Former USC star Steve Pearce putting on a grand slam show

Another pretty grand game for former South Carolina star Steve Pearce.

Pearce hit his second game-ending grand slam in just four days and the Toronto Blue Jays pulled off the biggest ninth-inning comeback in team history, rallying for seven runs to beat the Los Angeles Angels 11-10 Sunday.

Pearce connected with one out off former Baltimore teammate Bud Norris (1-4).

"We kept fighting all the way to the end," Pearce said. "We showed great resilience as a team."

Pearce said he typically doesn't like batting against former teammates, but felt he had the upper hand after Norris fell behind 2-0.

"He missed pretty bad on the first two pitches, so I was able to really lock in on the next pitch," Pearce said.

On Thursday, Pearce's slam with two outs in the 10th inning lifted Toronto over Oakland 8-4.

Pearce became just third player to hit two game-ending grand slams in the same season, joining Cy Williams (Phillies, 1926) and Jim Presley (Seattle, 1986). Presley later served as Pearce's hitting coach with the Orioles.

On two prior occasions, the Blue Jays had won games by scoring five runs in the ninth.

"A crazy day," manager John Gibbons said. "You don't see that coming."

Toronto trailed 10-4 heading into the ninth against Brooks Pounders, but drew closer on Kevin Pillar's two-run homer. After Rob Refsnyder doubled, Norris took over and gave up a single to Ezequiel Carrera and an RBI single by Russell Martin. Justin Smoak grounded out and Kendrys Morales walked before Pearce connected for his 10th homer.

George Bell (1988) and Gregg Zaun (2008) are the only other Blue Jays players to hit game-ending grand slams.

This story was originally published July 31, 2017 at 10:30 AM with the headline "Former USC star Steve Pearce putting on a grand slam show."