NY extends winning streak to four games

NEW YORK -- Orlando Hernandez pitched one-hit ball over eight innings to win his first start of the season, Ron Coomer homered in his first at-bat with the Yankees and New York beat Wilson Alvarez in his return from a two-season layoff, topping the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3-0 Saturday.

Yankees manager Joe Torre got his 1,480th career victory, tying Earl Weaver for 18th place on the career list. The four-time defending AL champions have won four straight since losing their opener, even though their biggest offseason addition is scuffling.

Jason Giambi went 0-for-1 with two walks and a hit by pitch, dropping to 2-for-17 (.118) with no RBIs.

Twins 7, Blue Jays 5

TORONTO -- Jacque Jones hit his third home run and Doug Mientkiewicz and Jay Canizaro each had two RBIs as Minnesota beat Toronto.

LaTroy Hawkins (1-0) pitched 1 2-3 scoreless innings for the win. Eddie Guardado pitched the ninth for his fourth save in as many chances.

Mientkiewicz hit an RBI double off Scott Eyre (0-1) in the first inning and the Twins added five runs in the second.

Red Sox 4, Orioles 2

BALTIMORE -- Nomar Garciaparra hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to ruin a fine pitching performance by Scott Erickson and lift Boston past punchless Baltimore.

Casey Fossum (1-0) pitched two innings for the win, and Ugueth Urbina worked the ninth for his second save. It was the fourth straight defeat for the Orioles, who have scored only three runs during the skid.

Indians 5, Tigers 3

DETROIT -- Ellis Burks drove in two runs, Brady Anderson homered and Bartolo Colon was solid as Cleveland beat Detroit.

The Tigers (0-5) are baseball's lone winless team and are off to their worst start since losing the first six games in 1992.

White Sox 14, Royals 0

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Magglio Ordonez had three hits, a homer, four runs and three RBIs and Paul Konerko also drove in three runs as Chicago posted its biggest shutout win in 15 seasons.

Mark Buehrle (2-0) went six shutout innings and raised his career record to 5-0 against Kansas City as the White Sox had their most lopsided shutout since a 17-0 win at Cleveland in 1987.

It was the worst shutout loss for Kansas City since falling 17-0 to Detroit in 1991.

Sandy Alomar went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs and Tony Graffanino and Carlos Lee added two RBIs apiece for the White Sox.

-- From wire reports