Notes: Angels RF Vladimir Guerrero, on the disabled list since April 16 with a torn right pectoral muscle, was cleared to take swings off a tee and went through light defensive drills. ... The Angels used light-hitting utility man Maicer Izturis in the DH spot for the fifth time, second most on the team behind Guerrero.
Aaron Hill and the AL-leading Toronto Blue Jays are showing no signs of slowing down.
They'll look to continue their torrid hitting as they go for a two-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night.
Hill has played a key part in helping Toronto (20-10) to the best record in the AL. The Blue Jays lead the majors with a .297 batting average and 189 runs.
Hill is tops in baseball with 49 hits and fourth in the league with a .366 average. The second baseman, held without a hit only four times this season, leads Toronto with seven homers and 27 RBIs.
A concussion ended Hill's 2008 season after 55 games, as he hit .263 with two homers and 20 RBIs.
He went 3 for 5 with a homer and three RBIs to power Toronto's 13-1 victory over Los Angeles (12-14) on Wednesday. The Blue Jays, winners of two in a row and five of six, moved two games ahead of Boston atop the AL East.
On Tuesday, Hill drove in two runs in a 10-6 victory over Cleveland.
"We've always felt like we've had the talent," Jays ace Roy Halladay said after earning his sixth win Wednesday. "Over the course of the years, individual guys (on offense) have put up good numbers. We haven't been able to get everybody going at the same time."
Hill is 11 for 25 (.440) with a homer and four RBIs in his last six games against the Angels.
Robert Ray (0-0, 4.76 ERA) hopes to benefit from a Toronto lineup that's produced 30 runs in the last three games when he makes his second career start. The right-hander was called up from Triple-A Las Vegas on Friday.
Ray struggled at times over 5 2-3 innings of his debut Saturday, allowing three runs and four hits - one homer - with four walks and one hit batter in a 5-4, 11-inning win over Baltimore.
