TORONTO -- Pitching was dominant when the Toronto Blue Jays and the Houston Astros played a four-game series at Minute Maid Park last week.The Blue Jays won the series 3-1 by an aggregate score of 10-5.The teams open a three-game series at Rogers Centre on Friday with indications that the hitters could be slightly more effective.The Astros are coming off a doubleheader sweep of the Minnesota Twins on Thursday in which they won 15-7 and 10-2, and had 35 hits combined in the two games. The 25 runs matched the total from their previous 11 games.Its been crazy, feast or famine right now for us, said catcher Evan Gattis, who homered and had four RBI in the second game.After dropping the first game of the series to the Twins, the Astros won the next three and are 43-27 since May 22. Carlos Correa has homered in three straight games and Jose Altuve was 5-for-8 in the doubleheader.We had one continual day of offense that didnt stop, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. It was a fun day; a long day, pretty exhausting, but to walk out of here with two wins after being down by a lot of runs in the rain is a pretty good feeling.The Twins led 5-0 in the third Wednesday before the game was called because of rain, forcing a doubleheader Thursday.The Blue Jays went 4-3 on a trip to Houston and Kansas City despite being outscored 19-17.Their offense also showed signs of revival as they won two of three games from the Tampa Bay Rays, winning 7-5 and 7-0 with a 9-2 loss in between upon their return home.You get in those ruts where you are having trouble scoring runs, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. People dont want to hear it, but thats baseball. If you have been around baseball awhile, you see that. You battle your way through it.Troy Tulowitzki hit a three-run homer in the first inning of the Blue Jays win Wednesday to snap a club-record string of 17 straight solo home runs. They had not homered with a runner in scoring position since July 20, an 18-game span.The Astros will be without closer Ken Giles for the series. He is taking paternity leave and was preparing to return to Houston to be with his wife, who is expecting their first child.Luke Gregerson is expected to be reinstated from the disabled list Friday to take Giles spot in the bullpen.The Astros start rookie right-hander Joe Musgrove (0-0, 0.79 ERA) against Toronto left-hander Francisco Liriano (6-11, 5.34) in the opener.Musgrove made a superb major league debut against the Blue Jays on Aug. 2 when he took over from starter Lance McCullers, who was forced from the game with an elbow injury. The 23-year-old struck out eight and allowed one hit and one walk in 4 1/3 innings in a game the Blue Jays won 2-1.He made his first major league start five days later, allowing five hits and one run while striking out six in seven innings.Liriano makes his second start for the Blue Jays since he was acquired in a trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He did not factor in the decision in the Blue Jays 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals last Friday. He allowed seven hits, two walks and three runs (two earned) while striking out five over six innings. Cheap Jacksonville Jaguars Jerseys . The 43-year-old closer, in his 19th and final big league season, has said hed like to play the outfield. Yankees manager Joe Girardi says hes thinking about allowing Rivera to do it this weekend, when the Yankees finish their season with a three-game series at the Houston Astros. Will Richardson Jersey . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. http://www.cheapjaguarsjerseyselite.com/ .C. -- Chris Thorburn thinks one of the reasons the Winnipeg Jets have been successful under new coach Paul Maurice is that theyre playing together as a team. Taven Bryan Jersey . The Brazilian goalkeeper signed a loan deal with the Major League Soccer club on Friday as he looks to get playing time ahead of this summers World Cup in his home country. Ronnie Harrison Jersey . A forerunning sled crashed into the worker Thursday at the Sanki Sliding Center. The unidentified worker broke both legs and was airlifted to a nearby hospital. Tom Herman is off to Texas, and his departure from Houston frees up what might be the best Group of 5 coaching job.Three of Houstons past four coaches have used their success with the Cougars to jump to bigger jobs at Baylor (Art Briles), Texas A&M (Kevin Sumlin) and now Texas. Houston has invested in the program and will embark on several important projeccts in the coming months, including a $20 million indoor practice field.dddddddddddd Herman inherited talent and also brought in much more.Bottom line: Houston is a great job. Who should UH hire? The Search Firm is on the case. China NFL Jerseys Stitched Jerseys Jerseys From China Cheap Jerseys China Jerseys NFL China Jerseys NFL Cheap Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic ' ' '