I kept score of this game on the ballpark scorecard sold at Thurman Munson Stadium, where the Akron-Canton Indians were playing their last season before moving into their new digs in downtown Akron with their new name (Aeros). The Indians scored single runs in the first and fifth to take a 2-0 lead off Sea Dog starter Livan Hernandez, but the visitors put up a seven spot in the eighth en route to a 7-3 victory.
Hernandez was already famous a high-profile Cuban defector, and was quite gracious in signing autographs for young fans after the game, including one scrawled on my ticket stub in pencil. Other future big leaguers in this game included Luis Castillo, Todd Dunwoody, Kevin Millar, Mike Redmond, Bruce Aven, Richie Sexson, Alex Ramirez, Einar Diaz, Kevin Tolar, and Felix Heredia.
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