A four-run outburst in the second inning propelled the A's to an 8-2 victory over the Indians. The runs came from a sacrifice fly by Mike Heath, RBI single by Dave McKay, bases-loaded walk to Rickey Henderson and sacrifice fly by Dwayne Murphy. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 8, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Saturday, May       1, 1982 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          0  4  0    0  0  3    0  0  1  -   8  9  0
Indians      0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          4   1   1   1     1   0   .229      Dilone lf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .176
Murphy cf             3   0   0   1     1   0   .143      Harrah 3b             5   1   1   1     0   0   .384
Meyer dh              5   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Hargrove 1b           3   0   2   1     1   1   .282
Gross 3b              4   2   3   2     1   0   .250      Thornton dh           3   0   0   0     1   1   .338
Spencer 1b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .220      McBride rf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .378
Burroughs rf          2   1   1   0     1   1   .227        Hayes rf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .222
  Sexton pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Hassey c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .194
  Rudi rf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .220        Bando ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Heath c               3   1   1   2     0   1   .261        Fischlin c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .500
McKay 2b              4   1   2   2     0   0   .250      Manning cf            4   0   2   0     0   1   .308
Stanley ss            3   0   0   0     1   2   .132      Perconte 2b           1   0   0   0     1   0   .208
Jones p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bannister ph,2b     2   0   0   0     0   0   .261
  Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dybzinski ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
                                                          Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Brennan p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Whitson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   8   9   8     5   4             Totals               35   2   9   2     3   4

Time of Game: 3:07   Attendance: 20,634
Left on Base: A's 6, Indians 9
DP: A's 0, Indians 0
Doubles: Spencer (2), Hargrove (2)
Triples: Heath (1), Harrah (1)
Home Runs: Gross (1)
Stolen Bases: Sexton (5), Murphy (5), Henderson 2 (24), Manning (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Heath (1), Murphy (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones W(3-1)            5     6   2   2   2   3   0  22   4.12
Underwood SV(2)         4     3   0   0   1   1   0  16   1.72
Totals                  9     9   2   2   3   4   0  38

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(2-2)         1.1   3   4   4   3   0   0  10   4.87
Brennan                 4     4   3   3   0   2   1  16   4.80
Whitson                 3.2   2   1   1   2   2   0  15   3.65
Totals                  9     9   8   8   5   4   1  41

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - George Maloney


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy
grounded out (first unassisted); Meyer grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Dilone grounded out (first unassisted); Harrah
flied out to center; Hargrove struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross singled to right; Spencer doubled to right
[Gross to third]; Burroughs walked; Heath hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Gross scored, Spencer to third]; McKay singled to third
[Spencer scored, Burroughs to second]; Stanley walked [Burroughs
to third, McKay to second]; Henderson walked [Burroughs scored,
McKay to third, Stanley to second]; BRENNAN REPLACED BLYLEVEN
(PITCHING); Murphy hit a sacrifice fly to left [McKay scored,
Stanley to third]; Meyer flied out to right; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton walked; McBride singled to center
[Thornton to second]; Hassey flied out to left; Manning singled
to center [Thornton out at home (center to catcher), McBride to
third]; Manning stole second; Perconte grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross flied out to right; Spencer grounded out
(first unassisted); Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Dybzinski popped to first in foul territory; Dilone
singled to right; Harrah tripled to right [Dilone scored];
Hargrove singled to right [Harrah scored]; Thornton struck out;
McBride flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Heath made an out to shortstop; McKay flied out
to right; Stanley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
4, Indians 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Hassey grounded out (first to pitcher); Manning
struck out; Perconte walked; Dybzinski forced Perconte (second
to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); Murphy
made an out to first; Meyer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Dilone grounded out (second to first); Harrah made
an out to third; Hargrove doubled to center; Thornton flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross homered; Spencer flied out to left;
Burroughs singled to third; SEXTON RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Sexton
stole second; Heath tripled to left [Sexton scored]; McKay
singled to center [Heath scored]; WHITSON REPLACED BRENNAN
(PITCHING); Stanley struck out; Henderson forced McKay
(shortstop unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7,
Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: RUDI REPLACED SEXTON (PLAYING RF); UNDERWOOD
REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); McBride grounded out (second to
first); BANDO BATTED FOR HASSEY; Bando flied out to right;
Manning singled to left; BANNISTER BATTED FOR PERCONTE;
Bannister grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 7, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HAYES REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING RF); FISCHLIN
REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING C ); BANNISTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
2B); Murphy walked; Murphy stole second; Meyer flied out to
center; Gross walked; Spencer made an out to third; Rudi made an
out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 7, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Dybzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); Dilone
singled to right; Harrah forced Dilone (shortstop to second);
Hargrove walked [Harrah to second]; Thornton forced Hargrove
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 7, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Heath struck out; McKay flied to left in foul
territory; Stanley made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 7, Indians 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Hayes struck out; Fischlin flied out to center;
Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 7, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Henderson singled to right; Henderson stole
second; Henderson stole third; Murphy popped to third in foul
territory; Meyer popped to first in foul territory; Gross
singled to left [Henderson scored]; Spencer flied out to right;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 8, Indians 2.

INDIANS 9TH: Bannister flied out to center; Dybzinski singled to
left; Dilone made an out to third; Harrah flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 8, Indians 2.