April 11, 1989 Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers Box Score and Play by Play

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CAL 7
OAK 1 MIN 14
@DET 0 KCR 6
BAL 5 TOR 11
@NYY 6
(10) CHW 8
@SEA 6 CHC 5
STL 4 HOU 5
CIN 3 PHI 6
MON 2 PIT 4
NYM 3
(11) SDP 3
ATL 2 SFG 8
LAD 3

Standings at end of play this day

Tiger Stadium, Attendance: 9,968

Tuesday, April 11, 1989, 1:36
Time of Game: 2:51

Twins

5-2

Won 1

3rd, ½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Twins           0  2  2   1  0  0   1  8  0   14 19  0
Tigers          0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  8  0

W: A Anderson (2-0), L: J Morris (0-2)

Tigers

1-4

Lost 2

6th, 2½ GB

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Gladden LF                  5   2   3   1    1   0  .333  .742   24    2   0   SB
W Backman 2B                  5   2   2   1    1   2  .300  .723   24    3   2   
K Puckett CF                  3   2   2   2    2   1  .440 1.243   17    4   0   HR,2B,CS
  J Moses CF                  0   0   0   0    1   0  .500 2.167    5    0   0   
K Hrbek 1B                    4   1   1   1    0   0  .321  .857   19    5   3   
  C Castillo PH-RF            1   1   1   4    1   0  .400 1.400   12    0   0   HR
G Gaetti 3B                   4   1   2   0    0   1  .414  .966   16    2   4   CS
  A Newman PH-3B              2   1   1   0    0   0  .167  .500    5    0   0   2B
R Bush RF                     2   0   0   0    2   1  .357 1.286   16    1   0   
  T Laudner PH-1B             1   1   1   1    0   0  .214  .553    5    1   0   2B
G Larkin DH                   5   1   3   1    0   1  .280  .757   30    0   0   2B
B Harper C                    4   1   2   2    0   0  .462 1.308   13    5   0   2B,SH
G Gagne SS                    5   1   1   1    0   0  .304  .739   15    3   3   2B

A Anderson P                                                             1   0
  G Gonzalez P                                                           0   0
  G Wayne P                                                              0   0
Totals                       41  14  19  14    8   6              201   27  12

BATTING

2B: G Larkin (3, off J Morris); K Puckett (3, off J Morris); T Laudner (1, off W Hernandez); A Newman (1, off W Hernandez); B Harper (2, off M Henneman); G Gagne (3, off M Henneman).

HR: K Puckett (1, off C Hudson; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF-CF); C Castillo (1, off W Hernandez; 8th inn, 3 on, 1 out to Deep LF).

SH: B Harper (1, off J Morris).

TB: K Puckett 6; G Larkin 4; C Castillo 4; D Gladden 3; B Harper 3; A Newman 2; T Laudner 2; G Gagne 2; W Backman 2; G Gaetti 2; K Hrbek.

RBI: C Castillo 4 (4); K Puckett 2 (5); B Harper 2 (7); G Gagne (3); G Larkin (1); W Backman (4); K Hrbek (10); D Gladden (2); T Laudner (2).

2-out RBI: D Gladden.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 9 for 16.

FIELDING

DP: 2. K Hrbek-G Gagne-K Hrbek; W Backman-G Gagne-T Laudner.

BASERUNNING

SB: D Gladden (4, 2nd base off J Morris/M Heath).

CS: K Puckett (1, Home by J Morris/M Heath); G Gaetti (1, 2nd base by C Hudson/M Heath).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Williams CF                 4   0   2   0    0   0  .250  .586    7    4   1   
T Lovullo 1B                  4   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .190   14    6   1   
L Whitaker 2B                 4   0   1   0    0   1  .250  .673   13    3   3   
  A Pedrique 2B               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
A Trammell SS                 4   0   1   0    0   2  .111  .440   13    1   2   
  M Brumley SS                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
F Lynn LF                     2   0   0   0    1   0  .133  .411   14    1   1   GDP
  B Bean LF                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .250    4    1   0   
C Brown 3B                    4   0   1   0    0   0  .250  .563   16    0   1   
C Lemon RF                    3   0   1   0    1   0  .417 1.033   11    2   0   
K Moreland DH                 4   0   1   0    0   0  .200  .400   16    0   0   GDP
M Heath C                     3   0   1   0    0   0  .333  .666    9    8   3   

J Morris P                                                               1   0
  C Hudson P                                                             0   0
  M Henneman P                                                           0   0
  W Hernandez P                                                          0   0
  P Gibson P                                                             0   0
Totals                       33   0   8   0    2   5              117   27  12

BATTING

TB: K Williams 2; K Moreland; L Whitaker; M Heath; C Lemon; C Brown; A Trammell.

GIDP: K Moreland (1); F Lynn (1).

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 0 for 3.

FIELDING

DP: 2. M Heath-A Trammell; K Williams-L Whitaker.

