Saturday April 11, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Playing in his first game since May 19 of last year, Larry Hisle belted a two-run homer and Gorman Thomas added a solo shot to highlight a three-run sixth inning, lifting the Brewers to a 5-3 triumph over the Indians in the season opener for both teams. An RBI double by Paul Molitor gave the Brewers a 1-0 lead in the third and Hisle and Thomas put Milwaukee ahead to say after the Tribe had tied the game in the fifth frame on a run-scoring single by Tom Veryzer. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 5, Cleveland Indians 3

Game Played on Saturday, April 11, 1981 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium

Brewers 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 - 5 9 1 Indians 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 - 3 8 1 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molitor cf 5 0 3 1 0 0 .600 Dilone dh 4 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Yount ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Manning cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .250 Cooper 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Hargrove 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Oglivie lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Charboneau lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Simmons c 4 1 0 0 0 1 .000 Harrah 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .500 Yost c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Orta rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .333 Hisle dh 4 1 1 2 0 0 .250 Diaz c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thomas rf 3 1 2 1 1 1 .667 Hassey ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Edwards pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bannister 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Money 3b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .000 Veryzer ss 3 0 2 1 0 0 .667 Gantner 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .333 Kelly ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Caldwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spillner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Easterly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 5 9 5 2 5 Totals 33 3 8 3 3 4 Time of Game: 2:48 Attendance: 71,067 Left on Base: Brewers 5, Indians 7 DP: Brewers 2, Indians 0 Errors: Yount, Harrah Doubles: Cooper (1), Molitor (1), Hargrove (1), Harrah (1) Triples: Gantner (1) Home Runs: Hisle (1), Thomas (1) Stolen Bases: Hargrove (1), Charboneau (1) Caught Stealing: Thomas (1), Gantner (1), Molitor (1) Sacrifice Hits: Diaz (1) GIDP: Orta (1), Hassey (1) Hit by Pitch: Oglivie (1,by Blyleven) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Caldwell W(1-0) 5 6 3 3 1 1 0 21 5.40 Cleveland 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.00 Easterly 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0.00 Fingers SV(1) 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 0 7 0.00 Totals 9 8 3 3 3 4 0 37 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven L(0-1) 8 7 4 4 1 5 2 33 4.50 Spillner 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 9.00 Totals 9 9 5 5 2 5 2 37 Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (1) Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Mike Reilly BREWERS 1ST: Molitor singled to center; Yount popped to first in foul territory; Cooper doubled to right [Molitor to third]; Oglivie struck out; Simmons struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Dilone flied to center; Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Indians 0. BREWERS 2ND: Hisle flied to right; Thomas struck out; Money was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Charboneau grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrah singled to center; Orta grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Harrah out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Indians 0. BREWERS 3RD: Gantner walked; Molitor doubled to left [Gantner scored]; Yount was called out on strikes; Cooper flied to center; Oglivie was hit by a pitch; Simmons flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Diaz popped to first in foul territory; Bannister grounded out (third to first); Veryzer singled to shortstop; Dilone walked [Veryzer to second]; Manning struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. BREWERS 4TH: Hisle grounded out (third to first); Thomas singled to left; Money flied to right; Thomas was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first); Charboneau flied to left; Harrah grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. BREWERS 5TH: Gantner flied to center; Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Orta singled to third; Diaz out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Orta to second]; Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer singled to left [Orta scored]; Dilone grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 1. BREWERS 6TH: Cooper flied to center; Oglivie singled to left; Simmons forced Oglivie (second to shortstop); Hisle homered [Simmons scored]; Thomas homered; Money lined to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Indians 1. INDIANS 6TH: Manning singled to left; Hargrove doubled to right [Manning scored]; CLEVELAND REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); Charboneau walked; Hargrove stole third and Charboneau stole second; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hargrove scored]; EASTERLY REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Orta grounded out (first to pitcher) [Charboneau to third]; Diaz flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 4, Indians 3. BREWERS 7TH: Gantner grounded out (shortstop to first); Molitor grounded out (second to first); Yount reached on an error by Harrah; Cooper flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 4, Indians 3. INDIANS 7TH: Bannister flied to right; Veryzer reached on an error by Yount; Dilone struck out; Manning struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 4, Indians 3. BREWERS 8TH: Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); Simmons grounded out (second to first); Hisle grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Indians 3. INDIANS 8TH: YOST REPLACED SIMMONS (PLAYING C ); Hargrove flied to left; FINGERS REPLACED EASTERLY (PITCHING); Charboneau singled to left; Harrah doubled to right [Charboneau to third]; Orta was walked intentionally; HASSEY BATTED FOR DIAZ; Hassey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Orta out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 4, Indians 3. BREWERS 9TH: HASSEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SPILLNER REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Thomas walked; EDWARDS RAN FOR THOMAS; Money forced Edwards (first to shortstop); Debut game for Marshall Edwards; Gantner tripled to center [Money scored]; Gantner was caught stealing home (catcher to third to catcher); Molitor singled to shortstop; Molitor was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Indians 3. INDIANS 9TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Bannister grounded out (second to first); KELLY BATTED FOR VERYZER; Kelly popped to second; Dilone was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Indians 3.

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