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The 1987 American League Championship Series pitted the Minnesota Twins, the American League West champions, against the Detroit Tigers, the American League East champions. Minnesota won the Series four games to one, en route to winning the 1987 World Series four games to three over the St. Louis Cardinals .
1987 ALCS - Minnesota Twins over Detroit Tigers (4-1) series statistics and schedule on Baseball-Reference.com.
Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers (9-5). Oct 12, 1987, Attendance: 47448, Time of Game: 3:14. Visit Baseball-Reference.com for the complete box score, play-by-play, and win probability.
See 1987 American League Championship Series and 1987 World Series. The Twins won the American League Championship Series beating the Detroit Tigers 4 games to 1. Gary Gaetti was named the ALCS MVP. He'd set a record by homering in his first two post-season at-bats.
They went on to face the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1987 World Series and rode dome-field advantage all the way to a title, taking a seven-game Series where each game was won by the home team. It was the first two World Series championships in a five-year span.
On October 7, 1987, the Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers 8-5 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The box score below is an accurate record of this League Championship Series baseball game.
American League Championship Series. Minnesota Twins vs. Detroit Tigers. Minnesota won the series, 4–1. In an unexpected outcome, the Twins shockingly upset the MLB-best Tigers in five quick games and made their first World Series since 1965 (in the process denying a rematch of the 1968 World Series between the Tigers and Cardinals).
