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September 6, 1989

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Bottom 7 R H E
Royals 5 8 3
Tigers 8 12 0
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Royals 5 8 3
Tigers 11 13 0

Lou Whitaker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .257
OBP .500 .361
At Bats 3 452
Hits 1 116
• Singles 0 73
• Doubles 1 16
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 26
Walks 1 77
RBI’s 0 76

Rick Luecken Season Stats

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1 0 1
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Tiger Stadium - September 6, 1989
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Home Run
Rick Luecken
Bob Boone
George Brett
Frank White
Kevin Seitzer
Kurt Stillwell
Bo Jackson
Jim Eisenreich
Pat Tabler
Lou Whitaker
Gary Pettis
Doug Strange
Count: 3-0, 2 Outs
Count: 3-0, 2 Outs

Whitaker hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Heath hits a line drive into right field. Tabler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Pettis takes first base on ball four. Strange moves to second.
Bottom 7 Strange hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 There goes Brumley. The throw from Boone and he is out, Seitzer applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Brumley bunts towards second. White picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on White. Brumley moves to second.
Top 7 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Stillwell hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Seitzer moves to second.
Top 7 Seitzer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Lusader settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lusader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Fred Lynn pinch hits for Rick Schu. Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lynn for the out. Heath scores. Whitaker moves to third. Bergman moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Rick Luecken now pitching. Lemon strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bergman is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Larry McWilliams now pitching. Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Stillwell. Pettis scores. Heath moves to third. Whitaker moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Heath hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Pettis moves to third.
Bottom 6 There goes Pettis. The throw from Boone and he is safe. Pettis steals second.
Bottom 6 Pettis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dubois fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Tabler hits a popup into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brumley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Strange hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Strange for the out.
Bottom 5 Brumley strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lusader hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jackson. Lusader reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Schu strikes out.
Top 5 Eisenreich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Jackson is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bergman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out. Stillwell moves to second.
Top 5 Stillwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Dubois fires to first and picks off Seitzer.
Top 5 Dave Bergman now playing first base. Brian Dubois now pitching. Seitzer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Tabler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bergman is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Dave Bergman pinch hits for Gary Ward. The umpire calls a balk on Leach Pettis moves to third. Whitaker moves to second.
Bottom 4 Whitaker is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Heath hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Pettis. The throw from Boone and he is safe. Pettis steals second.
Bottom 4 Pettis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Strange hits a fly ball into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ed Nunez now pitching. Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Strange fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 White hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Eisenreich scores. Tabler moves to second.
Top 4 Tabler takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Tartabull strikes out. There goes Eisenreich. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 4 Scott Lusader now playing left field. Eisenreich hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Brumley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brett fields it, tags Brumley out, and throws to home to double up Ward, who tagged and tried to score.
Bottom 3 Scott Lusader pinch hits for Ken Williams. Lusader takes first base on ball four. Schu moves to second.
Bottom 3 Schu hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ward moves to third.
Bottom 3 Terry Leach now pitching. Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ward hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jackson. Ward reaches second base with a double. Heath scores. Whitaker scores.
Bottom 3 Whitaker hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Jackson. Whitaker reaches second base with a double. Heath moves to third.
Bottom 3 Heath hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Jackson strikes out.
Top 3 Brett hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Stillwell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Heath settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Seitzer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pettis. Seitzer reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brumley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Pettis strikes out.
Bottom 2 Strange hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Brumley hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Schu scores.
Bottom 2 Schu hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Jackson picks up the ball and throws it away. That's a double and an error on Jackson. Lemon goes all the way around to score. Schu moves to third.
Bottom 2 Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 White hits a popup towards short. Brumley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tabler strikes out.
Top 2 Tartabull strikes out.
Bottom 1 Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Whitaker for the out.
Bottom 1 Heath hits a fly ball into center field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pettis hits a line drive into right field. Tabler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Eisenreich hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jackson hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Brett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Brett reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Stillwell strikes out.
Top 1 Seitzer strikes out.