September 4, 1985 Milwaukee Brewers at Minnesota Twins Box Score and Play by Play

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BAL 6
OAK 1 CAL 5
@DET 2 KCR 6
CHW 5
(10) MIL 11
@MIN 10 NYY 4
SEA 3 CLE 5
@TOR 4 HOU 11
@CHC 6 LAD 4
MON 2 PIT 2
ATL 0 NYM 9
@SDP 2 SFG 4
PHI 3 STL 4
CIN 3

Standings at end of play this day

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Attendance: 14,216

Wednesday, September 4, 1985
Time of Game: 3:11

Brewers

60-70

Won 1

6th, 21 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Brewers         2  3  0   1  0  5   0  0  0   11 14  0
Twins           4  2  0   1  0  3   0  0  0   10 13  0

W: R Waits (3-2), L: D Burtt (0-1), S: R Fingers (17)

Twins

60-71

Lost 1

5th, 14 GB

BATTING

Milwaukee Brewers            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
P Molitor 3B                  4   2   1   0    1   0  .300  .778    0    0   5   3B,GDP
E Riles SS                    5   3   4   1    0   0  .308  .777    0    1   3   
C Cooper 1B                   4   1   2   2    1   0  .310  .821    0   12   3   HR,2B
T Simmons C                   4   1   2   3    1   0  .272  .760    0    4   1   
R Manning CF                  5   1   2   4    0   1  .239  .609    0    3   0   HR
D James DH                    3   0   0   0    2   0  .244  .600    0    0   0   
P Householder RF-LF           4   1   1   0    1   1  .223  .597    0    2   1   GDP
J Gantner 2B                  5   1   1   0    0   0  .245  .608    0    1   4   GDP
R Ready LF                    3   1   1   0    1   0  .232  .610    0    1   0   2B
  E Romero RF                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .259  .640    0    1   0   

P Vuckovich P                                                            0   0
  R Waits P                                                              2   0
  B Gibson P                                                             0   0
  R Searage P                                                            0   0
  R Fingers P                                                            0   0
Totals                       38  11  14  10    7   2                    27  17

BATTING

2B: R Ready (4, off D Burtt); C Cooper (35, off R Lysander).

3B: P Molitor (3, off J Butcher).

HR: C Cooper (13, off J Butcher; 1st inn, 1 on, 1 out to CF); R Manning (2, off P Filson; 6th inn, 2 on, 1 out to CF).

TB: C Cooper 6; R Manning 5; E Riles 4; P Molitor 3; R Ready 2; T Simmons 2; J Gantner; P Householder.

GIDP: J Gantner (13); P Molitor (9); P Householder (3).

RBI: R Manning 4 (14); T Simmons 3 (68); C Cooper 2 (85); E Riles (41).

2-out RBI: R Manning; E Riles.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 6 for 13.

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Puckett CF                  3   0   1   0    1   2  .277  .688    0    3   0   SH
R Smalley DH                  1   0   0   0    1   1  .255  .781    0    0   0   
  M Funderburk PH             3   1   1   2    0   0  .500 1.250    0    0   0   2B
K Hrbek 1B                    5   2   3   2    0   0  .276  .783    0   10   0   2B
T Brunansky RF                4   1   1   2    1   0  .243  .775    0    1   0   2B
R Bush LF                     4   1   1   1    0   0  .240  .786    0    4   0   
  D Engle PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .259  .768    0    0   0   
  D Meier LF                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .222  .613         0   0   
M Salas C                     4   1   2   3    0   0  .310  .789    0    2   0   HR,CS
  T Laudner PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .245  .731    0    0   0   
G Gaetti 3B                   5   0   1   0    0   0  .246  .710    0    1   1   SB
T Teufel 2B                   4   1   1   0    0   1  .269  .743    0    2   4   2B,HBP
A Espinoza SS                 2   2   2   0    0   0  .255  .558    0    3   5   
  M Stenhouse PH              0   1   0   0    1   0  .218  .670    0    0   0   
  G Gagne SS                  0   0   0   0    1   0  .236  .645    0    1   1   

J Butcher P                                                              0   0
  R Lysander P                                                           0   0
  D Burtt P                                                              0   1
  P Filson P                                                             0   0
  F Eufemia P                                                            0   0
Totals                       37  10  13  10    5   4                    27  12

BATTING

2B: M Funderburk (1, off B Gibson); T Teufel (20, off B Gibson); T Brunansky (21, off P Vuckovich); K Hrbek (24, off R Waits).

