John Denny lost his bid for his fourth straight shutout but combined with Dan Spillner on a six-hitter as the Indians defeated the Orioles, 4-1. The Orioles ended the streak of 34 scoreless innings for Denny in the eighth.

Rick Dempsey led off with a single and was forced at second on Al Bumbry's grounder. Bumbry advanced on a groundout and scored on Ken Singleton's single. The Tribe scored the deciding run in the sixth when Rick Manning doubled, took third as Jorge Orta flied out and scored on Mike Hargrove's sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 4, Baltimore Orioles 1

Game Played on Thursday, September 10, 1981 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Indians      0  0  0    1  0  1    1  0  1  -   4  8  0
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  6  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            5   1   1   0     0   2   .261      Bumbry cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .271
Orta rf               4   1   2   0     0   1   .276      Dauer 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .263
Hargrove 1b           2   0   1   1     1   0   .323      Singleton rf          3   0   2   1     1   1   .308
Hassey c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Murray 1b             2   0   0   0     2   2   .278
Harrah 3b             3   1   1   1     0   1   .277      Crowley dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .212
Hayes lf              3   1   1   0     0   0   .241      DeCinces 3b           3   0   1   0     1   1   .265
Kelly dh              2   0   1   1     1   0   .234      Lowenstein lf         3   0   1   0     1   1   .264
  Diaz ph,dh          0   0   0   0     1   0   .343      Sakata ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .253
  Dilone pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .305        Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Kuiper 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .270      Dempsey c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .218
Fischlin ss           2   0   1   0     2   1   .211      Stewart p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Denny p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   4   8   3     5   6             Totals               31   1   6   1     5  10

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance: 10,616
Left on Base: Indians 6, Orioles 8
DP: Indians 1, Orioles 2
Doubles: Manning (11), Hayes (5)
Stolen Bases: Fischlin (2)
Caught Stealing: Kelly (4), Bumbry (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Hayes (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Harrah (6), Hargrove (4)
GIDP: Hargrove (10), Dempsey (5)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(8-4)            7.2   5   1   1   4  10   0  30   2.68
Spillner SV(5)          1.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   6   3.35
Totals                  9     6   1   1   5  10   0  36

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stewart L(3-6)          7     6   3   3   2   4   0  26   1.94
T. Martinez             2     2   1   1   3   2   0  11   2.19
Totals                  9     8   4   4   5   6   0  37

Passed Balls: Dempsey (4)
Wild Pitches: T. Martinez (3)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Dan Morrison, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Rich Garcia


INDIANS 1ST: Manning struck out; Orta singled to center;
Hargrove grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Orta out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to right; Bumbry was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Dauer was called out on strikes;
Singleton singled to center; Murray walked [Singleton to
second]; Crowley struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Orioles 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Hassey grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
struck out; Hayes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces walked; Lowenstein singled to right
[DeCinces to second]; Sakata was called out on strikes; Dempsey
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Lowenstein out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Orioles 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kelly walked; Kuiper forced Kelly (shortstop to
second); Fischlin walked [Kuiper to second]; Manning lined into
a double play (pitcher to first) [Fischlin out at first]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry was called out on strikes; Dauer grounded
out (pitcher to first); Singleton was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Orta singled to left; Hargrove singled to center
[Orta to third]; Hassey flied out to left; Harrah hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Orta scored]; Hayes made an out to
shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray was called out on strikes; Crowley grounded
out (second to first); DeCinces struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Kelly flied out to left; Kuiper grounded out (first
to pitcher); Fischlin was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Lowenstein struck out; Sakata grounded out (third
to first); Dempsey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Orioles 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Manning doubled to left; Orta flied out to right
[Manning to third]; Hargrove hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Manning scored]; Hassey grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry flied out to center; Dauer grounded out
(pitcher to first); Singleton walked; Murray struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Hayes
doubled to left; Kelly singled to left [Hayes scored]; Kuiper
struck out; Kelly was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Crowley lined to center; DeCinces flied out to
left; Lowenstein walked; Sakata forced Lowenstein (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 8TH: T. MARTINEZ REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); Fischlin
singled to center; Dempsey allowed a passed ball [Fischlin to
second]; Manning struck out; Orta struck out; Hargrove walked;
Hassey grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: Dempsey singled to left; Bumbry forced Dempsey
(third to second); Dauer grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bumbry
to second]; Singleton singled to right [Bumbry scored]; SPILLNER
REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING); Murray walked [Singleton to second];
Crowley flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3,
Orioles 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Harrah singled to left; Hayes out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Harrah to second]; DIAZ BATTED FOR
KELLY; Diaz was walked intentionally; DILONE RAN FOR DIAZ;
Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted) [Harrah to third, Dilone
to second]; Fischlin walked; T. Martinez threw a wild pitch
[Harrah scored, Dilone to third]; Fischlin stole second; Manning
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
4, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); DeCinces
singled to center; Lowenstein flied out to center; DWYER BATTED
FOR SAKATA; Dwyer flied out to center; Dempsey lined to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Orioles 1.

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