By The Associated Press

TORONTO – Mike Mussina won for the first time this season and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Thursday night.

Mussina (1-1) allowed three runs and 10 hits in 5 1-3 innings, striking out five and walking one.

The 36-year-old right-hander escaped jams in the third and fourth innings by inducing double play grounders. Relievers Buddy Groom and Frankie Rodriguez bailed him out in the sixth, getting out of a one-out, two-on jam.

Mariano Rivera allowed two runners in the ninth but got his third save in five chances.

Bernie Williams had two hits and an RBI for the Yankees, who swept the two-game series.

New York arrived in Toronto having lost five of six games, and were tied with Tampa Bay for last place in the AL East at 5-9.

The Yankees spoiled the home debut of rookie left-hander Gustavo Chacin (3-1), who won his first three starts. Chacin allowed four runs and six hits in six innings. The 24-year-old won his major league debut at Yankee Stadium last Sept. 20.

Toronto loaded the bases in the third, but Corey Koskie hit a grounder to Mussina, who started a 1-2-3 double play. Toronto’s Alex Rios also hit an inning-inning double play in the fourth.

Williams led off New York’s fourth with a single and scored on Gary Sheffield’s RBI double. Hideki Matsui followed with a sacrifice fly for a 2-0 lead.

Devil Rays 3, Rangers 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Dewon Brazelton snapped his seven-game losing skid and Carl Crawford had a tiebreaking groundout in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays’ 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers.

Twins 10, Royals 9

MINNEAPOLIS – Lew Ford hit a one-out single with the bases loaded in the 10th inning that lifted the Minnesota Twins past the Kansas City Royals 10-9 on Thursday.

White Sox 4, Tigers 3

DETROIT – Scott Podsednik hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the seventh inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 for their fourth straight win.