
Mark Buehrle wasn't at his best, but he was exactly what the Blue Jays needed to snap a three-game losing streak. Buehrle became the first seven-game winner in the majors, Jose Bautista and Brett Lawrie homered and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-3 on Monday night to avoid a four-game sweep. ''Buehrle is on some kind of roll and he was the perfect guy tonight,'' Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. ''Obviously, the five walks shows that.'' Bautista hit a three-run homer in the first inning and Lawrie, who returned to the lineup after missing six games with a sore right hamstring, added a two-run shot in the sixth as the Blue Jays avoided what would have been their first four-game sweep to the Angels.
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