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Toronto Blue Jays @ Houston Astros

2017-08-06 · Day game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 36300 · 73°F, dome, dry · 3:16

Houston Astros defeated Toronto Blue Jays 7–6. Toronto Blue Jays opened the scoring in the 3rd — Jose Bautista homers (17) on a fly ball to left field. Darwin Barney scores. Houston Astros took the lead in the 5th — Marwin Gonzalez out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Norichika Aoki. Jose Altuve scores. Toronto Blue Jays took the lead in the 7th — Norichika Aoki homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. Kevin Pillar scores. Houston Astros took the lead in the 9th — Juan Centeno singles on a line drive to right fielder Jose Bautista. Alex Bregman scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Alex Bregman triples (3) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Norichika Aoki. Yuli Gurriel scores. Carlos Beltran scores — worth 53% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Josh Reddick (P): Arguing called third strike.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	8
HOU	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	7	16

W: Francis Martes L: Roberto Osuna SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Rob Drake · 1B: Pat Hoberg · 2B: Tony Randazzo · 3B: Gerry Davis · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Bautista	5	1	1	2	0	1
Russell Martin	3	1	1	0	2	2
Josh Donaldson	3	1	0	0	1	0
Justin Smoak	5	0	2	2	0	0
Kendrys Morales	3	0	0	0	2	0
Ryan Goins	5	0	1	0	0	1
Kevin Pillar	4	1	2	0	0	0
Nori Aoki	4	1	1	2	0	3
Darwin Barney	3	1	0	0	0	2

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Derek Fisher	5	1	1	0	0	2
Jose Altuve	5	2	3	1	0	2
Josh Reddick	5	0	1	0	0	2
Yuli Gurriel	5	1	2	1	0	1
Marwin Gonzalez	4	0	2	1	0	0
Carlos Beltran	5	1	3	1	0	0
Alex Bregman	4	1	1	2	1	0
Juan Centeno	4	0	2	1	1	0
Jake Marisnick	4	1	1	0	0	2

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Marcus Stroman	6.2	11	2	6
Dominic Leone	1.1	0	0	2
Roberto Osuna	0.2	5	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Fiers	6.0	4	3	6
Luke Gregerson	1.0	2	0	0
Reymin Guduan	0.1	2	0	1
Francis Martes	1.2	0	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jose Bautista: 8/F8RXD+
Russell Martin: K
Josh Donaldson: W
Justin Smoak: 43/G4

Bot 1

Derek Fisher: 43/G4S-
Jose Altuve: K
Josh Reddick: DGR7/F7LS
Yuli Gurriel: K

Top 2

Kendrys Morales: 43/G34
Ryan Goins: K
Kevin Pillar: 43/G6M-

Bot 2

Marwin Gonzalez: 63/G6+
Carlos Beltran: 13/G13-
Alex Bregman: 1/F15S-

Top 3

Nori Aoki: K
Darwin Barney: E6/G6
Jose Bautista: HR/F7D+.1-H(UR)
Russell Martin: K
Josh Donaldson: HP
Justin Smoak: 7/F7M

Bot 3

Juan Centeno: W
Jake Marisnick: 9/F9LM
Derek Fisher: 64(1)/FO/G6M
Jose Altuve: S7/L7S-.1-2
Josh Reddick: 9/L89M

Top 4

Kendrys Morales: W
Ryan Goins: 6/F6
Kevin Pillar: 54(1)/FO/G6S-.B-2(E4/TH)
Nori Aoki: K

Bot 4

Yuli Gurriel: S9/L9S-
Marwin Gonzalez: 43/G4S-.1-2
Carlos Beltran: S7/G6+.2-3
Alex Bregman: W.1-2
Juan Centeno: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 5

Darwin Barney: K
Jose Bautista: 5/F56-
Russell Martin: W
Josh Donaldson: 9/F89D+

Bot 5

Jake Marisnick: D7/G5
Derek Fisher: S4/G4MD.2-3
Jose Altuve: S8/L8RS.3-H;1-2
Josh Reddick: 31/G34S-.2-3;1-2
Yuli Gurriel: E6/G6+.3-H;2-3
Marwin Gonzalez: 7/SF/F78XD+.3-H(UR)
Carlos Beltran: S4/G4-.1-2
Alex Bregman: 63/G6M

Top 6

Justin Smoak: S9/L9M+
Kendrys Morales: 7/F7M
Ryan Goins: 6(1)3/GDP/G4M+

Bot 6

Juan Centeno: S9/L3D
Jake Marisnick: K
Derek Fisher: K
Jose Altuve: K

Top 7

Kevin Pillar: S9/G4
Nori Aoki: HR/F89XD+.1-H
Darwin Barney: HP
Jose Bautista: 5/F5F
Russell Martin: S8/L8LS-.1-3
Josh Donaldson: FC1/G15-.3XH(12);1-2;B-1
Justin Smoak: D8/F8LXD+.2-H;1-H
Kendrys Morales: 43/G4

Bot 7

Josh Reddick: K
Yuli Gurriel: 63/G6M
Marwin Gonzalez: S9/L9LM+
Carlos Beltran: S7/L6D.1-2
Alex Bregman: 9/F89D

Top 8

Ryan Goins: S7/G56
Kevin Pillar: S7/L7S.1-2
Nori Aoki: K
Darwin Barney: K
Jose Bautista: K

Bot 8

Juan Centeno: 3/G34+
Jake Marisnick: K
Derek Fisher: K

Top 9

Russell Martin: W
Josh Donaldson: PB.1-2
Josh Donaldson: 5/F5S-
Justin Smoak: 7/F56D
Kendrys Morales: IW
Ryan Goins: 31/G34

Bot 9

Jose Altuve: S8/L4MD
Josh Reddick: K
Yuli Gurriel: S7/L7S.1-2
Marwin Gonzalez: S9/L4D+.2-3;1-2
Carlos Beltran: 36(1)/FO/G34.3-H;2-3
Alex Bregman: T7/F8LXD+.3-H;1-H
Juan Centeno: S9/L3D.3-H

Notes & reviews

Blue Jays challenged call that Morales was out at 2nd, claiming that Altuve did not have his foot on the base; call was upheld - forceout followed by throwing error
Josh Reddick ejected by plate umpire Drake for arguing called third strike

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