Angels Strike Out 18 Times Against Blue Jays And Lose Third In A Row

Dylan Cease struck retired 12 successful 5 innings and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had 3 hits, including a two-run homer, arsenic nan Toronto Blue Jays hit nan Angels 5-2 connected Monday night.

Lenyn Sosa put Toronto up pinch a sacrifice alert successful nan sixth, and Nathan Lukes knocked successful 2 precocious security runs aft coming disconnected nan bench.

Cease (1-0) earned his first triumph for nan Blue Jays and vanished 1 strikeout awkward of his profession precocious contempt needing 110 pitches to get 15 outs. The right-hander, who signed a $210-million, seven-year statement arsenic a free supplier successful December, constricted nan Angels to 2 runs and 5 hits. He walked 2 and whiffed Jorge Soler pinch a 99-mph fastball connected his last pitch.

Toronto reliever Braydon Fisher threw a scoreless sixth, Louis Varland struck retired 3 of his 4 batters and Tyler Rogers sewage nan last 2 retired successful nan eighth. Struggling person Jeff Hoffman fanned 3 successful a one-hit ninth for his 3rd save.

Angels left-hander Reid Detmers (1-2) gave up 4 runs and 5 hits successful six innings, striking retired 5 and stepping two. The Angels struck retired a season-high 18 times and have mislaid 3 straight.

The Blue Jays snapped a 2-2 necktie successful nan sixth aft Guerrero and Eloy Jiménez singled. Guerrero went to 3rd connected Kazuma Okamoto’s grounder and scored connected Sosa’s sacrifice fly.

Lukes drove successful a tally pinch a pinch-hit azygous successful nan seventh and added an RBI groundout that made it 5-2 successful nan ninth.

The Angels took a 1-0 lead successful nan first erstwhile Nolan Schanuel doubled and Soler, who had 1 deed and 13 strikeouts successful 23 profession at-bats against Cease, roped an RBI azygous to near field.

Toronto countered pinch 2 successful nan 3rd erstwhile Davis Schneider walked and Guerrero crushed a hanging changeup 430 feet to halfway for his 2nd homer this season.

The Angels tied it astatine 2 successful nan bottommost half. Zach Neto walked, Mike Trout singled, and aft a double steal, Schanuel deed a sacrifice fly.