Jeffrey Leonard gave the Giants a short-lived lead in the fourth on a homer, as the Cards quickly re-tied it when Ozzie Smith tripled and Willie McGee drove him home with a single.
Wednesday, October 7, 1987, at Busch Stadium (II) in St. Louis, Missouri The Giants pulled even in the series on the strength of a complete-game shutout by Dave Dravecky.
It was in this game that Leonard aroused the ire of the Cardinal fans by going into his "Cadillac home run trot" around the bases.
Friday, October 9, 1987, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco In Game 3, Joe Magrane (STL) and Atlee Hammaker (SF) were set to face off.
The Cardinals heated things up in the sixth with a two-run home run from Jim Lindeman, who replaced the injured Jack Clark, and then a triple by Willie McGee.
With right-handed Todd Worrell pitching for the Cards, manager Roger Craig pinch hit left-handed batter Harry Spilman for Robby Thompson.
Saturday, October 10, 1987, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco The Giants knotted the series at 2–2 by the longball and another complete-game pitching performance, this time by Mike Krukow.
Krukow was touched for two runs in the second on RBI singles by opposing pitcher Danny Cox and Vince Coleman, but then pitched shutout ball the rest of the way.
Sunday, October 11, 1987, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco Tom Herr put the Cardinals up 1–0 in the first off Rick Reuschel with a sacrifice fly, then the Giants tied it in their half of the first on a Kevin Mitchell RBI single.
Tony Peña and pitcher Bob Forsch led off the inning with consecutive singles, and then Vince Coleman beat out a bunt, loading the bases with none out.
Terry Pendleton then gave the Cards back the lead in the fourth in this nip-and-tuck game by smashing a two-out triple and scoring when Reuschel mishandled a throw by Will Clark on a ground ball hit by John Morris.
Mike Aldrete then pinch-hit for Reuschel and hit a sacrifice fly and Robby Thompson drove in the last run with a triple.
Tudor got the only run he needed in the second inning when Tony Peña hit what appeared to be a routine fly ball to right, but Candy Maldonado misplayed it and it fell for a triple.
[8][9] The only downside in the victory was Pendleton suffering a strained ribcage while running the bases, which limited his availability in the World Series.
The first fight was prompted by a hard slide into second by Will Clark that sent Cardinals second baseman José Oquendo reeling toward left field.
Giants would return to the NLCS in 1989, where they beat the Chicago Cubs in five games before losing to the Oakland Athletics in the World Series.