Winfield Fattens Up Against Blue Jays : Angels: He warms up for chocolate cake with a three-for-three day in 6-2 victory.

Dave Winfield took the cake Sunday.

And the corn chips. Plus an extra helping of macaroni salad.

The Angel right fielder could afford to eat a big postgame meal. Even if he gained a pound or two, his performance in the Angels’ 6-2 victory over Toronto ensured his batting average still would be higher than his weight.

Winfield’s three-for-three effort raised his average to .247, the highest it has been since April 22. It’s also higher than the 242 pounds he carried on his 6-foot-6 frame before he attacked the chocolate cake on his plate.

“I needed that,” Winfield said after he doubled home Dave Parker in the third inning, homered in the fifth and singled in the seventh. “Now I can start talking. I’m hitting my weight.

“You cringe and hope the lights go out on the scoreboard,” he said of his early-season average. “But now, I’m getting there. Everybody’s getting up there.”

Winfield’s spree led a 10-hit Angel attack that delighted a season-high crowd of 45,307 at Anaheim Stadium and prevented the Blue Jays from vaulting past Boston and into first place in the AL East.

The Angels have won their last five series and balanced their home record at 12-12.

“We were 4-2 (on this home stand) and that kind of gets the fans behind you,” Winfield said. “You want to show them you can win at home, not just (on the road).”

Gary Gaetti began the offensive surge Sunday with a first-inning home run off David Wells (5-4), his third homer in five at-bats against the Toronto left-hander. Luis Sojo and Dick Schofield added RBIs in the second inning, and Winfield and Junior Felix turned it into a rout in the third off Wells, who had given up two earned runs in 30 innings before Sunday.

The beneficiary of this heavy hitting was Mark Langston (6-1), who gave up five hits and struck out eight to record his third complete game. Langston’s five-game winning streak is his longest since 1984, and it boosted his record to the best it has been after nine starts. His previous best was 5-4 in 1985 for the Seattle Mariners.

“I know our offense has helped him, but the bottom line is he’s pitched extremely well,” Angel Manager Doug Rader said. “I just feel he’s expecting to win every time out, as opposed to hoping to win.”

Langston met those expectations five times in May without a loss, compiling a 2.75 earned-run average for the month. His victory Sunday was his third at home, matching his total for 1990, when he was 3-11 at Anaheim Stadium.

Some things do remain the same: the Blue Jays’ fourth-inning run came with two out, keeping the number of two-out runs scored against him this season at 50% (12 of 24). Of the 120 runs scored against him last season, 61 (51%) came with two out.

But Langston is more confident. He’s more willing to challenge hitters and better able to withstand the consequences should he be hit because of the run support he’s been getting.

“You go out there to keep it close, and you know we’re going to score some runs,” said Langston, who yielded a home run to Kenny Williams in the third inning and a run-scoring single to Ed Sprague in the fourth. After Sprague’s hit cut the Angel lead to 5-2, Langston walked Williams to load the bases. But he minimized the damage, getting Manny Lee to ground into a force play on the first pitch.

“The last couple of games, I’ve felt I can pretty much throw the ball where I want,” Langston said. “I’m getting outs when I need them because the defense is there behind me. I have a lot of confidence in my defense.

“When you’ve got runs to work with, you’re a lot more confident on the mound. I’m enjoying it. We have a great team, great defense, great offense. It’s a lot of fun right now.”

No one had more fun Sunday than Winfield. His double off the left-field fence in the fourth inning produced his 1,541st career RBI, scoring Parker, who had also doubled. That put Winfield in 24th place on the career RBI list. His homer off Mike Timlin was his 384th, putting him within nine of the top 25. And his single to center field in the seventh inning off Willie Fraser gave him his first three-hit game since April 13.

“I feel good. The team feels good,” Winfield said. “Everybody’s contributing and kicking something in. . . .

“We haven’t put together a long winning streak, but if we keep putting together these two out of three and three out of four . . . pretty soon, they’ll have to look (at the Angels) in front.”

Angel Attendance

Sunday: 45,307

1991 (24 dates): 690,029

1990 (24 dates): 771,718

Decrease: 81,689

1991 Average: 28,751