out to left; Manning grounded out
(first to pitcher); Hargrove lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry walked; Dauer singled to left [Bumbry to
second]; Singleton struck out; Murray struck out; Kelly homered
[Bumbry scored, Dauer scored]; Graham homered; Crowley grounded
out (second to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles
4.

INDIANS 2ND: Orta popped to catcher; Hassey grounded out (second
to first); Harrah walked; Charboneau homered [Harrah scored];
Rosello was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 2ND: Dempsey singled to left; Krenchicki flied out to
left; Bumbry singled to left [Dempsey to second]; Dempsey was
picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); Bumbry was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Orioles 4.

INDIANS 3RD: Veryzer singled; Dilone singled [Veryzer to
second]; Manning struck out while Veryzer was caught stealing
third (catcher to third) [Dilone to second]; Hargrove grounded
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer singled to left; Singleton lined to right;
Murray forced Dauer (second unassisted); Kelly singled to right
[Murray to third]; Kelly stole second; Graham flied out to
right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Orioles 4.

INDIANS 4TH: Orta flied out to left; Hassey flied out to center;
Harrah popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 4TH: Crowley homered; Dempsey grounded out (second to
first); Krenchicki walked; OWCHINKO REPLACED SPILLNER
(PITCHING); Bumbry forced Krenchicki (second to shortstop);
Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 2, Orioles 5.

INDIANS 5TH: ROENICKE REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING LF); Charboneau
lined to shortstop; Rosello was called out on strikes; Veryzer
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 5TH: Singleton doubled to right; Murray popped to
shortstop; Roenicke lined to left; Graham popped to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Orioles 5.

INDIANS 6TH: Dilone reached on an error by Murray (assist by
Dauer); Manning doubled to right [Dilone to third]; Hargrove
homered [Dilone scored (unearned), Manning scored]; Orta walked;
FORD REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Hassey popped to third in foul
territory; Harrah grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Orta out at second]; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 5, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 6TH: MAY BATTED FOR CROWLEY; May singled to left;
Dempsey forced May (shortstop to second); Krenchicki forced
Dempsey (third to second); Bumbry walked [Krenchicki to second];
Dauer singled to left [Krenchicki scored, Bumbry to third]; CRUZ
REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING); Singleton grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Orioles 6.

INDIANS 7TH: Charboneau grounded out (second to first); Rosello
flied out to center; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 7TH: Murray reached on an error by Cruz; Roenicke forced
Murray (pitcher to shortstop); Graham struck out; Roenicke stole
second; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5,
Orioles 6.

INDIANS 8TH: DAUER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); SAKATA
REPLACED GRAHAM (PLAYING 2B); Dilone singled to center; Dilone
stole second; Manning out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Dilone to third]; Hargrove flied out to center; Orta struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 8TH: Dempsey flied out to center; Krenchicki grounded
out (pitcher to first); Bumbry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 5, Orioles 6.

INDIANS 9TH: Hassey grounded out (first unassisted); Harrah
homered; Charboneau doubled; STODDARD REPLACED FORD (PITCHING);
JOHNSON BATTED FOR ROSELLO; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to
first); Veryzer singled to left [Charboneau scored, Veryzer out
at second (left to third to second)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 7, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 9TH: DYBZINSKI REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 2B); ALSTON
REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING LF); Dauer flied out to right;
Singleton struck out; Murray doubled to right; Roenicke popped
to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7,
Orioles 6.

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