September 28,1987 at Arlington Stadium
Twins 5, Rangers 3 (85-72)
The Twins were headed to the playoffs as they finally locked up the division crown with tight win over the Rangers. Steve Lombardozzi was the hitting star in the win and he played a role in four of the Twins five runs. He went two for four with four RBIs and one of his two hits was a two run homer.
Joe Niekro gave up three runs in 6 1/3 innings but he didn’t get the decision because the Twins didn’t go ahead until the eighth inning. Juan Berenguer improved to 8-1 and he threw 1 2/3 shutout innings while Jeff Reardon pitched a shutout ninth to earn his 31st save of the season.
As of now, the Twins still didn’t know who their ALCS opponent would be. The Tigers and Blue Jays looked like they might go down to the wire and in the meantime, the Twins had a few games to tune up for the opposition.
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