HOUSTON \u2013 Alejandro Kirk homered, Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez and Ernie Clement each had an RBI and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Houston 3-1 on Monday night, snapping the Astros\u2019 six-game winning streak.<\/p>\n
Shane Bieber (3-2) bounced back after walking a career-high six batters while just getting two outs in his last start. He tied a season high with nine hits allowed but gave up just one run with two walks in 5 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Tyler Rogers pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save.<\/p>\n
Jose Altuve had two hits and Jeremy Pe\u00f1a drove in a run for the Astros, who failed to get an extra-base hit and left 13 men on base.<\/p>\n
There were two on with two outs in the sixth when an RBI single by Pe\u00f1a cut the lead to 3-1 and chased Bieber.<\/p>\n
Braydon Fisher took over and the Blue Jays intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez to give him a major league-leading 23 intentional walks this season and load the bases. But Fisher retired Isaac Paredes on a fly out to end the inning.<\/p>\n
The Astros had another chance to cut the deficit with two outs in the eighth, but Brendon Little struck out Alvarez with a runner on first.<\/p>\n
Center fielder Daulton Varsho made his Astros debut just hours after being traded from the Blue Jays for right-hander Spencer Arrighetti. Varsho singled and walked while batting cleanup for a team that has struggled to get meaningful offensive contributions from its outfielders for most of the season.<\/p>\n
Houston starter Cristian Javier (1-2) yielded seven hits and three runs in six innings.<\/p>\n
Struggling right-hander Tatsuya Imai made his first career relief appearance in the majors after making 15 starts for the Astros and struck out five in three hitless innings.<\/p>\n
Kirk gave Toronto an early lead with his home run to open the second inning.<\/p>\n
Kazuma Okamoto and George Springer hit consecutive singles to begin the fourth before Okamoto scored on a one-out single by S\u00e1nchez that made it 2-0. Clement\u2019s sacrifice fly sent Springer home to push the lead to 3-0.<\/p>\n
Up Next<\/p>\n
Toronto RHP Trey Yesavage (5-5, 3.73 ERA) opposes RHP Hayden Wesneski (1-0, 4.76) when the series continues Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
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