Game Thread: Astros (44-42) @ Blue Jays (39-47) – Jul 4, 2024 12:07 PM

Blue Jays (39-47)	Astros (44-42)

First Pitch: 12:07 PM at Rogers Centre

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Astros	Framber Valdez (6-5, 3.80 ERA)	SCHN	KBME, TUDN/KLAT (ES)
Blue Jays	Chris Bassitt (7-6, 3.24 ERA)	Sportsnet	SN590

MLB	Fangraphs	Reddit Stream	Discord
Gameday	Game Graph	Live Comments	/r/baseball Discord

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

TOR		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Springer	4	1	2	0	0	1	.217
DH	Jansen, D	3	1	1	0	1	0	.229
1B	Guerrero Jr.	4	0	1	0	0	1	.296
LF	Schneider	4	1	2	0	0	2	.216
2B	Horwitz	4	0	3	2	0	0	.314
C	Kirk	4	0	1	1	0	0	.199
SS	Clement	4	0	0	0	0	0	.256
SS	Jimenez	1	0	0	0	1	1	.000
CF	Varsho	0	0	0	0	1	0	.199
CF	Kiermaier	2	0	0	0	0	1	.187
3B	Barger	1	0	0	0	0	1	.158

TOR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Bassitt	5.0	8	4	4	4	3	105-66	3.43
Cabrera, G	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	20-11	4.01
Richards, T	1.2	1	1	1	0	4	21-16	2.54
Green	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	10-5	1.31

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	1	2	0	1	2	.308
3B	Bregman	5	1	2	0	0	1	.248
DH	Alvarez, Y	1	1	0	0	2	0	.302
C	Diaz, Y	5	0	0	1	0	0	.276
1B	Singleton	3	0	1	2	0	1	.238
CF	Meyers	1	0	0	0	1	0	.246
SS	Peña	4	2	2	1	1	0	.280
LF	Loperfido, J	4	0	0	0	0	2	.269
1B	Dubón	4	0	2	1	0	1	.291
RF	Cabbage	4	0	0	0	0	2	.246

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	6.0	9	3	3	2	4	90-55	3.84
Scott, Tay	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	13-7	1.44
Pressly	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11-8	4.01
Hader	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	9-6	3.72

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Yainer Diaz grounds out, first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to pitcher Chris Bassitt. Jose Altuve scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd. Yordan Alvarez to 2nd.	0-1
T1	Jon Singleton singles on a line drive to center fielder Kevin Kiermaier. Alex Bregman scores. Yordan Alvarez scores.	0-3
B1	Spencer Horwitz singles on a ground ball to center fielder Mauricio Dubón. George Springer scores. Danny Jansen scores. Davis Schneider to 3rd.	2-3
B1	Alejandro Kirk doubles (7) on a ground ball to left fielder Joey Loperfido. Davis Schneider scores. Spencer Horwitz to 3rd.	3-3
T5	Mauricio Dubón singles on a line drive to center fielder Kevin Kiermaier. Jeremy Peña scores. Mauricio Dubón to 2nd.	3-4
T7	Jeremy Peña homers (7) on a fly ball to left field.	3-5

Highlights

Description	Length
Framber Valdez against the Blue Jays	0:07
Chris Bassitt against the Astros	0:09
Bullpen availability for Toronto, July 4 vs Astros	0:07
Bullpen availability for Houston, July 4 vs Blue Jays	0:07
Bench availability for Toronto, July 4 vs Astros	0:07
Fielding alignment for Houston, July 4 vs Blue Jays	0:11
Fielding alignment for Toronto, July 4 vs Astros	0:11
Bench availability for Houston, July 4 vs Blue Jays	0:07
Starting lineups for Astros at Blue Jays – July 4, 2024	0:09
Breaking down Chris Bassitt's pitches	0:04
Chris Bassitt's outing against the Astros	0:26
Jeremy Peña: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:12
A deep dive into Jeremy Peña's home run	0:11
Breaking down Framber Valdez's pitches	0:04
Framber Valdez's outing against the Blue Jays	0:22
Yainer Diaz opens the scoring with an RBI groundout	0:23
Jon Singleton's two-run single	0:29
Spencer Horwitz's two-run single	0:29
Alejandro Kirk's RBI double	0:29
Chris Bassitt escapes a jam in the 2nd inning	0:12
Mauricio Dubón's RBI single	0:27
Framber Valdez escapes a jam in the 5th inning	0:19
George Springer is safe on an infield single after re	0:28
Chris Bassitt's start against the Astros	1:03
Jeremy Peña's solo home run (7)	0:29
Framber Valdez strikes out four Blue Jays	1:23
Ernie Clement lines out sharply to center fielder Jake Meyers.	0:12

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Valdez, F (7-5, 3.84 ERA)	Bassitt (7-7, 3.43 ERA)	Hader (14 SV, 3.72 ERA)

Attendance	Weather	Wind
	79°F, Sunny	6 mph, Out To RF

HP	1B	2B	3B
Ben May	CB Bucknor	Adam Beck	Dan Iassogna

Game ended at 2:50 PM.

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