Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
May 1, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1981 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 2, Cleveland Indians 10

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Almon ss 4 0 1 0
Bernazard 2b 4 0 0 0
Nordhagen lf 4 1 1 1
Luzinski dh 4 0 2 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0
Lemon cf 4 1 1 0
Baines rf 3 0 0 0
Essian c 1 0 0 0
  Molinaro ph 0 0 0 0
  Hill c 0 0 0 0
Pryor 3b 2 0 0 0
  Squires ph 1 0 1 0
  Morrison 3b 0 0 0 0
Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Hickey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister 2b 5 2 4 1
Orta rf 5 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 2 1 2
Thornton dh 4 1 2 4
Charboneau lf 4 0 0 0
  Littleton lf 0 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 2 1 0
Diaz c 4 0 2 2
Manning cf 4 1 1 1
Veryzer ss 3 2 2 0
Denny p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 13 10
Chicago 000 000 110272
Cleveland 005 000 05x10130
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Burns  L (2-1) 4.0 6 5 5 2 4
  Lamp   3.1 5 4 4 1 4
  Hickey   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
13
10
10
4
9
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  W (2-1) 9.0 7 2 2 2 6
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
6

  E–Nordhagen (2), Burns (1).  DP–Cleveland 3.  2B–Chicago Lemon (5,off Denny), Cleveland Thornton (1,off Burns); Diaz (4,off Burns); Hargrove (3,off Hickey).  HR–Chicago Nordhagen (1,7th inning off Denny 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Veryzer (1,by Burns).  SB–Bannister (2,2nd base off Burns/Essian); Thornton (1,2nd base off Lamp/Essian).  WP–Lamp 3 (3), Denny (1).  HBP–Burns (2,Veryzer).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:36.  A–9,142.
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