The Los Angeles Angels are 9-8-0 against the run lineĠ4/18/17 P J.A. The Los Angeles Angels are 6-11-0 against the over/under Important Los Angeles Angels Betting Trends The Toronto Blue Jays are 5-11-0 against the run line The Toronto Blue Jays are 6-10-0 against the over/under Valuable Toronto Blue Jays Betting Trends The Angels are 9-8-0 against the run line and have a 6-11-0 over/under record. The Blue Jays have a 6-10-0 over/under record and a 5-11-0 run line mark. Toronto opens at -125 while Los Angeles opens at +115. The probable starting pitchers are Marcus Stroman for the Blue Jays and Jesse Chavez for the Angels. Jesse ChavezĪngel Stadium is the site of the matchup between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday, April 23, 2017. "You don't see that coming.Get todays MLB odds and lines on this game. With the summer they've had, the Blue Jays were thankful the wild game leaned their way. Luis Valbuena would add a sacrifice fly in the ninth to give Los Angeles what should have been an insurmountable 10-4 lead. Still, the Angels kept coming, adding runs in the fifth - when Revere reached on a fielder's choice, stole second, took third on a Montero throwing error, and finally sprinted home on a shallow sacrifice fly - and the sixth, when Pujols hit his 16th homer. Pearce then clubbed a double to centre - missing a home run by a few feet - before a Miguel Montero groundout made it 7-4. In the bottom of the third, singles from Carrera, Martin and Smoak and a sacrifice fly from Morales cut the lead to 7-3. Infielder Kaleb Cowart led off with a triple, former Blue Jay Yunel Escobar followed with a double, Trout walked and Pujols singled to give the Angels a 4-1 lead.īefore the inning was over, Andrelton Simmons doubled in two runs to chase Valdez before Ben Revere added an RBI single to put the Angels up 7-1. Though Carrera responded with a lead-off homer in the bottom half of the inning, the Blue Jays and Valdez unravelled in a messy third. With Mike Trout on base in the first inning, Pujols sent the eighth pitch of the game into the left-field seats to give the Angels a 2-0 lead. "He missed pretty bad on the first two pitches so I was really able to lock in on the next pitch," Pearce said.Ĭesar Valdez started for the Blue Jays, and after the journeyman right-hander picked up his first win in over seven years with a solid start against Oakland Tuesday, it was immediately clear he wasn't going to be as sharp Sunday. With Norris taking over on the mound, Ezequiel Carrera and Russell Martin singled to cut the lead to 10-7 and, after Justin Smoak grounded out, Kendrys Morales walked to set the table for Pearce's heroics. The rally started when Kevin Pillar hit a two-run homer and infielder Rob Refsnyder doubled to chase Angels reliever Brooks Pounders. Matt Dermody got the win after pitching three innings of relief without giving up an earned run.Īlbert Pujols homered twice for the Angels (51-55), who seemed to be in cruise control until Toronto's wild ninth inning. Toronto's rally comes a day after the Angels stunned the Jays (49-56) with a dramatic ninth-inning comeback of their own. Pearce became just the third player in MLB history with two walk-off grand slams in one season. "Pearce with a granny to win it - that's really rare in this game." Making history "You never see those coming with that big a deficit," said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. Really hasn't sunk in yet," said Pearce, who was asked if the grand slam from Thursday's win over Oakland gave him any extra confidence. The Blue Jays erased a 6-run 9th inning deficit for the largest comeback in team history.Īfterwards, he was at a loss to explain his recent flair for the dramatic. Duration 2:11 For the 2nd time in 4 days, Steve Pearce hit a walk-off grand slam, as Toronto beat L.A.
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