April 9, 1987 · 3:33 AM EDT
Rickey Henderson
CF3-5H-AB2 RTop hitterCLChet Lemon
CF2-3H-ABHR · 2B · 2 RBI · 2 RP8.0IP2 ER · 5 K · WP2.0IP4 ER · 0 K · LLosing pitcherBiggest lead NYY by 1 · DET by 7 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1DETigers | 98 | 64 | .605 | — |
2TO Blue Jays | 96 | 66 | .593 | 2.0 |
3MI Brewers | 91 | 71 | .562 | 7.0 |
| 4NYYankees | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9.0 |
5BO Red Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 20.0 |
6BA Orioles | 67 | 95 | .414 | 31.0 |
7CL Guardians | 61 | 101 | .377 | 37.0 |
| RHRickey HendersonCF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WRWillie Randolph2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DMDon Mattingly1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWGary WardDH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
DW Dave WinfieldRF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DPDan PasquaLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MPMike Pagliarulo3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JSJoel SkinnerC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WTWayne TollesonSS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CWClaudell WashingtonPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RCRick CeroneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
2B: Ward, Pagliarulo
RBI: Mattingly, Ward, Pagliarulo
LOB: 13
2B: Nokes, Lemon
HR: Lemon
RBI: Nokes, Trammell 2, Evans, Coles, Lemon 2, Bergman
LOB: 13
The Tigers routed the Yankees 9-3 at Tiger Stadium.
Walt Terrell got the win and Bob Tewksbury took the loss. Chet Lemon went 2-for-3 for the Tigers, while Rickey Henderson went 3-for-5 for the Yankees.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
