Baseball Historians

September 30, 1987 at Arlington Stadium
Rangers 2, Twins 1  (85-74)
The Twins were shut down by Rangers starter Bobby Witt as they continued to coast into the playoffs.  Kirby Puckett singled and he drove in the lone run for the Twins while Kent Hrbek reached base four times with a single, a double and two walks.
Les […]

September 29, 1987 at Arlington Stadium
Rangers 7, Twins 5  (85-73)
The Twins were knocked around in what turned out to be a team effort loss as three different pitchers were knocked around by the Rangers.  Keith Atherton was the guy who took the loss because the Twins hitters kept them in the game.  He fell to 7-5 […]

September 28,1987 at Arlington Stadium
Twins 5, Rangers 3  (85-72)
The Twins were headed to the playoffs as they finally locked up the division crown with tight win over the Rangers.  Steve Lombardozzi was the hitting star in the win and he played a role in four of the Twins five runs.   He went two for four […]

September 27, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 8, Royals 1  (84-72)
The Twins clinched at least share of the American League West behind a three homer attack and some solid pitching by Bert Blyleven.  The righthander gave up just one run on five hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in the complete game win.
Kent Hrbek homered and […]

September 26, 1987 at the Metrodome
Royals 7, Twins 4  (83-72)
The Royals are now the new second place team as they passed up the Athletics in the AL West with a win over the Twins.  Steve Carlton was tagged for three runs in 5 1/3 innings while Jeff Reardon was bombed in the top of the […]

September 25, 1987 at the Metrodome
Royals 6, Twins 4  (83-71)
Despite the Twins six game winning streak coming to an end, they still managed to reduce their magic number down to three thanks to a loss to the Athletics.  Les Straker was hit hard and he gave up four runs in 4 1/3 innings.  Dan Schatzeder […]

September 24, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 4, Rangers 0  (83-70)
Frank Viola struck out ten in eight shutout innings as he improved to 17-9 on the season.  Juan Berenguer struck out the side in the ninth in a non-save situation.
Greg Gagne belted a big two run homer to provide half of the Twins runs.  Gary Gaetti […]

September 23, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 4, Rangers 2  (82-70)
The Twins continued their hot streak as they won their fifth straight game and pushed the Athletics five games back of first place.  Bert Blyleven gave up two runs in 6 2/3 innings but he didn’t get the win.  That went to Juan Berengeur, who improved […]

September 22, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 6, Rangers 4  (81-70)
The Twins belted three homers as they won their fourth straight game.  Kirby Puckett blasted his 27th homerun while Greg Gagne and Tom Brunansky both went yard as well.  Gary Gaetti also had a nice game and he went three for four with a run and […]

September 20, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 3, Indians 2  (80-70)
The Twins finished up a three game sweep over the Indians behind a solid outing by rookie Les Straker.  He gave up two runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six frames.  Jeff Reardon pitched a perfect ninth with one strikeout and […]

September 19, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 3, Indians 1  (79-70)
Frank Viola improved to 16-9 on the season with an awesome start as the Twins won their second straight game.  He gave up one unearned run on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts in seven frames.  Jeff Reardon threw two innings of shutout relief […]

September 18, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 9, Indians 4  (78-70)
The Twins cut their magic number down to twelve behind the hot stick of Randy Bush.  He went two for three with a walk, a homerun and five RBIs.  Kirby Puckett and Tom Brunansky both went yard in the game as well.  For Brunansky, it was […]

September 16, 1987 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 13, Twins 10  (77-70)
The Twins dropped their third straight game to the White Sox as they were swept at Comiskey Park.  Mike Smithson was shelled for six runs in 4 2/3 innings in his start and he fell to 4-7.  Juan Berenguer and Keith Atherton were also hammered […]

September 15, 1987 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 6, Twins 2  (77-69)
Joe Niekro had a rough start and he fell to 6-12 on the season as the Twins lost their second straight game to the White Sox.  He gave up four runs on nine hits with three strikeouts in six innings.
Randy Bush was the hitting star […]

