The Minnesota Twins beat the Oakland Athletics, 9 to 2, on August 8, 1987.

1987 Minnesota Twins

Final

MIN

Twins

60-52

9

1

0

4

2

0

0

3

0

1

4

0

0

5

0

1

6

0

1

7

0

2

8

0

0

9

2

R

2

9

H

7

11

E

2

0

Bottom 1st

OAK

MIN

Twins

Double by Kirby Puckett; Dan Gladden scored.

0

1

Twins

Triple by Gary Gaetti; Greg Gagne and Kirby Puckett scored.

0

3

Twins

Tom Brunansky grounded out; Gary Gaetti scored.

0

4

Bottom 3rd

OAK

MIN

Twins

Home run by Kirby Puckett.

0

5

Bottom 5th

OAK

MIN

Twins

Double by Tom Brunansky; Kirby Puckett scored.

0

6

Bottom 6th

OAK

MIN

Twins

Sacrifice fly by Steve Lombardozzi; Gene Larkin scored.

0

7

Bottom 7th

OAK

MIN

Twins

Double by Tom Brunansky; Greg Gagne scored.

0

8

Twins

Sacrifice fly by Gene Larkin; Kirby Puckett scored.

0

9

Top 9th

OAK

MIN

Athletics

Single by Alfredo Griffin; Luis Polonia scored.

1

9

Athletics

Steve Henderson walked; Alfredo Griffin scored.

2

9

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Alfredo Griffin SS 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
Carney Lansford 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Gallego 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jose Canseco LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mark McGwire 1B,3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Steve Henderson RF 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Terry Steinbach DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reggie Jackson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Bernazard 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dwayne Murphy 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Tettleton C 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Luis Polonia CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 30 2 7 2 0 3 2 0 1 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Young (L) 6.0 8 7 6 2 4 1
Jose Rijo 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 0
Dennis Lamp 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 11 9 8 3 4 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Dan Gladden LF 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Greg Gagne SS 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Kirby Puckett CF 4 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 9
Mark Davidson CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Gaetti 3B 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 3
Tom Brunansky RF 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 5
Kent Hrbek 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Gene Larkin DH 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Tim Laudner C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Lombardozzi 2B 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 11 9 1 3 4 0 0 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Carlton (W) 8.2 7 2 2 3 2 0
George Frazier 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 2 2 3 2 0

Explore

More Twins Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

4

Julien

Edouard Julien

RBI

11

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

AVG

.306

Correa

Carlos Correa

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

1

Alcala

Jorge Alcala

K

24

Ryan

Joe Ryan

ERA

1.17

Sands

Cole Sands

Team Rankings

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HR

15

21st

R

53

28th

SO

152

7th

ERA

3.72

10th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
11 5 .688
Royals Royals
11 6 .647 0.5
Tigers Tigers
9 7 .563 2.0
Twins Twins
6 9 .400 4.5
White Sox White Sox
2 14 .125 9.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/16
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Wed
4/17
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
1:05 PM
Fri
4/19
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
8:10 PM
Sat
4/20
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
2:10 PM
Sun
4/21
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
2:10 PM

Last Game

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BAL Orioles

10-6

7

Final

4

MIN Twins

6-9

Mon 15 Apr 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
Sun
4/14
SFG SFG
@
MIA MIA
4-3
Sun
4/14
STL STL
@
OAK OAK
3-1
Sun
4/14
CHC CHC
@
ARI ARI
3-2
Sun
4/14
CIN CIN
@
SEA SEA
3-9
Sun
4/14
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
6-0

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/16
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Tue
4/16
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
4/16
COL COL
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Tue
4/16
SFG SFG
@
MIA MIA
6:40 PM
Tue
4/16
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM