October 11, 1987 American League Championship Series (ALCS) Game 4 at Tiger Stadium Box Score and Play by Play

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1987 American League Championship Series (ALCS) Game 4
1987 postseason: WS: MIN-STL / ALCS: MIN-DET / NLCS: STL-SFG

Game 1
MIN  8
DET  5
Game 2
MIN  6
DET  3
Game 3
DET  7
MIN  6
Game 4
MIN  5
@DET  3
Game 5
MIN  9
@DET  5

Tiger Stadium, Attendance: Not Given

Sunday, October 11, 1987, 8:23
Time of Game: 0:00

Twins

Tom Kelly

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Twins           0  0  1   1  1  1   0  1  0    5  7  1
Tigers          1  0  0   0  1  1   0  0  0    3  7  3

W: F Viola (1-0), L: F Tanana (0-1), S: J Reardon (1)

Tigers

Sparky Anderson

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Gladden LF                  3   0   0   0    0   1  .286  .730   20    3   0   2·HBP
A Newman 2B                   2   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    7    0   1   SH
  G Larkin PH                 1   0   1   1    0   0 1.000 3.000    2    0   0   2B
  S Lombardozzi PR-2B         1   0   1   1    0   0  .182  .432    5    2   1   
K Puckett CF                  5   2   2   1    0   0  .167  .556   12    1   0   HR
G Gaetti 3B                   4   0   0   1    0   0  .313 1.083   11    3   4   SF
D Baylor DH                   4   0   1   0    0   0  .400  .900   14    0   0   HBP
T Brunansky RF                3   0   0   0    2   1  .333 1.333   20    1   0   
K Hrbek 1B                    5   0   0   0    0   0  .067  .489   17    8   0   
G Gagne SS                    4   2   2   1    0   0  .214 1.027   13    2   4   HR,2B
T Laudner C                   2   1   0   0    2   0  .111  .495   18    7   1   

F Viola P                                                                0   0
  K Atherton P                                                           0   0
  J Berenguer P                                                          0   0
  J Reardon P                                                            0   0
Totals                       34   5   7   5    4   2              139   27  11

BATTING

2B: G Larkin (1, off F Tanana); G Gagne (1, off F Tanana).

HR: G Gagne (2, off F Tanana; 4th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF); K Puckett (1, off F Tanana; 3rd inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF).

SF: G Gaetti (1, off F Tanana).

SH: A Newman (1, off F Tanana).

HBP: D Baylor (1, by F Tanana); D Gladden 2 (2, 2 by F Tanana).

TB: G Gagne 6; K Puckett 5; G Larkin 2; D Baylor; S Lombardozzi.

RBI: G Gagne (2); G Larkin (1); G Gaetti (5); S Lombardozzi (1); K Puckett (2).

2-out RBI: S Lombardozzi.

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 2 for 11.

FIELDING

DP: 1. G Gaetti-S Lombardozzi-K Hrbek.

E: G Gagne (1).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
L Whitaker 2B                 2   2   0   0    3   1  .231  .936   30    3   2   
J Morrison DH                 4   0   1   0    0   1  .250  .500   13    0   0   
  M Nokes PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .111  .311    5    0   0   
K Gibson LF                   4   0   1   1    1   2  .176  .616   24    3   0   
A Trammell SS                 3   0   1   0    1   0  .200  .517   13    1   3   GDP
L Herndon RF                  3   0   0   0    1   0  .333  .844   16    2   0   
C Lemon CF                    4   1   1   0    0   0  .286  .813   21    2   0   
D Evans 1B-3B                 4   0   1   0    0   0  .385  .914   18    7   1   CS
T Brookens 3B                 2   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    4    1   6   
  D Bergman PH-1B             2   0   1   1    0   1  .333  .583   10    6   0   
M Heath C                     2   0   0   0    0   0  .286 1.000   11    2   0   SH
  J Grubb PH                  1   0   1   0    0   0  .667 1.334    3    0   0   
  P Sheridan PR               0   0   0   0    0   0  .375 1.250         0   0   

F Tanana P                                                               0   1
  D Petry P                                                              0   1
  M Thurmond P                                                           0   0
Totals                       32   3   7   2    6   6              168   27  14

BATTING

SH: M Heath (1, off K Atherton).

TB: D Bergman; J Grubb; K Gibson; D Evans; C Lemon; J Morrison; A Trammell.

GIDP: A Trammell (2).

RBI: K Gibson (3); D Bergman (2).

2-out RBI: K Gibson.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 2 for 6.

FIELDING

E: D Evans 2 (2); L Herndon (1).

BASERUNNING

CS: D Evans (1, Home by J Berenguer/T Laudner).

