MIN @ DET

October 11, 1987

Final Score: MIN 5 - DET 3

Game Information

Ballpark
Tiger Stadium
Attendance
51,939
Game Duration
204 minutes
Day/Night
Night
Winning Pitcher
Frank Viola
Losing Pitcher
Frank Tanana
Save
Jeff Reardon

Umpires

Home Plate
Al Clark
First Base
Mike Reilly
Second Base
Jim McKean
Third Base
Drew Coble

Weather & Field Conditions

Sky
Night

Line Score

MIN @ DET — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MIN 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 7 1
DET 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 7 3

MIN Batting

MIN @ DET — MIN Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Keith Atherton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Don Baylor 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Juan Berenguer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Tom Brunansky 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Gary Gaetti 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Greg Gagne 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500
Dan Gladden 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Kent Hrbek 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gene Larkin 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Tim Laudner 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Steve Lombardozzi 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Al Newman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Kirby Puckett 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400
Jeff Reardon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Frank Viola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 34 5 7 5 4 2 2 0 2 0 .206

DET Batting

MIN @ DET — DET Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Dave Bergman 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500
Tom Brookens 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Darrell Evans 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Kirk Gibson 4 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .250
Johnny Grubb 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Mike Heath 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Larry Herndon 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Chet Lemon 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Jim Morrison 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Matt Nokes 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Dan Petry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Pat Sheridan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Frank Tanana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mark Thurmond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Alan Trammell 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Lou Whitaker 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 32 3 7 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 .219

MIN Pitching

MIN @ DET — MIN Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Keith Atherton - 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Juan Berenguer - 2.2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.00
Jeff Reardon (SV) SV 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Frank Viola (W) W 5.0 5 3 2 4 3 0 3.60
Team Totals 9.0 7 3 2 6 6 0 2.00

DET Pitching

MIN @ DET — DET Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Dan Petry - 3.1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Frank Tanana (L) L 5.1 6 4 3 4 1 2 5.06
Mark Thurmond - 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Team Totals 9.0 7 5 3 4 2 2 3.00

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