TORONTO (AP) — Addison Barger and Alejandro Kirk hit two-run home runs each, Kevin Gausman tied a season-high 10 strikeouts and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-2 on Sunday to sweep the seven-game season series.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached base four times and scored two runs as the Blue Jays won for the 11th time in 13 meetings with Los Angeles. Guerrero had two hits and the Angels intentionally walked him twice.
Brandon Drury hit a solo home run for the Angels, his second of the season, but Los Angeles lost its fifth straight game and 13th of 16.
Barger hit a home run against right-hander Hunter Strickland in the sixth inning and Kirk extended Toronto’s lead by hitting a home run against left-hander Matt Moore in the seventh inning, the fifth home run of the season for both.
Barger went 2-for-3 with a walk and hit his second home run of the series. His ninth-inning hit on Friday gave Toronto a 5-4 victory.
Gausman (12-9) pitched seven innings, striking out the first nine batters in a row and winning for the sixth time in eight starts. He allowed one run and two hits and did not walk a batter.
Kirk scored the game’s first run with a bases-loaded walk in the third inning, but the Angels tied it in the fourth inning when Taylor Ward hit a leadoff triple and scored on Zach Neto’s single.
Guerrero restored Toronto’s lead with a two-out RBI double against Angels left-hander Tyler Anderson in the fifth inning.
Anderson (10-12) allowed two runs and four hits in five innings. He allowed four walks and had three strikeouts.
TRAINING ROOM
Angels: OF Mickey Moniak returned after missing the last two games. Moniak left Thursday’s series opener in the third inning after being hit by a pitch on the left elbow.
Next
Angels: RHP Johnny Cueto (0-1, 4.26 ERA) is scheduled to make his second start of the season when LA visits Detroit on Tuesday. LHP Brant Hurter (1-1, 3.57) is scheduled to start for the Tigers.
Blue Jays: Toronto visits Boston on Monday afternoon, resuming a June 26 game that was suspended in the second inning due to rain. The teams will resume play Monday night. Neither Toronto nor Boston had named a pitcher for the suspended game. Blue Jays RHP José Berríos (12-9, 3.79 ERA) is scheduled to face Boston RHP Nick Pivetta (5-8, 4.70) in the night game.
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