PITCHING

Minnesota Twins               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
F Viola, W (1-0)               5     5   3   2    4   3   0   5.25   25  102-54   29·12·13   10· 6· 2· 0     46    -     1.36  -0.14
K Atherton, H (1)              0.1   1   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    2    8-4     3· 0· 1    1· 0· 1· 0          2-1    2.86  -0.09
J Berenguer, H (2)             2.2   0   0   0    2   1   0   0.00    8   37-18    9· 2· 7    2· 2· 1· 0          2-0    1.96   0.44
J Reardon, S (1)               1     1   0   0    0   2   0   4.50    4   17-12    7· 1· 4    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    2.50   0.09
Totals                         9     7   3   2    6   6   0          39  164-88   48·15·25   13· 9· 5· 0          4-1

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
F Tanana, L (0-1)              5.1   6   4   3    4   1   2   5.06   29   92-48   27· 5·16    9· 9· 3· 0     39    -     1.17  -0.29
D Petry                        3.1   1   1   0    0   1   0   0.00   13   38-25   16· 3· 6   10· 2· 0· 0          2-0    0.88   0.08
M Thurmond                     0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    1    5-3     3· 0· 0    1· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.34   0.01
Totals                         9     7   5   3    4   2   2          43  135-76   46· 8·22   20·11· 3· 0          3-0

F Viola faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: J Berenguer (1); F Tanana (1); D Petry (1).

IBB: None.

HBP: F Tanana 3 (3; D Gladden, D Baylor, D Gladden).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Drew Coble.

Time of Game: 0:00.

Attendance: 0.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Night.

LINEUPS

   Minnesota Twins               Detroit Tigers                       
1. D Gladden            LF    1. L Whitaker           2B 
2. A Newman             2B    2. J Morrison           DH 
3. K Puckett            CF    3. K Gibson             LF 
4. G Gaetti             3B    4. A Trammell           SS 
5. D Baylor             DH    5. L Herndon            RF 
6. T Brunansky          RF    6. C Lemon              CF 
7. K Hrbek              1B    7. D Evans              1B 
8. G Gagne              SS    8. T Brookens           3B 
9. T Laudner            C     9. M Heath              C  

   F Viola              P        F Tanana             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 6   1  4-3  -23  1   18%  63% L Whitaker      J Berenguer     Evans Caught Stealing Hm (C-3B)
   b 7   0  4-3  1--  2   16%  72% A Trammell      J Berenguer     Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
   b 6   0  4-2  1--  1  -14%  54% D Evans         F Viola         Single to RF (Fly Ball to RF Line); Lemon to 3B
   b 5   2  3-1  12-  5  -14%  59% K Gibson        F Viola         Single to 2B (Ground Ball); Whitaker Scores; Morrison to 3B
   t 4   1  1-1  ---  3   13%  60% G Gagne         F Tanana        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Frank Tanana facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  4   53%  D Gladden       Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  1   52%  A Newman        Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Gladden to 2B
   O      -2-  5   49%  K Puckett       Foul Flyball: RF; Gladden to 3B
   O      --3  4   45%  G Gaetti        Popfly: SS
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Frank Viola facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   42%  L Whitaker      Walk
   O      1--  5   45%  J Morrison      Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   48%  K Gibson        Popfly: 3B
          1--  4   46%  A Trammell      Single to SS (Ground Ball to Deep SS-3B Hole); Whitaker to 2B
          12-  6   43%  L Herndon       Walk; Whitaker to 3B; Trammell to 2B
   R      123  4   33%  C Lemon         Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball); Whitaker Scores/No RBI/unER; Trammell to 3B; Herndon to 2B
   O      123  6   40%  D Evans         Lineout: SS
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1.

Top of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Behind 0-1, Frank Tanana facing 5-6-7
          ---  1   43%  D Baylor        Single to CF (Ground Ball)
          1--  5   50%  T Brunansky     Walk; Baylor to 2B
   O      12-  2   44%  K Hrbek         Popfly: 1B
   O      12-  5   39%  G Gagne         Lineout: LF
          12-  5   42%  T Laudner       Walk; Baylor to 3B; Brunansky to 2B
   O      123  3   34%  D Gladden       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Frank Viola facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   36%  T Brookens      Foul Flyball: C
   O      ---  3   38%  M Heath         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  7   39%  L Whitaker      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1.

Top of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Behind 0-1, Frank Tanana facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   36%  A Newman        Popfly: 3B
   R      ---  1   47%  K Puckett       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      ---  2   46%  G Gaetti        Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
          ---  3   47%  D Baylor        Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  2   44%  T Brunansky     Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Tied 1-1, Frank Viola facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  2   47%  J Morrison      Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  6   49%  K Gibson        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   50%  A Trammell      Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 1.

Top of the 4th, Twins Batting, Tied 1-1, Frank Tanana facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   47%  K Hrbek         Flyball: LF
   R      ---  3   60%  G Gagne         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          ---  4   63%  T Laudner       Walk
   O      1--  4   60%  D Gladden       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B; Gladden to 1B
   O      1--  3   57%  A Newman        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-2, Frank Viola facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   60%  L Herndon       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   63%  C Lemon         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   64%  D Evans         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 1.

