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The right-handed Burr allowed two hits, exiting after Jo Adell singled to lead off the second. Adell finished 3-for-4.
Left-hander Ryan Yarbrough (5-2) followed with five shutout innings. Yarbrough gave up three hits, all singles. He walked none and struck out four.
“It was like Bob Ross,” manager John Schneider said of Yarbrough’s 60-pitch outing. “He was painting.”
Left-hander Brendon Little pitched the seventh and Nance worked the final two innings.
Brock Burke (1-1) started for the Angels, his first major league start since September 2019 with Texas. The right-hander allowed three runs and three hits.
Burke retired the side in order in the first and left after giving up three straight hits to open the second, including an RBI double by Alejandro Kirk and an RBI single by Will Wagner.
Clement greeted Baumann with a 380-foot home run to left, his 10th of the season. He’s the second Blue Jays player to homer in three straight games this season, joining Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Joey Loperfido followed with a triple and later scored on George Springer‘s RBI groundout.
“They put that five on the board and that was it,” Washington said.
Making his first relief appearance of 2024 after a career-high 25 starts this season, Angels right-hander Griffin Canning took over in the third and retired 18 of the 20 batters he faced over six scoreless innings.
“He really looked sharp out there from the first inning he came in,” Washington said.
Information from ESPN Stats & Information and The Associated Press was used in this report.
