Scattering seven hits, Rick Waits hurled the Indians to a 5-0 victory over the Yankees, ending the Tribe's seven-game losing skein. The Indians took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a triple by Miguel Dilone and a wild pitch.

They added another run in the third when Dilone singled and came around on a single by Rick Manning and a sacrifice fly. The Tribe picked up three markers in the eighth, two coming when center fielder Bobby Brown dropped Jorge Orta's sacrifice fly with the bases loaded. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, New York Yankees 0
Game Played on Thursday, September 25, 1980 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Indians      1  0  1    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   5 10  0
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dilone lf             5   2   2   0     0   1   .339      Randolph 2b           3   0   0   0     2   0   .293
Manning cf            4   1   3   0     1   0   .239      Brown cf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .252
Hargrove 1b           3   0   1   1     1   0   .297      Watson 1b             3   0   2   0     1   0   .318
Hassey c              2   1   1   0     3   0   .311      Soderholm dh          3   0   0   0     1   0   .273
Harrah 3b             5   1   1   1     0   1   .266      Cerone c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .280
Bannister rf          5   0   1   0     0   1   .281        Oates pr,c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .183
Alexander dh          2   0   1   0     1   1   .209      Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .283
  Orta ph,dh          0   0   0   1     0   0   .292      Werth rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .283
  Alston pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .211
Brohamer 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Stanley ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .213
Veryzer ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .274      Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Griffin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5  10   3     6   5             Totals               33   0   7   0     4   6

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 21,441
Left on Base: Indians 10, Yankees 10
DP: Indians 1, Yankees 2
Errors: Brown
Doubles: Watson (25)
Triples: Dilone (8)
Stolen Bases: Manning (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Brohamer (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Hargrove (9), Orta (7)
GIDP: Brohamer (7), Hargrove (21), Cerone (13)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(12-14)          9     7   0   0   4   6   0  37   4.35
Totals                  9     7   0   0   4   6   0  37

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(9-13)           7.1  10   5   4   3   5   0  33   3.67
Bird                    0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.89
Griffin                 1     0   0   0   3   0   0   6   4.30
Totals                  9    10   5   4   6   5   0  42

Wild Pitches: Perry (8)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Dilone tripled to right; Perry threw a wild pitch
[Dilone scored]; Manning flied out to left; Hargrove singled to
right; Hassey walked [Hargrove to second]; Harrah made an out to
second; Bannister struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Brown
singled to shortstop; Watson singled to right [Brown to second];
Soderholm walked [Brown to third, Watson to second]; Cerone
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Soderholm out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1,
Yankees 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Alexander walked; Brohamer grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Alexander out at second];
Veryzer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella grounded out (pitcher to first); Werth
grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez singled to left;
Stanley singled to center [Rodriguez to second]; Randolph walked
[Rodriguez to third, Stanley to second]; Brown struck out; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Dilone singled to shortstop; Manning singled to
center [Dilone to third]; Hargrove hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Dilone scored, Manning to second]; Manning was out trying to
advance to third (pitcher to third); Hassey flied out to center;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Watson doubled to center; Soderholm grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cerone struck out; Piniella flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Harrah struck out; Bannister grounded out
(shortstop to first); Alexander was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Werth flied out to center; Rodriguez struck out;
Stanley popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Brohamer grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
flied out to right; Dilone grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Randolph walked; Brown struck out; Watson walked
[Randolph to second]; Soderholm flied out to center; Cerone
forced Watson (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
2, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Manning singled to shortstop; Hargrove grounded
into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Manning out at
second]; Hassey singled to right; Harrah singled to left [Hassey
to second]; Bannister flied out to right; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Werth
singled to pitcher; Rodriguez forced Werth (third to second);
Stanley forced Rodriguez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Alexander singled to shortstop; Brohamer out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Alexander to second];
Veryzer grounded out (second to first) [Alexander to third];
Dilone struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Randolph grounded out (second to first); Brown
grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Manning singled to right; Manning stole second;
Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted) [Manning to third];
Hassey walked; Harrah reached on a fielder's choice [Manning
scored, Hassey to second]; Bannister singled to center [Hassey
to third, Harrah to second]; BIRD REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING);
ORTA BATTED FOR ALEXANDER; Orta reached on an error by Brown on
a sacrifice fly [Hassey scored (RBI), Harrah scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Bannister to second]; ALSTON RAN FOR ORTA; Brohamer
made an out to second; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to
first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 8TH: ALSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Soderholm flied
out to center; Cerone singled to left; OATES RAN FOR CERONE;
Piniella struck out; Werth flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 5, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 9TH: OATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); GRIFFIN REPLACED
BIRD (PITCHING); Dilone grounded out (second to first); Manning
walked; Hargrove walked [Manning to second]; Hassey walked
[Manning to third, Hargrove to second]; Harrah made an out to
third; Bannister forced Hassey (second unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Indians 5, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 9TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Stanley
struck out; Randolph flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 5, Yankees 0.