ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Dylan Cease struck out 12 in five innings and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had three hits, including a two-run homer, as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 on Monday night.
Lenyn Sosa put Toronto ahead with a sacrifice fly in the sixth, and Nathan Lukes knocked in two late insurance runs after coming off the bench.
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Toronto Blue Jays' Myles Straw (3) runs to home plate to score during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, April 20, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Jeff Hoffman (23) reacts after striking out the last Los Angeles Angels batter to win the game at the end of the ninth inning of a baseball game Monday, April 20, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Reid Detmers (48) looks on as Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (27) rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, April 20, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (27) rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, April 20, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Dylan Cease delivers during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, April 20, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Cease (1-0) earned his first win for the Blue Jays and finished one strikeout shy of his career high despite needing 110 pitches to get 15 outs. The right-hander, who signed a $210 million, seven-year contract as a free agent in December, limited the Angels to two runs and five hits. He walked two and whiffed Jorge Soler with a 99 mph fastball on his final pitch.
Toronto reliever Braydon Fisher threw a scoreless sixth, Louis Varland struck out three of his four batters and Tyler Rogers got the final two outs in the eighth. Struggling closer Jeff Hoffman fanned three in a one-hit ninth for his third save.
Angels left-hander Reid Detmers (1-2) gave up four runs and five hits in six innings, striking out five and walking two. Los Angeles struck out a season-high 18 times and has lost three straight.
The Blue Jays snapped a 2-all tie in the sixth after Guerrero and Eloy Jiménez singled. Guerrero went to third on Kazuma Okamoto’s grounder and scored on Sosa’s sacrifice fly.
Lukes drove in a run with a pinch-hit single in the seventh and added an RBI groundout that made it 5-2 in the ninth.
The Angels took a 1-0 lead in the first when Nolan Schanuel doubled and Soler, who had one hit and 13 strikeouts in 23 career at-bats against Cease, roped an RBI single to left field.
Toronto countered with two in the third when Davis Schneider walked and Guerrero crushed a hanging changeup 430 feet to center for his second homer this season.
The Angels tied it at 2 in the bottom half. Zach Neto walked, Mike Trout singled, and after a double steal, Schanuel hit a sacrifice fly.
Blue Jays LHP Patrick Corbin (0-0, 4.66 ERA) will oppose Angels RHP Jack Kochanowicz (2-0, 3.47 ERA) on Tuesday night.
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Toronto Blue Jays' Myles Straw (3) runs to home plate to score during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, April 20, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Jeff Hoffman (23) reacts after striking out the last Los Angeles Angels batter to win the game at the end of the ninth inning of a baseball game Monday, April 20, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Reid Detmers (48) looks on as Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (27) rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, April 20, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (27) rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, April 20, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Dylan Cease delivers during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, April 20, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An armed man standing atop one of the historic Teotihuacan pyramids opened fire on tourists Monday, killing one Canadian and leaving at least 13 people injured at the archaeological site north of Mexico’s capital, authorities said.
The shooter was identified as 27-year-old Julio Cesar Jasso of Mexico, a state official told the AP on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak about the case. Jasso later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said, and security officials found a gun, a knife and ammunition. Jasso was the sole assailant in the attack, the State of Mexico government confirmed on Monday night.
The local government said seven people were wounded by gunshots. How the other people were injured was not disclosed, but a number of people fell when shooting started, some while climbing on the pyramids.
Those taken to hospitals for treatment were six Americans, three Colombians, one Russian, two Brazilians and one Canadian, the local government said. The youngest person who was injured was 6; the oldest was 61, Mexican authorities said.
Video and photos published by local media showed a man, later identified as Jasso, standing with a gun on top of a pyramid while people ducked for cover. A number of gunshots rang out in the videos.
The Teotihuacan pyramids, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are a series of massive structures on the outskirts of Mexico City built by three different ancient civilizations. As one of Mexico’s most important touristic destinations, the site drew more than 1.8 million international visitors last year, according to government figures.
The shooting took place shortly after 11:30 a.m. when dozens of tourists were at the top of the Pyramid of the Moon. The standing on the structure’s platform began firing upward, according to a tour guide who was at the scene and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity for safety reasons.
“Some people, because they were scared ... threw themselves face down on the ground, and the rest of us started to go down,” the guide said, recounting how the shooter, upon seeing the tourists descending the pyramid’s steps, began firing.
Another group of visitors lay motionless on the pyramid’s platform to avoid being targeted by the shooter, who authorities have not yet identified.
Brenda Lee, of Vancouver, British Columbia, said she was waiting to buy a souvenir when she and others in her group thought they heard firecrackers.
"Before we knew it, someone said, ‘No, that’s gunfire, run,’ and we saw people coming off the top,” she told CTV News, one of Canada’s national television broadcasters.
“There were thousands of people there and there were a lot of gunshots that just kept coming,” Lee said.
The scene quickly turned chaotic as people tried to escape, Lee said.
“And then a fellow jumped,” she said. “It was someone trying to get away, and he dropped to the next level, but he fell on his back, and it was ... it just was awful.”
In past years, staff at the archaeological site carried out security scans before people entered the area but have since stopped, one local guide noted.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote on social media that the shooting would be investigated and that she was in touch with the Canadian Embassy.
“What happened today in Teotihuacán deeply pains us. I express my most sincere solidarity with the affected individuals and their families,” she wrote.
Anita Anand, Canada’s foreign affairs minister, said on X that as a “result of a horrific act of gun violence, a Canadian was killed and another wounded in Teotihuacán” and that her “thoughts are with their family and loved ones."
Later in the evening U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson also expressed “deep concern” and sadness over the deaths and numerous injuries, and said on a post on X that the U.S. is “ready to provide support as needed while Mexican authorities continue their investigation.”
The National Institute of Anthropology and History said in a statement that the Teotihuacán archaeological site will remain closed until further notice.
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AP journalist Jim Morris contributed to this story from Vancouver, British Columbia.
Police patrol the pyramids after authorities said a gunman opened fire in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Forensic workers carry the body of a victim down a pyramid after authorities said a gunman opened fire, in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Police and forensic workers stand on a pyramid after authorities said a gunman opened fire in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Forensic workers remove a victim's body from a pyramid after authorities said a gunman opened fire in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
FILE - The Pyramid of the Moon, left, and the Pyramid of the Sun, back right, are seen along with smaller structures lining the Avenue of the Dead, in Teotihuacan, Mexico, March 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
