Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
September 22, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1981 at Yankee Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees 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

Cleveland Indians 6, New York Yankees 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 4 2 1 0
Bannister rf 5 1 2 2
Hargrove 1b 3 1 1 1
Diaz c 5 0 3 2
Harrah 3b,ss 4 0 0 1
Thornton dh 3 0 1 0
Manning cf 2 0 0 0
Rosello 2b 2 1 1 0
  Pagel ph 0 0 0 0
  Kuiper 2b 2 0 0 0
Fischlin ss 2 1 1 0
  Hayes ph,3b 3 0 0 0
Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 4 1 1 1
Milbourne ss 5 0 3 0
Gamble dh 3 0 0 1
  Winfield ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 5 0 1 0
Piniella rf 5 0 3 0
Revering 1b 3 0 0 0
  Watson ph 1 0 0 0
Brown cf 4 0 0 0
Patterson lf 4 1 2 0
Cerone c 4 2 2 2
Righetti p 0 0 0 0
  McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 12 4
Cleveland 005 001 0006100
New York 120 100 0004121
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Barker  W (8-7) 8.0 10 4 4 2 10
  Monge  SV (4) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
11
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Righetti  L (6-4) 2.0 5 5 5 3 1
  McGaffigan   3.0 1 0 0 3 0
  Nelson   3.1 4 1 1 2 1
  LaRoche   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
8
2

  E–Randolph (9).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Cleveland Diaz (17,off Righetti); Thornton (12,off Nelson).  3B–New York Patterson 2 (3,off Barker 2); Cerone (1,off Barker).  HR–New York Cerone (2,4th inning off Barker 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Harrah (8,off McGaffigan); Hargrove (7,off Nelson); Gamble (2,off Barker).  SB–Dilone (26,2nd base off Nelson/Cerone); Thornton (3,2nd base off Nelson/Cerone).  WP–Barker 2 (5), Nelson (2).  BK–McGaffigan (1).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–3:22.  A–15,098.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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