Blue Jays fall back after loss to Angels
Orioles also loss as Toronto keeps pace in wildcard
Albert Pujols hit his 590th career home run and the Los Angeles Angels beat Toronto 6-1 Saturday night, dropping the Blue Jays into a tie for the top two AL wild-card spots.
The Blue Jays and Baltimore are even in the playoff race. Seattle, Detroit and Houston are all three games behind in the wild-card chase.
Pujols hit his 30th homer. He joined Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez as the only players to reach 30 home runs in at least 14 seasons.
Ricky Nolasco (6-15) tossed six shutout innings as the Angels ended a five-game losing streak.
Francisco Liriano (7-13) allowed four runs — two earned — in six innings.
Pujols, ninth on baseball's all-time home run list, hit a solo drive into the left-field seats in the second.
Mike Trout got two hits and his 90th RBI and Kole Calhoun had two hits and scored twice for the Angels. It was only the fourth time this month Los Angeles scored at least six runs in a game.
Edwin Encarnacion scored Toronto's run in the eighth on pinch hitter Melvin Upton Jr.'s sacrifice fly. The Blue Jays stranded 12 and were 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position.