1987 Minnesota Twins season: Difference between revisions

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| misc = [[1987 World Series|World Series Champions]]<br />American League Champions<br />ALAmerican League West Champions

| logoleague = MINAmerican 1190.gifLeague

| current leaguedivision = [[American League West|West]]

| general managersgeneral_managers = [[Andy MacPhail]]

| television = [[KMSP-TV]] <br />([[John Rooney (sportscaster)|John Rooney]], [[John Gordon (baseball)|John Gordon]], [[Harmon Killebrew]])<br />Twinsvision<br />([[Dick Bremer]], [[Frank Quilici]])

The '''1987 [[Minnesota Twins]]''' won the [[1987 World Series|World Series]] for the first time since moving from [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] in 1961, the second time that the franchise won the [[World Series]] (the [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] won it in [[1924 World Series|1924]]). Having won only 85 games during the [[1987 Major League Baseball season|1987 regular season]], they won the World Series with the then-fewest regular season wins since Major League Baseball expanded to a 162-game season in [[1961 Major League Baseball season|1961]], and the fewest of any team since the [[1889 New York Giants season|1889 New York Giants]] (excluding the [[1981 Major League Baseball strike|strike]]-shortened [[1981 Major League Baseball season|1981]] and the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]-shortened [[2020 Major League Baseball season|2020]] seasons and later surpassed by the [[2006 St. Louis Cardinals season|2006 St. Louis Cardinals]] who won 83 games that season). They also became the first team to win the World Series despite being outscored by their opponents in the regular season, having scored 786 runs and allowed 806.

[[Tom Kelly (baseball)|Tom Kelly]] became the fifth [[Manager (baseball)|manager]] to win a World Series in his first full season on the job, and one of seven total, as of 20192023, to accomplish the feat.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Simon |first1=Andrew |last2=Kelly |first2=Matt |title=Rookie managers who won the World Series |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/rookie-managers-who-won-the-world-series-c299658998 |publisher=MLB |access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref>

===Game log===

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198704070.shtml 1] || April 7 || || [[1987 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 5–4 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[George Frazier (pitcher)|Frazier]]''' (1–0) || [[Bill Krueger|Krueger]] (0–1) || — || || 43,548 || 1–0 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198704080.shtml 2] || April 8 || || [[1987 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 4–1 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (1–0) || [[Eric Plunk|Plunk]] (0–1) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (1) || || 12,577 || 2–0 || W2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198704090.shtml 3] || April 9 || || [[1987 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 5–4 || '''[[Juan Berenguer|Berenguer]]''' (1–0) || [[Jay Howell|Howell]] (0–1) || — || || 11,586 || 3–0 || W3

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA198704100.shtml 4] || April 10 || || @ [[1987 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 8–1 || '''[[Mike Smithson (baseball)|Smithson]]''' (1–0) || [[Mike Morgan (baseball)|Morgan]] (0–1) || — || || 38,122 || 4–0 || W4

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA198704110.shtml 5] || April 11 || || @ [[1987 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 5–6 || [[Ed Nunez|Nunez]] (1–0) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (0–1) || — || || 26,312 || 4–1 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA198704120.shtml 6] || April 12 || || @ [[1987 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 8–5 || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (1–0) || [[Mark Langston|Langston]] (0–2) || '''[[Juan Berenguer|Berenguer]]''' (1) || || 9,358 || 5–1 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK198704130.shtml 7] || April 13 || || @ [[1987 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 3–6 || [[Jay Howell|Howell]] (1–1) || '''[[George Frazier (pitcher)|Frazier]]''' (1–1) || — || || 14,447 || 5–2 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK198704140.shtml 8] || April 14 || || @ [[1987 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 9–8 || '''[[Keith Atherton|Atherton]]''' (1–0) || [[Chris Codiroli|Codiroli]] (0–1) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (2) || || 10,435 || 6–2 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK198704150.shtml 9] || April 15 || || @ [[1987 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 5–2 || '''[[Mike Smithson (baseball)|Smithson]]''' (2–0) || [[Dave Stewart (baseball)|Stewart]] (0–2) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (3) || || 17,182 || 7–2 || W2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL198704170.shtml 10] || April 17 || || @ [[1987 California Angels season|Angels]] || 1–2 || [[Mike Witt|Witt]] (2–1) || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (1–1) || — || || 36,175 || 7–3 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B04170CAL1987.htm L1]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL198704180.shtml 11] || April 18 || || @ [[1987 California Angels season|Angels]] || 0–1 || [[John Candelaria|Candelaria]] (2–0) || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (1–1) || [[Donnie Moore|Moore]] (2) || || 36,881 || 7–4 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B04180CAL1987.htm L2]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL198704190.shtml 12] || April 19 || || @ [[1987 California Angels season|Angels]] || 6–5 || '''[[Mark Portugal|Portugal]]''' (1–0) || [[Don Sutton|Sutton]] (0–3) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (4) || || 49,627 || 8–4 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B04190CAL1987.htm W1]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198704200.shtml 13] || April 20 || || [[1987 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 13–5 || '''[[Mike Smithson (baseball)|Smithson]]''' (3–0) || [[Mike Morgan (baseball)|Morgan]] (0–3) || — || || 11,927 || 9–4 || W2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198704210.shtml 14] || April 21 || || [[1987 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 6–1 || '''[[Les Straker|Straker]]''' (1–0) || [[Mike Trujillo|Trujillo]] (1–1) || — || || 10,776 || 10–4 || W3

