By The Associated Press

CHICAGO - The Detroit Tigers became the first team in 40 years to start 0-6 in consecutive seasons, giving up nine runs in the eighth inning of a 10-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.

Magglio Ordonez's three-run homer capped Chicago's rally. The New York Mets were the last club to lose its first six games in two straight seasons, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, baseball's statistician. They did it in 1962-63, their first two seasons.

Detroit began 0-11 last year and finished 55-106, tying Tampa Bay for the worst record in the majors. Rookie manager Alan Trammell is still looking for his first win.

Miguel Olivo drew a bases-loaded walk to push across the go-ahead run in the eighth, D'Angelo Jimenez had a two-run double and Josh Paul added a two-run single.

Damaso Marte (1-0) got four outs for the win. Franklyn German (0-1) took the loss.

Yankees 10, Devil Rays 5

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Roger Clemens won his 295th game and Alfonso Soriano and Nick Johnson hit consecutive homers in the first inning for New York.

Clemens (2-0) allowed four runs and six hits in seven innings. After limiting Tampa Bay to a run and three hits through six, the six-time Cy Young winner gave up a three-run homer to Javier Valentin in the seventh.

Bernie Williams also homered for the Yankees, who concluded a season-opening road trip 5-1. New York has outhomered its opposition 15-2.

Soriano and Johnson started the game with back-to-back homers off Victor Zambrano (0-1) - the third time in team history the feat has been accomplished.

Red Sox 12, Orioles 2

BALTIMORE - Shea Hillenbrand homered, doubled twice and had a career-high six RBIs as Boston beat nemesis Rodrigo Lopez.

Nomar Garciaparra homered, scored four runs and fell a single short of the cycle. Bidding to become the 20th Boston player to hit for the cycle, Garciaparra flied out in the eighth.

Hillenbrand has 15 RBIs in seven games. Manny Ramirez drove in two runs and extended his hitting streak to a 20 games, matching a career best.

Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings.

The Red Sox scored eight runs against Lopez (0-1), who went 4-0 with a 2.48 ERA against Boston as a rookie last year.

Blue Jays 8, Twins 1

MINNEAPOLIS - Carlos Delgado homered and drove in four runs, and Cory Lidle (1-1) pitched seven strong innings as Toronto completed a three-game sweep.

Brad Radke (1-1) was hit hard, giving up eight runs on 10 hits in three-plus innings. The eight earned runs tied Radke's career high, set four times previously.

The Blue Jays swept a three-game series at the Metrodome for the first time since 1993, the second of their consecutive World Series championship seasons. The Twins, 101-61 at home the past two years, were swept in Minnesota for just the third time since the beginning of the 2001 season.

The Twins have scored only 20 runs in six games.

Mariners 11, Rangers 2

ARLINGTON, Texas - Edgar Martinez homered and Dan Wilson, just off the disabled list, hit an RBI single on the first pitch he saw this season as Seattle jumped on Chan Ho Park early.

The Mariners scored in each of the first three innings and led 4-0 when Park (0-2) was pulled after Ichiro Suzuki's leadoff single in the fourth. Park has pitched just 5 2-3 innings in his two starts, allowing 10 runs and 11 hits.

Freddy Garcia (1-1) bounced back from his poor first start, allowing just two runs and three hits in 6 1-3 innings despite six walks.

Athletics 7, Angels 6

OAKLAND, Calif. - Mark Ellis had a career-high four hits as Oakland completed a three-game sweep of the World Series champions.

Chris Singleton's RBI single off heralded rookie Francisco Rodriguez (0-1) gave the Athletics a 6-5 lead in the seventh inning, and Ellis' sacrifice fly provided an insurance run. He finished with two doubles, two RBIs and a run scored.

Oakland's 5-1 start is its best since winning five straight to start the 1992 season.

The 21-year-old Rodriguez, a postseason star last October, gave up three runs and one hit in one inning.

Chad Bradford (1-0) got four straight outs for the win. Keith Foulke worked the ninth for his second save, allowing a solo homer by Tim Salmon.

Brad Fullmer drove in three runs for Anaheim.