Baseball Historians

July 31, 1987 at the Oakland Coliseum
Twins 5, Athletics 3  (56-48)
Gary Gaetti played a role in four of the Twins five runs in their win in the series opener against the Athletics.  He went two for four with a homerun, a double, three RBIs and two runs.  He was the only Twins with more then one […]

July 29, 1987 at the Kingdome
Mariners 8, Twins 3  (55-48)
Mike Smithson fell to 4-6 on the season with a rough start in the Twins loss to the Mariners.  He gave up seven runs on six hits and two walks with three strikeouts in just five innings of work.
Kirby Puckett doubled twice and scored two runs.  […]

July 28, 1987 at the Kingdome
Mariners 6, Twins 1  (55-47)
The Twins couldn’t get anything going against Mariners starter Mike Morgan and while they weren’t shutout, it was pretty close.  The lone run came in the third inning when Kirby Puckett singled home Dan Gladden.
Joe Niekro took the loss and he fell to 5-8 on the […]

July 27, 1987 at the Kingdome
Twins 4, Mariners 3  (55-46)
The Twins were shut out for eight innings but they made it all up in the ninth when they turned a 3-0 deficit into a 4-3 win.  Steve Lombardozzi belted a huge three run homer to tie the game up and then Gary Gaetti hit a walk […]

July 26, 1967 at Exhibition Stadium
Blue Jays 4, Twins 2  (54-46)
Jimmy Key outdueled Bert Blyleven in a Twins loss that saw their hitters rack up just four hits.  Kirby Puckett had half of the Jays four hits and one of them was a solo homerun in the first inning.
Blyleven dropped to 9-8 with the complete […]

July 25, 1987 at Exhibition Stadium
Twins 13, Blue Jays 9  (54-45)
The Twins ran up the scored on the Blue Jays and while their pitching wasn’t all that great, the ofense provided more then enough punch.  Gary Gaetti led the way and he went two for four with a homerun, four RBIs and two runs.  Gene […]

July 24, 1987 at Exhibition Stadium
Blue Jays 8, Twins 6 (53-45)
The Twins took a 6-1 lead into the seventh only to see their bullpen fall apart and give up seven runs in the seventh inning.  Three different Twins were tagged for runs in that inning and it was Jeff Reardon who took the loss.  He […]

July 23, 1987 at Exhibition Stadium
Blue Jays 4, Twins 3  (53-44)
George Frazier gave up the game winning run in the ninth inning as the Twins lost a tough one to the Blue Jays.  The Twins jumped out to a two run lead in the first inning but that was gone by the third inning.  The Twins then tied it […]

July 22, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 3, Yankees 1  (53-43)
For the second straight game, Twins’ pitchers held the opposition to just a single run in a low scoring win.  This time it was Frank Viola who provided the quality pitching on the mound.  He gave up one run on four hits and two walks with […]

July 21, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 2, Yankees 1  (52-43)
The Twins outdueled the Yankees and it was Bert Blyleven who got it done on the mound in the Twins win.  He improved to 9-7 on the season and he gave up just one run on seven hits and four walks with eight strikeouts in the […]

July 20, 1987 at the Metrodome
Yankees 7, Twins 1  (51-43)
Les Straker fell to 5-6 on the season in a tough start in the Twins loss to the Yankees.  He gave up six runs on six hits and three walks with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.
The Twins put together only run in the game.  […]

July 19, 1967 at the Metrodome
Twins 7, Blue Jays 6  (51-42)
Tom Brunansky led the way at the plate for the Twins in their win in the series finale against the Blue Jays.  The outfielder went two for four with a homerun and three RBIs.  Kent Hrbek singled, drew two walks and scored a run.
Mike Smithson […]

July 18, 1987 at the Metrodome
Blue Jays 7, Twins 5  (50-42)
The Blue Jays were too much for Joe Niekro as he fell to 5-7 on the season with a tough start in the Twins loss.  He gave up seven runs on seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts in six innings of work.
Tom Brunansky […]

