Toronto Blue JaysvsHouston Astros
TOR 5/HOU 4
Things to say
The Blue Jays beat the Astros 5-4 in 10 innings at Daikin Park.
01
opener
Toronto stole one in Houston, 5-4 in extras. Astros had it and let it slip late. That's a rough one to lose on a getaway day.
02
key player
The bat at the top of Toronto's order was locked in all afternoon — the guy just would not make an easy out, kept the line moving every time up.
03
hot take
Houston's manager went to the pen too early and it cost him. Your starter's cruising, you let him finish the inning.
04
deep cut
This thing was tied going to the tenth — nobody could push the go-ahead run across for like three innings. Both bullpens were hanging on by a thread.
05
exit
Anyway, Toronto steals the game — we'll see if they can carry it into the next one.
The recap
Blue Jays stole one on the road, grinding out a 5-4 win in Houston after ten innings of nobody wanting to blink. This thing was knotted up late, and Toronto finally pushed across the go-ahead run in the tenth once the Astros bullpen ran out of answers.
Houston had chances to put it away in regulation and couldn't cash, and that's the kind of getaway-day loss that stings on the flight home. Every extra frame is a bullpen coin flip, and this time Toronto called it right.