Houston Astros at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

79-67, 36-35 Away

Final
3 - 2

Toronto Blue Jays

83-62, 46-25 Home

Carlos Correa hits 200th HR, Yainer Diaz adds winning shot as Astros beat Blue Jays 3-2

Yainer Diaz puts Astros ahead in 9th with a homer

After Houston’s bullpen gave up a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the eighth, Diaz restored the lead with a one-out homer off Toronto closer Jeff Hoffman.

Hoffman (9-7) leads all MLB relievers with 15 home runs allowed this season.

Enyel De Los Santos (6-3) got two outs for the win and Bryan Abreu finished for his fifth save in 10 chances.

Astros right-hander Jason Alexander matched a career high by pitching seven shutout innings. He allowed just three hits, walked one and struck out three.

Diaz opened the scoring with an RBI double in the second and Correa hit a solo home run in the sixth, but the Astros couldn’t hold the lead.

Steven Okert relieved Alexander in the eighth and gave up singles to three of the four batters he faced. Okert exited after an RBI hit by Andrés Giménez

De Los Santos entered with runners at the corners and struck out George Springer for the second out, but Nathan Lukes tied it with a ground ball single on a full count pitch.

De Los Santos ended the inning by getting Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to ground out.

Correa has 13 home runs this season, including six in 36 games since rejoining the Astros.

Key moment Diaz connected on a 95 mph fastball for his 19th home run.

Key stat Entering play Wednesday, Correa ranked fourth in career home runs among active players whose primary position is shortstop. He trails Francisco Lindor (274), Corey Seager (221) and Trevor Story (203).

Up next Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (9-10, 3.63 ERA) is expected to face Astros RHP Cristian Javier (1-2, 4.43) in Thursday’s series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kiner-Falefa struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Kirk lined out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Varsho flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Abreu relieved De Los Santos
	9th Inning	Altuve at second base.
	9th Inning	Peña flied out to center.

Statistics

HOU		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	13
8	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
2	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	1
151	Pitches	126
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	2
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	8
37	Plate Appearances	33
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
4.4	Runs Created	1.0
.212	Batting Average	.219
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.424	Slugging Percentage	.250
.394	Secondary Average	.031
.297	On Base Percentage	.242
.722	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.492
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
4.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.0
29.0	Batter Rating	17.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.08	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.212	Isolated Power	.031
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.108	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
.182	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.188
6.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
79.0	MLB Rating	70.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0