TORONTO (Interstat) — Jo Adell homered twice, José Soriano struck out seven over 7 2/3 innings and the Los Angeles Angels avoided a three-game sweep by defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 on Sunday.

Adell hit solo shots in the sixth and ninth innings, his fifth and sixth homers of the season, and finished 3 for 4 with two RBIs. Oswald Peraza added a two-run homer in the fifth as the Angels broke open a tight game with a four-run outburst. Los Angeles snapped an eight-game road losing streak that dated to April 16 and ended a nine-game skid at Rogers Centre.

Soriano (6-2) allowed two hits and a walk in the first inning, including Kazuma Okamoto’s RBI double that scored Daulton Varsho. After that, he retired 20 consecutive batters before Myles Straw reached on an infield single in the eighth. Soriano pitched into the eighth, exiting after allowing a single to Ernie Clement and a challenge that upheld a base hit by Varsho, loading the bases with two outs. Ryan Zeferjahn relieved and got Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to ground into a force out to end the threat. Zeferjahn also struck out two in a scoreless ninth.

The Angels’ offense, which had managed only one run in the first two games of the series, broke through in the fifth against Blue Jays starter Eric Lauer. Nolan Schanuel walked to lead off the inning, and Peraza followed by launching a 1-0 pitch over the left-field wall for his fifth homer, giving Los Angeles a 2-1 lead. After a strikeout and a groundout, Zach Neto doubled. Mike Trout walked, and Vaughn Grissom ripped a two-run double to center, scoring Neto and Trout. Grissom was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple, but the Angels had a 5-1 advantage.

Adell extended the lead in the sixth with a solo shot to right off Lauer. He struck again in the ninth, driving a pitch from Tommy Nance to left-center for his second homer of the game.

Lauer (1-5) took the loss, allowing five hits and six earned runs over five innings. He struck out four and walked three. Spencer Miles gave the Blue Jays three scoreless innings of relief, allowing two hits while striking out two. Nance worked a perfect eighth before Adell’s ninth-inning blast.

Toronto scored first in the bottom of the first. Varsho singled off Soriano, moved to second on a groundout by Guerrero, and scored when Okamoto laced a double to left. The Blue Jays loaded the bases in the eighth but could not push across a run. For the game, Toronto managed only five hits.

The Angels had seven hits, with Grissom contributing two hits and two RBIs. Mike Trout walked twice and scored a run. Neto doubled and scored. Bryce Teodosio and Sebastian Rivero each went hitless but played solid defense.

Soriano’s stretch of 20 consecutive outs was a key turning point. After Okamoto’s double, the Angels’ right-hander set down 20 straight Blue Jays, striking out five during that span. The only Toronto baserunners after the first inning until the eighth were on infield singles by Straw and Clement and the challenge-hit single by Varsho.

The game, played at Rogers Centre in front of 40,977 fans, lasted 2 hours, 17 minutes.

Los Angeles improved to 16-25, while Toronto fell to 18-22. The Angels begin a three-game series at Cleveland on Monday, while the Blue Jays host Tampa Bay for a three-game set starting Monday.

The Blue Jays had won the first two games of the series by scores of 14-1 and 2-0. Before this series, the Angels had last beaten Toronto on April 22 in Anaheim. The Angels’ previous road win came April 16 at New York.

Adell’s performance marked a bounce back after he went 0 for 3 in Saturday’s blowout loss and 0 for 3 on May 6 against Chicago. He had been 2 for 3 in Friday’s 2-0 loss.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Toronto 4, Los Angeles 2. The ELO system gave Toronto a 68.1 percent probability to win. Los Angeles entered as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of seven runs went over the over-under of eight.