Thursday April 30, 1981
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Toby Harrah belted a two-run homer and Bo Diaz scored from first on a throwing error by catcher Jim Essian in a three-run seventh, enabling the Indians to gain a 3-2 victory over the White Sox. Held to two hits by Ross Baumgarten over the first six innings, Cleveland received a homer from Harrah with Joe Charboneau on base.

Diaz followed with a walk and scored when Essian threw Rick Manning's bunt single past first base. Indians starter Rick Waits scattered nine hits and struck out four in improving his record to 3-0 with an ERA of 1.33. [The Sporting News]


Cleveland Indians 3, Chicago White Sox 2

Game Played on Thursday, April 30, 1981 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

White Sox    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  2
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  x  -   3  4  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Almon ss              4   0   2   0     1   1   .328      Bannister 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .191
Bernazard 2b          5   0   1   2     0   1   .362      Orta rf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .250
Nordhagen rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .300      Hargrove 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .234
  Baines pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .204      Thornton dh           2   0   0   0     1   1   .353
Luzinski dh           4   0   2   0     0   1   .345      Charboneau lf         2   1   0   0     1   1   .184
Johnson 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .341        Littleton lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lemon cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .281      Harrah 3b             3   1   1   2     0   1   .268
Essian c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .217      Diaz c                2   1   0   0     1   0   .343
Kuntz lf              2   1   0   0     2   0   .318      Manning cf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .154
Pryor 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .314      Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Baumgarten p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kelly ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Hoyt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Dybzinski ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2   9   2     3   4             Totals               27   3   4   2     3   3

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance:  6,639
Left on Base: White Sox 9, Indians 3
DP: White Sox 1, Indians 1
Errors: Johnson, Essian
Doubles: Essian (2)
Home Runs: Harrah (1)
Caught Stealing: Kelly (1)
GIDP: Bernazard (2), Hargrove (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Baumgarten L(2-2)       6.1   4   3   2   3   3   1  26   3.70
Hoyt                    1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.38
Totals                  8     4   3   2   3   3   1  30

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(3-0)            9     9   2   2   3   4   0  38   1.33
Totals                  9     9   2   2   3   4   0  38

Balks: Baumgarten (1)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Almon singled to right; Bernazard forced Almon
(third to second); Nordhagen forced Bernazard (third to second);
Luzinski singled to center [Nordhagen to second]; Johnson
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bannister grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta
grounded out (second to first); Hargrove reached on an error by
Johnson [Hargrove to first]; Baumgarten balked [Hargrove to
second]; Thornton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon struck out (catcher to first); Essian
doubled to right; Kuntz walked; Pryor flied out to right; Almon
singled to first [Essian to third, Kuntz to second]; Bernazard
singled to left [Essian scored, Kuntz scored, Almon to second];
Nordhagen grounded out (second to pitcher); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Charboneau walked; Harrah was called out on
strikes; Diaz grounded out (third to first) [Charboneau to
second]; Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Luzinski flied out to center; Johnson singled to
right; Lemon flied out to left; Essian grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Veryzer lined to pitcher; Bannister flied out to
left; Orta singled to center; Hargrove grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Kuntz grounded out (first unassisted); Pryor
grounded out (shortstop to first); Almon flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton struck out; Charboneau struck out; Harrah
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
2, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Bernazard was called out on strikes; Nordhagen
flied out to right; Luzinski singled to right; Johnson grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Diaz lined to shortstop; Manning flied out to
center; Veryzer made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon flied out to left; Essian made an out to
second; Kuntz walked; Pryor singled to center [Kuntz to second];
Almon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Bannister flied out to center; Orta singled to
center; Hargrove grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Orta out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Bernazard grounded out (shortstop to first);
Nordhagen singled to left; BAINES RAN FOR NORDHAGEN; Luzinski
was called out on strikes; Johnson made an out to second; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: BAINES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Thornton
walked; Charboneau forced Thornton (shortstop to second); Harrah
homered [Charboneau scored]; Diaz walked; Manning singled to
catcher [Diaz scored (error by Essian) (unearned) (no RBI),
Manning to third]; HOYT REPLACED BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); KELLY
BATTED FOR VERYZER; Kelly reached on a fielder's choice [Manning
out at home (second to catcher)]; Kelly was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: DYBZINSKI REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING SS); Lemon
flied out to right; Essian grounded out (second to first); Kuntz
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Bannister grounded out (second to first); Orta
grounded out (first unassisted); Hargrove flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: LITTLETON REPLACED CHARBONEAU (PLAYING LF); Pryor
flied out to right; Almon walked; Bernazard grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Almon out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Indians 3.



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