August 18th, 1989

It took 12 innings and it ended with a catcher in right field and a second baseman at 1st, but it cost the Jays in the end, losing 3-2 to the Orioles.

WP - Jose Medine (4-12)
LP - Greg Green (2-1)

Record - 48-74

August 19th, 1989

Scott Holman was very sharp today, pitching into the 9th as the Blue Jays defeated the Orioles, 4-2.

Diego Guzman homered for Toronto.

WP - Scott Holman (1-3)
Save - Lee Smith (17)
LP - Gregory Pitts (6-2)

Record - 49-74

August 20th, 1989

The Blue Jays scored twice in the 9th to grab a 4-3 win from the Orioles.

WP - Michael Klinger (6-3)
Save - Lee Smith (18)
LP - Jose Medine (4-13)

Record - 50-74

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Darrell Evans of the Braves collected career hit #2000!


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Roger Glenn of Saint-Hyacinthe was named Player of the Week for his AA league.

Alain Navarro of Stratford did the same for his A league.

Dan Lovell of Lethbridge got it for his Short A league.

Roy Shields of Woodstock won it for his Rookie league.

For the Majors it was Jose Cruz, Orioles & Chris Clark, Expos

The Blue Jays held at #22 on the Weekly Power Rankings

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August 22nd, 1989

Robinson Lopez was very sharp today as he pitched a complete games, 5-1 win over the Tigers for the Blue Jays.

WP - Robinson Lopez (4-1)
LP - Bobby Witt (3-5)

Record - 51-74

August 23rd, 1989

Dave Stieb blanked the Tigers, pitching the Blue Jays to a 6-0 win.

WP - Dave Stieb (10-9)
LP - Bob Hook (10-5)

Record - 52-74

August 24th, 1989

The Blue Jays scored a couple of times in the 9th but fell just short, losing 5-4 to the Tigers.

Ricky Jordan homered for Toronto.

WP - Francisco Ortiz (2-3)
Save - Jeff Jarrett (28)
LP - Orlando Contreras (1-3)

Record - 52-75

August 25th, 1989

Orel Hershiser's return to the Blue Jays' rotation was very successful as he pitched into the 9th on a 3-1 win over the Brewers.

WP - Orel Hershiser (3-13)
Save - Lee Smith (19)
LP - Alfredo Martinez (1-4)

Record - 53-75

August 26th, 1989

The Brewers tied the game in the 9th and went ahead in the 10th after Scott Holman pitched an amazing game. But then Jose Flores tied it back up in the bottom of the 10th with a home run and then Khachatur Abkhazi got an RBI single for a 3-2, walk-off win for the Blue Jays!

WP - Fernando Valenzuela (2-0)
LP - Joe Boever (5-7)

Record - 54-75

Enjoying the read, and feel like I am living that time in my life over again. Only anomaly is Scott Holman LOL, I think he was toast around 1983, like when a simulation recreates an alternate trajectory.. How has his path been?

Scott Holman was definitely not around at this time in real life. In this sim he just keeps hanging around, never being spectacular but still good enough to pitch.

August 27th, 1989

Robinson Lopez led the Jays to a very tight, 2-1 win over the Brewers.

WP - Robinson Lopez (5-1)
Save - Lee Smith (20)
LP - Alonso Barron (10-10)

Record - 55-75

Tom Halfyard of Woodstock was named Player of the Week for his Rookie league.

For the Bigs it was Nick O'Brian, Angels & Greg Jeffries, Cardinals

The Blue Jays have climbed to #16 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

August 28th, 1989

Francisco Mendoza hit his first major league home run, but the Jays fell 4-1 to the Brewers.

WP - Ken Howell (7-7)
LP - Dave Stieb (10-10)

Record - 55-76

August 29th, 1989

The Toronto bats were working but the Chicago bats were working better as the Jays lost 10-8 to the White Sox.

Francisco Mendoza and Khachatur Abkhazi homered for the Blue Jays.

WP - Tom Candiotti (13-9)
LP - Orlando Contreras (1-4)

Record - 55-77

August 20th, 1989

The Jays scored twice in the 9th but it was much too little and far too late as they fell 7-2 to the White Sox.

WP - Roger Clemens (16-7)
LP - Orel Hershiser (3-14)

Record - 55-78

August 31st, 1989

Behind most of the game, the Blue Jays came back and picked up a walk-off, 4-3 win over the White Sox with Khachatur Abkhazi's RBI single!

Antonio Gonzalez pitched 5.1 solid innings in relief after Scott Holman left the game with back pain.

Diego Guzman also left the game and while Holman may need to have his next start pushed back, we have heard nothing about Guzman.

Ricky Jordan homered for the Jays.

WP - Michael Hall (2-1)
LP - Jeff Russell (6-8)

Record - 56-78

Diego Guzman has a strained ribcage muscle and is heading to the 60-day DL.

Jim Kane of Cornwall was named Pitcher of the Month for his AAA league.

Tony Oliva of Woodstock did the same for his Rookie league.

AUGUST AWARDS

PITCHER - Leon Smiley, Angels & Brandon Christopher, Cardinals

HITTER - Jesse Barfield, Rangers & Barry Bonds, Cardinals

ROOKIE - Norm Charlton, Indians & Luis Ramirez, Padres


SEPTEMBER CALL-UPS

Mike Harkey
Jim Kane
Chance Sanders
Todd Stottlemyer
Todd Burns
Lee Guetterman
Rick Nelson
Rafael Perez
Steve Ray
Yasushi Taguchi
Jeff Brantley
Markus Ryan
Daniel Wood
Fred Turner
Bob Allen

Designated for Assignment: Tom Foley

September 1st, 1989

The new faces didn't help as the Jays lost 5-2 to the Twins.

Mike Marshall hit his 18th home run of the year.

WP - Carlos Sanchez (7-2)
Save - Greg Harris (24)
LP - Robinson Lopez (5-2)

Record - 56-79

September 2nd, 1989

David Roberts went 3 for 4 with a home run, leading the Blue Jays to a 9-4 win over the Twins.

Joseph Prost also homered for Toronto.

WP - Dave Stieb (11-10)
LP - Lee Rainey (8-12)

Record - 57-79

The Jays signed a bunch of players to minor league deals:

Cory Rogers
Ernest Harris
Derek Berry
Mike Brown
Christian Allen
Ben Robinson
Toby Riley
Ben Reid

September 3rd, 1989

Chance Sanders had a very nice outing but ended up on the wrong end of a 2-1 loss by the Blue Jays to the Twins.

WP - Chuck Finley (14-8)
Save - Greg Harris (25)
LP - Chance Sanders (0-5)

Record - 57-80