1987 World Series Game 4

October 21, 1987

The Detroit Tigers evened the Series at 2 games apiece with a come from behind 3-2 victory. Trailing Cincinnati 2-1 in the 7th the Tigers scored a run to tie it up. They scored another run in the 8th to take the lead, then held on to win with some fine bullpen work from Henneman, Snell and Hernandez.

BOXSCORE: 1987 Detroit Tigers At 1987 Cincinnati Reds              10/21/1987
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Whitaker 2B       4  0  1  1 .313     T.Jones LF          3  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Madlock 1B,3B     5  0  0  0 .200   F-K.Daniels PH,LF     1  0  0  0 .462  
  L.Herndon RF        2  0  0  0 .333     D.Concepcion 2B     4  1  2  0 .444  
C-P.Sheridan PH,RF    0  1  0  0 .429     E.Davis CF          3  0  1  0 .313  
  A.Trammell SS       4  1  2  1 .400     N.Esasky 1B         4  0  1  1 .375  
  C.Lemon CF          3  0  2  1 .231     D.Parker RF         4  0  1  0 .067  
  K.Gibson LF         4  0  0  0 .200     B.Bell 3B           4  0  0  0 .235  
  M.Heath C           3  0  2  0 .375     B.Diaz C            4  1  3  0 .429  
B-J.Walewander PR     0  1  0  0 ----   G-K.Stillwell PR      0  0  0  01.000  
  M.Henneman P        0  0  0  0 ----     B.Larkin SS         4  0  2  1 .200  
D-D.Evans PH          1  0  0  0 .111     T.Browning P        1  0  0  0 .000  
  N.Snell P           0  0  0  0 ----     G.Hoffman P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  G.Hernandez P       0  0  0  0 ----     T.Hume P            1  0  0  0 .000  
  T.Brookens 3B       2  0  0  0 .083     R.Murphy P          0  0  0  0 ----  
E-D.Bergman PH,1B     1  0  0  0 .500                                          
  F.Tanana P          2  0  0  0 .000                                          
A-M.Nokes PH,C        2  0  0  0 .273                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  3  7  3                 Totals      33  2 10  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Tanana In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Heath In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Herndon In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Henneman In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Brookens In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Jones In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Ran For Diaz In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 1  1 1 0  -  3  7  0
Reds............ 0 0 1  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  2 10  1
 
Tigers (2-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
F.Tanana                  6       8   2   2   0   4   0  74   3.00
M.Henneman WIN(1-0)       1       1   0   0   0   1   0  12  20.25
N.Snell HOLD(1st)         1       0   0   0   1   0   0  14   0.00
G.Hernandez SAVE(1st)     1       1   0   0   0   0   0  15   0.00
Totals                    9      10   2   2   1   5   0
 
Reds (2-2)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Browning                5 2/3   2   1   1   3   6   1  86   1.59
G.Hoffman HOLD(1st)       0 1/3   2   1   1   0   0   0   9   3.60
T.Hume LOSS(0-1) BS(1st)  1 2/3   3   1   1   1   0   0  35   4.50
R.Murphy                  1 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0  17   0.00
Totals                    9       7   3   3   4   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 50,772 DATE- Wednesday, October 21st 1987 TIME- Night 
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  Reds: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Reds: 1
ERRORS- T.Browning
DOUBLES- M.Heath(1st), E.Davis(2nd), N.Esasky(2nd), B.Diaz(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Trammell(1st)
STOLEN BASES- E.Davis(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- E.Davis
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Brookens, T.Browning
WALKS- L.Whitaker, L.Herndon, P.Sheridan, C.Lemon, E.Davis
STRIKE OUTS- L.Whitaker, L.Herndon, A.Trammell-2, K.Gibson, F.Tanana, E.Davis,
             N.Esasky-2, B.Bell-2
GIDP- B.Madlock, T.Jones
WILD PITCHES- F.Tanana, T.Browning
2-out RBI- A.Trammell, L.Whitaker
RLISP 2-out- L.Whitaker, K.Gibson, T.Jones, D.Parker, D.Bergman-2, N.Esasky,
             B.Larkin
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Lou Whitaker robbed Dave Parker of a base hit.
 
50,772 fans were treated to a fine game at Riverfront Stadium as only one run
separated the combatants at game's end.  The Detroit Tigers won by the
slimmest of margins, 3 to 2.
 
Mike Henneman(1-0) was the winning pitcher with a solid relief performance.
He allowed just 1 hit and no walks in 1 inning.  Cincinnati had a chance in
the 9th but they came up short.  
 
Henneman was helped out by Guillermo Hernandez who recorded his 1st save.  Tom
Hume(0-1) was charged with the loss in relief.