OC Register: Angels’ bid for 4-game sweep ends with Blue Jays’ 10th-inning homer

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  Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout heads to first with a walk during the first inning of the team’s baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Los Angeles Angels’ David Fletcher slides into third safely against Toronto Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Los Angeles Angels’ Jose Suarez talks with catcher Dustin Garneau, left, during the first inning of the team’s baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Toronto Raptors’ Kawhi Leonard and his girlfriend, Kishele Shipley, watch the Toronto Blue Jays play the Los Angeles Angels during a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Toronto Raptors’ Kawhi Leonard and his girlfriend, Kishele Shipley, watch the Toronto Blue Jays play the Los Angeles Angels during a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Toronto Raptors’ Kawhi Leonard and his girlfriend, Kishele Shipley, watch the Toronto Blue Jays play the Los Angeles Angels during a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Los Angeles Angels’ Jose Suarez pitches to the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Toronto Blue Jays’ Clayton Richard pitches to the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Los Angeles Angels’ Jose Suarez pitches to the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Los Angeles Angels’ Luis Rengifo tags out Toronto Blue Jays’ Rowdy Tellez trying to steal second during the third inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Toronto Blue Jays’ Teoscar Hernandez rounds the bases between Los Angeles Angels pitcher Jose Suarez, right, and Angels’ Tommy La Stella, left, during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Toronto Blue Jays’ Teoscar Hernandez watches his home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Toronto Blue Jays’ Teoscar Hernandez follows through on a home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Toronto Blue Jays’ Teoscar Hernandez is congratulated by teammates after hitting a home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Toronto Blue Jays’ Cavan Biggio watches his RBI sacrifice fly against the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Toronto Blue Jays’ Eric Sogard follows through on a double against the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Toronto Blue Jays’ Teoscar Hernandez hits a home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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  Toronto Blue Jays’ Teoscar Hernandez is congratulated by Lourdes Gurriel Jr., left, after hitting a home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

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TORONTO — Billy McKinney hit a two-run homer off Ty Buttrey in the 10th inning, costing the Angels a 7-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night.

The Angels had been going for the four-game sweep.

The Angels had escaped a jam in the eighth, when the Blue Jays loaded the bases with one out on two walks and an infield hit, with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. coming to the plate.

Cam Bedrosian got him to ground into a double play, with second baseman Tommy La Stella making a nice turn despite getting taken out on a hard slide by Eric Sogard.

Hansel Robles then struck out the side in the ninth, but Buttrey couldn’t even get an out in the 10th. He gave up a single to Randal Grichuk and then a homer to McKinney.

José Suarez had a rough game in his fourth big league start, allowing five runs in five innings.

It could have been worse, though. Suarez gave up three runs in the first, with a Teoscar Hernandez two-run homer among the four hits he allowed. Each of the Angels’ two long relievers – Taylor Cole and Noé Ramírez – had thrown at least 25 pitches the night before, the Angels would have been in trouble if Suarez had gotten knocked out in the second or third inning.

However, he righted himself and gave up just two solo homers over the next four innings, getting through the fifth. At the time he left, the Angels trailed 5-3.

Luís Rengifo, who could be headed back to Triple-A as soon as Andrelton Simmons comes off the injured list, was the Angels’ most productive hitter as they battled back.

He hit a two-run homer in the second and led off the fifth with a single, eventually scoring. He also had an RBI single in the sixth, cutting the deficit to 5-4.

The Angels had a couple of opportunities to tie the score in the fifth and sixth. Dustin Garneau was at third with one out in the fifth, but he tried to come home on a ball that didn’t get far from catcher Luke Maile, and he was out by five feet. In the sixth the Angels had the bases loaded with no outs after pulling within one, but Garneau struck out, pinch-hitter Shohei Ohtani grounded into a force at the plate, and David Fletcher hit a flyout.

Finally, the Angels tied it in the seventh. Mike Trout doubled, stole third and scored on an Albert Pujols sacrifice fly.

More to come on this story.

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