HR: M Salas (6, off P Vuckovich; 1st inn, 2 on, 2 outs to CF).

SH: K Puckett (4, off P Vuckovich).

HBP: T Teufel (3, by B Gibson).

TB: M Salas 5; K Hrbek 4; A Espinoza 2; T Brunansky 2; T Teufel 2; M Funderburk 2; G Gaetti; R Bush; K Puckett.

RBI: M Salas 3 (35); M Funderburk 2 (2); T Brunansky 2 (72); K Hrbek 2 (75); R Bush (33).

2-out RBI: M Salas 3; T Brunansky 2; R Bush.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 5 for 12.

FIELDING

DP: 3. A Espinoza-T Teufel-K Hrbek; T Teufel-A Espinoza-K Hrbek; D Burtt-A Espinoza-K Hrbek.

BASERUNNING

SB: G Gaetti (11, 2nd base off P Vuckovich/T Simmons).

CS: M Salas (1, 2nd base by R Waits/T Simmons).

PITCHING

Milwaukee Brewers             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
P Vuckovich                    1.2   6   6   6    2   2   1   5.51   13     -       ·  ·      3· 0· 0· 6     19    -     1.13  -0.53
R Waits, W (3-2)               3.1   4   1   1    0   0   0   5.26   12     -       ·  ·      7· 1· 0· 4          1-0    0.92   0.06
B Gibson                       2     3   3   3    3   1   0   3.77   13     -       ·  ·      2· 3· 0· 3          0-0    2.11  -0.10
R Searage, H (1)               1     0   0   0    0   0   0   7.18    3     -       ·  ·      1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.91   0.15
R Fingers, S (17)              1     0   0   0    0   1   0   4.61    3     -       ·  ·      1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    2.78   0.21
Totals                         9    13  10  10    5   4   1          44     -       ·  ·     14· 7· 0·13          1-0

Minnesota Twins               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Butcher                      1.2   5   5   5    3   0   1   4.80   12     -       ·  ·      3· 1· 0· 5     22    -     1.18  -0.33
R Lysander                     2.1   3   1   1    1   0   0   6.11   11     -       ·  ·      5· 2· 0· 3          2-1    1.49  -0.06
D Burtt, H (1), L (0-1)        1     2   3   3    2   0   0  27.00    6     -       ·  ·      1· 1· 0· 2          0-0    1.69  -0.19
P Filson, BS (1)               0.1   2   2   2    1   0   1   4.03    4     -       ·  ·      0· 1· 0· 2          3-3    2.34  -0.31
F Eufemia                      3.2   2   0   0    0   2   0   3.38   12     -       ·  ·      2· 6· 0· 2          1-0    0.69   0.17
Totals                         9    14  11  11    7   2   2          45     -       ·  ·     11·11· 0·14          6-4

D Burtt faced 3 batters in the 6th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: B Gibson (1; T Teufel).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Dan Morrison, 3B - Jim Evans.

Time of Game: 3:11.

Attendance: 14,216.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Unknown.

LINEUPS

   Milwaukee Brewers             Minnesota Twins                      
1. P Molitor            3B    1. K Puckett            CF 
2. E Riles              SS    2. R Smalley            DH 
3. C Cooper             1B    3. K Hrbek              1B 
4. T Simmons            C     4. T Brunansky          RF 
5. R Manning            CF    5. R Bush               LF 
6. D James              DH    6. M Salas              C  
7. P Householder        RF    7. G Gaetti             3B 
8. J Gantner            2B    8. T Teufel             2B 
9. R Ready              LF    9. A Espinoza           SS 

   P Vuckovich          P        J Butcher            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   2  2-1  1-3     -25%  30% M Salas         P Vuckovich     Home Run; Brunansky Scores; Bush Scores
   t 6   1  7-8  12-      21%  91% R Manning       P Filson        Home Run; Riles Scores; Simmons Scores
   t 6   1  7-6  123      19%  69% T Simmons       P Filson        Single; Ready Scores; Molitor Scores; Riles to 2B
   b 2   2  5-4  1-3     -19%  36% T Brunansky     P Vuckovich     Double; Espinoza Scores; Hrbek Scores
   b 7   2 11-10 123      15%  74% M Funderburk    B Gibson        Flyball: RF

