Happ handles Houston for 15th win

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HOUSTON — After relying exclusively on solo home runs in the first three games of their series against the Astros at Minute Maid Park, the Blue Jays eked out some runs in a 4-1 win in the finale Thursday night.

Devon Travis scored on Josh Donaldson’s RBI groundout in the first inning, and Russell Martin reached on an infield single and scored on a wild pitch from Mike Fiers in the fifth to back a quality outing from lefty J.A. Happ, who gave up one run and four hits in six innings to become the American League’s first 15-game winner. Travis added an RBI single in the eighth,and Edwin Encarnacion homered in the ninth off James Hoyt.

The reeling Astros, who have lost eight of 10 games to fall 6 1/2 games behind the Rangers in the AL West, managed a run in the fifth on an RBI …

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