TORONTO – Addison Barger’s hard-hit single into proper subject gave the Toronto Blue Jays a walk-off 4-3 win in 11 innings in opposition to the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday.
Barger’s two-out smash off reliever Ryan Zeferjahn (5-3) with the bases loaded prolonged the American League East-leading Blue Jays’ season-high win streak to seven video games earlier than 37,269 at Rogers Centre.
Braydon Fisher (3-0) registered the win for a robust tenth and eleventh innings.
Lazaro Estrada, 26, made his Main League Baseball debut and pitched 4 efficient innings for Toronto.
He gave up singles to Luis Rengifo and Nolan Schanuel within the seventh. Schanuel’s two-out smash to proper scored Rengifo for the tying run.
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George Springer put the Blue Jays (51-38) in entrance 3-2 with a two-run, 413-foot shot to straightaway centre within the third inning. His team-leading sixteenth homer elevated his RBI complete to 21 in his final 13 outings.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. returned to the lineup because the designated hitter after taking Friday off to get well from a sore proper foot after fouling off a pitch within the sixth inning on Thursday. He went 3 for 4 with three singles.
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After the groups traded first-inning runs, the Angels (43-45) went up 2-1 within the high of the third with a Jo Adell sacrifice fly.
Max Scherzer made his third begin since getting back from a three-month layoff to nurse a thumb harm. Regardless of placing out the aspect with a 10-pitch second inning, he ran up his pitch rely to 72 and departed after 4 innings.
Scherzer gave up two runs on 5 hits, three walks with 4 strikeouts.
His Angels counterpart Jack Kochanowicz lasted 5 1/3 innings, yielding three runs on six hits and two walks with a strikeout.
Takeaways
Angels: Kochanowicz hasn’t received a begin since Could 16.
Blue Jays: Reliever Yimi Garcia was positioned on the 15-day injured listing with a sprained left ankle. Righty Robinson Pena was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to switch Garcia.
Key Second
With runners on first and third and one out within the fourth, Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk caught Chad Stevens stealing second. Zach Neto then grounded out to finish the inning and hold Toronto in entrance 3-2.
Key Stat
Toronto’s final seven-game win streak was from July 15 to 26, 2022.
Up Subsequent
Toronto’s Kevin Gausman (6-6) faces Tyler Anderson (2-5) within the sequence finale on Sunday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed July 5, 2025.
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