US EditionAngels can’t complete 1st series sweep as Blue Jays rally
- The Toronto Blue Jays secured an 8-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, ending their four-game losing streak and preventing a series sweep on the evening of May 8, 2025.
- The Angels built a four-run lead early with home runs by Taylor Ward and Jo Adell but the Blue Jays rallied primarily in the sixth inning to overcome it.
- In the sixth inning, the Blue Jays managed to fill the bases on multiple occasions, driving in four runs, highlighted by Anthony Santander’s go-ahead two-run single that helped shift the momentum in their favor.
- Angels' Ryan Johnson took the loss after allowing three runs without recording an out in his 14th major league appearance, while Ron Washington noted, "Anytime you center a ball the way they did, that's progress."
- The loss ended the Angels' chance at a sweep and marked their ninth defeat in 12 games, while Jose Soriano acknowledged through an interpreter that frustration is part of pitching and sometimes walking batters happens.
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Chicago Tribune
Tiles go back 4 race deficit and beat 8-5 Angelinos, avoiding sweeping in the series
ANAHEIM, California, USA (AP) — Venezuelan Anthony Santander connected a two-run single that put Toronto in the lead for a sixth four-notation inning, and the Tiles beat Los Angeles Angelinos on Thursday 8-5. Toronto thus broke its four-beat run in a row. Daulton Varsho hit a home run and pushed three runs with three hits for the Tiles, who recovered from an early four-run deficit by connecting 14 hits to avoid a sweep in the series. Dominican V…
Daulton Varsho's 3-hit, 3-RBI game guides Jays past Angels
Daulton Varsho finished a triple shy of hitting for the cycle, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday in Anaheim, Calif., that prevented a three-game sweep.
San Bernardino Sun
Angels can’t complete 1st series sweep as Blue Jays rally
ANAHEIM — The first series sweep of the season remained out of reach for the Angels, who pulled off feats of daring and strength in the early going before fading into the night. Once holding a four-run lead, the Angels let it all slip away in a 8-5 defeat after the Toronto Blue Jays loaded the bases four different times in a four-run sixth inning. Fresh off of late game-winning rallies with six runs in the eighth inning on Tuesday and three more…
Idaho Press
Blue Jays rally from 4 runs down to beat Angels 8-5, avoid series sweep
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Anthony Santander hit a go-ahead, two-run single during Toronto’s four-run sixth inning, and the Blue Jays snapped their four-game losing streak with an 8-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night.
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