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error by Ryan Goins allowed Springer to advance to third. After reigning AL MVP
Jose Altuve was walked intentionally, Correa singled into right-center gap
against Justin Grimm (1-3).Collin McHugh (3-0) pitched a perfect inning for the win.BLUE JAYS 4, ANGELS 1ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Steve Pearce hit a three-run homer in the ninth and the Toronto Blue Jays ended a five-game road losing streak.Pearce’s fourth homer was a line drive down the left-field line off Justin Anderson (1-2), who gave up a two-out single to Aledmys Diaz and walked Devon
Travis to bring Pearce to the plate.Seunghwan Oh (3-2) got the win despite giving up a solo home run to Luis Valbuena that tied it at 1 in the eighth. Ryan Tepera earned his sixth
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shoulder fatigue. Teoscar Hernandez gave the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead on his solo
home run in the third.—Houston has arguably the best overall pitching staff in the major leagues but has run into a big problem because of injury.The Astros are struggling to find someone to handle those standout pitchers after losing another catcher in their 5-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on
Tuesday.The Astros will send right-hander Garrit Cole (9-2, 2.50 ERA) to the mound for the Independence Day, Lone Star State showdown at Globe Life Park in
Arlington while the Rangers counter with left-hander Mike Minor (6-4, 4.64).Houston’s catching situation took a turn for the worst Tuesday when Max Stassi was forced from the game against Texas in the first inning after he was
hit on the right wrist by a pitch.Stassi’s injury comes on the same day veteran catcher Brian McCann met with team medical director Dr. David Lintner ahead of having surgery on his right
knee. The Astros placed McCann on the disabled list Tuesday with a sore right
knee for the second time this season and recalled catcher Tim Federowicz from
Triple-A Fresno.Federowicz took over for Stassi, who entered Tuesday’s game batting .255 with seven homers and 22 RBIs.Houston manager A.J. Hinch wouldn’t say what type of surgery McCann would undergo and when the procedure would take place, but admitted that the Astros
without McCann, their front-line backstop, “for the foreseeable future.”“We don’t know other than he’s heading for surgery and we’ll have a better timetable once he sees Dr. Lintner and goes through the medical
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(over the weekend), and it’s continually the same issue over and over with his
right knee. One of the options is surgery, and he went back to Houston to take
care of it.”Texas right-handed reliever Chris Martin was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock on Tuesday prior to the club’s series opener against the Astros. The move made
room on the 25-man roster for first baseman Ronald Guzman, who returned from the
seven-day concussion disabled list.Rangers manager Jeff Banister said Martin’s demotion was to create bench depth“Chris hadn’t done anything to warrant being optioned,” Banister said. “He’s got options. Obviously, he’s pitched well for us in the bullpen. However, you’ve
got to be able to protect some of the other players on the team, too.”Banister told mlb.com that Guzman passed the concussion protocol three days after he was placed on the disabled list. “Ronals was a full-go, as far as
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scheduled to start Wednesday against the Rangers.Cole makes his first start in July after going 4-1 with a 3.41 ERA in six June starts, posting a 1.11 WHIP and 42 strikeouts in 37 innings. The Astros are
14-3 in games started by Cole, who is looking to reach double digits in
wins.Minor has been one of the Rangers’ best starters of late. He was 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in four June starts. Minor is 4-2 with a 3.44 ERA in nine home starts
this season.Minor is 1-2 with a 5.06 ERA in nine games (six starts) versus Houston, including 0-1, 5.74 in three starts this season.Cole is 3-0 with a 1.33 ERA in four starts against Texas, including 2-0, 1.80 in three turns this year.
