The Detroit Tigers couldn't keep up with the Minnesota Twins, 9 to 5, on May 31, 1987.

1987 Detroit Tigers

Final

MIN

Twins

25-23

9

DET

Tigers

24-22

5

1

0

0

2

1

1

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

1

6

3

0

7

0

3

8

3

0

9

2

0

R

9

5

H

10

9

E

1

2

Top 2nd

MIN

DET

Twins

Home run by Gary Gaetti.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

MIN

DET

Tigers

Double by Dave Bergman; Jim Walewander scored.

1

1

Bottom 5th

MIN

DET

Tigers

Home run by Dave Bergman.

1

2

Top 6th

MIN

DET

Twins

Double by Randy Bush; Mark Salas and Greg Gagne scored.

3

2

Twins

Sacrifice fly by Kent Hrbek; Randy Bush scored.

4

2

Bottom 7th

MIN

DET

Tigers

Sacrifice fly by Alan Trammell; Dave Bergman scored.

4

3

Tigers

Single by Matt Nokes; Darrell Evans scored.

4

4

Tigers

Single by Johnny Grubb; Kirk Gibson scored.

4

5

Top 8th

MIN

DET

Twins

Mark Salas ground ball; Error by Tom Brookens; Kent Hrbek and Gary Gaetti scored.

6

5

Twins

Single by Roy Smalley; Tom Brunansky scored.

7

5

Top 9th

MIN

DET

Twins

Home run by Kent Hrbek; Kirby Puckett scored.

9

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Al Newman 2B,SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Randy Bush RF 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Dan Gladden PH,LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kirby Puckett CF 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Kent Hrbek 1B 4 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 5
Gary Gaetti 3B 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 6
Gene Larkin DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Brunansky LF,RF 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mark Salas C 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Greg Gagne SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Roy Smalley PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Lombardozzi PR,2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 10 8 2 4 6 0 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bert Blyleven 6.0 6 4 4 4 5 1
George Frazier 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0
Jeff Reardon (W) 2.2 2 0 0 1 4 0
Totals 9.0 9 5 5 6 9 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Dave Bergman 1B 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 6
Darrell Evans DH,3B 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Kirk Gibson LF 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Alan Trammell SS 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Matt Nokes C 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Pat Sheridan CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
Johnny Grubb RF 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Eric King P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Harper PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Brookens 3B,2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Jim Walewander 2B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Larry Herndon PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mark Thurmond P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Henneman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Heath RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5 1 6 9 1 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jeff Robinson 5.1 4 4 4 1 4 1
Mark Thurmond 1.0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Mike Henneman 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Eric King (L) 0.1 2 3 2 1 0 0
Willie Hernandez 1.2 3 2 2 0 1 1
Totals 9.0 10 9 8 4 6 2

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More Tigers Stats

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

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

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