| Scoreboard | ||||||||||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| L.A. Angels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Toronto « | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | 3 | 6 | 2 |
TORONTO -- Casey Janssen grew up an Angels fan, so beating them for his first major league win was extra special.
Janssen dominated in his third career start and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 on Sunday.
"You got to root for your hometown team, but now I'm rooting for the Jays," said Janssen, who grew up 10 minutes from the Angels' ballpark. "It was cool. It was televised back home. All my friends and family were watching. It was special to share it with them."
Janssen (1-2) allowed one hit in 7 1/3 innings, Chone Figgins' sharp single to center with one out in the sixth. The 24-year-old right-hander, who replaced injured A.J. Burnett in the rotation, struck out three and walked one.
After Howie Kendrick reached on shortstop Russ Adams' error in the eighth, Janssen left to a standing ovation.
Teammate Vernon Wells got him with a shaving-cream pie to the face after the game. Janssen got the ball and said he was going to call his parents.
"It's pretty exciting. You wait a long time to get your first big league win," Janssen said. "Hopefully, there's many more to come."
Ryan got his seventh save in seven chances, allowing a ninth-inning single to Orlando Cabrera, who scored on Garret Anderson's sacrifice fly. It was the first run this year off Ryan, who has pitched 15 innings.
Troy Glaus homered for the Blue Jays, who have won two of three from Los Angeles going into Monday's series finale.
The Angels have lost eight of 10 and are hitting just .250 this season.
"We don't have the same kind of lineup as a lot of other teams," hitting coach Mickey Brantley said. "We have to try to make things happen. I know Mike (Scioscia) is doing everything he can to keep these guys going and so am I. We just have to weather the storm a little bit."
John Lackey (3-3) pitched a six-hitter in his first complete game of the season. He didn't allow a hit until Shea Hillenbrand singled two out in the fifth.
"You'd like win when you have that kind of stuff," Lackey said.
Lackey said he pitched his first big league game against the Rangers, the team he grew rooting for.
"It's exciting when you go against the team you grew up watching," Lackey said
Adams singled in the sixth, advanced to second on John McDonald's sacrifice, took third on a wild pitch and scored on Frank Catalanotto's RBI double.
Glaus hit his 10th homer in the seventh inning. Toronto got another run in the eighth when Adams singled leading off and scored on a two-out error by Chone Figgins, who misplayed Reed Johnson's two-out grounder to third.
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| Casey Janssen, A.J.'s replacement in the rotation, celebrates his win with Vernon Wells. (AP) |
| Players of the Game |
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| Los Angeles Angels | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Chone Figgins, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .280 |
| Orlando Cabrera, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Vladimir Guerrero, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .323 |
| Garret Anderson, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .276 |
| Adam Kennedy, 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .301 |
| a- Robb Quinlan, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 |
| Mike Napoli, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .273 |
| Casey Kotchman, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .158 |
| Howie Kendrick, DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .130 |
| Tommy Murphy, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 |
| Totals | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| a-flied out for Kennedy in the 9th | ||||||||
| Batting | ||||||||
| SF - Garret Anderson (2) | ||||||||
| RBI - Garret Anderson (19) | ||||||||
| SB - Howie Kendrick (1, 2nd base off Ryan/Molina) | ||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | ||||||||
| Fielding | ||||||||
| E - Chone Figgins (4, Misplayed grounder) | ||||||||
| Los Angeles Angels | ||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| John Lackey (L,3-3) | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.38 |
| WP - John Lackey (2) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - John Lackey 105-75 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - John Lackey 10-11 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - John Lackey 30 | ||||||||
| Toronto Blue Jays | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Alex Rios, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .389 |
| Frank Catalanotto, LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .362 |
| Reed Johnson, LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Vernon Wells, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .355 |
| Troy Glaus, 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 |
| Eric Hinske, DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .317 |
| Shea Hillenbrand, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .356 |
| Bengie Molina, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .275 |
| Russ Adams, SS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .233 |
| John McDonald, 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .229 |
| Totals | 29 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Batting | ||||||||
| 2B - Frank Catalanotto (7, Lackey) | ||||||||
| HR - Troy Glaus (10, Lackey) | ||||||||
| SH - John McDonald (1) | ||||||||
| RBI - Frank Catalanotto (13), Troy Glaus (26) | ||||||||
| 2-OUT RBI - Frank Catalanotto (3) | ||||||||
| CS - Alex Rios (3, 2nd base by Lackey/Napoli) | ||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | ||||||||
| Fielding | ||||||||
| E - Russ Adams 2 (6, Wild throw) | ||||||||
| Toronto Blue Jays | ||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Casey Janssen (W,1-2) | 7.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.63 |
| B.J. Ryan (S,7) | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.60 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Casey Janssen 86-54, B.J. Ryan 16-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Casey Janssen 16-5 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Casey Janssen 26, B.J. Ryan 6 | ||||||||
| Game Information |
| Attendance - 24351 |
| Game Time - 2:00 |
| Temperature - 68 |
| Umpires - Home - Larry Young, First Base - Mike Everitt, Second Base - Alfonso Marquez, Third Base - Rob Drake |
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