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August 21, 1987

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Top 9 R H E
Twins 3 8 2
Red Sox 11 14 0
Top 9 R H E
Twins 3 8 2
Red Sox 11 14 0

Kirby Puckett Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .313
OBP .250 .352
At Bats 4 473
Hits 1 148
• Singles 1 106
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 17
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 0 67

Wes Gardner Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 5 4
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Fenway Park - August 21, 1987
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Strikeout
Wes Gardner
John Marzano
Dwight Evans
Marty Barrett
Wade Boggs
Spike Owen
Mike Greenwell
Ellis Burks
Dave Henderson
Kirby Puckett

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 3 8 2 9
Boston Red Sox 11 14 0 7
Winning Pitcher Roger Clemens
Losing Pitcher Frank Viola
Save Wes Gardner
Game Winning RBI Dwight Evans
Attendance 33,490
Time of Game 3 hours 12 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Puckett strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Lombardozzi hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Greenwell hits a line drive into right field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Evans hits a popup beyond second. Lombardozzi can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Boggs scores. Baylor moves to third.
Bottom 8 Baylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Barrett scores. Boggs moves to second.
Bottom 8 Boggs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Barrett moves to second.
Bottom 8 Barrett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Burks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Marzano strikes out.
Bottom 8 Owen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Laudner hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Brunansky hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Gaetti hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Barrett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hrbek hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Henderson hits a line drive into left field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Greenwell hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Puckett who is chasing the ball. Greenwell reaches third base with a triple. Boggs scores. Baylor goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Evans is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Baylor is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Keith Atherton now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Burks scores. Boggs moves to second.
Bottom 7 Boggs hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Burks moves to third.
Bottom 7 Barrett hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Burks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Wes Gardner now pitching. Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Lombardozzi takes first base on ball four. Brunansky moves to third. Bush moves to second.
Top 7 Bush takes first base on ball four. Brunansky moves to second.
Top 7 Newman hits a line drive into right field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Laudner strikes out.
Top 7 Brunansky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Marzano strikes out.
Bottom 6 Owen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Henderson is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Gaetti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Puckett scores. Hrbek moves to third.
Top 6 Hrbek hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Puckett moves to third.
Top 6 Puckett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Lombardozzi hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bush hits a ball on the ground towards first. Evans scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bush for the out.
Bottom 5 Dan Schatzeder now pitching. Greenwell hits a line drive towards first. Hrbek catches it and throws to second to double up Boggs.
Bottom 5 Evans takes first base on ball four. Boggs moves to second.
Bottom 5 Baylor strikes out.
Bottom 5 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newman misplays the ball. That's an error on Newman.
Top 5 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Laudner strikes out.
Top 5 Brunansky hits a fly ball into right field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Smalley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Barrett hits a line drive into right field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Burks hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Henderson tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Viola fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Viola. Henderson moves to third. Owen moves to second.
Bottom 4 Marzano strikes out.
Bottom 4 Owen hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Greenwell scores. Henderson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Evans scores. Greenwell moves to third.
Bottom 4 Greenwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Evans moves to third.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Gaetti hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hrbek strikes out.
Top 4 Puckett is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Baylor hits a popup towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hrbek scoops it up and throws to first, with Viola covering, for the out.
Top 3 Lombardozzi hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Marzano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Burks hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hrbek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Marzano hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hrbek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Owen hits a fly ball into left field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Laudner strikes out.
Top 2 Brunansky strikes out.
Top 2 Smalley takes first base on ball four. Hrbek moves to second.
Top 2 Gaetti hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hrbek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Henderson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Baylor scores. Evans moves to third.
Bottom 1 Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boggs scores. Baylor moves to second.
Bottom 1 Baylor is hit by the pitch. Boggs moves to second.
Bottom 1 Boggs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Barrett hits a line drive into right field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Burks is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Puckett is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Lombardozzi strikes out.
Top 1 Bush strikes out.