Final
for this game
Pillar, Blue Jays top Astros
Jun 6, 2015 - 11:15 PM Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) - Kevin Pillar had two hits, a pair of RBI and a run scored as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Houston Astros 7-2 in the second of a three-game set.Drew Hutchison (5-1) allowed a run on six hits and a walk over 6 1/3 innings for the Blue Jays, who won their fourth straight game on the heels of a 1-4 stretch.
"We've been doing a good job as a group of starters and we need to keep continuing to do that," Hutchison said.
Brett Oberholtzer (0-1) surrendered four runs -- two earned -- on six hits and three walks over 3 2/3 frames for Houston, which has dropped three consecutive contests.
"I felt like (Jason) Castro and I executed our pitches, just didn't go our way," Oberholtzer said.
Jonathan Villar smacked a solo homer among his two hits in defeat.
The Blue Jays plated a run in the first and three more in the second to jump out to a 4-0 lead.
Jose Bautista worked a two-out walk in the opening frame, stole second and came home on Edwin Encarnacion's base hit to right.
Danny Valencia led off the second with a double and runners were on the corners when Dioner Navarro reached on Marwin Gonzalez's fielding error. Pillar plated Valencia with a single to center and Pillar and Navarro each moved up a base on Ryan Goins' sacrifice bunt.
Navarro scored on Jose Reyes' base hit to left and Josh Donaldson pushed across Pillar with a sacrifice fly to right for Toronto's four-run cushion.
Jose Altuve's broken-bat RBI single to center got Houston on the board in the third, but the Blue Jays got the run back in the fifth as Pillar's run-scoring double extended their advantage to 5-1.
Villar's one-out solo shot into the right field seats in the eighth cut the deficit to 5-2.
Justin Smoak's two-run double in the eighth capped the scoring.
Game Notes
Pillar has 12 doubles on the year ... Altuve went 3-for-4, but was caught stealing for the sixth time this season ... It's the first time all season that Toronto has won four in a row ... Toronto was 5-for-17 with runners in scoring position, while Houston finished 1-for-3.
- HOUSTON: 2
TORONTO: 7
Final
Jun 6 4:23 PM - Smoak doubled to right, Reyes scored, Bautista scored.
Astros 2, Blue Jays 7 Bot 8, 2 OutsJun 6 4:16 PM - Justin Smoak doubles to shallow right field. Jose Bautista scores. Jose Reyes scores.
Astros 2, Blue Jays 7 Bot 8, 2 OutsJun 6 4:15 PM - Pillar doubled to left, Colabello scored, D.Navarro to third.
Astros 1, Blue Jays 5 Bot 5, 1 OutJun 6 2:59 PM - Kevin Pillar doubles to shallow left field. Dioner Navarro to third. Chris Colabello scores.
Astros 1, Blue Jays 5 Bot 5, 1 OutJun 6 2:59 PM - Jose Altuve singles to center field. Marwin Gonzalez scores.
Astros 1, Blue Jays 4 Top 3, 2 OutsJun 6 2:06 PM - Donaldson hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Springer, Pillar scored.
Astros 0, Blue Jays 4 Bot 2, 2 OutsJun 6 1:52 PM - Josh Donaldson out on a sacrifice fly to right field to George Springer. Kevin Pillar scores.
Astros 0, Blue Jays 4 Bot 2, 1 OutJun 6 1:52 PM - Reyes singled to left, D.Navarro scored, Pillar to third.
Astros 0, Blue Jays 3 Bot 2, 1 OutJun 6 1:48 PM - Jose Reyes singles to shallow left field. Kevin Pillar to third. Dioner Navarro scores.
Astros 0, Blue Jays 3 Bot 2, 1 OutJun 6 1:48 PM - Pillar singled to center, Valencia scored, D.Navarro to second.
Astros 0, Blue Jays 2 Bot 2, 0 OutsJun 6 1:44 PM - Kevin Pillar singles to center field. Dioner Navarro to second. Danny Valencia scores.
Astros 0, Blue Jays 2 Bot 2, 0 OutsJun 6 1:43 PM - Edwin Encarnacion singles to center field. Jose Bautista scores.
Astros 0, Blue Jays 1 Bot 1, 2 OutsJun 6 1:26 PM - George Springer flies out to right center field to Jose Bautista.
Jun 6 1:08 PM - HOUSTON: 0
TORONTO: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Jun 6 1:07 PM
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