The Detroit Tigers were decisively beaten by 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

5

Greene

Riley Greene

RBI

14

Canha

Mark Canha

AVG

.298

Urshela

Gio Urshela

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K

36

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA

1.82

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

Team Rankings

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HR

20

27th

R

101

21st

SO

228

15th

ERA

3.19

4th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 8 .692
Royals Royals
17 10 .630 1.5
Tigers Tigers
14 12 .538 4.0
Twins Twins
12 13 .480 5.5
White Sox White Sox
4 22 .154 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
6:10 PM
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
4/30
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Wed
5/1
STL STL
@
DET DET
1:10 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

KCR Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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31

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.382

Betts

Mookie Betts

.376

Smith

Will Smith

.356

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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42

Betts

Mookie Betts

40

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Run Leaders

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28

Betts

Mookie Betts

24

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

24

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.485

Betts

Mookie Betts

.437

Soto

Juan Soto

.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.645

Betts

Mookie Betts

SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

13

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Jones

Jared Jones

4

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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487.6

Betts

Mookie Betts

457.8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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370

Betts

Mookie Betts

347

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

337

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

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
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM