Jays Keep Post Season Hopes Alive. Take 2 of 3 From Crew

 GAME 1:

GWRBI-Molitor

Game MVP:Paul Molitor

County Stadium    (02-18-2025 09:49:23)       Time 3:28, 69ø, Cloudy, Rain, Wind: 2 MPH In from LF  Night Game

Sep 22, 1989                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1989 Toronto 81-73            0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0      1  5  1
1989 Milwaukee 74-79          1 6 0   1 0 4   3 1 -     16 19  0

Recap

Mil  1st: Scored 1 run on 2 hits and on one walk.

Mil      Paul Molitor hit a fly ball scoring 1 to take the lead.  Tor  0 Mil 1.

Mil  2nd: Sent 10 batters to the plate scoring 6 runs on 6 hits and on one walk.

Mil      Bill Spiers singled scoring 2.  Tor  0 Mil 3.

Mil      Paul Molitor doubled scoring Spiers.  Tor  0 Mil 4.

Mil      Robin Yount singled scoring Molitor.  Tor  0 Mil 5.

Mil      Gary Sheffield doubled scoring 2.  Tor  0 Mil 7.

Mil  4th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Mil      Paul Molitor doubled scoring Spiers.  Tor  0 Mil 8.

Tor  5th: Scored 1 run on a hit and on one walk.

Tor      Glenallen Hill hit a solo HR(2).  Tor  1 Mil 8.

Mil  6th: Sent 9 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 4 hits, on one walk and an error.

Mil      Greg Brock singled scoring 2.  Tor  1 Mil 10.

Mil      Gary Sheffield at bat 63 min delay, rain.

Mil      Terry Francona singled scoring 2.  Tor  1 Mil 12.

Mil  7th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks.

Mil      Paul Molitor doubled scoring 2.  Tor  1 Mil 14.

Mil      Greg Brock hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Tor  1 Mil 15.

Mil  8th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits and on one walk.

Mil      Charlie O'Brien singled scoring Surhoff.  Tor  1 Mil 16.

Tor  Glenallen Hill: 2 for 3, HR.

Mil  Mike Felder: 2 for 5, 3 runs.

Mil  Paul Molitor: 3 for 4, 3 doubles, 5 RBI, 3 runs.

Mil  Bill Spiers: 5 for 6, 2 RBI, 4 runs.

Mil  Jerry Reuss pitched a great 6 innings for the win: 1 earned run, 4 hits, 2 BB, 4 K. He's now 2-0 on the year.

Tor  Dave Stieb pitched poorly for 2 innings and took the loss: 7 earned runs, 8 hits, 2 BB, 0 K. He's now 13-10 on the year

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GAME 2:

GWRBI-Wilson,M

Game MVP:Tony Fernandez

County Stadium    (02-18-2025 10:03:11)       Time 3:31, 68ø, Wind: 13 MPH In from CF  Day Game

Sep 23, 1989           1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1989 Toronto           0 1 0   5 0 7   0 0 1     14 16  0
1989 Milwaukee         2 1 1   1 0 0   0 1 0      6 10  1

Recap

Mil  1st: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 2 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks.

Mil      Greg Brock singled scoring 2 to take the lead.  Tor  0 Mil 2.

Tor  2nd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Tor      Kelly Gruber singled scoring McGriff.  Tor  1 Mil 2.

Mil  2nd: Scored 1 run on a hit.

Mil      Glenn Braggs hit a solo HR(13).  Tor  1 Mil 3.

Mil  3rd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Mil      Greg Brock hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Tor  1 Mil 4.

Tor  4th: Sent 9 batters to the plate scoring 5 runs on 4 hits, 2 walks and an error.

Tor      Kelly Gruber hit a grounder scoring 1.  Tor  2 Mil 4.

Tor      Nelson Liriano singled scoring Whitt.  Tor  3 Mil 4.

Tor      Junior Felix singled scoring Gruber to tie the score.  Tor  4 Mil 4.

