TORONTO -- Justin Smoak began his walk to first base on what he thought was a bases-loaded walk to score the game-tying run in the fifth inning, but instead home-plate umpire Kerwin Danley rung him up. It was as close as the Blue Jays would come to tying the game in a 5-3 loss to the Astros.
After the call, Smoak turned around in disgust to voice his displeasure with Danley. The low fastball appeared to just barely graze the lower part of the strike zone, according to Statcast™.
The strikeout was one of four opportunities the Blue Jays had to jump on the Astros with the bases loaded in the inning.