A double by Bo Diaz in the 11th inning drove home the winning run as the Indians outlasted the Red Sox, 8-7. The two-bagger plated Jorge Orta, who had cracked a one-out double. Boston had tied the contest in the bottom of the ninth on a two-out, two-run homer by Dwight Evans. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 8, Boston Red Sox 7
Game Played on Sunday, September 27, 1981 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Indians      1  3  0    1  2  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   8 12  1
Red Sox      2  0  0    0  0  1    2  0  2    0  0  -   7 11  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dilone lf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .281      Remy 2b               4   0   0   1     1   1   .311
  Kuiper 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .260      Evans rf              4   2   2   3     0   0   .298
Orta rf               6   2   3   1     0   0   .267      Rice lf               5   1   1   1     0   0   .286
Hargrove 1b           5   0   1   1     1   1   .324      Yastrzemski dh        5   1   1   1     0   0   .253
Diaz c                5   0   1   1     1   0   .324      Stapleton 3b,ss       5   0   3   1     0   0   .278
Harrah 3b             3   1   0   0     3   0   .291      Perez 1b              5   0   0   0     0   2   .250
Thornton dh           3   2   1   0     1   0   .239      Gedman c              3   1   1   0     0   0   .298
  Hayes ph,dh         2   0   1   0     0   0   .268        Rudi ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .183
Bannister 2b,lf       5   1   1   1     0   3   .270        Allenson c          1   0   0   0     0   1   .213
Manning cf            5   1   2   2     0   1   .246      Miller cf             5   1   1   0     0   2   .287
Dybzinski ss          2   1   1   2     1   0   .263      Hoffman ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .220
  Kelly ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .203        Lansford ph,3b      5   1   2   0     0   1   .338
  Fischlin ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Ojeda p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Barker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lewallyn p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Aponte p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Clear p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               43   8  12   8     7   6             Totals               43   7  11   7     1   7

Time of Game: 3:22   Attendance: 31,727
Left on Base: Indians 10, Red Sox 5
DP: Indians 1, Red Sox 3
Errors: Hargrove, Perez
Doubles: Bannister (11), Manning (14), Orta (14), Diaz (19), Stapleton (16), Evans (17)
Home Runs: Orta (5), Rice (16), Evans (20)
Stolen Bases: Dybzinski (5), Hayes (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Dybzinski (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Evans (3)
GIDP: Orta (11), Hargrove (13), Thornton (15), Rice (13)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barker                  3     3   2   2   0   2   1  12   3.81
Lewallyn                3     5   3   3   0   1   0  15   5.84
Monge W(3-5)            5     3   2   2   1   4   1  18   4.15
Totals                 11    11   7   7   1   7   2  45

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ojeda                   2.1   3   4   4   3   0   1  14   3.12
Campbell                2.2   4   3   1   2   1   0  14   2.93
Aponte                  3     2   0   0   1   1   0  10   0.68
Clear L(8-3)            3     3   1   1   1   4   0  13   3.58
Totals                 11    12   8   6   7   6   1  51

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


INDIANS 1ST: Dilone flied out to right; Orta homered; into
the visitor's bullpen; Hargrove grounded out (pitcher to
first); Diaz popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy flied out to center; Evans flied out to
center; Rice homered; the ball hit a bank of lights on top of
the lf screen; Yastrzemski singled to left; Stapleton
doubled to left [Yastrzemski scored]; Perez struck out; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Red Sox 2.

INDIANS 2ND: Harrah walked; Thornton singled to left [Harrah to
second]; Bannister doubled [Harrah scored, Thornton to third];
Manning grounded out (shortstop to first) [Thornton scored,
Bannister to third]; Dybzinski reached on a fielder's choice
[Bannister scored]; Dilone flied out to right; Orta grounded out
(first unassisted); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Gedman grounded out (first unassisted); Miller
struck out; LANSFORD BATTED FOR HOFFMAN; Lansford popped to
second; Carney Lansford was unable to start the game because
of a severe nosebleed that developed during the pregame
warmups; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Red Sox 2.

INDIANS 3RD: LANSFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); STAPLETON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Hargrove grounded out (second to
first); Diaz walked; Harrah walked [Diaz to second]; CAMPBELL
REPLACED OJEDA (PITCHING); Thornton walked [Diaz to third,
Harrah to second]; Bannister popped to second; Manning forced
Thornton (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians
4, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Remy lined to left; Evans popped to second; Rice
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Red Sox 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Dybzinski walked; Dilone singled to center
[Dybzinski to second]; Orta grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Dybzinski to third, Dilone out at
second]; Hargrove singled to right [Dybzinski scored]; Diaz
flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: LEWALLYN REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Yastrzemski
flied out to center; Len Barker left because of a sore right
shoulder; Stapleton grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
reached on an error by Hargrove (assist by Harrah); Gedman flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Thornton
reached on an error by Perez; Bannister struck out; Manning
doubled to left [Thornton scored (unearned)]; Dybzinski singled
to center [Manning scored (unearned)]; Dybzinski stole second;
Dilone flied out to center; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 7, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Miller was called out on strikes; Lansford grounded
out (pitcher to first); Remy flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 7, Red Sox 2.

INDIANS 6TH: APONTE REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Orta singled
to third; Hargrove grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Orta out at second]; Diaz grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Evans doubled; Rice grounded out (second to first)
[Evans to third]; Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted)
[Evans scored]; Stapleton singled to left; Perez flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Red Sox 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Harrah walked; Thornton grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Harrah out at second]; Bannister
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Gedman singled to left; Miller singled to center
[Gedman to second]; Lansford singled to left [Gedman to third,
Miller to second]; MONGE REPLACED LEWALLYN (PITCHING); Remy
walked [Gedman scored, Miller to third, Lansford to second];
Evans lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Miller scored,
Lansford to third]; Rice grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Remy out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 7, Red Sox 5.

INDIANS 8TH: Manning singled to center; Dybzinski out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Manning to second]; Dilone
grounded out (second to first) [Manning to third]; Orta grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Red Sox
5.

RED SOX 8TH: KUIPER REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING 2B); BANNISTER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Yastrzemski grounded out (first
to pitcher); Stapleton singled to left; Perez lined to center;
RUDI BATTED FOR GEDMAN; Rudi forced Stapleton (third to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Red Sox 5.

INDIANS 9TH: ALLENSON REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING C ); CLEAR REPLACED
APONTE (PITCHING); Hargrove was called out on strikes; Diaz
popped to second; Harrah grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 9TH: Miller flied out to left; Lansford singled to
center; Remy struck out; Evans homered [Lansford scored];
over the screen; Rice grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Red Sox 7.

INDIANS 10TH: HAYES BATTED FOR THORNTON; Hayes singled to
center; Bannister was called out on strikes; Hayes stole second;
Manning was called out on strikes; KELLY BATTED FOR DYBZINSKI;
Kelly struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 10TH: FISCHLIN REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING SS); Yastrzemski
popped to shortstop; Stapleton flied out to center; Perez struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Red Sox 7.

INDIANS 11TH: Kuiper flied out to center; Orta doubled to left;
Hargrove was walked intentionally; Diaz doubled to left [Orta
scored, Hargrove to third]; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to
first); Hayes flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
8, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 11TH: Allenson was called out on strikes; Miller flied
out to left; Lansford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
8, Red Sox 7.