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TORONTO -- The Houston Astros have a whole lot of rookies in the lineup right now.Two of them played a big part in Friday nights win at Toronto.Joe Musgrove pitched seven innings for his first major league win, Teoscar Hernandez homered for his first big league hit and the Astros beat the Blue Jays 5-3.Nine of the 25 players on Houstons current roster are rookies, tied with Oakland for most in the majors.Weve got a pretty young group now, manager A.J. Hinch said. This is fun to watch these guys come up and break in.Astros DH Evan Gattis had four hits, including two doubles. Hernandez had two hits and reached base three times while George Springer singled and walked three times.Carlos Correa and Jose Altuve had two RBI each as Houston extended its winning streak to four.Making his second career start, and facing the team that drafted him in 2011, Musgrove (1-0) allowed two runs and six hits.Its awesome, Musgrove said. Its definitely good to get that first one out of the way, get the nerves and stuff out of the way.The Blue Jays traded Musgrove to the Astros in July 2012, as part of a nine-player deal that sent left-hander J.A. Happ to Toronto.He used all four of his pitches, Hinch said. Seven strong innings is about as much as you could expect at his development curve right now.Hernandez found out Thursday that he was being selected from Triple-A, and was too excited to sleep before catching a 4:00 A.M. flight from Fresno. He finally arrived at Rogers Centre about an hour before the game, and didnt even have time to take any swings before his first at-bat, a walk. He homered in the sixth and singled in the eighth.Incredible day, a day that Im never going to forget, Hernandez said.Edwin Encarnacion hit his 300th home run and Michael Saunders hit his career-high 20th, but the Blue Jays lost for the first time in four meetings with the Astros.Good for Eddie, manager John Gibbons said. He puts himself in a different category with 300.Encarnacions 32nd home run tied him with Baltimores Mark Trumbo for the major league lead.Pat Neshek handled the eighth and Will Harris worked around Encarnacions homer in the ninth for his 12th save.Blue Jays left-hander Francisco Liriano (6-12) took the loss in his home debut with Toronto, allowing five runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings.I was behind in the count a lot so that didnt help, Liriano said through a translator.GURRIELS DEBUT DRAWS NEARCuban infielder Yulieski Gurriel, who signed a five-year, $47.5 million deal with Houston on July 16, is expected to make his major league debut against St. Louis on Tuesday. Gurriel defected in February after competing in the Caribbean World Series in the Dominican Republic. He entered play Friday batting .321 with one home run and nine RBI in eight games at three minor league levels.POWER TRIOToronto is the fifth team in the majors with at least three players with 20 homers (Encarnacion, Josh Donaldson, Saunders). The others are Baltimore, Colorado, Detroit and Seattle. The Orioles have four 20-homer hitters.TRAINERS ROOMAstros: OF Colby Rasmus had surgery Wednesday to remove a cyst from his right ear. He is expected back by mid-September. ... OF Jake Marisnick (right groin) was not in the lineup for a second straight game. He is day-to-day. ... OF Preston Tucker (right shoulder) was placed on the 15-day DL. ... Houston activated RHP Luke Gregerson (left oblique) off the 15-day DL and put RHP Ken Giles on the paternity list.Blue Jays: OF Ezequiel Carrera (left Achilles) went 0 for 4 and struck out three times in a rehab game at Triple-A Buffalo. 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Carl Frampton insists it will be the same outcome when he faces Leo Santa Cruz in a rematch, which is being lined up to take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Jan. 28 next year.The undefeated Belfast boxer became a two-weight world champion when he captured the WBA featherweight belt from Mexican Cruz at the Barclays Centre in New York after a thrilling contest.Santa Cruz says he thought he won our first fight so itll be good to go and make it two-nil, Frampton told the Belfast Telegraph.Its the fight that all the fans wanted and Im sure its going to be another tough one but Im confident of winning again.Its great that the fight is now done, I dont think there were many who doubted the result but Leo has said he thought he won so its my chance to go there and make it two-nil.It will be the fourth successive fight Frampton (23-0, 14 KOs), 29, has had away from his native Northern Ireland.Frampton claimed his first world title whenn he out-pointed Spains Kiko Martinez in a rematch for the IBF super-bantamweight belt two years ago.ddddddddddddhree-weight world champion Santa Cruz (32-1-1, 18 KOs), 28, is desperate for revenge after losing the belt on a majority decision following one defence.Leo obviously fancies he can get revenge but, like a lot of my opponents, he only knows how to fight the one way, Frampton said.I have Plan A, Plan B and C if I need it and when I face someone a second time I always perform better.Some have said that Santa Cruz could maybe throw more punches but he threw 1,100 so I cant imagine he can throw more than that.The WBC lightweight champion Dejan Zlaticanin (22-0, 15 KOs) is also believed to be in action on the same bill against Mikey Garcia (35-0, 29 KOs), who returned after over two years out in July. 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