1992 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 1977)

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June 18th, 1992

No walk off today as the Tigers beat the Blue Jays, 7-2.

Glenallen Hill homered for Toronto.

WP - Jose Ramirez (6-3)
LP - Jim Abbott (7-5)

Record - 33-33

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June 19th, 1992

Ramon Martinez pitched a 4 hit shutout as the Jays beat the Royals, 4-0!

Bubba Cook homered for Toronto.

WP - Ramon Martinez (2-2)
LP - Mark Langston (3-6)

Record - 34-33

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June 20th, 1992

It was the second straight great outing by a starting pitcher as Dave Fleming led the Jays to a 2-1 win over the Royals.

Rick Rowe homered for Toronto.

WP - Dave Fleming (5-5)
Save - Scott Radinsky (1)
LP - Greg Swindell (6-3)

Record - 35-33

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Ex-Jay Eddie Murray of the Giants collected career hit #2500 today.

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All-Star Voting Update

Jays players lead at no position but are in second in a few:

John Valentin (despite being injured) trails Barry Larkin of the Twins.

Jim Abbott trails Greg Maddux of the Rangers.

Kent Johnson trails Jim Gore of the A's.

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June 21st, 1992

Miguel Rivera went 3 for 5, capped off by a 9th inning Grand Slam that gave the Blue Jays a 6-4 win over the Royals.

Lawrence Leverett also went deep for Toronto.

WP - Kent Johnson (1-0)
Save - Scott Radinsky (2)
LP - Bill Mooneyham (1-3)

Record - 36-33

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Jose Alvarez of Stratford was named Player of the Week for his A league.

For the Bigs it was Rafael Palmeiro, White Sox & Paul Molitor, Cardinals

The Blue Jays have climbed to #10 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

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June 22nd, 1992

It was a complete game for Greg Maddux and a 9-2 Rangers win over the Blue Jays.

WP - Greg Maddux (8-5)
LP - Dave Summers (6-4)

Record - 36-34

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June 23rd, 1992

Kent Hrbek homered twice and drove in four as the Blue Jays beat the Rangers, 7-4.

Both Jesus Martinez and Manuel Garcia hit the first home runs of their careers!

Scott Servais was ejected after arguing a strike call.

WP - Jim Abbott (8-5)
Save - Kent Johnson (16)
LP - Dan Lewis (0-1)

Record - 37-34

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June 24th, 1992

Not only did the Rangers absolutely destroy the Blue Jays, 14-1, but Glenallen Hill left the game with a strained shoulder that is going to put him out of action for more than a month.

WP - Melvin Anderson (9-4)
LP - Ramon Martinez (2-3)

Record - 37-35

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Placed on the IL: Glenallen Hill

Sent to Cornwall: Candy Sierra

TRADE

To WHITE SOX

Floyd Foley
Angel Lara
Jeremy Hickey
Dane Clift
Carlos Valentin

To BLUE JAYS

Dave Henderson
Fernando Espinosa
Enrique Stepanian
Kip Hunter
Glenn Jones

Henderson joins the Jays.

Alberto Garcia is called up.

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June 26th, 1992

The Jays were unable to get a hit until the 8th inning and lost, 7-1, to Cleveland.

WP - Orlando Escamilla (5-5)
LP - Juan Guzman (6-3)

Record - 37-36

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Willie McGee is activated from the IL.

Bubba Cook is sent to AAA.

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June 27th, 1992

Kent Hrbek went 2 for 5 with a home run, leading the Jays to a 5-4 win over Cleveland.

WP - Dave Summers (7-4)
Save - Scott Radinsky (3)
LP - Chris Moore (5-6)

Record - 38-36

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All-Star Voting Update

John Valentin, Jim Abbott, and Kent Johnson are all in second at their positions.

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June 28th, 1992

Jim Abbott didn't stumble until the 8th inning, and his team was there to pick him up as the Jays beat Cleveland, 4-3.

WP - Alberto Garcia (1-0)
Save - Scott Radinsky (4)
LP - Norm Charlton (0-1)

Record - 39-36

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Terrence Kindersley of Stratford was named Player of the Week for his A league.

Rusty Christian of Lethbridge was named Player of the Week for his Short A league.

For the Majors it was John Kruk, Rangers & Mark Grace, Mets

The Blue Jays inched up to #8 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

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June 29th, 1992

The Jays lost the pitching duel, falling 2-1 to the Rangers.

WP - Melvin Anderson (10-4)
Save - Jeff Russell (3)
LP - Ramon Martinez (2-4)

Record - 39-37

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June 30th, 1992

Miguel Rivera went 2 for 4 with a home run, a triple, and four RBI as the Jays beat the Rangers, 6-4.

WP - Dave Fleming (6-5)
Save - Kent Johnson (17)
LP - Werner Walsh (8-5)

Record - 40-37

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Jorge Cervantes, Saint Hycainthe, was named Pitcher of the Month for his AA league.

Jose Alvarez, Stratford, was named Hitter of the Month for his A league.

JUNE AWARDS

PITCHER - Javier Garcia, Brewers & Bret Saberhagen, Astros

HITTER - Rafael Palmiro, White Sox & Barry Bonds, Cardinals

ROOKIE - Javier Garcia, Brewers & David Nied, Pirates


TRADE

To TIGERS

Jesus Matos
Junior Felix
Cristian Castillo

To BLUE JAYS

Robert Washington
Orlando Ortiz
Claude Davis

All minor leaguers.

Sent to Cornwall: Juan Guzman, Dave Fleming

Called Up: Jason Grimsley, Tom Lyons