Astros ride Trammell’s homer past Blue Jays 7‑2
HOUSTON (Interstat) — Taylor Trammell hit a three-run homer and Jose Altuve drove in two runs as the Houston Astros defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-2 on Tuesday night at Daikin Park.
Houston took a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning on Yainer Diaz’s RBI single and Cam Smith’s run-scoring single. Toronto tied it in the fifth when Myles Straw tripled home Andrés Giménez for one of its two runs. Houston answered with four runs in the bottom of the fifth, as Altuve singled home Yordan Alvarez before Trammell homered to right field, scoring Christian Walker and Altuve. Altuve added an RBI single in the seventh.
Hayden Wesneski pitched six innings, allowing four hits and two earned runs with four strikeouts to earn the win. Chad Dallas took the loss.
The Blue Jays had five hits; the Astros had nine. Attendance was 30,450, and the game lasted 2 hours 26 minutes. Toronto fell to 53-61. Houston improved to 59-56.