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May 15, 1987

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 1 3 1
Twins 1 6 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 1 3 1
Twins 3 7 0

Kirby Puckett Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .321
OBP .667 .369
At Bats 2 137
Hits 1 44
• Singles 1 33
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 1 9
RBI’s 0 25

Bruce Hurst Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 3 0
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - May 15, 1987
Bruce Hurst
Rich Gedman
Bill Buckner
Marty Barrett
Wade Boggs
Ed Romero
Mike Greenwell
Ellis Burks
Dwight Evans
Kirby Puckett
Steve Lombardozzi

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 1 3 1 3
Minnesota Twins 3 7 0 3
Winning Pitcher George Frazier
Losing Pitcher Bruce Hurst
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Kirby Puckett
Attendance 13,878
Time of Game 2 hours 23 minutes
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Puckett hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Lombardozzi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Greenwell strikes out. Nieto drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Greenwell out.
Top 9 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 George Frazier now pitching. Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gladden hits a ball on the ground towards short. Romero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gagne hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Nieto hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hurst fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gedman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Laudner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gedman for the out.
Top 8 Romero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Davidson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Laudner is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Brunansky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Buckner hits a fly ball into right field. Davidson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Evans hits a popup, foul, towards first. Laudner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Baylor strikes out.
Top 7 Greenwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Gaetti is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Puckett is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Lombardozzi hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gladden hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gagne bunts towards the mound. Hurst picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Hurst. Gagne moves to second.
Top 6 Boggs hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Laudner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Barrett for the out.
Top 6 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Nieto hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Davidson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Romero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Laudner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Romero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gedman hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Romero hits a line drive towards third. Gaetti reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Buckner hits a fly ball into right field. Davidson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brunansky hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gaetti hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gladden tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Puckett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gladden moves to third.
Bottom 4 Lombardozzi hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gladden hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Baylor hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Greenwell hits a popup towards short. Gagne settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boggs hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Barrett hits a popup towards first. Laudner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Romero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Nieto hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Davidson is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Burks strikes out.
Top 3 Gedman hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Romero hits a fly ball into right field. Davidson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Laudner strikes out.
Bottom 2 Brunansky hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Buckner strikes out.
Top 2 Evans hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Baylor hits a fly ball into right field. Davidson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Greenwell hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Lombardozzi hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Lombardozzi reaches second base with a double. Greenwell throws the ball in to Boggs who tags Lombardozzi trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 1 Gladden is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Laudner scoops it up and throws to first, with Berenguer covering, for the out.
Top 1 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Burks strikes out.