Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
August 24, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Minnesota Twins 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 1 0 0 0
  Brookens 3b 4 0 1 2
Madlock dh 4 0 1 0
  Morris pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Gibson lf 3 0 0 0
Trammell ss 5 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 2 2 1
Morrison 3b,2b 5 1 2 0
Nokes c 4 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 1 2 1
Sheridan rf 2 0 0 0
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 2 0 1 0
  Bush pr,rf 2 1 1 0
Newman ss 4 1 2 0
Puckett cf 4 0 2 1
Hrbek 1b 2 1 1 1
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 2
Smalley dh 4 0 0 0
  Davidson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Brunansky rf,lf 4 1 2 0
Laudner c 3 0 0 0
  Larkin ph 1 0 0 0
  Butera c 0 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 4 1 2 1
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 12 5
Detroit 010 003 000480
Minnesota 201 000 1015120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell   6.2 8 4 4 3 8
  King  L (6-9) 1.1 2 1 1 1 2
  Hernandez   0.1 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.1
12
5
5
5
10
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven   8.0 7 4 4 6 8
  Reardon  W (6-6) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
7
9

  E–None.  2B–Detroit Morrison (1,off Blyleven); Madlock (10,off Reardon), Minnesota Puckett 2 (25,off Terrell 2).  HR–Detroit Evans (25,2nd inning off Blyleven 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Evans (6,by Reardon); Puckett (7,by Hernandez).  SH–Bush (4,off Hernandez).  SB–Gladden (23,2nd base off Terrell/Nokes).  CS–Gaetti (6,2nd base by Terrell/Nokes).  WP–Terrell 2 (7).  IBB–Hernandez (4,Puckett); Reardon (4,Evans).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:07.  A–27,338.
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