Astros Lose Third Straight in Toronto, 3-2

Framber Valdez is supposed to stop the bleeding.

But after the Astros lost the two previous games despite quality starts by the rookies, Valdez could only go five innings due to lack of control, allowing three runs in the fifth. That isn’t good enough to win with an Astros offense that apparently has a quota of two runs per game, so Valdez had to take the loss.

The Astros scored first off Jays starter Jose Berrios in the second inning on an Alex Bregman lead-off home run. The Astros added another run that inning but should have scored more. With no outs, the bases were loaded, but the Astros only got a run as Jake Meyers hit a run-scoring double play, and Martin Maldonado grounded out to end…