HOUSTON (Interstat) — The Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros meet Tuesday at Daikin Park, with the forecast calling for 89 degrees and cloudy skies. Toronto enters at 53-60, while Houston is 59-56. The teams have split four meetings this season. Toronto won the series opener Monday 3-1, after Houston took two of three in Toronto from June 22-24. The Blue Jays have won six of their last 10. Houston had won nine of 10 before Monday’s loss. Toronto’s Shane Bieber is a player to watch after earning the win Monday against the Astros. He allowed one earned run on nine hits over 5 2/3 innings, striking out six. Before a rough start July 28 at Washington, when he allowed four earned runs in 2/3 of an inning, Bieber had thrown seven innings of one-run ball against Tampa Bay on July 23 and six scoreless innings against the Chicago White Sox on July 18. Houston’s Tatsuya Imai also pitched Monday, working three scoreless, hitless innings while striking out five. He took the loss despite that effort. Imai allowed one earned run over six innings against Miami on July 21, but he struggled in his previous appearance at the Los Angeles Angels, giving up two earned runs in 2/3 of an inning. In Monday’s game, Cristian Javier allowed three earned runs over six innings for the Astros, and Jeremy Peña drove in Houston’s lone run with an RBI single. For Toronto, Brendon Little and Tyler Rogers combined for 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of Bieber. The Interstat game simulator projects a 7-6 Houston victory. Interstat’s ELO system gives Houston a 54 percent probability to win. The Astros are installed as a minus-1.5 run-line favorite, and the over/under is 8.5. The series continues Wednesday night at Daikin Park. After that, Toronto travels to Chicago to face the Cubs on Thursday, then visits Philadelphia for three games. Houston hosts Toronto on Wednesday before traveling to San Diego for three games beginning Friday. Both teams are looking to strengthen their positioning in the season’s final two months. The Astros sit above .500 at 59-56 and have been surging at home, while the Blue Jays are trying to climb back from a sub-.500 mark. Tuesday’s matchup offers another chance for Toronto to build momentum against a Houston club that has been among the league’s hotter teams in recent weeks. Expect the game to hinge on the pitching performances of Bieber and Imai, both of whom showed strong stuff in Monday’s series opener. With the forecast warm and cloudy, scoring could come easier, but the early weather conditions should not have a major effect on either team’s game plan.