The Minnesota Twins decisively defeated the Detroit Tigers, 8 to 5, in Game 1 of the 1987 ALCS on October 7, 1987.

Final

Tigers

0-1

5

Twins

1-0

8

DET

MIN

1

0

2

0

1

3

1

0

4

0

5

0

3

6

1

0

7

1

0

8

2

4

9

0

R

5

8

H

10

E

0

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 2nd

DET

MIN

Home run by Gary Gaetti.

0

1

Top 3rd

DET

MIN

Home run by Mike Heath.

1

Bottom 5th

DET

MIN

Home run by Gary Gaetti.

1

2

Double by Tom Brunansky; Randy Bush scored.

1

3

Single by Dan Gladden; Tom Brunansky scored.

1

4

Top 6th

DET

MIN

Home run by Kirk Gibson.

2

4

Top 7th

DET

MIN

Single by Mike Heath; Larry Herndon scored.

3

4

Top 8th

DET

MIN

Sacrifice fly by Dave Bergman; Kirk Gibson scored.

4

Sacrifice fly by Chet Lemon; Alan Trammell scored.

5

4

Bottom 8th

DET

MIN

Double by Kirby Puckett; Dan Gladden scored.

5

Single by Don Baylor; Kirby Puckett scored.

5

6

Double by Tom Brunansky; Kent Hrbek and Gary Gaetti scored.

5

8

Tigers

Twins

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Lou Whitaker 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bill Madlock DH	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Kirk Gibson LF	4	2	1	1	1	1	2	4
Alan Trammell SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Larry Herndon RF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Bergman PH	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Pat Sheridan RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chet Lemon CF	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	2
Darrell Evans 1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	2
Tom Brookens 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Johnny Grubb PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Heath C	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	5
Matt Nokes PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	35	5	10	5	2	2	9	17

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Doyle Alexander (L)	7.1	8	6	6	0	5	2
Mike Henneman	0.0	0	2	2	2	0	0
Willie Hernandez	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Eric King	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	8.0	10	8	8	2	5	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Dan Gladden LF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	2
Greg Gagne SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Kirby Puckett CF	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	2
Kent Hrbek 1B	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Gary Gaetti 3B	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	8
Randy Bush DH	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
Don Baylor PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Tom Brunansky RF	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	4
Steve Lombardozzi 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tim Laudner C	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Totals	32	8	10	8	2	2	5	21

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Frank Viola	7.0	9	5	5	1	6	2
Jeff Reardon (W)	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0
Totals	9.0	10	5	5	2	9	2

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More Twins Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

10

Jeffers

RBI

31

Jeffers

AVG

.328

Larnach

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Paddack

K

55

López

ERA

3.21

Ryan

Team Rankings

HR

45

11th

R

196

11th

SO

405

1st

ERA

4.00

15th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	27	16	.628
Royals	26	18	.591	1.5
Twins	24	17	.585	2.0
Tigers	21	21	.500	5.5
White Sox	13	30	.302	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 5/15	NYY	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Thu 5/16	NYY	@	MIN	1:10 PM
Fri 5/17	MIN	@	CLE	7:10 PM
Sat 5/18	MIN	@	CLE	6:10 PM
Sun 5/19	MIN	@	CLE	1:40 PM

Last Game

Twins

24-17

1

Final

5

Yankees

28-15

Tue 14 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

13

Tucker

12

Henderson

12

Naylor

RBI Leaders

41

Ozuna

37

Ramírez

36

Hernández

Batting Average Leaders

.361

Ohtani

.353

Kwan

.352

Contreras

Hit Leaders

61

Ohtani

60

Betts

58

Contreras

Run Leaders

39

Jr.

38

Contreras

37

Betts

OBP Leaders

.441

Betts

.429

Contreras

.427

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.680

Ohtani

.629

Ozuna

.629

Jeffers

SB Leaders

26

Cruz

17

Caballero

16

Turang

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

7

Suárez

6

Sale

6

Lugo

Strikeout Leaders

73

Glasnow

68

Cease

65

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.96

Imanaga

1.34

López

1.50

Suárez

WHIP Leaders

0.72

Suárez

0.78

Cease

0.86

Skubal

K/9 Leaders

12.34

Crochet

11.69

Peralta

11.65

Flaherty

K/BB Leaders

10.50

Flaherty

10.25

Eflin

10.20

Kirby

Walk Leaders

4

Eflin

5

Kirby

6

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

675.8

Ohtani

648.4

Betts

628.9

Cruz

DraftKings Points Leaders

519

Ohtani

496

Betts

483

Cruz

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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