MLB Roundup | Tuesday’s games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2

NEW YORK — Chien-Ming Wang shut down Toronto for seven innings, making Joe Girardi a winner in his rain-delayed debut as Yankees manager and sending New York to a record-setting victory. After wet weather postponed the festivities Monday, New York beat Roy Halladay (0-1) to win its major league-best 11th consecutive home opener — the 84th and last at Yankee Stadium. Melky Cabrera homered and made two outstanding catches in center field. Alex Rodriguez scored on Hideki Matsui’s grounder in the seventh, breaking a 2-all tie. Wang (1-0), who lost twice in last year’s AL playoffs, got the win. Mariano Rivera worked a perfect ninth for the save.

Angels 9, Twins 1.

MINNEAPOLIS — Vladimir Guerrero and Garret Anderson combined for six hits and five RBIs, and Jon Garland breezed through his first start for Los Angeles. Torii Hunter had another 0-for-4 night for the Angels against his old team, reaching base only when a ninth-inning pitch from Juan Rincon banged off his elbow. Garland (1-0) went eight innings and gave up just six hits and one walk. Los Angeles had three hard-hit doubles in the first seven at-bats against Boof Bonser (0-1). Guerrero and Anderson went back-to-back with theirs for a 2-0 lead in the first. Mike Napoli and Casey Kotchman each hit solo homers, Guerrero went 3-for-4 with a walk and three RBIs, and Anderson went 3-for-5 and drove in two.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Marlins 5, Mets 4, 10 innings

MIAMI — The Mets’ Pedro Martinez left early with a leg injury, and Robert Andino’s first career home run with two outs in the 10th inning gave Florida a win over New York. Already coming off two injury-plagued seasons, Martinez strained his left hamstring in the fourth inning, after just 57 pitches. The Mets bullpen more than picked up the slack in Martinez’s absence, until Andino — who had just six extra-base hits in his first 81 major league at-bats — homered to left field off Matt Wise (0-1), the sixth Mets pitcher. Justin Miller (1-0) allowed Brian Schneider’s third hit of the game in the 10th, but retired Endy Chavez and Jose Reyes on flyouts to strand him there.

Rockies 2, Cardinals 1

ST. LOUIS — No Clydesdale or convertibles. No success, either for the St. Louis Cardinals in their rescheduled home opener. Third baseman Troy Glaus’ throwing error allowed the tying run to score and Jayson Nix walked with the bases loaded in a two-run eighth inning, helping the Rockies begin defense of their NL championship with a victory.

Associated Press