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Twins
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
April 11, 1989
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins, played on April 11, 1989 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 11, 1989 |
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Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 11, 1989 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Allan Anderson |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jack Morris |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 9,968 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 51 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Dale Ford 1B: Greg Kosc 2B: John Hirschbeck 3B: Larry Barnett |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dan Gladden | Left Fielder |
Wally Backman | Second Baseman |
Kirby Puckett | Center Fielder |
Kent Hrbek | First Baseman |
Gary Gaetti | Third Baseman |
Randy Bush | Right Fielder |
Gene Larkin | DH |
Brian Harper | Catcher |
Greg Gagne | Shortstop |
Tom Kelly | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ken Williams | Center Fielder |
Torey Lovullo | First Baseman |
Lou Whitaker | Second Baseman |
Alan Trammell | Shortstop |
Fred Lynn | Left Fielder |
Chris Brown | Third Baseman |
Chet Lemon | Right Fielder |
Keith Moreland | DH |
Mike Heath | Catcher |
Sparky Anderson | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Twins
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
April 11, 1989
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gladden vs. Morris
Gladden hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Heath settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Backman vs. Morris
Backman strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Puckett vs. Morris
Puckett strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Anderson
Williams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Lovullo vs. Anderson
Lovullo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitaker vs. Anderson
Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hrbek fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. Anderson
Trammell hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Whitaker moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Lynn vs. Anderson
Lynn takes first base on ball four. Whitaker moves to third. Trammell moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Brown vs. Anderson
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hrbek vs. Morris
Hrbek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gaetti vs. Morris
Gaetti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hrbek moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Bush vs. Morris
Bush takes first base on ball four. Hrbek moves to third. Gaetti moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Larkin vs. Morris
Larkin strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Harper vs. Morris
Harper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hrbek scores. Gaetti scores. Bush moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gagne vs. Morris
Gagne hits a line drive towards center. Williams catches it and throws to second to double up Bush. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Anderson
Lemon hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Moreland vs. Anderson
Moreland hits a line drive into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Anderson
Heath hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Anderson
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lemon moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Lovullo vs. Anderson
Lovullo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne fields it and throws to third for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gladden vs. Morris
Gladden hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Backman vs. Morris
There goes Gladden. The throw from Heath and he is safe. Gladden steals second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Backman vs. Morris
Backman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gladden moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Puckett vs. Morris
Puckett hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Williams. Puckett reaches second base with a double. Gladden scores. Backman moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Hrbek vs. Morris
Hrbek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Backman scores. Puckett moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Gaetti vs. Morris
Gaetti strikes out. Heath drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Gaetti out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Bush vs. Morris
Bush takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Larkin vs. Morris
There go the runners. The throw from Heath to Trammell covering second. The throw back to home, and Puckett is out at the plate. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Anderson
Whitaker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. Anderson
Trammell strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Lynn vs. Anderson
Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hrbek fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Larkin vs. Morris
Larkin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lynn. Larkin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harper vs. Morris
Harper bunts between the mound and first base. Morris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Harper for the out. Larkin moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Gagne vs. Morris
Gagne hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Heath settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Gladden vs. Morris
Gladden hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Larkin scores. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Backman vs. Morris
Backman takes first base on ball four. Gladden moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Puckett vs. Morris
Puckett takes first base on ball four. Gladden moves to third. Backman moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Hrbek vs. Hudson
Charles Hudson now pitching.
Hrbek hits a fly ball into left field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Anderson
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Anderson
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Moreland vs. Anderson
Moreland hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gaetti vs. Hudson
Gaetti hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Hudson
Bush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Larkin vs. Hudson
Larkin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Harper vs. Hudson
Harper hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Anderson
Heath hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Anderson
Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Backman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lovullo vs. Anderson
Lovullo hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Whitaker vs. Anderson
Whitaker hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gagne vs. Hudson
Gagne hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gladden vs. Hudson
Gladden hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Backman vs. Hudson
Backman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Anderson
Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Anderson
Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hrbek scoops it up and throws to first, with Anderson covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Anderson
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Puckett vs. Hudson
Puckett hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hrbek vs. Hudson
Hrbek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lovullo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hrbek for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gaetti vs. Hudson
Gaetti hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Bush vs. Hudson
Bush strikes out. There goes Gaetti. The throw from Heath to Trammell, and Gaetti is out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Anderson
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Moreland vs. Anderson
Moreland hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Anderson
Heath hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Anderson
Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Backman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Larkin vs. Henneman
Mike Henneman now pitching.
