Blue Jays rally late to best Angels, extend win streak to 4 games

Matt Chapman hit a go-ahead two-run double throughout Toronto’s three-run eighth inning and the Blue Jays rallied for the second straight evening to defeat the Los Angeles Angels 6-5 on Saturday in Anaheim, Calif.

Mike Trout homered and Matt Duffy tied a profession excessive with 4 hits for the Angels, who’ve dropped 4 straight.

Los Angeles trailed 6-4 going into the underside of the ninth, however Brandon Marsh’s RBI single with two outs scored Duffy to get them inside a run. AL saves chief Jordan Romano walked pinch-hitter Taylor Ward to load the bases.

Adam Cimber (5-2) received the win and Kyle Barraclough (0-1) was charged with the loss.

Toronto, presently on a four-game win streak, goes for its first four-game highway sweep in opposition to the Angels on Sunday to wrap up a six-game journey.

Trailing 4-3, Toronto had runners on first and second with one out within the eighth when Chapman lined a ball into proper area that Juan Lagares tried to make a play on. However the ball went off his glove as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scored the tying run and Teoscar Hernandez the go-ahead run.

After getting the ball and bobbling it, Lagares made the relay throw, however second baseman Luis Rengifo booted it, permitting Chapman to get to 3rd base. Rengifo was charged with an error.

Lagares has been taking part in in proper as a result of Taylor Ward has been coping with a neck stinger for every week after making a catch and hitting the outfield wall.

The Blue Jays added one other run within the eighth when Chapman scored on Raimel Tapia’s double.

Duffy, who received the beginning at third base after Anthony Rendon went on the injured listing, had the fifth four-hit sport of his profession and his first since 2019 when he was with Tampa Bay.

Duffy’s RBI double to left-centre off Yusei Kikuchi tied it at 1 within the fifth inning earlier than Trout scored on Jared Walsh’s grounder.

Toronto scored for the third time within the final 4 video games within the first inning when Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s ground-rule double down the left-field line drove in Bo Bichette.

The Blue Jays received 4 hits the primary two innings earlier than Lorenzen allowed just one baserunner the following 4 innings. Toronto broke via for a pair within the seventh on Cavan Biggio’s RBI ground-rule double and pinch-hitter Alejandro Kirk’s base hit to drive in Biggio.