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TORONTO \u2014 The question hanging over Jack Kochanowicz early in his career was whether he could really be a successful pitcher without racking up strikeouts.<\/p>\n

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At times, he\u2019s beaten the odds. Saturday was not one of those times.<\/p>\n

The Angels lost to the Toronto Blue Jays, 14-1, with a series of soft hits and defensive misplays leading to a seven-run fifth inning that essentially ended the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t just the swing-and-miss stuff, I\u2019d say everything (was wrong),\u201d Kochanowicz said. \u201cMy control wasn\u2019t really there. Just everything in general wasn\u2019t really too refined today. But all I can do is just go back and throw a good bullpen this week and have a good one next week.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Angels (15-25) still might have lost because their hitters, who have been in a collective slump for most of the past two weeks, missed some early opportunities while it was still a close game.<\/p>\n

Kochanowicz was in the midst of what had been a typical game for him this season. He had allowed one run through the first four innings, even though he hadn\u2019t struck out anyone.<\/p>\n

Coming into the game, Kochanowicz had a 17% strikeout rate, which is up from 14% last year but still below the major-league average of 22%. He\u2019d gotten away with it because opponents were hitting .225 on balls in play, well below the major-league average of .290.<\/p>\n

Some of that was luck of hard-hit balls going at fielders, but it\u2019s also because Kochanowicz was keeping balls on the ground and away from barrels.<\/p>\n

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In the fifth inning, when the Blue Jays were getting their third look at him, everything bad that could happen did.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just seemed like everything they touched fell in,\u201d Manager Kurt Suzuki said. \u201cMaybe better execution, but at the end of the day, you minimize some hard contact. They do a good job of putting the ball in play and it found holes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kochanowicz started the inning by walking Addison Barger. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Kazuma Okamoto followed with consecutive soft singles, pushing home one run.<\/p>\n

Jesus Sanchez then hit a pop fly down the left-field line. It dropped just between left fielder Josh Lowe, third baseman Yo\u00e1n Moncada and shortstop Zach Neto.<\/p>\n

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Daulton Varsho then hit a comebacker to Kochanowicz, who made a bad throw to first, for an error.<\/p>\n

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After that, Ernie Clement hit a hard ground ball that skipped past Moncada. It was ruled a hit, but it should have been an out.<\/p>\n

And that was the end of the day for Kochanowicz, who had two more runs added to his line when reliever Mitch Farris gave up a three-run homer to No. 9 hitter Brandon Valenzuela. Kochanowicz was charged with seven runs, six earned, in four innings.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, you minimize hard contact, you take your chances,\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cWould he like more strikeouts? He\u2019s been actually getting a lot of swing and miss lately. Just today, this team in general, they don\u2019t strike out. They don\u2019t swing and miss very often. They found holes today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kochanowicz said it was more than simply his inability to miss bats, though.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean it\u2019s frustrating, but to be fair, there was way too much traffic the whole game,\u201d Kochanowicz said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t just that inning. I kind of snuck through a couple of the innings there. Just just didn\u2019t have the swing-and-miss stuff today, really. But that\u2019s baseball.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Angels ended up using infielder Adam Frazier to pitch the eighth, and he gave up another four runs.<\/p>\n

Although the game ended up being a blowout loss, it began with the Angels actually having the better scoring chances.<\/p>\n

Facing Toronto right-hander Trey Yesavage, the Angels had runners in scoring position in the second, third and fourth innings.<\/p>\n

In the second, Jorge Soler was nailed at home by Barger, who made a perfect throw from right field after catching a fly ball. The Angels put their first two runners on in the third, but Neto and Mike Trout struck out and Nolan Schanuel hit a fly ball to the warning track.<\/p>\n

Catcher Sebastian Rivero worked an 11-pitch at-bat with one out and the bases loaded in the fourth. The last pitch, which would have been a run-scoring walk if he\u2019d taken it, was instead pounded into the ground for an inning-ending double play.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a great at-bat and the last pitch, the good thing is he didn\u2019t strike out,\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cHe put the ball in play. It\u2019s just unfortunately it was a ball and it was up the middle where they could turn two. But you can\u2019t fault a guy for that. He battled his butt off. Just unfortunate at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

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