MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TORONTO BLUE JAYS AT LOS ANGELES ANGELS
10/04/2025
 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TORONTO BLUE JAYS AT LOS ANGELES ANGELS
GAME ID: 14926 - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4TH , 2025 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto Blue Jays 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 8 13 0
Los Angeles Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Ikeda, Blue Jays Wallop Angels in Game 1 of LDS
When the games really matter, the Toronto Blue Jays put on their best show, beating the Los Angeles Angels by a final score of 8-0. Rintaro Ikeda was 2-4 with 2 home runs and a walk, while scoring 3 and driving in 4. Toronto now leads Los Angeles 1-0 in the best-of-5 affair.

Toronto used the hitting of Maake Arnold to pick up the win. The center fielder clubbed a 2-run home run in the top of the first inning to put the Blue Jays on top, 2-0. For the game, Arnold had 1 home run and 1 single in 5 at-bats.

"We did more than enough to get the win," said Ikeda.

The next game is set to be played tomorrow at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim.
TORONTO BATTING LINESCORE LOS ANGELES BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
N. Gordon SS 5 1 1 0 1 0 5 .250 0 0
M. Arnold CF 5 2 2 2 1 1 4 .385 1 2
A. Salinas LF 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 .200 1 2
R. Ikeda 1B 4 3 2 4 1 1 2 .364 2 5
R. Miller DH 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 .571 0 5
J. Morgan 2B 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .333 0 2
D. Prince RF 4 1 3 2 1 0 1 .417 1 3
T. Cotto 3B 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .273 0 0
S. Lucas C 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 .222 0 0
Totals 41 8 13 8 6 7 28      
BATTING
Home Runs: M. Arnold (1, 1st Inning off D. McGriff, 1 on, 0 outs) , R. Ikeda 2 (2, 3rd Inning off D. McGriff, 0 on, 0 outs; 6th Inning off M. Shivaprakash, 2 on, 2 outs) , D. Prince (1, 7th Inning off M. Shivaprakash, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: N. Gordon , M. Arnold 5 , R. Ikeda 8 , R. Miller , J. Morgan , D. Prince 6 , T. Cotto , S. Lucas 2
2-out RBI: R. Ikeda , D. Prince
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Arnold , A. Salinas , R. Ikeda , T. Cotto 2
Team LOB: 12

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Gordon-Morgan-Ikeda)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
O. Albies SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
M. Trout DH 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 0 0
A. Russell 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .500 0 0
J. Profar 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .333 0 0
S. Heredia RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .000 0 0
P. Gonzalez 2B 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 .500 0 0
J. Tolbert LF 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 .000 0 0
   a-M. Gómes PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
L. Roa CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0
M. Trees C 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0 5 10 11      
a - M. Gómes pinch hit for J. Tolbert in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: A. Russell 2 , J. Profar , P. Gonzalez
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , J. Tolbert 2
GIDP: L. Roa
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: S. Heredia (1)
TORONTO PITCHING LINESCORE LOS ANGELES PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
C. Sale W (1-0) 7.2 4 0 0 5 9 0 127 0.00   
C. Edwards 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: C. Sale 75
Batters Faced: C. Sale 31, C. Edwards 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Sale 8-5, C. Edwards 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: C. Sale 127-75, C. Edwards 17-11
Inherited Runners - Scored: C. Edwards 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
D. McGriff L (0-1) 5.1 10 5 5 2 3 2 94 8.44   
M. Shivaprakash 0.2 2 3 3 2 2 2 27 40.50   
L. González 2.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 35 0.00   
F. Cove 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. McGriff 29
Batters Faced: D. McGriff 28, M. Shivaprakash 7, L. González 8, F. Cove 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. McGriff 6-7, M. Shivaprakash 0-1, L. González 2-3, F. Cove 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: D. McGriff 94-61, M. Shivaprakash 27-12, L. González 35-17, F. Cove 15-10
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Shivaprakash 1-1 , L. González 1-0 , F. Cove 1-0
WP: M. Shivaprakash
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Rintaro Ikeda
Ballpark: Angel Stadium of Anaheim
Weather: Clear skies (65 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 5 mph
Start Time: 8:05 PM PT
Time: 3:56
Attendance: 47804
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