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Twins 11 @ Tigers 3
Tiger Stadium
May 31, 1987
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins, played on May 31, 1987 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Twins with a score of 11 to 3.

Game Summary

DateMay 31, 1987 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 11 H: 20 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 11
Hits: 20
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 3 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 3
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Winning Pitcher—George Frazier  
Losing Pitcher—Frank Tanana  
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Game Winning RBI—Kirby Puckett 

Game Info

DateMay 31, 1987 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherAllan Anderson  
Home Starting PitcherFrank Tanana  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance20,993 
Time of Game2 hours 56 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Greg Kosc
1B: Vic Voltaggio
2B: Rocky Roe
3B: Larry Barnett

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Al Newman  Shortstop 
Dan Gladden  Left Fielder 
Kirby Puckett  Center Fielder 
Gary Gaetti  Third Baseman 
Kent Hrbek  First Baseman 
Tom Brunansky  DH 
Tim Laudner  Catcher 
Steve Lombardozzi  Second Baseman 
Mark Davidson  Right Fielder 
Tom Kelly  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Tom Brookens  Third Baseman 
Darrell Evans  First Baseman 
Kirk Gibson  Left Fielder 
Alan Trammell  Shortstop 
Larry Herndon  DH 
Mike Heath  Catcher 
Terry Harper  Right Fielder 
Chet Lemon  Center Fielder 
Jim Walewander  Second Baseman 
Sparky Anderson  Manager 

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Twins 11 @ Tigers 3
Tiger Stadium
May 31, 1987

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         Game of 5/31/1987, game 2 -- Minnesota at Detroit (D)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Newman A, ss          6  1  0  0   Brookens T, 3b        3  1  1  0   
Gladden D, lf         6  3  4  1   Evans D, 1b           3  0  0  0   
Puckett K, cf         5  1  4  2   Gibson K, lf          4  0  2  1   
Gagne G, cf           0  0  0  0   Trammell A, ss        4  0  2  0   
Gaetti G, 3b          4  0  1  2   Herndon L, dh         1  1  0  0   
Hrbek K, 1b           5  0  1  1   Nokes M, ph           2  0  0  0   
Larkin G, 1b          0  0  0  0   Heath M, c            4  0  1  0   
Brunansky T, dh       3  3  2  1   Harper T, rf          2  0  0  0   
Laudner T, c          5  2  2  3   Sheridan P, ph-rf-cf  2  0  0  0   
Lombardozzi S, 2b     5  0  3  1   Lemon C, cf           2  1  1  2   
Davidson M, rf        2  0  1  0   Bergman D, rf         1  0  0  0   
Bush R, ph-rf         3  1  2  0   Walewander J, 2b      3  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     44 11 20 11                        31  3  7  3

Minnesota        121 003 130 -- 11
Detroit          021 000 000 --  3

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Anderson A            3.0  5  3  3  2  0
Portugal M            1.2  2  0  0  1  1
Frazier G (W)         3.1  0  0  0  0  1
Atherton K            1.0  0  0  0  0  1

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Tanana F (L)          2.2  5  4  4  2  2
King E                2.2  5  3  3  0  2
Snell N               0.1  2  0  0  1  0
Thurmond M            3.1  8  4  4  0  1

DP -- Minnesota 3, Detroit 4
LOB -- Minnesota 9, Detroit 5
2B -- Gladden D, Brunansky T, Puckett K
HR -- Laudner T 2, Lemon C, Brunansky T
SB -- Gladden D, Puckett K
CS -- Puckett K
HBP -- by Portugal M (Lemon C)
WP -- Tanana F
T -- 2:56
A -- 20993

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