![]() "To make that catch, and then Simmons making that diving play when they had a guy on definitely put it back on our side." "Momentum was huge in the game, especially after the home run by Pillar," said Kole Calhoun, whose diving catch robbed Jose Bautista of extra bases an inning earlier. Simmons cleared the bases against Casey Lawrence (0-2) for his second career grand slam, helping the Angels snap a three-game losing streak and win for the second time in 11 games. "Once it was in the glove, it was just practice." "I saw it off the bat, and knew I was getting to it," Simmons said. Simmons flipped the ball to second base with his glove to start the 6-4-3 double play. "Double plays are great, but grand slams are cool, too, especially when you win," Simmons said.Īfter home runs by Kevin Pillar and Justin Smoak, the Blue Jays had the tying run on first with nobody out in the ninth when Devon Travis hit a grounder up the middle that Simmons sprawled out to stop. Simmons hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the third inning, then started the Angels' fourth double play with a diving stop in the ninth to help Los Angeles beat the struggling Toronto Blue Jays 5-4. Andrelton Simmons did everything in bunches Saturday night. ![]() "You don't see that coming.Simmons belts grand slam to lead Angels past Blue Jays 5-4ĪNAHEIM, Calif. With the summer they've had, the Blue Jays were thankful the wild game leaned their way. Luis Valbuena would add a sacrifice fly in the ninth to give Los Angeles what should have been an insurmountable 10-4 lead. Still, the Angels kept coming, adding runs in the fifth - when Revere reached on a fielder's choice, stole second, took third on a Montero throwing error, and finally sprinted home on a shallow sacrifice fly - and the sixth, when Pujols hit his 16th homer. Pearce then clubbed a double to centre - missing a home run by a few feet - before a Miguel Montero groundout made it 7-4. ![]() In the bottom of the third, singles from Carrera, Martin and Smoak and a sacrifice fly from Morales cut the lead to 7-3. Infielder Kaleb Cowart led off with a triple, former Blue Jay Yunel Escobar followed with a double, Trout walked and Pujols singled to give the Angels a 4-1 lead.īefore the inning was over, Andrelton Simmons doubled in two runs to chase Valdez before Ben Revere added an RBI single to put the Angels up 7-1. Though Carrera responded with a lead-off homer in the bottom half of the inning, the Blue Jays and Valdez unravelled in a messy third. With Mike Trout on base in the first inning, Pujols sent the eighth pitch of the game into the left-field seats to give the Angels a 2-0 lead. "He missed pretty bad on the first two pitches so I was really able to lock in on the next pitch," Pearce said.Ĭesar Valdez started for the Blue Jays, and after the journeyman right-hander picked up his first win in over seven years with a solid start against Oakland Tuesday, it was immediately clear he wasn't going to be as sharp Sunday. With Norris taking over on the mound, Ezequiel Carrera and Russell Martin singled to cut the lead to 10-7 and, after Justin Smoak grounded out, Kendrys Morales walked to set the table for Pearce's heroics. The rally started when Kevin Pillar hit a two-run homer and infielder Rob Refsnyder doubled to chase Angels reliever Brooks Pounders. Matt Dermody got the win after pitching three innings of relief without giving up an earned run.Īlbert Pujols homered twice for the Angels (51-55), who seemed to be in cruise control until Toronto's wild ninth inning. Toronto's rally comes a day after the Angels stunned the Jays (49-56) with a dramatic ninth-inning comeback of their own. Pearce became just the third player in MLB history with two walk-off grand slams in one season. "Pearce with a granny to win it - that's really rare in this game." Making history "You never see those coming with that big a deficit," said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. Really hasn't sunk in yet," said Pearce, who was asked if the grand slam from Thursday's win over Oakland gave him any extra confidence. The Blue Jays erased a 6-run 9th inning deficit for the largest comeback in team history.Īfterwards, he was at a loss to explain his recent flair for the dramatic. Duration 2:11 For the 2nd time in 4 days, Steve Pearce hit a walk-off grand slam, as Toronto beat L.A.
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