1988 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 1977) - Page 6

rpriske · 07-16-2019, 05:55 PM

May 21st,1988

The game in Milwaukee was rained out. Tomorrow is now a double header.

rpriske · 07-16-2019, 06:17 PM

May 22nd, 1988

Paul Molitor hit a 12th inning sac fly to give the Jays the lead but David Wells blew the save in the bottom half and the Brewers grabbed a 6-5 win in the first game of the double header.

Kelly Lewis went 4 for 6.

WP - Michael Hall (2-3)
LP - David Wells (0-2)

Record - 18-24

rpriske · 07-16-2019, 06:18 PM

May 22nd, 1988

The second game of the double header was rained out. Now tomorrow is a double header.

rpriske · 07-16-2019, 06:20 PM

Joe White signed a minor league contract.

Players of the Week: Chris James, White Sox & Mark Grace, Mets

The Blue Jays fell to #19 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

rpriske · 07-16-2019, 08:59 PM

May 23rd, 1988

Robinson Lopez went the distance in a 5-2 win for the Jays over the Brewers.

Lee Yandell went 3 for 5 with 3 RBI in the first game of the double header.

WP - Robinson Lopez (5-4)
LP - Erik Hanson (3-4)

Record - 19-24

rpriske · 07-16-2019, 09:14 PM

May 23rd, 1988

The Second game of the day did not go as well as the Jays fell 4-3 to the Brewers.

WP - Ken Howell (4-3)
Save - Karl Cowell (9)
LP - Howard Richmond (1-5)

Record - 19-25

rpriske · 07-16-2019, 09:33 PM

May 24th, 1988

The Jays' struggles continue as they fell 7-4 to the Rangers.

WP - Eric Show (2-4)
Save - Tucker Garland (6)
LP - Walt Terrell (1-2)

Record - 19-26

rpriske · 07-19-2019, 11:43 PM

May 25th, 1988

Greg Maddux was just too much for the Jays as they fell 3-1 to the Rangers.

WP - Greg Maddux (7-0)
Save - Tucker Garland (7)
LP - Nolan Ryan (5-4)

Record - 19-27

rpriske · 07-21-2019, 03:51 PM

May 26th, 1988

The Rangers outlasted the Blue Jays in a 10-7 slugfest.

Jesus Barron made his major league debut, only to pull a hamstring and leave in under an inning.

WP - Ed Whitson (5-0)
Save - Tucker Garland (8)
LP - Jesus Barron (0-1)

Record - 19-28

rpriske · 07-22-2019, 01:58 PM

May 27th, 1988

The White Sox demolished the Blue Jays 11-1.

Ken Phelps homered for the only Toronto run.

That is five losses in a row for the Jays.

The question for the season is, 'What happened to the Toronto Blue Jays?'

WP - Chris Bosio (4-4)
LP - Dave Stieb (2-5)

Record - 19-29

rpriske · 07-23-2019, 09:03 PM

May 28th, 1988

Robinson Lopez put a stop to the Toronto losing streak by sending them to a 4-2 win over the White Sox.

Bill Johnson hit his first homer of the season.

WP - Robinson Lopez (6-4)
Save - David Wells (8)
LP - Teddy Higuera (2-6)

Record - 20-29

rpriske · 07-23-2019, 09:05 PM

Jim Rice of the Red Sox hit his 400th career home run.

rpriske · 07-23-2019, 09:09 PM

All-Star voting update

Rickey Henderson leads at LF.
Bill Johnson is in 3rd at C. BJ Surhoff of the Red Sox leads.
Ken Phelps is in 3rd at 1B. Mark McGwire of the Rangers leads.
Nolan Ryan is in 5th at SP. Roger Clemens of the White Sox leads.

rpriske · 07-23-2019, 09:30 PM

May 29th, 1988

Now THAT looked like the Blue Jays of the last few years! Howard Richmond pitched like an ace as the Jays smoked the White Sox, 8-1.

Ryne Sandberg got his first home run of the year. Ken Phelps also homered.

