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NEW YORK - No drama, just a blowout.
Bill Mueller hit a three-run shot for one of Boston's four homers and the Red Sox routed New York 11-2 Friday night in their first game at Yankee Stadium since last season's thrilling AL Championship Series.
Derek Lowe took a shutout into the seventh for Boston, which blew a three-run lead in the eighth inning of Game 7 in October and lost on Aaron Boone's homer in the 11th.
The bitter rivalry has belonged to Boston since. The Red Sox have won four of five this season, including three of four at Fenway Park last weekend.
It was an embarrassing night for New York: Alex Rodriguez got booed, Bubba Crosby slipped while tracking a fly ball and Gary Sheffield dropped a popup.
Kevin Millar and Mark Bellhorn hit consecutive homers and Manny Ramirez connected late for the Red Sox, who roughed up Jose Contreras again. Bellhorn had three hits and Johnny Damon reached base four times.
The Yankees fell to 8-9. After going 1-for-17 in Boston last weekend, Rodriguez had two hits but was booed after two groundouts.
Lowe left after allowing Hideki Matsui's two-run homer in the seventh, but Mike Timlin and Lenny DiNardo shut the door.
It was a big outing for Lowe, who lost twice in the 2003 ALCS and was roughed up by the Yankees on Sunday.
The Red Sox went ahead in the second on Bellhorn's two-out single, and he homered in the fourth after Millar's shot.
After Pokey Reese singled and Damon walked, Yankees manager Joe Torre pulled Contreras, who was booed loudly by the sellout crowd of 55,001 as he trotted off the mound.
ANGELS 12, A'S 2: Jose Guillen hit a three-run homer, his first of the season, and Troy Glaus added a two-run shot as Anaheim romped to begin a nine-game road trip, its longest of the season.
Barry Zito, the 2002 Cy Young Award winner, allowed a career-high nine runs and 10 hits in four innings as his ERA climbed from 3.32 to 6.26.
Vladimir Guerrero had three hits for the Angels, including two doubles, and Jarrod Washburn pitched five effective innings.
TIGERS 17, INDIANS 3: Brandon Inge had a triple and a grand slam in an 11-run sixth, and host Detroit took advantage of seven walks in the inning. Detroit, which led 4-3 going into the sixth, also got a home run from Eric Munson in the inning, the Tigers' biggest since they scored 13 in the ninth of a 19-6 win at Texas on Aug. 8, 2000. It was the most runs at Comerica Park, which opened in 2000, topping a 16-3 win over Toronto on June 13, 2000.
TWINS 7, ROYALS 5: Michael Ryan's run-scoring single highlighted a three-run ninth as visiting Minnesota came from behind. Corey Koskie had a two-run triple in the eighth and a sacrifice fly in the ninth as the Twins scored six in the final two innings to erase a 5-1 deficit.
ORIOLES 11, BLUE JAYS 3: Eric DuBose pitched seven strong innings and host Baltimore roughed up former teammate Josh Towers. Jay Gibbons homered and Brian Roberts had three hits and two RBIs for the Orioles, who had 15 hits and have won seven of eight.
RANGERS 10, MARINERS 8: Hank Blalock keyed a four-run fourth with a two-run double and Laynce Nix drove in two important insurance runs for host Texas, over .500 (9-8) after 17 games for the first time since 1999.