ANAHEIM, Calif. -AP- Cameron Maybin stood at third base in the tie game, eyed the infield playing in and then immediately broke on contact.He dove head-first into home, slid his out-stretched left hand around catcher Russell Martin's tag and scored what proved the final run Monday night in the Los Angeles Angels' 2-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays."It's just a matter of using my size and athleticism, stretch as long as I can," Maybin said. "I have about a 6-8, 6-9 wing span. 
That's something you learn from playing basketball -- how long your arms are."Right-hander Jesse Chavez, who came in relief to take the loss in Friday's 13-inning loss to Toronto, went six innings for the Angels, holding the Blue Jays to one run on four hits. Chavez (2-3) walked four but struck out seven."Today was just a normal day," Chavez said. "I felt good, felt normal."Bud Norris pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his second save.Martin's solo home run in the fourth accounted for Toronto's only run. It was his second of the season.The Blue Jays have scored four runs or less in 14 of their 18 games this season."We're not clicking as a unit," said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. "That's the bottom line."The Angels tied the score in the bottom of the fourth when a Mike Trout double turned into a triple after right-fielder Jose Bautista slipped. Albert Pujols singled to score Trout. The Angels' winning rally in the fifth came against Francisco Liriano (1-2) after Maybin's leadoff single. A walk and sacrifice bunt put runners at second and third.The Blue Jays played the infield in and Yunel Escobar hit a bouncer to second baseman Devon Travis. He fired home, but Maybin avoided the tag by Martin."I wasn't sure if I got the plate or not right away, so I just went back and touched it," Maybin said. "(Martin) never touch me."Liriano went 5 1/3 innings, allowing the two runs on five hits and four walks, with two strikeouts."His stuff was good, but his balls-to-strikes ratio wasn't," Gibbons said. "But he held them down and gave us a shot."The victory allowed the Angels to split the four-game series against Toronto.
That's something you learn from playing basketball -- how long your arms are."Right-hander Jesse Chavez, who came in relief to take the loss in Friday's 13-inning loss to Toronto, went six innings for the Angels, holding the Blue Jays to one run on four hits. Chavez (2-3) walked four but struck out seven."Today was just a normal day," Chavez said. "I felt good, felt normal."Bud Norris pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his second save.Martin's solo home run in the fourth accounted for Toronto's only run. It was his second of the season.The Blue Jays have scored four runs or less in 14 of their 18 games this season."We're not clicking as a unit," said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. "That's the bottom line."The Angels tied the score in the bottom of the fourth when a Mike Trout double turned into a triple after right-fielder Jose Bautista slipped. Albert Pujols singled to score Trout. The Angels' winning rally in the fifth came against Francisco Liriano (1-2) after Maybin's leadoff single. A walk and sacrifice bunt put runners at second and third.The Blue Jays played the infield in and Yunel Escobar hit a bouncer to second baseman Devon Travis. He fired home, but Maybin avoided the tag by Martin."I wasn't sure if I got the plate or not right away, so I just went back and touched it," Maybin said. "(Martin) never touch me."Liriano went 5 1/3 innings, allowing the two runs on five hits and four walks, with two strikeouts."His stuff was good, but his balls-to-strikes ratio wasn't," Gibbons said. "But he held them down and gave us a shot."The victory allowed the Angels to split the four-game series against Toronto.
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