Astros take on the Blue Jays after Alvarez's 4-hit game

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Toronto Blue Jays (52-60, fifth in the AL East) vs. Houston Astros (58-55, first in the AL West)

Houston; Monday, 8:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: Shane Bieber (2-2, 5.74 ERA, 1.63 WHIP, 22 strikeouts); Astros: Cristian Javier (1-1, 7.17 ERA, 1.83 WHIP, 21 strikeouts)

LINE: Astros -136, Blue Jays +113; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros play the Toronto Blue Jays after Yordan Alvarez had four hits against the Rangers on Sunday.

Houston is 58-55 overall and 29-27 at home. The Astros have gone 39-23 in games when they record at least eight hits.

Toronto has gone 24-29 in road games and 52-60 overall. The Blue Jays have the eighth-ranked team batting average in the AL at .243.

The teams match up Monday for the fourth time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Alvarez has 24 doubles and 35 home runs for the Astros. Jeremy Pena is 21 for 47 with three doubles, a triple, five home runs and nine RBIs over the last 10 games.

Ernie Clement has 27 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 35 RBIs for the Blue Jays. George Springer is 13 for 38 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs and 10 RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 9-1, .286 batting average, 3.74 ERA, outscored opponents by 21 runs

Blue Jays: 6-4, .265 batting average, 2.90 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs

INJURIES: Astros: Mike Burrows: 15-Day IL (elbow), Spencer Arrighetti: 15-Day IL (foot), Brice Matthews: 10-Day IL (knee), Carlos Correa: 60-Day IL (ankle), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Blue Jays: Lenyn Sosa: 60-Day IL (wrist), Jose Berrios: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cody Ponce: 60-Day IL (knee), Joe Mantiply: 60-Day IL (knee), Jonatan Clase: 10-Day IL (foot), Yimi Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow), Vladimir Guerrero Jr.: day-to-day (hamstring), Addison Barger: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Corbin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.