Chavez has had two separate stints with the Blue Jays.īlue Jays: RHP Cesar Valdez (1-0, 4.97) pitched six innings to beat Oakland Tuesday, winning for the first time since his major league debut in May 2010. Toronto optioned RHP Chris Smith to Buffalo and activated RHP Mike Bolsinger (left knee) off the DL.Īngels: RHP Jesse Chavez (5-10, 5.35) has a 5.82 ERA in 26 career games at Rogers Centre. RHP Scribner was selected from Triple-A Salt Lake.īlue Jays: SS Troy Tulowitzki (sprained right ankle) was placed on the 10-day DL and INF Rob Refsnyder was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo. Petit walked none and struck out five.Īngels slugger Albert Pujols went 0 for 3 with a walk and is hitless in 24 at bats.Īngels: INF Nick Franklin, acquired from Milwaukee last month, was designated for assignment. Making his first start of the season after 36 relief appearances, Angels right-hander Yusmeiro Petit allowed one run and three hits in four innings. The Blue Jays added two more against Keynan Middleton in the fifth on back-to-back doubles by Darwin Barney and Ryan Goins. Toronto took a 1-0 lead in the fourth when Josh Donaldson scored on Simmons' throwing error after advancing to third on a fly ball. Toronto answered in the bottom half when Miguel Montero hit a two-run homer off Scribner, his first since joining the Blue Jays earlier this month. Mike Trout drove in the first run and Andrelton Simmons hit a two-out, two-run single. With several scouts in attendance to watch his performance ahead of Monday's trade deadline, Blue Jays left-hander Francisco Liriano allowed three runs and five hits in six innings.Īll the scoring off Liriano came in the sixth, when the Angels rallied from a 3-0 deficit. Troy Scribner (1-0) worked two innings to earn the win in his major league debut and Bud Norris finished for his 16th save in 18 chances, putting runners at first and second before getting Jose Bautista to ground into a double play. Three of those blown saves came before April 28. The blown save was Osuna's fifth of the season. Los Angeles won for the 13th time in its past 17 games at Rogers Centre. Revere scored the go-ahead run on Pennington's sacrifice fly to shallow center. Kole Calhoun hit a one-out single, Martin Maldonado was hit by a pitch, Ben Revere hit an RBI double, and pinch-runner Kaleb Cowart scored on a wild pitch, sending Revere to third. Trailing 5-3 against Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna (3-1), the Angels took the lead with a three-run ninth. However, the Red Sox couldn’t walk away entirely happy, as Chris Sale exited after 3.2 innings because of an apparent shoulder injury.TORONTO (AP) - Cliff Pennington drove in the tiebreaking run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Saturday. Jose Bautista out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Ben Revere to shortstop Andrelton Simmons to second baseman Cliff Pennington. Ezequiel Carrera advances to 3rd, on a fielding error by left fielder Ben Revere. With the game tied at two in the eighth, though, Kevin Herget gave up six runs, with Rafael Devers driving home one with a double, Kiké Hernández singling home two, and Connor Wong hitting a two-run homer. Single Jose Bautista singles on a line drive to left fielder Ben Revere. Reds starter Hunter Greene was brilliant, striking out eight and allowing just two hits over six innings of one-run ball. Willi Castro lofted one to right for a sac fly and a surprising comeback win at Target Field.īoston Red Sox (29-27) 8, Cincinnati Reds (26-30) 2Ī low-scoring affair gave way to a late-inning explosion from Boston to put the game away, helping them avoid an embarrassing sweep at Fenway. Eli Morgan came on for the Guardians in the ninth, and the Twins immediately loaded the bases with none out. But former Yankee farmhand Trevor Stephan yielded an RBI double to Donovan Solano and a crushing game-tying homer to Royce Lewis, and suddenly it was 6-6. A five-run outburst in the sixth had the Guardians up 6-3 entering the eighth, and with a number of high-octane arms in the bullpen, that felt as though it should be plenty for Cleveland to cruise home. This one looked like it would be a cinch for Cleveland. Minnesota Twins (29-27) 7, Cleveland Guardians (25-30) 6 For those curious, Shohei Ohtani only managed a 1-for-5 night with two strikeouts. The Angels wouldn’t have as good a chance the rest of the way, as the quality Houston bullpen did its job behind Blanco, with Ryan Pressly working the ninth for his 11th save.
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