September 14, 1987 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 8, Twins 2  (77-68)
The White Sox took it to Frank Viola, who fell to 15-9 with a tough start.   He gave up five runs on eight hits and two walks with five strikeouts in five innings.
Randy Bush singled home both Twins runs in the ninth inning.  Don Baylor […]

September 13, 1987 at Cleveland Stadium
Twins 7, Indians 3  (77-67)
The Twins extended their AL West division lead to 4 1/2 games with a solid ten inning win over the Indians in their series finale.  More then half of the Twins runs came in the tenth inning alone as they racked four in the frame.  Kirby […]

September 12, 1987 at Cleveland Stadium
Indians 5, Twins 4  (76-67)
The Twins and Indians swapped leads a couple of times in the late innings but it was the Indians who came out on top after Juan Berenguer fell apart in the ninth.  He gave up a pair of hits and both base runners scored in the […]

September 11, 1987 at Cleveland Stadium
Twins 13, Indians 10  (76-66)
The Twins won an eleven inning shootout as they took advantage of an Athletics loss to extend their lead in the AL West to three and a half games.  Kent Hrbek went four for five with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs while Steve Lombardozzi […]

September 9, 1967 at the Metrodome
Twins 2, White Sox 1  (75-66)
The Twins kept their three game lead over the Athletics with a win over the White Sox.  Frank Viola continued his impressive season and he improved to 15-8.  He gave up  one run on six hits and two walks with nine strikeouts in the complete […]

September 8, 1987 at the Metrodome
White Sox 4, Twins 3  (74-66)
Bert Blyleven fell to 13=11 on the season with a tough start in the Twins loss to the White Sox.  He gave up four runs on eight hits and three walks with four strikeouts in a complete game loss.
Gary Gaetti homered, doubled, drove in one […]

September 7, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 8, White Sox 1  (74-65)
The Twins got both solid hitting and good pitching as they got right back to winning.  Tom Brunansky was a perfect two for two with a homerun, two walks, two RBIs and two runs.  Gary Gaetti went three for five with two runs and two […]

September 6, 1987 at the Metrodome
Brewers 6, Twins 0  (73-65)
The Twins four game winning streak came to an end as the hitters were pretty much completely held in check.  Mark Davidson and Kirby Puckett had the only hits of the game for the Twins.
Steve Carlton fell to 6-14 despite a nice start.  He gave up […]

September 5, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 2, Brewers 1 (73-64)
The Twins won their fourth straight game and their straight by the score of 2-1 with some timely hitting and some nice pitching by both Mike Smithson and Keith Atherton.  Smithson took a shutout into the seventh inning before he finally gave up a run and […]

September 4, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 2, Brewers 1  (72-64)
The Twins won their third straight game behind some solid pitching by Frank Viola and Juan Berenguer.  Viola didn’t pick up the win but he kept the Twins in the game.  He gave up one run on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts in […]

September 3, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 2, Red Sox 1  (71-64)
Bert Blyleven didn’t give up a run until the top of the ninth as a scoreless game turned into a one run deficit for the Twins.  Blyleven gave up one run on six hits and four walks with eleven strikeouts in nine innings.
Fortunately, the Twins […]

September 2, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 5, Red Sox 4  (70-64)
The Twins jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead only to see it evaporate to a single run by the eighth inning.  Randy Bush went two for three with a homerun and two RBIs.  Ken Hrbek singled twice, walked twice and scored a run.
Les Straker improved […]

September 1, 1987 at the Metrodome
Red Sox 9, Twins 0  (69-64)
The Twins were shutout on five hits in a blowout loss to the Red Sox.  Kirby Puckett was the only hitter with a pair of hits and he went two for four.
Joe Niekro was shelled and he fell to 6-11.  He gave up five runs […]