Angels swept by Blue Jays in third consecutive loss

In their fourth loss of the last five, the Los Angeles Angels were swept out of Toronto in a 3-2 loss to the Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon at Rogers Centre. The Halos are now 43-46 and have dropped the season series to Toronto in back-to-back seasons. 

An early home run for Mike Trout, his 14th of the season, got the Angels out in front against Blue Jays' right-hander Kevin Gausman. He finished 1-4 on the day, bringing himself one hit shy of 1,700 for his career.

Additionally, Trout is now eight home runs shy of his 400th and only 14 RBI away from 1,000. Despite hitting just .231 so far this season, the 33-year-old has now hit safely in 9 of his last 11 games, working 11 walks in the process.

Left-hander Tyler Anderson took the mound for the Angels as he looked to help them avoid their fifth sweep of 2025. He worked nicely through his first three innings before allowing Bo Bichette to even the score on a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Later on in the frame, Myles Straw ripped a two-out double and came around to score as Joey Loperfido grounded a single through the right side to give Toronto a 2-1 advantage. Anderson, following a scoreless fifth, would not record an out in the sixth before being pulled. 

He issued a walk to Bichette before Alejandro Kirk and Davis Schneider hit consecutive singles and made it a 3-1 game. The 35-year-old fell to 2-6 as he tossed five innings of three-run baseball, allowing eight hits overall. 

Coming into Sunday's appearance, Anderson had allowed only 1 earned run over his last 10 2/3 innings. However, his road struggles persisted, now having allowed 32 earned runs in 52 2/3 total innings away from Angel Stadium this year.

The Los Angeles bullpen worked three shutout frames behind Anderson as Brock Burke, Hunter Strickland and Connor Brogdon did not allow a baserunner and struck out a combined three batters. It was a nice bounce-back performance for a unit that had allowed walk-off wins to Toronto in the previous two games of the series.

Despite the deficit remaining at one, the Angels' lineup could not manage to find a run through the final four innings. They did manage to put runners on first and second with two out in both the sixth and eighth, but a flyout and groundout from Nolan Schanuel in both frames ended the scoring opportunities.

With a 2-4 road trip in the books, Los Angeles will head back home for their next seven. They welcome the Texas Rangers to town for a four-game series beginning on Monday evening. Texas currently leads the season series 3-0 after earning a sweep in the two squads' first meeting of the season at Globe Life Field from April 15-17. 

Dating back to last season, the Rangers have won eight consecutive head-to-head meetings against the Angels, marking their longest ever losing streak against Texas. Yusei Kikuchi (3-6, 2.81 ERA) will get the start for Los Angeles on Monday, with Texas sending out ace Jacob deGrom (9-2, 2.13). 

First pitch is scheduled for 6:38 p.m. PT.