CHICAGO – Miguel Olivo’s grand slam capped a six-run first inning Friday as the White Sox routed the crosstown Cubs 12-3 in the most lopsided game since the Chicago rivals began interleague play in 1997.

The White Sox, struggling as the third-place team the AL Central, made the most of wild Cubs pitching – 10 walks – and some shaky defense to pull away early on a sunny but chilly 62-degree day at Wrigley Field.

Sammy Sosa, in his first home game since serving a seven-game suspension for using a corked bat, was mostly cheered when introduced although some fans mixed in a very noticeable share of boos.

He also had trouble with the sun in right field, losing one ball and trapping another during a four-run White Sox fourth. He was 0-for-4 with a walk.

Blue Jays 8, Expos 4

MONTREAL – Vernon Wells, Frank Catalanotto, Orlando Hudson and Greg Myers homered as the Toronto Blue Jays extended their winning streak to four with an 8-4 victory over the Montreal Expos on Friday night.

Cory Lidle (10-4) allowed three hits in seven innings, joining teammate Roy Halladay to give the Blue Jays the majors’ first pair of 10-game winners.

Endy Chavez hit an inside-the-park home run for Montreal, which played its first game at Olympic Stadium since May 25 before a crowd of 11,355.

The Expos, who ended a six-game losing streak one day earlier with a win in Pittsburgh, lost for the seventh time in eight games.

Braves 6, Orioles 3

ATLANTA – Robert Fick hit a grand slam and Greg Maddux pitched no-hit ball into the sixth inning, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 6-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.

Fick drove in five runs, matching his career high. His second grand slam of the season came in the fourth against Baltimore’s Sidney Ponson, who lost for only the second time in his last 10 starts.

Maddux (6-6) didn’t give up a hit until Brian Roberts doubled into the right-field corner with two outs in the sixth. The right-hander surrendered an unearned run in the seventh and left after the first two hitters reached base in the eighth. Both scored when former Brave B.J. Surhoff singled against Ray King.

Brewers 3, Twins 2

MILWAUKEE – Royce Clayton scored on a wild pitch by reliever Juan Rincon with one out in the 10th inning, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.

Clayton led off the 10th with a double to right-center off Rincon (1-3) and advanced to third on pinch-hitter Brooks Kieschnick’s fly to deep center. Rincon then bounced his second pitch to Eric Young past catcher A.J. Pierzynski, allowing Clayton to score easily.

Reliever Curtis Leskanic (4-0) pitched out of a jam in the top of the 10th.

Yankees 5, Mets 0

NEW YORK – Andy Pettitte shut down the New York Mets for seven innings and the Yankees got consecutive home runs from Alfonso Soriano and Derek Jeter to win the opener of the Subway Series 5-0 Friday night.

Jason Giambi also homered as the Yankees once again got the better of the heated intracity rivalry, beating the Mets for the 19th time in 31 regular-season meetings. The Yankees also won the 2000 World Series against the Mets in five games.

The Yankees have won seven of eight overall since being no-hit by six Houston pitchers on June 11. They moved 1 games in front of Boston and Toronto in the AL East.

The sellout crowd of 55,386 sat through sporadic rain which was heavy at times, with the Yankees fans who made the trip to Shea Stadium vocal in support of their team.

Royals 10, Cardinals 4

ST. LOUIS – Jose Lima earned his first major league win since last August and the Kansas City Royals got four RBIs from Ken Harvey in a 10-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.

It was the first of six games in a 10-day span between the cross-state rivals that met in the 1985 World Series. The Royals are 2-6 the last two seasons against the Cardinals, but punished St. Louis ace Matt Morris to even the series at 11-11 overall.

Raul Ibanez went 3-for-4 with three RBIs for the Royals, who rebounded from a 16-2 loss to the Twins and have won five of six overall. Desi Relaford homered on the second pitch of the game.

Marlins 3, Devil Rays 1

MIAMI – Miguel Cabrera, playing in his first major league game, hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to lift the Florida Marlins over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3-1 Friday night.

Alex Gonzalez doubled with one out in the 11th. The 20-year-old Cabrera sent the next pitch from Al Levine over the center-field wall for his first big league hit.

Cabrera, the most highly touted prospect in the Marlins’ organization, was called up from Double-A Carolina on Thursday. He played primarily at third base in the minor leagues, but started in left field Friday.

Cabrera was 0-for-4 before homering. He grounded out to end the ninth, stranding two runners and sending a large portion of the announced crowd of 12,515 heading for the exits.

Astros 12, Rangers 3

ARLINGTON, Texas – Craig Biggio had four hits and Adam Everett homered as the Houston Astros beat Texas 12-3 on Friday night, sending the slumping Rangers to their fifth straight loss.

Alex Rodriguez homered for the Rangers, who have dropped 17 of 19 – their worst stretch since also going 2-17 from Aug. 5-25, 1973.

Jose Vizcaino hit a two-run triple and scored on one of two wild pitches by Texas starter John Thomson. The Astros won for just the third time in 10 games, getting 16 hits and blowing it open with a seven-run ninth.

Tigers 7, Rockies 5

DENVER – Eric Munson, Bobby Higginson and Kevin Witt homered as the Detroit Tigers beat the Colorado Rockies 7-5 Friday night, snapping a four-game losing streak.

Alex Sanchez had three hits for the Tigers. Munson and Witt were among four Detroit players with two hits.

Mike Maroth (2-11) won for the first time in four starts. He went six innings, allowing nine hits and three runs.

Scott Elarton (3-3) gave up nine hits and six runs in five-plus innings.

The Tigers jumped out to an early 4-2 lead off Elarton.

Higginson hit a two-out, solo homer in the first, his fifth.

With one out in the second, Witt hit a 435-foot solo home run, his eighth. Shane Halter followed with a triple into the gap in left-center and scored on A.J. Hinch’s single. Maroth sacrificed Hinch to second, and Sanchez hit an RBI double.

Colorado used four singles to score two runs in the bottom of the first. Juan Uribe and Jay Payton both singled, and Todd Helton hit an RBI single to center. After Preston Wilson grounded into a double play, Larry Walker lined a run-scoring hit to right.

The Rockies made it 4-3 with an unearned run in the fourth. Charles Johnson and Mark Bellhorn both singled. Elarton’s attempted sacrifice bunt was pounced on by catcher Hinch, whose throw to third was wide, allowing Johnson to score.

Bellhorn, acquired from the Chicago Cubs in a trade for Jose Hernandez on Thursday night, went 2-for-3 his Rockies debut.

After pitching three straight scoreless innings, Elarton was tagged for Munson’s two-run homer in the sixth. Dmitri Young led off the inning with a single, and Munson hit a 432-foot shot to center, his 10th.

Chris Stynes led off the Colorado sixth with a triple over center fielder Sanchez, but he was promptly thrown out attempting to score on Johnson’s grounder to third baseman Munson.

Detroit added an unearned run in the ninth on shortstop Uribe’s throwing error on an attempted double play.

Rockies pinch-hitter Greg Norton hit a two-run homer off Franklyn German in the ninth.

Notes: Hinch had his first two hits for the Tigers since joining the club on Wednesday – he came in 0-for-6. … The Tigers have homered in six straight games, a season high. … Despite the win, Detroit has lost 12 of its last 14 games.

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