Jered Weaver strikes out career-high 10, Bobby Abreu homers as Angels beat Blue Jays 8-1
By APThursday, June 4, 2009
Weaver strikes out career-high 10, Angels win 8-1
TORONTO — Jered Weaver had a career-high 10 strikeouts, Bobby Abreu homered and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-1 Wednesday night.
Chone Figgins had three hits, drove in a run and scored twice for the Angels, who finished with seven extra-base hits.
Weaver (5-2) allowed one run and three hits in seven innings to win back-to-back starts for the first time this season. The right-hander has an ERA of 1.64 in his past six.
Casey Janssen allowed five runs and seven hits in four innings.
Weaver didn’t allow a hit through the first four innings but doubles by Adam Lind and Lyle Overbay gave Toronto a run in the fifth.
Jason Bulger and Jose Arredondo finished with an inning each and the Angels moved back above .500 at 26-25.
Janssen (1-2) came in 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two career starts against the Angels but his scoreless streak ended after just two batters. Figgins led off with a single and scored when Abreu hit his second homer of the season.
Vladimir Guererro followed with a double, moved to third on a grounder and scored on Juan Rivera’s sacrifice fly.
Figgins doubled and scored on a single by Kendry Morales in the third and the Angels chased Janssen with another run in the fourth. Erick Aybar doubled and came around on Figgins’ second double of the game.
Janssen allowed five runs and seven hits in four innings, raising his ERA from 4.15 to 5.82. He walked one and struck out two.
The Angels added three more in the eighth against reliever Jesse Carlson when Aybar hit an RBI single and Abreu added a two-run double.
