Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
September 17, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1989 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 9, Minnesota Twins 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 1 3 1
Trammell ss 6 0 3 1
Whitaker 2b 5 1 1 0
  Datz c 1 0 0 0
Lynn dh 5 3 4 1
Bergman 1b 4 1 2 1
Lusader rf 3 2 2 1
  Williams ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Richie lf 3 0 1 1
  Schu ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Strange 3b,2b 4 0 0 1
Heath c,lf 4 1 1 1
Searcy p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 17 8
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman 2b 4 0 1 1
  Hale 2b 0 0 0 0
Gladden lf 4 0 1 0
  Bush lf 0 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 0 1 0
  Moses pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Harper c 3 0 1 0
  Webster c 1 0 0 0
Larkin 1b 2 1 0 0
Gaetti dh 3 0 1 0
Castillo rf 3 0 1 1
  Sorrento ph 1 0 0 0
Gagne ss 2 1 1 0
  Baker ss 2 0 0 0
Jorgensen 3b 3 0 0 0
Dyer p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
  Booker p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Detroit 203 021 0109170
Minnesota 010 010 000271
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Searcy  W (1-1) 7.0 6 2 2 3 2
  Henneman   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Dyer  L (3-6) 2.1 7 5 5 3 2
  Smith   2.2 3 2 2 1 2
  Gonzalez   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Booker   0.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Rawley   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
9
9
4
7

  E–Castillo (3).  DP–Detroit 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Detroit Lynn 2 (11,off Dyer,off Gonzalez); Richie (4,off Gonzalez); Whitaker (19,off Booker), Minnesota Gagne (29,off Searcy).  SH–Richie (1,off Dyer); Strange (3,off Dyer).  SB–Pettis (38,2nd base off Dyer/Harper).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:49.  A–24,489.
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