1987 AL Game: Toronto at NY. Bell hits 62nd

September 22, 1987

TORONTO AT BALTIMORE
Blue Jays....... 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 0 - 11 10 1
Orioles......... 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 6 14 1
Win:Stieb(17-8) Loss:Boddicker(11-15)
Homeruns- F.McGriff(25th), G.Bell(62nd), W.Upshaw-2(25th), M.Hart(6th)

George Bell became MLB's all-time single season homerun record holder tonight when he hit his 62nd homerun of the year. Bell's homer allowed him to pass Roger Maris and with almost 2 weeks left in the season, he's a good bet to add to that total. Bell's teammate Willie Upshaw ripped 2 homeruns at Memorial Stadium as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the floundering Baltimore Orioles 11 to 6.
 Upshaw had a big evening at the plate. He hit a bases-empty home run in the
5th inning and blasted a Grand Slam homerun in the 8th inning. Baltimore had
14 hits in the game while Toronto had 10, but Toronto had the more timely
hits.  
Dave Stieb(17-8) picked up the victory, allowing 5 runs in 6 and 1/3 innings.
Mike Boddicker(11-15) was the loser. He served up 4 gopher balls in 7 and
2/3 innings. 

1987 AL Game: Toronto at NY. Bell hits 61st hr

TORONTO AT NEW YORK
September 21, 1987

Blue Jays....... 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 6 7 1
Yankees......... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0
Win:Key(22-7) Loss:Leiter(1-1)
Homeruns- G.Bell(61st), J.Barfield(29th), K.Gruber(16th), D.Mattingly(20th)

Kelly Gruber jacked one out of the ballyard and had 2 RBI while Jimmy Key
completed the game and picked up his 22nd win as the Toronto Blue Jays
topped the New York Yankees by a score of 6 to 2 at Yankee
Stadium. George Bell hit his 61st homerun for Toronto, tying him with Roger Maris for the all time single season homerun record

Key(22-7) gave Toronto a solid outing. He went 9 innings allowing 9 hits and
1 walk. Toronto finished with 7 hits in the victory.

Al Leiter(1-1) was the losing pitcher. He pitched 6 and 1/3 innings allowing
5 hits and 1 walk. The Toronto ballclub's record now stands at 90-59 and moves them within 3.5 games of Detroit in the AL East.

1987 AL Standings

September 18, 1987
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1987 American League

                                                      ACTUAL-TO DATE                   ACTUAL    -     TOTAL
EAST                                  WON  LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#   WON LOS  PCT   WON LOS PCT
1987 Detroit DEA                   93    52      .641    ----      12              88     57     .607       98  64   .605
1987 Toronto TOA                 88    58      .603     5.5                        88     58     .603       96  66   .593
1987 Boston BOA                  80    64      .556    12.5                       69     75     .479       78  84   .481
1987 Milwaukee MLA           80    66      .548    13.5                       81     65     .555       91  71   .562
1987 New York NYA             69    77      .473    24.5                       81     65     .555       89  73   .549
1987 Baltimore BAA             64    81      .441    29.0                       62     83     .428       67  95   .414
1987 Cleveland CLA             49    98      .333    45.0                       56     91     .381       61 101  .377

                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE                        ACTUAL   -   TOTAL
WEST                                 WON LOST  PCT  GB  MAGIC#     WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1987 Oakland OAA               83     63     .568    ----      10               73      73    .500    81     81   .500
1987 Seattle SEA                  76     70      .521    7.0                          68      78    .466    78     84   .481
1987 Minnesota MNA          74     73     .503    9.5                         77      70    .524    85     77   .525
1987 Chicago CHA               70     76     .479   13.0                         65      81    .445    77     85   .475
1987 California CAA            68     79     .463   15.5                         70      77    .476    75     87   .463
1987 Kansas City KCA         67     80     .456   16.5                         74      73    .503    83     79   .512
1987 Texas TEA                    61    85     .418    22.0                         70     76    .479    75      87   .463

1987 NL Standings

Once again, having issues trying to post from SOM Baseball 2013 to blogger.com. This is about the best I can do to update the current 1987 NL Standings:
The San Francisco Giants have pulled with 2 games of the Cincinnati Reds in the NL West with 2 weeks to go in the season. Houston's only 4.5 games out. The St. Louis Cardinals magic number is 8 in the NL East.

September 18, 1987

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1987 National League

                                              ACTUAL-TO DATE                             ACTUAL  -  TOTAL
EAST                             WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#      WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1987 St. Louis SLN           88    57       .607   ----       8                     85  60    .586      95     67   .586
1987 New York NYN        79    67       .541    9.5                               84  62    .575      92     70   .568
1987 Chicago CHN           76    69      .524   12.0                             70  75     .483      76     85   .472
1987 Pittsburgh PIN          72    74      .493   16.5                             70  76     .479      80     82   .494
1987 Philadelphia PHN     70    76      .479   18.5                             74  72     .507      80     82   .494
1987 Montreal MON         68    77      .469   20.0                             82  63     .566      91     71   .562

                                                ACTUAL-TO DATE                              ACTUAL   -  TOTAL
WEST                               WON  LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#       WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1987 Cincinnati CIN            81    66        .551   ----        14                 73    74     .497     84    78   .519
1987 San Francisco SFN     79    68         .537   2.0                            81     66    .551     90    72   .556
1987 Houston HON             76    70        .521    4.5                             71    75    .486      76    86   .469
1987 Atlanta ATN               64    81        .441   16.0                             62     83   .428      69    92  .429
1987 San Diego SDN          64    82        .438   16.5                              61    85    .418     65    97 . 401
1987 Los Angeles LAN       58    88        .397   22.5                             62     84   .425      73    89  .451