NEW YORK – Kaz Matsui proved there was another shortstop in New York who could spark his team.

Matsui homered twice and drove in five runs as the New York Mets stopped Mike Mussina’s eight-game winning streak, roughing up the Yankees 11-2 Friday night in their highest-scoring game of the season.

Derek Jeter started for the Yankees, a day after a dangerous dive into the stands sent him to the hospital. The All-Star shortstop came back with a purple welt under his eye, a bandage on his stitched-up chin and a bruised shoulder, and threw himself headfirst into second base on a steal as if nothing had ever happened.

Steve Trachsel (8-6) did not allow an earned run over seven innings in stopping the Yankees’ five-game winning streak. Mussina (9-5) left for a pinch-hitter in the sixth with the Mets ahead 7-0.

The Mets evened the Subway Series at 2-all this year, and none of the games have been close. Richard Hidalgo homered and added an RBI double, and every Mets starter had a hit and scored.

The sellout crowd of 55,068 was already in an ornery mood after a 42-minute rain delay, during which a group of Broadway performers standing near home plate sang show tunes so loudly they got booed.

But Mets fans soon had a lot to cheer about. After Jeter made a nifty play in the hole to get Matsui for the second out in the opening inning, Mike Piazza singled. Cliff Floyd followed with a high fly that left fielder Hideki Matsui dropped on the warning track for an error that scored a run, and Hidalgo doubled for a 2-0 lead.

Struggling at the plate and in the field for most of the season, Kaz Matsui then took over in his best game since coming over from Japan.

Matsui launched a three-run homer in the second inning and hit a two-run shot off Bret Prinz in the sixth.

The two homers and five RBIs were career highs for Matsui. Despite the hits and a couple of fine plays in the field, he was not about to act like a superstar – when he crossed the plate after his second homer, he bent down to pick up his own bat and take it back to the dugout.

Expos 2, Blue Jays 0

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Livan Hernandez pitched a four-hitter for his fourth complete game of the season, leading Montreal over the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 Friday night in the start of what could be the Expos’ final homestand in Puerto Rico.

Tony Batista drove in two runs for the Expos, who were scheduled to play 22 games in San Juan for the second straight season. Major league baseball hopes to select a new permanent home for the team later this year.

Hernandez (6-7) struck out five and walked one to beat David Bush, who lost in his major league debut. Bush allowed one run and four hits in 5 2-3 innings with four strikeouts and one walk.

The game drew 8,220, well below the 19,000 capacity of Hiram Bithorn Stadium.

Devil Rays 4, Marlins 2

MIAMI – Aubrey Huff homered and drove in three runs to help the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat Carl Pavano and the struggling Florida Marlins 4-2 Friday night.

Huff hit his 11th homer of the season in the seventh inning, a two-out, two-run shot to straightaway center off Pavano that broke a 2-all tie. Huff also had an RBI single in Tampa Bay’s two-run third.

Mike Lowell hit his 19th homer for the defending World Series champions, who have lost 10 of 14.

Pavano (9-3) lost for the first time in eight starts. He gave up four runs and a season-high 12 hits in seven innings.

It was the 13th consecutive start in which he’s pitched at least seven innings. But for just the third time in those outings, he allowed more than three runs.

He had won five straight starts thanks to a 1.37 ERA and had given up a combined 11 runs in his last seven starts (6-0, 1.86 ERA).

Astros 7, Rangers 5

HOUSTON – Morgan Ensberg hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning, his first of the season, to lead the Houston Astros over the Texas Rangers 7-5 Friday night.

Carlos Beltran had an RBI in his home debut for Houston, and Roy Oswalt earned his 50th career win. Lance Berkman singled in a run and snatched away Alfonso Soriano’s bid for a homer in the fourth with a terrific leaping catch.

Ensberg’s shot to left off Carlos Almanzar (6-1), which almost sailed out of the park, was his first home run since Sept. 27.

It ended a curious drought for a player who set an Astros record for third basemen with 25 home runs last season.

Texas’ David Dellucci hit a two-out, two-run homer in the eighth to tie the game at 5.

Ensberg finished with three RBIs, and Brad Lidge pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save in seven chances.

Beltran was acquired in a trade with Kansas City last week, then went on a six-game road trip.

He got a standing ovation from the sellout crowd of 41,897 before his first at-bat.

Indians 15, Reds 2

CINCINNATI – Ronnie Belliard hit the first of Cleveland’s four homers Friday night, clearing the way for Japanese college star Kazuhito Tadano to win his first start for the Indians, 15-2 over the Cincinnati Reds.

Tadano, who was shunned by Japanese pro teams aware that he had appeared in a gay porn video, got his first keepsake moment in the majors.

Throwing 90 mph fastballs from his jerky delivery, the right-hander struck out a career-high 10 in seven innings. It was the most strikeouts by an Indians pitcher since Chuck Finley fanned 10 Detroit Tigers on May 28, 2002.

Tadano (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits. He even rounded out his night by getting a single in his first big-league at-bat and scoring a run.

Pirates sweep Brewers

PITTSBURGH – Jason Bay had an eight-RBI game for the second time in less than a year and the Pittsburgh Pirates ran their winning streak to seven by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 13-2 Friday night for a doubleheader sweep.

Tony Alvarez’s grand slam supported another strong start by Oliver Perez in the opener, an 8-1 Pirates victory that ended Milwaukee’s five-game winning streak. The Pirates are on their best spurt since winning eight in a row from Sept. 1-8, 2000.

Bay, acquired with Perez in the Brian Giles trade with San Diego a year ago, had three two-run doubles and a two-run homer, matching the eight RBIs he had Sept. 19 against the Cubs. His doubles came in the third, fifth and eighth innings.

Bay’s big night included a disputed homer – his 10th, the most of any NL rookie – off Jeff Bennett in the seventh. Bay’s drive bounced a fan’s hands in the first row of the bleacher seats, and left fielder Geoff Jenkins immediately sought an interference call.

The umpires huddled briefly before signaling home run, causing Brewers manager Ned Yost to argue unsuccessfully for several minutes.

Bay had nine RBIs in the doubleheader and is hitting .299 with 34 RBIs despite missing the first month of the season after shoulder surgery.

Pirates starter Josh Fogg (6-6) won for the sixth time in eight decisions since an 0-4 start, taking a 6-0 lead into the seventh before allowing Jenkins’ 11th homer.

Salomon Torres came gave up pinch-hitter Brooks Kieschnick’s RBI single before getting out of the inning with the help of shortstop Jack Wilson’s leaping catch of Keith Ginter’s bases-loaded line drive.

In the opener, Wilson added a two-run inside-the-park homer that was the first at PNC Park since it opened in 2001. He also doubled, giving him an NL-leading 110 hits.