TORONTO (AP) -- Marc Krauss hit a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Wednesday night, their seventh win in nine games.Mike Trout hit a solo homer and Jered Weaver pitched seven innings to win his third straight start. The Angels have rallied to win in five of their past six victories.Krauss's key hit came one inning after he replaced Albert Pujols, who left after being hit on the left hand by a pitch from Toronto's Drew Hutchison. The Angels said Pujols suffered a contusion.Weaver (3-4) allowed three runs and four hits. He is 3-0 with a 1.54 ERA in his past three starts after losing four of his first six. 
Joe Smith worked the eighth and Huston Street finished for his 14th save.Toronto lost for the ninth time in 11 games and dropped to 2-8 in one-run games.Carlos Perez singled to begin the seventh but was forced at second on Taylor Featherston's attempted sacrifice. Featherston stole second and went to third on a wild pitch but was tagged out after getting caught in a rundown on Erick Aybar's grounder.Hutchison left after walking Trout. A wild pitch by Steve Delabar moved the runners to second and third before Krauss doubled to left-center. It was the second base hit of the season for Krauss, while the RBIs were his second and third.Hutchison (3-1) lost for the first time in nine starts this season. He allowed four runs and six hits in 6 2-3 innings.The Blue Jays opened the scoring with a two-out rally in the third. Weaver, who had walked just two batters in his past six starts, began the inning by walking Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion. Weaver looked to have escaped trouble when Russell Martin grounded into a double play but Toronto followed with three straight hits. Chris Colabello doubled, Ezequiel Carrera singled and Danny Valencia capped it with an RBI double.Matt Joyce drew a bases-loaded walk in the fourth and Trout made it a one-run game with a two-out homer in the fifth.
Joe Smith worked the eighth and Huston Street finished for his 14th save.Toronto lost for the ninth time in 11 games and dropped to 2-8 in one-run games.Carlos Perez singled to begin the seventh but was forced at second on Taylor Featherston's attempted sacrifice. Featherston stole second and went to third on a wild pitch but was tagged out after getting caught in a rundown on Erick Aybar's grounder.Hutchison left after walking Trout. A wild pitch by Steve Delabar moved the runners to second and third before Krauss doubled to left-center. It was the second base hit of the season for Krauss, while the RBIs were his second and third.Hutchison (3-1) lost for the first time in nine starts this season. He allowed four runs and six hits in 6 2-3 innings.The Blue Jays opened the scoring with a two-out rally in the third. Weaver, who had walked just two batters in his past six starts, began the inning by walking Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion. Weaver looked to have escaped trouble when Russell Martin grounded into a double play but Toronto followed with three straight hits. Chris Colabello doubled, Ezequiel Carrera singled and Danny Valencia capped it with an RBI double.Matt Joyce drew a bases-loaded walk in the fourth and Trout made it a one-run game with a two-out homer in the fifth.
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