Jays win: Sanchez 5 K’s in 4 2/3

EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO

(Left), Toronto Blue Jays starter Aaron Sanchez went 4 2/3 innings on Friday as they beat the visiting Houston Astros 7-2 in Grapefruit League action.  Sanchez allowed one run on two hits while walking two and striking out five.  Toronto’s record this spring is 11-4 while Houston dropped to 11-6.  Toronto hosts Philadelphia on Saturday with a scheduled 1:07 PM first pitch.

Troy Tulowitzki Homer in 5th Over Scoreboard on a 1-0 Pitch (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Jose Bautista Homers with Two Aboard in 3rd on a 2-0 Pitch (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Tulowitzki in Dugout after Homer (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Randy Choate Makes First Appearence as a Blue Jay Goes 1/3 Inning (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Tulowitzki of the Jays Turns 2 in 2nd (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

HOUSTON (2) AT TORONTO (7)

 HOUSTON          AB  R  H BI  TORONTO          AB  R  H BI
 Marisnick cf      4  0  0  0  Pillar cf         3  0  2  1 
 Hernández cf      0  0  0  0  J Lake ph-cf      1  1  0  0 
 M. González ss    2  1  1  0  Donaldson 3b      2  1  0  0 
 Sclafani 2b       2  0  0  0  D Adams ph-3b     2  0  2  0 
 Valbuena 3b       3  0  0  0  Bautista rf       3  1  1  3 
 Moran 3b          1  0  0  0  Harris ph-lf      2  0  0  0 
 White 1b          1  0  1  1  Tulowitzki ss     3  1  1  1 
 Reed ph-1b        2  0  0  0  Mier ph-ss        1  0  0  0 
 Castro c          3  0  0  0  Colabello dh      3  0  0  0 
 R Pena c          1  0  1  0  Burns ph-dh       1  0  0  0 
 Singleton dh      3  0  1  0  Smoak 1b          2  1  2  0 
 Worth 2b-ss       3  0  0  0  Hobson 1b         1  0  0  0 
 Fontana ss        1  0  0  0  Carrera lf        2  1  1  0 
 Aplin rf          2  1  1  0  Ceciliani lf-rf   2  0  0  0 
 E Perez lf        2  0  0  0  Barney 2b         3  0  0  1 
 Duffy lf          1  0  1  1  Flores 2b         1  0  1  0 
                               Jiménez c         2  1  1  0 
                               T. Sanchez c      2  0  0  0 
 TOTALS           31  2  6  2  TOTALS           36  7 11  6

 HOUSTON                   000 100 010 --  2
 TORONTO                   003 211 00x --  7

 E--Fister. DP--TORONTO 1. LOB--HOUSTON 5, TORONTO
 8. 2B--M. González, Duffy, Smoak, Carrera. 
 HR--Tulowitzki 1 (2) (off Gustave), Bautista 1 (2)
 (off Fister). SB--Aplin 1 (1). SF--White.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  HOUSTON
 Fister (L,1-1)                 3 2-3   6   5   5   1   3   1
 Gustave                        1 1-3   2   1   1   1   1   1
 Sipp                             2-3   1   1   1   1   1   0
 Hoyt                           1 1-3   0   0   0   0   3   0
 Buchanan                           1   2   0   0   0   2   0
  TORONTO
 A. Sanchez (W,2-0)             4 2-3   2   1   1   2   5   0
 Delabar                            1   0   0   0   0   0   0
 Choate                           1-3   0   0   0   0   0   0
 Storen                             1   1   0   0   0   0   0
 Cecil                              1   2   1   1   0   1   0
 Girodo                             1   1   0   0   0   1   0

 WP--Sipp, Fister, A. Sanchez. SO--HOU: Marisnick 
 2, Singleton 2, Moran, Castro, Worth. TOR: 
 Colabello 2, Harris 2, T. Sanchez, Hobson, Burns, 
 Donaldson, Tulowitzki, Ceciliani. BB--HOU: 
 Singleton, Aplin. TOR: Smoak, J Lake, Donaldson. 
 T--2:53. A--5,534.