Toronto Blue Jays (53-61, fifth in the AL East) vs. Houston Astros (59-56, first in the AL West)
Houston; Wednesday, 2:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: Jameson Taillon (2-6, 5.92 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 68 strikeouts); Astros: Hunter Brown (3-1, 3.42 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 55 strikeouts)
LINE: Astros -145, Blue Jays +126; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays play on Wednesday with the three-game series tied 1-1.
Houston has a 59-56 record overall and a 30-28 record at home. The Astros are 32-50 in games when they have given up a home run.
Toronto has a 53-61 record overall and a 25-30 record on the road. The Blue Jays are 30-11 in games when they scored five or more runs.
The teams meet Wednesday for the sixth time this season. The Astros are ahead 3-2 in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Yordan Alvarez has 35 home runs, 80 walks and 84 RBIs while hitting .329 for the Astros. Jeremy Pena is 16 for 44 with three doubles, a triple, four home runs and nine RBIs over the past 10 games.
Kazuma Okamoto leads the Blue Jays with 39 extra base hits (15 doubles and 24 home runs). George Springer is 13 for 38 with a double, a triple, two home runs and nine RBIs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 8-2, .280 batting average, 3.54 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs
Blue Jays: 6-4, .254 batting average, 3.00 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs
INJURIES: Astros: Mike Burrows: 15-Day IL (elbow), Brice Matthews: 10-Day IL (knee), Carlos Correa: 60-Day IL (ankle), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Blue Jays: Trey Yesavage: day-to-day (undisclosed), Spencer Arrighetti: 15-Day IL (foot), Jonatan Clase: 10-Day IL (foot), Lenyn Sosa: 60-Day IL (wrist), Jose Berrios: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cody Ponce: 60-Day IL (knee), Joe Mantiply: 60-Day IL (knee), Yimi Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow), Vladimir Guerrero Jr.: day-to-day (hamstring), Addison Barger: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Corbin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
