Exploding for six runs in the first inning, the Indians went on to a 12-5 rout of the Yankees. The Tribe's tallies in the opening frame came on a run-scoring single by Mike Hargrove, a hit batsman with the bases loaded, an error by N.Y. second baseman Larry Milbourne, two-run single by Rick Manning and RBI single by Tom Veryzer. John Denny scattered nine hits in coasting to his third victory of the season. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 12, New York Yankees 5
Game Played on Sunday, May       24, 1981 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Indians      6  1  2    1  2  0    0  0  0  -  12 13  1
Yankees      0  1  2    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   5  9  3


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bannister lf,rf       5   3   3   0     1   0   .286      Milbourne 2b,ss       3   1   2   0     2   0   .389
Rosello 2b,3b         6   1   2   2     0   0   .471      Murcer dh             4   0   1   1     1   0   .286
Hargrove 1b           5   2   3   3     0   0   .252      Winfield cf           5   0   2   2     0   1   .329
Thornton dh           4   1   0   0     1   0   .204      Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .197
Harrah 3b             3   2   2   1     0   0   .240      Gamble lf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .275
  Kuiper 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Nettles 3b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .206
Diaz c                4   1   1   2     0   0   .341      Revering 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .219
Charboneau rf         4   1   0   1     0   0   .219      Dent ss               1   0   0   0     0   0   .216
  Littleton lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rodriguez 2b        3   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Manning cf            4   0   1   2     1   0   .198      Oates c               2   2   1   0     1   0   .192
Veryzer ss            4   1   1   1     1   0   .261        Cerone c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .160
Denny p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      May p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Castro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41  12  13  12     4   0             Totals               35   5   9   5     4   3

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 53,874
Left on Base: Indians 8, Yankees 7
DP: Indians 2, Yankees 0
Errors: Hargrove, Milbourne 2, Dent
Doubles: Hargrove (5)
Triples: Harrah (2)
Home Runs: Nettles (5), Gamble (7)
Stolen Bases: Bannister (4), Hargrove (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Harrah (1)
GIDP: Murcer (2), Jackson (2)
Hit by Pitch: Diaz (1,by May)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(3-2)            9     9   5   4   4   3   2  39   3.17
Totals                  9     9   5   4   4   3   2  39

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May L(4-3)              0.1   3   6   5   2   0   0   8   4.14
Bird                    1.2   2   1   0   0   0   0   7   2.27
Castro                  7     8   5   3   2   0   0  32   4.24
Totals                  9    13  12   8   4   0   0  47

Hit by Pitch: May (1)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - John Shulock, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Bill Kunkel


INDIANS 1ST: Bannister walked; Bannister stole second; Rosello
lined to left; Hargrove singled to center [Bannister scored];
Thornton walked [Hargrove to second]; Harrah singled to right
[Hargrove to third, Thornton to second]; Diaz was hit by a pitch
[Hargrove scored, Thornton to third, Harrah to second];
Charboneau reached on an error by Milbourne [Thornton scored,
Harrah to third, Diaz to second]; Manning singled to second
[Harrah scored, Diaz scored, Charboneau to third]; BIRD REPLACED
MAY (PITCHING); Veryzer singled to right [Charboneau scored
(unearned), Manning to third]; Bannister lined to third; Rosello
forced Veryzer (shortstop unassisted); 6 R (5 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 6, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Milbourne singled to second; Murcer grounded into a
double play (first to first to pitcher) [Milbourne out at
second]; Winfield struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6,
Yankees 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Hargrove singled to right; Hargrove stole second
[Hargrove to third (error by Milbourne)]; Thornton popped to
shortstop; Harrah hit a sacrifice fly to left [Hargrove scored
(unearned)]; Diaz grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Gamble
popped to catcher in foul territory; Nettles homered; Revering
flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 3RD: CASTRO REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Charboneau
grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning grounded out
(shortstop to first); Veryzer reached on an error by Dent;
Bannister singled to left [Veryzer to third, Bannister to second
(on throw to 3b)]; Rosello singled to center [Veryzer scored
(unearned), Bannister scored (unearned)]; Hargrove grounded out
(second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 9,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Dent flied to center; Oates reached on an error by
Hargrove; Milbourne singled to left [Oates to second]; Murcer
singled to center [Oates scored (unearned), Milbourne to third];
Winfield singled to pitcher [Milbourne scored, Murcer to
second]; Jackson grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Winfield out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 9, Yankees 3.

INDIANS 4TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED DENT (PLAYING 2B); MILBOURNE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Thornton flied to right; Harrah
tripled to right; Diaz singled to left [Harrah scored];
Charboneau flied to right; Manning walked [Diaz to second];
Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Indians 10, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Gamble popped to second; Nettles grounded out
(second to first); Revering grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 10, Yankees 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Bannister singled to right; Rosello singled to
center [Bannister to third, Rosello to second (on throw to 3b)];
Hargrove doubled to right [Bannister scored, Rosello scored];
Thornton flied to center; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to
first); Diaz grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 12, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: KUIPER REPLACED HARRAH (PLAYING 2B); ROSELLO
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Oates walked; Milbourne walked [Oates to
second]; Murcer forced Milbourne (first to shortstop) [Oates to
third]; Winfield singled to center [Oates scored, Murcer to
second]; Jackson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 12,
Yankees 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Charboneau grounded out (shortstop to first);
Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); Veryzer grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 12, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 6TH: BANNISTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); LITTLETON
REPLACED CHARBONEAU (PLAYING LF); Gamble homered; Nettles struck
out; Revering singled to center; Rodriguez popped to catcher in
foul territory; Oates singled to center [Revering to third];
Milbourne grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 12, Yankees 5.

INDIANS 7TH: CERONE REPLACED OATES (PLAYING C ); Bannister
grounded out (third to first); Rosello flied to right; Hargrove
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
12, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 7TH: Murcer flied to right; Winfield grounded out (third
to first); Jackson grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 12, Yankees 5.

INDIANS 8TH: Thornton flied to left; Kuiper grounded out (second
to first); Diaz flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
12, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: Gamble flied to left; Nettles grounded out (second
to first); Revering grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 12, Yankees 5.

INDIANS 9TH: Littleton grounded out (third to first); Manning
grounded out (third to first); Veryzer walked; Bannister singled
to right [Veryzer to second]; Rosello flied to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 12, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 9TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Cerone
grounded out (third to first); Milbourne walked; Murcer walked
[Milbourne to second]; Winfield grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 12, Yankees 5.