Toronto Blue Jays at Houston Astros

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Toronto Blue Jays

12-13, 4-8 Away

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Houston Astros

13-11, 9-6 Home

Christian Walker homers in 3-run 2nd, Astros beat Blue Jays 3-1 for series sweep

Walker led off the second with a home run to left off Bowden Francis (2-3), Yainer Diaz tripled and scored on Zach Dezenzo's RBI single and Yordan Alvarez capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly.

Gusto (3-1) allowed one run on three hits with six strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. Gusto has allowed three runs or fewer in each of his three starts this season.

Bryan King pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings, and Bryan Abreu threw a scoreless eighth.

George Springer walked, and Ernie Clement doubled with one out in the ninth, but Josh Hader struck out Alejandro Kirk and induced a flyout by Myles Straw for his seventh save.

Houston has won five of its last six.

Springer hit an RBI double in the fourth for the Blue Jays. They have lost five straight games.

Francis surrendered three runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. He has allowed three runs or fewer in four of his five starts.

Key moment Hader striking out Kirk and getting Straw to flyout to center to end it.

Key stat The Astros swept the Blue Jays for the first time since they swept a four-game series in Houston on May 14-17, 2015.

Up next Houston starts a three-game series Friday at Kansas City, with RHP Hayden Wesneski (1-1, 3.91 ERA) starting the opener. Toronto RHP José Berríos (1-1, 5.02) starts Friday night in the opener of a three-game series at the Yankees.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Straw flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Kirk struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Clement doubled to left, Springer to third.
	9th Inning	Clement hit for Giménez
	9th Inning	Springer walked.
	9th Inning	Santander struck out swinging.

Statistics

TOR		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	13
9	Strikeouts	6
1	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	13
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	35
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	26
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
126	Pitches	137
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	18
34	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
1.2	Runs Created	6.3
.156	Batting Average	.371
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.219	Slugging Percentage	.514
.156	Secondary Average	.171
.206	On Base Percentage	.378
.425	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.893
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
1.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.1
14.0	Batter Rating	30.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.71	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.70
.063	Isolated Power	.143
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.027
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.200
2.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
64.8	MLB Rating	89.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0