Baseball Historians

October 12, 1987 at Tiger Stadium
Twins 9, Tigers 5
Twins Win Best of Seven Game Series 4-1
The Twins wrapped up the ALCS and won the American League pennant as they dismantled the Tigers pitchers in a game five blowout.  The Twins scored four runs in the second inning and never looked back and while the Tigers […]

October 11, 1987 at Tiger Stadium
Twins 5, Tigers 3
Twins Lead Best of Seven Game Series 3-1
The Twins put themselves one win away from the World Series with a game four win over the Tigers.  Frank Viola was just good enough and he gave up three runs in five innings and the pen was top notch.  […]

October 10, 1987 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 7, Twins 6 
Twins Lead Best of Seven Game Series 2-1
The Twins came back in dramatic fashion after the Tigers took a 5-0 lead in the third inning only to see their best reliever blow the game in the bottom of the eighth inning.  It was rookie Les Straker who gave […]

October 8, 1997 at the Metrodome
Twins 6, Tigers 3
Twins Lead Best of Seven Game Series 2-0
The Twins took a commanding two games to zero lead over the Tigers in a much easier outing then the previous days thriller.  The Tigers did jump out to a 2-0 lead in the second off of Bert Blyleven, but […]