Held hitless for 3 1/3 innings, the Blue Jays struck for four runs in the fourth inning and went on to defeat the Indians, 6-2. Otto Velez began the scoring with his third homer of the season. George Bell singled, John Mayberry walked and Rick Bosetti, Danny Ainge and Ernie Whitt followed with RBI singles. Dave Stieb gave the Tribe just five hits, all singles. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 6, Cleveland Indians 2

Game Played on Thursday, May 7, 1981 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

Indians 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 5 2 Blue Jays 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 x - 6 9 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bannister rf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .210 Griffin ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Manning cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .175 Garcia 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Hargrove 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .227 Bonnell rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .159 Kelly dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .300 Velez dh 3 2 1 1 1 0 .203 Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Bell lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .346 Diaz c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .333 Mayberry 1b 2 2 1 1 2 0 .277 Littleton lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Bosetti cf 4 1 3 2 0 0 .333 Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Ainge 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .191 Veryzer ss 3 1 2 0 0 0 .365 Whitt c 3 0 1 1 1 2 .187 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stieb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spillner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Monge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 5 2 1 4 Totals 32 6 9 6 5 4 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 11,328 Left on Base: Indians 4, Blue Jays 7 DP: Indians 0, Blue Jays 1 Errors: Hargrove, Harrah, Garcia Doubles: Bosetti (1), Ainge (4) Home Runs: Velez (3), Mayberry (4) Stolen Bases: Whitt (3) Caught Stealing: Bell (1), Bosetti (2) GIDP: Littleton (1) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Waits L(3-1) 3.1 5 4 4 2 1 1 18 2.37 Spillner 3.2 4 2 2 3 2 1 17 5.00 Monge 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.80 Totals 8 9 6 6 5 4 2 37 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stieb W(2-3) 9 5 2 0 1 4 0 33 3.27 Totals 9 5 2 0 1 4 0 33 Wild Pitches: Waits (2) Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Al Clark INDIANS 1ST: Bannister grounded out (third to first); Manning flied to left; Hargrove singled to right; Kelly grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin reached on an error by Harrah [Griffin to second]; Garcia struck out; Bonnell grounded out (second to first) [Griffin to third]; Velez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Blue Jays 0. INDIANS 2ND: Harrah flied to center; Diaz grounded out (third to first); Littleton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Bell grounded out (third to first); Mayberry popped to first in foul territory; Bosetti popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Blue Jays 0. INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (third to first); Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ainge lined to shortstop; Whitt walked; Whitt stole second; Waits threw a wild pitch [Whitt to third]; Hargrove dropped a foul fly hit by Griffin for an error; Griffin flied to left; Garcia flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Blue Jays 0. INDIANS 4TH: Manning lined to shortstop; Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Kelly grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bonnell flied to center; Velez homered; Bell singled to left; Mayberry walked [Bell to second]; Bosetti singled to right [Bell scored, Mayberry to third]; Ainge singled to right [Mayberry scored, Bosetti to third]; Whitt singled [Bosetti scored, Ainge to second]; SPILLNER REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Griffin struck out; Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Blue Jays 4. INDIANS 5TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Diaz grounded out (third to first); Littleton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bonnell grounded out (second to first); Velez walked; Bell grounded out (pitcher to first) [Velez to second]; Mayberry walked; Bosetti doubled to left [Velez scored, Mayberry to third]; Ainge grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Blue Jays 5. INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper grounded out (third to first); Veryzer singled to center; Bannister reached on a fielder's choice [Veryzer to second (error by Garcia; assist by Ainge)]; Manning flied to center; Hargrove singled to right [Veryzer scored (unearned), Bannister to second]; Kelly singled to right [Bannister scored (unearned), Hargrove to third]; Harrah flied to right; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Whitt struck out; Griffin flied to center; Garcia grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 5. INDIANS 7TH: Diaz walked; Littleton grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Diaz out at second]; Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bonnell flied to right; Velez flied to left; Bell walked; Bell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 5. INDIANS 8TH: Veryzer singled to center; Bannister forced Veryzer (shortstop to second); Manning flied to center; Hargrove flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Mayberry homered; Bosetti singled to right; Ainge doubled to right [Bosetti to third]; MONGE REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING); Whitt struck out; Bosetti was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted) [Ainge to third]; Griffin flied to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 6. INDIANS 9TH: Kelly popped to shortstop; Harrah was called out on strikes; Diaz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 6.

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