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This would be the last postseason appearance for the Cardinals until 1996. The playoffs began on October 6, 1987, and concluded on October 25, 1987, with the Twins defeating the Cardinals in seven games in the 1987 World Series. It was the Twins' first title in Minnesota and their first since 1924, when they were known as the Washington Senators.
The 1987 National League Championship Series took place in Major League Baseball’s 1987 postseason between October 6 and 14 at Busch Memorial Stadium (Games 1, 2, 6, and 7) and Candlestick Park (Games 3, 4, and 5).
The 1987 Major League Baseball season ended with the American League Champion Minnesota Twins winning the World Series over the National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals, four games to three, as all seven games were won by the home team.
The NFL did not use a fixed-bracket playoff system. The three division winners were seeded 1–3 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and received a first-round bye while the wild card teams were seeded 4 and 5, and played in the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, with the 4 seed hosting.
The MLB playoffs expanded to a six-team bracket in both the American League and National League starting with the 2022 postseason, eliminating the controversial single-elimination wild card game ...
MLB power rankings: Late-season collapse threatens Royals and Twins' MLB playoff hopes The top two teams from each league enter at the division series stage, with a best-of-five format in place.
MLB PLAYOFF PICTURE: Wild card standings, latest 2024 division standings. 2024 MLB postseason schedule, results: ... 2024 MLB playoff schedule: Bracket, dates, time, TV for all games.
The Detroit Tigers finished the 1987 regular season with the best record in all of baseball, at 98–64 (.605). They won the American League East by two games in thrilling fashion over the Toronto Blue Jays, overcoming a 3½-game deficit with a week to go, and clinching the division—and their second postseason appearance in four years—on the last day of the season with a 1–0 win over ...