Bert Blyleven pitched eight innings of no-hit ball before yielding two hits and a run in the ninth inning as the Indians defeated the Blue Jays, 4-1. The bid for a no-hitter ended when Lloyd Moseby lined the first pitch of the ninth frame for a two-bagger and George Bell followed with a pinch-single to drive in a run.

The Tribe took advantage of Toronto errors in the third canto to score three runs. The first run came when right fielder Barry Bonnell made an overthrow to the plate and the other two runs registered when third baseman Danny Ainge permitted a grounder to get past him. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Toronto Blue Jays 1
Game Played on Wednesday, May       6, 1981 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Indians      0  0  3    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   4  5  1
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  2  5


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bannister rf          3   0   0   0     1   2   .224      Moseby cf             4   1   1   0     0   2   .235
Manning cf            4   2   2   0     0   0   .189      Ainge 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Hargrove 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .210        Bell ph             1   0   1   1     0   0   .348
Thornton dh           4   0   0   0     0   2   .258      Upshaw 1b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .194
Harrah 3b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .259      Mayberry dh           3   0   0   0     1   1   .270
Hassey c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .167      Woods lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .232
Charboneau lf         4   0   1   0     0   0   .174      Bonnell rf            2   0   0   0     0   1   .169
  Littleton lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Velez ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .197
Kuiper 2b             4   1   0   0     0   0   .286        Bosetti rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Veryzer ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .347      Iorg 2b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Griffin ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .176
                                                          Whitt c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .181
                                                          Todd p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Leal p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   5   0     3   5             Totals               30   1   2   1     2   9

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 11,469
Left on Base: Indians 5, Blue Jays 4
DP: Indians 0, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Charboneau, Ainge, Bonnell, Iorg, Griffin 2
Doubles: Charboneau (2), Manning (1), Moseby (6)
GIDP: Manning (1)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(3-1)         9     2   1   1   2   9   0  32   2.06
Totals                  9     2   1   1   2   9   0  32

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Todd L(1-3)             7     5   4   0   3   4   0  30   3.38
Leal                    2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.20
Totals                  9     5   4   0   3   5   0  36

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Jim Evans


INDIANS 1ST: Bannister walked; Manning grounded into a double
play (shortstop to shortstop to first) [Bannister out at
second]; Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Moseby was called out on strikes; Ainge popped to
first in foul territory; Upshaw was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton struck out; Harrah struck out; Hassey
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Woods
flied to center; Bonnell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Charboneau doubled to left; Kuiper reached on an
error by Griffin [Charboneau to third]; Veryzer reached on a
fielder's choice [Charboneau out at home (third to catcher),
Kuiper to second]; Bannister was called out on strikes; Manning
singled to right [Kuiper scored (error by Bonnell) (unearned)
(no RBI), Veryzer to third, Manning to second]; Hargrove reached
on an error by Ainge [Veryzer scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Manning scored (unearned) (no RBI), Hargrove to second];
Thornton lined to third; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 3 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Iorg grounded out (second to first); Griffin
struck out; Whitt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Hassey
singled to right; Charboneau flied to center; Kuiper flied to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Moseby grounded out (second to first); Ainge
flied to right; Upshaw reached on an error by Charboneau [Upshaw
to second]; Mayberry popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 3, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer singled to left; Bannister struck out;
Manning forced Veryzer (second to shortstop); Hargrove flied to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Woods grounded out (second to first); Bonnell
grounded out (pitcher to first); Iorg flied to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Thornton flied to left; Harrah walked; Hassey
reached on an error by Griffin [Harrah out at third (center to
third)]; Charboneau grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitt
flied to left; Moseby struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
3, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
grounded out (third to first); Bannister flied to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Ainge grounded out (third to first); Upshaw
struck out; Mayberry walked; Woods walked [Mayberry to second];
VELEZ BATTED FOR BONNELL; Velez was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 8TH: BOSETTI REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING RF); Manning
doubled to left; Hargrove walked; LEAL REPLACED TODD (PITCHING);
Thornton struck out; Harrah forced Hargrove (shortstop to
second) [Manning scored (error by Iorg) (unearned) (no RBI)];
Hassey grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 4, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Iorg grounded out (second to first); Griffin
popped to second; Whitt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 4, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 9TH: Charboneau popped to first in foul territory;
Kuiper lined to center; Veryzer grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: LITTLETON REPLACED CHARBONEAU (PLAYING LF);
Moseby doubled to left; BELL BATTED FOR AINGE; Bell singled to
left [Moseby scored]; Upshaw flied to center; Mayberry struck
out; Woods flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4,
Blue Jays 1.