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September 5, 1987

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Tigers 7 11 0
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Rangers 6 11 2

Kirk Gibson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .281
OBP .750 .378
At Bats 4 398
Hits 3 112
• Singles 3 70
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 19
Walks 0 59
RBI’s 0 67

Steve Howe Season Stats

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1 2 0
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Arlington Stadium - September 5, 1987
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Strikeout
Steve Howe
Don Slaught
Pete O'Brien
Steve Buechele
Tom O'Malley
Scott Fletcher
Larry Parrish
Oddibe McDowell
Ruben Sierra
Kirk Gibson
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Larry Parrish now playing left field. Tom O'Malley now playing third base. Gibson strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Slaught hits a fly ball into left field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tom O'Malley pinch hits for Tom Paciorek. O'Malley takes first base on ball four. Porter moves to second.
Bottom 7 Porter is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Mike Henneman now pitching. Darrell Porter pinch hits for Mike Stanley. There's a wild pitch. Parrish scores. O'Brien moves to third.
Bottom 7 O'Brien hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McDowell scores. Parrish moves to third.
Bottom 7 Parrish is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Sierra 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. McDowell moves to third.
Bottom 7 Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McDowell moves to second.
Bottom 7 McDowell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 There goes Madlock. The throw from Slaught and he is out, Fletcher applying the tag.
Top 7 Madlock hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Brookens scores.
Top 7 Steve Howe now pitching. Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brookens moves to third.
Top 7 There goes Brookens. The throw from Slaught and he is safe. Brookens steals second.
Top 7 Brookens hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Sheridan hits a fly ball into left field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Slaught hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Paciorek hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Lemon hits a popup, foul, towards first. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Nokes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gibson moves to third.
Top 6 Evans hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Trammell hits a fly ball into left field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gibson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 O'Brien takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Parrish hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sierra 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 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Whitaker hits a popup, foul, towards third. Parrish settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brookens hits a fly ball into left field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Oddibe McDowell now playing center field. Sheridan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dan Petry now pitching. Oddibe McDowell pinch hits for Bob Brower. McDowell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Buechele hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gibson. Buechele reaches second base with a double. Stanley scores. Slaught moves to third.
Bottom 4 Slaught hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stanley moves to third.
Bottom 4 Paciorek strikes out.
Bottom 4 Stanley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sheridan. Stanley reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards first. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first, with Russell covering, for the out.
Top 4 Nokes hits a fly ball towards center. Brower settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Brower. Nokes moves to third.
Top 4 Jeff Russell now pitching. Evans hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 4 Trammell takes first base on ball four. Gibson moves to second.
Top 4 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Parrish fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Madlock moves to third.
Top 4 Madlock hits a ball on the ground into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Top 4 Whitaker hits a fly ball into left field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Brookens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tanana fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Parrish strikes out.
Bottom 3 Sierra hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fletcher hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Sheridan hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lemon takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to third. Nokes moves to second.
Top 3 Nokes takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Evans. The throw from Slaught and he is safe. Evans steals second.
Top 3 Evans hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Trammell is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Gibson hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Brower is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Buechele hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. O'Brien scores. Slaught moves to third.
Bottom 2 Slaught is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Paciorek strikes out.
Bottom 2 Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Sheridan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Brien hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gibson. O'Brien reaches second base with a double. Parrish goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Parrish hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Madlock hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Whitaker. The throw from Slaught and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Whitaker scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 There goes Whitaker. The throw from Slaught and he is safe. Whitaker steals second.
Top 2 Whitaker takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Brookens hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Sheridan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Buechele scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lemon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Buechele settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Brower hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Nokes hits a fly ball into left field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Evans takes first base on ball four. Gibson moves to second.
Top 1 Trammell hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gibson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitaker moves to third.
Top 1 Madlock hits a popup towards first. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Whitaker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.