Recording his first shutout of the season, Rick Waits sapced six hits in twirling the Indians past the Yankees, 5-0. The Tribe scored twice in the fifth on a walk to Rick Manning, infield single by Dave Rosello and two-run double by Mike Fischlin. Manning had three stolen bases, giving him 14 consecutive thefts. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, New York Yankees 0
Game Played on Monday, September 21, 1981 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Indians      0  0  0    0  2  0    1  0  2  -   5  5  1
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  3


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bannister lf          4   0   0   0     1   0   .260      Randolph 2b           4   0   0   0     1   1   .241
Orta rf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .260      Milbourne ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .310
Hargrove 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .325      Winfield cf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .301
Diaz c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .323      Piniella dh           4   0   2   0     0   0   .273
Harrah 3b,ss          3   1   1   0     1   0   .288      Jackson rf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .237
Thornton dh           3   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Nettles 3b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .242
  Pagel ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .308      Watson 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .217
  Dilone pr,dh        0   1   0   0     0   0   .298      Brown lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .171
Manning cf            3   2   2   1     1   0   .254      Cerone c              3   0   1   0     1   0   .235
Rosello 2b            3   1   1   0     0   1   .222      May p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kuiper ph,2b        0   0   0   0     1   0   .261        Frazier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fischlin ss           3   0   1   2     0   0   .167        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hayes ph,3b         0   0   0   1     0   0   .263
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   5   4     4   4             Totals               32   0   6   0     5   3

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 20,102
Left on Base: Indians 5, Yankees 10
DP: Indians 0, Yankees 0
Errors: Diaz, Randolph, Brown, May
Doubles: Fischlin (1), Manning (13), Piniella (9)
Stolen Bases: Manning 3 (22)
Caught Stealing: Bannister (2), Cerone (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Hayes (2)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(7-9)            9     6   0   0   5   3   0  37   4.57
Totals                  9     6   0   0   5   3   0  37

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May L(6-11)             7     4   3   2   1   3   0  27   4.15
Frazier                 1.1   1   2   0   3   1   0   8   1.64
LaRoche                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.21
Totals                  9     5   5   2   4   4   0  37

Wild Pitches: May (5)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Derryl Cousins


INDIANS 1ST: Bannister flied out to left; Orta grounded out
(third to first); Hargrove lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph struck out; Milbourne grounded out
(pitcher to first); Winfield grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Diaz popped to third in foul territory; Harrah
singled to center; Thornton lined to third; Manning singled to
center [Harrah to third]; Manning stole second; Rosello grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees
0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella flied out to center; Jackson grounded out
(first to pitcher); Nettles walked; Watson flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Fischlin flied out to left; Bannister grounded out
(third to first); Orta struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); Cerone
singled to center; Cerone was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Randolph walked; Milbourne flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Diaz
grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Winfield struck out; Piniella singled to center;
Jackson flied out to right; Nettles singled to left [Piniella to
second]; Watson forced Piniella (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Thornton grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning
walked; Rosello singled to pitcher [Manning to second]; Fischlin
doubled to left [Manning scored, Rosello scored, Fischlin to
third (error by Brown)]; Bannister grounded out (second to
first); Orta flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Brown grounded out (first to pitcher); Cerone flied
out to right; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Diaz
struck out; Harrah flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first);
Winfield struck out; Piniella grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Thornton flied out to right; Manning reached on an
error by May; Manning stole second; Rosello struck out; Manning
stole third; May threw a wild pitch [Manning scored (unearned)];
Fischlin lined to second; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
3, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Jackson walked; Nettles singled to left [Jackson to
second]; Watson popped to first in foul territory; Brown
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Jackson to third, Nettles to
second]; Cerone walked; Randolph forced Cerone (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 8TH: FRAZIER REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Bannister walked;
Bannister was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Orta struck out; Hargrove flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Milbourne grounded out (pitcher to first); Winfield
flied out to center; Piniella doubled to center; Jackson
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
3, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 9TH: Diaz grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
walked; PAGEL BATTED FOR THORNTON; Pagel reached on an error by
Randolph [Harrah to second]; DILONE RAN FOR PAGEL; Manning
doubled to left [Harrah scored (unearned), Dilone to third];
KUIPER BATTED FOR ROSELLO; Kuiper was walked intentionally;
LAROCHE REPLACED FRAZIER (PITCHING); HAYES BATTED FOR FISCHLIN;
Hayes hit a sacrifice fly to center [Dilone scored (unearned),
Manning to third]; Bannister flied out to right; 2 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 9TH: DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HARRAH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); KUIPER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B);
HAYES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Nettles grounded out (first
to pitcher); Watson singled to center; Brown walked [Watson to
second]; Diaz dropped a foul fly hit by Cerone for an error;
Cerone forced Brown (pitcher to second) [Watson to third];
Randolph flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5,
Yankees 0.