Houston 12, Toronto 4
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, August 23, 2013
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Lazaro Diaz, 1B -
Bill Miller, 2B -
Mike Winters, 3B -
Tim Timmons
Attendance:
21186
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Astros 12, Blue Jays 4: Robbie Grossman homered and drove in a career-high four runs and Jonathan Villar tripled in a pair during a five-run fourth inning as host Houston trounced Toronto.
Matt Dominguez also went deep for the Astros, who pounded out 15 hits against five Blue Jays pitchers en route to halting a three-game skid. Starter Jordan Lyles (6-6) did the rest, allowing four runs on 10 hits in 7 1/3 innings.
Brett Lawrie hit a two-run homer while Edwin Encarnacion and J.P. Arencibia added solo blasts for Toronto, which lost its sixth straight to fall a season-worst 15 games below .500. Todd Redmond (1-2) was tagged for eight runs - seven earned - on eight hits over 3 1/3 innings.
After scoring single runs in each of the first three innings, Houston took charge in the fourth. Brandon Barnes began the onslaught with an RBI single, Villar made it 6-1 with his triple to the center-field gap, Grossman brought Villar home with a sacrifice fly and Jason Castro added a run-scoring triple off Blue Jays reliever Brad Lincoln.
The Astros reached double digits an inning later as Villar plated a run with a double-play grounder and Grossman followed with an RBI single. Grossman capped his career night in the seventh with a two-run shot over the left-field wall.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Houston rookie OF L.J. Hoes finished 2-for-3 with two walks and a career-best three runs scored. ... Every Astros starter had a hit except for DH Chris Carter, who went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts and has just four hits in 39 career at-bats against the Blue Jays. ... Arencibia has homered in consecutive games for the first time since June 14-16 against Texas.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Toronto
|
11 |
3 |
21 |
.297 |
10 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Houston
|
15 |
2 |
30 |
.417 |
14 |
12 |
10 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
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