Toronto’s Orlando Hudson confronts a spectator who runs onto the field.
By The Associated Press

TORONTO – Cory Lidle pitched a three-hitter and Carlos Delgado hit a three-run homer in the first inning to lead the Toronto Blue Jays over the Anaheim Angels 3-1 Friday night.

The game was interrupted briefly with two outs in the ninth inning when a fan came out of seats in the right-field corner and jogged toward second base, pointing at the bag.

Toronto second baseman Orlando Hudson got into a football stance and shoved the fan, who was a male. Three security guards then tackled the fan and escorted him off the field.

“I thought he was going after my boy, so I had to protect my player,” said Hudson, who thought the fan was pointing at shortstop Chris Woodward. “I can’t let that happen. He could have had a weapon.”

Mario Coutinho, the director of stadium operations, said the fan received a notice to appear in court to face a trespassing charge.

“He’s also not permitted back. He’s banned from SkyDome,” Coutinho said.

The identity of the fan was not immediately available.

Indians 6, Rangers 5

CLEVELAND – Ellis Burks hit a two-run double in the eighth inning – his second of the night – as the Cleveland Indians snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Texas Rangers.

Alex Rodriguez hit his 10th homer in the first inning for the free-swinging Rangers, who lead the majors with 55 homers.

Devil Rays 2, Tigers 0

DETROIT – Joe Kennedy pitched the first one-hitter in Tampa Bay history, leading the Devil Rays over the Detroit Tigers 2-0.

The punchless Tigers dropped to 3-24 with their fifth straight loss. They have been shut out a major league-leading seven times – Philadelphia is next with four.

Yankees 5, Athletics 3

NEW YORK – Slumping Hideki Matsui neatly slapped a key hit-and-run single and an RBI double, and made two nice catches in left field to lead the New York Yankees over the Oakland Athletics 5-3.

David Wells pitched the Yankees to their third win in a row and 12th in 15 games. Manager Joe Torre moved into a tie for 14th place on baseball’s career victory list with Fred Clarke at 1,602.

Royals 5, Orioles 2

BALTIMORE – Miguel Asencio pitched his first complete game in the major leagues, and Mike Sweeney and Ken Harvey homered as the Kansas City Royals beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 and stopped a four-game losing streak.

Now in his second season, Asencio (2-0) never pitched more than seven innings in any of his previous 26 starts. The right-hander allowed seven hits, struck out six and walked three.

Mariners 9, White Sox 2

CHICAGO – Mike Cameron, playing on the first anniversary of his four-homer game in Chicago, went 3-for-3 with a home run and three runs scored to lead the Seattle Mariners over the White Sox 9-2.

Cameron also walked twice for Seattle, which had a season-high 16 hits. Brett Boone went 3-for-5 and Edgar Martinez got two hits to reach 2,000 for his career.

National League

Cubs 7, Rockies 4

CHICAGO – Mark Bellhorn broke out of a slump, going 2-for-2 with three RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs picked on one of the NL’s best pitchers for a 7-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Sammy Sosa,

Ramon Martinez and Shawn Estes also drove in runs for the sleep-deprived Cubs.

Astros 4, Marlins 3

HOUSTON – Pinch-hitter Jose Vizcaino singled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning as the Houston Astros overcame a three-run deficit to beat the Florida Marlins 4-3.

Florida built a 3-0 lead against Scott Linebrink on second-inning home runs by Juan Encarnacion and Alex Gonzalez, and consecutive doubles by Luis Castillo and Ivan Rodriguez in the third, but the Astros allowed just two more hits and came back to stop a three-game losing streak.

Cardinals 8, Expos 1

ST. LOUIS – Jim Edmonds’ homer highlighted a five-run first, and Jason Simontacchi threw eight sharp innings as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Montreal Expos 8-1. Fernando Vina homered and went 3-for-3 for the Cardinals, who extended their winning streak to a season-best five games.

Mets 9, Brewers 3

MILWAUKEE – Tom Glavine pitched seven strong innings, Cliff Floyd hit a two-run homer and the New York Mets ended their five-game losing streak by beating the struggling Milwaukee Brewers 9-3.

Glavine (4-2) benefited from a 15-hit outburst and three unearned runs.

in handing the Brewers their sixth straight loss and ninth in 10 games.

Milwaukee is an NL-worst 9-20 overall and 4-10 at home.

Former Mets pitcher Glendon Rusch (1-5), who had allowed only one earned run in 14 innings against his former team, threw 34 pitches in the first inning and was hurt by three infield errors – one in each of the first three innings.