Saturday, March 3, 2012

Lackey earns 1st victory as Angels beat Blue Jays

John Lackey won for the first time since Sept. 28, pitching seven strong innings to help the Los Angeles Angels get a rare victory in Toronto with a 3-1 win over the Blue Jays on Tuesday night.

Casey Kotchman doubled home Torii Hunter with the go-ahead run in the third inning, and the Angels snapped a four-game road losing streak in a ballpark where they have struggled in recent years. Los Angeles, loser of 14 of 16 in Toronto coming in, improved to 19-38 at Rogers Centre since 1996.

Making his second start of the year after returning from a strained triceps, Lackey (1-0) gave up a leadoff homer to Toronto's Brad Wilkerson in the first, then blanked the Blue …

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