WP - Howard Richmond (2-5)
LP - Roger Clemens (7-3)

Record - 21-29

rpriske · 07-23-2019, 09:33 PM

Players of the Week: Mark Mooney, Brewers & Oddibe McDowell, Reds

The Jays edged up a spot to #18 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

rpriske · 07-23-2019, 09:45 PM

May 30th, 1988

Nolan Ryan struck out 11 as he mowed down the Brewers! The Blue Jays won 7-0!

Ryne Sandberg homered for the 2nd straight day!

WP - Nolan Ryan (6-4)
LP - Roman Martinez (5-5)

Record - 22-29

rpriske · 07-23-2019, 09:46 PM

John Godwin hit for the cycle back when he was a Blue Jay.

He just did it again as a Phillie.

(EDIT: I misremembered. The one who did it before for the Jays was John Castino. George Brett and Robin Yount also did it.)

rpriske · 07-23-2019, 10:03 PM

May 31st, 1988

This turn-around could be legit. Walt Terrell pitched the Blue Jays to a 5-1 win over the Brewers.

Bob Weaver and Lee Yandell homered for Toronto.

WP - Walt Terrell (2-2)
LP - Ron Darling (5-4)

Record - 23-29

rpriske · 07-23-2019, 10:17 PM

Ricky Jordan, Cornwall, was named hitter of the month for his AAA league.

Aaron Anderson, Stratford, was named hitter of the month for his A league.

Don McKinley, Stratford, was named pitcher of the month fo this A league.

MAY AWARDS

PITCHER: Pascual Perez, Yankees & Mark Gubicza, Phillies

HITTER: Ellis Burks, Angels & Theodosio Chiappe, Mets

ROOKIE: Mark Mooney, Brewers & Oswaldo Peraza, Expos

Jesus Barron was placed on waivers and designated for assignment.

TRADE

To EXPOS

Khachatur Abkhazi
Bill Henry

To BLUE JAYS

Jim Tomkins
Dave Beck
Kent Gardner
Bill Thompson
Jeff Sears

All are minor leaguers.

Called up from AAA: Dan Ross, Erik Heath

rpriske · 07-26-2019, 11:24 PM

June 1st, 1988

Dave Winfield's first home run of the season was a three-run, walk-off blast that gave the Jays an 8-6 win over the Brewers!

Toronto has now won five in a row!

WP - Kip Young (1-0)
LP - Karl Cowell (1-1)

