Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
October 7, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 7, 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 5, Minnesota Twins 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0
Madlock dh 5 0 0 0
Gibson lf 4 2 1 1
Trammell ss 4 1 1 0
Herndon rf 3 1 1 0
  Bergman ph 0 0 0 1
  Sheridan rf 0 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 0 2 1
Evans 1b 4 0 2 0
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 1 0 1 0
Heath c 3 1 2 2
  Nokes ph 1 0 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 1 2 1
Gagne ss 4 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 1 1 1
Hrbek 1b 3 1 0 0
Gaetti 3b 3 3 2 2
Bush dh 3 1 1 0
  Baylor ph,dh 1 0 1 1
Brunansky rf 4 1 2 3
Lombardozzi 2b 3 0 1 0
Laudner c 3 0 0 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 10 8
Detroit 001 001 1205100
Minnesota 010 030 04x8100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  L (0-1) 7.1 8 6 6 0 5
  Henneman   0.0 0 2 2 2 0
  Hernandez   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  King   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
2
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola   7.0 9 5 5 1 6
  Reardon  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
9

  E–None.  2B–Detroit Trammell (1,off Viola), Minnesota Brunansky 2 (2,off Alexander,off Hernandez); Puckett (1,off Alexander).  3B–Minnesota Bush (1,off Alexander).  HR–Detroit Heath (1,3rd inning off Viola 0 on, 1 out); Gibson (1,6th inning off Viola 0 on, 2 out), Minnesota Gaetti 2 (2,2nd inning off Alexander 0 on, 1 out,5th inning off Alexander 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bergman (1,off Reardon); Lemon (1,off Reardon).  SH–Lombardozzi (1,off Alexander).  IBB–Hrbek (1,by Henneman).  IBB–Henneman (1,Hrbek).  U–Joe Brinkman, Durwood Merrill, Drew Coble, Al Clark, Jim McKean, Mike Reilly.  T–2:46.  A–53,269.
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