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Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers

1987-10-10 · 1987 League Championship Series · Game 3 of 5 ◀ Game 2 Game 4 ▶ · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 49730 · 49°F, cloudy, dry · 3:29

Detroit Tigers defeated Minnesota Twins 7–6. Detroit Tigers put up 5 in the 3rd. Mike Henneman earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	6	8
DET	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2		7	7

W: Mike Henneman L: Jeff Reardon SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Drew Coble · 1B: Al Clark · 2B: Mike Reilly · 3B: Jim McKean · LF: Durwood Merrill · RF: Joe Brinkman

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dan Gladden	3	1	1	0	2	0
Greg Gagne	5	2	1	1	0	1
Kirby Puckett	5	0	0	0	0	2
Kent Hrbek	3	1	0	0	2	0
Gary Gaetti	5	0	2	2	0	1
Randy Bush	3	1	1	1	1	1
Tom Brunansky	3	1	1	2	1	0
Steve Lombardozzi	3	0	0	0	1	0
Sal Butera	3	0	2	0	0	0
Tim Laudner	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Whitaker	4	1	1	0	1	1
Darrell Evans	1	0	0	0	3	0
Kirk Gibson	5	1	1	1	0	1
Alan Trammell	4	1	1	1	0	1
Matt Nokes	3	0	0	0	1	1
Chet Lemon	3	1	0	0	1	1
Dave Bergman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Brookens	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pat Sheridan	4	2	2	2	0	0
Larry Herndon	3	0	2	2	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Les Straker	2.2	3	4	1
Dan Schatzeder	3.1	2	0	5
Juan Berenguer	1.0	0	1	1
Jeff Reardon	1.0	2	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Walt Terrell	6.0	7	4	4
Mike Henneman	3.0	1	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dan Gladden: W
Greg Gagne: K
Kirby Puckett: K
Kent Hrbek: CS2(26)

Bot 1

Lou Whitaker: W
Darrell Evans: W.1-2
Kirk Gibson: 7/F
Alan Trammell: 16(1)/FO.2-3;B-1
Matt Nokes: K

Top 2

Kent Hrbek: 7/F
Gary Gaetti: 43
Randy Bush: K23

Bot 2

Chet Lemon: 13
Dave Bergman: 7/F
Tom Brookens: 63

Top 3

Tom Brunansky: W
Steve Lombardozzi: 34(1)/P9S/FO
Sal Butera: 53.1-2
Dan Gladden: 8/F

Bot 3

Pat Sheridan: D7
Lou Whitaker: S9/L9.2-3
Darrell Evans: W.1-2
Kirk Gibson: 36(1)/FO.3-H;2-3;B-1
Alan Trammell: SB2
Alan Trammell: BK.3-H;2-3
Alan Trammell: S8/L8.3-H
Matt Nokes: 6/P
Chet Lemon: W.1-2
Larry Herndon: D7/L.2-H;1-H
Tom Brookens: 9/F

Top 4

Greg Gagne: HR/F7D
Kirby Puckett: 13
Kent Hrbek: W
Gary Gaetti: S7/L7.1-2
Randy Bush: S9/L9L.2-H;1-3
Tom Brunansky: 6/P
Steve Lombardozzi: 43

Bot 4

Pat Sheridan: 3/G
Lou Whitaker: 31
Darrell Evans: 8/F

Top 5

Sal Butera: S7/L7
Dan Gladden: 9/F
Greg Gagne: 8/F
Kirby Puckett: K

Bot 5

Kirk Gibson: S8/L89S
Alan Trammell: K
Matt Nokes: 9/F9L
Chet Lemon: SB2
Chet Lemon: K

Top 6

Kent Hrbek: 53
Gary Gaetti: 8/F89D
Randy Bush: W
Tom Brunansky: HR/F7D.1-H
Steve Lombardozzi: 3/FL

Bot 6

Larry Herndon: K
Tom Brookens: K
Pat Sheridan: E4.B-1
Lou Whitaker: K

Top 7

Sal Butera: S7/L7L
Dan Gladden: S8/F78.1-3
Greg Gagne: FC5.3XH(52);1-2;B-1
Kirby Puckett: 3/FL.2-3;1-2
Kent Hrbek: IW
Gary Gaetti: S9/L9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Randy Bush: 9/F

Bot 7

Darrell Evans: HP
Kirk Gibson: K
Alan Trammell: 4/P
Matt Nokes: W.1-2
Chet Lemon: 5/FL

Top 8

Tom Brunansky: 13
Steve Lombardozzi: W
Tim Laudner: 53.1-2
Dan Gladden: I
Greg Gagne: 8/F8S

Bot 8

Larry Herndon: S7/L7
Tom Brookens: 3/BP/FL
Pat Sheridan: HR/9.1-H
Lou Whitaker: 43
Darrell Evans: W
Kirk Gibson: 5/FL

Top 9

Kirby Puckett: 9/F
Kent Hrbek: 43
Gary Gaetti: K

Notes & reviews

Popup fell into shallow right field fielded by 1B Darrell Evans; Tom Brunansky was running on pitch and made it almost to second base then turned around and headed back to first base thinking that the popup had been caught

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