TORONTO, Sept. 19 (UPI) — Mike McCoy reached on an error and came around to score on a 10th-inning fielder’s choice Monday, handing Toronto a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels.

A miscue by shortstop Erick Aybar put McCoy aboard leading off the 10th. He went to second on an Eric Thames single and to third on Jose Bautista’s groundout.

With the Angels’ infield and outfield playing in, McCoy took off for the plate when Adam Lind hit a sharp grounder to second that was scooped up by outfielder Torii Hunter, whose throw home was high.

Casey Janssen (6-0) earned the victory with a scoreless top of the 10th in relief of starter Ricky Romero, who held the Angels to two runs on six hits over nine innings.

Scott Downs (6-3) surrendered the winning run for the Angels, whose playoff hopes took a blow with the defeat.

Los Angeles fell five games behind idle first-place Texas in the American League West with the setback.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 17 (UPI) — J.J. Hardy and Mark Reynolds homered and combined for five RBI in the first inning Saturday, sending Baltimore to a 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels.

The Orioles handed the Angels a second straight setback to further damage their bid to catch the Texas Rangers in the American League West pennant race.

Los Angeles starter Ervin Santana (11-12) put the Angels in an instant hole and went on to lose his third consecutive decision.

He walked Matt Angle on four pitches to open the first and Hardy followed with his 27th home run of 2011.

Vladimir Guerrero then singled with one away, Matt Wieters drew a walk and Reynolds hit a two-out homer to left on an 0-2 pitch.

Zach Britton (10-10) and two relievers made the 5-0 lead stand up. Britton allowed a run on three hits while striking out seven over seven innings to win for the fourth time in six starts.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 16 (UPI) — Tommy Hunter turned in what was easily his best start in a Baltimore uniform Friday in pitching the Orioles to an 8-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

Hunter (4-4) was traded to Baltimore from Texas in July and made his ninth start for the Orioles. He matched his longest appearance for the Orioles by going seven shutout innings, giving up seven hits and striking out five.

All the Los Angeles runs came in the ninth against Kevin Gregg.

Hunter helped out his former team with the strong performance against the Angels. Los Angeles went into the contest trailing Texas by 3 1/2 games in the race for the American League West title.

J.J. Hardy drove in three of the Baltimore runs, one of them with a groundout in the third and two more with a double in the fifth. Mark Reynolds contributed a solo homer in the fifth, his 33rd of the season, and Nolan Reimold hit a two-run shot in the sixth.

Dan Haren (15-9), coming off a shutout of the New York Yankees, gave up six runs on seven hits in five innings to take the loss.

OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 13 (UPI) — Josh Willingham belted a three-run homer in the first inning Monday and the Oakland Athletics cruised to a 6-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels.

Willingham went 3-for-4, with an RBI single in the seventh for Oakland, which claimed a win in the opener of a three-game series.

Scott Sizemore contributed a solo home run to back Gio Gonzalez (13-12), who held the Angels to two runs on seven hits over 6 2/3 innings to pick up the victory.

Joel Pineiro (6-7) lasted only three innings for Los Angeles, surrendering five runs on five hits while walking a pair.

Vernon Wells drove in two runs with a solo homer and an RBI triple, and Erick Aybar went deep for the second-place Angels, who lost their second straight and fell three games behind idle Texas in the American League West.

Jose Bautista watches his solo homer clear the left field fence in the fourth inning of Toronto’s eventual win over the Los Angeles Angels in extras on Sunday. (Darren Calabrese/Canadian Press)

Edwin Encarnacion singled home the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a come from behind 5-4 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon.

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OAKLAND, Calif., July 17 (UPI) — Scott Sizemore delivered a 10th-inning, game-winning hit Saturday, handing Oakland a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in Game 2 of a doubleheader.

Josh Willingham drew a lead-off walk in the 10th from Rich Thompson (1-3). Cliff Pennington came in to run and went to second on a sacrifice by David DeJesus.

Sizemore then belted a pitch into the right-center field gap, chasing home Pennington with the winning run and securing the Athletics a split in their doubleheader with the Angels.

Los Angeles won the first game 4-2.

Brad Ziegler (3-1) got the victory after hurling a scoreless top of the 10th. A’s starter Rich Harden held the Angels to three runs on four hits over seven innings.

Mark Trumbo cracked a two-run homer and Vernon Wells added a solo shot for the Angels.