Top of the 5th, Twins Batting, Ahead 2-1, Frank Tanana facing 3-4-5
          ---  1   74%  K Puckett       Single to RF (Line Drive); Puckett to 3B/Adv on E9
   RO     --3  1   74%  G Gaetti        Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (LF-CF); Puckett Scores/unER
   O      ---  5   72%  D Baylor        Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  4   73%  T Brunansky     Walk
   O      1--  6   71%  K Hrbek         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Tigers 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-3, Frank Viola facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   75%  T Brookens      Flyball: LF
   O      ---  3   77%  M Heath         Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  5   75%  L Whitaker      Walk
          1--  2   72%  J Morrison      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Whitaker to 2B
   R      12-  5   59%  K Gibson        Single to 2B (Ground Ball); Whitaker Scores; Morrison to 3B
          1-3  5   55%  A Trammell      Walk; Gibson to 2B
   O      123  6   66%  L Herndon       Lineout: 3B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Twins 3, Tigers 2.

Top of the 6th, Twins Batting, Ahead 3-2, Frank Tanana facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   73%  G Gagne         Double to LF (Line Drive)
          -2-      77%  T Laudner       Wild Pitch; Gagne to 3B
   O      --3  4   72%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B
          --3  3   73%  D Gladden       Hit By Pitch
                  Gene Larkin pinch hits for Al Newman batting 2nd
   R      1-3  2   85%  G Larkin        Double to LF (Ground Ball); Gagne Scores; Gladden to 3B
                  Dan Petry replaces Frank Tanana pitching; Steve Lombardozzi pinch runs for Gene Larkin batting 2nd
   O      -23  1   79%  K Puckett       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      -23  2   74%  G Gaetti        Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 2-4, Frank Viola facing 6-7-8
                  Steve Lombardozzi moves to 2B
          ---  7   68%  C Lemon         Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short CF)
          1--  1   54%  D Evans         Single to RF (Fly Ball to RF Line); Lemon to 3B
                  Keith Atherton replaces Frank Viola pitching; Dave Bergman pinch hits for Tom Brookens batting 8th
   R      1-3  3   45%  D Bergman       Single to LF (Line Drive); Lemon Scores; Evans to 2B
   O      12-  5   45%  M Heath         Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; Evans to 3B; Bergman to 2B
                  Juan Berenguer replaces Keith Atherton pitching
   O      -23      63%  L Whitaker      Evans Caught Stealing Hm (C-3B)
          -2-      63%  " "             Wild Pitch; Bergman to 3B
          --3  4   61%  " "             Walk
   O      1-3  4   69%  J Morrison      Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 3.

Top of the 7th, Twins Batting, Ahead 4-3, Dan Petry facing 5-6-7
                  Dave Bergman moves to 1B; Darrell Evans moves to 3B
   O      ---  4   67%  D Baylor        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  6   65%  T Brunansky     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   64%  K Hrbek         Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-4, Juan Berenguer facing 3-4-5
          ---  6   56%  K Gibson        Walk
   OO     1--  2   72%  A Trammell      Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
   O      ---  2   75%  L Herndon       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 3.

Top of the 8th, Twins Batting, Ahead 4-3, Dan Petry facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   72%  G Gagne         Groundout: P-1B
          ---  2   75%  T Laudner       Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball); Laudner to 1B
          1--      77%  D Gladden       Wild Pitch; Laudner to 2B
   O      -2-  5   74%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B; Laudner to 3B
   R      --3  5   85%  S Lombardozzi   Single to LF (Ground Ball); Laudner Scores/unER
   O      1--  4   84%  K Puckett       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-5, Juan Berenguer facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  6   88%  C Lemon         Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  6   91%  D Evans         Popfly: RF
   O      ---  7   92%  D Bergman       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Tigers 3.

Top of the 9th, Twins Batting, Ahead 5-3, Dan Petry facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   92%  G Gaetti        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  1   91%  D Baylor        Flyball: RF
          ---  3   92%  T Brunansky     Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Brunansky to 1B
                  Mark Thurmond replaces Dan Petry pitching
   O      1--  5   91%  K Hrbek         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-5, Jeff Reardon facing 9-1-2
                  Jeff Reardon replaces Juan Berenguer pitching; Johnny Grubb pinch hits for Mike Heath batting 9th
          ---  3   82%  J Grubb         Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
                  Pat Sheridan pinch runs for Johnny Grubb batting 9th
   O      1--  5   89%  L Whitaker      Popfly: SS
                  Matt Nokes replaces Jim Morrison playing DH batting 2nd
   O      1--  5   95%  M Nokes         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  4  100%  K Gibson        Strikeout Looking
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Tigers 3.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:DET198710110

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

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