The Indians swept a doubleheader from the Blue Jays, winning the opener, 1-0, and the nightcap, 2-1 in 10 innings as Bert Blyleven recorded his fifth straight victory. The lone run in the opener came in the fifth inning when Rick Manning stroked a leadoff single, took second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a single by Miguel Dilone.

The second game was tied, 1-1, in the bottom of the 10th when Manning drilled a leadoff triple. After intentional walks to Tom Veryzer and Dilone, Mike Willis replaced Roy Lee Jackson on the mound for the Jays and Jorge Orta then cracked a single to end the game. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 1, Toronto Blue Jays 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, May       17, 1981 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  9  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   1  6  1


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            5   0   1   0     0   0   .206      Dilone lf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .231
Ainge 3b              4   0   1   0     1   1   .179        Littleton lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bell lf               5   0   2   0     0   1   .262      Orta rf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .277
Velez dh              5   0   0   0     0   0   .181      Hargrove 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .230
Bonnell rf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .198      Thornton dh           4   0   0   0     0   2   .200
Garcia 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .202      Hassey c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .188
Macha 1b              3   0   2   0     1   0   .217      Harrah 3b             2   0   1   0     1   0   .229
Bosetti cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Manning cf            3   1   1   0     0   1   .175
Martinez c            2   0   1   0     1   0   .267      Kuiper 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Iorg ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Veryzer ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Whitt c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .186      Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stieb p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   0   9   0     3   2             Totals               29   1   6   1     2   4

Time of Game: 2:03
Left on Base: Blue Jays 13, Indians 7
DP: Blue Jays 0, Indians 0
Errors: Hassey
Doubles: Bonnell (3)
Triples: Dilone (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Garcia (2), Kuiper (1)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stieb L(3-4)            8     6   1   1   2   4   0  32   2.78
Totals                  8     6   1   1   2   4   0  32

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(4-2)            8     9   0   0   2   2   0  36   2.45
Monge SV(1)             1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   0.82
Totals                  9     9   0   0   3   2   0  40

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Greg Kosc


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Ainge
struck out; Bell singled to second; Velez flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Dilone grounded out (third to first); Orta grounded
out (shortstop to first); Hargrove singled to left; Thornton
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: On a bunt Bonnell reached on an error by Hassey;
Garcia made an out to first; Macha singled to center [Bonnell to
second]; Bosetti made an out to second; Martinez singled to
third [Bonnell to third, Macha to second]; Griffin grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Hassey grounded out (second to first); Harrah
singled to left; Manning struck out; Kuiper flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ainge grounded out (first unassisted); Bell
struck out; Velez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Veryzer grounded out (second to first); Dilone
tripled to left; Orta grounded out (second to first); Hargrove
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians
0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bonnell grounded out (third to first); Garcia
grounded out (shortstop to first); Macha flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton made an out to first; Hassey flied out to
left; Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first);
Martinez walked; Griffin singled to right [Martinez to second];
Ainge grounded out (pitcher to first) [Martinez to third,
Griffin to second]; Bell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Manning singled to right; Kuiper out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Manning to second]; Veryzer grounded out
(pitcher to first); Dilone singled to right [Manning scored];
Orta singled to center [Dilone to second]; Hargrove grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians
1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Velez flied out to center; Bonnell doubled to
left; Garcia grounded out (first unassisted) [Bonnell to third];
Macha walked; Bosetti forced Macha (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Thornton struck out (catcher to first); Hassey
flied out to center; Harrah walked; Manning grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians
1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Martinez flied out to left; Griffin flied out to
center; Ainge singled to left; Bell singled to left [Ainge to
second]; Velez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
grounded out (third to first); Dilone grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 1.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: LITTLETON REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING LF); Bonnell
singled to center; Garcia out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Bonnell to second]; Macha singled to second [Bonnell
stayed at second]; Bosetti flied out to right; IORG BATTED FOR
MARTINEZ; Iorg flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 8TH: WHITT REPLACED IORG (PLAYING C ); Orta was called
out on strikes; Hargrove walked; Thornton flied out to left;
Hassey made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Indians 1.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: MONGE REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Griffin grounded
out (shortstop to first); Ainge walked; Bell forced Ainge (third
to second); Velez made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Indians 1.