Summarize this content to 300 words HOUSTON – The signs for John Schneider and the Toronto Blue Jays look for to know that Chris Bassitt is right are pretty straightforward. “Stuff being where it has been with velo, feel for his curveball, landing it early and late and just executing,” the manager explained. “The first outing, kind of an outlier for what he is. The last couple have been more so what his track record has been to where you can bank on a pretty high pitch count, you can bank on him competing and knowing when to be in the zone, knowing when to be out of the zone, things like that. I think he matches up well against this lineup, just because of the unpredictability. So more of what he’s been doing.” Bassitt delivered on all of that in a 4-2 victory Tuesday night as he cleverly carved up the Houston Astros over 6.1 shutout innings, using a seven-pitch mix to pin down the defending World Series champions. With his velocity up a tick across the board, the ability to spot a sinker that set up everything else he did and a curveball generating four whiffs on eight swings, it was a pitching masterclass, one that further underlined how much of an aberration his Blue Jays debut was. 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