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- Updated: August 5, 2016
HOUSTON — With Doug Fister returning from paternity leave soon, the Astros will have to make a roster move and someone will have to be the odd man out. First baseman Tyler White presented his case to not be ‘it’ in Thursday night’s 4-1 loss to Toronto.
White went 2-for-3 against the Blue Jays and put the Astros’ only run on the board with an RBI double in the fifth to cut Toronto’s lead to one run. It normally wouldn’t have been a performance to write home about, but with the way the Astros’ offense has been scuffling — having scored seven runs in the last six games — it felt pretty promising.
“I thought Whitey had a good couple of at-bats,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “It was nice to see him put a couple of good swings on the ball, for sure.”
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