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1987 AL Championship Series (4-1): Minnesota Twins (85-77) over Detroit Tigers (98-64)

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WS: MIN-STL / ALCS: MIN-DET / NLCS: STL-SFG
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1987 at Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  1    0  0  1    1  2  0     5 10  0
    Minnesota Twins              0  1  0    0  3  0    0  4  x     8 10  0

    PITCHERS: DET - Alexander, Henneman (8), Hernandez (8), King (8)
              MIN - Viola, Reardon (8)

               WP - Jeff Reardon
	       LP - Doyle Alexander
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - Gibson, Heath
              MIN - Gaetti (2)

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1987 at Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  2  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     3  7  1
    Minnesota Twins              0  3  0    2  1  0    0  0  x     6  6  0

    PITCHERS: DET - Morris
              MIN - Blyleven, Berenguer (8)

               WP - Bert Blyleven
	       LP - Jack Morris
             SAVE - Juan Berenguer

   HOME RUNS: DET - Lemon, Whitaker
              MIN - Hrbek

  ATTENDANCE: 55,245

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1987 at Tiger Stad (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    2  0  2    2  0  0     6  8  1
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  5    0  0  0    0  2  x     7  7  0

    PITCHERS: MIN - Straker, Schatzeder (3), Berenguer (7), Reardon (8)
              DET - Terrell, Henneman (7)

               WP - Mike Henneman
	       LP - Jeff Reardon
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Brunansky, Gagne
              DET - Sheridan

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1987 at Tiger Stad (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  1    1  1  1    0  1  0     5  7  1
    Detroit Tigers               1  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0     3  7  3

    PITCHERS: MIN - Viola, Atherton (6), Berenguer (6), Reardon (9)
              DET - Tanana, Petry (6), Thurmond (9)

               WP - Frank Viola
	       LP - Frank Tanana
             SAVE - Jeff Reardon

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Gagne, Puckett
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1987 at Tiger Stad (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  4  0    0  0  0    1  1  3     9 15  1
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    3  0  0    0  1  1     5  9  1

    PITCHERS: MIN - Blyleven, Schatzeder (7), Berenguer (8), Reardon (8)
              DET - Alexander, King (2), Henneman (7), Robinson (9)

               WP - Bert Blyleven
	       LP - Doyle Alexander
             SAVE - Jeff Reardon

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Brunansky
              DET - Lemon, Nokes

  ATTENDANCE: 47,448

Series MVP - Gary Gaetti

Series Batting Stats

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Minnesota Twins

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Keith Atherton      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Don Baylor          2   5  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  .400  .500  .400  0 |+388  95 16  .245  .752   5
 Juan Berenguer      4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Bert Blyleven       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Tom Brunansky       5  17  5  7  4  0  2   9  4  3  .412  .524 1.000  0 | 532 138 32  .259  .841  11
*Randy Bush          4  12  4  3  0  1  0   2  3  2  .250  .375  .417  3 | 293  74 11  .253  .762  10
 Sal Butera          1   3  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  .667  .667  .667  0 |+122  21  2  .172  .482   0
 Mark Davidson       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 150  40  1  .267  .648   9
 Gary Gaetti         5  20  5  6  1  0  2   5  1  3  .300  .348  .650  0 | 584 150 31  .257  .788  10
 Greg Gagne          5  18  5  5  3  0  2   3  3  4  .278  .409  .778  0 | 437 116 10  .265  .740   6
 Dan Gladden         5  20  5  7  2  0  0   5  2  1  .350  .458  .450  0 | 438 109  8  .249  .673  25
*Kent Hrbek          5  20  4  3  0  0  1   1  3  0  .150  .261  .300  0 | 477 136 34  .285  .934   5
#Gene Larkin         1   1  0  1  1  0  0   1  0  0 1.000 1.000 2.000  0 | 233  62  4  .266  .722   1
 Tim Laudner         5  14  1  1  1  0  0   2  2  5  .071  .188  .143  0 | 288  55 16  .191  .641   1
 Steve Lombardozzi   5  15  2  4  0  0  0   1  2  2  .267  .353  .267  0 | 432 103  8  .238  .650   5
#Al Newman           1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 307  68  0  .221  .601  15
 Kirby Puckett       5  24  3  5  1  0  1   3  0  5  .208  .208  .375  1 | 624 207 28  .332  .901  12
 Jeff Reardon        4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Dan Schatzeder      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 12   2  0  .167  .398   0
 Les Straker         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Frank Viola         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 171 34 46 13  1  8  33 20 25  .269  .359  .497  4 |        196  .261  .756 113

