Toronto erased an early deficit with a late surge, defeating Los Angeles 5-2 at Angel Stadium as Dylan Cease dominated with 12 strikeouts in his first victory of the season.
Cease overwhelmed Angels hitters over five innings, allowing five hits and two earned runs while walking two. The right-hander carried a 2.10 ERA into the game and struck out the side in the fifth inning before Jeff Hoffman closed with three strikeouts for his third save.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. provided the decisive swing in the third inning, launching a 430-foot home run to center that scored Davis Schneider and gave Toronto a 2-1 lead. The Blue Jays extended their advantage in the sixth when Lenyn Sosa's sacrifice fly scored Guerrero Jr., then Nathan Lukes drove in Myles Straw with a seventh-inning single and added another RBI on a groundout in the ninth.
Reid Detmers took the loss for Los Angeles, allowing four earned runs over six innings despite striking out five. The Angels managed just two runs after Jorge Soler's RBI single in the first and Nolan Schanuel's sacrifice fly in the third that briefly tied the game at 2-2.
Toronto snapped a losing streak to improve to 8-13, while Los Angeles extended its losing streak to two games and fell to 11-12. Guerrero Jr. finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs and is three games away from 1,000 career games, while Cease is seven appearances away from 200 career games.