American League capsules: Royals beat Tigers in extra

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Alberto Callaspo hit a tying homer to lead off the bottom of the 11th and pinch runner Willie Bloomquist scored on an error to give the Kansas City Royals a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night.

After Callaspo's shot off Jose Valverde (0-1), Billy Butler singled and Bloomquist ran for him. He stopped at third on Rick Ankiel's double to right-center, but went home when rookie second baseman Scott Sizemore dropped the relay throw.

Miguel Cabrera homered with two out in the ninth inning for the Tigers to tie the score at 1. Carlos Guillen hit an RBI single in the top of the 11th for Detroit.

Kyle Farnsworth (1-0) gave up singles to Magglio Ordonez, Cabrera and Guillen to start the 11th.

Athletics 6, Mariners 5

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Kurt Suzuki hit an RBI double with one out in the ninth inning.

Suzuki's seventh career walkoff hit provided a happy ending to a night that began with the return of Justin Duchscherer to the mound. Duchscherer missed all of last season while recovering from elbow surgery and dealing with a bout of clinical depression. He pitched into the sixth in his first appearance in nearly 20 months.

With Kevin Kouzmanoff running from first with one out in the ninth, Suzuki hit a drive to the wall in left field off Mark Lowe (0-1). Milton Bradley reached up to try to make the catch, but the ball appeared to hit off his glove and Kouzmanoff raced around to score.

Jerry Blevins (1-0) got the final out of the ninth to earn the win for Oakland.

Bradley earlier hit a two-run homer for his first hit with the Mariners and Jose Lopez added three hits and a scored a run.

Twins 4, Angels 2

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Carl Pavano pitched seven sharp innings in his season debut and Justin Morneau and J.J. Hardy each homered for the second straight game.

Pavano (1-0) allowed a run and six hits, striking out six without a walk.

Jon Rauch allowed a two-out RBI single in the ninth by Mike Napoli before picking up his second save in two games.

Ervin Santana (0-1) gave up four runs and five hits in six innings and struck out four.

Angels DH Hideki Matsui was 3 for 4. He doubled in the seventh and scored on Juan Rivera's two-out single.

Yankees 3, Red Sox 1, 10th inning

BOSTON (AP) - Curtis Granderson led off the 10th inning with a tiebreaking homer off Jonathan Papelbon and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Wednesday night.

Granderson hit an 0-and-1 pitch into the right-field seats against Papelbon (0-1) for his second homer in three games with his new team.

Then, after three walks, Mark Teixeira drove in the final run on a groundout as the Red Sox wasted an outstanding performance by John Lackey in his first appearance since signing an $82.5 million, five-year contract as a free agent in December.

Chan Ho Park (1-0) allowed one hit in three scoreless innings after Andy Petitte's start, and Mariano Rivera pitched the 10th for his second save.

Lackey allowed three hits in six innings and left with a 1-0 lead.

Rays 4, Orioles 3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Evan Longoria homered and drove in three runs and Matt Garza allowed two runs over eight innings.

Longoria hit a two-out, two-run double in the fifth to give the Rays a 3-2 lead and added a solo homer in the eighth.

Garza (1-0) struck out nine, walked two and allowing four hits. He improved to 19-9 against AL East teams.

Baltimore's Jeremy Guthrie (0-1) gave up three runs and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings. The right-hander had six strikeouts and two walks.

Indians 5, White Sox 3

CHICAGO (AP) - Fausto Carmona allowed one hit over six wild innings and the Cleveland Indians rallied for their first win under manager Manny Acta.

Grady Sizemore drove in two runs, and Matt LaPorta delivered the tiebreaking double in the seventh after the Indians erased an early 3-0 deficit.

Chicago's Jake Peavy struggled through five innings and failed to protect the lead after Paul Konerko delivered a sacrifice fly and a two-run homer.

The Indians scored three against Peavy in the fourth to tie it and took the lead in the seventh, when Shin-Soo Choo led off with a single against Randy Williams (0-1) and scored from second when LaPorta doubled to center against Tony Pena.

Carmona (1-0) got the win despite walking six, and Chris Perez worked the ninth for his first save.

Blue Jays 7, Rangers 4

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Vernon Wells homered two more times and Jason Frasor pitched an uneventful ninth after blowing a save on opening day.

Wells' tiebreaking two-run homer in the fifth off Dustin Nippert (0-1) put Toronto ahead to stay, and he led off the ninth with another drive.

Rich Harden had an erratic debut for the Rangers, with eight strikeouts and no decision after giving up consecutive bases-loaded walks in the fourth.

Brian Tallet (1-0) allowed four runs, two earned, and four hits in 6 2-3 innings for the Blue Jays. He struck out six and walked three.