 Joyner was grazed on the left arm by the butt end of the weapon, escaping injury.Joyner broke up two no-hit bids in the ninth during the 1986 season.Against the Texas Rangers on June 16, he foiled Charlie Hough's bid with a single with one out in the ninth, scoring Jack Howell (who had reached on a three-base error) to tie the game at 1–1.