Another 1-0 Game

Dunedin, Fla.– The Blue Jays for the second day in a row were blanked 1-0.  Today in Dunedin the split squad Jays were 5 hit and shut out by the Houston Astros.  Marcus Stroman got the start and made the most of it.

Toronto Blue Jays righty Marcus Stroman went 2 2/3 shutout innings on Monday allowing two hits while walking two and striking out three. Toronto dropped its second consecutive 1-0 Grapefruit League decision this time to the Houston Astros. (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Jose Reyes waits for the throw…

and tags out Astro’s Robbie Grossman.  Grossman was attempting to steal second in the top of the first.  (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Kevin Pillar gets hit by a pitch (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

HOUSTON (1) AT TORONTO (0)

 HOUSTON          AB  R  H BI  TORONTO          AB  R  H BI
 Grossman rf       2  0  1  0  Reyes ss          2  0  1  0 
 Aplin rf-cf       2  0  0  0  Hague 3b          1  0  1  0 
 Villar ss         2  0  0  0  Martin c          2  0  1  0 
 Sclafani 2b       2  0  1  0  Goins ss          1  0  0  0 
 Gattis lf         2  0  0  0  Dickerson lf      4  0  0  0 
 Hoes pr-lf        2  1  0  0  Smoak dh          3  0  0  0 
 Carter 1b         1  0  0  0  Thole dh          1  0  0  0 
 Duffy pr-3b       1  0  0  0  Valencia 1b       4  0  0  0 
 Singleton dh      3  0  2  0  Colabello rf      4  0  1  0 
 Moran pr-dh       0  0  0  0  Pillar cf         3  0  1  0 
 Marisnick cf      3  0  1  1  Tolleson 3b-2b    4  0  0  0 
 Santana pr-rf     1  0  0  0  Izturis 2b        1  0  0  0 
 Dominguez 3b      3  0  1  0  Ochinko c         1  0  0  0 
 Johnson 1b        0  0  0  0  
 Conger c          3  0  0  0  
 Petit 2b          2  0  0  0  
 Correa ss         2  0  0  0  
 TOTALS           31  1  6  1  TOTALS           31  0  5  0

 HOUSTON                   000 001 000 --  1
 TORONTO                   000 000 000 --  0

 E--Colabello. DP--HOUSTON 1, TORONTO 1. 
 LOB--HOUSTON 11, TORONTO 8. 2B--Singleton, Reyes. 
 SB--Reyes 1 (1). CS--Marisnick, Grossman.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  HOUSTON
 McHugh                             3   3   0   0   1   3   0
 Hernández (W,1-0)                  2   0   0   0   2   0   0
 Wojciechowski                      3   2   0   0   0   3   0
 Harris (S,1)                       1   0   0   0   0   0   0
  TORONTO
 Stroman                        2 2-3   2   0   0   2   3   0
 A Bibens-Dirkx                   1-3   0   0   0   0   0   0
 Loup                               1   0   0   0   1   0   0
 Francis                            1   1   0   0   0   1   0
 Tepera (L,0-1)                     1   2   1   1   2   2   0
 Burke                              1   0   0   0   0   0   0
 Burns                              1   0   0   0   2   1   0
 West                               1   1   0   0   0   0   0

 WP--Burns. HBP--Villar by Stroman, Pillar by 
 Hernández. SO--HOU: Villar 2, Conger 2, Gattis, 
 Marisnick, Santana. TOR: Tolleson 2, Pillar, 
 Colabello, Martin, Valencia. BB--HOU: Carter 2, 
 Gattis, Grossman, Moran, Johnson, Conger. TOR: 
 Izturis, Martin, Reyes. T--2:42. A--2,755.