Troy Tulowitzki didn’t get into the game on Tuesday night; he wasn’t needed in the Blue Jays’ 2-1 victory over the Astros but he was available. After a Carlos Gomez one out double, Evan Gattis would deliver a two out, run scoring single.
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Ten hours later, he found himself on the mound in the bottom of the 14th inning, facing his old team in a 1-1 deadlock against his new team, the Blue Jays.
Houston got its ninth walk-off win this season – with Correa driving in the winning run for the fifth time – and 14th overall with its last at-bat.
“I saw the guys start to motion him out”, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said of McCullers. It’s something that I’ve always tried to take a lot of pride in too but the way that he goes about his business when he does it every single ball that he takes has a goal. He’s not trying to yank into the Crawford Boxes. Some of the appeal the Liriano held for the Jays as they weighed all the evidence before trading for him Monday, is the reunion he will have with catcher Russell Martin, who was able to draw the best out of the lefty when they were together in Pittsburgh. A one-run game. Hey, there’s no better way to do that.
“I’ve been playing behind Feldman a lot and obviously in order to make plays for your pitchers you’ve got to know what they throw and how they throw it and what you as a hitter should do with it”, Correa said.
“I didn’t go into the game thinking, ‘God, I need to throw a complete game.’ I just wanted to compete hard and one inning at a time”, he said afterward.
Toronto general manager Ross Atkins said, “We feel like. transitioning him to a relief role will be the best thing for us being in a Game 7 of the World Series”.
Houston’s SP Doug Fister pitched 6 innings, giving up 4 hits and 1 walk while striking out 8.
“I tried to stay focused on my game plan and making my game plan work for me and attacking those hitters”, Devenski said.
Houston Astros right fielder George Springer, right. steals second, beating the tag of Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Devon Travis in the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, in Houston.
Bautista hit his 300th career homer in the third to put Toronto up 1-0.
He had allowed 18 runs -17 earned – over his last three starts, all losses.
McHugh recorded just five outs last Friday against the Tigers, surrendering eight runs on 10 hits after entering that outing with six quality starts in his previous seven appearances.
In a combined 53 1/3 innings Barnes has posted a 0.84 ERA, a 0.506 WHIP and 61 strikeouts to only five walks.
“I felt fine when I went out there”, he said. “I felt a little discomfort, and out of precaution, I just had to get out of there”.
Toronto also picked up a pair of promising minor league prospects from Pittsburgh in catcher Reese McGuire and outfielder Harold Ramirez.
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Astros: RHP Luke Gregerson was placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to July 28 with a left oblique strain. INF Ryan Goins and RHP Bo Schultz were optioned to Triple-A Buffalo. Stroman retired Castro with Tyler White on second base, with White becoming just the second batter to reach safely.Stroman struck out four consecutive batters at one stretch, fanning the side in the fourth and seventh innings.NOTES: Toronto acquired LHP Francisco Liriano (6-11, 5.46 ERA) from the Pirates, and RHPs Scott Feldman (5-3, 2.90 ERA) and Mike Bolsinger (1-4, 6.83 ERA) from the Astros and Dodgers, respectively.
