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.

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