Angels snap slump by thumping tired Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays played like a team that arrived home in the wee morning hours after a successful, intense 6-1 road trip against a pair of heated rivals, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.

The Angels (53-73) snapped a six-game losing streak to win for just the second time in 11 games, while Toronto (68-56) lost for only the second time in nine outings.

"You flush it," interim Toronto manager John Schneider said. "It's one bad day in the last eight."

To make matters worse right-fielder Teoscar Hernandez departed after two innings with a left foot contusion before 40,754 at Rogers Centre in Toronto.

He fell to the ground in the batter's box in the first inning after fouling a pitch off his foot. He injured the same foot at Yankee Stadium a week ago.

In the second inning, the Angels scored two runs on a double off the left-field fence from David Fletcher with the bases loaded. Shohei Ohtani then smacked a triple off the fence in left field to score another two runs.

Hernandez was in position to make the catch but stopped running. The ball landed 10 feet to his right.

"I think it was a misread by him," Schneider said. "If he were really, really hurt, he would have come out."

Hernandez did come out, but the Angels had built a 5-0 lead.

"We're trying to be careful with him there," Schneider said.

The only player who did not have a built-in excuse was starter Mitch White (1-4). He flew home early to get a good night's rest.

But after the rocky second inning, he surrendered a two-run homer to Andrew Velazquez in the third inning.

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