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
A Anderson, W (2-0)            7     7   0   0    1   1   0   1.29   28   84-61   40· 4·17   13·10· 3· 0     63    -     0.86   0.22
G Gonzalez                     1     0   0   0    0   3   0   0.00    3   15-11    3· 3· 5    0· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
G Wayne                        1     1   0   0    1   1   0   7.20    4   18-11    5· 0· 6    1· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9     8   0   0    2   5   0          35  117-83   48· 7·28   14·10· 4· 0           -

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Morris, L (0-2)              3.2   8   5   5    4   4   0   6.94   21   83-44   25·15· 4    5· 2· 6· 0     25    -     0.95  -0.30
C Hudson                       3.1   3   1   1    0   1   1   2.70   12   46-27   12· 6· 9    3· 6· 2· 0          3-0    0.19   0.02
M Henneman                     0.1   3   5   5    2   0   0  19.29    6   20-7     5· 1· 1    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.04  -0.01
W Hernandez                    0.2   4   3   3    0   0   1  11.57    5   21-13   10· 1· 2    1· 0· 4· 0          3-3    0.00  -0.00
P Gibson                       1     1   0   0    2   1   0   0.00    6   26-12    5· 1· 6    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    19  14  14    8   6   2          50  196-103  57·24·22   11·12·13· 0          6-3

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - John Hirschbeck, 3B - Larry Barnett.

Time of Game: 2:51.

Attendance: 9,968.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 40° F, Overcast, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Minnesota Twins               Detroit Tigers                       
1. D Gladden            LF    1. K Williams           CF 
2. W Backman            2B    2. T Lovullo            1B 
3. K Puckett            CF    3. L Whitaker           2B 
4. K Hrbek              1B    4. A Trammell           SS 
5. G Gaetti             3B    5. F Lynn               LF 
6. R Bush               RF    6. C Brown              3B 
7. G Larkin             DH    7. C Lemon              RF 
8. B Harper             C     8. K Moreland           DH 
9. G Gagne              SS    9. M Heath              C  

   A Anderson           P        J Morris             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 2   1  0-0  123  4   13%  74% B Harper        J Morris        Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Hrbek Scores; Gaetti Scores; Bush to 2B
   t 2   0  0-0  12-  4    8%  68% R Bush          J Morris        Walk; Hrbek to 3B; Gaetti to 2B
   b 1   2  0-0  123  3    7%  50% C Brown         A Anderson      Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B
   t 2   0  0-0  123  6   -7%  61% G Larkin        J Morris        Strikeout Swinging
   t 3   0  0-2  1-3  3    6%  88% K Puckett       J Morris        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Gladden Scores; Backman to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Jack Morris facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  2   48%  D Gladden       Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   O      ---  5   46%  W Backman       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   45%  K Puckett       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Allan Anderson facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   42%  K Williams      Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  3   45%  T Lovullo       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  1   48%  L Whitaker      Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B (Weak 2B-1B)
          1--  4   46%  A Trammell      Single to LF (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Whitaker to 2B
          12-  5   43%  F Lynn          Walk; Whitaker to 3B; Trammell to 2B
   O      123  3   50%  C Brown         Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Jack Morris facing 4-5-6
          ---  6   54%  K Hrbek         Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
          1--  2   60%  G Gaetti        Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Hrbek to 2B
          12-  4   68%  R Bush          Walk; Hrbek to 3B; Gaetti to 2B
   O      123  6   61%  G Larkin        Strikeout Swinging
   RR     123  4   74%  B Harper        Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Hrbek Scores; Gaetti Scores; Bush to 2B
   OO     12-  1   67%  G Gagne         Line Drive Double Play: CF-2B (CF-RF)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Allan Anderson facing 7-8-9
          ---  1   63%  C Lemon         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  6   67%  K Moreland      Lineout: CF
   O      1--  4   70%  M Heath         Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
          1--  2   68%  K Williams      Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole); Lemon to 2B
   O      12-  4   72%  T Lovullo       Groundout: SS-3B/Forceout at 3B (Deep SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 0.

Top of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jack Morris facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   75%  D Gladden       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
          1--      77%  W Backman       Gladden Steals 2B
          -2-  5   82%  " "             Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Gladden to 3B
   R      1-3  3   88%  K Puckett       Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Gladden Scores; Backman to 3B
   RO     -23  5   89%  K Hrbek         Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B); Backman Scores; Puckett to 3B
   O      --3  6   87%  G Gaetti        Strikeout Swinging
          --3  4   87%  R Bush          Walk
   O      1-3  4   85%  G Larkin        Puckett Caught Stealing Hm (C-SS-1B-C)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-4, Allan Anderson facing 3-4-5
          ---  5   82%  L Whitaker      Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
   O      1--  3   85%  A Trammell      Strikeout Looking
   OO     1--  5   89%  F Lynn          Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 0.

