Allan Koch of Stratford was named Reliever of the Year for his time with Woodstock, the Rookie league.

September 29th, 1989

A 9th inning sac fly by Jose Flores scored Paul O'Neill and gave the Jays a 2-1, walk-off win over the Orioles.

Though he was not around for the decision, Jim Kane pitched a great game.

WP - Michael Klinger (8-3)
LP - Jose Medine (4-15)

Record - 67-93

September 30th, 1989

Orel Hershiser ended his season the same way he suffered through most of it - in disappointment.

The Orioles beat the Blue Jays, 9-3.

WP - Kirk McCaskill (13-17)
LP - Orel Hershiser (5-17)

Record - 67-94

October 1st, 1989

The Bleu Jays ended the season with a strong outing by Orlando Contreras and big home runs by Markus Ryan and Terry McGriff as Toronto beat Baltimore, 4-2.

WP - Orlando Contreras (2-5)
Save - Lee Smith (28)
LP - Al Leiter (6-12)

FINAL RECORD - 68-94

The Rangers won the AL West not he last day so the playoffs will be Cleveland vs Texas and St. Louis vs Los Angeles.

The Batting Titles were won by Lee Perry, Athletics, hitting .331 and Gregg Jeffries, Cardinals, hitting .347.

George Brett came 3rd.

Cecil Fielder of the Indians hit 47 home runs to lead the AL. Barry Bonds of the Cardinals hit 44 to pace the NL.

The official Draft Pool was published.

Of specific note to Blue Jays' fans are Roberto Alomar and John Olerud.

We don't pick until #24. In other words, we aren't getting either of them.

NLCS GAME ONE

LAD 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 7 0
SLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 5 2

WP - Dave Stewart (1-0)
Save - Mark Davis (1)
LP - Patrick Jaouen (0-1)

HR - LAD: Mickey Tettleton (1)

Dodgers lead 1-0

Antonio Gonzalez signed a two year contract extension for $141,500

ALCS GAME ONE


CLE 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 4 6 2
TEX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 5 6 1

WP - Jesus Lopez (1-0)
LP - Norm Charlton (0-1)

HR - CLE: Jeff Blauser (1)

Rangers lead 1-0


NLCS GAME TWO


LAD 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 2
SLC 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 X - 6 10 0

WP - Dan Ross (1-0)
Save - Brandon Christopher (1)
LP - Kevin Gross (0-1)

HR - LAD: Lou Whitaker (1), Mickey Tettleton (2)

Series is tied 1-1

ALCS GAME TWO


CLE 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 2
TEX 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 9 0

WP - Melvin Anderson (1-0)
LP - Norm Charlton (0-2)

HR - TEX: Dave Martinez (1), Mark McGwire (1)

Rangers lead 2-0

NLCS GAME THREE

SLC 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 - 7 14 0
LAD 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 - 4 6 0

WP - Mark Moore (1-0)
Save - Brandon Christopher (2)
LP - Jose Romero (0-1)

HR - SLC: Shawon Dunston (1), LAD: Lou Whitaker 2 (3), Mickey Tettleton (3)

Cardinals lead 2-1

ALCS GAME THREE


TEX 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 5 0
CLE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 - 4 9 2

WP - Norm Charlton (1-2)
LP - Tucker Garland (0-1)

HR - none

Rangers lead 2-1


NLCS GAME FOUR


SLC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 4 7 0
LAD 1 1 4 0 1 3 0 0 X - 10 10 0

WP - Bryn Smith (1-0)
LP - Terry LeBlanc (0-1)

HR - SLC: Terry Pendleton (1), LAD: Robin Yount (1), Kent Hrbek (1), David Justice 2 (2)

Series is tied 2-2

ALCS GAME FOUR


TEX 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 6 8 0
CLE 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 1

WP - Danny Jackson (1-0)
Save - Tucker Garland (1)
LP - Ramon Espinoza (0-1)

HR - TEX: Jason Allen (1), Jessie Barfield (1), Dave Martinez (2)

Rangers lead 3-1


NLCS GAME FIVE


SLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 5 11 2
LAD 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 1

WP - Luis Fernandez (1-0)
Save - Brandon Christopher (3)
LP - Mark Davis (0-1)

HR - SLC: Bryan Moreno (1)

Cardinals lead 3-2

Paul O'Neill signed a two year contract extension for a little over $1.5m

The fans are thrilled!

Pedro Lopez of Stratford was named Manager of the Year for his A league!

He has been promoted to AAA Cornwall.

ALCS GAME FIVE


TEX 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 3 10 1
CLE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0

WP - Greg Maddux (1-0)
Save - Dan Quisenberry (1)
LP - Orlando Escamilla (0-1)

HR - none

RANGERS WIN ALCS 4-1

Ken Metcalf was named Series MVP.

NLCS GAME SIX


LAD 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 - 7 12 1
SLC 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 4 10 0

WP - Mike Witt (1-0)
Save - Mark Davis (2)
LP - Sebastien Sanchez (0-1)

HR - LAD: Mickey Tettleton (4)

Series is tied 3-3

NLCS GAME SEVEN


LAD 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 7 2
SLC 1 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 X - 13 13 0

WP - Randy Leonhardt (1-0)
LP - Kevin Gross (0-2)

HR - SLC: Darren Daulton (1)

CARDINALS WIN NLCS 4-3!

Terry Pendleton was named MVP

Jim Kane, who ended the season in Toronto, was named Pitcher of the Year for his AAA league!