Jose Berrios guides Blue Jays to sweep of Angels

Jose Berrios yielded one run in seven innings, Ernie Clement, Daulton Varsho and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. each homered and the Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with a 9-2 victory Wednesday night in Anaheim, Calif.

Berrios’ performance mimicked those of fellow starters Bowden Francis on Monday and Kevin Gausman on Tuesday; all three starters went seven innings and combined to allow only two runs.

Berrios (11-9) gave up a solo homer to Matt Thaiss in the fifth but nothing else. He allowed two hits and one walk while striking out five in 84 pitches.

Clement’s two-run homer in the second inning gave the Blue Jays an early lead against Angels starter Tyler Anderson. Spencer Horwitz drew a one-out walk and scored on Clement’s blast to left, his seventh of the season.

Varsho had three hits, including a three-run homer in the fifth that made it 6-0 and essentially sealed the win against the struggling Angels, who totaled just five runs in the series.

Guerrero hit a two-run homer in the ninth, his 25th of the season and his third hit of the game.

Anderson, the Angels’ lone All-Star representative, gave up seven runs on six hits and four walks, striking out eight, in 5 2/3 innings, his worst outing of the season. It marked only the second time in 24 starts this season that Anderson (9-11), who entered the game with a 2.99 ERA, has given up more than four runs. His ERA rose to 3.30.

Toronto increased its lead in the third when Varsho doubled with two outs and scored on a single by Guerrero for a 3-0 lead.

Varsho’s three-run homer in the fifth made it 6-0. Thaiss’ solo homer in the bottom of the fifth got the Angels on the scoreboard.

Clement tripled to begin the top of the sixth and scored one out later on a sacrifice fly by Leo Jimenez, upping the Blue Jays advantage to 7-1.

The Angels scored a run in the ninth thanks to Ward’s sacrifice fly.

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