American League
The Toronto Blue Jays went ahead with three RBI doubles in the eighth inning to spoil the Boston Red Sox's home opener with a 10-5 win on Friday.
Reed Johnson and Kevin Cash each drove in three runs for Toronto, which was swept in an opening three-game series at Detroit.
Boston had little sleep before its opener, arriving at Fenway Park at 7:24am after its flight from Baltimore-Washington International Airport was delayed by mechanical problems.
"We expect to win every day regardless of how tired we are," said Boston's Johnny Damon, who was asked if pain from his injured knee would keep him from sleeping.
Mike Timlin (0-1) gave up three runs in the eighth. Justin Speier (1-0) got the win for the Blue Jays.
"We didn't really worry about" the Red Sox being tired, said Toronto's Vernon Wells who hit a run scoring double. "We're just concerned about ourselves."
White Sox 9, Yankees 3
In New York, Magglio Ordonez homered and drove in five runs while Jon Garland worked around bouts of wildness, leading Chicago over New York.
Joe Crede also homered for the White Sox and made a key play at third base. After he nipped Derek Jeter with the bases loaded to end the fourth, the White Sox scored nine runs in the next two innings.
Earlier Friday, Yankees manager Joe Torre reached agreement on a US$19.2 million, three-year contract extension through the 2007 season.
Rangers 12, Angels 4
In Arlington, Texas, Michael Young, who moved from second base to shortstop when Alex Rodriguez was traded just before spring training, drove in three runs and scored twice in Texas' win over Anaheim, ending the Angels' chance to start 4-0 for the first time since 1970.
Laynce Nix, Kevin Mench and Hank Blalock, who snapped an 0-for-13 stretch with three hits, all homered for the Rangers.
Devil Rays 4, Orioles 3
In St. Petersburg, pinch-hitter Eduardo Perez singled home the winning run for Tampa Bay over Baltimore in the 10th inning after Jose Cruz Jr.'s leadoff walk off John Parrish (0-1), Damian Rolls' sacrifice and Rocco Baldelli's intentional walk.
Royals 3, Indians 1
In Kansas City, Missouri, Jimmy Gobble made history for Kansas City by just taking the mound, and Aaron Guiel's two-run double broke a scoreless tie in the seventh to lift the Royals past Cleveland.
Kansas City became the first major league team to start four left-handers in its first four games. Gobble was preceded by Brian Anderson, Darrell May and Jeremy Affeldt.
Athletics 8, Mariners 6
In Oakland, California, Scott Hatteberg doubled in the go-ahead run and Arthur Rhodes earned the save against his old team in Oakland's victory over winless Seattle.
At 0-4, the Mariners are the only team in the majors without a win.
Seattle blew it when center fielder Randy Winn missed a line drive by Eric Chavez in the bottom of the seventh for an error. The ball glanced off his glove and got away from him, rolling to the wall before Raul Ibanez retrieved it.
National League
Houston right-hander Wade Miller dominated Milwaukee again Friday in the Brewers' home opener, pitching six solid innings in the Astros' 13-7 win.
"It was fun obviously with the run [support]. You can't ask for anything more than that," Miller said. "I didn't feel that great today, but I threw the ball where I wanted to for the most part. I feel I had decent stuff."
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