Tribe takes 2 of 3 from O’s

GAME 1 - 9/8 - Memorial Stadium
Bob Lemon vs Mike Cuellar
Indians 9, Orioles 5
Once again Baltimore's so called dominant left handed pitching faltered.  Mike Cuellar, who quite frankly can't get out of his own way, was rocked once again.  The Tribe toasted him for 5 runs in the top of the third, which put the O's far behind the 8 ball.  Bobby Avilla was the only Indian starter not to get a hit today.  Dale Mitchell and Joe Carter both had 3 RBI's.  Mitchell went 3 for 5 and also scored 2 runs.  Carter hit his 5th homer.

GAME 2 - 9/9
Bob Feller vs Mike Flanagan
Orioles 5, Indians 1
After feasting on one of Baltimore's "suspect" lefties the prior day, the Tribe's bats went cold.  Mike Flanagan put together a 2 hit performance over 6 innings that yielded just one solo run in the 6th.  That run came thanks to 3 walks sandwiched around an uncharacteristic fielding error by HOF'er Eddie Murray.  Not willing to press his luck with Flanagan, O's manager Martin King went to righty reliever Hoyt Wilhelm who scattered 3 hits over the final 3 innings to get his 3rd save of the year.  Gus Triandos and Murray both hit homers.  Triandos went 2 for 3.  Boog Powell went 2 for 4 and boosted his average to .307, which makes him the only O's regular with a BA over .300.

GAME 3 - 9/10
Mike Garcia vs Jim Palmer
Indians 9, Orioles 2
A scoreless tie was shattered in the top of the 4th when the Tribe rang up 4 big run off of Jim Palmer, who walked 3, threw a wild pitch and gave up a couple of hits.  Palmer would be replaced by Dick Hall after that inning, but Hall would also give up 4 runs, this time in the 6th.  Andre Thornton's 2 run single capped off the innings' fireworks.  Thornton would knock in 3 on the day as would Dale Mitchell.  Tito Francona would deliver 2 home safely as Mike Garcia and the Tribe would rout the O's in this rubber match.