ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Lenyn Sosa had a pinch-hit, two-run double during a three-run eighth inning, reliever Louis Varland bailed out struggling closer Jeff Hoffman by inducing a game-ending double-play grounder, and the Toronto Blue Jays held on for a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Hoffman struck out Zach Neto to open the ninth, but Mike Trout singled and Jo Adell and Jorge Soler were hit by pitches to load the bases. Pinch-hitter Yo\u00e1n Moncada’s RBI single made it 4-2.<\/p>\n
Toronto manager John Schneider pulled Hoffman in favor of Varland, who needed only one pitch to get Nolan Schanuel to ground into a 4-6-3 double play, which was upheld after a lengthy review. Shortstop Andres Gimenez\u2019s relay throw beat Schanuel, who slid head-first.<\/p>\n
Ernie Clement doubled off Drew Pomeranz (0-2) with one out in the eighth. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was intentionally walked, and Sosa drove his double off the right-center-field wall for a 3-1 lead. Eloy Jim\u00e9nez followed with an RBI single, and Toronto\u2019s Tyler Rogers retired the side in order in the bottom half.<\/p>\n
Blue Jays starter Patrick Corbin allowed one run and two hits in five innings. Reliever Spencer Miles threw 1 1\/3 scoreless innings, and left-hander Mason Fluharty (1-0) got two outs in the seventh.<\/p>\n
Jim\u00e9nez drove in two runs for the Blue Jays, who have won three straight.<\/p>\n
Angels starter Jack Kochanowicz was sharp, giving up one run and five hits in 5 2\/3 innings, but Los Angeles lost its fourth in a row.<\/p>\n
Mike Trout played his 1,366th game in center field for the Angels, tying Jim Fregosi (1,366 games at shortstop) for the most in franchise history at one position.<\/p>\n
Blue Jays LHP Eric Lauer (1-3, 7.13 ERA) will oppose Angels RHP Jose Soriano (5-0, 0.28) in Wednesday\u2019s series finale. Soriano has won each of his starts while allowing one run in 32 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Lenyn Sosa had a pinch-hit, two-run double during a three-run eighth inning, reliever Louis…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,23850,120077,54932,23851,97371,24871,120481,14506,14742,57484,68435,120080,120482,5128,57087,2390,5341,54971,5337,5339,5340,120483,13431,120079,15937,14504],"class_list":{"0":"post-279741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-headlines","10":"tag-anaheim-news","11":"tag-andres-gimenez","12":"tag-blue-jays-angels-score","13":"tag-drew-pomeranz","14":"tag-ernie-clement","15":"tag-jack-kochanowicz","16":"tag-jeff-hoffman","17":"tag-jim-fregosi","18":"tag-jo-adell","19":"tag-john-schneider","20":"tag-jorge-soler","21":"tag-jose-soriano","22":"tag-lenyn-sosa","23":"tag-louis-varland","24":"tag-mike-trout","25":"tag-nolan-schanuel","26":"tag-package-100024-ap-online","27":"tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","28":"tag-patrick-corbin","29":"tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","30":"tag-product-32562-ap-online-other-sports-news","31":"tag-product-40776-ap-california-sports-only","32":"tag-spencer-miles","33":"tag-toronto","34":"tag-tyler-rogers","35":"tag-vladimir-guerrero-jr","36":"tag-zach-neto"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}