Blue Jays rally against Angels to collect 3rd straight victory

Alejandro Kirk scored on an error by proper fielder Juan Lagares within the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night time.

Gurriel had three hits and drove in a run, whereas Kirk had two hits for the Blue Jays, who’ve received seven of 10.

Jared Walsh and Tyler Wade homered for the Angels, who had been lacking injured Shohei Ohtani and Anthony Rendon from the beginning lineup. Wade was within the lineup at third base in Rendon’s absence.

Ohtani got here on as a pinch-hitter within the ninth however was struck out by Jordan Romano, who earned his fifteenth save. Trevor Richards (2-0) bought the win.

Toronto starter Alek Manoah struck out a season-high 9 however allowed three runs on seven hits, together with two house runs.

Los Angeles’ Chase Silseth went 4 1/3 innings and yielded two runs on six hits. The Angels have dropped three straight.

Toronto’s Bo Bichette led off the second inning with a ground-rule double into the right-field nook. He superior to 3rd on Teoscar Hernandez’s base hit and scored when Kirk grounded right into a double play.

The Angels responded within the backside of the inning when Andrew Velazquez’s bloop single down the left-field line drove in Luis Rengifo to tie it at 1. Rengifo bought aboard when he lined successful to centre and superior to second when Raimel Tapia had it roll between his legs for an error.

Los Angeles regained the lead within the house half on Wade’s solo shot to proper. It was Wade’s first homer since Sept. 26, 2020, when he was with the New York Yankees.

Toronto evened it within the seventh on pinch-hitter Matt Chapman’s RBI single.