April 22nd, 1989

As the Toronto starting pitching has struggled it was big for Dave Stieb to come out and have a good start, and he did, pitching the Jays past the Rangers by a score of 10-3.

Junior Felix hit his 2nd homer of the season.

WP - Dave Stieb (2-2)
Save - Rafael Perez 91)
LP - Dan Lewis (2-1)

Record - 6-11

April 23rd, 1989

It was another rough day for the under-performing Blue Jays as they fell 8-3 to the Rangers.

Barry Jones left the game with a mild oblique strain that should keep him riding pine for up to a week.

WP - Danny Jackson (1-3)
LP - Howard Richmond (1-2)

Record - 6-12

Mike Marshall was named the AL Player of the Week. He hit .455 this week, with 9 RBI.

Barry Bonds of the Cardinals won for the NL.

Arturo Vazquez of Saint Hyacinthe won the award fo this AA League.

The Jays moved one spot out of the cellar on the Weekly Power Rankings, to #25.



TRADE

To TIGERS

Michael Hickman
Steve Crawford
Robert Washington

To BLUE JAYS

Ed Vande Berg (DET retains 10% of contract)
Domingo Gonzales
Jamal Gould
Felix Jose
Sergio Martinez

Vande Berg joins the Jays.

TRADE

To PHILLIES

Alfonso Dominguez
Cameron Washington
Tim Wells
Lance Blankenship
John Montgomery

To BLUE JAYS

Rob Denton
Larry Greer
Namig Iashvili
Francisco Mendoza
Daniel Wood

All minor leaguers.

Ron Hassey is called up from Vandercook Lake.

Greg Cadaret and Ramiro Garcia are sent to AAA.

April 24th, 1989

The Blue Jays came from behind to tie it in the 9th, only to lose it in the bottom half as the A'a got the walk-off, 6-5 win.

WP - Tim Crews (2-0)
LP - Michael Klinger (0-1)

Record - 6-13

April 25th, 1989

The Jays were shutout, 4-0 by the A's.

The Jays were expected to be a top contender. Instead they just are digging themselves deeper and deeper.

WP - Orlando Contreras (1-1)
LP - Shane Simmons (1-2)

Record - 6-14

Jerry Fry signed a minor league contract.

April 26th, 1989

Tom Henke was brought in with a one run lead to nail down the Toronto win. Instead he gave up a two run double for his second blown save of the year.

The Mariners won 5-4.

WP - Duane Ward (3-3)
LP - Tom Henke (0-2)

Record - 6-15

Ex-Jay Robin Yount of the Dodgers collected career hit #2500.

April 27th, 1989

Another frustrating loss for the Blue Jays as they fell 3-2 to the Mariners. That is five losses in a row.

Rickey Henderson homered for Toronto.

WP - John Smiley (3-2)
Save - Duane Ward (4)
LP - Dave Stieb (2-3)

Record - 6-16

April 28th, 1989

It is now six losses in a row as the Blue Jays were blanked 2-0 by the Angels.

I am bewildered.

Howard Richmond left the game with pain in his back.

WP - Leon Smiley (1-2)
Save - Dudley Sanders (7)
LP - Howard Richmond (1-3)

Record - 6-17

Howard Richmond's back tightness turned out to not be serious. He should be fine by his next start.

April 29th, 1989

The Blue Jay slide continued with a 5-3 loss to the Angels.

Ryne Sandberg homered for Toronto.

WP - German Matos (2-2)
Save - Pepe Romero (1)
LP - Nolan Ryan (1-3)

Record - 6-18

April 30th, 1989

The mystery of the flailing Blue Jays continues. They fell 7-1 to the Angels for their eight straight loss.

This is a team that was expected to compete for the pennant and now they can't even win a game.

The season is long, but it has been a month.

WP - Rod Nichols (2-1)
LP - Shane Simmons (1-3)

Record - 6-19

Arturo Vasquez of Saint-Hyacinthe was named batter of the month for his AA league.


APRIL AWARDS

PITCHER - Roger Clemens, White Sox & Jose Rijo, Cubs

HITTER - Eddie Murray, Royals & Mickey Tettleton, Dodgers

ROOKIE - Brian Holman, Mariners & Mark Gardner, Padres


Players of the Week: Cecil Fielder, Indians & Frank Viola, Giants

The Blue Jays fell to the basement in the Weekly Power Rankings - #26.

Time to shake things up.


TRADE

To GIANTS

Tom Henke

To BLUE JAYS

Steve Ray (SF retains 70% of salary)
Israel Sanchez
Bill Anderson
Victor Dennis
Vicente Garcia

The fans are happy about Ray.

Ray and Sanchez join the Jays.


TRADE

To TIGERS

Eduardo Estrada
Ramiro Garcia
Francis Faber

To BLUE JAYS

Rodger Bland (DET retains 15% of contract)
Freddy Norton
Eddie Williams
Roger Glenn
Mike Sherman


Bland joins the Jays.
Norton is placed on waivers.

Jose Correa, Howard Richmond, and Shane Simmons are sent to AAA.
Ramiro Gonzalez is called up.

May 2nd, 1989

The Blue Jays comeback fell short as they lost 6-4 to Oakland.

The underachieving continues.

That is nine losses in a row for Toronto.

WP - Jose DeLeon (4-1)
Save - Tim Crews (7)
LP - Orel Hershiser (0-4)

Record - 6-20

May 3rd, 1989

An eighth inning home run by Ron Hassey brought an end to the Toronto losing streak as the Blue Jays beat the A's 3-2.

Rickey Henderson and Ryne Sandberg also went deep as all the Toronto runs came off solo homers.

WP - Anthony Peterson (1-0)
Save - Michael Klinger (2)
LP - David Cone (1-4)

Record - 7-20

Jerry Fry was granted Free Agency due to a clause in his contract.

I guess he thought he would be called up by now.

May 4th, 1989

Mike Marshall hit a monster home run as the Blue Jays beat the Angels 10-3.

WP - Nolan Ryan (2-3)
LP - German Matos (2-3)

Record - 8-20

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