Larkin hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Henneman
Harper hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Lynn. Harper reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Gagne vs. Henneman
Gagne hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Williams. Gagne reaches second base with a double. Harper scores. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Gladden vs. Henneman
Gladden takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Backman vs. Henneman
Backman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gagne scores. Gladden moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1-3
Puckett vs. Henneman
Puckett takes first base on ball four. Backman moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Castillo vs. Hernandez
Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Carmelo Castillo pinch hits for Kent Hrbek.
Castillo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Twins, 12 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Hernandez
Al Newman pinch hits for Gary Gaetti.
Newman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Williams. Newman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 12 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Laudner vs. Hernandez
Tim Laudner pinch hits for Randy Bush.
Laudner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lynn. Laudner reaches second base with a double. Newman scores. View Play -
Twins, 13 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Larkin vs. Hernandez
Larkin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lynn throws the ball in to Brown who relays the ball to Whitaker who tags Larkin trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Laudner scores. View Play -
Twins, 14 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Hernandez
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 14 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lovullo vs. Gonzalez
Carmelo Castillo now playing right field. Al Newman now playing third base. Tim Laudner now playing first base. John Moses now playing center fiel
Lovullo strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 14 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Gonzalez
Whitaker strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 14 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Gonzalez
Trammell strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 14 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gagne vs. Gibson
Paul Gibson now pitching. Al Pedrique now playing second base. Mike Brumley now playing shortstop. Bill Bean now playing left field.
Gagne hits a fly ball into left field. Bean settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 14 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gladden vs. Gibson
Gladden hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 14 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Backman vs. Gibson
Backman strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 14 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Gibson
Moses takes first base on ball four. Gladden moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 14 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Castillo vs. Gibson
Castillo takes first base on ball four. Gladden moves to third. Moses moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 14 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Newman vs. Gibson
Newman hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 14 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bean vs. Wayne
Gary Wayne now pitching.
Bean strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 14 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Wayne
Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 14 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Wayne
Lemon takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 14 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Moreland vs. Wayne
Moreland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/11/1989 -- Minnesota at Detroit (D) Minnesota AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Gladden D, lf 5 2 3 1 Williams K, cf 4 0 2 0 Backman W, 2b 5 2 2 1 Lovullo T, 1b 4 0 0 0 Puckett K, cf 3 2 2 2 Whitaker L, 2b 4 0 1 0 Moses J, cf 0 0 0 0 Pedrique A, 2b 0 0 0 0 Hrbek K, 1b 4 1 1 1 Trammell A, ss 4 0 1 0 Castillo C, ph-rf 1 1 1 4 Brumley M, ss 0 0 0 0 Gaetti G, 3b 4 1 2 0 Lynn F, lf 2 0 0 0 Newman A, ph-3b 2 1 1 0 Bean B, lf 1 0 0 0 Bush R, rf 2 0 0 0 Brown C, 3b 4 0 1 0 Laudner T, ph-1b 1 1 1 1 Lemon C, rf 3 0 1 0 Larkin G, dh 5 1 3 1 Moreland K, dh 4 0 1 0 Harper B, c 4 1 2 2 Heath M, c 3 0 1 0 Gagne G, ss 5 1 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41 14 19 14 33 0 8 0 Minnesota 022 100 180 -- 14 Detroit 000 000 000 -- 0 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Anderson A (W) 7.0 7 0 0 1 1 Gonzalez G 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 Wayne G 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Morris J (L) 3.2 8 5 5 4 4 Hudson C 3.1 3 1 1 0 1 Henneman M 0.1 3 5 5 2 0 Hernandez G 0.2 4 3 3 0 0 Gibson P 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 DP -- Minnesota 2, Detroit 2 LOB -- Minnesota 9, Detroit 8 2B -- Puckett K, Larkin G, Harper B, Gagne G, Newman A, Laudner T HR -- Puckett K, Castillo C SB -- Gladden D CS -- Puckett K, Gaetti G SH -- Harper B T -- 2:51 A -- 9968
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