TORONTO (Interstat) — Dylan Cease pitched seven innings of five-hit ball with 10 strikeouts as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Los Angeles Angels 2-0 on Friday night at Rogers Centre.

Cease (3-1) walked none and allowed no earned runs in lowering his ERA. Louis Varland earned his fifth save with a perfect ninth inning.

Toronto scored both runs in the third inning off Angels starter Reid Detmers (1-3). Kazuma Okamoto singled to center to drive in George Springer, with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. advancing to second. Ernie Clement followed with a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Guerrero.

Detmers allowed two runs on two hits over 3 2/3 innings, striking out three. Four Angels relievers combined for 4 1/3 scoreless innings, with José Fermin working 1 1/3 frames and striking out two.

Los Angeles outhit Toronto 6-3 but could not score. Jo Adell had two of the Angels’ six hits, and Vaughn Grissom singled as a pinch hitter. The Angels fell to 15-24, while Toronto improved to 17-21.

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