In the third missed call of the game, Herr got in the rundown and Lombardozzi ran him back to first where Kent Hrbek was standing off the bag near the basepath. The Twins defeated the Cardinals four games to three to win the Series. For the final World Series that ABC would broadcast to date, 1995, they split the coverage with NBC.
Smith went to second on a groundout, to third on a flyout, and scored on another McGee single. Game 5 was a much closer contest, with the Cardinals coming out victorious by a score of 4–2. The man in question was Carlton. Randy Bush and Tim Laudner each came through with a pair of two-run-scoring hits in the fourth, with Laudner's being a home run and Bush's being a double. Fortunately for the Twins, they played in a very weak division; only two teams finished above .500 and only 10 games separated the Twins from the last-place California Angels (the previous year's division champion) and Texas Rangers.

Subscribe to our Free Newsletter, This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. Terry Pendleton followed by singling home Driessen and Oquendo hit a sacrifice fly to make it 4–2. The Twins came back in their half of the second on a Steve Lombardozzi RBI single, but not before a missed call at home plate by umpire Dave Phillips had already cost the Twins a run. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Some years after the conclusion of the series it emerged that a lone Metrodome technician had, at his own initiative, tried to influence games on the Twins behalf by adjusting the air conditioning fans while the Twins were at bat. Greg Gagne led off with an infield single and Puckett walked.
When the Twins won the pennant, Niekro set a major league record as he'd waited 20½ years since his debut to reach a World Series game. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports.

1987 World Series - Minnesota Twins over St. Louis Cardinals (4-3) series statistics and schedule. ABC allowed the game to be played at 3 p.m. CT (4 p.m. ABC only covered Games 1, 4-5 and a seventh game had it been necessary.

After Brunansky popped out, left-hander Ken Dayley was brought in to face the lefty-hitting Kent Hrbek. 1987 World Series (4–3): Minnesota Twins (A.L.) Traveling down the Mississippi, to the open air of Busch Stadium, Game 3 saw a tense pitching duel between Twins starter Les Straker and John Tudor of the Cardinals. The following played for the Minnesota Twins during their World Series Championship season of 1987. The Twins broke the game open in the fourth, scoring six runs resulting in starter Danny Cox being pulled from the game. Twins DH Don Baylor reached base on a hit-by-pitch by Magrane to lead off the inning and Tom Brunansky singled him to second. Bert Blyleven was the only remaining player; Tony Oliva became the hitting coach and Rick Renick the third base coach. They failed to win their division again until 1996, did not return to the World Series until 2004 and did not win until 2006 in a season where they won two fewer regular season games than the 1987 Twins.

The only man who wasn't listed (and simply identified as a Secret Service agent) was a tall man wearing dark sunglasses in the back. However, the Cards weren't done scoring. Over a late August weekend at Milwaukee, Puckett went 10 for 11, with four homers and two doubles, raising his batting average 13 points. Viola settled down to retire the next two hitters, but then Steve Lake singled in McGee for a 2–0 lead. Greg Gagne walked and Kirby Puckett got on base to move Gagne into scoring position.


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