Angels Pick On Blue Jays : Baseball: Hudler scores twice on wild pitches, another on hit batter in 10-1 victory.

The Angels fielded a starting lineup Thursday night that included Carlos Martinez, Andy Allanson and Damion Easley, none of whom had a batting average above .200. But when you’re leading the majors in runs, why not give a few players a chance to break out of their slumps and join the hit parade?

It worked wonders. Designated hitter Martinez got a hit, Allanson had a double, Easley popped a three-run homer and the Angels coasted to a 10-1 victory over Toronto in front of an announced crowd of 15,076 at Anaheim Stadium.

Sure, a good time was had by nearly everyone in an Angel uniform, but what kind of a night was it for the Blue Jays?

Angel left fielder Rex Hudler scored twice in consecutive innings on wild pitches and again on what probably would have been a wild pitch if it hadn’t hit batter Greg Myers.

J.T. Snow reached safely on a routine ground ball to first when Toronto reliever Darren Hall, running over to cover the bag, made like a pulling guard and blocked out John Olerud, who managed to tag Snow with his bare hand. . . . Unfortunately, the ball was still in his glove.

This stuff isn’t going to make Toronto’s ’95 highlight film.

The Angels, meanwhile, were spinning around the bases, boosting their batting averages with 14 hits and their on-base percentages thanks to 10 walks issued by Blue Jay pitchers.

“I’ve seen some wild ones,” said Manager Marcel Lachemann, who suffered as Angel pitching coach at times over the years. “It’s nice to be on the other end, that’s for sure.”

Left-hander Brian Anderson, who has struggled since returning to the rotation June 20 after a month on the disabled list and a two-week rehabilitation assignment because of a strained biceps, was the beneficiary of the Angels’ fireworks.

He had given up three homers in each of his last two starts, losses to Seattle and Oakland, but on a night when he had an eight-run advantage after four innings and figured to challenge hitters with fastballs down the middle, he yielded only three singles during a seven-inning stint. And he didn’t allow a Blue Jay to reach second base after the first inning.

“Andy pitched very well,” Lachemann said. “He changed speeds, moved the ball around and had much better location.”

The Angels loaded their lineup with right-handed hitters, hoping to improve their luck against Toronto starter Al Leiter, who gave up only two hits in a six-inning outing as the Blue Jays shut out the Angels, 3-0, on April 29.

And good fortune they got.

The third inning began with Leiter striking out Allanson. Then Gary DiSarcina followed with his 21st double of the season, Tony Phillips walked and Jim Edmonds bounced a two-run double off the wall in left-center.

Leiter then walked Hudler and Tim Salmon on eight pitches to load the bases. He managed to get two strikes on Snow before walking him to force in Edmonds.

Hudler scored and everyone else moved up on a wild pitch before Leiter got out No. 2, striking out Martinez. Then Easley turned on a pitch and sneaked it into the seats just over the short fence and just inside the left-field foul pole. Reliever Danny Cox gave up a double to Allanson and walk to DiSarcina before getting out of the inning.

Hudler got things going again in the the fourth with a one-out single. He took second on Salmon’s single to left, third on Cox’s first wild pitch then sprinted across the plate after another Cox delivery scooted past catcher Lance Parrish to the backstop.

Cox walked two more batters before escaping the inning.

The Angels added two runs in the seventh, on Phillips’ 12th home run and second in as many nights, and a double by Hudler that was followed by two more walks and the Ricardo Jordan pitch that hit Myers.

“I’m very happy to take three out of four from these guys, even if they are struggling,” Lachemann said.