Orioles can win without Ripken, pound Yankees

BALTIMORE -- Tony Batista jolted Roger Clemens with a grand slam and Scott Erickson won his first outing in 20 months as the Baltimore Orioles opened their post-Cal Ripken era by beating the New York Yankees 10-3 Monday.

Clemens, coming off his record sixth Cy Young Award, gave up eight runs, walked five and threw two wild pitches -- all after he tried to field a hard grounder with his bare hand.

Blue Jays 12, Red Sox 11

BOSTON -- Darrin Fletcher hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning off loser Ugueth Urbina as Toronto rallied after taking a 7-1 lead against Pedro Martinez only to fall behind 11-8.

Jose Offerman, Trot Nixon, Jason Varitek and Tony Clark homered for Boston in the first game since John Henry's group bought the team, fired general manager Dan Duquette and replaced manager Joe Kerrigan with Grady Little.

Twins 8, Royals 6

KANSAS, CITY, Mo. -- Jacque Jones homered on the second pitch of the game, then hit a three-run shot in the seventh off loser Cory Bailey for a 7-6 lead.

David Ortiz, Brian Buchanan and Torii Hunter also homered for the Twins, who survived major league baseball's attempt to eliminate them when a Minnesota judge issued an injunction that forced the team to honor its lease at the Metrodome.

White Sox 6, Mariners 5

SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners, who led the AL West the entire way last year en route to a major league record-tying 116 wins, fell short in their opener against Chicago when Mike Cameron flied out with the bases loaded to end the ninth inning.

Seattle rallied for four runs in the eighth to make it 6-5, then threatened in the ninth against Keith Foulke.

-- From wire reports