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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Nothing could spoil Alex Meyers first big league win. Not even a The Cat in the Hat costume the Los Angeles Angels rookie was forced to wear for the teams final road trip of the season.Meyer gave up two hits in five innings, Mike Trout and Albert Pujols each scored twice and the Angels beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 on Sunday afternoon.The Blue Jays fell out of a tie with Baltimore for the top AL wild-card spot and lead Seattle by one game for the second spot. Toronto has yet to win a series in September, splitting with Los Angeles.Meyer (1-3), who addressed the media in a costume several inches too short for his 6-foot-9 frame, struck out a career-best seven and walked three in the longest outing of his career.I think that he understands some of the things he needs to get back to from when he pitched in college and where he feels really comfortable throwing the ball, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. His stuff out there today was explosive. He had great command, great velocity, he was spinning the ball well, threw some good changeups. Some pitches got away from him, but for the most part, he was very pitch-efficient and effective.Meyer worked with pitching coach Charles Nagy and special assistant to the general manager Bud Black over the last few days to move his arm slot higher, closer to where it was when he pitched in college at Kentucky. Meyer watched his younger self on YouTube in an effort to match that same delivery.We kind of just tried to pick some things from back then and work on trying to stay a little bit taller on the mound and keep my arm slot up a little bit, Meyer said. It was a good change today.It led to the success Meyer was seeking.It was awesome, its something that you think about for a long time, Meyer said. I dont want to say it gets a monkey off your back, but to be able to get that is pretty special. I cant really put it into words but it was a fun day.Marcus Stroman (9-9) went six innings, giving up two runs on seven hits, walking two and striking out three.Toronto left seven on base and was a combined 1 for 17 with runners in scoring position in the last two games. However, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said theres no reason to panic. It was simply two off days for the offense.Theres not a guy out in that room thats not busting his (butt) trying to come through, Gibbons said. If it was that easy to hit, more people would be doing it. Theyre competing, were just coming up short.The game was delayed for 13 minutes in the bottom of the third inning due to bees on the field.Stroman allowed runs in the second and fourth innings before Joe Biagini gave up two in the seventh inning.Trout went from first to third on Pujols single in the seventh and came home on C.J. Crons sacrifice fly. After Andrelton Simmons walked, Rafael Ortegas flare dropped into shallow left field for a single. Ortega advanced to second on the throw and scored Pujols from third base to cap the scoring.TRAINERS ROOMAngels: C Jett Bandy remained out of the lineup with a sore back. Bandy exited Saturdays game with back spasms after a slide in the first inning.UP NEXTBlue Jays: RHP Marco Estrada (8-9, 3.78) opens a series against the Mariners. He has lost his past three starts and five of his last six decisions. He has allowed 12 earned runs in his last 12 2/3 innings. He lost a 2-1 decision to Seattle on July 22 in Toronto and is 0-3 with a 5.82 ERA in three career starts against Seattle.Angels: RHP Jhoulys Chacin (4-6, 5.44 ERA) will make his second start since coming out of the bullpen, again in place of the injured Tyler Skaggs, when the Angels start a three-game series on the road against the Texas Rangers. Chacin has pitched to a 0.57 ERA in his last three starts and is 0-1 with a 3.00 ERA in three appearances against Texas.Air Jordan Discount . 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In the response filed Wednesday to the complaint by 30-year-old Alexander Bradley, attorneys say the former University of Florida player is invoking his Fifth Amendment right that protects people from incriminating themselves.DALLAS -- After a week in which both his schools president and athletic director backed him, Texas coach Charlie Strong responded to a 45-40 loss to No. 20 Oklahoma by saying he hopes the Longhorns can win out the rest of the way.I want to win out because the players put so much into it. I want success for them more than anything, Strong said. I want success for our seniors. When you see how hard they work, and you look at today and how hard they went out, they played for 60 minutes. When you play 60 minutes, good things are going to happen for you.Weve just got to continue to work. Its not desperate. You want to win, and you cant lose three games in a row. Weve just got to continue to work hard.The Longhorns have dropped three straight after opening their season with a double-overtime upset of then-No. 10 Notre Dame and a victory over UTEP. At 2-3, Texas must win four of its final seven regular-season games to reach a bowl game.In the week Strong put himself in charge of Texas defense, that unit gave up 45 points, the fourth time in five games it has done so this season. Texas also allowed more than 500 yards for the third consecutive game.ddddddddddddAsked how he would assess the defense, Strong replied: We lost the game, so there was no improvement at all. We gave up 45 points and cant give up those big plays on defense.Oklahoma scored on passing touchdowns of 71, 47 and 42 yards. The 71-yard hookup was ?the longest touchdown pass ever by the Sooners against the Longhorns.You just look at the plays we gave up, Strong said. You cant give up home runs thrown over your head.Texas president Greg Fenves and athletic director Mike Perrin both offered votes of confidence for Strong in the week following a 49-31 loss at Oklahoma State, and Perrin said Friday that he had never considered making a coaching change during the season.Texas returns home to face Iowa State next Saturday.Weve got seven games left, Strong said. I told our players weve got seven left, weve just got to work and continue to get better. We need to go get them, and theres no reason we cant.The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '