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White Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
May 1, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox, played on May 1, 1981 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 1, 1981 |
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Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 1, 1981 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Britt Burns |
Home Starting Pitcher | John Denny |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 9,142 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 36 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Dave Phillips 1B: Jerry Neudecker 2B: Larry McCoy 3B: Durwood Merrill |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bill Almon | Shortstop |
Tony Bernazard | Second Baseman |
Wayne Nordhagen | Left Fielder |
Greg Luzinski | DH |
Lamar Johnson | First Baseman |
Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
Harold Baines | Right Fielder |
Jim Essian | Catcher |
Greg Pryor | Third Baseman |
Tony LaRussa | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Alan Bannister | Second Baseman |
Jorge Orta | Right Fielder |
Mike Hargrove | First Baseman |
Andre Thornton | DH |
Joe Charboneau | Left Fielder |
Toby Harrah | Third Baseman |
Bo Diaz | Catcher |
Rick Manning | Center Fielder |
Tom Veryzer | Shortstop |
Dave Garcia | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
White Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
May 1, 1981
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Denny
Almon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. Denny
Bernazard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bannister scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Denny
Nordhagen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Burns
Bannister hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Burns
Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargrove vs. Burns
Hargrove strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thornton vs. Burns
Thornton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pryor fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Denny
Luzinski is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Denny
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Denny
Lemon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Charboneau vs. Burns
Charboneau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Burns
Harrah hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Burns
Diaz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manning vs. Burns
Manning hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Manning for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Denny
Baines hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Denny
Essian hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bannister scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pryor vs. Denny
Pryor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Burns
Veryzer is hit by the pitch. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bannister vs. Burns
Bannister hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Veryzer moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Orta vs. Burns
Burns fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Burns. Veryzer moves to third. Bannister moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Orta vs. Burns
Orta strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hargrove vs. Burns
Hargrove takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thornton vs. Burns
Thornton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nordhagen. Thornton reaches second base with a double. Veryzer scores. Bannister scores. Hargrove goes all the way around to score. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Charboneau vs. Burns
Charboneau hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harrah vs. Burns
Harrah takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Diaz vs. Burns
Diaz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nordhagen. Diaz reaches second base with a double. Thornton scores. Harrah goes all the way around to score. Diaz moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Manning vs. Burns
Manning strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Denny
Almon is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. Denny
Bernazard hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Denny
Nordhagen is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Burns
Veryzer strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Burns
Bannister hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Burns
There goes Bannister. The throw from Essian and he is safe. Bannister steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Orta vs. Burns
Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bannister moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hargrove vs. Burns
Hargrove hits a fly ball into left field. Nordhagen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Denny
Luzinski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Denny
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Denny
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Lamp
Dennis Lamp now pitching.
Thornton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lamp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Charboneau vs. Lamp
Charboneau strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Lamp
Harrah hits a line drive towards short. Almon reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Denny
Baines hits a fly ball into left field. Charboneau settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Denny
Essian takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pryor vs. Denny
Pryor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Lamp
Diaz strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Lamp
Manning hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lamp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Lamp
Veryzer hits a line drive into left field. Nordhagen picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Nordhagen. Veryzer moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bannister vs. Lamp
There's a wild pitch. Veryzer moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bannister vs. Lamp
Bannister strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Denny
Almon strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. Denny
Bernazard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Denny
Nordhagen hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Denny
Luzinski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Denny fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Lamp
Orta strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Lamp
Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Lamp
Thornton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Charboneau vs. Lamp
There goes Thornton. The throw from Essian and he is safe. Thornton steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Charboneau vs. Lamp
There's a wild pitch. Thornton moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Charboneau vs. Lamp
Charboneau hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Denny
Larry Littleton now playing left field.
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Littleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Denny
Lemon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Orta. Lemon reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Baines vs. Denny
Baines hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops it up and throws to first, with Denny covering, for the out. Lemon moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Molinaro vs. Denny
Bob Molinaro pinch hits for Jim Essian.
There's a wild pitch. Lemon scores. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molinaro vs. Denny
Molinaro takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Squires vs. Denny
Mike Squires pinch hits for Greg Pryor.
Squires hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Molinaro moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Almon vs. Denny
Almon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Molinaro moves to third. Squires moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bernazard vs. Denny
Bernazard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bernazard for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Lamp
Marc Hill now catching. Jim Morrison now playing third base.
Harrah hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Diaz vs. Lamp
Diaz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out. Harrah moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Manning vs. Lamp
There's a wild pitch. Harrah moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Manning vs. Lamp
Manning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Harrah scores. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veryzer vs. Lamp
Veryzer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Manning moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bannister vs. Lamp
Bannister hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Manning scores. Veryzer moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Orta vs. Hickey
Kevin Hickey now pitching.
Orta hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Hickey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Orta for the out. Veryzer moves to third. Bannister moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hargrove vs. Hickey
Hargrove hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Baines. Hargrove reaches second base with a double. Veryzer scores. Bannister scores. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thornton vs. Hickey
Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hargrove scores. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Littleton vs. Hickey
Littleton takes first base on ball four. Thornton moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harrah vs. Hickey
Harrah is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 2 - Indians, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Denny
Nordhagen hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Denny
Luzinski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Denny
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Luzinski moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Denny
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Denny fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/1/1981 -- Chicago at Cleveland (N) Chicago AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Almon B, ss 4 0 1 0 Bannister A, 2b 5 2 4 1 Bernazard T, 2b 4 0 0 0 Orta J, rf 5 0 0 0 Nordhagen W, lf 4 1 1 1 Hargrove M, 1b 4 2 1 2 Luzinski G, dh 4 0 2 0 Thornton A, dh 4 1 2 4 Johnson L, 1b 4 0 1 0 Charboneau J, lf 4 0 0 0 Lemon C, cf 4 1 1 0 Littleton L, lf 0 0 0 0 Baines H, rf 3 0 0 0 Harrah T, 3b 4 2 1 0 Essian J, c 1 0 0 0 Diaz B, c 4 0 2 2 Molinaro B, ph 0 0 0 0 Manning R, cf 4 1 1 1 Hill M, c 0 0 0 0 Veryzer T, ss 3 2 2 0 Pryor G, 3b 2 0 0 0 Squires M, ph 1 0 1 0 Morrison J, 3b 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 2 7 1 37 10 13 10 Chicago 000 000 110 -- 2 Cleveland 005 000 05x -- 10 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Burns B (L) 4.0 6 5 5 2 4 Lamp D 3.1 5 4 4 1 4 Hickey K 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Denny J (W) 9.0 7 2 2 2 6 E -- Burns B, Nordhagen W DP -- Cleveland 3 LOB -- Chicago 4, Cleveland 8 2B -- Thornton A, Diaz B, Lemon C, Hargrove M HR -- Nordhagen W SB -- Bannister A, Thornton A HBP -- by Burns B (Veryzer T) WP -- Lamp D 3, Denny J T -- 2:36 A -- 9142
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