Toronto Blue Jays at Houston Astros

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Toronto Blue Jays

54-61, 26-30 Away

Final
5 - 4

Houston Astros

59-57, 30-29 Home

Ernie Clement’s 10th-inning, 2-run homer lifts the Blue Jays past the Astros

The game was tied at 3-all entering the 10th with the automatic runner on second when Clement sent the first pitch from Bennett Sousa (0-1) into left field to put the Blue Jays on top.

Yordan Alvarez's base hit to start Houston's 10th scored the automatic runner to get the Astros within 5-4, but Alvarez was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double.

The Astros challenged the call, which was upheld. Manager Joe Espada was then ejected for arguing the decision.

Chase Lee retired Jose Altuve and Daulton Varsho to end it and collect his first save.

Louis Varland (4-4) struck out one in a scoreless ninth for the win.

Jesús Sánchez hit a two-run home run to tie it in the sixth and help Toronto win two of three games in the series.

Altuve hit a solo homer for the Astros, who went 3-for-9 with runners in scoring position.

Houston starter Hunter Brown yielded three hits and three runs in six innings.

Brown didn’t allow a hit until Myles Straw doubled with one out in the sixth inning. Kazuma Okamoto’s two-out single scored Straw to cut the lead to 3-1.

Sánchez tied it when he sent a high fastball into the seats in right field.

Jameson Taillon allowed six hits and three runs in four innings in his debut for Toronto after Sunday’s trade from the Cubs.

Altuve got the Astros going with his shot to left field with one out in the third. Varsho singled and stole second base before scoring on a two-out double by Christian Walker.

LaMonte Wade Jr. followed with an RBI single to push the lead to 3-0.

Up Next RHP Dylan Cease (7-5, 2.41 ERA) pitches for Toronto against David Peterson (6-7, 5.52) when the Blue Jays travel to Chicago Thursday to make up a June 21 game postponed because of weather.

The Astros are off Thursday before opening a series at San Diego Friday night

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Varsho flied out to center.
	10th Inning	Altuve flied out to left.
	10th Inning	Alvarez singled to right, Peña scored, Alvarez out stretching at second. Houston Astros challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	10th Inning	Lee relieved Varland
	10th Inning	Okamoto struck out swinging.
	10th Inning	Lukes singled to left.

Statistics

TOR		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	11
13	Strikeouts	9
5	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	38
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
10	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	1
149	Pitches	163
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	15
38	Plate Appearances	40
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
2.1	Runs Created	4.4
.143	Batting Average	.263
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.343	Slugging Percentage	.395
.257	Secondary Average	.184
.211	On Base Percentage	.300
.553	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.695
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
1.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.1
33.0	Batter Rating	34.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	38.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.92	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.08
.200	Isolated Power	.132
0.15	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.22
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.050
.114	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.079
10.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
76.0	MLB Rating	83.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0