1982 AL Game: Tor. @ Cle. Barker Wins 20th

September 5, 1982

Cleveland's Len Barker became the 1st 20 game winner in MLB this season when the Indians defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4. Barker had a solid outing for Cleveland until running into trouble in the 9th inning. Dan Spillner came on in relief to get the final 2 outs. Barker is now 20-5 with a 2.37 ERA and 175 K's, all league leading stats in the AL.

BOXSCORE: 1982 Toronto Blue Jays At 1982 Cleveland Indians           9/5/1982
 
  Blue Jays          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Mulliniks 3B      4  0  0  0 .266     M.Dilone LF         4  1  1  0 .263  
  G.Petralli C        3  0  1  1 .333     A.Bannister DH      4  1  2  1 .218  
  L.Moseby CF         4  0  0  0 .273     T.Harrah 3B         4  1  1  1 .295  
  W.Upshaw 1B         3  1  1  0 .284     M.Hargrove 1B       4  0  0  0 .274  
  H.Powell RF         4  0  1  0 .272     V.Hayes RF          4  0  2  1 .249  
  A.Woods LF          4  1  1  1 .288     R.Hassey C          4  1  1  0 .230  
  G.Adams DH          4  2  2  1 .238     R.Manning CF        4  0  0  0 .282  
  G.Iorg 2B           2  0  0  0 .246     L.Milbourne 2B      3  0  1  0 .262  
A-J.Barfield PH       1  0  0  0 .233     J.Dybzinski SS      2  1  2  1 .272  
B-D.Garcia 2B         1  0  0  0 .298                                          
  A.Griffin SS        4  0  2  1 .219                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  4  8  4                 Totals      33  5 10  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Iorg In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Barfield In 7th Inning
 
Blue Jays....... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 3  -  4  8  1
Indians......... 2 0 0  1 0 0  2 0    -  5 10  1
 
Blue Jays (62-75)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
L.Leal LOSS(10-14)        6 1/3   9   5   4   1   2   0   4.62
D.Geisel                  1 2/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   3.86
Totals                    8      10   5   4   1   3   0
 
Indians (70-64)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
L.Barker WIN(20-5)        8 1/3   6   3   3   2   7   0   2.37
D.Spillner SAVE(18th)     0 2/3   2   1   1   0   0   0   2.49
Totals                    9       8   4   4   2   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 15,158 DATE- Sunday, September 5th 1982 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Terry Cooney, Vic Voltaggio, Bill Kunkel, John Shulock
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 6  Indians: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 0  Indians: 1
ERRORS- R.Mulliniks, J.Dybzinski
DOUBLES- G.Adams(2nd), M.Dilone(11th), T.Harrah(26th), V.Hayes(17th)
RBIs- G.Petralli(1st), A.Woods(10th), G.Adams(6th), A.Griffin(44th),
      A.Bannister(23rd), T.Harrah(91st), V.Hayes(55th), J.Dybzinski(25th)
STOLEN BASES- H.Powell(5th), A.Bannister(16th)
CAUGHT STEALING- R.Hassey
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Petralli
WALKS- R.Mulliniks, W.Upshaw, J.Dybzinski
STRIKE OUTS- R.Mulliniks, G.Petralli, L.Moseby-2, W.Upshaw, G.Adams-2, T.Harrah,
             M.Hargrove, V.Hayes
2-out RBI- V.Hayes, J.Dybzinski, A.Griffin
RLISP 2-out- R.Hassey, A.Bannister, L.Moseby, G.Iorg, M.Dilone, M.Hargrove
TEAM RISP- Blue Jays: 2 for 7  Indians: 4 for 12
 
Alan Bannister had 2 base hits at Municipal Stadium as the Cleveland Indians
beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5 to 4.
 
Len Barker(20-5) had a solid outing for Cleveland.  He allowed 6 hits and 2
walks in 8 and 1/3 innings.  Toronto threatened in the 9th but Cleveland was
able to put down the rally.  
 
Dan Spillner was credited with his 18th save. Luis Leal(10-14) suffered the
loss.  He gave up 9 hits and 1 walk in 6 and 1/3 innings.