The Detroit Tigers couldn't pull it off against the Oakland Athletics, 8 to 7, on May 9, 1987.

1987 Detroit Tigers

Final

DET

Tigers

10-18

7

1

0

0

2

0

1

3

1

1

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

1

3

7

2

2

8

4

0

9

0

0

R

8

7

H

10

11

E

0

0

Bottom 2nd

OAK

DET

Tigers

Single by Mike Heath; Alan Trammell scored.

0

1

Top 3rd

OAK

DET

Athletics

Single by Jose Canseco; Mike Davis scored.

1

1

Bottom 3rd

OAK

DET

Tigers

Home run by Kirk Gibson.

1

2

Top 6th

OAK

DET

Athletics

Home run by Mark McGwire.

2

2

Bottom 6th

OAK

DET

Tigers

Home run by Mike Heath; Matt Nokes and Darrell Evans scored.

2

5

Top 7th

OAK

DET

Athletics

Single by Luis Polonia; Alfredo Griffin scored.

3

5

Athletics

Carney Lansford grounded out; Luis Polonia scored.

4

5

Bottom 7th

OAK

DET

Tigers

Home run by Darrell Evans; Matt Nokes scored.

4

7

Top 8th

OAK

DET

Athletics

Home run by Tony Phillips; Mark McGwire scored.

6

7

Athletics

Double by Ron Cey; Terry Steinbach and Alfredo Griffin scored.

8

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Luis Polonia CF 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Ron Cey PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Stan Javier PR,CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Davis RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Carney Lansford 3B,1B 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
Jose Canseco LF 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
Reggie Jackson DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 1B 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 4
Mike Gallego 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 2B 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 6
Mickey Tettleton C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jerry Willard PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach PH,C 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alfredo Griffin SS 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
Totals 37 8 10 8 2 5 8 2 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Eric Plunk 5.1 9 5 5 2 5 2
Dave Leiper 1.1 1 2 2 1 1 1
Gene Nelson (W) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Jay Howell (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 11 7 7 4 9 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Pat Sheridan RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Lou Whitaker 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kirk Gibson LF 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 4
Alan Trammell SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Matt Nokes DH 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
Darrell Evans 1B 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Dave Bergman 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Heath C 4 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 7
Bill Bean CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Tom Brookens 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Johnny Grubb PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darnell Coles 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 11 7 3 4 9 0 0 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Eric King 6.1 6 4 4 4 5 1
Jeff Robinson 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 1
Mark Thurmond (L) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0
Nate Snell 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 10 8 8 5 8 2

Explore

More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

See more

HR

9

Greene

Riley Greene

RBI

20

Canha

Mark Canha

AVG

.304

Pérez

Wenceel Pérez

Team Pitching Leaders

See more

W

5

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K

63

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA

2.02

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

Team Rankings

See more

HR

37

23rd

R

168

21st

SO

363

15th

ERA

3.36

7th

2024 Division Standings

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

Schedule

See more
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
5/15
MIA MIA
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Fri
5/17
DET DET
@
ARI ARI
9:40 PM
Sat
5/18
DET DET
@
ARI ARI
8:10 PM
Sun
5/19
DET DET
@
ARI ARI
4:10 PM
Mon
5/20
DET DET
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM

Last Game

See more
DET Tigers

21-21

0

Final

1

MIA Marlins

12-32

Tue 14 May 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
Mon
5/13
CHC CHC
@
ATL ATL
0-7
Mon
5/13
OAK OAK
@
HOU HOU
1-2
Mon
5/13
PIT PIT
@
MIL MIL
3-4
Mon
5/13
CLE CLE
@
TEX TEX
7-4
Mon
5/13
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
4-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
5/15
TOR TOR
@
BAL BAL
12:35 PM
Wed
5/15
MIA MIA
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Wed
5/15
PIT PIT
@
MIL MIL
1:10 PM
Wed
5/15
WSH WSH
@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM
Wed
5/15
CIN CIN
@
ARI ARI
3:40 PM