The Angels won a game in which Luke Bard served as the opener, a bold move for a generous home-run prone pitcher who has yet to get settled in the big leagues. Felix Peña piggybacked and was brilliant through most of the outing, faltering late. The short-stamina starter struck out four straight Blue Jays hitters to start his outing, with a slider that shone. The Halos used five pitchers to throw nine innings of baseball, including Justin Anderson and Ty Buttrey.
Félix Peña threw seven sliders in his first inning of work, inducing six whiffs and one upset Vladito.