Angels rough up Estrada

TORONTO — The dynamic duo of Mike Trout and Albert Pujols got the best of Marco Estrada.

Trout and Pujols hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning as the Los Angeles Angels snapped an 11-game road losing streak Wednesday night by routing the Toronto Blue Jays 8-2.

“They have two of the best hitters on one team, made two good pitches to them and they hit them out,” Estrada said. “I got hit around with some decent pitches out there, it’s going to happen.”

Pujols moved into sole possession of 10th alltime on the MLB home run list with his 584th career homer in the first that moved him past Mark McGwire. He finished the night with four hits and three runs-batted in on a slightly muggy night at Rogers Centre.

“That’s pretty special,” Trout said of his teammate’s accomplishment. “Obviously, he and McGwire were teammates, they know each other well. It’s pretty special for him.”

It was the start of a rough night for Estrada, who went five innings, giving up six earned runs on 10 hits, walking three (one intentional) and striking out four. The right hander hasn’t gone past the fifth inning in three-straight starts.

Estrada’s record dropped to 7-6 on the season.

Yankees 5, Mariners 0

SEATTLE — For the first time in a month, the Seattle Mariners offence that helped lift them back into playoff contention went absent and on a day Hisashi Iwakuma was far from his best.

Rookie Gary Sanchez kept up his torrid stretch with his seventh home run in the past nine games, and Masahiro Tanaka won his fourth straight start, leading the New York Yankees to a 5-0 victory over the Mariners on Wednesday.

Tanaka (11-4) threw seven innings and got the better of the Mariners and Iwakuma, his former Japan league teammate. Seattle was shut out for the first time since July 24 and for just the fifth time all season.

Iwakuma (14-9) lost his second straight start.