TORONTO – Yainer Diaz’s house run within the ninth inning helped the Houston Astros eke out a 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday.
Diaz additionally had an RBI double within the second and Carlos Correa added a solo shot in sixth as Houston (79-67) earned an important win within the aggressive American League West pennant race.
Jason Alexander was efficient, scattering three hits over seven scoreless innings, putting out three and issuing a stroll.
Steven Okert, Enyel De Los Santos and Bryan Abreu got here out of the guests’ bullpen. De Los Santos (6-3) earned the win because the pitcher of file when Diaz hit his homer and Abreu received his fifth save of the season.
Andres Gimenez and Nathan Lukes every had an RBI single in an eighth-inning rally to tie the sport 2-2 as Toronto (83-62) mounted a late comeback towards Houston for a second recreation in a row.
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The Blue Jays beat the Astros 4-3 in 10 innings on Tuesday.
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Jose Berrios allowed two runs on 5 hits and a stroll over 5 1/3 innings of labor. He struck out 4 and was pulled after giving up the house run to Correa on his 81st pitch of the evening.
Braydon Fisher, Louis Varland and Brendon Little adopted him to the mound, combining 2 2/3 innings of scoreless aid. Nearer Jeff Hoffman (9-7) gave up the homer to Diaz, taking the loss.
Takeaways
Astros: It was the two hundredth homer of Correa’s 11-year Main League Baseball profession. He has 13 this season cut up between the Minnesota Twins and Houston. He additionally had a two-run shot within the Astros’ 4-3 further innings loss to Toronto on Tuesday.
Blue Jays: As soon as once more, Toronto’s offence got here out flat towards Houston. The Blue Jays couldn’t get successful via the primary 5 innings of Tuesday’s win and, though Ernie Clement received successful within the second inning on Wednesday they couldn’t scratch collectively a run till Gimenez and Lukes’s singles within the eighth.
Key second
Gimenez led off the sixth for Toronto with a single after which George Springer reached base on what appeared like a fielder’s alternative. Houston referred to as for a video evaluate, nonetheless, and Springer was dominated out to show it right into a double play and stifle the specter of a Blue Jays’ rally.
Key stat
The loss diminished Toronto’s lead over the Yankees within the AL East to 2 1/2 video games however the Yankees have been dropping to the Detroit Tigers by seven runs when the Blue Jays’ recreation ended.
Up subsequent
Kevin Gausman (9-10) will get the beginning as Toronto concludes its three-game collection with Houston.
Cristian Javier (1-2) takes the mound for the Astros within the matinee.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Sept. 10, 2025.
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