Angels 4, Blue Jays 3
TORONTO -- Marc Krauss doubled home two runs in the seventh inning, Jered Weaver pitched seven strong innings, and the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 Wednesday.
Krauss entered the game in the fifth inning as a pinch hitter from first baseman Albert Pujols, who sustained a bruised left hand when hit by a pitch in the fourth.
Weaver (3-4) allowed four hits, three walks and three runs for his third straight win. The right-hander struck out four.
Center fielder Mike Trout hit a home run for the Angels (21-19), who won for the seventh time in nine games.
Right-hander Drew Hutchison (3-1) allowed six hits, two walks and four runs in 6 2/3 innings for the Blue Jays (18-24), who lost for the seventh time in eight games.
Hutchison left with two runners on base and two outs in the seventh inning, and right-hander Steve Delabar yielded a two-run double to Krauss to give the Angels a 4-3 lead.
Los Angeles catcher Carlos Perez led off the seventh with a single and was forced at second on an attempted sacrifice by second baseman Taylor Featherston, who stole second and took third on a wild pitch.
Featherston was tagged out in a rundown between third and home on a grounder to shortstop with the infield in. Trout walked and Delabar took over. His wild pitch put runners at second and third, and Krauss drove them home with a drive to the gap in left-center.
Right-hander Joe Smith pitched a 1-2-3 eighth for the Angels, and Huston Street pitched the ninth for his 14th save of the season.
The Angels loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth.
Trout led off with a single and Pujols was hit by a pitch. Toronto second baseman Steve Tolleson made a sliding stop on a grounder up the middle by right fielder Kole Calhoun, and his toss was too late to get the force at second. Calhoun was credited with an infield hit.
Hutchison struck out third baseman David Freese but walked left fielder Matt Joyce with the bases loaded to force in a run. Hutchison finished the inning with two popouts to second.
Weaver, who issued six walks in his first eight starts this season, walked designated hitter Jose Bautista and first baseman Edwin Encarnacion to start the Toronto fourth.
Catcher Russell Martin bounced into a double play, but right fielder Chris Colabello doubled to tie the score, and center fielder Ezequiel Carrera singled to give the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead. Carrera slid home to score the third run of the inning on a double to left by left fielder Danny Valencia.
Trout hit his 11th homer of the season to center with two outs in the fifth to cut the lead to 3-2.
NOTES: SS Jose Reyes (cracked rib) will join Triple-A Buffalo in Toledo on Thursday for a rehabilitation assignment and is tentatively scheduled to rejoin the Blue Jays on Monday. .. OF Kevin Pillar, who started all of Toronto's 41 games before Wednesday, was not in the starting lineup. He appeared as a pinch runner. ... Blue Jays 2B Devon Travis (left shoulder irritation) missed his fourth straight game. ... Angels OF/DH Matt Joyce picked up a hit after a scoring change on a ball originally ruled an error during a game in Baltimore. ... Angels RF Kole Calhoun, a left-handed hitter, homered to left field Tuesday for the first time in his career. It was his 29th career homer and fourth of the season. ... The four-game series ends Thursday with the Angels starting RHP Matt Shoemaker (3-3, 5.63 ERA) against Blue Jays RHP R.A. Dickey (1-5, 5.76 ERA).