BOSTON - The Red Sox finally had something to look forward to - a good night's sleep after an exhausting, losing day.
Their beleaguered bullpen blew a lead as the Blue Jays went ahead with three run-scoring doubles in the eighth inning to spoil the Red Sox's home opener with a 10-5 win Friday.
The Red Sox didn't arrive back at Fenway Park until 7:24 a.m. after a flight from Baltimore-Washington International Airport that had been delayed 41/2 hours by a mechanical problem. And that followed a 3-2 loss in 13 innings Thursday night.
"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. "I sure hope not," he said.
Reed Johnson and Kevin Cash each drove in three runs for Toronto, which was swept in an opening three-game series at Detroit.
Mike Timlin gave up three runs in the eighth. Justin Speier got the win for the Blue Jays.
WHITE SOX 9, YANKEES 3: Magglio Ordonez homered and drove in five while Jon Garland worked around bouts of wildness to lead visiting Chicago.
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 in the next two innings.
"I had huge defense all night long," Garland said.
Garland won despite a career-high seven walks, including four in the fourth. Backed by several fine defensive plays, he held down the Yankees on one run and four hits for eight innings.
Jose Contreras allowed five runs and six hits in 51/3 innings. He walked three and struck out five.
A crowd of 45,965 - the largest second-day crowd in the 29-season history of the remodeled Yankee Stadium - was in a festive mood. But by the end, there were scattered boos as New York was sloppy in the field and failed to cash in on Garland's walks.
"Over the long haul, we should be able to take advantage of that due to the quality of our offense," Torre said. "We certainly let an opportunity get away."
RANGERS 12, ANGELS 4: Michael Young, who moved from second base to shortstop when Alex Rodriguez was traded just before spring training, drove in three and scored twice for host Texas, ending the Angels' chance to start 4-0 for the first time since 1970.
"Mike is a leader, it showed right there," said rookie catcher Gerald Laird, who went 3-for-5. "He came back and held us up at the plate and made some good plays. That's what us young guys look up to."
"Any learning curve I'm going to have at shortstop is going to be a short one," said Young, who was a minor-league shortstop before Texas got A-Rod. "I know I will be able to go out and make the adjustment."
Laynce Nix, Kevin Mench and Hank Blalock, who snapped a 0-for-13 stretch with three hits, all homered for the Rangers.
R.A. Dickey pitched seven solid innings - the only three runs he allowed were unearned after throwing errors by Young on consecutive plays.
ROYALS 3, INDIANS 1: Jimmy Gobble made history for host Kansas City by just taking the mound, and Aaron Guiel's two-run double broke a scoreless tie in the seventh.
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.
Several teams had lefties start their first four games, but one always pitched more than once. The 1994 Yankees were the last to do it starting Jimmy Key twice, Terry Mulholland and Jim Abbott, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Ken Harvey hit a two-out single in the seventh off Jack Cressend (0-1), who had relieved after Jason Stanford pitched five scoreless innings.
After Benito Santiago singled off the glove of second baseman Ron Belliard, left-hander Scott Stewart came in to face Guiel and gave up a two-run double.
Making his sixth major-league start, the 22-year-old Gobble allowed only one batter over the minimum in six.
The game was delayed for about eight minutes in the ninth inning when a streaker leaped onto the field from behind third base and ran into deep centerfield. He was surrounded by nine security officers and led away.[Last modified April 10, 2004, 02:05:34]
