Gausman tosses 2-hitter for 4th career complete game as Blue Jays blank Astros 6-0

TORONTO AP Kevin Gausman pitched a two-hitter for his fourth career complete competition Davis Schneider homered and drove in two runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the struggling Houston Astros - on Thursday Gausman - threw the first complete battle in the major leagues since Baltimore s Trevor Rogers on Aug It was the th complete competition this season one shy of last year s total The AL East-leading Blue Jays improved to - at home and - when they result five or more Houston dropped into a first-place tie in the AL West with Seattle which beat the Los Angeles Angels - in innings hours later Gausman struck out nine and walked one The crowd of rose for a standing ovation when he came out for the ninth He threw pitches for strikes Gausman retired the final batters he faced six by strikeout Both hits he allowed were singles Jeremy Pe a had a leadoff hit in the fourth and advanced to third on a one-out single by Carlos Correa Gausman escaped by getting Jose Altuve to pop up and striking out Jes s S nchez The Astros have lost four straight series going - against the Angels Yankees Rangers and Blue Jays George Springer led off the first with an infield single and scored when Nathan Lukes doubled off the left-field wall Lukes advanced on a grounder and scored when Addison Barger s double got lost in the sun and fell in front of S nchez in right field Schneider made it - with a leadoff homer in the second his th Daulton Varsho tripled to begin the fourth and scored on Schneider s sacrifice fly Houston right-hander Cristian Javier - lost his second consecutive start allowing four runs and six hits in six innings Key moment The Blue Jays scored as a great number of runs in the first inning as they did in all of Wednesday s - defeat Key stat Houston slugger Yordan Alvarez went for with a strikeout against Gausman Alvarez is for with nine strikeouts in his career against Gausman Up next Astros Had not publicized a starter for Friday s tournament at Atlanta RHP Hurston Waldrep - ERA is scheduled for the Braves Blue Jays RHP Chris Bassitt - ERA is expected to start Friday against Orioles LHP Trevor Rogers - AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source