Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Toronto 7, LA Angels 3
When: 7:07 PM ET, Monday, May 12, 2014
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Larry Vanover, 1B - Angel Hernandez, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Toby Basner
Attendance: 13603

Blue Jays 7, Angels 3: Jose Bautista homered and Mark Buehrle worked six solid innings as Toronto avoided a four-game sweep against visiting Los Angeles.

Brett Lawrie added a two-run blast and Bautista finished with three hits for the Blue Jays. Buehrle (7-1) issued a season-high five walks but limited the damage to two runs and six hits to become the major leagues' first seven-game winner.

Bautista, who had a streak of 37 straight games reaching base come to an end in Sunday’s loss, got right back into a groove with a three-run homer in the first inning off C.J. Wilson (4-3). Mike Trout doubled in two runs and C.J. Cron added a solo home run for Los Angeles.

The first two batters reached on an infield single and a walk in front of Bautista, who swatted a 2-1 changeup into the stands in left field for his 10th homer and a 3-0 lead. Trout’s double off the wall in straightaway center in the third plated Collin Cowgill and Grant Green to cut the deficit to 3-2.

Lawrie restored the three-run advantage with a shot to left in the sixth as Wilson was charged with five runs on six hits while striking out eight in six innings. Cron got a run back with a blast to left off Steve Delabar in the eighth, but Juan Francisco delivered a two-run single in the bottom of the frame as the Blue Jays put it away.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Toronto CF Colby Rasmus left the game in the sixth inning with tightness in his right hamstring, shifting RF Bautista over to center. … Angels 1B/DH Albert Pujols went 0-for-4 in the game and is just 1-for-20 in his last five contests. … The Blue Jays continue their homestand by hosting the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday, while Los Angeles begins a two-game series at Philadelphia.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Angels   Toronto
C.J. Wilson Player Mark Buehrle
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.0
8 Strikeouts 2
6 Hits 6
7.50 ERA 3.00
Hitting
LA Angels   Toronto
Grant Green Player Jose Bautista
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 3
0 HR 1
2 TB 6
.667 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Angels 7 1 11 .219 19 4 3 6 0 1
Toronto 9 2 15 .281 10 12 7 4 0 0