TONIGHT’S GAME: The Astros and Blue Jays will play the rubber match of this 3-game series tonight at Rogers Centre in Toronto.
RHP Mike Burrows (3-8) will make the start for the Astros vs. Jays RHP Trey Yesavage (3-3).
Both of tonight’s starters are facing their opponent for the 1st time in their young careers.
ROAD TRIPPIN: Tonight is the 3rd game of a 7-game road trip for the Astros, during which they will visit TOR (3G) and DET (4G), respectively.
Road Success: The Astros are 11-7 in their last 3 road trips combined.
They have posted a 17-13 record on the road since going 1-9 on their 1st road trip of the 2026 season.
Road Raking: The Astros are 1st in the AL in road batting avg. at .253.
They also rank 2nd in road HR (56), SLG (.422) and OPS (.748) and 3rd in road OBP (.337).
ASTROS-BLUE JAYS: The Astros were 4-2 vs. TOR in 2025 (3-0 at home, 1-2 at TOR).
After tonight’s game, the two clubs will next meet for a 3-game series, Aug. 3-5 at Daikin Park.
Recent Success: The Astros have won 7 of 10 and 9 of their last 13 vs. TOR.
ABOUT BURROWS: RHP Mike Burrows will make his club-leading 15th start of the season tonight and the 1st of his career vs. TOR.
Tonight will be his 1st start since June 13 at KC.
Following that start, he made 1 relief appearance, which was on June 19 vs. CLE, hurling a scoreless 9th inning in the Astros 9-3 win (threw 7 pitches, all strikes).
Burrows was acquired by the Astros from the Pirates this off-season as part of a three-team, six-player trade in which the Astros sent OF Jacob Melton and minor league RHP Anderson Brito to the Rays, while the Rays sent IF Brandon Lowe, OF Jake Mangum and LHP Mason Montgomery to the Pirates.
YESTERDAY’S RECAP: The Astros came out on top of a see-saw battle with the Blue Jays yesterday, winning 9-7 in 11 innings.
Joey Loperfido delivered the big blow vs. his former club with a 3-run HR in the top of the 11th to break a 6-6 tie.
RHP Logan VanWey hurled the final 2.0 innings of the game to earn his 1st ML victory (2.0 IP, 1 R,0 ER).
The Astros trailed, 6-4, after 8.0 innings but rallied for 2 runs in the top of the 9th to stay alive.
A sac fly by Cam Smith in that 9th tied it at 6-6.
The game included plenty of offense, including home runs in 3 consecutive AB’s in the 4th inning by Yainer Diaz, Cam Smith and Taylor Trammell.
The Astros tallied 15 hits overall with 4 HR and 2 doubles.
THREE TIMES A CHARM!: Yesterday’s game marked the 8th time in franchise history that the Astros have homered in 3 consecutive plate appearances.
The last time was in a 4-3 win vs. TEX on July 19, 2019.
Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman and Yordan Alvarez went back-to-back-to-back in the 3rd inning of that game, all vs. LHP Mike Minor.
CLOSE CALLS: The Astros are 15-10 in 2-run games, 8-4 in 1-run games and 4-4 in extra innings.
THE SLOW TURNAROUND: Over the last month(May 21-June 23), the Astros are 18-12 (.600), which is the 2nd-best record in the AL in that span.
RECENT STROS: The Astros have won 5 of 7 and 7 of their last 11 games.
HISTORIC HOMERS: Per Elias, Yordan Alvarez’ 25 HR are tied for the 3rd-most in franchise history through the club’s 1st 81 games.
The record for HR through the club’s 1st 81 games is 27, set by Lance Berkman in 2002.
Most HR thru 81 Team Games
27 – L. Berkman, 2002
26 – J. Bagwell, 1994 & 1999
25 – Yordan Alvarez, 2026
MVP-CALIBER: Yordan Alvarez has had a torrid 1st half to his season, currently leading all of baseball with a 1.076 OPS.
Additionally, he leads the AL in batting avg. (.325), SLG (.640), OBP (.436) and TB (185), is T-1st in HR (25) and T-2nd in RBI (56).
Alvarez, who was the AL Player of the Month for May, is hitting .397 (29×73) in June with 5 HR and 17 RBI with a 1.152 OPS (.494 OBP/.658 SLG).
ALL-STAR VOTING: Yordan Alvarez leads all AL DH’s in All-Star voting, per MLB’s update yesterday.
His 1,974,459 votes rank 2nd in the AL and 3rd overall in the Majors.
ROCKIN AT ROGERS: In his last 16 games at Rogers Centre, Yordan Alvarez has 7 HR and 16 RBI and is hitting .389 (21×54) in that span with an .852 SLG and a 1.359 OPS.
PEN PALS: Since May 15, the Astros bullpen has been one of the best in the AL, posting a 2.82 clip (41ER/131IP) in that span…the Astros are 21-15 since May 15.
OKERT’S 0’S: LHP Steven Okert has not allowed a run in his last 16.0 innings, which is the longest scoreless streak by an Astros hurler this season.
His streak, which spans 13 apps., is the longest cons. inning scoreless streak since RHP AJ Blubaugh recorded 22.1 cons. scoreless innings from Aug. 23, 2025-March 26, 2026.
HADERADE: In his 9 appearances since coming of the IL on June 3, opponents are just 2×29 off LHP Josh Hader.
Hader has posted a 1.00 ERA (1ER/9IP) and is 5-for-5 in save opportunities (.069 opp. avg., .033 WHIP).
THE LAMMA!: RHP Peter Lambert’s 4 wins since May 24 are tied for tops in the AL in that span.
In his 6 starts in the time frame, he is 4-0 with a 2.97 ERA (Astros are 5-1 in those starts)
TAPPING FOR SUCCESS: Astros batters have won an MLB-best 56 ABS challenges and lead the Majors in challenge success rate (60%).
Isaac Paredes (9-for-9) has the most successful challenges in the Majors without losing one.
Jose Altuve has been successful on 14-of-19 challenges (74%), ranking 2nd in the Majors in successful challenges.
ROSTER MOVE: Effective today, the Astros have recalled LHP Colton Gordon from Triple A Sugar Land.
RHP Logan VanWey was optioned to Triple A Sugar Land following yesterday’s game.
Game Info
Game Date/Time: Wednesday, June 24, 6:07 p.m. CT
Location: Rodgers Centre, Toronto, ON
TV: Space City Home Network
Radio: KBME 790 AM & 94.5 FM HD2; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish)
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