Jose Soriano gave the Los Angeles Angels exactly what they needed on Sunday: length, control and an early escape from trouble. He struck out seven over 7 2/3 innings as the Angels beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1, a win that ended an eight-game road losing streak dating to April 16 and snapped a nine-game slump in Toronto.

Soriano improved to 6-2 after working around two hits and a walk in the first inning. Kazuma Okamoto followed with an RBI double, but Soriano shut the door from there and did not allow another runner until Myles Straw reached on an infield hit in the eighth. He finished with 20 consecutive outs before Straw ended the run.

The Angels backed him with power. Jo Adell hit two solo home runs, and Oswald Peraza added a two-run drive in the fifth inning. By then, Eric Lauer was already in trouble. He allowed six runs and five hits in five innings and fell to 1-5.

The Blue Jays were missing right fielder Addison Barger from the lineup because of a sore right shoulder, one day after he returned from a 29-game absence caused by a sore left ankle. Barger had made a 101.2 mph throw Saturday to retire Jorge Soler at the plate, but Toronto could not lean on that arm Sunday. The Angels, meanwhile, kept pushing until Soriano finally yielded to back-to-back singles that loaded the bases. Sam Bachman came in and got Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to ground into a forceout, closing the door on Toronto’s last real chance.

Soriano entered after a three-start winless streak, and the outing was the kind that can reset a pitcher’s month. The Angels had struggled away from home and had not won in Toronto for a long stretch, so this was more than one clean start. It was the kind of road win that can change the tone of a trip before the schedule turns again, with Joey Cantilo set to start the series opener against the visiting Angels in Cleveland and Kevin Gausman scheduled for Monday against Rays right-hander Drew Rasmussen.