TOR 8, HOU 4 | May 8, 2021 | The Best Box Score

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Saturday, May 8, 2021•Minute Maid Park•82°F, Cloudy

TOR

Blue Jays

HOU

Astros

Final

WIN

Steven Matz

LOSS

Cristian Javier

The Blue Jays defeated the Astros 8-4.

★Marcus Semien3 RBI

★Alex Bregman3-for-4, 0 RBI

★Yordan Alvarez3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 9: Marcus Semien homers (8) on a fly ball to left field. Cavan Biggio scores. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. scores.

Weather: 82°F, CloudyWind: 20 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 11:10 PM UTCT: 3:09Att: 25,794Venue: Minute Maid Park

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88.8%D

17 missed calls

+12.4% TOR

+0.33 runs HOU

Win Probability

HOU WinTOR Win

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

Game 634193 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Toronto Blue Jays

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Marcus Semien2B	4	2	1	3	1	2	.254/.326/.476	94.6	.137	.199
Bo BichetteSS	5	0	0	0	0	3	.260/.305/.489	105.2	.138	.140
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.1B	3	1	0	0	1	0	.312/.453/.560	111.5	.474	.626
Teoscar HernándezRF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.234/.279/.375	98.1	.130	.206
Randal GrichukCF	3	1	1	2	1	0	.305/.346/.508	100.8	.322	.404
Cavan Biggio3B	2	2	1	2	2	0	.215/.327/.344	104.2	.635	.996
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.LF	4	1	0	0	0	2	.204/.228/.296	78.3	.061	.061
Santiago EspinalDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.320/.320/.400	77.7	.061	.055
Danny JansenC	4	1	1	1	0	1	.104/.178/.254	107.1	.340	.676
Bench
Rowdy TellezDH	3	0	1	0	0	1	.179/.214/.254	108.8	.685	.800
Steven MatzP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	33	8	5	8	5	10	-	-	-	-

HR:Biggio (2nd off Javier, 1 on, 1 out); Jansen (3rd off Javier, 0 on, 0 out); Semien (9th off Smith, 2 on, 2 out)

2B:Grichuk

TB:15

RBI:Grichuk 2; Semien 3; Biggio 2; Jansen

Team LOB:3

Houston Astros

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jose Altuve2B	4	0	2	0	0	1	.277/.317/.383	99.9	.594

Pitching

Toronto Blue Jays

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Steven MatzW	5.0	8	3	3	4	1	92-63	88.8	4.86
Tyler ChatwoodH	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	21-13	93.2	0.79
Jordan RomanoH	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	14-12	92.3	3.12
Travis Bergen	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	10-8	90.3	0.00
Totals	9.0	9	4	4	7	1	137-96	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Matz 92-63; Chatwood 21-13; Romano 14-12; Bergen 10-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Matz 6-5; Chatwood 3-2; Romano 2-0; Bergen 0-2

Houston Astros

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Cristian JavierL	5.1	4	5	5	4	8	2	91-55	88.1	2.90

Top 2 • TOR

2-0

Cavan Biggio homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Randal Grichuk scores.

EV: 104.2 mph💣 390 ftLA: 32°

Top 3 • TOR

5-0

Randal Grichuk doubles (6) on a fly ball to center fielder Myles Straw. Marcus Semien scores. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scores.

EV: 97.2 mph381 ftLA: 30°

3-0

Danny Jansen homers (3) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 107.1 mph💣 448 ftLA: 28°

Bot 4 • HOU

5-2

Yordan Alvarez homers (6) on a fly ball to left field. Alex Bregman scores.

EV: 97.2 mph💣 347 ftLA: 37°

Bot 5 • HOU

5-3

Yordan Alvarez singles on a fly ball to center fielder Randal Grichuk. Aledmys Diaz scores. Alex Bregman to 2nd.

EV: 74.7 mph226 ftLA: 27°

Bot 8 • HOU

5-4

Yuli Gurriel grounds out, shortstop Bo Bichette to first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Alex Bregman scores.

EV: 94.6 mph11 ftLA: -12°

Top 9 • TOR

8-4

Marcus Semien homers (8) on a fly ball to left field. Cavan Biggio scores. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. scores.

EV: 91.5 mph💣 349 ftLA: 37°

Bench
Cristian JavierP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Andre ScrubbP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Bryan AbreuP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brooks RaleyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Joe SmithP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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