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![Toronto Blue Jays’ Ryan Goins is safe at second with a double as the Angels’ Cliff Pennington reaches to try and make the tag in the fifth inning of their game in Toronto on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)]()
Toronto Blue Jays’ Ryan Goins is safe at second with a double as the Angels’ Cliff Pennington reaches to try and make the tag in the fifth inning of their game in Toronto on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)
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![Angels starting pitcher Yusmeiro Petit throws against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of their game in Toronto on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)]()
Angels starting pitcher Yusmeiro Petit throws against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of their game in Toronto on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)
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![Angels’ Yunel Escobar and teammate Mike Trout celebrate after scoring on a single by Adrelton Simmons in the sixth inning of their game against the Toronto Blue Jays, in Toronto on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)]()
Angels’ Yunel Escobar and teammate Mike Trout celebrate after scoring on a single by Adrelton Simmons in the sixth inning of their game against the Toronto Blue Jays, in Toronto on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)
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![Angels third baseman Yunel Escobar leaps and misses the catch on a throw from right field trying to throw out Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson advancing to third in the fourth inning of their game in Toronto on Saturday, July 29, 2017. Donaldson went home on the error to score the Jays’ first run of the game. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)]()
Angels third baseman Yunel Escobar leaps and misses the catch on a throw from right field trying to throw out Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson advancing to third in the fourth inning of their game in Toronto on Saturday, July 29, 2017. Donaldson went home on the error to score the Jays’ first run of the game. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)
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![Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Francisco Liriano throws against the Angels during the first inning of their game in Toronto on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)]()
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Francisco Liriano throws against the Angels during the first inning of their game in Toronto on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)
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![Toronto Blue Jays Josh Donaldson fields a ground ball off the bat of Angels Yunel Escobar and throws him out at first base in the fourth inning of their game in Toronto on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)]()
Toronto Blue Jays Josh Donaldson fields a ground ball off the bat of Angels Yunel Escobar and throws him out at first base in the fourth inning of their game in Toronto on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)
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![Toronto Blue Jays’ Miguel Montero is met by team mates at the dugout after hitting a two-run home run in the sixth inning of their game against the Los Angeles Angels, in Toronto on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)]()
Toronto Blue Jays’ Miguel Montero is met by team mates at the dugout after hitting a two-run home run in the sixth inning of their game against the Los Angeles Angels, in Toronto on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)
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The Angels’ Mike Trout gets high fives in the dugout after scoring on a single by Adrelton Simmons in the sixth inning of their game against the Toronto Blue Jays, in Toronto on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)
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TORONTO — Troy Scribner saw his major league debut turn from a loss to win while he sat in the dugout.
The Angels scored three runs in the top of the ninth against All-Star closer Roberto Osuna, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Saturday afternoon.
Before the rally, Scribner had been on the hook for the loss after he gave up a tie-breaking two-run homer to Miguel Montero in the sixth. He tacked on two more scoreless innings, though, and that gave the Angels time to come back.
With one out in the ninth, Kole Calhoun singled. Martin Maldonado was then hit by a pitch. Ben Revere, who had entered as a pinch-hitter in the seventh, lined an RBI double into right, cutting the deficit to 5-4. With runners at second and third, Osuna then uncorked a wild pitch that tied the game.
Cliff Pennington then hit a fly ball to shallow center. Kevin Pillar, the Blue Jays outstanding center fielder, threw the ball just up the first-base line, allowing Revere to slide home safely.
Bud Norris worked a scoreless ninth to record the save, atoning for his meltdown earlier this week in Cleveland. Norris walked two, but escaped with a game-ending double play.
The Angels’ ninth-inning rally was their second comeback of the day. They trailed 3-0 before they scored three times in the sixth, two on a two-out single by Andrelton Simmons.
The late runs not only spared Scribner, but also Albert Pujols. Pujols went hitless in three at-bats, although he did walk and one of his outs was a line drive. Pujols is now hitless in his last 24 at-bats. The longest drought of his career was 0-for-26 last April.
Yusmeiro Petit started for the Angels, and he delivered four innings on 48 pitches, with just one unearned run. A reliever all season, Petit made a spot start in place of injured Alex Meyer.
More to come on this story.