Houston Astros at Toronto Blue Jays

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Houston Astros

38-43, 18-22 Away

Final
9 - 7

Toronto Blue Jays

39-40, 22-19 Home

Joey Loperfido hits tiebreaking 3-run HR in 11th inning as Astros beat Blue Jays 9-7

Loperfido’s first home run of the season came off former Toronto teammate Braydon Fisher (3-3).

With automatic runner Jose Altuve at second base to begin the 11th, the Blue Jays intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez. Fisher struck out Christian Walker and Isaac Paredes before Loperfido connected.

Yainer Diaz, Cam Smith and Taylor Trammell hit consecutive home runs for Houston in the fourth. All three homers came off Toronto starter Shane Bieber.

It was the first time the Astros have hit three consecutive homers since Altuve, Alex Bregman and Alvarez did it against Texas on July 19, 2019.

Logan VanWey (1-0) gave up Kazuma Okamoto’s RBI single in the ninth and worked two innings for his first career win.

After Okamoto’s two-out single put Toronto up 6-4 in the eighth, the Astros tied it against Tyler Rogers in the top of the ninth.

Loperfido drove in the first run when Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela was called for interference with the bases loaded. Cam Smith followed with a sacrifice fly.

The blown save was Rogers’ third.

Okamoto went 3 for 4 with two walks and drove in three runs. Daulton Varsho and Luis Urías hit two-run home runs, but it wasn’t enough for the Blue Jays, who left 13 runners stranded.

Making his first start of the season, Bieber allowed four runs and nine hits, including three homers, in 3 2/3 innings.

The AL Cy Young Award winner with Cleveland in 2020, Bieber was activated off the injured list before the game. He had not pitched this season because of elbow inflammation.

Toronto’s Ernie Clement (left hip) did not play.

Up next Blue Jays RHP Trey Yesavage (3-3, 3.76 ERA) is scheduled to start Wednesday against Astros RHP Mike Burrows (3-8, 5.79).

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Scoring Summary

	11th Inning	Varsho grounded out to second.
	11th Inning	Valenzuela grounded into fielder's choice to first, Okamoto out at second.
	11th Inning	Okamoto singled to left, Guerrero Jr. scored.
	11th Inning	Schneider flied out to left.
	11th Inning	Smith flied out to left.
	11th Inning	Loperfido homered to right (379 feet), Altuve scored and Alvarez scored.

Statistics

HOU		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	14
10	Strikeouts	10
9	Runs Batted In	7
1	Sacrifice Hit	1
15	Hits	13
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	4
1	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
45	At Bats	46
4	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
24	Runners Left On Base	26
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
2	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
28	Fly Balls	23
0	Caught Stealing	0
192	Pitches	195
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
29	Total Bases	22
51	Plate Appearances	51
648.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
6	Extra Base Hits	5
10.0	Runs Created	7.8
.333	Batting Average	.283
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.644	Slugging Percentage	.478
.378	Secondary Average	.304
.367	On Base Percentage	.340
1.012	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.818
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
8.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.2
67.0	Batter Rating	54.0
11.3	At Bats Per Home Run	23.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.76	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.311	Isolated Power	.196
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.078
.044	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.022
18.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
112.3	MLB Rating	98.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0