Toronto Blue Jays at Houston Astros

· Major League Baseball

Toronto Blue Jays

53-60, 25-29 Away

Final
3 - 1

Houston Astros

58-56, 29-28 Home

Kirk goes deep as the Blue Jays snap the Astros’ 6-game streak in a 3-1 win

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Houston Astros: Game Highlights

Shane Bieber (3-2) bounced back after walking a career-high six batters while just getting two outs in his last start. He tied a season high with nine hits allowed but gave up just one run with two walks in 5 2/3 innings.

Tyler Rogers pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save.

Jose Altuve had two hits and Jeremy Peña drove in a run for the Astros, who failed to get an extra-base hit and left 13 men on base.

There were two on with two outs in the sixth when an RBI single by Peña cut the lead to 3-1 and chased Bieber.

Braydon Fisher took over and the Blue Jays intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez to give him a major league-leading 23 intentional walks this season and load the bases. But Fisher retired Isaac Paredes on a fly out to end the inning.

The Astros had another chance to cut the deficit with two outs in the eighth, but Brendon Little struck out Alvarez with a runner on first.

Center fielder Daulton Varsho made his Astros debut just hours after being traded from the Blue Jays for right-hander Spencer Arrighetti. Varsho singled and walked while batting cleanup for a team that has struggled to get meaningful offensive contributions from its outfielders for most of the season.

Houston starter Cristian Javier (1-2) yielded seven hits and three runs in six innings.

Struggling right-hander Tatsuya Imai made his first career relief appearance in the majors after making 15 starts for the Astros and struck out five in three hitless innings.

Kirk gave Toronto an early lead with his home run to open the second inning.

Kazuma Okamoto and George Springer hit consecutive singles to begin the fourth before Okamoto scored on a one-out single by Sánchez that made it 2-0. Clement's sacrifice fly sent Springer home to push the lead to 3-0.

Up Next Toronto RHP Trey Yesavage (5-5, 3.73 ERA) opposes RHP Hayden Wesneski (1-0, 4.76) when the series continues Tuesday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Walker flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Varsho grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Paredes grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Rogers relieved Little
	9th Inning	Schneider in left field.
	9th Inning	Sánchez struck out swinging.

Statistics

TOR		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
5	Ground Balls	13
7	Strikeouts	10
3	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	10
1	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	0
21	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
119	Pitches	139
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	10
33	Plate Appearances	41
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
2.5	Runs Created	3.9
.219	Batting Average	.278
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.344	Slugging Percentage	.278
.156	Secondary Average	.139
.212	On Base Percentage	.366
.556	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.644
0.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
2.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.9
25.0	Batter Rating	14.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.61	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.39
.125	Isolated Power	.000
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.122
-.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.139
6.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
75.5	MLB Rating	73.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0