NEW YORK – Gary Matthews Jr. lined a two-run triple that gave the Los Angeles Angels yet another fast start and Kelvim Escobar made the early lead stand up, beating the New York Yankees 3-1 Saturday.

Los Angeles won for the eighth time in 10 games and did it without manager Mike Scioscia, who was back in California for his son’s high school graduation.

The AL West leaders took a 3-0 lead off Chien-Ming Wang before Escobar threw a pitch. They’ve now outscored opponents 52-19 in first innings this season.

The Yankees lost for the sixth time in nine games. Their fans were restless from the get-go, and started booing after Matthews tripled and Casey Kotchman followed with an RBI single. Pitching coach Ron Guidry went to the mound at that point and Wang (3-4) settled down, but it was too late.

Indians 6, Tigers 3

DETROIT – David Dellucci hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning and C.C. Sabathia tied the league lead with his seventh victory for Cleveland.

Victor Martinez also hit a two-run home run to help the Indians beat Detroit for the second straight day.

Mariners 9, Royals 1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kenji Johjima hit his first major league grand slam, Richie Sexson added a three-run shot, and Cha Seung Baek struck out seven in seven-plus innings for Seattle.

Baek (2-2) gave up five hits and the only runner to get past second did so on an error. He threw 98 pitches and 74 were strikes.

Orioles 8, Athletics 3

BALTIMORE – Brian Roberts had three hits and three RBIs and Miguel Tejada had three hits and a homer for Baltimore.

Brian Burres (2-2) allowed one run and three hits in six innings. The left-hander struck out four and walked three.

Blue Jays 9, Twins 8

MINNEAPOLIS – Lyle Overbay drove in four runs and Toronto won despite giving up leads in the 9th and 11th innings.

Overbay’s two-run homer in the first greeted Twins starter Ramon Ortiz, who had another rough outing. Overbay sent Matt Guerrier (1-2) off with the loss after driving in Royce Clayton, who hit a rare home run earlier and started the 13th with a sharp double.

Alex Rios went 4-for-7, including a home runs with two outs in the 11th against Pat Neshek.

Brian Tallet (1-1) picked up the victory with 2 2-3 scoreless innings for the Blue Jays, who lost a 7-2 lead after a fine performance by starter Tomo Ohka.

Michael Cuddyer had five RBIs for Minnesota, including a tying two-run single against Jeremy Accardo in the ninth inning.