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1987 World Series (4-3): Minnesota Twins (85-77) over St. Louis Cardinals (95-67)

WS: MIN-STL / ALCS: MIN-DET / NLCS: STL-SFG
 1986 WS /  1988 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 17, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  5  1
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    7  2  0    1  0  x    10 11  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Magrane, Forsch (4), Horton (7)
              MIN - Viola, Atherton (9)

               WP - Frank Viola
	       LP - Joe Magrane
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              MIN - Gladden, Lombardozzi

  ATTENDANCE: 55,171

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 18, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  1  0    1  2  0     4  9  0
    Minnesota Twins              0  1  0    6  0  1    0  0  x     8 10  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Cox, Tunnell (4), Dayley (7), Worrell (8)
              MIN - Blyleven, Berenguer (8), Reardon (9)

               WP - Bert Blyleven
	       LP - Danny Cox
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              MIN - Gaetti, Laudner

  ATTENDANCE: 55,257

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 20, 1987 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  5  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  x     3  9  1

    PITCHERS: MIN - Straker, Berenguer (7), Schatzeder (7)
              STL - Tudor, Worrell (8)

               WP - John Tudor
	       LP - Juan Berenguer
             SAVE - Todd Worrell

   HOME RUNS: MIN - none
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,347

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 21, 1987 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0     2  7  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  1    6  0  0    0  0  x     7 10  1

    PITCHERS: MIN - Viola, Schatzeder (4), Niekro (5), Frazier (7)
              STL - Mathews, Forsch (4), Dayley (7)

               WP - Bob Forsch
	       LP - Frank Viola
             SAVE - Ken Dayley

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Gagne
              STL - Lawless

  ATTENDANCE: 55,347

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 22, 1987 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0     2  6  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  3    1  0  x     4 10  0

    PITCHERS: MIN - Blyleven, Atherton (7), Reardon (7)
              STL - Cox, Dayley (8), Worrell (8)

               WP - Danny Cox
	       LP - Bert Blyleven
             SAVE - Todd Worrell

   HOME RUNS: MIN - none
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,347

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 24, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          1  1  0    2  1  0    0  0  0     5 11  2
    Minnesota Twins              2  0  0    0  4  4    0  1  x    11 15  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Tudor, Horton (5), Forsch (6), Dayley (6), Tunnell (7)
              MIN - Straker, Schatzeder (4), Berenguer (6), Reardon (9)

               WP - Dan Schatzeder
	       LP - John Tudor
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Herr
              MIN - Baylor, Hrbek

  ATTENDANCE: 55,293

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 25, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  6  1
    Minnesota Twins              0  1  0    0  1  1    0  1  x     4 10  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Magrane, Cox (5), Worrell (6)
              MIN - Viola, Reardon (9)

               WP - Frank Viola
	       LP - Danny Cox
             SAVE - Jeff Reardon

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              MIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,376

Series MVP - Frank Viola

Series Batting Stats

Minnesota Twins Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Keith Atherton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Baylor 5 13 3 5 0 0 1 3 1 1 .385 .467 .615 1.082 0 0 *128 388 67 95 16 63 5 .245 .751
Juan Berenguer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bert Blyleven 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Brunansky 7 25 5 5 0 0 0 2 4 4 .200 .310 .200 .510 1 0 155 532 83 138 32 85 11 .259 .841
Randy Bush 4 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 0 0 122 293 46 74 11 46 10 .253 .762
Sal Butera 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *56 122 8 21 2 14 0 .172 .482
Mark Davidson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 102 150 32 40 1 14 9 .267 .648
George Frazier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Gaetti 7 27 4 7 2 1 1 4 2 5 .259 .333 .519 .852 2 0 154 584 95 150 31 109 10 .257 .788
Greg Gagne 7 30 5 6 1 0 1 3 1 6 .200 .226 .333 .559 0 0 137 437 68 116 10 40 6 .265 .740
Dan Gladden 7 31 3 9 2 1 1 7 3 4 .290 .353 .516 .869 2 0 121 438 69 109 8 38 25 .249 .673
Kent Hrbek 7 24 4 5 0 0 1 6 5 3 .208 .345 .333 .678 0 0 143 477 85 136 34 90 5 .285 .934
Gene Larkin 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 85 233 23 62 4 28 1 .266 .722
Tim Laudner 7 22 4 7 1 0 1 4 5 4 .318 .444 .500 .944 0 0 113 288 30 55 16 43 1 .191 .640
Steve Lombardozzi 6 17 3 7 1 0 1 4 2 2 .412 .474 .647 1.121 0 0 136 432 51 103 8 38 5 .238 .650
Al Newman 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 0 0 110 307 44 68 0 29 15 .221 .601
Joe Niekro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *27 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kirby Puckett 7 28 5 10 1 1 0 3 2 1 .357 .419 .464 .884 1 1 157 624 96 207 28 99 12 .332 .900
Jeff Reardon 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Schatzeder 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *56 12 1 2 0 0 0 .167 .397
Roy Smalley 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .750 1.000 1.750 0 0 110 309 32 85 8 34 2 .275 .763
Les Straker 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Viola 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 101 238 38 64 10 3 7 38 29 36 .269 .356 .424 .780 6 1 162 5441 786 1422 196 113 .261 .758