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198704220.shtml 15] || April 22 || || [[1987 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 3–4 || [[Mark Langston|Langston]] (2–2) || '''[[George Frazier (pitcher)|Frazier]]''' (1–2) || — || || 11,247 || 10–5 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198704230.shtml 16] || April 23 || || [[1987 California Angels season|Angels]] || 3–7 || [[John Candelaria|Candelaria]] (3–0) || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (1–2) || [[Donnie Moore|Moore]] (3) || || 14,204 || 10–6 || L2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198704240.shtml 17] || April 24 || || [[1987 California Angels season|Angels]] || 1–8 || [[Don Sutton|Sutton]] (1–3) || '''[[Mark Portugal|Portugal]]''' (1–1) || — || || 20,116 || 10–7 || L3

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198704250.shtml 18] || April 25 || || [[1987 California Angels season|Angels]] || 8–7 || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (1–1) || [[Chuck Finley|Finley]] (0–1) || — || || 51,717 || 11–7 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198704260.shtml 19] || April 26 || || [[1987 California Angels season|Angels]] || 10–5 || '''[[George Frazier (pitcher)|Frazier]]''' (2–2) || [[Mike Cook (baseball)|Cook]] (1–1) || — || || 19,116 || 12–7 || W2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR198704280.shtml 20] || April 28 || || @ [[1987 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 1–5 || [[Jim Clancy (baseball)|Clancy]] (2–2) || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (1–3) || — || || 21,182 || 12–8 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR198704290.shtml 21] || April 29 || || @ [[1987 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 1–8 || [[Joe Johnson (baseball)|Johnson]] (1–2) || '''[[Mike Smithson (baseball)|Smithson]]''' (3–1) || — || || 19,020 || 12–9 || L2

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}}background:#c6011f;color:#072764;|title=May: 14–14 (Home: 9–8; Away: 5–6)| #| Date|Time ([[Central Time Zone|CT]])|Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save|Time of Game|Attendance| Record|Box/<br />Streak}}

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198705010.shtml 22] || May 1 || || [[1987 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 7–4 || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (2–1) || [[Rick Rhoden|Rhoden]] (2–3) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (5) || || 23,531 || 13–9 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198705020.shtml 23] || May 2 || || [[1987 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 4–6 || [[Tommy John|John]] (2–0) || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (1–4) || [[Dave Righetti|Righetti]] (7) || || 33,173 || 13–10 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198705030.shtml 24] || May 3 || || [[1987 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 4–3 || '''[[George Frazier (pitcher)|Frazier]]''' (3–2) || [[Tim Stoddard|Stoddard]] (0–1) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (6) || || 23,798 || 14–10 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198705050.shtml 25] || May 5 || || [[1987 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 4–5 || [[Eric Bell|Bell]] (3–1) || '''[[Mike Smithson (baseball)|Smithson]]''' (3–2) || [[Ken Dixon|Dixon]] (1) || || 8,891 || 14–11 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198705060.shtml 26] || May 6 || || [[1987 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 0–6 || [[Scott McGregor (left-handed pitcher)|McGregor]] (1–4) || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (2–2) || — || || 10,840 || 14–12 || L2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198705070.shtml 27] || May 7 || || [[1987 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 5–2 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (2–4) || [[Mike Flanagan (baseball)|Flanagan]] (0–5) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (7) || || 14,198 || 15–12 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA198705080.shtml 28] || May 8 || || @ [[1987 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 7–11 || [[Cecilio Guante|Guante]] (2–1) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (1–2) || — || || 25,921 || 15–13 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA198705090.shtml 29] || May 9 || || @ [[1987 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 2–0 || '''[[Les Straker|Straker]]''' (2–0) || [[Dennis Rasmussen (baseball)|Rasmussen]] (2–2) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (8) || || 27,220 || 16–13 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA198705100.shtml 30] || May 10 || || @ [[1987 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 1–6 || [[Charles Hudson (baseball)|Hudson]] (5–0) || '''[[Mike Smithson (baseball)|Smithson]]''' (3–3) || — || || 41,691 || 16–14 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL198705110.shtml 31] || May 11 || || @ [[1987 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 10–4 || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (3–2) || [[Scott McGregor (left-handed pitcher)|McGregor]] (1–5) || — || || 25,353 || 17–14 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL198705120.shtml 32] || May 12 || || @ [[1987 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 7–10 || [[Ken Dixon|Dixon]] (3–2) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (1–3) || — || || 14,279 || 17–15 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198705130.shtml 33] || May 13 || || [[1987 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 0–7 || [[Jim Clancy (baseball)|Clancy]] (5–2) || '''[[Mark Portugal|Portugal]]''' (1–2) || — || || 9,158 || 17–16 || L2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198705140.shtml 34] || May 14 || || [[1987 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 4–16 || [[Dave Stieb|Stieb]] (2–2) || '''[[Les Straker|Straker]]''' (2–1) || — || || 10,053 || 17–17 || L3

