 In the seventh inning of the September 7 game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, he struck out Leon Durham, Andre Dawson and Rafael Palmeiro, the number three, four and five hitters, each on three pitches to become the thirteenth National League pitcher to strike out three batters on nine pitches, the twenty-first such occurrence in major league history.Two days later, Robinson won a game with his bat when he hit an unlikely home run, his first in the majors, off of ace closer Lee Smith to break a tie with two outs in the ninth inning.Over the course of the whole 1987 season, he went 8–9 with an ERA of 2.85 – the lowest average of his career – in 81 relief appearances.