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Brewers Batting, Tied 0-0, John Butcher facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---      59%  P Molitor       Triple
   O      --3      54%  E Riles         Groundout: 1B unassisted
   RR     --3      66%  C Cooper        Home Run; Molitor Scores
          ---      68%  T Simmons       Single
   O      1--      66%  R Manning       Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--      64%  D James         Flyball: 3B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Twins Batting, Behind 0-2, Pete Vuckovich facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      67%  K Puckett       Strikeout
   O      ---      68%  R Smalley       Strikeout
          ---      67%  K Hrbek         Single
          1--      65%  T Brunansky     Walk; Hrbek to 2B
   R      12-      55%  R Bush          Single; Hrbek Scores; Brunansky to 3B
   RRR    1-3      30%  M Salas         Home Run; Brunansky Scores; Bush Scores
          ---      29%  G Gaetti        Single
          1--      28%  T Teufel        Gaetti Steals 2B
   O      -2-      31%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Twins 4.

Top of the 2nd, Brewers Batting, Behind 2-4, John Butcher facing 7-8-9
          ---      34%  P Householder   Walk
          1--      40%  J Gantner       Single; Householder to 2B
          12-      48%  R Ready         Walk; Householder to 3B; Gantner to 2B
   ROO    123      38%  P Molitor       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B; Householder Scores; Gantner to 3B
   R      --3      47%  E Riles         Single; Gantner Scores
          1--      49%  C Cooper        Walk; Riles to 2B
                  Rick Lysander replaces John Butcher pitching
          12-      52%  T Simmons       Walk; Riles to 3B; Cooper to 2B
   R      123      62%  R Manning       Single; Riles Scores; Cooper to 3B; Simmons to 2B
   O      123      55%  D James         Groundout: SS-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Brewers 5, Twins 4.

Bottom of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Behind 4-5, Pete Vuckovich facing 9-1-2
          ---      51%  A Espinoza      Single
   O      1--      53%  K Puckett       Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice; Espinoza to 2B
          -2-      51%  R Smalley       Walk
   O      12-      55%  K Hrbek         Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Espinoza to 3B; Hrbek to 1B
   RR     1-3      36%  T Brunansky     Double; Espinoza Scores; Hrbek Scores
                  Rick Waits replaces Pete Vuckovich pitching
   O      -2-      39%  R Bush          Groundout: 1B-P
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Brewers 5, Twins 6.

Top of the 3rd, Brewers Batting, Behind 5-6, Rick Lysander facing 7-8-9
   O      ---      36%  P Householder   Flyball: 2B
   O      ---      35%  J Gantner       Flyball: CF
   O      ---      33%  R Ready         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Twins 6.

Bottom of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Ahead 6-5, Rick Waits facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      35%  M Salas         Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---      37%  G Gaetti        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      38%  T Teufel        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Twins 6.

Top of the 4th, Brewers Batting, Behind 5-6, Rick Lysander facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      35%  P Molitor       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---      38%  E Riles         Single
          1--      49%  C Cooper        Double; Riles to 3B
   RO     -23      48%  T Simmons       Groundout: SS-1B; Riles Scores; Cooper to 3B
   O      --3      44%  R Manning       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Brewers 6, Twins 6.

Bottom of the 4th, Twins Batting, Tied 6-6, Rick Waits facing 9-1-2
          ---      40%  A Espinoza      Single
   O      1--      38%  K Puckett       Single; Espinoza to 3B; Puckett out at 2B/RF-SS-1B
                  Mark Funderburk pinch hits for Roy Smalley batting 2nd
   RO     --3      35%  M Funderburk    Groundout: 2B-1B; Espinoza Scores
          ---      33%  K Hrbek         Double
   O      -2-      37%  T Brunansky     Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Brewers 6, Twins 7.

Top of the 5th, Brewers Batting, Behind 6-7, Dennis Burtt facing 6-7-8
                  Dennis Burtt replaces Rick Lysander pitching
          ---      42%  D James         Walk
   OO     1--      31%  P Householder   Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
   O      ---      29%  J Gantner       Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Brewers 6, Twins 7.

