TORONTO (Interstat) — Dylan Cease struck out 10, reaching double digits for the third time in eight starts this season, and the Toronto Blue Jays stopped a four-game losing streak by beating the Angels 2-0 on Friday night and dealing Los Angeles its 14th defeat in 18 games.

Cease (3-1) gave up five hits and walked none over seven innings, scattering six baserunners while recording his 28th career double-digit strikeout game. The right-hander allowed only one Angel to reach scoring position — Jo Adell’s ground-rule double in the seventh — and stranded him there by striking out Josh Lowe to end the inning.

The Blue Jays scored both runs in the third inning off Angels starter Reid Detmers. George Springer led off with a single, moved to second on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s walk and scored on Kazuma Okamoto’s single. After Daulton Varsho walked to load the bases, Ernie Clement lifted a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Guerrero.

Detmers (1-3) worked 3 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on two hits with three walks and three strikeouts. He threw 37 balls and 18 strikes, part of a combined Angels pitching staff that totaled 18 strikes, 37 balls and 18 balls in play.

Louis Varland earned his fifth save of the season with a perfect ninth inning, striking out none but inducing two groundouts and a flyout.

The Angels managed six hits but went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position and left five runners on base. Mike Trout singled in the sixth but was otherwise held in check, striking out twice. Jo Adell went 2 for 3 with a double. Vaughn Grissom doubled as a pinch hitter in the eighth and advanced to third on a groundout but was stranded when Trout struck out.

Toronto’s offense was limited to three hits — singles by Springer, Okamoto and Yohendrick Piñango — and drew seven walks. The Blue Jays struck out 13 times as a team, but their two-run third proved sufficient.

The game featured a notable moment in the eighth inning when Angels right-hander Alek Manoah made his first appearance since returning from Tommy John surgery that had sidelined him since May 29, 2024. The 28-year-old faced his former team and retired the side in order, striking out one and throwing seven of 11 pitches for strikes, topping out at 93.8 mph.

Angels relievers combined for 5 1/3 scoreless innings. José Fermin struck out two in 1 1/3 perfect frames, Brent Suter fanned two in a perfect seventh, Kirby Yates struck out one in a hitless eighth and Manoah added a strikeout in the eighth.

For Toronto, Jeff Hoffman worked a scoreless eighth inning, allowing one hit with one strikeout.

The Angels fell to 15-24, dropping them to 4-14 in their last 18 games. Toronto improved to 17-21, snapping a four-game skid that included a three-game sweep at Tampa Bay earlier this week.

Los Angeles threatened in the top of the eighth when Grissom led off with a double and moved to third on a groundout. But Cease was already out of the game by then, and Hoffman retired Zach Neto on a popout and struck out Trout looking to end the inning.

The most critical sequence came in the third inning after Springer’s leadoff single. Detmers retired Myles Straw on a popout, but then issued a walk to Guerrero after a successful challenge overturned an initial pitch call. Okamoto followed with an RBI single, and after another walk loaded the bases, Clement’s sac fly made it 2-0. Davis Schneider then struck out on a foul tip to end the inning, but the damage was done.

Cease retired 10 of the first 11 batters he faced, allowing only a single to Zach Neto in the fourth that was erased by a double play. He worked around a two-out single by Trout in the sixth and a two-out double by Adell in the seventh, finishing his outing by striking out Lowe.

The Blue Jays had runners on base in each of the first four innings but could not add to their lead after the third. In the fourth, Brandon Valenzuela walked and Springer reached on catcher interference, but Detmers struck out Straw and got Guerrero to line out.

Toronto went quietly in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings, collecting only one hit over that span.

The Angels’ best scoring chance after the third came in the eighth, but Hoffman escaped. In the ninth, Varland retired Nolan Schanuel, Jorge Soler and Yoán Moncada in order.

Friday’s game was the first of a three-game series between the clubs. The Angels had won the previous series between the two teams in Anaheim in April, taking two of three.

Trout finished 1 for 4 with two strikeouts. Neto went 1 for 4 with a single. Adell had two hits, including the double. Grissom went 1 for 1 as a pinch hitter.

For Toronto, Springer went 1 for 3 with a walk and a run scored. Okamoto was 1 for 3 with a walk and an RBI. Guerrero walked twice.

The game lasted 2 hours, 31 minutes before an announced crowd of 41,923 at Rogers Centre.

Cease’s previous start came May 2 at Minnesota, where he earned a win in a run-scoring game. He rebounded from a loss April 27 against Boston in which he allowed four runs over 5 2/3 innings.

Detmers has lost his last two decisions. The Angels’ offense has been held to two runs or fewer in 11 of their last 18 games.

The series continues Saturday with the Angels sending left-hander Patrick Sandoval to the mound against Toronto right-hander José Berríos.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Toronto 4, Los Angeles 3. Interstat’s ELO system projected Toronto with a 66.90 percent probability to win. The Blue Jays were installed as pregame favorites with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of two runs went under the over/under line of 7.5.