Baseball Historians

July 1, 1987 at Royals Stadium
Royals 4, Twins 3  (43-35)
Seth Atherton gave up an RBI double in the bottom of the ninth and that proved to be the game winner in the Twins loss to the Royals.  The run was unearned because the winning run reached base on an error by Gary Gaetti.  Atherton fell […]

June 30, 1987 at Royals Stadium
Twins 3, Royals 1  (43-34)
The Twins didn’t get a lot offense in their game against they Royals but they didn’t need much because Bert Blyleven was on fire.  He gave up one unearned run on six hits and a walk with two strikeouts in 8 2/3 innings.  Jeff Reardon got […]

June 29, 1987 at Royals Stadium
Royals 3, Twins 2  (42-34)
The Twins lost a tough because they took a 2-0 lead into the fifth, Les Straker gave up three runs in the bottom half of the inning and then the game was called on account of rain.  The game winner was a solo homerun by Bo […]

June 28, 1967 at Arlington Stadium
Rangers 6, Twins 3  (42-33)
The Twins were glad to get out of Texas as they lost their fourth straight game after getting swept by the Rangers.  Mike Smithson had a rough start and he fell to 4-4 on the season.  He gave up six runs on six hits and three […]

June 27, 1987 at Arlington Stadium
Rangers 11, Twins 6  (42-31)
The Rangers took it to Joe Niekro and the rest of the Twins pitches in a blowout.  Niekro gave up six runs in 3 2/3 innings and George Frazier gave up four runs in 2 1/3 innings and he took the loss.
Kent Hrbek hit his nineteenth […]

June 26, 1987 at Arlington Stadium
Rangers 1, Twins 0  (42-30)
Mike Witt was just a little bit better then Frank Viola in the Rangers win over the Twins.  Regardless, a great start by Frank Viola went to waste.  He gave up one run on seven hits and one walk with six strikeouts in a complete game.
Roy […]

June 25, 1967 at the Metrodome
Twins 4, Indians 3  (42-29)
The Twins won their fourth straight game and they did it with some solid pitching and the long ball.  All four Twins’ runs were scored on homers with Roy Smalley and Dan Gladden hitting solo shots and Kent Hrbek belting a two run homer in the win.
Bert […]

June 24, 1967 at the Metrodome
Twins 14, Indians 8  (41-29)
Just about everyone was a hitting star in the Twins third straight win.  Al Newman went two for four with two RBIs and four runs while Kirby Puckett went three for four with a triple, two RBIs and three runs.  Kent Hrbek blasted homerun number 17 […]

June 23, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 9, Indians 4  (40-29)
The Twins won their 40th game of the season and it was Gary Gaetti and Kent Hrbek who got it done at the plate.  Gaetti went two for four with a homerun and four RBIs.  Kent Hrbek went two for three with a walk and three […]

June 21, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 8, White Sox 6  (39-29)
Tom Brunansky had a big day at the plate in the Twins win over the White Sox.  He went three for four with his fifteenth homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Kirby Puckett, Dan Gladden and Gary Gaetti all went yard as well.
Frank Viola had […]

June 20, 1987 at the Metrodome
White Sox 10, Twins 5  (38-29)
Bert Blyleven and Juan Berenguer were tagged for eight runs in the top of the seventh inning as the Twins lost to the White Sox 10-5.  Blyleven dropped to 5-6 with the loss and he gave up eight runs (three earned) on seven hits and […]

June 19, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 7, White Sox 6  (38-28)
Tim Laudner hit a pinch hit walk off solo homer in the bottom of the ninth to win it for the Twins.  Kent Hrbek also went yard and he belted his fifteenth homerun of the season.  He went one for three with two RBIs and […]

June 17, 1987 at County Stadium
Brewers 8, Twins 5  (37-28)
The Twins couldn’t finish up their sweep over the Brewers and instead, they saw three of their pitchers hit hard in the loss.  Mike Smithson was tagged for four runs in 3 1/3 innings in his start and Les Straker took the loss when he gave […]

June 16, 1987 at County Stadium
Twins 7, Brewers 3  (37-27)
It’s hard to believe this game was 2-1 after seven innings before both team’s ran up the score.  The Twins scored five runs in the final two frames while the Brewers tagged Seth Atherton for two runs in the ninth.  Frank Viola picked up the win […]

June 15, 1987 at County Stadium
Twins 5, Brewers 0  (36-27)
The Twins continued their impressive month of June with another win, this one behind a five hit shutout by Bert Blyleven.  He gave up two walks and he struck out six and the win improved his record to 5-5 on the season.
Randy Bush had the big […]

June 14, 1987 at Comiskey Park
Twins 6, White Sox 3  (35-27)
Tim Laudner hit a grand slam and added a sac. fly to drive in five runs as the Twins took care of the White Sox in their series finale.  Kirby Puckett was three for four and Steve Lombardozzi went three for four with a run.
Joe […]

June 13, 1987 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 6, Twins 2  (34-27)
The Twins seven game winning streak ended with a tough loss to the White Sox.  The Twins scored just two runs and those didn’t come until the final two innings.  Kent Hrbek hit a solo homerun in the eighth inning and then Tom Brunansky hit […]

June 6, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 3, Rangers 2  (28-26)
Mark Salas led off the ninth inning with a solo homer that eventually sent the Twins game with the Rangers into extra frames and then Steve Lombardozzi singled home Tom Brunansky in the bottom of the thirteenth to win it for the Twins.  Gene Larkin also […]

June 5, 1987 at the Metrodome
Rangers 15, Twins 9  (27-26)
Normally, when you score nine runs you expect to win.  Unfortunately, three different Twins pitchers gave up five runs a piece in a brutal blowout loss at the hands of the Rangers.  Bert Blyleven took the loss and he gave up five runs on six hits […]

June 3, 1987 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 7, Twins 6  (27-25)
The Twins took a 6-2 lead into the eighth inning and then the pen collapsed again.  George Frazier gave up two runs in the eighth and then Reardon blew another save and he gave up two in the ninth to send the game into extra […]

June 2, 1987 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 6, Twins 5  (27-24)
The Twins took a lead into the ninth again and Jeff Reardon continued his struggles and gave up two runs to notch his fourth loss of the season.  Juan Berenguer struggled in his start and he gave up four runs on three hits and nine […]