Dwight Evans belted two homers and scored three times to spark the Red Sox to a 6-2 decision over the Indians. Evans doubled in the first inning and scored on a single by Jim Rice. He smacked a solo homer in the third and added his 22nd round-tripper and 71st RBI in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 6, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Sunday, October   4, 1981 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Red Sox      1  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  3  -   6 14  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   2  9  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Miller cf             5   0   0   0     0   2   .291      Dilone lf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .293
Evans rf              5   3   3   2     0   1   .296      Manning cf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .246
Rice lf               5   0   2   2     0   0   .284      Hargrove 1b           1   0   0   0     2   0   .318
Yastrzemski dh        5   0   1   0     0   0   .246      Hayes dh              4   1   0   0     0   1   .262
Stapleton 3b          4   0   2   0     0   1   .285      Harrah 3b             4   1   2   1     0   1   .291
Gedman c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Hassey c              3   0   0   1     0   0   .232
Perez 1b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .252        Diaz ph             0   0   0   0     0   0   .313
Walker 2b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .353        Orta ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .272
Hoffman ss            4   1   2   1     0   0   .231        Bando c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bannister rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .266
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kuiper 2b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .257
  Aponte p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fischlin pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .233
                                                            Rosello 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .244
                                                            Kelly ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .213
                                                          Dybzinski ss          4   0   1   0     0   1   .296
                                                          Denny p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   6  14   6     0   6             Totals               33   2   9   2     3   5

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance:  6,674
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Indians 8
DP: Red Sox 1, Indians 1
Doubles: Evans (19), Perez (11), Hoffman (10), Harrah (12)
Triples: Harrah (4)
Home Runs: Evans 2 (22)
Stolen Bases: Hayes (8)
Caught Stealing: Walker (2), Dilone 2 (10)
GIDP: Gedman (9)
Hit by Pitch: Hargrove (5,by Burgmeier)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(10-3)          6.2   8   1   1   2   3   0  27   3.68
Burgmeier               1     1   1   1   0   0   0   5   2.87
Aponte SV(1)            1.1   0   0   0   1   2   0   5   0.57
Totals                  9     9   2   2   3   5   0  37

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny L(10-6)           8    12   5   5   0   5   2  35   3.15
Spillner                1     2   1   1   0   1   0   5   3.14
Totals                  9    14   6   6   0   6   2  40

Hit by Pitch: Burgmeier (4)
Wild Pitches: Denny (10)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Don Denkinger


RED SOX 1ST: Miller flied out to center; Evans doubled to left;
Rice singled to left [Evans scored]; Yastrzemski flied out to
center; Stapleton grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: On a bunt Dilone singled to shortstop; Dilone was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Manning singled
to right; Hargrove walked [Manning to second]; Hayes lined into
a double play (first unassisted) [Hargrove out at first]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Indians 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Gedman grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez was
called out on strikes; Walker singled to right; Walker was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Harrah struck out (catcher to first); Hassey
grounded out (first unassisted); Bannister singled to center;
Kuiper struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Indians 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Hoffman grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller
grounded out (second to first); Evans homered; Rice flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Dybzinski lined to right; Dilone flied out to
center; Manning singled to left; Hargrove flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski flied to left in foul territory;
Stapleton struck out; Gedman singled to center; Perez forced
Gedman (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Hayes flied out to center; Harrah grounded out
(second to first); Hassey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

RED SOX 5TH: On a bunt Walker grounded out (pitcher to first);
Hoffman flied out to right; Miller struck out but advanced to
first on a wild pitch; Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); Kuiper
grounded out (second to first); Dybzinski grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians
0.

RED SOX 6TH: Rice flied out to center; Yastrzemski singled to
center; Stapleton singled to right [Yastrzemski to third];
Gedman grounded into a double play (second to first) [Stapleton
out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Dilone singled to right; Dilone was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Manning grounded out (first
unassisted); Hargrove walked; Hayes struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Perez struck out; Walker grounded out (second to
first); Hoffman singled to left; Miller struck out (catcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Harrah tripled to right; Hassey grounded out
(second to first) [Harrah scored]; Bannister popped to third;
Kuiper singled to right; FISCHLIN RAN FOR KUIPER; Dybzinski
singled to center [Fischlin to second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED
TORREZ (PITCHING); Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 1.

RED SOX 8TH: ROSELLO REPLACED FISCHLIN (PLAYING 2B); Evans
homered; Rice popped to shortstop; Yastrzemski grounded out
(first to pitcher); Stapleton singled to left; Gedman forced
Stapleton (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
3, Indians 1.

INDIANS 8TH: Manning flied out to right; Hargrove was hit by a
pitch; Hayes forced Hargrove (second to shortstop); Hayes stole
second; Harrah doubled [Hayes scored]; DIAZ BATTED FOR HASSEY;
APONTE REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); ORTA BATTED FOR DIAZ; Orta
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Indians 2.

RED SOX 9TH: BANDO REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING C ); Perez doubled to
left; Walker singled [Perez scored]; SPILLNER REPLACED DENNY
(PITCHING); Hoffman doubled to left [Walker scored]; Miller
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hoffman to third]; Evans
struck out; Rice singled to right [Hoffman scored]; Yastrzemski
grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
6, Indians 2.

INDIANS 9TH: On a bunt Bannister grounded out (pitcher to
first); KELLY BATTED FOR ROSELLO; Kelly walked; Dybzinski struck
out; Dilone grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 6, Indians 2.