ANAHEIM, Calif., April 9 (UPI) -- A solo homer by Jayson Nix completed a Toronto rally Friday and lifted the Blue Jays to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Torii Hunter singled in a run for Los Angeles in both the first and third innings while Los Angeles starter Ervin Santana was blanking the Blue Jays through five frames.
Santana, however, gave up singles to John McDonald and Jose Bautista in the sixth and Adam Lind brought them both home with a two-out double.
It remained a 2-2 contest until Nix hit his homer to left off Santana (0-1), who gave up six hits and struck out seven over eight innings.
Octavio Dotel (1-0) struck out two in a perfect seventh inning to get the win. Jon Rauch worked the ninth for his second save. Rauch gave up a two-out single to Hank Conger, but struck out Peter Bourjos to end the game.
