Valenzuela hits 3-run HR, Clement has 5 hits as Blue Jays rout Angels 14-1

Toronto Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela, left, tags out Los... — Toronto Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela, left, tags out Los Angeles Angels' Jorge Soler (12) who grounded out at home plate during second-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Saturday, May 9, 2026. Credit: AP/Chris Young

By The Associated PressUpdated May 9, 2026 6:35 pm

TORONTO — Brandon Valenzuela hit a three-run home run, Ernie Clement had a solo homer among his career-high tying five hits and the Toronto Blue Jays used a seven-run fifth inning to rout the Los Angeles Angels 14-1 on Saturday.

Mason Fluharty (2-0) worked one inning for the win as Toronto set season-highs in runs and hits (20).

Clement had infield singles in the second and fourth, then drove in a run with a hard single off the glove of third baseman Yoán Moncada in the fifth. He homered off Mitch Farris to begin the seventh, his second of the season, then singled in the ninth.

Valenzuela went 4 for 5, with four RBIs in his first career four-hit game, coming within a triple of the cycle. He homered on the first pitch he saw from Farris in the fifth.

Mike Trout went 0 for 3 with three strikeouts before being replaced defensively by Bryce Teodosio, ending a 23-game run of reaching base in Toronto that began in May 2015.

Adam Frazier drove in the Angels' only run with a pinch-hit single in the top of the eighth, then stayed in to pitch the bottom half. Frazier gave up four runs and five hits including a solo homer by Jesús Sánchez.

Jack Kochanowicz (2-2) allowed nine hits and seven runs, six earned, in four-plus innings. He faced six batters in the fifth but didn’t record an out.

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage winds up to deliver... — Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage winds up to deliver against the Los Angeles Angels during first-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Saturday, May 9, 2026. Credit: AP/Chris Young

Toronto's Addison Barger walked twice in his return after missing 29 games because of a sprained left ankle. The Blue Jays optioned Yohendrick Piñango to Triple-A Buffalo.

In the second, Barger caught Vaughn Grissom’s fly ball and threw home at 101.2 miles per hour to retire Jorge Soler for an inning-ending double play. It was the fastest throw on an outfield assist by any Blue Jays player since 2015, and the fastest in the majors this season.