Blue Jays set 3-game series scoring record, take back control of AL East

The Toronto Blue Jays scored a historic number of runs this weekend in Anaheim.

Toronto set a franchise record for most runs scored (36) and hits (48) in a three-game series with an offensive explosion against the Los Angeles Angels.

Josh Donaldson, Jose Bautista, and Edwin Encarnacion led the charge, combining for 21 hits, three homers, and 19 RBIs in the series.

"We came in here smoking hot. We're on fire right now," manager John Gibbons said postgame. "The West Coast has never been particularly good to us. But everybody in our lineup has been swinging. It was a heck of a series. One thing we do is score runs. We've been doing it all year."

The Blue Jays have now scored at least 10 runs 18 times this season, which is one shy of the club record set in 2003.

The three-game sweep of the Angels vaulted the Blue Jays back into first place in the American League East by a half-game over the New York Yankees.

Toronto now begins a three-game series with the Texas Rangers in Arlington on Tuesday.