Game 3:

Tuesday, October 20, 1987 at Busch Stadium (II) in St. Louis, Missouri

Team

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5

6

7

8

9

R

H

E

Minnesota

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

5

1

St. Louis

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

3

9

1

WP: John Tudor (1–0)   LP: Juan Berenguer (0–1)
SV:
Todd Worrell (1)

 


Box Score Info. - (read me)

BATTING
Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Gladden lf                    4   0   1   0       0   1       1   0
Gagne ss                      3   1   0   0       1   0       1   3
Puckett cf                    3   0   1   0       1   0       4   0
Gaetti 3b                     4   0   0   0       0   1       0   2
Brunansky rf                  4   0   1   1       0   1       0   0
Hrbek 1b                      4   0   0   0       0   1      10   0
Laudner c                     3   0   2   0       0   1       5   1
  Bush ph                     1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Lombardozzi 2b                3   0   0   0       0   1       3   5
Straker p                     2   0   0   0       0   2       0   0
  Larkin ph                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Berenguer p                 0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Schatzeder p                0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       32   1   5   1       2   8      24  11
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Gagne-Lombardozzi-Hrbek.
E: Gagne (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Laudner (1,off Tudor).
3B: Puckett (1,off Worrell).
Team LOB: 6.
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Coleman lf                    4   1   1   2       0   1       1   0
Smith ss                      4   0   2   1       0   0       0   3
Herr 2b                       4   0   1   0       0   0       3   1
Driessen 1b                   4   0   0   0       0   0       6   0
  Worrell p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
McGee cf                      4   0   2   0       0   1       4   0
Ford rf                       4   0   1   0       0   1       2   0
Oquendo 3b                    3   1   1   0       1   0       1   1
Peña c                        2   1   1   0       1   0       9   0
Tudor p                       2   0   0   0       0   2       0   2
  Pendleton ph                0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Lindeman 1b                 0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Totals                       31   3   9   3       2   5      27   7
FIELDING - 
E: Peña (1).
BATTING - 
2B: McGee (1,off Straker); Coleman (1,off Berenguer).
SH: Pendleton (1,off Berenguer).
GDP: Herr (1,off Straker).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Coleman 2 (3,2nd base off Straker/Laudner,3rd base off Berenguer/Laudner).
CS: Ford (1,2nd base by Schatzeder/Laudner).
PITCHING
Minnesota Twins              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Straker                       6     4   0   0   2   4   0  24
Berenguer L(0-1)              0.1   4   3   3   0   0   0   5
Schatzeder                    1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   5
Totals                        8     9   3   3   2   5   0  34
BK: Straker (1).
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Tudor W(1-0)                  7     4   1   1   2   7   0  27
Worrell SV(1)                 2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7
Totals                        9     5   1   1   2   8   0  34

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Terry Tata, LF - Dave Phillips, 
RF - Lee Weyer
Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 55347
Starting Lineups:

   Minnesota Twins               St. Louis Cardinals          
1. Gladden             lf        Coleman             lf
2. Gagne               ss        Smith               ss
3. Puckett             cf        Herr                2b
4. Gaetti              3b        Driessen            1b
5. Brunansky           rf        McGee               cf
6. Hrbek               1b        Ford                rf
7. Laudner             c         Oquendo             3b
8. Lombardozzi         2b        Peña                c
9. Straker             p         Tudor               p
 


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. Les Straker was the first Venezuelan to pitch in the World Series.

After five scoreless innings by both teams, the Twins broke through in the top of the sixth inning. Tom Brunansky's RBI single looked like all the offense the game would see. But, in the bottom of the seventh, Juan Berenguer, in relief of Straker, surrendered leadoff back-to-back singles to José Oquendo and Tony Peña. Terry Pendleton sacrificed the runners to second and third, and Vince Coleman slammed a two-run double to give the Cards a 2–1 lead. Ozzie Smith followed by singling in Coleman for the final run, and Todd Worrell closed out the win for Tudor.