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198705150.shtml 35] || May 15 || || [[1987 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 3–1 || '''[[George Frazier (pitcher)|Frazier]]''' (4–2) || [[Bruce Hurst|Hurst]] (4–4) || — || || 13,878 || 18–17 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198705160.shtml 36] || May 16 || || [[1987 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 1–6 || [[Roger Clemens|Clemens]] (3–3) || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (3–3) || — || || 23,414 || 18–18 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198705170.shtml 37] || May 17 || || [[1987 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 10–8 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Keith Atherton|Atherton]]''' (2–0) || [[Calvin Schiraldi|Schiraldi]] (1–3) || — || || 20,716 || 19–18 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE198705190.shtml 38] || May 19 || || @ [[1987 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 3–4 || [[Ken Schrom|Schrom]] (3–4) || '''[[Mark Portugal|Portugal]]''' (1–3) || — || || 7,045 || 19–19 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE198705200.shtml 39] || May 20 || || @ [[1987 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 8–2 || '''[[Juan Berenguer|Berenguer]]''' (2–0) || [[Tom Candiotti|Candiotti]] (1–6) || — || || 6,226 || 20–19 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLEMIN/CLE198705210MIN198705220.shtml 4041] || May 2122 || @7:05{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] || [[1987 ClevelandDetroit IndiansTigers season|IndiansTigers]] || 3–6L 2–3 || [[GregJack SwindellMorris|SwindellMorris]] (3–35–2) || '''[[BertFrank BlylevenViola|BlylevenViola]]''' (3–42–5) || — || 72:43 || 15,401423 || 20–2020–21 || L1[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B05220MIN1987.htm L2]

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| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198705220MIN198705230.shtml 4142] || May 2223 || 7:05{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] || [[1987 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 2–3'''W''' 7–5 || '''[[JackAllan MorrisAnderson (baseball)|MorrisAnderson]]''' (5–21–0) || [[Walt Terrell|Terrell]] (3–5) || '''[[FrankJeff ViolaReardon|ViolaReardon]]''' (2–59) || —3:10 || 1518,423601 || 20–2121–21 || L2[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B05230MIN1987.htm W1]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198705230MIN198705260.shtml 4244] || May 2326 || || [[1987 DetroitMilwaukee TigersBrewers season|TigersBrewers]] || 7–54–2 || '''[[AllanBert Anderson (baseball)Blyleven|AndersonBlyleven]]''' (1–04–4) || [[WaltJuan TerrellNieves|TerrellNieves]] (3–53–2) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (910) || 18|| 23,601276 || 21–2122–22 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DETMIN/DET198705310MIN198705270.shtml 4845]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yesMay }}27 || May 31 <small>(1)</small> || @ [[1987 DetroitMilwaukee TigersBrewers season|TigersBrewers]] || 9–57–2 || '''[[JeffFrank ReardonViola|ReardonViola]]''' (2–33–5) || [[EricBill KingWegman|Wegman]] (baseball3–5) |King| '''[[George Frazier (pitcher)|Frazier]]''' (2–41) || — || n/a22,947 || 25–2323–22 || W1W2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DETMIN/DET198705310MIN198705290.shtml 4946]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yesMay }}28 || May 31 <small>(2)</small> || @ [[1987 DetroitMilwaukee TigersBrewers season|TigersBrewers]] || 11–313–1 || '''[[GeorgeJuan Frazier (pitcher)Berenguer|FrazierBerenguer]]''' (5–23–0) || [[FrankMike TananaBirkbeck|TananaBirkbeck]] (4–31–4) || — || 20|| 26,993203 || 26–2324–22 || W2W3

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}}background:#c6011f;color:#072764;|title=June: 17–11 (Home: 10–2; Away: 7–9)| #| Date|Time ([[Central Time Zone|CT]])|Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save|Time of Game|Attendance| Record|Box/<br />Streak}}

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS198706010.shtml 50] || June 1 || || @ [[1987 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 9–5 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (4–5) || [[Roger Clemens|Clemens]] (4–5) || — || || 20,221 || 27–23 || W3

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS198706020.shtml 51] || June 2 || || @ [[1987 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 5–6 || [[Calvin Schiraldi|Schiraldi]] (3–3) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (2–4) || — || || 16,910 || 27–24 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS198706030.shtml 52] || June 3 || || @ [[1987 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 6–7 <small>(10)</small> || [[Calvin Schiraldi|Schiraldi]] (4–3) || '''[[Joe Klink|Klink]]''' (0–1) || — || || 20,638 || 27–25 || L2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198706050.shtml 53] || June 5 || || [[1987 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 9–15 || [[Greg Harris (baseball, born 1955)|Harris]] (2–4) || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (4–5) || — || || 16,092 || 27–26 || L3

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198706060.shtml 54] || June 6 || || [[1987 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 3–2 <small>(13)</small> || '''[[Keith Atherton|Atherton]]''' (3–1) || [[Mitch Williams (baseball)|Williams]] (3–3) || — || || 24,992 || 28–26 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198706070.shtml 55] || June 7 || || [[1987 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 7–4 || '''[[Keith Atherton|Atherton]]''' (4–1) || [[Jeff Russell|Russell]] (0–1) || — || || 15,795 || 29–26 || W2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198706080.shtml 56] || June 8 || 7:05{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] || [[1987 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]] || '''W''' 5–3 || '''[[Randy Niemann|Niemann]]''' (1–0) || [[Mark Gubicza|Gubicza]] (3–7) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (11) || 2:35 || 17,815 || 30–26 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B06080MIN1987.htm W3]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198706090.shtml 57] || June 9 || 7:05{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] || [[1987 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]] || '''W''' 5–2 || '''[[Joe Niekro|Niekro]]''' (1–0) || [[Danny Jackson|Jackson]] (2–8) || '''[[Keith Atherton|Atherton]]''' (1) || 3:00 || 18,563 || 31–26 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B06090MIN1987.htm W4]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198706100.shtml 58] || June 10 || 7:05{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] || [[1987 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]] || '''W''' 4–3 <{{small>|(10)</small>}} || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (3–4) || [[Jerry Don Gleaton|Gleaton]] (1–2) || — || 3:04 || 18,560 || 32–26 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B06100MIN1987.htm W5]

| — || June 11 || || @ [[1987 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || colspan="78" |'''Postponed (rain)''' <small>''(Rescheduled June 12)''</small>

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA198706120.shtml 59]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} || June 12 <small>(1)</small> || || @ [[1987 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 5–2 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (5–5) || [[Bill Long (baseball)|Long]] (3–2) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (12) || || n/a || 33–26 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B06120CHA1987.htm W6]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA198706120.shtml 60]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} || June 12 <small>(2)</small> || || @ [[1987 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 7–4 || '''[[Juan Berenguer|Berenguer]]''' (4–0) || [[Scott Nielsen|Nielsen]] (0–1) || '''[[Keith Atherton|Atherton]]''' (2) || || 18,906 || 34–26 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B06120CHA1987.htm W7]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA198706130.shtml 61] || June 13 || || @ [[1987 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 2–6 || [[Richard Dotson|Dotson]] (4–4) || '''[[Les Straker|Straker]]''' (2–3) || [[Bob James (baseball)|James]] (8) || || 28,087 || 34–27 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B06130CHA1987.htm L1]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA198706140.shtml 62] || June 14 || || @ [[1987 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 6–3 || '''[[Joe Niekro|Niekro]]''' (2–0) || [[Jose DeLeon|DeLeon]] (4–6) || '''[[Juan Berenguer|Berenguer]]''' (2)|| || 17,334 || 35–27 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B06140CHA1987.htm W1]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIL/MIL198706150.shtml 63] || June 15 || || @ [[1987 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 5–0 || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (5–5) || [[Bill Wegman|Wegman]] (5–6) || — || || 18,403 || 36–27 || W2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIL/MIL198706160.shtml 64] || June 16 || || @ [[1987 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 7–3 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (6–5) || [[Chuck Crim|Crim]] (3–4) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (13) || || 21,613 || 37–27 || W3

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIL/MIL198706170.shtml 65] || June 17 || || @ [[1987 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 5–8 || [[Mark Clear|Clear]] (5–1) || '''[[Les Straker|Straker]]''' (2–4) || [[Dan Plesac|Plesac]] (14) || || 23,389 || 37–28 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198706190.shtml 66] || June 19 || || [[1987 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 7–6 || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (4–4) || [[Jim Winn|Winn]] (2–3) || — || || 24,123 || 38–28 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198706200.shtml 67] || June 20 || || [[1987 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 5–10 || [[Jose DeLeon|DeLeon]] (5–6) || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (5–6) || — || || 33,636 || 38–29 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198706210.shtml 68] || June 21 || || [[1987 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 8–6 || '''[[Juan Berenguer|Berenguer]]''' (5–0) || [[Jim Winn|Winn]] (2–4) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (14) || || 29,240 || 39–29 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198706230.shtml 69] || June 23 || || [[1987 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 9–4 || '''[[Mike Smithson (baseball)|Smithson]]''' (4–3) || [[Tom Candiotti|Candiotti]] (2–8) || '''[[George Frazier (pitcher)|Frazier]]''' (2) || || 17,393 || 40–29 || W2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198706240.shtml 70] || June 24 || || [[1987 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 14–8 || '''[[Les Straker|Straker]]''' (3–4) || [[Greg Swindell|Swindell]] (3–7) || — || || 19,885 || 41–29 || W3

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198706250.shtml 71] || June 25 || || [[1987 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 4–3 || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (6–6) || [[Phil Niekro|Niekro]] (5–7) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (15) || || 27,489 || 42–29 || W4

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX198706260.shtml 72] || June 26 || || @ [[1987 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 0–1 || [[Bobby Witt|Witt]] (3–3) || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (6–6) || [[Dale Mohorcic|Mohorcic]] (10)|| || 20,605 || 42–30 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B06260TEX1987.htm L1]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX198706270.shtml 73]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} || June 27 <small>(1)</small> || || @ [[1987 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 6–11 || [[Ed Correa|Correa]] (3–5) || '''[[George Frazier (pitcher)|Frazier]]''' (5–3) || [[Jeff Russell|Russell]] (2) || || n/a || 42–31 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B06270TEX1987.htm L2]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX198706270.shtml 74]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} || June 27 <small>(2)</small> || || @ [[1987 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 2–7 || [[Charlie Hough|Hough]] (8–3) || '''[[Keith Atherton|Atherton]]''' (4–2) || — || || 35,677 || 42–32 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B06270TEX1987.htm L3]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX198706280.shtml 75] || June 28 || || @ [[1987 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 3–6 || [[Jose Guzman|Guzman]] (6–6) || '''[[Mike Smithson (baseball)|Smithson]]''' (4–4) || [[Dale Mohorcic|Mohorcic]] (11) || || 17,477 || 42–33 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B06280TEX1987.htm L4]

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| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA198706290.shtml 76] || June 29 || 7:35{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] || @ [[1987 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]] || L 2–3 <{{small>|(5)</small>}} || [[Danny Jackson|Jackson]] (4–10) || '''[[Les Straker|Straker]]''' (3–5) || — || 1:22 || 35,872 || 42–34 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B06290KCA1987.htm L5]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA198706300.shtml 77] || June 30 || 7:35{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] || @ [[1987 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]] || '''W''' 3–1 || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (7–6) || [[Charlie Leibrandt|Leibrandt]] (8–6) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (16) || 2:44 || 21,515 || 43–34 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B06300KCA1987.htm W1]

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}}background:#c6011f;color:#072764;|title=July: 13–14 (Home: 7–3; Away: 6–11)| #| Date|Time ([[Central Time Zone|CT]])|Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save|Time of Game|Attendance| Record|Box/<br />Streak}}

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| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA198707010.shtml 78] || July 1 || 7:35{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] || @ [[1987 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]] || L 3–4 || [[Dan Quisenberry|Quisenberry]] (3–0) || '''[[Keith Atherton|Atherton]]''' (4–3) || — || 2:59 || 26,899 || 43–35 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B07010KCA1987.htm L1]

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| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA198707020.shtml 79] || July 2 || 7:35{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] || @ [[1987 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]] || L 3–10 || [[Bret Saberhagen|Saberhagen]] (14–2) || '''[[Joe Niekro|Niekro]]''' (2–1) || — || 2:42 || 35,992 || 43–36 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B07020KCA1987.htm L2]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198707030.shtml 80] || July 3 || || [[1987 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 6–5 <small>(11)</small> || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (5–4) || [[Tom Niedenfuer|Niedenfuer]] (1–1) || — || || 26,331 || 44–36 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198707040.shtml 81] || July 4 || || [[1987 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 4–1 || '''[[Les Straker|Straker]]''' (4–5) || [[Eric Bell|Bell]] (6–6) || '''[[Juan Berenguer|Berenguer]]''' (3) || || 23,724 || 45–36 || W2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198707050.shtml 82] || July 5 || || [[1987 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 4–3 || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (8–6) || [[Tom Niedenfuer|Niedenfuer]] (1–2) || — || || 21,294 || 46–36 || W3

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA198707060.shtml 83] || July 6 || || @ [[1987 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 2–0 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (7–6) || [[Ron Guidry|Guidry]] (1–4) || — || || 20,141 || 47–36 || W4

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA198707070.shtml 84] || July 7 || || @ [[1987 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 7–12 || [[Tim Stoddard|Stoddard]] (2–1) || '''[[Keith Atherton|Atherton]]''' (4–4) || — || || 27,697 || 47–37 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA198707080.shtml 85] || July 8 || || @ [[1987 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 4–13 || [[Rick Rhoden|Rhoden]] (11–5) || '''[[Mike Smithson (baseball)|Smithson]]''' (4–5) || [[Pat Clements|Clements]] (4) || || 38,168 || 47–38 || L2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL198707090.shtml 86] || July 9 || || @ [[1987 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 3–1 || '''[[Les Straker|Straker]]''' (5–5) || [[Eric Bell|Bell]] (6–7) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (17) || || 22,656 || 48–38 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL198707100.shtml 87] || July 10 || || @ [[1987 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 12–13 || [[Mark Williamson (baseball)|Williamson]] (3–6) || '''[[George Frazier (pitcher)|Frazier]]''' (5–4) || — || || 28,057 || 48–39 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL198707110.shtml 88] || July 11 || || @ [[1987 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 2–1 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (8–6) || [[Mike Griffin (pitcher)|Griffin]] (1–3) || — || || 25,690 || 49–39 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL198707120.shtml 89] || July 12 || || @ [[1987 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 0–5 || [[Dave Schmidt (pitcher)|Schmidt]] (9–2) || '''[[Joe Niekro|Niekro]]''' (2–2) || — || || 27,486 || 49–40 || L1

| colspan="1012" | '''[[1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|58th All-Star Game in Oakland, California]]'''

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198707160.shtml 90] || July 16 || || [[1987 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 2–5 || [[Jimmy Key|Key]] (10–6) || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (8–7) || [[Tom Henke|Henke]] (18) || || 34,334 || 49–41 || L2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198707170.shtml 91] || July 17 || || [[1987 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 3–2 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (9–6) || [[Mark Eichhorn|Eichhorn]] (8–5) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (18) || || 28,234 || 50–41 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198707180.shtml 92] || July 18 || || [[1987 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 5–7 || [[Dave Stieb|Stieb]] (8–5) || '''[[Joe Niekro|Niekro]]''' (2–3) || — || || 38,365 || 50–42 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198707190.shtml 93] || July 19 || || [[1987 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 7–6 || '''[[Dan Schatzeder|Schatzeder]]''' (1–0) || [[Gary Lavelle|Lavelle]] (1–1) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (19) || || 32,095 || 51–42 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198707200.shtml 94] || July 20 || || [[1987 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 1–7 || [[Tommy John|John]] (9–3) || '''[[Les Straker|Straker]]''' (5–6) || — || || 34,966 || 51–43 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198707210.shtml 95] || July 21 || || [[1987 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 2–1 || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (9–7) || [[Tim Stoddard|Stoddard]] (2–2) || — || || 37,391 || 52–43 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198707220.shtml 96] || July 22 || || [[1987 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 3–1 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (10–6) || [[Rick Rhoden|Rhoden]] (12–6) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (20) || || 40,054 || 53–43 || W2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR198707230.shtml 97] || July 23 || || @ [[1987 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 3–4 || [[Dave Stieb|Stieb]] (9–5) || '''[[George Frazier (pitcher)|Frazier]]''' (5–5) || — || || 35,320 || 53–44 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR198707240.shtml 98] || July 24 || || @ [[1987 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 6–8 || [[Mark Eichhorn|Eichhorn]] (9–5) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (5–5) || [[Tom Henke|Henke]] (20) || || 30,382 || 53–45 || L2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR198707250.shtml 99] || July 25 || || @ [[1987 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 13–9 || '''[[Dan Schatzeder|Schatzeder]]''' (2–0) || [[Jeff Musselman|Musselman]] (7–4) || — || || 36,395 || 54–45 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR198707260.shtml 100] || July 26 || || @ [[1987 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 2–4 || [[Jimmy Key|Key]] (11–6) || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (9–8) || [[Tom Henke|Henke]] (21) || || 33,393 || 54–46 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA198707270.shtml 101] || July 27 || || @ [[1987 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 4–3 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (11–6) || [[Ed Nunez|Nunez]] (3–2) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (21) || || 13,858 || 55–46 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA198707280.shtml 102] || July 28 || || @ [[1987 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 1–6 || [[Mike Morgan (baseball)|Morgan]] (8–11) || '''[[Joe Niekro|Niekro]]''' (2–4) || — || || 13,495 || 55–47 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA198707290.shtml 103] || July 29 || || @ [[1987 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 3–8 || [[Lee Guetterman|Guetterman]] (9–2) || '''[[Mike Smithson (baseball)|Smithson]]''' (4–6) || — || || 14,320 || 55–48 || L2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK198707310.shtml 104] || July 31 || || @ [[1987 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 5–3 || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (10–8) || [[Dennis Lamp|Lamp]] (1–2) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (22) || || 32,097 || 56–48 || W1

