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Indians
@ Angels
Anaheim Stadium
August 21, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the California Angels and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 21, 1981 at Anaheim Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 21, 1981 |
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Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Home Team |
California Angels
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 21, 1981 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | California Angels |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Len Barker |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ken Forsch |
Ballpark | Anaheim Stadium |
City | Anaheim |
State | CA |
Attendance | 31,482 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 34 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Nick Bremigan 1B: Al Clark 2B: Mike Reilly 3B: Rick Reed |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rick Manning | Center Fielder |
Jorge Orta | Right Fielder |
Mike Hargrove | First Baseman |
Ron Hassey | Catcher |
Toby Harrah | Third Baseman |
Von Hayes | DH |
Pat Kelly | Left Fielder |
Duane Kuiper | Second Baseman |
Tom Veryzer | Shortstop |
Dave Garcia | Manager |
California Angels Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rod Carew | First Baseman |
Rick Burleson | Shortstop |
Fred Lynn | Center Fielder |
Bobby Grich | Second Baseman |
Don Baylor | DH |
Brian Downing | Left Fielder |
Dan Ford | Right Fielder |
Ed Ott | Catcher |
Butch Hobson | Third Baseman |
Gene Mauch | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Angels
Anaheim Stadium
August 21, 1981
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Forsch
Manning hits a fly ball into left field. Downing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Forsch
Orta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargrove vs. Forsch
Hargrove hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Orta moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hassey vs. Forsch
Hassey hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Orta moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Harrah vs. Forsch
Harrah hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Barker
Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burleson vs. Barker
Burleson hits a fly ball into left field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lynn vs. Barker
Lynn takes first base on ball four. Carew moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grich vs. Barker
Grich hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. Carew moves to third. Lynn moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Baylor vs. Barker
Baylor is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Downing vs. Barker
Downing is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Forsch
Hayes hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Forsch
Kelly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuiper vs. Forsch
Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kelly moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Veryzer vs. Forsch
Veryzer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Barker
Ford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Barker
Ott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ford moves to third. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hobson vs. Barker
Hobson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Carew vs. Barker
Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ford scores. Ott moves to third. Hobson moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Burleson vs. Barker
Burleson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ott scores. Hobson scores. Carew moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lynn vs. Barker
Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barker fields it and throws to first for the out. Burleson moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Grich vs. Barker
Grich strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Baylor vs. Barker
Baylor hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Forsch
Manning hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Manning for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Forsch
Orta takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargrove vs. Forsch
Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Downing vs. Barker
Downing hits a fly ball into right field. Orta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Barker
Ford is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Barker
Ott strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassey vs. Forsch
Hassey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrah vs. Forsch
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Harrah for the out. Hassey moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hayes vs. Forsch
Hayes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kelly vs. Forsch
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Barker
Hobson strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Barker
Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burleson vs. Barker
There goes Carew. The throw from Hassey and he is out, Veryzer applying the tag. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Barker
Burleson strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Forsch
Kuiper hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ford. Kuiper reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Veryzer vs. Forsch
Veryzer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew fields the ball and throws to Forsch covering. Safe. Kuiper moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Manning vs. Forsch
Manning hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kuiper tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Forsch
Orta hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ford. Orta reaches second base with a double. Veryzer moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hargrove vs. Forsch
Hargrove hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Veryzer tags and scores. Orta tags and moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hassey vs. Forsch
Hassey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 2 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Barker
Lynn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grich vs. Barker
Grich bunts towards the mound. Barker fields it and throws to first for the out. Lynn moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Baylor vs. Barker
Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lynn moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Downing vs. Barker
Downing hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kelly. Downing reaches second base with a double. Lynn scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ford vs. Barker
Ford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kelly. Ford reaches second base with a double. Downing scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ott vs. Barker
Ott hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Forsch
Harrah bunts towards third. Hobson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Forsch
Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hayes for the out. Harrah moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kelly vs. Forsch
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Harrah moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kuiper vs. Forsch
Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Barker
Hobson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Barker
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burleson vs. Barker
Burleson hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Orta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lynn vs. Barker
Lynn hits a fly ball into right field. Orta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Forsch
Veryzer hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Forsch
Manning hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Forsch
Orta hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Grich reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grich vs. Barker
Grich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baylor vs. Barker
Baylor hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kelly. Baylor reaches second base with a double. Grich moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Downing vs. Barker
Downing takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Ford vs. Lacey
Bob Lacey now pitching.
Ford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kelly. Ford reaches second base with a double. Grich scores. Baylor scores. Downing moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ott vs. Lacey
Ott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Downing scores. Ford scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hobson vs. Lacey
Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Lacey
Bert Campaneris pinch runs for Butch Hobson.
Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Campaneris moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Burleson vs. Lacey
Burleson hits a fly ball into left field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Campaneris tags and scores. Carew tags and moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lynn vs. Lacey
Lynn hits a fly ball into left field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 2 - Angels, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Forsch
Bert Campaneris now playing third base.
Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops it up and throws to first, with Forsch covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassey vs. Forsch
Hassey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hassey for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Forsch
Harrah hits a fly ball into left field. Downing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 2 - Angels, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grich vs. Lacey
Andre Thornton now playing first base. Jerry Dybzinski now playing third base.
Grich hits a line drive towards short. Veryzer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Lacey
Baylor hits a fly ball into left field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Downing vs. Lacey
Downing hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ford vs. Lacey
Ford hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Lacey
Ott hits a popup towards short. Veryzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 2 - Angels, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Forsch
Hayes hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Forsch
Kelly takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuiper vs. Forsch
Kuiper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kelly moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bando vs. Forsch
Chris Bando pinch hits for Tom Veryzer.
Bando hits a fly ball into left field. Downing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Angels, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Manning vs. Forsch
Manning hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/21/1981 -- Cleveland at California (N) Cleveland AB R H RBI California AB R H RBI Manning R, cf 4 0 0 1 Carew R, 1b 5 0 5 1 Orta J, rf 3 0 2 0 Burleson R, ss 4 0 1 3 Hargrove M, 1b 3 0 1 1 Lynn F, cf 3 1 0 0 Thornton A, 1b 0 0 0 0 Grich B, 2b 4 1 1 0 Hassey R, c 4 0 1 0 Baylor D, dh 4 1 1 0 Harrah T, 3b 4 0 1 0 Downing B, lf 4 3 2 1 Dybzinski J, 3b 0 0 0 0 Ford D, rf 5 3 4 5 Hayes V, dh 3 0 0 0 Ott E, c 5 1 2 2 Kelly P, lf 3 0 1 0 Hobson B, 3b 3 1 0 0 Kuiper D, 2b 4 1 2 0 Campaneris B, pr-3b 0 1 0 0 Veryzer T, ss 3 1 1 0 Bando C, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 2 9 2 37 12 16 12 Cleveland 000 020 000 -- 2 California 030 020 52x -- 12 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Barker L (L)* 6.0 11 8 8 4 7 Lacey B 2.0 5 4 4 0 0 California IP H R ER BB SO Forsch K (W) 9.0 9 2 2 3 0 * Pitched to 3 batters in 7th DP -- California 2 LOB -- Cleveland 8, California 8 2B -- Kuiper D, Orta J, Downing B, Ford D 2, Baylor D HR -- Ford D CS -- Carew R SH -- Grich B SF -- Manning R, Hargrove M, Burleson R HBP -- by Barker L (Baylor D) T -- 2:34 A -- 31482
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