July 17, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 3, Blue Jays 2  (50-41)
The Twins won their 50th game of the season behind a solid outing by Frank Viola.  The left hander improved to 9-6 on the season and he gave up two runs on eight hits with nine strikeouts in seven innings.  Juan Berenguer and Jeff Reardon […]

July 16, 1987 at the Metrodome
Blue Jays 5, Twins 2  (49-41)
Bert Blyleven fell to 8-7 on the season with a rough start as the Twins lost to open up the second half of the season.  He gave up five runs on ten hits and six walks with five strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings.
Steve Lombardozzi doubed, […]

July 12, 1987 at  Memorial Stadium
Orioles 5, Twins 0  (49-40)
The Twins limped into the All Star Break with a pretty poor performance at the plate.  Two singles aren’t going to cut it and that’s all the Twins managed in this one as they were shutout by Dave Schmidt.
Joe Niekro took the loss with five rough […]

July 11, 1987 at Memorial Stadium
Twins 2, Orioles 1  (49-39)
The Twins got a pair of solo homeruns and some top notch pitching from Frank Viola to take this game.  Viola improved to 8-6 on the season and he gave up one run on eight hits and two walks with five strikeouts in the complete game.
Both […]

July 10, 1987 at Memorial Stadium
Orioles 13, Twins 12  (48-39)
The Twins lost a crazy one to the Orioles as the pitching went out the window.  Bert Blyleven gave up eight runs in five innings and then the next two relievers gave up runs as well.  George Frazier took the loss and he gave up two […]

July 9, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Twins 3, Orioles 1  (48-38)
The Twins took care of the Orioles in their series opener behind a nice start by Les Straker.  He gave up just one run on six hits and two walks with one strikeout in 7 1/3 innings.  Jeff Reardon picked up save number 17 with 1 2/3 […]

July 8, 1987 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 13, Twins 4  (47-38)
The Yankees took the wood to the Twins pitchers in this one and while Mike Smithson was roughed up, it was pretty much a team effort.  Smithson dropped to 4-5 on the season and he gave up five runs in four innings.  Juan Berenguer was also […]

July 7, 1987 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 12, Twins 7  (47-37)
This game was plaing ugly.  The Twins took a 7-0 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning only to see the Yankees score seven of their own in the seventh and five more in the eighth to win it.  A costly error by Steve Lombardozzi […]

July 6, 1987 at Yankee Stadium
Twins 2, Yankees 0  (47-36)
It’s not too often that your offense picks up just three hits yet you still win the ball game but that’s what happened because of an outstanding outing by Frank Viola.   He gave up just five hits and four walks with seven strikeouts in the complete […]

July 5, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 4, Orioles 3  (46-36)
Kent Hrbek belted a lead off walk off solo homer in the bottom of the ninth to win it for the Twins.  Sal Butera also hit a solo shot and Steve Lombardozzi tripled and drove in two runs in the win.
Bert Blyleven improved to 8-6 with […]

July 4, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 4, Orioles 1  (45-36)
The Twins won their second straight game behind a solid start by Les Straker.  The rookie right hander gave up one run on four hits and one walk with five strikeouts in seven innings.  Juan Berenguer picked up his third save with two scoreless innings.
Kent Hrbek […]

July 3, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 6, Orioles 5  (44-36)
The Twins gave up a two run lead in the ninth only to win the game in the eleventh inning on Steve Lombardozzi’s RBI single.  Juan Berenguer and Dan Schatzeder each gave up a run in the ninth and it was Jeff Reardon who picked up […]

July 2, 1987 at Royals Stadium
Royals 10, Twins 3  (43-36)
The Twins dropped another one and this time it got ugly as Joe Niekro and George Frazier each were tagged for five runs in the Twins loss to the Royals.  By the fifth inning, the score was 8-0 and two errors didn’t help things (two of […]