TORONTO — Jo Adell delivered in a huge clutch moment on Friday night.
Unfortunately for the Angels, no one else could.
Adell’s game-tying three-run homer in the seventh inning was the Angels’ only hit in 10 at-bats with runners in scoring position, and they lost 4-3 to the Toronto Blue Jays in 10 innings.
Sam Bachman made a throwing error after fielding a bunt in the bottom of the 10th, allowing the winning run to score and sending the Angels (43-44) back to one game under .500 for the fourth time in the past week and a half.
The Angels never led in this one, despite several opportunities. They wasted Adell’s leadoff double in the sixth when the game was scoreless. They also loaded the bases in the eighth and had runners in scoring position in the ninth and 10th.
Adell, who struck out with the bases loaded in the eighth, provided the game’s only big moment, continuing his sizzling stretch.
The Angels and Blue Jays were scoreless through the first five innings, and the Angels just fell behind by allowing three runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Mike Trout led off the seventh with a dribbler up the third base line. Pitcher Eric Lauer stumbled and had no play. Taylor Ward then ripped a line drive off the left-field fence.
The Blue Jays brought in righty Nick Sandlin to face Adell. He got ahead of him, 0-and-2, but then left a fastball over too much of the plate and Adell drilled it 431 feet, off the facing of the second deck in left-center, to tie the game.
It was Adell’s 19th homer of the season and his 13th in his last 35 games.
Adell also doubled, and he lined out to center field. He hit three balls with exit velocities over 100 mph for the second game in a row.
Adell’s homer took starter Kyle Hendricks off the hook for a loss on a night that he started with five scoreless innings before getting hit in the sixth.
It was an impressive performance for Hendricks considering how hot the Blue Jays had been. They had scored 71 runs in their previous 10 games, and 36 in winning the previous four against the New York Yankees.
Things began to unravel in the sixth with a leadoff double from No. 8 hitter Will Wagner, just as right-hander José Fermin was beginning to get loose in the bullpen.
The Blue Jays bunted Wagner to third, and then Andres Gimenez knocked him in with a single into left. Hendricks gave up another single, and then José Fermin entered and allowed a hit to make it 2-0.
The Angels then could have been out of the inning, but shortstop Zach Neto mishandled a potential double-play ball, allowing a third run to score.
More to come on this story.
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