| The red hot Detroit Tigers won their 11th in a row today, defeating the Minnesota Twins 7-1. The Tigers are 16-4 in their last 20 games and are now 4 games in front of the 2nd place Toronto Blue Jays in the AL East. Doyle Alexander got his 2nd victory in his 2nd start since being traded to Detroit from the Atlanta Braves. Alexander was also making a bid for his 2nd straight shutout before the Twins Kent Hrbek hit a homerun leading off the 9th inning. The Tigers centerfielder Chet Lemon continued his hot hitting and drove in 3 runs for the victors. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1987 Minnesota Twins At 1987 Detroit Tigers 8/20/1987
Twins AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
D.Gladden LF 4 0 0 0 .265 L.Whitaker 2B 4 0 0 0 .263
G.Gagne SS 4 0 1 0 .271 K.Gibson LF 5 0 0 0 .248
K.Puckett CF 4 0 1 0 .337 A.Trammell SS 4 1 1 0 .341
K.Hrbek 1B 4 1 1 1 .287 M.Nokes C 3 2 1 0 .346
G.Gaetti 3B 4 0 0 0 .210 D.Evans DH 2 1 2 0 .283
R.Smalley DH 4 0 2 0 .250 E-J.Morrison PR,DH 0 1 0 0 .179
T.Brunansky RF 3 0 0 0 .242 C.Lemon CF 4 2 2 3 .320
S.Lombardozzi 2B 2 0 0 0 .221 D.Bergman 1B 3 0 2 1 .243
A-R.Bush PH 1 0 0 0 .253 P.Sheridan RF 4 0 2 3 .244
C-T.Laudner C 0 0 0 0 .179 T.Brookens 3B 4 0 0 0 .270
S.Butera C 2 0 0 0 .200
B-G.Larkin PH 1 0 0 0 .299
D-A.Newman 2B 0 0 0 0 .274
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 1 5 1 Totals 33 7 10 7
A-Pinch Hit For Lombardozzi In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Butera In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Bush In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Larkin In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Evans In 8th Inning
Twins........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 - 7 10 1
Twins (65-58) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Niekro LOSS(9-6) 5 2/3 5 5 5 3 5 0 99 4.82
R.Smith 1 1/3 4 2 2 1 1 0 43 4.38
K.Atherton 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 17 2.37
Totals 8 10 7 7 4 9 0
Tigers (75-43) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Alexander WIN(2-0) 8 5 1 1 1 2 1 114 0.53
E.King 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5.10
Totals 9 5 1 1 1 2 1
ATTENDANCE- 35,619 DATE- Thursday, August 20th 1987 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Rocky Roe, Larry Barnett, Greg Kosc, Vic Voltaggio
T- 2:53
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 6 Tigers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 1 Tigers: 0
ERRORS- L.Whitaker
DOUBLES- D.Evans(28th), D.Bergman(5th)
TRIPLES- M.Nokes(5th)
HOME RUNS- K.Hrbek(31st)
WALKS- T.Brunansky, L.Whitaker, D.Evans-2, D.Bergman
HIT BY PITCH- M.Nokes
STRIKE OUTS- R.Bush, S.Butera, L.Whitaker-2, K.Gibson-2, C.Lemon, P.Sheridan-2,
T.Brookens-2
GIDP- C.Lemon
2-out RBI- C.Lemon-2, P.Sheridan-2
RLISP 2-out- K.Hrbek, S.Butera-2, T.Brookens-3, D.Evans, D.Bergman-2, K.Gibson
In a lop-sided win the seemingly unstoppable Detroit Tigers ripped the
Minnesota Twins by a 7 to 1 count.
Minnesota was unable to recover after Detroit went ahead in the bottom of the
5th inning plating one baserunner utilizing 2 base hits. Detroit had 10 hits
overall, while Minnesota had 5.
Doyle Alexander(2-0) allowed 1 run in 8 innings, and picked up the victory.
Joe Niekro(9-6) suffered the loss. He gave up 5 runs and 5 hits in 5 and 2/3
innings.
For Detroit, it was just another victory in their mounting winning streak.
