TOR 7, HOU 8 | Apr 24, 2022 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, April 24, 2022•Minute Maid Park•73°F, Roof Closed

TOR

Blue Jays

HOU

Astros

Final

WIN

Blake Taylor

LOSS

Jordan Romano

The Astros edged the Blue Jays 8-7 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Zack Collins3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Aledmys Diaz singles on a line drive to left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Yuli Gurriel scores.

Weather: 73°F, Roof ClosedWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 6:10 PM UTCT: 3:45Att: 39,534Venue: Minute Maid Park

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91.7%C

13 missed calls

+2.1% TOR

+0.46 runs TOR

Win Probability

HOU WinTOR Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
TOR	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	7	10	2
HOU	0	2	0	2	1

Game 662921 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Toronto Blue Jays

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
George SpringerRF	4	2	1	0	1	1	.263/.317/.509	97.5	.182	.170
Bo BichetteSS	5	1	1	0	0	3	.217/.239/.290	104	.114	.106
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.DH	3	1	2	1	1	0	.351/.409/.649	109.9	.267	.187
Zack CollinsC	5	1	2	3	0	2	.303/.324/.636	104.2	.194	.369
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.LF	5	1	2	2	0	1	.283/.318/.400	106	.356	.444
Matt Chapman3B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.246/.306/.404	98.9	.197	.205
Bradley ZimmerCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063/.063/.250	-	-	-
Santiago Espinal2B	4	0	1	1	0	2	.220/.286/.420	102.3	.364	.557
Gosuke Katoh1B	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000/.667/.000	85.2	-	-
Bench
Raimel TapiaRF	5	1	1	0	0	0	.229/.229/.313	109.1	.475	.484
Cavan Biggio1B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.043/.214/.043
Totals	39	7	10	7	3	11	-	-	-	-

HR:Jr. (5th off Garcia, 0 on, 0 out); Collins (6th off Garcia, 2 on, 2 out)

2B:Espinal; Springer; Jr.

TB:19

RBI:Collins 3; Espinal; Jr. 2; Jr.

SF:Jr.

Team LOB:7

Houston Astros

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Chas McCormickCF	5	0	2	1	0	0	.324/.342/.405	103	.348

Pitching

Toronto Blue Jays

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Yusei Kikuchi	3.2	3	4	2	5	4	1	77-44	91.1	3.75
Trevor Richards	1.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	30-19	88.3	1.35
Julian Merryweather	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-4	93.8	6.00
Tim Mayza	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10-6	92.9	1.35
David PhelpsBS	1.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	29-18	86.4	2.70
Yimi García	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14-7	89.7	0.00
Trent Thornton	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8-6	84.8	1.00
Jordan RomanoLBS	0.1	1	2	1	0	1	1	6-4	91.2	2.16
Totals	9.1	11	8	4	5	10	2	179-108	-	-

WP:Phelps

Inherited runners-scored:Merryweather 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Kikuchi 77-44; Richards 30-19; Merryweather 5-4; Mayza 10-6; Phelps 29-18; García 14-7; Thornton 8-6; Romano 6-4

Groundouts-flyouts:Kikuchi 3-5; Richards 1-2; Merryweather 0-0; Mayza 3-0; Phelps 0-0; García 1-1; Thornton 1-1; Romano 0-0

Houston Astros

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Luis Garcia	6.0	5	5	5	1	6	2	66-46	90.6	4.60

Bot 2 • HOU

0-1

Chas McCormick singles on a ground ball to shortstop Bo Bichette. Aledmys Diaz scores. Jeremy Pena to 3rd. Martin Maldonado to 2nd.

EV: 87.6 mph67 ftLA: 3°

0-2

Alex Bregman walks. Jeremy Pena scores. Martin Maldonado to 3rd. Chas McCormick to 2nd.

Top 4 • TOR

1-2

Vladimir Guerrero out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Kyle Tucker. George Springer scores.

EV: 88.2 mph240 ftLA: 51°

Bot 4 • HOU

1-4

Michael Brantley homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Martin Maldonado scores.

EV: 106.6 mph💣 388 ftLA: 29°

Top 5 • TOR

2-4

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 99.7 mph💣 368 ftLA: 25°

Bot 5 • HOU

2-5

Jeremy Pena reaches on a throwing error by first baseman Cavan Biggio. Yuli Gurriel scores.

EV: 32.6 mph8 ftLA: -23°

Top 6 • TOR

5-5

Zack Collins homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. George Springer scores. Vladimir Guerrero scores.

EV: 104.2 mph💣 370 ftLA: 41°

Top 7 • TOR

6-5

Santiago Espinal doubles (4) on a fly ball to center fielder Chas McCormick. Raimel Tapia scores.

EV: 102.3 mph388 ftLA: 23°

Bot 7 • HOU

6-6

Aledmys Diaz singles on a line drive to left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Yuli Gurriel scores.

EV: 60.3 mph147 ftLA: 19°

Top 10 • TOR

7-6

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. doubles (4) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Michael Brantley. Bo Bichette scores. Vladimir Guerrero to 3rd.

EV: 106.0 mph249 ftLA: 12°

Bot 10 • HOU

7-8

Jeremy Pena homers (3) on a fly ball to center field. Kyle Tucker scores.

EV: 106.8 mph💣 425 ftLA: 26°

Bench
Yordan AlvarezDH	5	0	1	0	0	1	.158/.238/.421	109.7	.407	.419
Luis GarciaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Parker MushinskiP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ronel BlancoP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Rafael MonteroP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Bryan AbreuP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Blake TaylorP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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