NEW YORK – Raul Mondesi and Alfonso Soriano homered to back a sharp outing by Jeff Weaver and help the New York Yankees to a 4-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.

Mondesi opened the fifth inning with his third home run of the season on a 2-1 pitch from Pete Walker (1-1), and Soriano led off the sixth with his fifth homer on the first pitch.

After Soriano connected, three straight walks loaded the bases for Hideki Matsui, who delivered a two-run double off Doug Creek.

That was plenty for Weaver (1-0), who allowed just three hits in 7 2-3 innings, struck out six and walked three. Yankees starters improved to 10-0 for the first time in franchise history.

Rangers 9, Angels 7

ARLINGTON, Texas – Carl Everett homered and scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error as the Texas Rangers rallied to beat the Anaheim Angels 9-7 Thursday.

David Eckstein hit a leadoff home run and Troy Glaus added a two-run shot in the Angels’ four-run first. But that was all they managed against Ryan Drese (1-1), who recovered with six shutout innings to help Texas take three of four from the World Series champions.

Drese, who got only one out and gave up six runs in his first start against Seattle, struck out eight while throwing 137 pitches in seven innings. By the time he left, the Rangers led 9-4.

White Sox 8, Royals 2

CHICAGO – Esteban Loaiza matched a career high with 11 strikeouts and Carlos Lee’s grand slam was one of four Chicago homers as the White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 8-2 Thursday.

Loaiza (3-0), a non-roster invitee to spring training, won his third straight start. He didn’t give up a hit until Brandon Berger led off the fifth with a single, and allowed one run and four hits in six strong innings.

The right-hander had a 15-inning scoreless streak snapped in the sixth when Dee Brown drove in a run with the third of three Kansas City singles in the inning.

After a fan attacked an umpire Tuesday night, there was no trouble the rest of the series.

Mariners 4, Athletics 3

SEATTLE – Mark McLemore atoned for his game-tying error in the ninth inning with a two-out RBI single in the 10th, giving the Seattle Mariners a 4-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday.

Seattle took three of four from the A’s, who have lost seven of eight following a 7-1 start.

With two outs in the 10th, Mike Cameron walked and stole second. Jeremy Fikac (0-1) walked Carlos Guillen before McLemore blooped his single to left on a 3-1 pitch to score the speedy Cameron.

Orioles 6, Indians 4

CLEVELAND – Jeff Conine hit a two-out, two-run single in the 12th inning Thursday night to give the Baltimore Orioles a 6-4 win over the Cleveland Indians.

Conine, who homered in the second inning, fouled off four pitches with two strikes before completing a 10-pitch at-bat by lining a single off Carl Sadler to score pinch-runner Jose Morban and Melvin Mora.

Twins 6, Tigers 0

MINNEAPOLIS – Bobby Kielty hit two solo home runs and Kenny Rogers pitched eight scoreless innings as the Minnesota Twins completed a three-game sweep of Detroit with a 6-0 win Thursday night.

Torii Hunter went 2-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI and Minnesota, which won its sixth in a row after losing six straight, also got a home run from Corey Koskie.

Kielty got his first homer off starter Jeremy Bonderman in the second inning. His second solo shot came off Matt Anderson in the eighth and made it 5-0.

Rogers struck out nine batters – one short of his career high – and gave u

Braves 14, Expos 8

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Island favorite Javy Lopez hit his second homer of the game, a grand slam in the 10th inning that set off a festive celebration and sent the Atlanta Braves over the Montreal Expos 14-8 Thursday for a three-game sweep.

So popular in his homeland that he bought 40 tickets each day, Lopez rewarded his fans with a career-high six RBIs. Both of his homers brought prolonged chants and cheers led by his dad – prompting a pair of rare curtain calls by a visiting player.

Mets 7, Pirates 2

PITTSBURGH – Jae Seo, his future in the Mets’ rotation uncertain, pitched seven shutout innings for his first major league victory and Mo Vaughn had four hits and four RBIs as New York beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2 Thursday night.

Vaughn had an RBI double in the first and a three-run double in the seventh. Jeromy Burnitz and Mike Piazza hit long homers as the Mets won for only the third time on a 10-game road trip in which they averaged only three runs.

Cubs 16, Reds 3

CHICAGO – Pitcher Kerry Wood hit his fifth career home run, Sammy Sosa hit his 503rd and the Chicago Cubs routed the Cincinnati Reds 16-3 Thursday.

Hee Seop Choi and Mark Grudzielanek also went deep for the Cubs, who scored at least 10 runs against the Reds for the third straight day. Chicago hadn’t done that since August 1894, according to team historian Ed Hartig.

Sosa hit his third homer in as many days, leaving him one shy of Eddie Murray for 17th place on the career list. All four of Sosa’s home runs this season have come against Cincinnati.

Marlins 7, Phillies 3

PHILADELPHIA – Mike Lowell drove in four runs with three extra-base hits and Carl Pavano pitched six shutout innings to lead the Florida Marlins over the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 Thursday.

Luis Castillo had three hits, three stolen bases and two runs scored for the Marlins, who swiped five bases in all to gain a split of the four-game series.

Diamondbacks 11, Rockies 2

PHOENIX – Carlos Baerga drove in a career-best seven runs with two homers and a double and Curt Schilling pitched a four-hitter for his first victory of the season as the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the Colorado Rockies 11-2 Thursday.

Baerga, starting at second base in place of slumping Junior Spivey, hit his first grand slam in nearly 10 years, off Jason Jennings in the second inning.

The only other slam in Baerga’s 11-year major league career came for Cleveland against Oakland on July 20, 1993.