Game 5:

Thursday, October 22, 1987 at Busch Stadium (II) in St. Louis, Missouri

Team

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

R

H

E

Minnesota

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

2

6

1

St. Louis

0

0

0

0

0

3

1

0

x

4

10

0

WP: Danny Cox (1–1)   LP: Bert Blyleven (1–1)
SV: Todd Worrell (2)

 


Box Score Info. - (read me)

BATTING
Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Gladden lf                    3   1   1   0       2   0       1   0
Gagne ss                      4   1   1   0       0   1       1   1
  Baylor ph                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Puckett cf                    4   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Hrbek 1b                      4   0   1   0       0   0       9   0
Gaetti 3b                     4   0   1   2       0   2       2   2
Brunansky rf                  4   0   1   0       0   1       1   0
Laudner c                     2   0   0   0       1   1       8   1
  Newman ph                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Lombardozzi 2b                2   0   1   0       1   0       1   6
  Smalley ph                  0   0   0   0       1   0       0   0
Blyleven p                    1   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
  Larkin ph                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Atherton p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Reardon p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Bush ph                     1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       32   2   6   2       5   6      24  11
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Laudner-Gaetti.
E: Gagne (2).
BATTING - 
3B: Gaetti (1,off Worrell).
SH: Blyleven (1,off Cox).
Team LOB: 9.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Gladden (2,2nd base off Cox/Peña).
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Coleman lf                    3   2   1   0       1   1       2   0
Smith ss                      4   1   2   1       0   0       1   2
Herr 2b                       4   0   0   0       0   0       6   2
Driessen 1b                   3   1   1   0       1   0       7   1
  Dayley p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Worrell p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
McGee cf                      4   0   0   0       0   3       3   0
Ford rf                       4   0   1   2       0   0       0   0
Oquendo 3b                    4   0   2   0       0   1       0   4
Peña c                        4   0   3   0       0   0       6   0
  Johnson pr                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Lake c                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Cox p                         2   0   0   0       0   1       1   1
  Lindeman 1b                 1   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
Totals                       33   4  10   3       2   7      27  10
BATTING - 
SH: Cox (1,off Blyleven).
IBB: Driessen (1,by Blyleven).
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Coleman 2 (6,3rd base off Blyleven/Laudner,3rd base off Reardon/Laudner);
Smith 2 (2,2nd base off Blyleven/Laudner,2nd base off Reardon/Laudner);
Johnson (1,2nd base off Reardon/Laudner).
CS: Oquendo (1,Home by Blyleven/Laudner).
PITCHING
Minnesota Twins              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Blyleven L(1-1)               6     7   3   2   1   4   0  26
Atherton                      0.1   0   1   1   1   0   0   2
Reardon                       1.2   3   0   0   0   3   0   8
Totals                        8    10   4   3   2   7   0  36
BK: Atherton (1).
IBB: Blyleven (1,Driessen).
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Cox W(1-1)                    7.1   5   2   2   3   6   0  30
Dayley                        0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Worrell SV(2)                 1.1   1   0   0   2   0   0   7
Totals                        9     6   2   2   5   6   0  38

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Lee Weyer, LF - Greg Kosc, 
RF - John McSherry
Time of Game: 3:21   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. Hrbek               1b        Driessen            1b
5. Gaetti              3b        McGee               cf
6. Brunansky           rf        Ford                rf
7. Laudner             c         Oquendo             3b
8. Lombardozzi         2b        Peña                c
9. Blyleven            p         Cox                 p
 


Game 5 was a much closer ball game, but eventually the Cardinals were victorious, by a score of 4–2. Curt Ford hit a two-run single in the sixth, breaking a scoreless pitcher's duel between Danny Cox and Bert Blyleven. By the end of the seventh, the Cards were up 4–0. The Twins scored two in the eighth on a triple by Gaetti off reliever Todd Worrell and made a game of it but eventually relinquished the save to him. The Cardinals stole five bases in Game 5, the most for one team since the 1907 Chicago Cubs.