ANAHEIM -- Angels third baseman Yunel Escobar departed Friday night's 8-7 loss to the Blue Jays after six innings with dizziness, the club announced.
Escobar, 34, appeared shaken up after getting out of the way of a 1-2 pitch up and in during an at-bat against Danny Barnes in the bottom of the sixth. Escobar had turned away quickly from the pitch, prompting a team trainer to come out and check on him.
"I think he tried to jerk out of the way," manager Mike Scioscia said afterward. "He just felt like he got a little dizzy."
Escobar managed to complete his at-bat, grounding out to first to end the inning, but he was replaced at third by Cliff Pennington in the top of the seventh.
Escobar, who did not speak to reporters after the game, is batting .296 after going 1-for-3 with a single and a walk Friday. He also committed an error in the sixth after dropping Troy Tulowitzki's popout, which led to an unearned run for the Blue Jays.
Maria Guardado