starts and relief appearances. A July 29 victory over the Atlanta Braves, in which he held them scoreless through seven plus innings, marked his return to the starting rotation for the remainder of the season. A 4–1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on August 10 improved Bomback's record to 9–3 with a 3.83 ERA. From there, however, he faltered. He managed just one more win over the remainder of the season while losing five. For the season, he led the Mets staff with ten victories, and his eight losses were also the least among Mets starters. His 4.09 ERA was third behind Craig Swan and Ray Burris. During the off season, the Mets acquired former Cy Young Award winner Randy Jones. Coupled with the expected healthy return of Craig Swan, Bomback was squeezed out of the starting rotation. He was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays at the end of Spring training for a player to be named later (Charlie Puleo) as something of a favor to Bomback. Toronto Blue Jays Bomback's career in Toronto got off to a good start. He was 3–1 with a 2.17 ERA following a May 3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. From there, things went south for Bomback, as he went 0–4 with a 5.53 ERA over his next seven starts to close out the first half of the strike shortened season at 3–5 with a 4.11 ERA. When play resumed following the strike, Bomback was used in relief. He went 2–0 with a 3.10 ERA. A strong Spring earned Bomback the opening day nod for the season. He would get tagged for six earned runs in just a third of an inning to log the worst opening day start in franchise history. A May 12 loss to the Chicago White Sox put his season record at 1–5 with a 6.86 ERA. He would make eight appearances in relief before being sent down to triple A Syracuse. He would pitch through with Syracuse, going 19–19 with a 3.75 ERA. Career stats Bomback proved to be an exceptional hitting pitcher his one season in the National League. His first major league hit was an RBI double off former Met Tom Seaver of the Cincinnati Reds. On May 2, his fourth inning bunt off Silvio Martinez helped increased the Mets' lead over the Cardinals to 5–1. He then drove Martinez out of the game in