Jo Adell Powers Angels Past Blue Jays 6-1 — Jays Score Today
jays score today came with a simple answer from Jo Adell: two solo homers and a 6-1 Angels win over the Blue Jays on Sunday in Toronto. Los Angeles stopped a three-game sweep and snapped an eight-game road losing streak that dated to April 16.
Adell Changes The Game
Adell homered in the sixth inning and again in the ninth, giving the Angels all the cushion they needed after José Soriano worked 7 2/3 innings with seven strikeouts. The first blast broke the game open, and the second finished it with the Blue Jays already chasing a deficit they never cut into.
Oswald Peraza added a two-run homer in the fifth, and that swing widened the gap before Adell delivered his second solo shot. Toronto got its only run on Kazuma Okamoto’s RBI double in the first inning, but the Blue Jays did not generate much after that against Soriano.
Soriano Holds Toronto Down
Soriano allowed two hits and one walk in the opening inning, then settled in and retired 20 consecutive outs before Myles Straw reached on an infield hit in the eighth. When back-to-back singles loaded the bases, Sam Bachman entered and got Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to ground into a forceout, preserving the lead without letting Toronto turn the game.
That stretch kept the Angels from having to match every early hit with a response. Soriano’s line left Toronto with one run and few clean chances after the first inning, and the bullpen finished the last inning-and-a-third without a collapse.
Lauer’s Run Continues
All three Blue Jays home runs in the game came off Eric Lauer, who allowed six runs and five hits in five innings. He has not won since March 29 against the Athletics, a dry spell that stretched through another rough outing against Los Angeles.
Blue Jays right fielder Addison Barger was scratched because of a sore right shoulder after returning Saturday from a 29-game absence caused by a sore left ankle. He had made a 101.2 mph throw to retire Jorge Soler at home plate on Saturday, but Toronto could not lean on that kind of defense Sunday as the Angels ended a nine-game slump in Toronto and left with a result that reset both clubs’ recent runs.
