The Detroit Tigers lost to the Minnesota Twins, 9 to 5, in Game 5 of the 1987 ALCS on October 12, 1987.

1987 Detroit Tigers

Final

MIN

Twins

4-1

9

DET

Tigers

1-4

5

MIN

DET

1

0

0

2

4

0

3

0

0

4

0

3

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

1

0

8

1

1

9

3

1

R

9

5

H

15

9

E

1

1

Top 2nd

MIN

DET

Twins

Double by Tom Brunansky; Gary Gaetti and Randy Bush scored.

2

0

Twins

Single by Dan Gladden; Steve Lombardozzi scored.

3

0

Twins

Single by Kirby Puckett; Dan Gladden scored.

4

0

Bottom 4th

MIN

DET

Tigers

Single by Alan Trammell; Kirk Gibson scored.

4

1

Tigers

Home run by Matt Nokes; Alan Trammell scored.

4

3

Top 7th

MIN

DET

Twins

Sacrifice fly by Randy Bush; Kent Hrbek scored.

5

3

Top 8th

MIN

DET

Twins

Kirby Puckett grounded out; Error by Darrell Evans; Dan Gladden scored.

6

3

Bottom 8th

MIN

DET

Tigers

Home run by Chet Lemon.

6

4

Top 9th

MIN

DET

Twins

Home run by Tom Brunansky.

7

4

Twins

Double by Dan Gladden; Steve Lombardozzi scored.

8

4

Twins

Double by Greg Gagne; Dan Gladden scored.

9

4

Bottom 9th

MIN

DET

Tigers

Single by Kirk Gibson; Jim Morrison scored.

9

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Dan Gladden LF 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
Greg Gagne SS 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
Kirby Puckett CF 6 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2
Kent Hrbek 1B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Gary Gaetti 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Randy Bush DH 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
Tom Brunansky RF 5 1 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 7
Steve Lombardozzi 2B 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Tim Laudner C 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 15 8 1 4 6 2 0 23

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bert Blyleven (W) 6.0 5 3 3 2 3 1
Dan Schatzeder 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Juan Berenguer 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 1
Jeff Reardon (S) 1.1 3 1 1 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 9 5 5 3 3 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Lou Whitaker 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Darrell Evans 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Kirk Gibson LF 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 4
Alan Trammell SS 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Matt Nokes C 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Chet Lemon CF 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Johnny Grubb DH 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Pat Sheridan RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Brookens 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Bergman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Morrison 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 36 5 9 5 2 3 3 1 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Doyle Alexander (L) 1.2 6 4 4 1 0 0
Eric King 5.0 3 1 1 2 4 0
Mike Henneman 2.0 5 4 4 1 2 1
Jeff Robinson 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 15 9 9 4 6 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

11

Greene

Riley Greene

RBI

29

Carpenter

Kerry Carpenter

AVG

.283

Carpenter

Kerry Carpenter

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

7

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K

94

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA

1.97

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

Team Rankings

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HR

58

22nd

R

260

19th

SO

527

14th

ERA

3.78

11th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
40 20 .667
Royals Royals
36 26 .581 5.0
Twins Twins
33 28 .541 7.5
Tigers Tigers
31 31 .500 10.0
White Sox White Sox
15 47 .242 26.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
6/7
MIL MIL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Sat
6/8
MIL MIL
@
DET DET
4:10 PM
Sun
6/9
MIL MIL
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Tue
6/11
WSH WSH
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Wed
6/12
WSH WSH
@
DET DET
6:40 PM

Last Game

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TEX Rangers

30-32

9

Final

1

DET Tigers

31-31

Wed 5 Jun 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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21

Judge

Aaron Judge

19

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

19

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

RBI Leaders

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58

Ramírez

José Ramírez

54

Judge

Aaron Judge

53

Soto

Juan Soto

Batting Average Leaders

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.337

Arraez

Luis Arraez

.323

Profar

Jurickson Profar

.322

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

Hit Leaders

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86

Arraez

Luis Arraez

79

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

78

Contreras

William Contreras

Run Leaders

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54

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

48

Contreras

William Contreras

48

Soto

Juan Soto

OBP Leaders

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.423

Judge

Aaron Judge

.422

Soto

Juan Soto

.417

Profar

Jurickson Profar

SLG Leaders

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.667

Judge

Aaron Judge

.605

Soto

Juan Soto

.599

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

SB Leaders

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32

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

21

Turang

Brice Turang

21

Caballero

José Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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9

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

9

Lugo

Seth Lugo

8

Sale

Chris Sale

Strikeout Leaders

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104

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

94

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

93

Cease

Dylan Cease

ERA Leaders

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1.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

1.82

Gil

Luis Gil

1.85

Houck

Tanner Houck

WHIP Leaders

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0.80

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.88

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.90

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

K/9 Leaders

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12.01

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

11.90

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

11.70

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

K/BB Leaders

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11.75

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.43

Kirby

George Kirby

9.40

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

Walk Leaders

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4

Eflin

Zach Eflin

7

Kirby

George Kirby

10

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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963

Judge

Aaron Judge

930.1

Soto

Juan Soto

924.8

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

DraftKings Points Leaders

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710

Judge

Aaron Judge

707

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

696

Soto

Juan Soto

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
6/4
TBR TBR
@
MIA MIA
5-3
Tue
6/4
SEA SEA
@
OAK OAK
1-2
Tue
6/4
DET DET
@
TEX TEX
1-9
Tue
6/4
CWS CWS
@
CHC CHC
6-7
Tue
6/4
SDP SDP
@
LAA LAA
2-3

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
6/6
BAL BAL
@
TOR TOR
1:07 PM
Thu
6/6
KCR KCR
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Thu
6/6
SEA SEA
@
OAK OAK
3:37 PM
Thu
6/6
LAD LAD
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Thu
6/6
ATL ATL
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM