1987 WS, Game 6: Cardinals @ Twins

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In Game Six of the 1987 World Series, the Cardinals jumped on Twins' starter Les Straker early and with a 3-2 series lead, Minnesota's season was on the ropes. Don Baylor tied the game with a two-run homer in the fifth, and Steve Lombardozzi followed with an RBI single to give the Twins a 6-5 lead. In the next inning, Kent Hrbek put the game out of reach with a grand slam homerun, and the Twins forced a decisive Game Seven with an 11-5 win.

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@mega77CHAVEZ 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the most underrated hit in Pucketts HOF career was that lead off single in the bottom of the 5th down 3. They had just lost 3 games in a row and the energy was low, if he doesn't start that rally in my opinion they lose the game and World Series. Classic Puckett. A line drive on a pitch out of the zone.

@JoseGarcia-et2ep Жыл бұрын

The first world series ever that all 7 games were won by the home team.

@tawnlr6664 8 ай бұрын

I love learning facts like that :) thank you.

@adamthornberry8475 2 ай бұрын

@tawnlr6664 Also, the last World Series with a daytime/daylight start time... A moot point made by MLB's then asinine "rotation" system of which league representative had home field advantage. St. Louis won 95 games, and thus should've had home field advantage, and hosted a daylight game 6 - not 85 win Minnesota... 🤦

@TheArtofGuitar 3 жыл бұрын

I stayed home from school (pretended to be sick) to watch the Twins parade. I would pitch a real baseball against our couch but I accidentally hit the wall and put a huge hole in it. My dad never mentioned it but I knew he saw it. He knew how much I love the Twins, especially Frank Viola and I eventually went on to pitch for the little league All-Star team. :)

@threerings1345 5 жыл бұрын

I lived in RI as a kid, but my Dad worked in MN and snagged us a trip to games 6 and 7. I've never experienced more deafening noise anywhere than at the Metrodome. The Twins pulled off one of the most improbable WS titles and to witness the scene was unforgettable.

@awindey 4 жыл бұрын

You, sir....are a lucky man

@TL2354 3 жыл бұрын

I was in the Metrodome for a Vikings game, wasn’t that loud

@deanladue3151 3 жыл бұрын

150 to 1 longshots to win it all that year, whoever picked them in Vegas is living on easy street. 💸💰

@chrisfloyd7316 3 жыл бұрын

Astroturf, indoors, loud af. This stadium must've hell for visiting teams

@Cory_Springer 6 күн бұрын

With another 12k-15k capacity for football games, the Metrodome was an insanely loud atmosphere. I remember many times that the crowd forced false-start and delay-of-game penalties and timeouts by the visiting team because the players literally could not hear each other. And that just made us louder 😂

@Weebs82589 4 жыл бұрын

Twins Moments: 13:13 Gladden’s triple 17:10 Puckett’s RBI single 22:14 Baylor’s RBI single 36:31 Hrbek reaches on a 2 base error by McGee 40:03 Lombardozzi’s single 41:40 Gladden’s single 50:20 Puckett’s 2nd hit 53:56 Puckett steals 2nd 1:20:10 Lombardozzi’s double 1:35:11 Puckett’s 3rd hit. He’s on 🔥! 1:37:06 Gaetti’s RBI double 1:39:00 Baylor’s 2 run Homer 1:40:33 Brunansky’s single 1:46:14 Lombardozzi’s RBI single. Great slide by Brunansky! 1:55:29 Gagne’s infield single 2:09:00 Hrbek’s Grand Slam 2:33:47 Puckett’s 4th hit 2:36:51 Bush reaches on an error by Lindeman 2:37:56 Brunansky’s RBI Ground Out 2:44:28 That decibel meter is history 2:48:55 Twins send it to 7 2:50:16 Hrbek, Puckett and Baylor’s postgame interview

@deanladue3151 3 жыл бұрын

It showed how John Tudor could get badly rattled by a good hitting team. The Twins hitters took a different approach to him the second time around, and forced him into situations where he made horrendous mistake pitches. Much like what the Royals did against him in Game 7 of the '85 Series.

@Weebs82589 5 жыл бұрын

Big home runs for Don Baylor and Kent Hrbek!

@johnwoods3184 9 ай бұрын

My game six World Series story. I had attended games one and two at the Dome. Watched the next three on TV. At the time I was also going through Pre Marriage Counseling. There were seven other couples there just before game six was due to start. Eight guys sitting there looking at our watches and the counselor walks in, Looks at his watch and says, " Since the World Series game is about to start we are going to postpone tonight's meeting..." He barely got the word postpone out and all eight guys were out of the room leaving all the women sitting there. Talk about a chilly ride home with my lady!

@zacharybinx8642 5 жыл бұрын

I miss the dome. It was a part of our team. Every year the Twins and Vikings would win games because of other teams errors attributed to playing in the dome. Super loud. I don't think we would have won these series playing at Target field(Twins new ballpark). When they proposed tearing the dome down we thought we gonna get a retractable roof on the new ballpark. I've gone to some cold games in April and if we ever get in the Fall classic again, we could get snow in October. The dome also held about 15k more people. R.I.P. H.H.H. Metrodome!

@deanladue3151 3 жыл бұрын

Once again the Pohlads penny pinched their way out of that.

@DrunkenSlob Жыл бұрын

The dome didn’t seem to have that effect on the opposing team in the 2000’s

@BRO77TX 5 жыл бұрын

I was happy for the Twin when they won it in ‘87!! Great team!! My youngest brother was named Kirby after #34!! 😁👍⚾️

@sweetmapleleafs 6 жыл бұрын

This was the last World Series day game. And it was played indoors.

@pronkb000 3 жыл бұрын

There was one more scheduled--Game 6 of the 1988 Series was to start at 5 EDT, or 2pm out in LA. Unfortunately the Series didn't make it that far.

@sweetmapleleafs 3 жыл бұрын

@@pronkb000 It would have been rain delayed or ppd. There were showers on/off that Saturday in L.A.

@ericradford2142 3 жыл бұрын

@@pronkb000 where did you hear that at?

@pronkb000 3 жыл бұрын

@@ericradford2142 Old newspapers have starting times for later WS games, "if necessary."

@davidfreesefan23 9 ай бұрын

The game started at around 3:00 - thus setting up for supper right after the game. I can imagine this conversation between two fans: “We’re going to the game today - what should we do afterwards?” “How about supper and malts at Annie’s Parlour - either to celebrate the win or commiserate over the loss.” Good thing it was the former for the Twins!

@jayNicks10 3 жыл бұрын

This game had like 3 MVP’s Puckett who went 4 for 4 and scored 4 runs Baylor who had 3 RBI’s including a 2 run homer Hrbek for his Grand Slam

@kevinlarsen6260 9 ай бұрын

I was at this game. Never heard a crowd this loud before or since

@timburr4453 22 күн бұрын

Love those Cards road uni's I remember watching this and looking at some newspaper stat page...and thinking to myself that Herr had decent RBI totals but only 2 home runs. Lopsided totals like that almost looked like some dead ball era stats I'd seen sure enough next pitch Herr homers. And it was a bomb too.

@makelifecount5762 3 жыл бұрын

Love this amazing team!! Go Twins go!!

@nordythenorthman 5 жыл бұрын

Don Baylor needed that game-tying HR in the 5th after the misfortune he suffered in the World Series the year before. That HR won the World Series for Minnesota. St. Louis never recovered from that HR.

@deanladue3151 3 жыл бұрын

All the way to the end, Red Sox fans never let John McNamara forget that.

@Rayburn58 3 жыл бұрын

Baylor appeared in 3 consecutive world series with 3 different teams. '86 with Red Sox, '87 with Twins, '88 with A's

@DaDitka Жыл бұрын

@Rayburn58 I can't think of any other player in history who played on three different teams that went to the World Series in three consecutive years. And he did contribute in each of the regular seasons. 1986 would have been his biggest regular season of the three, I think. I'll have to look that up sometime.

@markjohnson9455 4 жыл бұрын

I think MLB would benefit significantly by having a day time World Series game. I realize there are other sporting events going on during that time, such as College Football or the NFL. Still, I think to start a game on FOX at 4pm meets the needs of the West Coast while meeting the needs of the East Coast as well by ending the games early at 7pm or 7:30pm. The added benefit to MLB is that it can increase advertising dollars by increasing the size of the viewing audience. The best way to do this is to end games in the East before midnight and before 8pm in the West.

@walterlv01 4 жыл бұрын

Only way I could see it working today is on a Sunday - if FOX, MLB and the NFL get together and agree to no national 4PT/1PT game that one Sunday to allow G5 of the World Series to be played in that window. Then have the Sunday Night NFL game not at the same time as the World Series. Not sure they'd agree to it though.

@plurry Жыл бұрын

2:09:07 - Nice grand slam by HVAC, I mean Hrbek.

@c0c014 10 ай бұрын

Waaaaah!

@plurry 10 ай бұрын

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@kja9881 4 жыл бұрын

This was the day the Cardinals were supposed to win the series, with Tudor on the mound vs Straker. But it slipped away when Tudor was off his game and the bullpen too for the Cards. Twins 11-5 after Hrbek's slam in the 6th sealed it!

@johnhenryclark911 4 ай бұрын

I Am Happy 😁 That I Was With My Girlfriend 👩🏻😍🥰❤️ On This Saturday Afternoon 🌁🛤️🛣️🏙️ , October 24, 1987, Being I Am A St. Louis Cardinals Baseball 🏟️⚾🧢Fan! I Think 🤔 That I Choosed Wisely! 🏟️⚾🧢🏆🚫🤔🤓 I Am Typing This 👇🏻 On Saturday Afternoon 🌁🛤️🛣️🏙️ , 5:24 p.m. , March 9, 2024👩🏻😍🥰❤

@michaelleroy9281 Жыл бұрын

The Metrodome was a house of CARDS for the cards

@whydoineedahandle406 4 жыл бұрын

Future MN Twins Manager scouting for the Cardinals before the game lol

@whydoineedahandle406 4 жыл бұрын

1987 Twins have a offensive team: The Dome is a hitters park. In 2000's Twins have a pitching team: The dome is a pitchers park. 2010, Target Field is a pitchers park, 2019, New home run record.

@deanladue3151 3 жыл бұрын

The baseballs were a little different in 2019.

@michaelleroy9281 Жыл бұрын

Not even the Yankees ever won 4 games in the World Series at home the Twins did it twice

@jimnfl7134 9 ай бұрын

Diamondbacks would in 2001, all seven games won by Home team and that was a Classic too.

@matta3968 3 жыл бұрын

I noticed Les Straker didn't play MLB after the 88 season. Anyone know why his career was cut short? I figure it was arm trouble..

@deanladue3151 2 жыл бұрын

Heard after a terrible outing the Twins sent him back to the minors. Looks like he never got back with a Major League squad.

@wpbarchitect1800 9 ай бұрын

2:09:22 Hrbek actually broke the bat boy's hand with that high five. True story.

@jimnfl7134 9 ай бұрын

in another angle from the World Series Video, remember the batboy shaking his Hand. Can also remember Hrbek afterwards: I was so excited that I wanted to round the Bases twice.

@kevinlarsen6260 9 ай бұрын

Actually the bat boy ribbed Hrbek after the game by putting a cast on his hand

@darioseventi4091 5 жыл бұрын

I understand that 21 years after the fact, my opinion isn't worth anything. Still, till the day I die , I'll always be convinced that if Herzog had gone to the bullpen to start the bottomm of the fifth, the Cardinals would have closed it out. It was easy to see that John Tudor didn't have good command of his pitches. Leading 5-2, Herzog should have gone to the "bullpen by committee", as we called it back then.

@bitterangrydrunk 5 жыл бұрын

It was a bad throw, it pulled Pena off the plate. With the technology of the day, it's impossible to tell, but it looks like Bruno touches the plate ahead of Pena's tag. If you want to complain about calls, make your comments on Game 7, which was full of horrendous calls. Also, you're right and wrong about Herzog. His fatal mistake in this series was trusting Tudor and Cox, who both burned him. But the 1980s Cardinals had the misfortune of running up against the '85 Royals and '87 Twins, two teams of destiny.

@numberonesongs4444 5 жыл бұрын

Ok to your opinion but the bullpen did give up a grand slam.

@ADEAL918 4 жыл бұрын

Dario Seventi he wouldn't have done that with Tudor though, he was the ace of the staff. He might have gone to the pen in the 6th if Tudor had gotten through the 5th. I could MAYBE see taking him out when he got in trouble--before Baylor hit--and certainly he should have been gone before Brunansky so he wouldn't have been tagged with the loss. But very few managers would ever take their ace out with a three-run lead to start the 5th inning.

@ADEAL918 4 жыл бұрын

bitterangrydrunk and truth be told, '85 was a much bigger upset than '87. The Twins were a much better team for a short series than their regular season record showed. They had a very powerful lineup and what killed their regular season record was lack of depth in their rotation. It was Viola, Blyleven, and then effectively a minor league rotation. But in a best of 7, one of Viola or Blyleven would start five of the seven, which actually gave the Twins a slight edge, especially with the Cards' top two run producers injured--Clark and Pendleton.

@deanladue3151 3 жыл бұрын

@@numberonesongs4444 the bullpen gave up two grand slams in this series. Bob Forsch in Game 1, Ken Daly in this one, and nearly a 3rd one in Game 7 when Dan Gladden turned on a Todd Worrell fastball that just went foul in left field. Still remember the flashbulbs going off when Gladden hit it.

@chrisfloyd7316 3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard a baseball game this loud. They really needed to balance the audio better during the broadcast

@edwardyoung522 3 жыл бұрын

They had no control over the crowd, dude. It was that loud.

@lonniecraig5186 4 жыл бұрын

A question for Twins' fans- What was the radio call of Baylor's and Hrbek's HR in this game like? I ask because I have listened to Atlanta Braves' announcer Skip Caray call the bottom of the 9th of Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS, and it was one of the most exciting calls I have ever heard. Maybe ever. I'm just curious as to how the Twins' announcers handled both of them. Thanks in advance.

@ADEAL918 4 жыл бұрын

Lonnie Craig both radio calls by Herb Carneal are on the video called "Twins Win"--a highlights video of the Twins season in '87. It's up on KZfaq on a channel called Classic Twins. They weren't quite Skip Caray level exciting, but almost. Carneal was a little more old school than Caray but still an unabashed "homer" and you could certainly tell he was very happy with what he was seeing. But he didn't go QUITE as crazy with joy as Caray. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mtZ0gcWVsLKqe5s.html Baylor's homer is at 53:41, Hrbek's at 54:00. (Of the video I linked to, not this video of Game 6)

@Weebs82589 8 ай бұрын

Twins strikeouts: 6:08 Straker K’s Coleman 47:37 Straker K’s Herr 1:34:17 Schatzeder K’s Pendleton 2:11:41 Berenguer K’s Coleman

@Weebs82589 8 ай бұрын

36 years ago today

@desnutz901 6 жыл бұрын

This was the Cardinals best chance. After this loss game 7 was a rap

@ADEAL918 4 жыл бұрын

Des Nutz yeah the odd thing was that Les Straker was the one exception to the Twins' Jekyll and Hyde home and away act. During the season he had performed similarly to the team--6-3 at home, 2-7 on the road. But in this series he had a great start on the road in Game 3 with six shutout innings, but then a bad start at home in Game 6.

@desnutz901 6 жыл бұрын

Wow from 5-2 to tied up like that. That pitcher from the Cardinals might as well throw em in there underhand. that's how slow he's throwing.

@deanladue3151 2 жыл бұрын

And Tudor was pitching on 3 days rest instead of the usual 4. Was a completely different pitcher without the extra days rest.

@bitterangrydrunk 5 жыл бұрын

Watching this 31 years to the day it happened. I was there. About 90 minutes ahead of game time, I was offered a scalped ticket for what was, back when, a ridiculous amount of money. Took me about half a second to agree to pay, even though my seat was at the top of Section 221. There were Cardinals fans about 15 rows down; we threw peanuts at them. Not saying it was right, but Cards fans were and are the worst. Anyway, I'll never forget this game. RIP Don Baylor. Your one home run in a Twins uniform will live forever.

@bitterangrydrunk 5 жыл бұрын

What I'll always love about baseball is to watch how players respond to the pressure. John Tudor was a really good pitcher, but in the postseason, he wilted. It happened in '85 and it happened again in this game. Six pitches in the fifth, and he coughs up a 3-run lead. It was the only time in that magical '87 Twins postseason that the crowd was out of it. But Tudor couldn't step on our throats.

@deanladue3151 3 жыл бұрын

@@bitterangrydrunk in '88 too when he was with the Dodgers, was clobbered by the Mets in the NLCS. Then taken out in the World Series against the As with an alleged elbow problem.

@billny33 6 жыл бұрын

A white ball against a white roof. Who was the architectural genius responsible for that?

@bitterangrydrunk 5 жыл бұрын

Lifelong Minnesotan here: That stadium was built for the Vikings. It was a football stadium. Two great ironies with the Metrodome: First, it was the last muti-purpose stadium built (early 80s). Second, the Twins had their greatest moments there, even though it was, obviously, an atrocious facility for baseball. Meanwhile, the Vikings -- still -- have had their greatest moments at old Met Stadium, which was built in the 1950s to attract an MLB team.

@deanladue3151 2 жыл бұрын

Not just baseball, when the 1998 Minnesota Vikings had that majestic offense with Randy Moss, DBs and CBs from opposing teams said that at times Randall Cunningham threw the football so high and deep that sometimes they couldn't locate the ball against the roof.

@kpz1234 27 күн бұрын

Whoever it is, they never had to pay for a drink.

@andyyackle4686 4 жыл бұрын

how are there only 63 thumbs up??

@johnhagan9271 4 жыл бұрын

Wasn't a great series it was too predictable the home team won every game in blowout fashion

@zacharybinx8642 4 жыл бұрын

@@johnhagan9271 It was the first time it ever happened. That's not predictable.

@neoneyes3913 4 жыл бұрын

John Hagan found the cards fan

@michaelleroy9281 Жыл бұрын

This World Series wasn't so great compared to the one played 4 years later which was the best of all time

@andyyackle4686 Жыл бұрын

I can’t argue that, 1991 could be regarded as one of the best series ever played. But it’s still awesome to watch this and have it available to do so ..

@michaelleroy9281 Жыл бұрын

The last World Series day game was in game 6

@williamdunphy352 5 жыл бұрын

Al Michaels (PBP) Tim McCarver & Jim Palmer (C)

@jayNicks10 5 жыл бұрын

1:50:04 Holy Crap LOL. Berenguer's ERA was TERRIBLE heading into this game. thank goodness he made up for it pitching 3 scoreless innings here.

@ADEAL918 4 жыл бұрын

Jay Nicks he later said it was very simple. He was throwing too many fastballs the first two appearances in this series. He had blown the Tigers away with them in the LCS, but the Cards were more fastball hitters than the Tigers. He switched his pitches up in this game and got much better results.

@deanladue3151 3 жыл бұрын

@@ADEAL918 the Herzog Cardinals teams with the exception of Jack Clark weren't big home run hitters, but great fastball hitters who used the humongous power alleys in the old Busch stadium to drive in runs.

@williamdunphy352 5 жыл бұрын

Umpires (Game 6) HP Terry Tata (NL) 1B Dave Phillips (AL) (CC) 2B Lee Weyer (NL) 3B Greg Kosc (AL) LF John McSherry (NL) RF Ken Kaiser (AL)

@desnutz901 6 жыл бұрын

My dad always had to tell me the final score next day cause I couldn't stay up to watch the night games

@paulsonj72 5 жыл бұрын

This was the last World Series day game. It started a little after 3:00 PM CT

@danielanderson4726 Жыл бұрын

@@paulsonj72 Correct. It came on our ABC affiliate WLOS after the Kentucky-Georgia SEC football game. Since the football game started at 12:30 PM EST, this game started at a little after 3:00 PM CT.

@jaredf921 2 жыл бұрын

1:39:01 - Damn!

@jayNicks10 3 жыл бұрын

1:50:04 OMG. Berenguer’s ERA was terrible heading into this game. Haha. But he redeemed himself here by pitching 3 scoreless innings.

@deanladue3151 2 жыл бұрын

Tom Kelly used Juan a lot in the ALCS against Detroit. In the World Series, Berenguers velocity was noticeably off, and also struggled with control issues.

@anthonychiulli7736 3 жыл бұрын

Cardinal speed

@billny33 6 жыл бұрын

at 1:46:14 I think Brunansky is out. Why isn't this more controversial? Why didn't Herzog argue it more? Devastating blow to the Cards on their way to losing 2 gut-wrenching WS in 3 years.

@SwitcherooU 4 жыл бұрын

I think the camera view from center field (at 1:49:43) shows pretty conclusively that Bruno got there ahead of the tag.

@deanladue3151 3 жыл бұрын

@@SwitcherooU just barely, but he did beat the throw. And Pena wasn't in front of home plate he was over it. That's all that Brunansky needed.

@Strangenstein 3 жыл бұрын

@@SwitcherooU Spot on. The other angles can go one way or the other, but that particular shot shows he got in just before and under the tag.

@billny33 2 жыл бұрын

@@SwitcherooU you know what, good call. I stand corrected. Every other angle it looks to me like he's out but there it looks like the runner got in too fast and the bottom leg did get across home in time.

@robertosso5210 11 ай бұрын

how in the world did the ny mets not also win in 87 is beyond me

@jimnfl7134 11 ай бұрын

gooden and strawberry on coke had alot to do with it.

@robertosso5210 11 ай бұрын

@@jimnfl7134 they were also on coke in 86 and they won!

@robertosso5210 10 ай бұрын

@@jimnfl7134 losing the chemistry of the team by trading kevin mitchell and not resigning ray knight was the reason why they didnt win in 87 and 88

@jimnfl7134 10 ай бұрын

@@robertosso5210 that too

@robertosso5210 10 ай бұрын

@@jimnfl7134 yes kevin mitchell and ray knight were a big part of the 86 team!

@michaelleroy9281 Жыл бұрын

1991 was a better ( THE best) World Series

@Sephiroth766 4 жыл бұрын

Twice Jon Tudor was trusted in a WS clinching game and twice he shit the bed

@Rayburn58 3 жыл бұрын

Back that truck up. Tudor won games 1 and 4 in '85 pitched great. Complete game shut out in game 4. Without Tudor Cardinals would never have been close to winning the world series in '85. He pitched a gem in game 3 of '87 series. He deserves respect, not some lame ass comment from a bitter fan like you.

@johnhenryclark911 4 ай бұрын

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