Houston Astros vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 26, 2013 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 2013 at Rogers Centre. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Houston Astros 6, Toronto Blue Jays 12

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Villar ss 5 0 1 0
Altuve 2b 3 1 1 0
Castro c 3 0 1 1
  Corporan ph 1 0 0 0
Carter dh 4 0 1 0
Wallace 1b 4 2 2 0
Martinez rf 3 2 2 0
  Maxwell ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Krauss lf 4 1 2 4
Dominguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Barnes cf 4 0 1 0
Lyles p 0 0 0 0
  Blackley p 0 0 0 0
  Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Ambriz p 0 0 0 0
  Cisnero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 5
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 3 2 3 2
Cabrera lf 5 1 1 0
  Davis lf 0 0 0 0
Bautista rf 4 0 0 1
Encarnacion dh 4 3 3 5
Lind 1b 5 1 1 1
Rasmus cf 5 1 4 1
Izturis 2b 4 1 1 1
Lawrie 3b 4 2 2 1
Thole c 3 1 0 0
Dickey p 0 0 0 0
  McGowan p 0 0 0 0
  Cecil p 0 0 0 0
  Delabar p 0 0 0 0
  Loup p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 12 15 12
Houston 020 201 1006112
Toronto 002 110 80x12150
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lyles   5.0 9 4 4 3 1
  Blackley   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Clemens  L (4-4) 0.1 4 6 6 1 1
  Wright   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Ambriz   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Cisnero   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 15 12 12 6 3
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Dickey   6.0 7 5 5 2 8
  McGowan   0.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Cecil  W (4-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Delabar   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Loup   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 11 6 6 4 11

  E–Wallace (2), Maxwell (3).  DP–Houston 1. Altuve-Villar-Wallace, Toronto 1. Izturis-Reyes-Lind.  2B–Houston Villar (3,off Dickey); J. Martinez (16,off Dickey); Krauss (2,off Dickey); Wallace (6,off Dickey), Toronto Reyes (8,off Lyles); Cabrera (14,off Lyles); Encarnacion (19,off Lyles); Rasmus 2 (23,off Lyles,off Clemens); Lawrie (6,off Lyles); Izturis (12,off Clemens).  HR–Houston Krauss (2,2nd inning off Dickey 1 on 1 out), Toronto Reyes (6,3rd inning off Lyles 0 on 0 out); Lawrie (7,4th inning off Lyles 0 on 1 out); Encarnacion 2 (28,7th inning off Clemens 0 on 0 out,7th inning off Ambriz 3 on 2 out); Lind (12,7th inning off Clemens 0 on 0 out).  SH–Altuve (2,off Dickey).  HBP–Dominguez (3,by Dickey); Thole (1,by Clemens).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Bautista (4,off Lyles).  Team–9.  SB–Altuve (25,2nd base off McGowan/Thole); Reyes (11,2nd base off Clemens/Castro).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Adam Hamari, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Andy Fletcher.  T–3:22.  A–24,088.

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