St. Louis Cardinals Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Vince Coleman 7 28 5 4 2 0 0 2 2 10 .143 .200 .214 .414 6 0 151 623 121 180 3 43 109 .289 .721
Danny Cox 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 32 69 3 8 0 1 0 .116 .273
Ken Dayley 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Driessen 4 13 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 .231 .286 .385 .670 0 0 24 60 5 14 1 11 0 .233 .625
Curt Ford 5 13 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 .308 .357 .308 .665 0 1 89 228 32 65 3 26 11 .285 .733
Bob Forsch 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 34 57 9 17 2 8 0 .298 .842
Tom Herr 7 28 2 7 0 0 1 1 2 2 .250 .300 .357 .657 0 1 141 510 73 134 2 83 19 .263 .677
Ricky Horton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 29 2 5 0 0 0 .172 .407
Lance Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33 59 4 13 0 7 6 .220 .558
Steve Lake 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 74 179 19 45 2 19 0 .251 .636
Tom Lawless 3 10 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 4 .100 .100 .400 .500 0 0 19 25 5 2 0 0 2 .080 .299
Jim Lindeman 6 15 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 3 .333 .375 .400 .775 0 0 75 207 20 43 8 28 3 .208 .640
Joe Magrane 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 52 5 7 1 3 0 .135 .427
Greg Mathews 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 32 68 5 13 0 3 0 .191 .431
Willie McGee 7 27 2 10 2 0 0 4 0 9 .370 .370 .444 .815 0 0 153 620 76 177 11 105 16 .285 .746
John Morris 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 101 157 22 41 3 23 5 .261 .721
Jose Oquendo 7 24 2 6 0 0 0 2 1 4 .250 .269 .250 .519 0 1 116 248 43 71 1 24 4 .286 .743
Tom Pagnozzi 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 27 48 8 9 2 9 1 .188 .583
Tony Pena 7 22 2 9 1 0 0 4 3 2 .409 .480 .455 .935 1 0 116 384 40 82 5 44 6 .214 .589
Terry Pendleton 3 7 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .429 .500 .429 .929 2 0 159 583 82 167 12 96 19 .286 .772
Ozzie Smith 7 28 3 6 0 0 0 2 2 3 .214 .267 .214 .481 2 0 158 600 104 182 0 75 43 .303 .775
John Tudor 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 17 35 1 7 0 5 0 .200 .443
Lee Tunnell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 17 1 4 0 3 0 .235 .471
Todd Worrell 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 10 0 1 0 0 0 .100 .200
Totals 93 232 26 60 8 0 2 25 13 44 .259 .300 .319 .619 12 3 162 5500 798 1449 94 248 .263 .718

Minnesota Twins Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Keith Atherton 2 0 6.75 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 1 1 0 0.750 59 0 4.54 7 5 2 79.1 81 30 51 1.399
Juan Berenguer 3 0 10.38 0 1 0 0 4.1 10 5 0 1 2.308 47 6 3.94 8 1 4 112.0 100 47 110 1.313
Bert Blyleven 2 2 2.77 1 1 0 0 13.0 13 4 2 12 1.154 37 37 4.01 15 12 0 267.0 249 101 196 1.311
George Frazier 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 2 0.500 54 0 4.98 5 5 2 81.1 77 51 58 1.574
Joe Niekro 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 1 1.000 *27 26 5.33 7 13 0 147.0 155 64 84 1.490
Jeff Reardon 4 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 4.2 5 0 0 3 1.071 63 0 4.48 8 8 31 80.1 70 28 83 1.220
Dan Schatzeder 3 0 6.23 1 0 0 0 4.1 4 3 3 3 1.615 *56 1 5.31 6 2 0 81.1 104 32 58 1.672
Les Straker 2 2 4.00 0 0 0 0 9.0 9 4 3 6 1.333 31 26 4.37 8 10 0 154.1 150 59 76 1.354
Frank Viola 3 3 3.72 2 1 0 0 19.1 17 8 3 16 1.034 36 36 2.90 17 10 0 251.2 230 66 197 1.176
Totals 21 7 3.75 4 3 1 0 60.0 60 25 13 44 1.217 162 162 4.628 85 77 1427.1 1465 564 990 1.422

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Danny Cox 3 2 7.71 1 2 0 0 11.2 13 10 8 9 1.800 31 31 3.88 11 9 0 199.1 224 71 101 1.480
Ken Dayley 4 0 1.93 0 0 1 0 4.2 2 1 0 3 0.429 53 0 2.66 9 5 4 61.0 52 33 63 1.393
Bob Forsch 3 0 9.95 1 0 0 0 6.1 8 7 5 3 2.053 33 30 4.32 11 7 0 179.0 189 45 89 1.307
Ricky Horton 2 0 6.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 0 1 1.667 67 6 3.82 8 3 7 125.0 127 42 55 1.352
Joe Magrane 2 2 8.59 0 1 0 0 7.1 9 7 5 5 1.909 27 26 3.54 9 7 0 170.1 157 60 101 1.274
Greg Mathews 1 1 2.45 0 0 0 0 3.2 2 1 2 3 1.091 32 32 3.73 11 11 0 197.2 184 71 108 1.290
John Tudor 2 2 5.73 1 1 0 0 11.0 15 7 3 8 1.636 16 16 3.84 10 2 0 96.0 100 32 54 1.375
Lee Tunnell 2 0 2.08 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 1 2 1 1.385 32 9 4.84 4 4 0 74.1 90 34 49 1.668
Todd Worrell 4 0 1.29 0 0 2 0 7.0 6 1 4 3 1.429 75 0 2.66 8 6 33 94.2 86 34 92 1.268
Totals 23 7 5.64 3 4 3 0 59.0 64 37 29 36 1.576 162 162 3.911 95 67 1466.0 1484 533 873 1.376

WS: MIN-STL / ALCS: MIN-DET / NLCS: STL-SFG
 1986 WS /  1988 WS

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