Bottom of the 5th, Twins Batting, Ahead 7-6, Rick Waits facing 5-6-7
   O      ---      32%  R Bush          Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---      29%  M Salas         Single
   O      1--      33%  G Gaetti        Salas Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
   O      ---      34%  " "             Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Brewers 6, Twins 7.

Top of the 6th, Brewers Batting, Behind 6-7, Dennis Burtt facing 9-1-2
          ---      44%  R Ready         Double
          -2-      49%  P Molitor       Walk
          12-      60%  E Riles         Single; Ready to 3B; Molitor to 2B
                  Pete Filson replaces Dennis Burtt pitching
   O      123      50%  C Cooper        Flyball: LF
   RR     123      69%  T Simmons       Single; Ready Scores; Molitor Scores; Riles to 2B
   RRR    12-      91%  R Manning       Home Run; Riles Scores; Simmons Scores
          ---      91%  D James         Walk
                  Frank Eufemia replaces Pete Filson pitching
          1--      92%  P Householder   Single; James to 2B
   OO     12-      90%  J Gantner       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Brewers 11, Twins 7.

Bottom of the 6th, Twins Batting, Behind 7-11, Bob Gibson facing 8-9-1
                  Bob Gibson replaces Rick Waits pitching
          ---      85%  T Teufel        Double
                  Mike Stenhouse pinch hits for Alvaro Espinoza batting 9th
          -2-      80%  M Stenhouse     Walk
   O      12-      86%  K Puckett       Strikeout
   R      12-      73%  M Funderburk    Double; Teufel Scores; Stenhouse to 3B
   RR     -23      59%  K Hrbek         Single; Stenhouse Scores; Funderburk Scores
   O      1--      64%  T Brunansky     Flyball: CF
   O      1--      69%  R Bush          Flyball: LF
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Brewers 11, Twins 10.

Top of the 7th, Brewers Batting, Ahead 11-10, Frank Eufemia facing 9-1-2
                  Greg Gagne replaces Mike Stenhouse playing SS batting 9th
   O      ---      66%  R Ready         Flyball: LF
   O      ---      64%  P Molitor       Flyball: RF
          ---      66%  E Riles         Single
   O      1--      63%  C Cooper        Flyball: SS/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Brewers 11, Twins 10.

Bottom of the 7th, Twins Batting, Behind 10-11, Bob Gibson facing 6-7-8
                  Paul Householder moves to LF; Ed Romero replaces Randy Ready playing RF batting 9th
   O      ---      68%  M Salas         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---      71%  G Gaetti        Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---      69%  T Teufel        Hit By Pitch
          1--      64%  G Gagne         Walk; Teufel to 2B
          12-      58%  K Puckett       Walk; Teufel to 3B; Gagne to 2B
   O      123      74%  M Funderburk    Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Brewers 11, Twins 10.

Top of the 8th, Brewers Batting, Ahead 11-10, Frank Eufemia facing 4-5-6
   O      ---      71%  T Simmons       Flyball: LF
   O      ---      70%  R Manning       Strikeout
   O      ---      68%  D James         Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Brewers 11, Twins 10.

Bottom of the 8th, Twins Batting, Behind 10-11, Ray Searage facing 3-4-5
                  Ray Searage replaces Bob Gibson pitching
   O      ---      75%  K Hrbek         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      80%  T Brunansky     Flyball: LF
                  Dave Engle pinch hits for Randy Bush batting 5th
   O      ---      83%  D Engle         Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Brewers 11, Twins 10.

Top of the 9th, Brewers Batting, Ahead 11-10, Frank Eufemia facing 7-8-9
                  Dave Meier replaces Dave Engle playing LF batting 5th
   O      ---      81%  P Householder   Strikeout
   O      ---      80%  J Gantner       Flyball: CF
   O      ---      79%  E Romero        Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Brewers 11, Twins 10.

Bottom of the 9th, Twins Batting, Behind 10-11, Rollie Fingers facing 6-7-8
                  Rollie Fingers replaces Ray Searage pitching; Tim Laudner pinch hits for Mark Salas batting 6th
   O      ---      88%  T Laudner       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      95%  G Gaetti        Flyball: LF
   O      ---     100%  T Teufel        Strikeout
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Brewers 11, Twins 10.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation