ANAHEIM, California (AP) – Alejandro Kirk mistakenly scored right fielder Juan Lagares in the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays got a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
Kirk led the ninth with a single in the center against Raisel Iglesias (1-3) and advanced to the second with a touch of sacrifice. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. he made a base shot on the right field to move Kirk to third, and scored when Lagares misplayed the ball.
Gurriel had three hits and drove a run, while Kirk had two hits for the Blue Jays, who have won seven of 10.
Jared Walsh and Tyler Wade homered for the Angels, missing injured Shohei Ohtani and Anthony Rendon from the starting lineup. Wade was in lineup at third base in Rendon’s absence.
Ohtani came on as a pinch in the ninth but was eliminated by Jordan Romano, who got his 15th stop. Trevor Richards (2-0) got the win.
Toronto starter Alek Manoah set a new high for the season, but allowed three runs with seven hits, including two homers.
Los Angeles ’Chase Silseth made 4 1/3 innings and gave up two runs with six hits. The Angels have come down three in a row.
Toronto’s Bo Bichette led the second inning with a rule double in the corner of the right field. He advanced to third with a base shot from Teoscar Hernandez and scored when Kirk landed on a double play.
The Angels responded at the end of the inning when Andrew Velázquez’s simple bloop on the left field line propelled Luis Rengifo to a 1-yard touchdown. second when Raimel Tapia rolled. between the legs by mistake.
Walsh hit his tenth home run in the third inning when he hit a change from Manoah that barely hit the wall in the middle. Toronto led the fifth with three consecutive hits, including a double from Gurriel Jr. even with 2-garlic.
Los Angeles regained the lead in the home half with a solo shot from Wade on the right. He was Wade’s first homer since September 26, 2020, when he was with the New York Yankees.
Toronto equaled it in seventh place with Matt Chapman’s single RBI single.
CLOSE CALL
Tapia was in third base with an out in the fifth when George Springer hit a line drive that was missing, but hit Tapia in the leg. After a short tussle with the defender, Tapia finally tucked the ball home.
TOO STRATEGIC?
Toronto had four gardeners on most turns at Trout’s bat, with second baseman Cavan Biggio switching to right field. Trout made them pay with a double for the left field line in the fifth inning.
Left fielder Gurriel threw the ball into the second but no one covered, allowing Trout to move to third by mistake. Trout seemed to give the Angels a 4-2 lead when he scored for a field goal pick, but the replay canceled out the call and decided that Bichette’s throw to Kirk came on time.
COACH ROOM
Blue Jays: LHP Tayler Saucedo (right hip discomfort) continued his throwing progression from 120 feet.
Angels: Ohtani was out of line for back pain. … Rendon had an MRI on his right wrist after feeling more pain.
UNTIL NEXT
Blue Jays: LHP Yusei Kikuchi (2-1, 3.47 ERA) has held batsmen against a batting average of .111 in four May starts.
Angels: RHP Michael Lorenzen (5-2, 3.05 ERA) has won his last two starters. He threw six three-hit ball innings in his last outing on May 14 against Oakland.