Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
September 15, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1989 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 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 3 1 0 0
Bergman 1b 3 0 1 3
  Ward ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 5 1 1 0
Lynn lf 4 0 1 0
Nokes dh 3 0 0 0
  Trammell ph,dh 2 0 1 1
Lusader rf 4 0 1 0
Heath c 3 1 1 0
Strange 3b 4 1 2 0
Brumley ss 4 0 0 0
DuBois p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Holman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman 2b,3b 3 0 1 0
Gladden lf 5 1 2 1
Puckett cf 4 1 2 1
Harper c 3 0 1 0
Larkin dh 5 1 2 2
Hrbek 1b 3 1 0 1
  Sorrento ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Castillo rf 3 0 0 0
  Moses ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Gagne ss 5 1 2 2
Jorgensen 3b 2 1 1 0
  Hale ph,2b 1 0 0 0
  Baker ph,2b 1 1 1 1
Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
  Wayne p 0 0 0 0
  Drummond p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
Detroit 003 000 100481
Minnesota 211 001 30x8131
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
DuBois  L (0-3) 5.0 6 4 3 3 1
  Nunez   1.2 3 3 3 2 2
  Gibson   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Holman   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
8
7
6
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Aguilera  W (2-4) 6.0 5 3 3 3 6
  Wayne   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Drummond  SV (1) 2.1 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
6

  E–Strange (18), Hrbek (3).  2B–Detroit Bergman (13,off Aguilera); Whitaker (18,off Drummond), Minnesota Puckett (42,off Dubois); Gagne (27,off Dubois).  HR–Minnesota Gagne (9,6th inning off Nunez 0 on, 0 out); Larkin (5,7th inning off Nunez 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Newman (2,by Dubois).  IBB–Harper (3,by Dubois); Puckett (8,by Nunez).  SB–Lusader (3,2nd base off Aguilera/Harper); Newman (25,2nd base off Nunez/Heath); Moses (13,2nd base off Nunez/Heath).  BK–Dubois (1).  HBP–Dubois (2,Newman).  IBB–Dubois (3,Harper); Nunez (10,Puckett).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–3:04.  A–22,156.
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