TORONTO 9, MINNESOTA 2

MINNEAPOLIS Roy Halladay reared back and stifled the Twins again for seven dominant innings, and the Toronto Blue Jays breezed past Minnesota 9-2 with another round of relentless swings.

Light-hitting leadoff man Marco Scutaro hustled home for a first-inning run off Francisco Liriano (0-3) and broke the game open with a two-run shot in a seven-run seventh highlighted by Kevin Millars fourth career grand slam. Halladay improved to 8-0 with a 2.77 ERA in his career against the Twins.

Toronto won three of four in the series and has taken 12 of the past 13 from Minnesota. Halladay (3-0) allowed eight hits and struck out eight without a walk. The 6-foot-6 right-hander allowed one run in the second inning via fielders choice grounder.

CLEVELAND 10, NY YANKEES 2

BRONX, New York The New York Yankees flopped in their first game at the new $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium, getting blown out by the Cleveland Indians 10-2.

Jhonny Peralta broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run double off Jose Veras, and Grady Sizemore hit a grand slam into the right-field seats off Damaso Marte. Victor Martinezs solo homer capped the nine-run burst.

CC Sabathia, pitching in pinstripes for the first time since signing a $161 million, seven-year contract, allowed an RBI double to Kelly Shoppach in the fourth. But Jorge Posada tied the score an inning later with a home run.

Cliff Lee (1-2) allowed one run and seven hits in six innings in a matchup of the last two AL Cy Young Award winners.

CHI WHITE SOX 3, TAMPA BAY 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida John Danks pitched six strong innings and Jermaine Dye hit a two-run homer to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Danks (1-0) limited the AL champions to two hits and had a shutout until Carlos Pena homered with one out in the sixth. Dioner Navarro had the other hit off the left-hander, a two-out single in the second inning.

Dye homered off Jeff Niemann (0-2) in the second. The White Sox wasted several opportunities to break the game open against the right-hander, including the sixth, when they loaded the bases with one out and failed to score.

LA ANGELS 5, SEATTLE 1

SEATTLE Joe Saunders stopped Seattles early season joyride by allowing just three hits and a run in seven innings and Mike Napoli hit a go-ahead, two-run single in a five-run sixth to send the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-1 victory over the Mariners.

Saunders silencing of a lineup missing Ken Griffey Jr. for the third time this season dampened Seattles celebration of Ichiro Suzuki breaking the record for hits by a Japanese player.

The eight-time All-Star and Gold Glove outfielder broke the record of Isao Harimoto with a characteristically sharp single in the fourth, a one-hop smash into right field off Saunders (2-1) for his 3,086th hit.

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