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Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers

1986-07-21 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 21895 · 2:43

Minnesota Twins defeated Detroit Tigers 1–0. Frank Viola earned the win and Keith Atherton picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Frank Viola L: Mark Thurmond SV: Keith Atherton

Umpires — HP: Jim McKean · 1B: Al Clark · 2B: John Shulock · 3B: Dan Morrison · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kirby Puckett	4	1	0	0	1	1
Gary Gaetti	5	0	1	0	0	0
Kent Hrbek	4	0	1	1	0	2
Tom Brunansky	4	0	2	0	0	1
Roy Smalley	2	0	0	0	2	0
Tim Laudner	2	0	1	0	1	1
Ron Washington	2	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Hatcher	3	0	0	0	1	0
Greg Gagne	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mark Salas	1	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Bush	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Lombardozzi	1	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Tom Brookens	3	0	0	2
Alan Trammell	3	0	0	0
Kirk Gibson	4	0	0	1
Lance Parrish	3	1	1	1
Darnell Coles	3	0	0	0
Larry Herndon	3	1	0	0
Chet Lemon	3	1	0	1
Dave Engle	3	0	0	0
Dwight Lowry	2	0	0	0
Dave Collins	1	0	0	0
Lou Whitaker	1	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Viola	7.2	3	1	4
Keith Atherton	1.1	1	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Thurmond	5.1	5	4	3
Jim Slaton	3.0	2	2	2
Bill Campbell	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kirby Puckett: K/C
Gary Gaetti: 7
Kent Hrbek: K/C

Bot 1

Tom Brookens: K
Alan Trammell: 9
Kirk Gibson: 9

Top 2

Tom Brunansky: S7
Roy Smalley: 64(1)3/GDP
Tim Laudner: D8
Ron Washington: 63

Bot 2

Lance Parrish: S7
Darnell Coles: 9
Larry Herndon: E4.1-2;B-1
Chet Lemon: S7.2XH(72);1-2
Dave Engle: 9

Top 3

Mickey Hatcher: W
Greg Gagne: 36(1)/FO/G.B-1
Kirby Puckett: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Dwight Lowry: 5/FL
Tom Brookens: K
Alan Trammell: 63

Top 4

Gary Gaetti: 63
Kent Hrbek: K
Tom Brunansky: 2

Bot 4

Kirk Gibson: 5
Lance Parrish: 63
Darnell Coles: 8

Top 5

Roy Smalley: 7
Tim Laudner: W
Ron Washington: S9.1-2
Mickey Hatcher: 9
Greg Gagne: 64(1)/FO/G

Bot 5

Larry Herndon: S/G
Chet Lemon: 54(1)3/GDP
Dave Engle: 8

Top 6

Kirby Puckett: W
Gary Gaetti: 9
Kent Hrbek: S9.1-H;B-2(THH)
Tom Brunansky: S8.2-3
Roy Smalley: W.1-2
Tim Laudner: K
Mark Salas: 43

Bot 6

Dwight Lowry: 7
Tom Brookens: 9/FL
Alan Trammell: 4

Top 7

Mickey Hatcher: 9
Greg Gagne: 63
Kirby Puckett: 9

Bot 7

Kirk Gibson: K
Lance Parrish: W
Darnell Coles: 8
Larry Herndon: 9

Top 8

Gary Gaetti: D7
Kent Hrbek: 7
Tom Brunansky: K
Roy Smalley: I
Randy Bush: 7

Bot 8

Chet Lemon: K
Dave Engle: 8
Dave Collins: 31

Top 9

Steve Lombardozzi: S7
Mickey Hatcher: 53.1-2
Greg Gagne: W
Kirby Puckett: 3/FL
Gary Gaetti: 54(1)/FO/G

Bot 9

Lou Whitaker: D
Alan Trammell: 13(B)/SH/G.2-3
Kirk Gibson: 6
Lance Parrish: K

Notes & reviews

Bloop hit just beyond first; right fielder was very nonchalant and lobbed the ball to the first baseman who was not paying attention; third base coach Tom Kelly waved Puckett to score

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