Post Game Thread (Jun 8, 2023): Astros (36-27) @ Blue Jays (36-28)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

TOR		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Springer	3	0	0	0	1	2	.246
SS	Bichette	4	1	0	0	0	1	.326
1B	Guerrero Jr.	3	0	1	0	1	1	.285
3B	Chapman, M	4	1	0	1	0	2	.273
C	Kirk	4	0	1	1	0	1	.260
DH	Belt	3	0	1	1	1	2	.269
LF	Merrifield	3	0	1	0	1	0	.296
2B	Espinal	4	0	1	0	0	0	.200
CF	Kiermaier	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296
CF	Varsho	1	1	0	0	1	1	.221

TOR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Berríos	6.0	4	2	2	2	2	89-59	3.61
García, Y	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	15-12	5.74
Swanson, E	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	15-10	2.64
Romano	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	7-6	2.77

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Peña	4	0	0	0	0	1	.246
2B	Altuve	4	0	0	0	0	0	.240
DH	Alvarez, Y	1	0	0	0	0	0	.272
DH	Julks	2	0	0	0	1	1	.258
3B	Bregman	4	1	1	1	0	0	.250
RF	Tucker	3	1	0	0	1	0	.271
1B	Abreu, J	4	0	2	0	0	2	.217
LF	McCormick	3	0	2	0	0	0	.240
CF	Meyers	3	0	1	0	0	0	.253
C	Maldonado, M	3	0	0	0	0	1	.194

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	5.0	4	3	3	4	5	98-53	2.36
Maton, P	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	27-15	1.17
Abreu, B	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	14-9	1.78
Montero	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	15-9	5.96

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T2	Alex Bregman homers (9) on a fly ball to left field.	0-1
T2	Jake Meyers grounds into a double play, third baseman Matt Chapman to second baseman Santiago Espinal to first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Kyle Tucker scores. Jose Abreu to 3rd. Chas McCormick out at 2nd. Jake Meyers out at 1st.	0-2
B5	Matt Chapman grounds into a force out, pitcher Framber Valdez to second baseman Jose Altuve. Daulton Varsho scores. Bo Bichette to 3rd. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. out at 2nd. Matt Chapman to 1st.	1-2
B5	Alejandro Kirk hits a ground-rule double (5) on a fly ball to center field. Bo Bichette scores. Matt Chapman to 3rd.	2-2
B5	Brandon Belt singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Matt Chapman scores. Alejandro Kirk out at home on the throw, right fielder Kyle Tucker to shortstop Jeremy Pena to catcher Martin Maldonado.	3-2

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, June 8 vs Blue Jays	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Toronto, June 8 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Toronto, June 8 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Astros at Blue Jays – June 8, 2023	0:09	Video
Alex Bregman: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:10	Video
An animated look at Alex Bregman's home run	0:09	Video
Breaking down Framber Valdez's pitches	0:08	Video
Framber Valdez's outing against the Blue Jays	0:22	Video
Breaking down José Berríos's pitches	0:08	Video
José Berríos's outing against the Astros	0:23	Video
Bregman homers to left field in the top of the 2nd	0:29	Video
Tucker scores off double play in the top of the 2nd	0:18	Video
Bichette makes a defensive stop for a DP in the 3rd	0:12	Video
Kevin Kiermaier is hit by pitch from Frambler Valdez	1:00	Video
Yordan Alvarez leaves the game after oblique injury	0:09	Video
Matt Chapman hits an RBI single in the 5th inning	0:21	Video
Alejandro Kirk hits an RBI ground-rule double	0:22	Video
Brandon Belt hits an RBI single to right in the 5th	0:30	Video
Frambler Valdez Ks Brandon Belt on a foul tip	0:22	Video
Alex Bregman makes barehanded grab in the 6th inning	0:26	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Berríos (6-4, 3.61 ERA)	Valdez, F (6-5, 2.36 ERA)	Romano (17 SV, 2.77 ERA)

Game ended at 8:44 PM.