Kraus Delivers Big Hit, Angels Beat Blue Jays, 4-3

TORONTO (AP) — Marc Krauss hit a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Wednesday night, their seventh win in nine games.

Mike Trout hit a solo homer and Jered Weaver pitched seven innings to win his third straight start. The Angels have rallied to win in five of their past six victories.

Krauss's key hit came one inning after he replaced Albert Pujols, who left after being hit on the left hand by a pitch from Toronto's Drew Hutchison. The Angels said Pujols suffered a contusion.

Weaver (3-4) allowed three runs and four hits. He is 3-0 with a 1.54 ERA in his past three starts after losing four of his first six.

Joe Smith worked the eighth and Huston Street finished for his 14th save.

Toronto lost for the ninth time in 11 games and dropped to 2-8 in one-run games.

Carlos Perez singled to begin the seventh but was forced at second on Taylor Featherston's attempted sacrifice. Featherston stole second and went to third on a wild pitch but was tagged out after getting caught in a rundown on Erick Aybar's grounder.

Hutchison left after walking Trout. A wild pitch by Steve Delabar moved the runners to second and third before Krauss doubled to left-center. It was the second base hit of the season for Krauss, while the RBIs were his second and third.

Hutchison (3-1) lost for the first time in nine starts this season. He allowed four runs and six hits in 6 2-3 innings.

The Blue Jays opened the scoring with a two-out rally in the third. Weaver, who had walked just two batters in his past six starts, began the inning by walking Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion. Weaver looked to have escaped trouble when Russell Martin grounded into a double play but Toronto followed with three straight hits. Chris Colabello doubled, Ezequiel Carrera singled and Danny Valencia capped it with an RBI double.

Matt Joyce drew a bases-loaded walk in the fourth and Trout made it a one-run game with a two-out homer in the fifth.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Angels: Pujols missed 15 games in June and July 2011 after fracturing his left wrist in a collision at first base with Kansas City's Wilson Betemit.

Blue Jays: OF Michael Saunders has been diagnosed with a bone bruise in his surgically repaired left knee after seeing Dr. James Andrews. Saunders, who had knee surgery in spring training to repair a torn meniscus, is expected to miss 4 to 6 weeks. ... SS Jose Reyes (left ribs) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Buffalo on Thursday. Manager John Gibbons said Reyes could return as early as Monday.

UP NEXT

Angels: RHP Matt Shoemaker (3-3, 5.63) is 3-0 with a 3.60 ERA in four road starts this season. He allowed one run over seven innings to beat Baltimore in his most recent outing, snapping a four-start winless streak.

Blue Jays: RHP R.A. Dickey (1-5, 5.76) has allowed two home runs in four of his past six starts. He matched a season-worst by giving up seven runs in his most recent start, May 15 at Houston.

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