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}}background:#c6011f;color:#072764;|title=August: 13–15 (Home: 10–4; Away: 3–11)| #| Date|Time ([[Central Time Zone|CT]])|Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save|Time of Game|Attendance| Record|Box/<br />Streak}}

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK198708010.shtml 105] || August 1 || || @ [[1987 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 2–3 || [[Dave Stewart (baseball)|Stewart]] (14–7) || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (11–7) || — || || 40,929 || 56–49 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK198708020.shtml 106] || August 2 || || @ [[1987 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 5–6 <small>(11)</small> || [[Gene Nelson (baseball)|Nelson]] (5–2) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (5–6) || — || || 33,215 || 56–50 || L2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL198708030.shtml 107] || August 3 || || @ [[1987 California Angels season|Angels]] || 11–3 || '''[[Dan Schatzeder|Schatzeder]]''' (3–0) || [[Mike Witt|Witt]] (13–7) || — || || 33,983 || 57–50 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B08030CAL1987.htm W1]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL198708040.shtml 108] || August 4 || || @ [[1987 California Angels season|Angels]] || 3–12 || [[Don Sutton|Sutton]] (8–9) || '''[[Steve Carlton|Carlton]]''' (0–1) || [[Gary Lucas (baseball)|Lucas]] (2) || || 37,371 || 57–51 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B08040CAL1987.htm L1]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL198708050.shtml 109] || August 5 || || @ [[1987 California Angels season|Angels]] || 1–6 || [[John Candelaria|Candelaria]] (6–3) || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (10–9) || — || || 34,059 || 57–52 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B08050CAL1987.htm L2]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198708060.shtml 110] || August 6 || || [[1987 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 9–4 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (12–7) || [[Dave Stewart (baseball)|Stewart]] (14–8) || — || || 39,177 || 58–52 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198708070.shtml 111] || August 7 || || [[1987 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 9–4 || '''[[Joe Niekro|Niekro]]''' (3–4) || [[Dennis Lamp|Lamp]] (1–3) || — || || 36,146 || 59–52 || W2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198708080.shtml 112] || August 8 || || [[1987 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 9–2 || '''[[Steve Carlton|Carlton]]''' (1–1) || [[Curt Young|Young]] (10–6) || — || || 50,237 || 60–52 || W3

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198708090.shtml 113] || August 9 || || [[1987 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 7–5 || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (11–9) || [[Steve Ontiveros (pitcher)|Ontiveros]] (6–6) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (23) || || 33,948 || 61–52 || W4

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198708110.shtml 114] || August 11 || || [[1987 California Angels season|Angels]] || 7–2 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (13–7) || [[John Candelaria|Candelaria]] (6–4) || — || || 39,163 || 62–52 || W5

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198708120.shtml 115] || August 12 || || [[1987 California Angels season|Angels]] || 2–8 || [[Kirk McCaskill|McCaskill]] (3–4) || '''[[Les Straker|Straker]]''' (5–7) || — || || 33,033 || 62–53 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198708130.shtml 116] || August 13 || || [[1987 California Angels season|Angels]] || 1–5 || [[Mike Witt|Witt]] (14–8) || '''[[Steve Carlton|Carlton]]''' (1–2) || — || || 35,837 || 62–54 || L2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198708140.shtml 117] || August 14 || || [[1987 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 6–3 || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (12–9) || [[Mike Morgan (baseball)|Morgan]] (10–12) || — || || 26,291 || 63–54 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198708150.shtml 118] || August 15 || || [[1987 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 14–4 || '''[[Roy Smith (1980s pitcher)|Smith]]''' (1–0) || [[Lee Guetterman|Guetterman]] (9–4) || — || || 31,154 || 64–54 || W2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198708160.shtml 119] || August 16 || || [[1987 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 5–1 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (14–7) || [[Mike Moore (baseball)|Moore]] (5–15) || — || || 28,006 || 65–54 || W3

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198708170.shtml 120] || August 17 || || [[1987 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 4–2 || '''[[Les Straker|Straker]]''' (6–7) || [[Mark Langston|Langston]] (13–10) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (24) || || 29,623 || 66–54 || W4

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DETBOS/DET198708180BOS198708210.shtml 121124] || August 1821 || || @ [[1987 DetroitBoston TigersRed Sox season|TigersRed Sox]] || 2–113–11 || [[JackRoger MorrisClemens|MorrisClemens]] (14–613–7) || '''[[SteveFrank CarltonViola|CarltonViola]]''' (1–314–8) || —[[Wes Gardner|Gardner]] (5) || || 3233,053490 || 66–5566–58 || L1L4

