Josh Donaldson went three-for-three with two doubles and scored two runs, Russell Martin hit a three-run homer, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-2 Thursday night.
Toronto (80-66) remained tied with Baltimore for the two AL wild cards spots, two games behind East-leading Boston, who rallied past the New York Yankees on Thursday night.
J.A. Happ took a shutout into the seventh inning before running into trouble. Happ (19-4), charged with two runs and three hits, struck out three over six-plus innings and got his 13th win in his last 17 starts. It was his first win over Los Angeles in five starts.
In his fourth big-league appearance, Daniel Wright (0-3) gave up two runs before exiting in the sixth after walking leadoff batter Donaldson. Jose Valdez replaced him and got the first out but walked Jose Bautista and then gave up home run for the second night in a row, this one Martin's 19th that put the Blue Jays up 5-0.
Andrelton Simmons hit a two-run homer to pull the Angels within three and chase Happ from the game. Simmons, who missed the last three games with a sore thumb, has three home runs in his last two games and extended his hitting streak to nine games.
Devon Travis capped the scoring with a two-run single off Deolis Guerra in the top of the ninth. Guerra then loaded the bases with one out but A.J. Achter came in and got Bautista to ground into a double play.
Josh Donaldson helps Blue Jays top Angels, gain ground in playoff race
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