Royals (2-0) blank punchless Tigers

Brian Bannister (1-0) allowed 2 singles in 7 innings, combining with Leo Nunez and Joakim Soria on a 3-hitter -- 3 singles by Edgar Renteria -- as Kansas City beat host Detroit 4-0 Wednesday.

Kansas City is 2-0 for the second time in 28 years. The Royals won their first nine games in 2003 en route to their only winning season since 1993.

Detroit's heralded offense has scored 4 runs in 20 innings. The Tigers moved one runner into scoring position Wednesday and are hitting .191 with 19 strikeouts through two games.

Kenny Rogers (0-1) dropped to 0-5 in 9 starts since he beat Cleveland on July 4. He allowed 2 runs and 5 hits in 6 innings.

Red Sox 5, Athletics 0: Jon Lester pitched 3-hit ball into the seventh inning, David Ortiz broke open a scoreless game with a 2-run homer and Boston beat host Oakland.

Kevin Youkilis had a double and a run-scoring single while setting the major-league record for consecutive errorless games by a first baseman at 194, one more than Steve Garvey. The Red Sox defeated the A's for the third time in four games that began last week in Japan.

Jason Varitek added a ninth-inning homer for Boston. Lester (1-1) combined with Bryan Corey and Manny Delcarmen on a 4-hitter.

Ortiz was hitless in his first 12 at-bats this season before a fifth-inning single and followed with a homer off former Red Sox reliever Alan Embree (0-1).

Blue Jays 5, Yankees 2: A.J. Burnett overpowered host New York, allowing 2 runs in 6 innings, and Vernon Wells hit a 2-run homer off Mike Mussina as Toronto defeated the Yankees.

Alex Rodriguez hit his first home run of the season, a 2-run shot that chased Burnett (1-0) with none out in the seventh.

The Yankees tried to rally in the ninth, opening the inning with consecutive singles before Jeremy Accardo struck out Rodriguez and retired Jason Giambi on a deep fly. Robinson Cano flied out to end it.

Mike Mussina (0-1), pushed up to pitch the second game of the year because of Andy Pettitte's back spasms, gave up 4 runs -- 3 earned -- and 8 hits in 5¿ innings.

Angels 1, Twins 0: Joe Saunders threw 8 shutout innings, and Howie Kendrick came home on a wild pitch in the seventh to lead Los Angeles to a victory over rookie Nick Blackburn (0-1) and host Minnesota.

Helping hold the rotation together with John Lackey and Kelvim Escobar stuck on the disabled list, the left-handed Saunders sailed through his first start with only 4 hits and 1 walk allowed. He struck out three and got 14 groundball outs, including 3 double plays, one game after Minnesota made 19 of them while losing 9-1 to Jon Garland.

Francisco Rodriguez picked up his first save with a hitless ninth, extending the team's streak of wins when leading after eight innings to 158 games -- the longest current run in the majors.

Orioles 9, Rays 6: Aubrey Huff drove in 4 runs to rally Baltimore past Tampa Bay in front of the smallest crowd (10,505) in Camden Yards history.

Huff hit a 2-run homer to pull the Orioles to 6-5 in the sixth inning, then doubled in 2 runs in the eighth to put Baltimore ahead for the first time.

Huff was jeered during the opener on Monday and again on Wednesday because of derogatory comments he made about the city of Baltimore on a syndicated radio show during the off-season. But the booing subsided after his home run, and the fans applauded after Huff's double in the gap off Al Reyes (0-1) in the eighth.

Jamie Walker (1-0) struck out the side in the eighth and George Sherrill worked the ninth to earn the save in his Baltimore debut.

Cliff Floyd and Carlos Pena homered for the Rays.