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04/21 23:34 CDT Sosa has tiebreaking 2-run double, Varland snuffs out Angels
rally as Blue Jays hold on for 4-2 win
Sosa has tiebreaking 2-run double, Varland snuffs out Angels rally as Blue Jays
hold on for 4-2 win
By MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- 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.
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 Yon
Moncada's RBI single made it 4-2.
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's relay throw beat
Schanuel, who slid head-first.
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 Jimnez followed with an RBI
single, and Toronto's Tyler Rogers retired the side in order in the bottom half.
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.
Jimnez drove in two runs for the Blue Jays, who have won three straight.
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.
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.
Up next
Blue Jays LHP Eric Lauer (1-3, 7.13 ERA) will oppose Angels RHP Jose Soriano
(5-0, 0.28) in Wednesday's series finale. Soriano has won each of his starts
while allowing one run in 32 2/3 innings.
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