TONIGHT’S GAME: The Houston Astros (37-42) begin a 3-game series vs. the Toronto Blue Jays (38-39) at Rogers Centre in Toronto tonight.
RHP Hunter Brown (1-0, 1.10 ERA) starts for the Astros vs. Jays RHP Dylan Cease (4-3, 2.71 ERA). Tonight will be Brown’s 4th career start/app. vs. TOR, and Cease’s 9th career start/app. vs. HOU.
ROAD TRIPPIN: Tonight is the 1st 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 10-6
in their last 2 road trips combined. They have have posted a 16-12 record on the road since going 1-9 on their 1st road trip of the 2026 season.
Road Raking: The Astros lead the AL in road batting avg. at .252. They also rank 2nd in road SLG (.420) and OPS (.745) and 3rd in road HR (52) and OBP (.326).
ASTROS-BLUE JAYS: The Astros were 4-2 vs. TOR in 2025 (3-0 at home, 1-2 at TOR). HOU pitched very well vs. TOR last season, posting a 1.86 ERA (11ER/53.1IP) vs. them in 6 games while allowing just 31 hits in 53.1 IP for a .169 opponent batting avg.
Jays hitters were just 32×189 vs. HOU pitching overall last season.
Recent Success: The Astros have won 6 of 8 and 8 of their last 11 vs. TOR.
BROTHER BROWN: Tonight will be RHP Hunter Brown’s 4th start of the season and his 2nd since a lengthy stint on the Injured List due to a right shoulder strain (4/1-6/15). In his 1st start off the IL on June 16 vs. DET, he allowed just 1 run in 5.2 IP on 3 hits and 3 walks with 7 K’s in a 4-2 Astros win.
For the season, Brown has been strong in his 3 starts with a 1.10 ERA (2ER/16.1IP) while allowing just 8 hits in 16.1 IP (.145 opp. avg.) with 24 strikeouts.
2025 Review: Brown had an outstanding season in 2025, going 12-9 with a 2.43 ERA, earning All-Star honors and a 3rd-place finish in the AL Cy Young voting.
MAKING THE JAYS BLUE: RHP Hunter Brown has had success vs. TOR in his young career. He enters tonight with a 15.0-inning scoreless streak vs. the Jays, which is the longest active streak vs. them.
In his last 2 starts vs. TOR, he hurled 7.0 scoreless innings on April 21, 2025 in HOU and 6.0 scoreless innings on July 1, 2024 at TOR (both wins).
In 3 career starts vs. TOR, Brown is 2-1 with a 1.42 ERA (3ER/19IP) and an 0.73 WHIP. He has allowed just 7 hits in 19.0 IP vs. TOR.
THE SLOW TURNAROUND: Over the last month, from May 21-June 21, the Astros are 17-11 (.607), which is the 2nd-best record in the AL in that span.
Top Records since May 21 (AL)
1. Yankees 16-10 (.615)
2. Astros 17-11 (.607)
3. Blue Jays 16-12 (.571)
RECENT STROS: The Astros have won 4 of 5 and 6 of their last 9 games.
MVP-CALIBER: Yordan Alvarez has had a torrid 1st half to his season, currently leading all of baseball with a 1.067 OPS. Additionally, he leads the AL in HR (25), SLG (.640) and TB (181), and ranks 2nd in batting avg. (.322), OBP (.428) and RBI (56).
Alvarez was the AL Player of the Month for May, is hitting .388 (26×67) in June with 5 HR and 17 RBI a 1.124 OPS (.468 OBP/.657 SLG).
ALL-STAR VOTING: Yordan Alvarez currently leads all AL DH’s in All-Star voting. His 1,974,459 votes rank 2nd in the AL and 3rd overall in the Majors.
YORDAN/ROGERS CENTRE: In his last 14 games at Rogers Centre, Yordan Alvarez has 7 HR and 16 RBI, hitting .375 (18×48) in that span with an .875 SLG and a 1.349 OPS.
OKERT’S 0’S: LHP Steven Okert has not allowed a run in his last 15.0 innings, which is the longest scoreless streak by an Astros hurler this season.
His streak, which spans 12 appearances, is the longest consecutive inning scoreless streak in a season since AJ Blubaugh ended the 2025 season with a 19.0-inning scoreless streak. In Okert’s current streak, which began on May 23 at CHC, he has allowed just 4 hits in those 15.0 innings pitched.
HADERADE: In his 8 appearances since coming of the IL on June 3, opponents are just 2×26 off LHP Josh Hader.
Hader has posted a 1.13 ERA (1ER/8IP) and is 5-for-5 in save opportunities (.077 opp. avg., .038 WHIP).
POSITIVE IMPACT: Since SS Jeremy Peña returned to the lineup on May 18, the Astros have gone 18-13, while Peña has hit .293 (34×116) with 5 doubles, 6 homers and 18 RBI in 31 games. Prior to that date, Peña played in only 10 of the Astros first 48 games of the season, with the Astros going 19-29 in those contests.
ROSTER MOVE: RHP Bryan Abreu has been placed on the restricted list, effective today.
RHP Logan VanWey has been recalled from Triple A Sugar Land and will join the Major League club today.
TODAY IN ASTROS HISTORY: 1966 – In the Dome, a home record crowd of 50,908 fans attend to see future HOFer Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers take on the Astros. The Dodgers win the game, 5-2, but the Toy Cannon, Jimmy Wynn, has a banner day, going 4-for-4 off Koufax with a HR and 2 doubles in the losing effort.
Game Info
Game Date/Time: Monday, June 22, 6:07 p.m. CT
Location: Rogers Centre, Toronto, CAN
TV: Space City Home Network, ESPN Unlimited
Radio: KTRH 740 AM, KBME 790 AM & 94.5 FM HD2; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish)
