and plated on a sacrifice fly by Bush. In the eighth, Tiger reliever Mike Henneman, who replaced King in the seventh, allowed a double to Gladden and a walk to Gagne. Puckett then grounded to Henneman, who attempted to initiate a double play. However, first baseman Darrell Evans misplayed the ball for his second error of the series, allowing Gladden to score and make it a 6–3 Minnesota lead. Although Chet Lemon homered for Detroit in the bottom half of the inning to make it 6–4, the Twins decisively stormed ahead in the top of the ninth. Brunansky hit his second home run of the postseason, and Gladden and Gagne followed with consecutive RBI doubles off Henneman and Jeff Robinson. The Twins sent Reardon, who entered the game in the bottom of the eighth, to the hill to close out the series in the bottom of the ninth. Although an RBI single by Gibson scored Jim Morrison, the Minnesota stopper allowed nothing more, as Matt Nokes grounded out to Reardon to end a 9–5 Twins victory and clinch the franchise's first World Series berth since . This was the last postseason appearance for the Tigers until 2006. Composite box 1987 ALCS (4–1): Minnesota Twins over Detroit Tigers Aftermath After the 1993 season, MLB owners agreed to re-align and create a third Central division in each league. The Twins moved to the newly added American League Central in 1994 and the Tigers followed them in 1998 after the Milwaukee Brewers moved to the National League and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays formed, taking the Tigers’ place in the American League East. In 2009, the two teams played for the division and a playoff berth in the 2009 American League Central tie-breaker game, in which the Twins won by the score of 6-5 in extra innings. Outside of 2009, the only other time the Tigers and Twins finished 1–v2 in the standings was in 2006, when the Twins clinched on the last day of the season after never having held sole possession of first place (they were the first team in MLB history to accomplish this feat). However, the Tigers still made the playoffs as a wildcard and won the American League pennant before losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series. On January 22, 1988, an arbitrator’s ruling made Kirk Gibson a free agent. A few days later, Gibson