June 5th, 1992

Tom Glavine shut down the Jays and the Orioles clubbed them, 7-0.

WP - Tom Glavine (4-0)
LP - Ramon Martinez (1-2)

Record - 27-27

June 6th, 1992

The Jays hung tough but the Orioles kept at it and beat Toronto, 5-3.

John Valentin homered for the Jays.

WP - Brian Holman (6-6)
Save - Jose Medine (13)
LP - Alan Mills (0-2)

Record - 27-28

All-Star Voting Update

John Valentin still trails Barry Larkin (Twins) at SS, and Kent Johnson is still in 3rd for Relief Pitchers, but Jim Abbott has moved up to 2nd at Starting Pitcher, behind only Greg Maddux of the Rangers.

June 7th, 1992

Dave Summers did not get the decision but he was excellent in Toronto's 3-1 win over the Orioles.

Lawrence Leverett homered for the Jays.

Concerning was John Valentin leaving with pain in his elbow. The rookie has been a high point for eh Jays this year.

WP - Kevin Thompson (1-1)
Save - Kent Johnson (13)
LP - Roderyk Duzynski (3-1)

Record - 28-28

Oh boy.

John Valentine has fractured his fibula and will be out until September.

This is a costly blow to the Jays.

Jesus Martinez is called up from Cornwall.

June 8th, 1992

Jim Abbott threw a three-hit shutout as the Jays blanked the Yankees, 4-0!

Ken Hrbek homered for Toronto.

WP - Jim Abbott (7-3)
LP - Weston Chapman (3-5)

Record - 29-28

I have had a lot of problem importing toy historical games into OOTP 25.

Now I can no longer play them in OOTP 24...

Here's hoping this works out okay...

June 9th, 1992

Guelph, Ontario's Tom Lyons made his Major League debut and pitched a great game, leading the Blue Jays to a 2-1 win over the Yankees!

Jesus Martinez also made his big league debut and went 1 for 4.

Kent Johnson got his league leading, 14th save.

WP - Tom Lyons (1-0)
Save - Kent Johnson (14)
LP - Orlando Gonzelza (1-5)

Record - 30-28

June 10th, 1992

The Jays went into the 9th down 5-0 but homers by Kent Hrbek and Rick Rowe forced extra innings.

However, the Yankees walked them off, 6-5 in 10.

WP - Jesse Pope (2-0)
LP - Candy Sierra (0-1)

Record - 30-29

June 11th, 1992

Lawrence Leverett's big home run clinched a 6-3 win for the Blue Jays over the Red Sox.

But the win came at a big cost as both Willie McGee and Ricardo Gonzalez left the game with injuries.

Word is that McGee is likely to miss a couple of weeks while Gonzalez will miss closer to a month.

WP - Juan Guzman (6-2)
Save - Kent Johnson (15)
LP - Jeffrey Pagan (2-5)

Record - 31-29

Willie McGee and Ricardo Gonzalez are placed on the IL.

Glenallen Hill and Manuel Garcia are called up from AAA.

June 12th, 1992

John Smoltz and the Red Sox destroyed the Blue Jays, beating them 8-0.

WP - John Smoltz (5-6)
LP - Dave Summers (6-3)

Record - 31-30

Former Blue Jay and current Ranger, Cal Ripken, collected career hit #2000 today.

June 13th, 1992

Today the Jays did a better job and keeping the Red Sox from scoring, but no better at scoring themselves.

They were shut out again. This time it was 3-0.

WP - Chris Bosio (4-4)
Save - Bryan Harvey (3)
LP - Jim Abbott (7-4)

Record - 31-31

All-Star Voting Update

The Jays have three players running in 2nd at their respective positions.

John Valentin (who is injured), SS
Jim Abbott, SP
Kent Johnson, RP

June 14th, 1992

The Jays made a game of it, but the Red Sox still won, 5-3.

Lawrence Leverett homered for Toronto.

WP - Bobby Witt (1-1)
LP - Tom Lyons (1-1)

Record - 31-32

Tom Lyons is sent to AAA.

Dave Fleming is called up.

Players of the Week: Henry Cotto, Orioles & Terry Pendleton, Cardinals

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

June 16th, 1992

The Jays came from behind, capping it off with a 9th inning RBI single by Lawrence Leverett to give them a 7-6, walk-off win over the Tigers.

Miguel Rivera and Sam Wilson homered for Toronto.

WP - Andrew Miles (2-1)
LP - Daniel Peters (2-4)

Record - 32-32

June 17th, 1992

Glenallen Hill led off the bottom of the 11th with a triple before scoring on a Manuel Garcia sac fly to give the Jays a walk-off, 3-2 win over the Tigers!

A nice outing by Dave Summers paved the way and a massive home run by Kent Hrbek set the stage.

WP - Xavier Hernandez (2-1)
LP - Daniel Peters (2-5)

Record - 33-32