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Everything about one game: the score and line score, the box score with each player's game NUT, every play in order, and the win probability chart, which marks the at-bat that swung the game most. Before first pitch it shows the probable starters and how the two clubs compare by season NUT. Live games update every 15 seconds. Game NUT measures one game's production against league average.

Twins 8, Cardinals 4 — Box Score, Oct 18, 1987 | Baseball NUT

STL 4, MIN 8, Final

Final· Sun, Oct 18· World Series· Game 2 · MIN leads series 2-0

STL

Cardinals

0-2Series

+0.1GAME

MIN

Twins

2-0Series

+0.8GAME

WBert Blyleven(3-0)LDanny Cox(1-2)

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

55,257 att.

Compare

World SeriesTop NUT · Game

Series MVP by NUTFrank Viola MIN+0.4SERIES G1Oct 17STL 1 · MIN 10D. Gladden MIN+0.2GAME G2Oct 18STL 4 · MIN 8B. Blyleven MIN+0.3GAME G3Oct 20MIN 1 · STL 3J. Tudor STL+0.2GAME G4Oct 21MIN 2 · STL 7T. Lawless STL+0.1GAME G5Oct 22MIN 2 · STL 4D. Cox STL+0.1GAME G6Oct 24STL 5 · MIN 11T. Herr STL+0.2GAME G7Oct 25STL 2 · MIN 4F. Viola MIN+0.3GAME

Game Recap

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	4	9	0
MIN	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	0	—	8	10	0

Team Stats

STLMIN

+0.1Game NUT+0.8

Every player who produced above average this game, hitting and pitching. Not a score of who won.

9Hits10

0Home runs2

1Walks4

.257AVG.303

.286SLG.576

8Strikeouts5

5Left on base5

0Errors0

Win Probability

FINALMIN100%

STL

MIN

Biggest at-bat: Bot 4, 1 out — Randy Bush doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Curt Ford. Kirby Puckett scores. Kent Hrbek scores. Gary Gaetti to 3rd. (+12.7% MIN)