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DETBOS/DET198708190BOS198708220.shtml 122125] || August 1922 || || @ [[1987 DetroitBoston TigersRed Sox season|TigersRed Sox]] || 1–75–6 || [[WaltCalvin TerrellSchiraldi|TerrellSchiraldi]] (10–108–5) || '''[[BertLes BlylevenStraker|BlylevenStraker]]''' (12–106–8) || — || 38|| 29,163794 || 66–5666–59 || L2L5

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DETBOS/DET198708200BOS198708230.shtml 123126] || August 2023 || || @ [[1987 DetroitBoston TigersRed Sox season|TigersRed Sox]] || 0–84–6 || [[DoyleJeff AlexanderSellers|AlexanderSellers]] (1–05–6) || '''[[JoeSteve NiekroCarlton|NiekroCarlton]]''' (3–51–4) || —[[Wes Gardner|Gardner]] (6) || || 4532,804956 || 66–5766–60 || L3L6

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOSMIL/BOS198708210MIL198708280.shtml 124130] || August 2128 || || @ [[1987 BostonMilwaukee Red SoxBrewers season|Red SoxBrewers]] || 3–110–1 || [[RogerChris ClemensBosio|ClemensBosio]] (13–78–5) || '''[[FrankLes ViolaStraker|ViolaStraker]]''' (14–86–9) || [[Wes— Gardner|Gardner]] (5)| || 3322,490461 || 66–5867–63 || L4L3

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIL/MIL198708290.shtml 131] || August 29 || || @ [[1987 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 12–3 || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (13–10) || [[Len Barker|Barker]] (2–1) || — || || 34,834 || 68–63 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIL/MIL198708300.shtml 132] || August 30 || || @ [[1987 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 10–6 || '''[[Keith Atherton|Atherton]]''' (5–4) || [[Chuck Crim|Crim]] (5–6) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (25) || || 22,417 || 69—63 || W2

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}}background:#c6011f;color:#072764;|title=September: 16–11 (Home: 13–5; Away: 3–6)| #| Date|Time ([[Central Time Zone|CT]])|Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save|Time of Game|Attendance| Record|Box/<br />Streak}}

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709010.shtml 133] || September 1 || || [[1987 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 0–9 || [[Jeff Sellers|Sellers]] (6–6) || '''[[Joe Niekro|Niekro]]''' (3–7) || — || || 25,508 || 69–64 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709020.shtml 134] || September 2 || || [[1987 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 5–4 || '''[[Les Straker|Straker]]''' (7–9) || [[Al Nipper|Nipper]] (8–11) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (26) || || 19,565 || 70–64 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709030.shtml 135] || September 3 || || [[1987 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 2–1 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Keith Atherton|Atherton]]''' (6–4) || [[Wes Gardner|Gardner]] (1–6) || — || || 20,009 || 71–64 || W2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709040.shtml 136] || September 4 || || [[1987 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 2–1 <small>(12)</small> || '''[[Juan Berenguer|Berenguer]]''' (6–0) || [[Dan Plesac|Plesac]] (5–5) || — || || 27,380 || 72–64 || W3

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709050.shtml 137] || September 5 || || [[1987 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 2–1 || '''[[Keith Atherton|Atherton]]''' (7–4) || [[Chuck Crim|Crim]] (5–7) || — || || 51,122 || 73–64 || W4

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709060.shtml 138] || September 6 || || [[1987 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 0–6 || [[Teddy Higuera|Higuera]] (15–9) || '''[[Steve Carlton|Carlton]]''' (1–5) || — || || 36,586 || 73–65 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709070.shtml 139] || September 7 || || [[1987 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 8–1 || '''[[Jeff Bittiger|Bittiger]]''' (1–0) || [[Dave LaPoint|LaPoint]] (3–3) || — || || 22,623 || 74–65 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709080.shtml 140] || September 8 || || [[1987 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 3–4 || [[Floyd Bannister|Bannister]] (12–10) || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (13–11) || [[Bobby Thigpen|Thigpen]] (9) || || 12,360 || 74–66 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709090.shtml 141] || September 9 || || [[1987 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 2–1 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (15–8) || [[Jim Winn|Winn]] (4–6) || — || || 15,394 || 75–66 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE198709110.shtml 142] || September 11 || || @ [[1987 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 13–10 <small>(11)</small> || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (7–7) || [[Don Gordon (baseball)|Gordon]] (0–3) || '''[[Juan Berenguer|Berenguer]]''' (4) || || 7,964 || 76–66 || W2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE198709120.shtml 143] || September 12 || || @ [[1987 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 4–5 || [[Doug Jones (baseball)|Jones]] (4–4) || '''[[Juan Berenguer|Berenguer]]''' (6–1) || — || || 9,156 || 76–67 || L1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE198709130.shtml 144] || September 13 || || @ [[1987 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 7–3 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (8–7) || [[Tom Candiotti|Candiotti]] (7–16) || — || || 7,474 || 77–67 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA198709140.shtml 145] || September 14 || || @ [[1987 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 2–8 || [[Dave LaPoint|LaPoint]] (4–3) || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (15–9) || — || || 7,898 || 77–68 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B09140CHA1987.htm L1]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA198709150.shtml 146] || September 15 || || @ [[1987 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 2–6 || [[Jack McDowell|McDowell]] (1–0) || '''[[Joe Niekro|Niekro]]''' (3–8) || — || || 7,947 || 77–69 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B09150CHA1987.htm L2]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA198709160.shtml 147] || September 16 || || @ [[1987 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 10–13 || [[Jose DeLeon|DeLeon]] (10–12) || '''[[Mike Smithson (baseball)|Smithson]]''' (4–7) || [[Bobby Thigpen|Thigpen]] (11) || || 8,921 || 77–70 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B09160CHA1987.htm L3]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709180.shtml 148] || September 18 || || [[1987 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 9–4 || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (14–11) || [[Darrel Akerfelds|Akerfelds]] (2–5) || — || || 23,173 || 78–70 || W1