Record - 24-29

07-16-2019, 05:55 PM	#101
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 21st,1988 The game in Milwaukee was rained out. Tomorrow is now a double header. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-16-2019, 06:17 PM	#102
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 22nd, 1988 Paul Molitor hit a 12th inning sac fly to give the Jays the lead but David Wells blew the save in the bottom half and the Brewers grabbed a 6-5 win in the first game of the double header. Kelly Lewis went 4 for 6. WP - Michael Hall (2-3) LP - David Wells (0-2) Record - 18-24 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-16-2019, 06:18 PM	#103
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 22nd, 1988 The second game of the double header was rained out. Now tomorrow is a double header. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-16-2019, 06:20 PM	#104
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	Joe White signed a minor league contract. Players of the Week: Chris James, White Sox & Mark Grace, Mets The Blue Jays fell to #19 on the Weekly Power Rankings. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-16-2019, 08:59 PM	#105
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 23rd, 1988 Robinson Lopez went the distance in a 5-2 win for the Jays over the Brewers. Lee Yandell went 3 for 5 with 3 RBI in the first game of the double header. WP - Robinson Lopez (5-4) LP - Erik Hanson (3-4) Record - 19-24 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-16-2019, 09:14 PM	#106
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 23rd, 1988 The Second game of the day did not go as well as the Jays fell 4-3 to the Brewers. WP - Ken Howell (4-3) Save - Karl Cowell (9) LP - Howard Richmond (1-5) Record - 19-25 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-16-2019, 09:33 PM	#107
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 24th, 1988 The Jays' struggles continue as they fell 7-4 to the Rangers. WP - Eric Show (2-4) Save - Tucker Garland (6) LP - Walt Terrell (1-2) Record - 19-26 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-19-2019, 11:43 PM	#108
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 25th, 1988 Greg Maddux was just too much for the Jays as they fell 3-1 to the Rangers. WP - Greg Maddux (7-0) Save - Tucker Garland (7) LP - Nolan Ryan (5-4) Record - 19-27 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-21-2019, 03:51 PM	#109
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 26th, 1988 The Rangers outlasted the Blue Jays in a 10-7 slugfest. Jesus Barron made his major league debut, only to pull a hamstring and leave in under an inning. WP - Ed Whitson (5-0) Save - Tucker Garland (8) LP - Jesus Barron (0-1) Record - 19-28 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-22-2019, 01:58 PM	#110
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 27th, 1988 The White Sox demolished the Blue Jays 11-1. Ken Phelps homered for the only Toronto run. That is five losses in a row for the Jays. The question for the season is, 'What happened to the Toronto Blue Jays?' WP - Chris Bosio (4-4) LP - Dave Stieb (2-5) Record - 19-29 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-23-2019, 09:03 PM	#111
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 28th, 1988 Robinson Lopez put a stop to the Toronto losing streak by sending them to a 4-2 win over the White Sox. Bill Johnson hit his first homer of the season. WP - Robinson Lopez (6-4) Save - David Wells (8) LP - Teddy Higuera (2-6) Record - 20-29 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-23-2019, 09:05 PM	#112
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	Jim Rice of the Red Sox hit his 400th career home run. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-23-2019, 09:09 PM	#113
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	All-Star voting update Rickey Henderson leads at LF. Bill Johnson is in 3rd at C. BJ Surhoff of the Red Sox leads. Ken Phelps is in 3rd at 1B. Mark McGwire of the Rangers leads. Nolan Ryan is in 5th at SP. Roger Clemens of the White Sox leads. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-23-2019, 09:30 PM	#114
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 29th, 1988 Now THAT looked like the Blue Jays of the last few years! Howard Richmond pitched like an ace as the Jays smoked the White Sox, 8-1. Ryne Sandberg got his first home run of the year. Ken Phelps also homered. WP - Howard Richmond (2-5) LP - Roger Clemens (7-3) Record - 21-29 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-23-2019, 09:33 PM	#115
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	Players of the Week: Mark Mooney, Brewers & Oddibe McDowell, Reds The Jays edged up a spot to #18 on the Weekly Power Rankings. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-23-2019, 09:45 PM	#116
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 30th, 1988 Nolan Ryan struck out 11 as he mowed down the Brewers! The Blue Jays won 7-0! Ryne Sandberg homered for the 2nd straight day! WP - Nolan Ryan (6-4) LP - Roman Martinez (5-5) Record - 22-29 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 07-23-2019 at 10:04 PM.

07-23-2019, 09:46 PM	#117
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	John Godwin hit for the cycle back when he was a Blue Jay. He just did it again as a Phillie. (EDIT: I misremembered. The one who did it before for the Jays was John Castino. George Brett and Robin Yount also did it.) __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 07-26-2019 at 11:20 PM.

07-23-2019, 10:03 PM	#118
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 31st, 1988 This turn-around could be legit. Walt Terrell pitched the Blue Jays to a 5-1 win over the Brewers. Bob Weaver and Lee Yandell homered for Toronto. WP - Walt Terrell (2-2) LP - Ron Darling (5-4) Record - 23-29 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-23-2019, 10:17 PM	#119
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	Ricky Jordan, Cornwall, was named hitter of the month for his AAA league. Aaron Anderson, Stratford, was named hitter of the month for his A league. Don McKinley, Stratford, was named pitcher of the month fo this A league. MAY AWARDS PITCHER: Pascual Perez, Yankees & Mark Gubicza, Phillies HITTER: Ellis Burks, Angels & Theodosio Chiappe, Mets ROOKIE: Mark Mooney, Brewers & Oswaldo Peraza, Expos Jesus Barron was placed on waivers and designated for assignment. TRADE To EXPOS Khachatur Abkhazi Bill Henry To BLUE JAYS Jim Tomkins Dave Beck Kent Gardner Bill Thompson Jeff Sears All are minor leaguers. Called up from AAA: Dan Ross, Erik Heath __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-26-2019, 11:24 PM	#120
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 1st, 1988 Dave Winfield's first home run of the season was a three-run, walk-off blast that gave the Jays an 8-6 win over the Brewers! Toronto has now won five in a row! WP - Kip Young (1-0) LP - Karl Cowell (1-1) Record - 24-29 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````