ANAHEIM -- This time it held up.

A day after Mike Trout crushed a two-run homer in the first inning of an eventual 4-3 loss in the home opener, he obliterated a go-ahead three-run blast in the fifth inning to lift the Angels to a 9-5 win over the Blue Jays on Saturday night at Angel Stadium.

Trout, a three-time AL MVP and 10-time All-Star, again got to partake in the club’s new home run celebration by donning a samurai warrior helmet, or kabuto, after his blast and said he was just pleased it came in a win this time. The Angels were down by four runs early, but the offense came through and the bullpen bounced back after failing to protect a late two-run lead on Friday.

“I got in a good count and put a good swing on it,” Trout said. “The last few days, I’ve been seeing the ball better. I put in some work in the cages and I’ve been trying to keep my posture and it’s been paying off.”

Trout’s go-ahead shot came as part of a four-run rally for the Angels that started with Luis Rengifo’s first homer of the season. Matt Thaiss reached on an error and Taylor Ward singled to chase Blue Jays right-hander José Berríos from the game.

The Blue Jays brought in side-armer Adam Cimber to face Trout with one out, but the move backfired, as Cimber quickly fell behind in the count, 3-1. Trout then clobbered an 84-mph fastball up and over the middle of the plate for a no-doubter to left. It had an exit velocity of 109.4 mph and went a projected 427 feet.

It was yet another big hit from Trout, who is off to an unsurprisingly strong start this season. Trout went 1-for-3 with a walk on Saturday and is batting .346/.528/.769 with three homers, two doubles and eight RBIs through his first eight games.

“The biggest thing is being out there, but when I’m out there, I feel like I’m the best player out there,” Trout said. “I’ve always had that confidence since I was a kid. I enjoy playing this game. It’s been fun.”

The big fly went on a similar trajectory to his homer on Friday, as it bounced once before clanking off the promotional white truck parked beyond the left-center-field fence. His homer on Friday bounced over the truck. Trout now leads the team with three homers and he’s tied for the team lead in RBIs with Logan O'Hoppe.

The offense helped pick up the slack for lefty Tyler Anderson, who struggled with the long ball. He allowed five runs over 4 2/3 innings with all the runs being scored on three homers. But he was thankful the bullpen and the offense backed him.

“You feel bad leaving the game that early and having the guys pick up on the innings, but for the bullpen to come in and shut it down is big time,” Anderson said. “But our guys had good at-bats all day. And in big situations. We were down early and they just kept fighting and clawing and having good at-bats the whole time and it worked out.”

The Angels kept chipping away offensively, scoring a run in the third and two more in the fourth, keyed by a walk from Trout and doubles from Shohei Ohtani and Hunter Renfroe, who later added a two-run shot in the eighth for his first homer of the season, which gave the Angels some breathing room.

“Finally hit one on the barrel,” said Renfroe. “But it felt good to get some insurance runs right there. The bullpen came through and pitched well and we were able to get T.A. some backing there. Now we just have to keep it going.”

The nine-run outburst proved to be more than enough for the bullpen. Relievers  Jaime Barría, Ryan Tepera, Aaron Loup, José Quijada and Carlos Estévez combined to throw 4 1/3 scoreless innings in relief to preserve the win.

Trout was impressed by what he saw from Angels relievers and was happy to see the offense starting to get going with Ohtani, Anthony Rendon, Renfroe, Gio Urshela and Rengifo having solid nights at the plate.

“It was good,” Trout said. “Offensively, we just kept adding on. We got down early, but we stayed in the game and kept adding on runs.”