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Detroit Tigers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Doyle Alexander     2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 35   1  0  .029  .085   0
*Dave Bergman        4   4  0  1  0  0  0   2  0  1  .250  .200  .250  0 | 172  47  6  .273  .832   0
 Tom Brookens        5  13  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 | 444 107 13  .241  .671   7
*Darrell Evans       5  17  0  5  0  0  0   0  4  2  .294  .455  .294  0 | 499 128 34  .257  .880   6
*Kirk Gibson         5  21  4  6  1  0  1   4  3  8  .286  .375  .476  3 | 487 135 24  .277  .861  26
*Johnny Grubb        4   7  0  4  0  0  0   0  0  1  .571  .571  .571  0 | 114  23  2  .202  .597   0
 Mike Heath          3   7  1  2  0  0  1   2  0  0  .286  .286  .714  0 | 270  76  8  .281  .769   1
 Mike Henneman       3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Willie Hernandez    1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Larry Herndon       3   9  1  3  1  0  0   2  1  1  .333  .400  .444  0 | 225  73  9  .324  .898   1
 Eric King           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Chet Lemon          5  18  4  5  0  0  2   4  1  4  .278  .300  .611  0 | 470 130 20  .277  .857   0
 Bill Madlock        1   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |+387 102 17  .264  .779   4
 Jack Morris         2   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Jim Morrison        2   5  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .400  .400  .400  0 |+465 116 13  .249  .683  10
*Matt Nokes          5  14  2  2  0  0  1   2  1  4  .143  .200  .357  0 | 461 133 32  .289  .881   2
 Dan Petry           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jeff Robinson       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Pat Sheridan        5  10  2  3  1  0  1   2  0  2  .300  .417  .700  1 | 421 109  6  .259  .688  18
*Frank Tanana        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Walt Terrell        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Mark Thurmond       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Alan Trammell       5  20  3  4  1  0  0   2  1  2  .200  .238  .250  0 | 597 205 28  .343  .953  21
*Lou Whitaker        5  17  4  3  0  0  1   1  7  3  .176  .417  .353  1 | 604 160 16  .265  .768  13
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 167 23 40  4  0  7  21 18 35  .240  .321  .389  5 |        225  .272  .798 106

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Minnesota Twins

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Bert Blyleven       2   4.05 2-0  0  0 13.3 12  6  3  9 | 15-12 267  4.01  1.31 196   
*Frank Viola         2   5.25 1-0  0  0 12.0 14  7  5  9 | 17-10 252  2.90  1.18 197   
 Juan Berenguer      4   1.50 0-0  1  0  6.0  1  1  3  6 |  8-1  112  3.94  1.31 110  4
 Jeff Reardon        4   5.06 1-1  2  0  5.3  7  3  3  5 |  8-8   80  4.48  1.22  83 31
*Dan Schatzeder      2   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.3  2  0  0  5 |+ 6-2   81  5.31  1.67  58   
 Les Straker         1  16.88 0-0  0  0  2.7  3  5  4  1 |  8-10 154  4.37  1.35  76   
 Keith Atherton      1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  1  0  0  0 |  7-5   79  4.54  1.40  51  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.50 4-1  3  0 44.0 40 22 18 35 |            4.63 1.420   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Detroit Tigers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Doyle Alexander     2  10.00 0-2  0  0  9.0 14 10  1  5 |+14-10 206  3.01  1.12 108   
 Jack Morris         1   6.75 0-1  0  1  8.0  6  6  3  7 | 18-11 266  3.38  1.20 208   
 Walt Terrell        1   9.00 0-0  0  0  6.0  7  6  4  4 | 17-10 245  4.05  1.42 143   
*Frank Tanana        1   5.06 0-1  0  0  5.3  6  3  4  1 | 15-10 219  3.91  1.24 146   
 Eric King           2   1.69 0-0  0  0  5.3  3  1  2  4 |  6-9  116  4.89  1.47  89  9
 Mike Henneman       3  10.80 1-0  0  0  5.0  6  6  6  3 | 11-3   97  2.98  1.20  75  7
 Dan Petry           1   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.3  1  0  0  1 |  9-7  135  5.61  1.66  93   
*Willie Hernandez    1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  2  0  0  0 |  3-4   49  3.67  1.49  30  8
 Jeff Robinson       1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  1  0  0  0 |  9-6  127  5.37  1.46  98   
*Mark Thurmond       1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  0  0  0  0 |  0-1   62  4.23  1.74  21  5
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   6.70 1-4  0  1 43.0 46 32 20 25 |            4.02 1.370   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: MIN-STL / ALCS: MIN-DET / NLCS: STL-SFG

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