Houston Astros at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

39-43, 19-22 Away

Final
3 - 1

Toronto Blue Jays

39-41, 22-20 Home

Loperfido scores winning run on errant pickoff throw as Astros beat Blue Jays 3-1 for 6th win in 8

Loperfido tripled off the center field wall with one out and scored when Hoffman’s pickoff throw sailed past third baseman Kazuma Okamoto. Okamoto was standing well wide of the base.

Loperfido beat his former team Tuesday with a tiebreaking home run in the 11th inning of Houston’s 9-7 win.

Hoffman (5-5) lost for the first time since May 30 at Baltimore.

Isaac Paredes had an RBI double in the first and Jeremy Peña’s infield single scored an insurance run in the ninth as the Astros won with only four hits.

Steven Okert (1-0) pitched one inning for the win and Josh Hader finished for his sixth save in six chances.

Toronto’s Luis Urías hit a one-out single off Bryan King in the eighth and advanced on a passed ball. The threat ended when Urías got doubled off second base after Cam Smith made a leaping catch at the wall on George Springer’s deep drive.

Houston’s Mike Burrows allowed one run and two hits in six innings. Nathan Lukes hit a one-out homer in the first but Toronto didn’t score again.

Lukes’ homer was his third.

Toronto starter Trey Yesavage allowed one run and two hits in 5 2/3 innings. Yesavage threw a career-high 105 pitches. He walked five and struck out five.

Up next Astros RHP Tatsuya Imai (4-3, 6.15 ERA) was scheduled to start at Detroit on Thursday against Tigers RHP Troy Melton (4-0, 2.56). Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (4-5, 4.04 ERA) was set to start Thursday against Texas RHP MacKenzie Gore (4-6, 4.07).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Varsho struck out looking. Houston Astros challenged: call on the field was overturned.
	9th Inning	Okamoto struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Guerrero Jr. walked.
	9th Inning	Straw grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved King
	9th Inning	Matthews in left field.

Statistics

HOU		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	8
8	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	1
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	4
1	Stolen Bases	1
8	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	8
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
9	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
150	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	7
40	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
3.0	Runs Created	1.1
.129	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.226	Slugging Percentage	.233
.387	Secondary Average	.200
.308	On Base Percentage	.188
.533	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.421
1.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
2.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.1
19.5	Batter Rating	12.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.75	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.41
.097	Isolated Power	.100
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.200	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.063
.258	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.067
5.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.1
68.8	MLB Rating	64.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0