Wednesday April 22, 1981
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Registering their fifth straight victory, the Indians blanked the Royals, 4-0, behind the seven-hit pitching of Len Barker. The Tribe broke the 0-0 deadlock in the seventh on an RBI single by Jorge Orta, two-run double by Mike Hargrove and run-scoring single by Joe Charboneau. [The Sporting News]


Cleveland Indians 4, Kansas City Royals 0

Game Played on Wednesday, April 22, 1981 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    4  0  0  -   4 13  1
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            5   0   1   0     0   1   .133      Wilson cf             5   0   2   0     0   1   .179
Orta rf               5   1   3   1     0   0   .219      McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .216
Hargrove 1b           5   1   1   2     0   0   .257      G. Brett 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .229
Kelly dh              3   0   2   0     2   0   .400      Aikens 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .233
Charboneau lf         4   0   1   1     0   0   .219      Otis lf               4   0   0   0     0   3   .129
  Littleton lf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Wathan c              2   0   1   0     1   0   .240
Harrah 3b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .267        Phelps ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Diaz c                4   0   1   0     0   0   .385        Grote c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Bannister 2b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .206      Geronimo rf           3   0   1   0     1   1   .111
  Dybzinski 2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Washington ss         4   0   1   0     0   0   .355
Veryzer ss            4   1   3   0     0   0   .393      Mulliniks 2b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Barker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Quirk ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .143
                                                          Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   4  13   4     2   2             Totals               34   0   7   0     3   9

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance: 19,776
Left on Base: Indians 11, Royals 10
DP: Indians 0, Royals 0
Errors: Dybzinski, Wathan, Mulliniks
Doubles: Hargrove (2)
Stolen Bases: Kelly 2 (2)
Caught Stealing: Wathan (1)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barker W(1-1)           9     7   0   0   3   9   0  37   2.35
Totals                  9     7   0   0   3   9   0  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(1-2)          6.2   9   4   4   0   1   0  30   2.91
Wright                  2.1   4   0   0   2   1   0  12   0.00
Totals                  9    13   4   4   2   2   0  42

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Larry McCoy


INDIANS 1ST: Manning struck out; Orta singled to left; Hargrove
made an out to second; Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to center; McRae lined to right; G.
Brett lined to left; Aikens grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Charboneau grounded out (third to first); Harrah
grounded out (third to first); Diaz made an out to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis struck out; Wathan walked; Geronimo walked
[Wathan to second]; Washington grounded out (third to first)
[Wathan to third, Geronimo to second]; Mulliniks flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Bannister grounded out (pitcher to first); Veryzer
singled to left; Manning singled to right [Veryzer to second];
Orta forced Manning (pitcher to shortstop) [Veryzer to third];
Hargrove lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals
0.

ROYALS 3RD: Wilson singled to left; McRae flied out to right; G.
Brett lined to left; Aikens singled to left [Wilson to third];
Otis grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Kelly singled to left; Kelly stole second;
Charboneau flied out to center; Harrah grounded out (second to
first) [Kelly to third]; Diaz grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Wathan singled to left; Wathan was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Geronimo flied out to center;
Washington lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Royals 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first);
Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning reached on an
error by Mulliniks; Orta made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Mulliniks flied out to left; Wilson grounded out
(shortstop to first); McRae struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Hargrove made an out to shortstop; Kelly singled to
left; Kelly stole second [Kelly to third (error by Wathan)];
Charboneau flied out to right; Harrah grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: G. Brett struck out; Aikens flied out to center;
Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Diaz grounded out (shortstop to first); Bannister
singled to left; Veryzer singled to left [Bannister to second];
Manning flied out to center; Orta singled to left [Bannister
scored, Veryzer to second]; Hargrove doubled to right [Veryzer
scored, Orta scored]; WRIGHT REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Kelly
was walked intentionally; Debut game for Jim Wright;
Charboneau singled to center [Hargrove scored, Kelly out at
third (center to third to second)]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: LITTLETON REPLACED CHARBONEAU (PLAYING LF); Wathan
grounded out (second to first); Geronimo singled to center; On a
bunt Washington singled to third [Geronimo to second]; Mulliniks
struck out; Wilson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4,
Royals 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Harrah grounded out (second to first); Diaz singled
to center; Bannister flied out to left; Veryzer singled to right
[Diaz to second]; Manning flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: DYBZINSKI REPLACED BANNISTER (PLAYING 2B); McRae
reached on an error by Dybzinski; G. Brett made an out to third;
Aikens walked [McRae to second]; Otis struck out; PHELPS BATTED
FOR WATHAN; Phelps struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4,
Royals 0.

INDIANS 9TH: GROTE REPLACED PHELPS (PLAYING C ); Orta singled to
left; Hargrove flied out to right [Orta to second]; Kelly was
walked intentionally; Littleton struck out; Harrah flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 9TH: Geronimo struck out; Washington flied out to center;
QUIRK BATTED FOR MULLINIKS; Quirk singled to left; Wilson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
4, Royals 0.



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