A pinch-single by Gary Alexander in the 11th inning drove home the winning run as the Indians edged the Red Sox, 6-5. The game was tied, 5-5, when Jack Brohamer stroked a one-out single and was replaced by pinch-runner Jerry Dybzinski, who moved to second on an infield hit by Tom Veryzer. One out later, Alexander delivered the decisive blow. The Red Sox had tied the contest in the bottom of the ninth on a two-run homer by Dwight Evans. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 6, Boston Red Sox 5
Game Played on Wednesday, September 17, 1980 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Indians      0  1  0    4  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   6 17  0
Red Sox      1  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  2    0  0  -   5 12  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dilone lf             6   0   3   2     0   0   .351      Burleson ss           5   1   1   0     1   1   .283
Manning cf            5   0   1   0     0   2   .242      Stapleton 2b,3b,1b    5   0   0   0     0   1   .319
  Alexander ph        1   0   1   1     0   0   .198      Fisk c                5   0   2   0     0   2   .294
  Alston rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Rice lf               5   1   2   1     0   2   .283
Hargrove 1b           6   0   1   0     0   0   .296      Perez 1b              5   0   1   0     0   2   .268
Hassey c              4   2   3   0     1   1   .309        Nichols pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Harrah 3b             5   1   2   0     0   1   .267        Wolfe 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Charboneau dh         5   0   0   0     0   3   .283      Hancock cf            4   2   1   1     1   0   .250
Bannister rf,cf       5   1   3   2     0   0   .268      Evans rf              4   1   1   2     1   1   .264
Brohamer 2b           4   1   2   0     1   0   .250      Gedman dh             5   0   1   0     0   1   .300
  Dybzinski pr,2b     0   1   0   0     0   0   .231      Hoffman 3b            3   0   1   1     0   1   .287
Veryzer ss            5   0   1   0     0   0   .283        Walker pr,2b        2   0   2   0     0   0   .750
Barker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Drago p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cruz p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Torrez p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               46   6  17   5     2   7             Totals               43   5  12   5     3  11

Time of Game: 3:25   Attendance: 15,321
Left on Base: Indians 9, Red Sox 8
DP: Indians 1, Red Sox 3
Errors: Fisk
Doubles: Bannister (20), Hassey (15), Dilone (29), Hancock (3)
Triples: Bannister (4)
Home Runs: Evans (15)
Stolen Bases: Harrah (15), Dilone (54), Burleson (12), Walker (1)
Caught Stealing: Rice (3)
GIDP: Brohamer (5), Harrah (15), Charboneau (23), Perez (23)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barker                  6.2   7   3   3   2   8   0  27   3.77
Cruz                    2.1   3   2   2   1   3   1  11   3.47
Spillner W(15-10)       2     2   0   0   0   0   0   8   4.92
Totals                 11    12   5   5   3  11   1  46

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago                   3.2   8   5   5   1   3   0  19   4.28
Torrez L(9-15)          6.2   8   1   1   1   4   0  26   4.89
Burgmeier               0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.14
Totals                 11    17   6   6   2   7   0  48

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Al Clark


INDIANS 1ST: Dilone flied out to left; Manning struck out;
Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson walked; Burleson stole second; Stapleton
struck out; Fisk struck out; Rice singled to right [Burleson
scored]; Rice was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Hassey singled to center; Harrah flied out to
right; Charboneau struck out; Bannister doubled to left [Hassey
scored]; Brohamer flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Hancock
made an out to shortstop; Evans was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Dilone
singled to left; Manning singled to center [Dilone out at home
(center to second to first to third)]; Hargrove flied out to
left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Gedman grounded out (pitcher to first); Hoffman
struck out; Burleson singled to shortstop; Stapleton forced
Burleson (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1,
Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Hassey doubled to right; Harrah singled to right
[Hassey to third]; Charboneau struck out while Harrah stole
second [Hassey scored (error by Fisk) (no RBI), Harrah to
third]; Bannister tripled to left [Harrah scored]; Brohamer was
walked intentionally; Veryzer grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Brohamer to second]; Dilone doubled to left [Bannister scored,
Brohamer scored]; TORREZ REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Manning
struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Fisk singled to left; Rice struck out; Perez
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Fisk out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Hargrove flied out to left; Hassey singled to
right; Harrah struck out; Charboneau struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Hancock popped to catcher in foul territory; Evans
grounded out (second to first); Gedman singled to center;
Hoffman grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 5, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Bannister singled to center; Brohamer grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Bannister out at
second]; Veryzer grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Burleson flied out to right; Stapleton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Fisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 5, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Dilone singled to center; Dilone stole second;
Manning reached on a fielder's choice [Dilone out at third
(pitcher to shortstop)]; Hargrove singled to left [Manning to
second]; Hassey walked [Manning to third, Hargrove to second];
Harrah grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Hassey out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5,
Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Rice singled to center; Perez struck out; Hancock
doubled to center [Rice scored]; Evans walked; Gedman struck
out; Hoffman singled to left [Hancock scored, Evans to second];
WALKER RAN FOR HOFFMAN; CRUZ REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING);
Burleson struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 3.

INDIANS 8TH: WALKER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); STAPLETON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Charboneau grounded out (third
to first); Bannister flied out to right; Brohamer singled to
center; Veryzer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: Stapleton grounded out (shortstop to first); On a
bunt Fisk singled to third; Rice struck out; Perez struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Dilone flied out to center; Manning grounded out
(second to first); Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 9TH: Hancock walked; Evans homered [Hancock scored];
Gedman flied out to right; Walker singled to center; Walker
stole second; Burleson flied out to right; Stapleton flied out
to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 5.

INDIANS 10TH: Hassey was called out on strikes; Harrah singled
to left; Charboneau grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Harrah out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 10TH: SPILLNER REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Fisk flied out
to center; Rice flied out to right; Perez singled to right;
NICHOLS RAN FOR PEREZ; Hancock flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 5.

INDIANS 11TH: WOLFE REPLACED NICHOLS (PLAYING 3B); STAPLETON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Bannister grounded out (first to
pitcher); Brohamer singled to center; DYBZINSKI RAN FOR
BROHAMER; Veryzer singled [Dybzinski to second]; BURGMEIER
REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Dilone forced Veryzer (shortstop to
second) [Dybzinski to third]; ALEXANDER BATTED FOR MANNING;
Alexander singled to center [Dybzinski scored, Dilone to third,
Alexander to second (on throw)]; Hargrove grounded out (pitcher
to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 6, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 11TH: ALSTON REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING RF); BANNISTER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); DYBZINSKI STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING 2B); Evans flied out to right; Gedman grounded out
(second to first); Walker singled to center; Burleson flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Red Sox 5.