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Toronto Blue Jays @ Houston Astros

2026-08-04 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 30450 · 73°F, Roof Closed · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:26

Houston Astros defeated Toronto Blue Jays 7–2. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 4th — Yainer Diaz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jesús Sánchez. Jose Altuve scores. Taylor Trammell to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Taylor Trammell homers (6) on a line drive to right field. Christian Walker scores. Jose Altuve scores — worth 22% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nathan Lukes RF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Vladimir Guerrero 1B	3	0	0	0	1	0
Kazuma Okamoto 3B	4	0	0	0	0	3
George Springer DH	3	0	1	0	1	1
Alejandro Kirk C	4	0	1	0	0	0
Davis Schneider LF	1	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Smith PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jesus Sanchez LF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Clement 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0
Andres Gimenez SS	3	1	1	0	0	1
Myles Straw CF	3	1	2	1	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jeremy Pena SS	3	0	0	0	2	1
Yordan Alvarez DH	4	1	1	0	1	1
Isaac Paredes 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Daulton Varsho CF	2	0	0	0	2	0
Christian Walker 1B	4	2	1	0	0	1
Nick Allen 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Altuve 2B	4	2	3	2	0	0
Taylor Trammell LF	3	2	1	3	1	0
Yainer Diaz C	4	0	2	1	0	0
Cam Smith RF	3	0	1	1	1	0