​  TONIGHT’S GAME: The Astros and Blue Jays will play the rubber match of this 3-game series tonight at Rogers Centre in Toronto.RHP Mike Burrows (3-8) will make the start for the Astros vs. Jays RHP Trey Yesavage (3-3).Both of tonight’s starters are facing their opponent for the 1st time in their young careers.ROAD TRIPPIN: Tonight is the 3rd game of a 7-game road trip for the Astros, during which they will visit TOR (3G) and DET (4G), respectively.Road Success: The Astros are 11-7 in their last 3 road trips combined.They have posted a 17-13 record on the road since going 1-9 on their 1st road trip of the 2026 season.Road Raking: The Astros are 1st in the AL in road batting avg. at .253.They also rank 2nd in road HR (56), SLG (.422) and OPS (.748) and 3rd in road OBP (.337).ASTROS-BLUE JAYS: The Astros were 4-2 vs. TOR in 2025 (3-0 at home, 1-2 at TOR).After tonight’s game, the two clubs will next meet for a 3-game series, Aug. 3-5 at Daikin Park.Recent Success: The Astros have won 7 of 10 and 9 of their last 13 vs. TOR.ABOUT BURROWS: RHP Mike Burrows will make his club-leading 15th start of the season tonight and the 1st of his career vs. TOR.Tonight will be his 1st start since June 13 at KC.Following that start, he made 1 relief appearance, which was on June 19 vs. CLE, hurling a scoreless 9th inning in the Astros 9-3 win (threw 7 pitches, all strikes).Burrows was acquired by the Astros from the Pirates this off-season as part of a three-team, six-player trade in which the Astros sent OF Jacob Melton and minor league RHP Anderson Brito to the Rays, while the Rays sent IF Brandon Lowe, OF Jake Mangum and LHP Mason Montgomery to the Pirates.YESTERDAY’S RECAP: The Astros came out on top of a see-saw battle with the Blue Jays yesterday, winning 9-7 in 11 innings.Joey Loperfido delivered the big blow vs. his former club with a 3-run HR in the top of the 11th to break a 6-6 tie.RHP Logan VanWey hurled the final 2.0 innings of the game to earn his 1st ML victory (2.0 IP, 1 R,0 ER).The Astros trailed, 6-4, after 8.0 innings but rallied for 2 runs in the top of the 9th to stay alive.A sac fly by Cam Smith in that 9th tied it at 6-6.The game included plenty of offense, including home runs in 3 consecutive AB’s in the 4th inning by Yainer Diaz, Cam Smith and Taylor Trammell.The Astros tallied 15 hits overall with 4 HR and 2 doubles.THREE TIMES A CHARM!: Yesterday’s game marked the 8th time in franchise history that the Astros have homered in 3 consecutive plate appearances.The last time was in a 4-3 win vs. TEX on July 19, 2019.Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman and Yordan Alvarez went back-to-back-to-back in the 3rd inning of that game, all vs. LHP Mike Minor.CLOSE CALLS: The Astros are 15-10 in 2-run games, 8-4 in 1-run games and 4-4 in extra innings.THE SLOW TURNAROUND: Over the last month(May 21-J      ​Read More