Morales homers in 10th for 7-6 win
Toronto watches three-run lead evaporate as Angels rally in the eighth; Jays split series
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Kendrys Morales connected for a pinchhit homer in the 10th inning, sending the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in American League baseball action Sunday afternoon.
Morales hit a two-out drive to right off Hansel Robles for his eighth homer. Robles (2-3) was making his Angels debut after he was claimed off waivers from the New York Mets.
Curtis Granderson, Aledmys Diaz and Devon Travis also homered for Toronto, which split the four-game series after dropping the first two. Diaz had two hits and scored three times.
The Blue Jays had a 6-3 lead before the Angels rallied in the eighth, taking advantage of two errors.
Ryan Tepera (5-2) replaced Aaron Loup with two out and the bases loaded, and Martin Maldonado responded with a three-run double to left.
Tepera then picked Maldonado off second to end the inning. He also worked the ninth, and Tyler Clippard got three outs for his fourth save.
Toronto jumped in front on Travis’s three-run shot off of Felix Pena in the second. Diaz hit a tiebreaking leadoff drive in the sixth, and Granderson added his seventh of the season with two out. Justin Upton hit his 17th homer for the Angels, and Maldonado had two hits and four RBIs. Pena, a converted reliever making his second career start, allowed three runs and eight hits in five innings.
Toronto right-hander Sam Gaviglio was charged with three runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings in his first start back from paternity leave.