Game 28, 1987

The 1987 Twins played their 28th game on May 8th. They lost to the Yankess after Jeff Reardon gave up 6 runs in the 9th inning. He faced 9 batters, and retired 3 of them. He allowed 2 hits, both homeruns and walked 4, 1 intentional. The outing raised his ERA to 9.24.

It wasn't the best outing of his career.

Mark Portugal started the game and pitched into the 7th before giving up back to back homeruns to former Twin , Gary Ward and future Twin Mike Pagliarulo. Portugal gave way to Keith Atherton Who pitched 1.2 innings but was pulled for Reardon after loading the bases in the 8th.

Reardon got out of the jam but eventually gave up the lead in the 9th and gave up a walk-off grand slam to Pags with 2 outs in the 9th.

The loss dropped the Twins to 15-13. Good for 3rd place in the West and only a 1.2 game behind California and Kansas City.