World Series 1987

World Series 1987

team Victories Regular season Minnesota Twins 4th 85-77, 52.5%, GA: 2nd St. Louis Cardinals 3 95-67, 58.6%, GA: 3
Period:	October 17 - October 25, 1987
MVP:	Frank Viola (Minnesota)
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The 1987 World Series was the 84th edition of the finals of Major League Baseball . The American League champions , the Minnesota Twins , defeated the National League champions , the St. Louis Cardinals , 4-3 games. The Best-Of-Seven series started on October 17 and ended on October 25, 1987 and went over the full number of games.

For the first time in the history of the World Series , all seven games could be won by the respective home team. This constellation occurred again in 1991 and 2001 .

As MVP of the series Minnesota was pitcher Frank Viola excellent.

The way to the World Series

	League Championship Series					World Series
	East	Detroit Tigers	1
	west	Minnesota Twins	4th
						AL	Minnesota Twins	4th
						NL	St. Louis Cardinals	3
	East	St. Louis Cardinals	4th
	west	San Francisco Giants	3

Overview of the games

game	date	guest	Score	home	Score	Total status (STL-MIN)	Ball park	spectator
1	17th October 1987	St. Louis Cardinals	1	Minnesota Twins	10	0-1	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	55.171
2	October 18, 1987	St. Louis Cardinals	4th	Minnesota Twins	8th	0-2	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	55,257
3	October 20, 1987	Minnesota Twins	1	St. Louis Cardinals	3	1-2	Busch Memorial Stadium	55,347
4th	October 21, 1987	Minnesota Twins	2	St. Louis Cardinals	7th	2–2	Busch Memorial Stadium	55,347
5	October 22, 1987	Minnesota Twins	2	St. Louis Cardinals	4th	3–2	Busch Memorial Stadium	55,347
6th	October 24, 1987	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Minnesota Twins	11	3–3	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	55.293
7th	October 25, 1987	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Minnesota Twins	4th	3-4	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	55,376

The games in detail

Game 1

Saturday October 17, 1987 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis , Minnesota

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
St. Louis	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Minnesota	0	0	0	7th	2	0	1	0	X	10	11	0

WP : Frank Viola (1–0)   LP : Joe Magrane (0–1)  

HRs :   MIN - Dan Gladden (1), Steve Lombardozzi (1)

Game 2

Sunday October 18, 1987 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	4th	9	0
Minnesota	0	1	0	6th	0	1	0	0	X	8th	10	0

WP : Bert Blyleven (1–0)   LP : Danny Cox (0–1)  

HRs :   MIN - Gary Gaetti (1), Tim Laudner (1)

Game 3

Tuesday October 20, 1987 at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis , Missouri

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	3	9	1

WP : John Tudor (1–0)   LP : Juan Berenguer (0–1)   SV : Todd Worrell (1)  

Game 4

Wednesday October 21, 1987 at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Minnesota	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7th	1
St. Louis	0	0	1	6th	0	0	0	0	X	7th	10	1

WP : Bob Forsch (1–0)   LP : Frank Viola (1–1)   SV : Ken Dayley (1)  

HRs :   MIN - Greg Gagne (1) STL - Tom Lawless (1)

Game 5

Thursday October 22, 1987 at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6th	1
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	X	4th	10	0

WP : Danny Cox (1–1)   LP : Bert Blyleven (1–1)   SV : Todd Worrell (2)  

Game 6

Saturday October 24, 1987 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
St. Louis	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	11	2
Minnesota	2	0	0	0	4th	4th	0	1	X	11	15th	0

WP : Dan Schatzeder (1–0)   LP : John Tudor (1–1)  

HRs :   STL - Tom Herr (1) MIN - Don Baylor (1), Kent Hrbek (1)

Game 7

Sunday October 25, 1987 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
St. Louis	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6th	1
Minnesota	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	X	4th	10	0

WP : Frank Viola (2–1)   LP : Danny Cox (1–2)   SV : Jeff Reardon (1)  

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1987 World Series Game 1 - St. Louis Cardinals vs. Minnesota Twins . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
2. ↑ 1987 World Series Game 2 - St. Louis Cardinals vs. Minnesota Twins . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
3. ↑ 1987 World Series Game 3 - Minnesota Twins vs. St. Louis Cardinals . Retrosheet. Archived from the original on September 26, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
4. ↑ 1987 World Series Game 4 - Minnesota Twins vs. St. Louis Cardinals . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
5. ↑ 1987 World Series Game 5 - Minnesota Twins vs. St. Louis Cardinals . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
6. ↑ 1987 World Series Game 6 - St. Louis Cardinals vs. Minnesota Twins . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
7. ↑ 1987 World Series Game 7 - St. Louis Cardinals vs. Minnesota Twins . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.