1987 World Series

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2 Box Scores
3 Trivia
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Series Information

Minnesota Twins (85-77) vs. Saint Louis Cardinals (95-67)

In the 1987 World Series the Minnesota Twins made their first appearance in the Fall Classic while the St. Louis Cardinals were making their third trip of the decade.

If there was ever any proof of home field advantage the ’87 Twins were it. The Twins went 56-25 at home and only 29-52 away from their home field, the Metrodome. The Twins won the AL West by 2 games over the Kansas City Royals and advanced to the ALCS to play a Detroit Tigers team that had won 98 games that year. The Twins beat the heavily favored Tigers in a schocking five games and awaited the winner of the NLCS. The St. Louis Cardinals won the NL East by 3 games and faced off against the San Francisco Giants. The Cardinals shutout the Giants in the deciding games 6 and 7 to advance to the World Series with a four games to three series win.

In the 1987 World Series the home team won every game. Luckily for the Twins, who again showed their dominance at home, the American League had home field advantage in 1987. With their victory in Game 7 the Minnesota Twins secured their first World Championship in Minnesota and sent St. Louis to their second loss in three chances for a World Title in the 1980’s.

Managers: Tom Kelly (Minnesota) and Whitey Herzog (St. Louis)
Venues: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minneapolis, MN) and Busch Stadium (St. Louis, MO)
MVP: Frank Viola

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Box Scores

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Game One: Saturday, October 17, 1989 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Team	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
W: Frank Viola (1-0) L: Joe Magrane (0-1) Sv: None
HR: MIN – Dan Gladden (1), Steve Lombardozzi (1) STL – None
Attendance: 55,171

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Game Two: Sunday, October 18, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Team	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	0	8	10	0
W: Bert Blyleven (1-0) L: Danny Cox (0-1) Sv: None
HR: MIN – Gary Gaetti (1), Tim Laudner (1) STL – None
Attendance: 55,257

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Game Three: Tuesday, October 20, 1987 at Busch Stadium

Team	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
W: John Tudor (1-0) L: Juan Berenguer (0-1) Sv: Todd Worrell (1)
HR: MIN – None STL – None
Attendance: 55,347

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Game Four: Wednesday, October 21, 1987 at Busch Stadium

Team	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
W: Bob Forsch (1-0) L: Frank Viola (1-1) Sv: Ken Dayley (1)
HR: MIN – Greg Gagne (1) STL – Tom Lawless (1)
Attendance: 55,347

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Game Five: Thursday, October 22, 1987 at Busch Stadium

Team	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
W: Danny Cox (1-1) L: Bert Blyleven (1-1) Sv: Todd Worrell (2)
HR: MIN – None STL – None
Attendance: 55,347

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Game Six: Saturday, October 24, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Team	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
W: Dan Schatzeder (1-0) L: John Tudor (1-1) Sv: None
HR: MIN – Don Baylor (1), Kent Hrbek (1) STL – Tom Herr
Attendance: 55,293

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Game Seven: Sunday, October 25, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Team	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
W: Frank Viola (2-1) L: Danny Cox (1-2) Sv: Jeff Reardon (1)
HR: MIN – None STL – None
Attendance: 55,367

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Trivia

Game 1 was the first time in the history of the World Series that a game was played in a dome.
This World Series was the first time that the home team had won every game.
The Twins had the worst winning percentage in the history of World Series Champions
Game Six was the only game in the Series that was not played at night.
Kirby Puckett tied a World Series record when he scored 4 runs in Game 6.
The Twins hit two grand slams in the Series, only the second team to do so.
Series MVP Frank Viola went 2-1 with a 3.72 ERA. Viola, who won Game 7, pitched 19.1 innings allowing only 8 runs and struck out 16 batters.

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