Twins @ Tigers
August 18, 1987

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Top 9 R H E
Twins 2 5 1
Tigers 11 14 0
Top 9 R H E
Twins 2 5 1
Tigers 11 14 0

Gene Larkin Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .273
OBP .000 .344
At Bats 3 165
Hits 0 45
• Singles 0 31
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 22

Eric King Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 8 7
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Tiger Stadium - August 18, 1987
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Out
Eric King
Matt Nokes
Dave Bergman
Lou Whitaker
Tom Brookens
Alan Trammell
Mike Heath
Chet Lemon
Johnny Grubb
Gene Larkin
Roy Smalley
Greg Gagne

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 2 5 1 4
Detroit Tigers 11 14 0 7
Winning Pitcher Jack Morris
Losing Pitcher Steve Carlton
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bill Madlock
Attendance 32,053
Time of Game 2 hours 36 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Larkin hits a line drive into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Hrbek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bergman scoops it up and throws to first, with King covering, for the out. Gagne moves to third.
Top 9 Davidson hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gagne hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grubb. Gagne reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Morrison strikes out.
Bottom 8 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Sal Butera now catching. Trammell hits a fly ball into center field. Davidson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bush 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.
Top 8 Laudner hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Eric King now pitching. Matt Nokes now catching. Mike Heath now playing left field. Lombardozzi is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Nokes hits a line drive into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Matt Nokes pinch hits for Kirk Gibson. The ball gets by Laudner for a passed ball. Heath moves to third. Bergman moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bergman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 George Frazier now pitching. Whitaker hits a fly ball into center field. Davidson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lemon tags and scores. Heath tags and moves to second.
Bottom 7 Heath takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Brookens hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lemon moves to third.
Bottom 7 Roy Smalley now playing third base. Dan Gladden now playing left field. Lemon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bush. Lemon reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Brunansky hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bergman scoops it up and throws to first, with Morris covering, for the out.
Top 7 Roy Smalley pinch hits for Gary Gaetti. Smalley hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Hrbek hits a fly ball into left field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Morrison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Grubb hits a fly ball into center field. Davidson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mark Davidson now playing center field. Trammell hits a line drive into center field. Davidson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Puckett strikes out.
Top 6 Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Dave Bergman now playing first base. Johnny Grubb now playing right field. Bush strikes out.
Bottom 5 Gibson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dave Bergman pinch hits for Bill Madlock. Bergman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Whitaker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hrbek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Laudner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lombardozzi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Brunansky strikes out.
Bottom 4 Brookens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lemon hits a popup towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Morrison hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Roy Smith now pitching. Herndon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Trammell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brunansky. Trammell reaches second base with a double. Madlock scores. Gibson scores.
Bottom 4 Gibson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bush. Gibson reaches second base with a double. Madlock moves to third.
Bottom 4 Madlock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Larkin 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 4 Gaetti hits a fly ball into right field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hrbek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Whitaker strikes out.
Bottom 3 Heath strikes out.
Bottom 3 Brookens takes first base on ball four. Lemon moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lemon hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Herndon moves to third.
Bottom 3 Morrison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Herndon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brunansky. Herndon reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Puckett strikes out. Heath drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Puckett out.
Top 3 Gagne bunts between the mound and first base. Morris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gagne for the out.
Top 3 Bush hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Laudner is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Trammell hits a fly ball into left field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lombardozzi hits a fly ball into right field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brunansky strikes out.
Top 2 Larkin strikes out.
Bottom 1 Whitaker hits a fly ball into left field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Heath hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Brookens hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 1 Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Morrison hits a fly ball into left field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Herndon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Trammell hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gibson bunts towards first. Hrbek fields the ball and throws to Carlton covering. Safe. Madlock moves to second.
Bottom 1 Madlock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whitaker scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Whitaker hits a fly ball towards left. Brunansky settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Brunansky. Whitaker moves to second.
Top 1 Gaetti hits a line drive into left field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hrbek takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gagne moves to third.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Gagne moves to second.
Top 1 Gagne hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 There goes Bush. The throw from Heath and he is out, Trammell applying the tag.
Top 1 Bush takes first base on ball four.