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Hoyt has Astros’ confidence despite blown save
- Updated: August 13, 2016
TORONTO — Though he allowed the decisive home run in Saturday’s 4-2 defeat against the Blue Jays, the Astros remain confident in reliever James Hoyt.
Struggling to get anything going against Houston starter Collin McHugh, Toronto played small ball to make its way back into the game. A one-out base knock by Edwin Encarnacion and a bunt single by Michael Saunders in the sixth prompted Astros manager A.J. Hinch to pull McHugh and go with the relatively untested Hoyt against Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin, with Houston leading, 2-1.
With the Astros missing closer Ken Giles for the weekend and reliever Chris Devenski unavailable after starting and pitching five innings in the second game of a doubleheader against the Twins on Thursday, Hoyt was charged with the task of holding the lead. Relievers Michael Feliz, Luke Gregerson and Will Harris were available for the later innings.
After getting Troy Tulowitzki to ground out, Hoyt fell behind in the count, 3-0, to Martin. …
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