1987 World Series Game 1

October 17, 1987

The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cincinnati Reds 6-4 to take game 1 of the 1987 World Series.

BOXSCORE: 1987 Cincinnati Reds At 1987 Detroit Tigers              10/17/1987
 
  Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  K.Daniels LF        5  2  2  2 .400     L.Whitaker 2B       3  1  2  1 .667  
  D.Concepcion 2B     4  0  1  0 .250     B.Madlock DH        4  2  2  1 .500  
  E.Davis CF          4  0  1  0 .250     L.Herndon RF        3  1  1  2 .333  
  D.Parker DH         4  0  0  0 .000   C-P.Sheridan RF       0  0  0  0 ----  
  N.Esasky 1B         3  0  1  0 .333     A.Trammell SS       4  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Bell 3B           4  1  1  0 .250     D.Evans 1B          3  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Diaz C            2  0  0  0 .000   D-D.Bergman 1B        0  0  0  0 ----  
A-K.Stillwell PH      1  0  1  11.000     C.Lemon CF          2  1  0  0 .000  
B-T.McGriff C         0  0  0  0 ----     K.Gibson LF         2  1  0  0 .000  
E-R.Oester PH         1  0  0  0 .000     M.Heath C           4  0  1  1 .250  
  P.O'Neill RF        4  1  1  1 .250     T.Brookens 3B       2  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Larkin SS         3  0  0  0 .000                                          
F-T.Francona PH       1  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  4  8  4                 Totals      27  6  6  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Diaz In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Stillwell In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Herndon In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Evans In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For McGriff In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Larkin In 9th Inning
 
Reds............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 1 2  -  4  8  0
Tigers.......... 3 0 0  0 0 2  1 0    -  6  6  1
 
Reds (0-1)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Rasmussen LOSS(0-1)     5 1/3   4   5   5   7   3   0 106   8.44
G.Hoffman                 2 2/3   2   1   1   0   1   1  32   3.38
Totals                    8       6   6   6   7   4   1
 
Tigers (1-0)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Morris WIN(1-0)         7 1/3   6   2   1   1   6   1  96   1.23
M.Thurmond HOLD(1st)      0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
M.Henneman SAVE(1st)      1 1/3   2   2   2   1   0   2  25  13.50
Totals                    9       8   4   3   2   6   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 50,558 DATE- Saturday, October 17th 1987 TIME- Night 
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 7  Tigers: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 1  Tigers: 0
ERRORS- P.Sheridan
DOUBLES- B.Madlock(1st)
TRIPLES- L.Herndon(1st)
HOME RUNS- K.Daniels-2(2nd), P.O'Neill(1st), B.Madlock(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Whitaker
WALKS- D.Concepcion, N.Esasky, L.Herndon, D.Evans, C.Lemon-2, K.Gibson-2,
       T.Brookens
STRIKE OUTS- K.Daniels, D.Parker-2, N.Esasky, B.Bell, B.Larkin, L.Whitaker,
             L.Herndon, A.Trammell, D.Evans
GIDP- M.Heath
BALKS- D.Rasmussen
WILD PITCHES- D.Rasmussen
PASSED BALLS- M.Heath
2-out RBI- L.Whitaker, K.Stillwell, K.Daniels
RLISP 2-out- L.Herndon, A.Trammell-3, B.Bell-3, N.Esasky-2
 
In a tight game it was the Detroit Tigers 6, the Cincinnati Reds 4 at Tiger
Stadium.
 
Cincinnati found themselves trailing quickly as the Detroit bats came through
in the first inning when they scored 3 runs on 3 hits.  The biggest moment
was provided by Larry Herndon who made the crowd come alive when he tripled
plating two runs.  Cincinnati had a chance to come back in the 9th but they
came up short.  
 
Jack Morris(1-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 7 and 1/3 innings and
allowing 2 runs. Morris got help from Mike Henneman who earned his 1st save.
Dennis Rasmussen(0-1) was the losing pitcher.