In the National League, the San Francisco Giants returned to the postseason for the first time since 1971, and the St. Louis Cardinals were making their third appearance in the last six years.
After the series loss, the Tigers would not return to the postseason again until 2006, when they won the AL pennant over the Oakland Athletics in a sweep of that year’s ALCS.
The Twins would win their next and most recent pennant in 1991, defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in five games en route to yet another World Series title.
John Tudor pitched eight solid shutout innings as the Cardinals won 1–0 to force a seventh game.
The Giants would return to the NLCS two years later, where they would defeat the Chicago Cubs in five games before falling in the World Series.
Todd Worrell held off a late rally by the Twins in Game 5 as the Cardinals won, 4–2, now one win away from their second title in five years.
The Cardinals tied a World Series record for stolen bases with five in Game 5, matching the 1907 Chicago Cubs.
Viola pitched eight solid innings in Game 7 as the Twins came back to win by a 4–2 score, securing the title.
No other World Series since then has had that happen, as the two other Fall Classics in which the home team won every game—1991 and 2001—both included extra inning games and walk-off wins in the bottom of the ninth.
This would be the last postseason appearance for the Cardinals until 1996, and they wouldn't return to the World Series again until 2004, where they were swept by the Boston Red Sox.