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709190.shtml 149] || September 19 || || [[1987 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 3–1 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (16–9) || [[Tom Candiotti|Candiotti]] (7–17) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (27) || || 23,581 || 79–70 || W2

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709200.shtml 150] || September 20 || || [[1987 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 3–2 || '''[[Les Straker|Straker]]''' (8–9) || [[Rich Yett|Yett]] (3–8) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (28) || || 18,906 || 80–70 || W3

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709220.shtml 151] || September 22 || || [[1987 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 6–4 || '''[[Joe Niekro|Niekro]]''' (4–8) || [[Greg Harris (baseball, born 1955)|Harris]] (5–10) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (29) || || 18,294 || 81–70 || W4

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709230.shtml 152] || September 23 || || [[1987 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 4–2 || '''[[Juan Berenguer|Berenguer]]''' (7–1) || [[Jose Guzman|Guzman]] (14–12) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (30) || || 20,640 || 82–70 || W5

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709240.shtml 153] || September 24 || || [[1987 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 4–0 || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (17–9) || [[Charlie Hough|Hough]] (17–12) || — || || 23,496 || 83–70 || W6

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| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709250.shtml 154] || September 25 || 7:05{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] || [[1987 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]] || L 4–6 || [[Steve Farr|Farr]] (4–3) || '''[[Dan Schatzeder|Schatzeder]]''' (3–1) || [[Gene Garber|Garber]] (6) || 3:07 || 52,704 || 83–71 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B09250MIN1987.htm L1]

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| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709260.shtml 155] || September 26 || 11:00{{nbsp}}a.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] || [[1987 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]] || L 4–7 || [[John Davis (baseball pitcher)|Davis]] (5–2) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (8–8) || [[Gene Garber|Garber]] (7) || 3:04 || 46,263 || 83–72 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B09260MIN1987.htm L2]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709270.shtml 156] || September 27 || 1:15{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] || [[1987 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]] || '''W''' 8–1 || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (15–11) || [[Charlie Leibrandt|Leibrandt]] (15–11) || — || 2:12 || 53,106 || 84–72 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B09270MIN1987.htm W1]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX198709280.shtml 157] || September 28 || || @ [[1987 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 5–3 || '''[[Juan Berenguer|Berenguer]]''' (8–1) || [[Jose Guzman|Guzman]] (14–13) || '''[[Jeff Reardon|Reardon]]''' (31) || || 9,986 || 85–72 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B09280TEX1987.htm W2]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX198709290.shtml 158] || September 29 || || @ [[1987 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 5–7 || [[Charlie Hough|Hough]] (18–12) || '''[[Keith Atherton|Atherton]]''' (7–5) || — || || 10,328 || 85–73 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B09290TEX1987.htm L1]

| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX198709300.shtml 159] || September 30 || || @ [[1987 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 1–2 || [[Bobby Witt|Witt]] (8–10) || '''[[Les Straker|Straker]]''' (8–10) || — || || 9,309 || 85–74 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B09300TEX1987.htm L2]

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}}background:#c6011f;color:#072764;|title=October: 0–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–3)| #| Date|Time ([[Central Time Zone|CT]])|Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save|Time of Game|Attendance| Record|Box/<br />Streak}}

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| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA198710020.shtml 160] || October 2 || 7:35{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] || @ [[1987 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]] || L 3–6 || [[Bret Saberhagen|Saberhagen]] (18–10) || '''[[Frank Viola|Viola]]''' (17–10) || — || 2:23 || 22,578 || 85–75 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B10020KCA1987.htm L3]

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| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA198710030.shtml 161] || October 3 || 7:05{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] || @ [[1987 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]] || L 2–4 || [[Charlie Leibrandt|Leibrandt]] (16–11) || '''[[Bert Blyleven|Blyleven]]''' (15–12) || [[Gene Garber|Garber]] (8) || 2:18 || 28,082 || 85–76 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B10030KCA1987.htm L4]

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| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA198710040.shtml 162] || October 4 || 1:35{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] || @ [[1987 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]] || L 1–10 || [[Mark Gubicza|Gubicza]] (13–18) || '''[[Joe Niekro|Niekro]]''' (4–9) || — || 2:24 || 26,341 || 85–77 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B10040KCA1987.htm L5]

| ''Legend:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{Color box|#bfb|border=darkgray}} = Win&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{Color box|#fbb|border=darkgray}} = Loss&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{Color box|#bbb|border=darkgray}} = Postponement<br />Bold = Twins team member''

* June 2, 1987: Eric Bullock was traded by the Houston Astros to the Minnesota Twins for Clay Christiansen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bulloer01.shtml|title=Eric Bullock Stats - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>

* September 1: The Twins traded a player to be named later to the [[Boston Red Sox]] for [[designated hitter]] [[Don Baylor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/baylodo01.shtml|title=Don Baylor Stats - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> The Twins completed the deal by sending minor leaguer Enrique Rios to the Red Sox on December 18.

The Twins won the [[American League Championship Series]] beating the [[Detroit Tigers]] 4 games to 1. [[Gary Gaetti]] was named the [[American League Championship Series|ALCS]] [[Most valuable player|MVP]]. He'd set a record by homering in his first two post-season at-bats. The Twins won the series by winning two of the three road games at Detroit despite a 4-8 regular season record vs the Tigers as well as 29 regular season wins on the road.

*[httpshttp://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1987.shtml playerPlayer stats from www.baseball-reference.com]