Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
August 26, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 10, Minnesota Twins 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 0 1 0
Madlock 1b 4 0 1 0
  Bergman pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Gibson lf 3 1 1 0
  Sheridan rf 1 0 0 0
Trammell ss 5 1 2 1
Herndon rf,lf 4 1 2 0
  Nokes ph,c 1 1 1 2
Lemon cf 5 3 3 4
Morrison dh 5 1 1 3
Brookens 3b 4 0 0 0
Heath c 3 0 2 0
  Evans ph,1b 0 1 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 14 10
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman 2b 6 1 3 0
Davidson lf 1 1 0 0
  Bush ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 0 2 2
Gaetti 3b 5 1 2 0
Brunansky rf,lf 5 1 2 1
Hrbek 1b 4 3 3 1
Larkin dh 5 0 2 0
Laudner c 2 0 0 0
  Smalley ph 0 0 0 0
  Lombardozzi pr 0 0 0 0
Gagne ss 4 1 2 3
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 16 7
Detroit 000 301 10510141
Minnesota 110 210 0128161
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   4.0 8 5 5 3 2
  Petry  W (8-6) 4.0 4 1 1 0 4
  Henneman   0.2 4 2 1 1 0
  Hernandez  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
8
7
4
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola   7.0 11 5 5 0 6
  Atherton   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Reardon  L (6-7) 1.0 3 5 5 2 1
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
2
7

  E–Trammell (13), Gaetti (9).  DP–Detroit 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Detroit Madlock (11,off Viola); Herndon (11,off Viola); Whitaker (28,off Viola); Gibson (21,off Viola), Minnesota Puckett (26,off Henneman); Hrbek (16,off Henneman).  HR–Detroit Morrison (4,4th inning off Viola 2 on, 0 out); Lemon 2 (16,6th inning off Viola 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Reardon 2 on, 2 out), Minnesota Brunansky (27,4th inning off Tanana 0 on, 1 out); Gagne (6,8th inning off Petry 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Gibson (5,by Viola); Laudner (1,by Petry).  SH–Davidson (4,off Tanana).  SF–Puckett (4,off Tanana); Gagne (2,off Tanana).  CS–Whitaker (5,2nd base by Viola/Laudner); Larkin (4,2nd base by Tanana/Heath).  SB–Newman 2 (13,3rd base off Tanana/Heath,2nd base off Petry/Heath).  WP–Tanana (4).  HBP–Petry (8,Laudner); Viola (5,Gibson).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–3:29.  A–29,265.
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