Tor      Mookie Wilson singled scoring 2 to take the lead.  Tor  6 Mil 4.

Mil  4th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits and on one walk.

Mil      B.J. Surhoff hit a grounder scoring 1.  Tor  6 Mil 5.

Tor  6th: Sent 10 batters to the plate scoring 7 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks.

Tor      Mookie Wilson singled scoring Liriano.  Tor  7 Mil 5.

Tor      George Bell hit a Grand Slam(17).  Tor  11 Mil 5.

Tor      Tony Fernandez hit a 2 run HR(12).  Tor  13 Mil 5.

Mil  8th: Scored 1 run on a hit.

Mil      Gary Sheffield hit a grounder scoring 1.  Tor  13 Mil 6.

Tor  9th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.

Tor      Tony Fernandez hit a solo HR(13).  Tor  14 Mil 6.

Tor  George Bell: 1 for 5, HR, 4 RBI, grand slam.

Tor  Junior Felix: 3 for 5, 2 runs.

Tor  Tony Fernandez: 2 for 5, 2 HRs, 3 RBI, 2 runs.

Tor  Lloyd Moseby: 1 for 3, 3 W.

Tor  Todd Stottlemyre pitched 5.1 innings to earn the win: 5 earned runs, 7 hits, 4 BB, 2 K. He's 4-6 on the year.

Tor  Jim Acker pitched the final 3.2 innings to record his 2nd save of the year.

Mil  Don August pitched poorly for 5.1 innings and took the loss: 8 earned runs, 9 hits, 4 BB, 2 K. He's now 6-13 on the season.

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GAME 3:

GWRBI-Borders

Game MVP:Kelly Gruber

County Stadium    (02-18-2025 10:15:42)       Time 3:59, 67ø, Wind: 3 MPH Left to Right  Day Game

Sep 24, 1989                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   10 11 12      R  H  E
1989 Toronto 83-73            0 2 0   0 0 0   1 2 0    0  0  2      7 12  0
1989 Milwaukee 74-81          0 0 0   1 3 0   0 1 0    0  0  0      5 12  1

Recap

Tor  2nd: Scored 2 runs on a hit, and an error.

Tor      Kelly Gruber hit a 2 run HR(21) to take the lead.  Tor  2 Mil 0.

Mil  4th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Mil      Gary Sheffield hit a solo HR(4).  Tor  2 Mil 1.

Mil  5th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 4 hits.

Mil      Rob Deer hit a solo HR(26) to tie the score.  Tor  2 Mil 2.

Mil      Joey Meyer hit a 408 foot 2 run HR(7) to take the lead.  Tor  2 Mil 4.

Tor  7th: Scored 1 run on a hit and 2 walks.

Tor      Nelson Liriano hit a grounder scoring 1.  Tor  3 Mil 4.

Tor  8th: Scored 2 runs on 3 hits.

Tor      George Bell hit a 2 run HR(18) to take the lead.  Tor  5 Mil 4.

Mil  8th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.

Mil      Robin Yount singled scoring 1 to tie the score.  Tor  5 Mil 5.

Tor 12th: Scored 2 runs on 3 hits.

Tor      Pat Borders doubled scoring 2 to take the lead.  Tor  7 Mil 5.

Tor  George Bell: 2 for 6, HR, 2 RBI, 2 runs.

Tor  Tony Fernandez: 2 for 6, triple, 2 runs.

Tor  Kelly Gruber: 2 for 4, HR, 2 RBI.

Mil  Gary Sheffield: 2 for 5, HR, 2 runs.

Mil  Greg Vaughn: 3 for 5.

Tor  Duane Ward pitched 1.1 innings and picked up the win: 1.1 IP, 1 hit, 0 BB, 1 K. He's 11-6 on the year.

Mil  Bill Krueger pitched 1.1 innings and took the loss: 1.1 IP, 2 earned runs, 3 hits, 0 BB, 1 K. He drops to 2-5 on the year.