The Indians captured both ends of a twin bill from the Angels by scores of 4-2. The Tribe erupted for three runs in the fifth inning of the lidlifter to break a 1-1 deadlock. Jorge Orta opened with a walk and reached second on a single by Karl Pagel, the rookie's first major league hit. After Pat Kelly walked to fill the bases, Orta scored on a sacrifice fly by Toby Harrah and Pagel tallied on a passed ball. Pinch-hitter Bo Diaz received an intentional base on balls and Jerry Dybzinski capped the rally with an RBI single.

In the nghtcap, Tom Brennan, making his first major league start, was the winning pitcher. The Indians scored in the first inning on a wild pitch and picked up three runs in the second stanza on an RBI double by Von Hayes, run-scoring single by Duane Kuiper and run-scoring double by Rick Manning. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 4, California Angels 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Saturday, September 5, 1981 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium

Angels 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 6 2 Indians 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 x - 4 7 1 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Carew 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .311 Manning cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .246 Burleson ss 3 1 1 0 2 1 .300 Orta rf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .276 Lynn cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .234 Hargrove 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .322 Baylor dh 5 0 1 1 0 0 .226 Pagel 1b 2 1 1 0 1 1 .500 Grich 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .315 Kelly dh 2 1 0 0 2 0 .216 Ford rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .278 Harrah 3b 2 0 0 1 1 0 .276 Harlow lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Hassey c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Ott c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .221 Bando ph,c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Campaneris 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .235 Hayes lf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .179 Renko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pruitt ph,lf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kuiper 2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .287 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Diaz ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .346 Mahler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rosello pr,2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Dybzinski ss 3 0 2 1 1 0 .250 Fischlin ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 2 6 2 6 4 Totals 27 4 7 3 9 4 Time of Game: 2:46 Left on Base: Angels 11, Indians 10 DP: Angels 1, Indians 0 Errors: Carew, Grich, Harrah Doubles: Hayes (2), Manning (8) Stolen Bases: Dybzinski (4) Sacrifice Hits: Ford (5), Manning (2) Sacrifice Flies: Harrah (5) GIDP: Kelly (3) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Renko L(5-4) 4.1 4 4 4 5 1 0 23 3.68 Hassler 1.2 2 0 0 3 0 0 8 2.93 Jefferson 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 6 3.73 Mahler 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 Totals 8 7 4 4 9 4 0 38 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven W(10-6) 9 6 2 2 6 4 0 40 2.77 Totals 9 6 2 2 6 4 0 40 Passed Balls: Ott (5) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Dallas Parks ANGELS 1ST: Carew grounded out (second to first); Burleson singled to left; Lynn lined to center; Baylor forced Burleson (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Manning flied to right; Orta flied to center; Hargrove walked; Kelly flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 0. ANGELS 2ND: Grich walked; Ford out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Grich to second]; PAGEL REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING 1B); Harlow walked; Mike Hargrove pulled left hamstring on bunt play; Ott forced Harlow (first to shortstop) [Grich to third]; Campaneris singled to left [Grich scored, Ott to second]; Carew grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Harrah walked; Hassey grounded out (third to first) [Harrah to second]; Hayes grounded out (first unassisted) [Harrah to third]; Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Indians 0. ANGELS 3RD: Burleson walked; Lynn forced Burleson (first to shortstop); Baylor flied to left; Grich was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Dybzinski singled to right; Manning reached on an error by Carew (assist by Ott) on a sacrifice bunt [Dybzinski to third, Manning to first]; Orta grounded out (pitcher to first) [Manning to second]; Pagel was called out on strikes; Kelly walked; Harrah forced Kelly (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Angels 1, Indians 0. ANGELS 4TH: Ford walked; Harlow forced Ford (first to shortstop); Ott singled to right [Harlow to third]; Campaneris reached on a fielder's choice [Harlow out at home (third to catcher), Ott to second]; Carew walked [Ott to third, Campaneris to second]; Burleson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Angels 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Hassey grounded out (first unassisted); Hayes doubled to right; Kuiper singled to center [Hayes scored]; Dybzinski forced Kuiper (second to shortstop); Dybzinski stole second; Manning grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Indians 1. ANGELS 5TH: Lynn flied to right; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Grich singled to third; Ford reached on an error by Harrah [Grich to third]; Harlow grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Indians 1. INDIANS 5TH: Orta walked; Pagel singled to center [Orta to second]; Kelly walked [Orta to third, Pagel to second]; Harrah hit a sacrifice fly to center [Orta scored]; HASSLER REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); BANDO BATTED FOR HASSEY; Bando popped to second; PRUITT BATTED FOR HAYES; Pruitt walked [Pagel to third, Kelly to second]; DIAZ BATTED FOR KUIPER; Ott allowed a passed ball [Pagel scored, Kelly to third, Pruitt to second]; Diaz was walked intentionally; ROSELLO RAN FOR DIAZ; Dybzinski singled to left [Kelly scored, Pruitt out at home (left to catcher), Rosello to second]; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Indians 4. ANGELS 6TH: BANDO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); ROSELLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Ott popped to pitcher; Campaneris flied to left; Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Indians 4. INDIANS 6TH: On a bunt Manning singled to second [Manning to second (error by Grich)]; Orta grounded out (second to first) [Manning to third]; Pagel walked; Kelly grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Pagel out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Indians 4. ANGELS 7TH: Burleson walked; Lynn grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [Burleson to second]; Baylor singled to center [Burleson scored]; Grich forced Baylor (pitcher to second); Ford popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Indians 4. INDIANS 7TH: JEFFERSON REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Harrah grounded out (third to first); Bando flied to left; Pruitt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Indians 4. ANGELS 8TH: Harlow was called out on strikes; Ott grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Campaneris made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Indians 4. INDIANS 8TH: Rosello was called out on strikes; Dybzinski walked; Manning doubled to center [Dybzinski out at third (center to shortstop to third)]; MAHLER REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Orta was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Indians 4. ANGELS 9TH: FISCHLIN REPLACED DYBZINSKI (PLAYING SS); Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson flied to center; Lynn singled to left; Baylor forced Lynn (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Indians 4.

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