Toronto staged a late push but Houston prevailed 3-2 after Yainer Diaz’s ninth-inning homer off Jeff Hoffman capped a tight finale. Jose Berríos settled after a rough start and looked sharper with a better fastball, tempo, and curveball, though Toronto’s postseason rotation remains unsettled with 17 games left. Bo Bichette was sidelined on the injured list, keeping the offense lean as Isiah Kiner-Falefa sparked the eighth-inning rally with a leadoff single, followed by Giménez and Lukes rallies that tied the game before Diaz’s walk-off.

The Jays rallied aggressively in the eighth, but Diaz’s decisive shot overshadowed the sequence, and Toronto couldn’t finish the comeback in the ninth. Houston’s Diaz provided the early offense with a second-inning double that brought Sánchez home, and Carlos Correa later amplified the lead with a homer off Berríos. Kevin Gausman is next on the mound for Toronto, as the Jays look to rebound in a critical stretch on the road and at home against Baltimore.