Top of the 4th, Twins Batting, Ahead 4-0, Jack Morris facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   91%  G Larkin        Double to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      -2-  1   91%  B Harper        Bunt Groundout: P unassisted/Sacrifice (Weak 1B); Larkin to 3B
   O      --3  2   88%  G Gagne         Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   R      --3  4   92%  D Gladden       Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Larkin Scores
          1--  4   93%  W Backman       Walk; Gladden to 2B
          12-  4   93%  K Puckett       Walk; Gladden to 3B; Backman to 2B
                  Charles Hudson replaces Jack Morris pitching
   O      123  4   92%  K Hrbek         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Twins 5, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-5, Allan Anderson facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   93%  C Brown         Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  4   94%  C Lemon         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   94%  K Moreland      Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Tigers 0.

Top of the 5th, Twins Batting, Ahead 5-0, Charles Hudson facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   94%  G Gaetti        Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  2   94%  R Bush          Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  6   94%  G Larkin        Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
   O      1--  3   93%  B Harper        Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-5, Allan Anderson facing 9-1-2
          ---  2   91%  M Heath         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  2   93%  K Williams      Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      1--  1   95%  T Lovullo       Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      1--  2   96%  L Whitaker      Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Tigers 0.

Top of the 6th, Twins Batting, Ahead 5-0, Charles Hudson facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   96%  G Gagne         Flyball: RF (RF Line)
   O      ---  6   95%  D Gladden       Flyball: CF (Short CF-RF)
   O      ---  2   95%  W Backman       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-5, Allan Anderson facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   96%  A Trammell      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   97%  F Lynn          Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
   O      ---  5   97%  C Brown         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Tigers 0.

Top of the 7th, Twins Batting, Ahead 5-0, Charles Hudson facing 3-4-5
   R      ---  2   99%  K Puckett       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  4   99%  K Hrbek         Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
          ---  6   99%  G Gaetti        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
   OO     1--  6   98%  R Bush          Double Play: Strikeout Looking, Gaetti Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-6, Allan Anderson facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  1   99%  C Lemon         Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
          ---  2   98%  K Moreland      Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short CF)
   O      1--  3   99%  M Heath         Flyball: RF (Short RF Line)
   O      1--  1   99%  K Williams      Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Tigers 0.

Top of the 8th, Twins Batting, Ahead 6-0, Mike Henneman facing 7-8-9
                  Mike Henneman replaces Charles Hudson pitching
   O      ---  3   99%  G Larkin        Flyball: CF (Short LF-CF)
          ---  2   99%  B Harper        Double to LF (Ground Ball)
   R      -2-  6  100%  G Gagne         Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Harper Scores
          -2-  4  100%  D Gladden       Walk
   R      12-  1  100%  W Backman       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); Gagne Scores; Gladden to 3B
          1-3  4  100%  K Puckett       Walk; Backman to 2B
                  Willie Hernandez replaces Mike Henneman pitching; Carmen Castillo pinch hits for Kent Hrbek batting 4th
   RRRR   123  6  100%  C Castillo      Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Gladden Scores; Backman Scores; Puckett Scores
                  Al Newman pinch hits for Gary Gaetti batting 5th
          ---  1  100%  A Newman        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
                  Tim Laudner pinch hits for Randy Bush batting 6th
   R      -2-  5  100%  T Laudner       Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line); Newman Scores
   RO     -2-  6  100%  G Larkin        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Laudner Scores; Larkin out at 2B/LF-3B-2B
   O      ---  3  100%  B Harper        Groundout: SS-1B
                  8 runs, 7 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 14, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-14, German Gonzalez facing 2-3-4
                  German Gonzalez replaces Allan Anderson pitching; Tim Laudner moves to 1B; Al Newman moves to 3B; John Moses replaces Kirby Puckett playing CF batting 3rd; Carmen Castillo moves to RF
   O      ---  6  100%  T Lovullo       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5  100%  L Whitaker      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4  100%  A Trammell      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 14, Tigers 0.

Top of the 9th, Twins Batting, Ahead 14-0, Paul Gibson facing 9-1-2
                  Paul Gibson replaces Willie Hernandez pitching; Al Pedrique replaces Lou Whitaker playing 2B batting 3rd; Mike Brumley replaces Alan Trammell playing SS batting 4th; Bill Bean replaces Fred Lynn playing LF batting 5th
   O      ---  3  100%  G Gagne         Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
          ---  2  100%  D Gladden       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  6  100%  W Backman       Strikeout Looking
          1--  5  100%  J Moses         Walk; Gladden to 2B
          12-  6  100%  C Castillo      Walk; Gladden to 3B; Moses to 2B
   O      123  4  100%  A Newman        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Twins 14, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-14, Gary Wayne facing 5-6-7
                  Gary Wayne replaces German Gonzalez pitching
   O      ---  4  100%  B Bean          Strikeout Looking
          ---  5  100%  C Brown         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
          1--  5  100%  C Lemon         Walk; Brown to 2B
   OO     12-  4  100%  K Moreland      Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 14, Tigers 0.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:DET198904110

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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