Blue Jays at Angels
The Angels have been shut out by the Blue Jays in two straight games, and their fans are getting restless. Albert Pujols was booed after going 0-for-4 on Friday, dropping his average to .194 with five RBIs. The three-time MVP has gone 108 at-bats without a home run this season for his longest single-season streak in his career.
Toronto, which has won four straight and six of its last seven games, opened the four-game series with consecutive complete-game shutouts for the first time since 1993. The Blue Jays haven’t allowed a run in 22 innings, and their offense is keeping pace with 28 runs during their four-game winning streak. Toronto has homered in eight consecutive games, and Jose Bautista could be heating up after a slow start. Bautista’s fifth home run Friday was his second in his last four games.
TV: 9:05 p.m. ET, SN (Toronto), FSW (Los Angeles)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Blue Jays RH Kyle Drabek (2-2, 2.40 ERA) vs. Angels LH C.J. Wilson (3-2, 2.70 ERA)
Drabek hasn't allowed more than two runs in any of his first five starts and he held the Rangers to two runs on five hits with a career-high eight strikeouts last Monday. After struggling with his control last season, Drabek has a 26/15 strikeout-to-walk ratio over his first 30 innings.
Wilson gave up three earned runs over 7 1/3 innings last Monday against the Twins, and he’s allowed just 36 runners to reach base through his first 33 1/3 innings. Jeff Mathis is 2-for-18 (.111) against Wilson, who signed a five-year, $77.5 million contract with the Angels during the offseason.
WALK-OFFS:
1. The Blue Jays have beaten the Angels in back-to-back games at Angel Stadium for the first time since 2006.
2. The Angels are 1-12 when their opponent scores first.
3. The Angels optioned reliever Kevin Jepsen to Triple-A Salt Lake to make room for Ernesto Frieri, who was acquired from San Diego on Thursday.