TORONTO
-- Troy Scribner's major league debut was already done by the time the
nerves set in. When they did, it was because his first shot at a
victory was on the line.
Scribner (1-0) pitched three innings, Cliff Pennington drove in the tiebreaking run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Saturday.
Trailing 5-3 against Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna (3-1), the Angels took the lead with a three-run ninth. Kole Calhoun hit a one-out single, Martin Maldonado was hit by a pitch, Ben Revere hit an RBI double, and pinch-runner Kaleb Cowart scored on a wild pitch, sending Revere to third. Revere scored the go-ahead run on Pennington's sacrifice fly to shallow center.
Los Angeles won for the 13th time in its past 17 games at Rogers Centre.
The blown save was Osuna's fifth of the season, three of which came before April 28.
"One of those days," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "You don't see too often. Got to move on."
Scribner had been in line for the loss after giving up Miguel Montero's tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth. Darwin Barney followed with a single but Scribner retired the next seven in a row.
"He gave us three innings that we really needed," manager Mike Scioscia said. "Everybody you talk to say he's got great make-up, he's aggressive, all the things you're looking for in a young pitcher. He bounced back after the home run."
Mostly calm on the mound, Scribner said the stress kicked as he watched Bud Norris finish for his 16th save in 18 chances, putting runners at first and second before getting Jose Bautista to ground into a double play.
"When we went ahead I was like `Wow, this might be my win right here," Scribner said. "I got nervous then because I was like `Oh man.' We got into a little trouble in the last inning but we pulled it out. It was awesome."
With several scouts in attendance to watch his performance ahead of Monday's trade deadline, Blue Jays left-hander Francisco Liriano allowed three runs and five hits in six innings.
"I felt good today, I felt like my fastball was working well," Liriano said. "My location was great. I made a couple of mistake here and there but I felt like I pitched pretty well."
All the scoring off Liriano came in the sixth, when the Angels rallied from a 3-0 deficit. Mike Trout drove in the first run and Andrelton Simmons hit a two-out, two-run single.
Toronto answered in the bottom half when Miguel Montero hit a two-run homer off Scribner, his first since joining the Blue Jays earlier this month.
Toronto took a 1-0 lead in the fourth when Josh Donaldson scored on Simmons' throwing error after advancing to third on a fly ball. The Blue Jays added two more against Keynan Middleton in the fifth on back-to-back doubles by Darwin Barney and Ryan Goins.
Making his first start of the season after 36 relief appearances, Angels right-hander Yusmeiro Petit allowed one run and three hits in four innings. Petit walked none and struck out five.
Angels slugger Albert Pujols went 0 for 3 with a walk and is hitless in 24 at bats. Scioscia said he wasn't convinced Pujols needed a day off to rest and clear his head.
"It seems like he's just missing some pitches but he feels strong, he feels like he's starting to put better swings on the ball," Scioscia said. "Don't think he's tired."
BIRTHDAY GIRL
Scribner's parents drove to Toronto from Connecticut on Friday, stopping in Buffalo, NY, to acquire passports. The family planned to go out and hold a double celebration Saturday night -- it was also his mother's birthday.
TROUT TAKES TORONTO
Trout has reached base safely in 14 straight games against the Blue Jays. He's batting .439 (25 for 57) in that span.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: INF Nick Franklin, acquired from Milwaukee last month, was designated for assignment. RHP Scribner was selected from Triple-A Salt Lake.
Blue Jays: SS Troy Tulowitzki (sprained right ankle) was placed on the 10-day DL and INF Rob Refsnyder was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo. ... Toronto optioned RHP Chris Smith to Buffalo and activated RHP Mike Bolsinger (left knee) off the DL.
UP NEXT
Angels: RHP Jesse Chavez (5-10, 5.35) has a 5.82 ERA in 26 career games at Rogers Centre. Chavez has had two separate stints with the Blue Jays.
Blue Jays: RHP Cesar Valdez (1-0, 4.97) pitched six innings to beat Oakland Tuesday, winning for the first time since his major league debut in May 2010.
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Scribner (1-0) pitched three innings, Cliff Pennington drove in the tiebreaking run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Saturday.
Trailing 5-3 against Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna (3-1), the Angels took the lead with a three-run ninth. Kole Calhoun hit a one-out single, Martin Maldonado was hit by a pitch, Ben Revere hit an RBI double, and pinch-runner Kaleb Cowart scored on a wild pitch, sending Revere to third. Revere scored the go-ahead run on Pennington's sacrifice fly to shallow center.
Los Angeles won for the 13th time in its past 17 games at Rogers Centre.
The blown save was Osuna's fifth of the season, three of which came before April 28.
"One of those days," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "You don't see too often. Got to move on."
Scribner had been in line for the loss after giving up Miguel Montero's tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth. Darwin Barney followed with a single but Scribner retired the next seven in a row.
"He gave us three innings that we really needed," manager Mike Scioscia said. "Everybody you talk to say he's got great make-up, he's aggressive, all the things you're looking for in a young pitcher. He bounced back after the home run."
Mostly calm on the mound, Scribner said the stress kicked as he watched Bud Norris finish for his 16th save in 18 chances, putting runners at first and second before getting Jose Bautista to ground into a double play.
"When we went ahead I was like `Wow, this might be my win right here," Scribner said. "I got nervous then because I was like `Oh man.' We got into a little trouble in the last inning but we pulled it out. It was awesome."
With several scouts in attendance to watch his performance ahead of Monday's trade deadline, Blue Jays left-hander Francisco Liriano allowed three runs and five hits in six innings.
"I felt good today, I felt like my fastball was working well," Liriano said. "My location was great. I made a couple of mistake here and there but I felt like I pitched pretty well."
All the scoring off Liriano came in the sixth, when the Angels rallied from a 3-0 deficit. Mike Trout drove in the first run and Andrelton Simmons hit a two-out, two-run single.
Toronto answered in the bottom half when Miguel Montero hit a two-run homer off Scribner, his first since joining the Blue Jays earlier this month.
Toronto took a 1-0 lead in the fourth when Josh Donaldson scored on Simmons' throwing error after advancing to third on a fly ball. The Blue Jays added two more against Keynan Middleton in the fifth on back-to-back doubles by Darwin Barney and Ryan Goins.
Making his first start of the season after 36 relief appearances, Angels right-hander Yusmeiro Petit allowed one run and three hits in four innings. Petit walked none and struck out five.
Angels slugger Albert Pujols went 0 for 3 with a walk and is hitless in 24 at bats. Scioscia said he wasn't convinced Pujols needed a day off to rest and clear his head.
"It seems like he's just missing some pitches but he feels strong, he feels like he's starting to put better swings on the ball," Scioscia said. "Don't think he's tired."
BIRTHDAY GIRL
Scribner's parents drove to Toronto from Connecticut on Friday, stopping in Buffalo, NY, to acquire passports. The family planned to go out and hold a double celebration Saturday night -- it was also his mother's birthday.
TROUT TAKES TORONTO
Trout has reached base safely in 14 straight games against the Blue Jays. He's batting .439 (25 for 57) in that span.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: INF Nick Franklin, acquired from Milwaukee last month, was designated for assignment. RHP Scribner was selected from Triple-A Salt Lake.
Blue Jays: SS Troy Tulowitzki (sprained right ankle) was placed on the 10-day DL and INF Rob Refsnyder was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo. ... Toronto optioned RHP Chris Smith to Buffalo and activated RHP Mike Bolsinger (left knee) off the DL.
UP NEXT
Angels: RHP Jesse Chavez (5-10, 5.35) has a 5.82 ERA in 26 career games at Rogers Centre. Chavez has had two separate stints with the Blue Jays.
Blue Jays: RHP Cesar Valdez (1-0, 4.97) pitched six innings to beat Oakland Tuesday, winning for the first time since his major league debut in May 2010.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Los Angeles - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Francisco Liriano pitching for Toronto | LAA | TOR |
| Escobar grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Trout grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Pujols lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Yusmeiro Petit pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TOR |
| Bautista popped out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Donaldson struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Smoak singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Morales struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Francisco Liriano pitching for Toronto | LAA | TOR |
| Cron struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Simmons flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Calhoun grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Yusmeiro Petit pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TOR |
| Pearce grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Carrera struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Montero grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Francisco Liriano pitching for Toronto | LAA | TOR |
| Maldonado popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Robinson grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Pennington struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Yusmeiro Petit pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TOR |
| Barney struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Goins fouled out to catcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Bautista popped out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Francisco Liriano pitching for Toronto | LAA | TOR |
| Escobar grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Trout reached on infield single to third, Trout to second on throwing error by third baseman Donaldson. | 0 | 0 |
| Pujols grounded out to second, Trout to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Cron lined out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Yusmeiro Petit pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TOR |
| Donaldson singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Smoak singled to right, Donaldson to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Morales struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Pearce lined out to right, Donaldson scored, Smoak to third on throwing error by shortstop Simmons. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Francisco Liriano pitching for Toronto | LAA | TOR |
| Simmons flied out to left. | 0 | 1 |
| Calhoun struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Maldonado grounded out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Keynan Middleton pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TOR |
| Middleton relieved Petit. | 0 | 1 |
| Montero walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Barney doubled to left, Montero scored. | 0 | 2 |
| Goins doubled to shallow left, Barney scored. | 0 | 3 |
| Bautista flied out to right. | 0 | 3 |
| Donaldson struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| Smoak struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Francisco Liriano pitching for Toronto | LAA | TOR |
| Robinson singled to left center. | 0 | 3 |
| Pennington flied out to center. | 0 | 3 |
| Escobar singled to center, Robinson to third. | 0 | 3 |
| Trout singled to center, Robinson scored, Escobar to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Pujols walked, Escobar to third, Trout to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Cron struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Simmons singled to center, Escobar and Trout scored, Pujols to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Calhoun flied out to center. | 3 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Troy Scribner pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TOR |
| Scribner relieved Middleton. | 3 | 3 |
| Morales struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Pearce singled to right. | 3 | 3 |
| Carrera lined out to left. | 3 | 3 |
| Montero homered to center (421 feet), Pearce scored. | 3 | 5 |
| Barney singled to left. | 3 | 5 |
| Goins struck out looking. | 3 | 5 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Joe Biagini pitching for Toronto | LAA | TOR |
| Biagini relieved Liriano. | 3 | 5 |
| Maldonado grounded out to third. | 3 | 5 |
| Revere hit for Robinson. | 3 | 5 |
| Revere grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 5 |
| Pennington struck out swinging. | 3 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Troy Scribner pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TOR |
| Revere in left field. | 3 | 5 |
| Bautista flied out to right. | 3 | 5 |
| Donaldson flied out to center. | 3 | 5 |
| Smoak lined out to left. | 3 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Joe Smith pitching for Toronto | LAA | TOR |
| Smith relieved Biagini. | 3 | 5 |
| Escobar walked. | 3 | 5 |
| Trout flied out to center. | 3 | 5 |
| Pujols struck out swinging. | 3 | 5 |
| Valbuena hit for Cron. | 3 | 5 |
| Valbuena flied out to right. | 3 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Troy Scribner pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TOR |
| Valbuena at first base. | 3 | 5 |
| Morales lined out to left. | 3 | 5 |
| Pearce flied out to left. | 3 | 5 |
| Carrera fouled out to first. | 3 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Roberto Osuna pitching for Toronto | LAA | TOR |
| Pillar in center field. | 3 | 5 |
| Carrera in left field. | 3 | 5 |
| Osuna relieved Smith. | 3 | 5 |
| Simmons struck out looking. | 3 | 5 |
| Calhoun singled to center. | 3 | 5 |
| Maldonado hit by pitch, Calhoun to second. | 3 | 5 |
| Cowart ran for Maldonado. | 3 | 5 |
| Revere doubled to right, Calhoun scored, Cowart to third. | 4 | 5 |
| Cowart scored, Revere to third on wild pitch by Osuna. | 5 | 5 |
| Pennington hit sacrifice fly to center, Revere scored. | 6 | 5 |
| Escobar walked. | 6 | 5 |
| Trout popped out to shortstop. | 6 | 5 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Bud Norris pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TOR |
| Graterol catching. | 6 | 5 |
| Cowart at third base. | 6 | 5 |
| Norris relieved Scribner. | 6 | 5 |
| Montero walked. | 6 | 5 |
| Refsnyder ran for Montero. | 6 | 5 |
| Martin hit for Barney. | 6 | 5 |
| Martin struck out swinging. | 6 | 5 |
| Refsnyder safe at second on throwing error by pitcher Norris. | 6 | 5 |
| Goins walked. | 6 | 5 |
| Bautista grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Goins out at second. | 6 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles Angels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Escobar 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | .274 | .334 | .392 |
Graterol C
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .263 | .291 |
| Trout CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .327 | .445 | .682 |
| Pujols DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .228 | .276 | .366 |
| Cron 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .228 | .280 | .362 |
b-Valbuena PH-1B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .197 | .270 | .394 |
| Simmons SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .301 | .351 | .459 |
| Calhoun RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .232 | .312 | .368 |
| Maldonado C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .241 | .307 | .404 |
Cowart PR-3B
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .471 | .526 | .647 |
| Robinson LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .143 | .217 | .143 |
a-Revere PH-LF
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .244 | .265 | .320 |
| Pennington 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .246 | .312 | .310 |
| Totals | 33 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 142 | |||
| a-grounded to shortstop for S Robinson in the 7th b-flied out to right for C Cron in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Revere (8, Osuna) RBI: Trout (45), Simmons 2 (46), Revere (10), Pennington (10) SF: Pennington 2-out RBI: Simmons 2 Angels RISP: 3-7 (Cron 0-2, Calhoun 0-1, Simmons 1-1, Revere 1-1, Pujols 0-1, Trout 1-1) Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Simmons (9, throw); Norris (1, throw) DP: 1 (Pennington-Simmons-Valbuena). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON |
| Attendance | 46,502 (94.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:52 |
| Weather | 79 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - John Tumpane, First Base - Sean Barber, Second Base - Ted Barrett, Third Base - Angel Hernandez |
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