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July 25, 1987

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Twins 12 10 1
Blue Jays 9 15 1
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Twins 12 10 1
Blue Jays 9 15 1

Ernie Whitt Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .260
OBP .250 .326
At Bats 4 254
Hits 1 66
• Singles 1 43
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 0 38

Joe Niekro Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 7 0
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Exhibition Stadium - July 25, 1987
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Out
Joe Niekro
Tim Laudner
Gene Larkin
Steve Lombardozzi
Gary Gaetti
Greg Gagne
Tom Brunansky
Dan Gladden
Randy Bush
Ernie Whitt
Cecil Fielder
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Whitt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larkin fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Fielder hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Brunansky hits a fly ball into left field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it and throws to second for the out. Puckett scores.
Top 8 Gaetti is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Puckett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Barfield who is chasing the ball. Puckett reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Bush bunts towards the mound. Lavelle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Joe Niekro now pitching. Barfield hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gruber hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larkin fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Keith Atherton now pitching. Fernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Iorg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Leach hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bush. Leach reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Gladden hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iorg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gagne hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Leach. Gagne reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Lombardozzi hits a popup towards first. Beniquez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kelly Gruber now playing third base. Juan Beniquez now playing first base. Laudner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Juan Beniquez pinch hits for Willie Upshaw. Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Whitt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Barfield moves to second.
Bottom 6 Cecil Fielder pinch hits for Fred McGriff. Fielder strikes out.
Bottom 6 Barfield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Kelly Gruber pinch hits for Rance Mulliniks. Dan Gladden now playing center field. Randy Bush now playing right field. Tom Brunansky now playing lGruber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gary Lavelle now pitching. Brunansky hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Larkin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gaetti scores.
Top 6 There goes Gaetti. The throw from Whitt and he is safe. Gaetti steals second.
Top 6 Gaetti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bush scores.
Top 6 Puckett hits a popup in front of the plate. Whitt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Bush. The throw from Whitt and he is safe. Bush steals second.
Top 6 Randy Bush pinch hits for Mark Davidson. Bush hits a ball on the ground towards first. Upshaw throws to second for one, and Fernandez throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Lombardozzi scores. Gagne scores.
Top 6 Gladden is walked intentionally.
Top 6 There goes Gagne. The throw from Whitt and he is safe. Gagne steals second.
Top 6 Mark Eichhorn now pitching. There goes Lombardozzi. The throw from Whitt and he is safe. Lombardozzi steals third.
Top 6 Gagne hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brunansky scores. Laudner scores. Lombardozzi moves to second.
Top 6 Lombardozzi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Musselman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brunansky moves to third. Laudner moves to second.
Top 6 Jeff Musselman now pitching. Laudner takes first base on ball four. Brunansky moves to second.
Top 6 Brunansky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Larkin hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Moseby hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Laudner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Leach moves to third. Fernandez moves to second.
Bottom 5 Fernandez is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Leach moves to second.
Bottom 5 Leach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Upshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gaetti hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Puckett is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Davidson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Whitt strikes out.
Bottom 4 McGriff hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Barfield is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Mulliniks hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brunansky. Mulliniks reaches second base with a double. Fernandez scores.
Bottom 4 Dan Schatzeder now pitching. Moseby hits a fly ball into right field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fernandez moves to third.
Bottom 4 Fernandez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brunansky. Fernandez reaches second base with a double. Iorg scores.
Bottom 4 Iorg hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gladden. Iorg reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Gladden hits a fly ball into left field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gagne takes first base on ball four. Lombardozzi moves to second.
Top 4 Lombardozzi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iorg fields it and throws to second for the out. Larkin scores. Brunansky moves to third.
Top 4 Don Gordon now pitching. Laudner takes first base on ball four. Larkin moves to third. Brunansky moves to second.
Top 4 Brunansky takes first base on ball four. Larkin moves to second.
Top 4 Larkin takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Gaetti hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Puckett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Davidson moves to third.
Top 4 Davidson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Gladden hits a fly ball into left field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Leach hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larkin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Leach for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Upshaw. The throw from Laudner and he is out, Gagne applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Upshaw takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Whitt hits a fly ball into center field. Davidson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McGriff hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Barfield hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brunansky. Barfield reaches second base with a double. Moseby scores. Mulliniks moves to third.
Bottom 3 Mulliniks takes first base on ball four. Moseby moves to second.
Bottom 3 Moseby takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Gagne strikes out.
Top 3 Lombardozzi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Laudner hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fernandez hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne fields it and throws to second for the out. Upshaw moves to third.
Bottom 2 Leach hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Upshaw moves to second.
Bottom 2 Upshaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Whitt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Straker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Brunansky hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Larkin hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iorg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 McGriff strikes out.
Bottom 1 Barfield hits a popup towards short. Gagne settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mulliniks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi misplays the ball. That's an error on Lombardozzi. Fernandez moves to third.
Bottom 1 Moseby hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 The umpire calls a balk on Straker Fernandez moves to second.
Bottom 1 Fernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iorg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cerutti spins and fires to second, and Davidson is picked off.
Top 1 There goes Davidson. The throw from Whitt and he is safe. Davidson steals second.
Top 1 Davidson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Gladden strikes out.