Overview

• Toronto blanked Houston 6-0 at Rogers Centre as Kevin Gausman recorded his second career shutout, his first at home, and the fourth complete game of his career.
• Gausman struck out nine and allowed two hits to move to 10-10 on the season while trimming his ERA to 3.44.
• The Blue Jays’ lead in the AL East grew to 3.5 games, bolstering their position for one of the league’s two postseason byes.
• A crowd of 41,224 gave Gausman a standing ovation before the ninth inning, and he said the noise made his PitchCom hard to hear.
• Davis Schneider led off the second with a home run and later drove in Daulton Varsho with a sacrifice fly, helping lift Toronto to 84-62 as Detroit holds the other bye spot and Houston trails in that race.