After nearly three decades inside the Metrodome, the Minnesota Twins moved outdoors and beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 Monday thanks to hometown star Joe Mauer in the first regular-season game at their new Target Field ballpark. Jason Kubel hit the first home run and Carl Pavano earned the first victory. Pavano (2-0) gave up four hits and one run in six innings and the Twins bullpen backed him up, with Jon Rauch recording his fifth save. Jon Lester (0-1) labored through five innings for the Red Sox, throwing only 59 of his 107 pitches for strikes. Kubel homered into the right-field seats in the seventh inning. Kubel and Mauer, the American League most valuable player, each had three hits and drove in two runs. Rays 5, Orioles 1: At Baltimore, Matt Garza allowed one run in eight innings and Carl Crawford had four hits from four at bats with a homer as Tampa Bay downed Baltimore. The game drew 9,129 fans, the smallest crowd in the 19-year history of Camden Yards. Reid Brignac also homered for the Rays in their first road game of the season. Felix Pie connected for the Orioles, who fell to 1-6 with their fourth straight loss. Baltimore has scored only three runs in its last three games. White Sox 8, Blue Jays 7, 11 innings: At Toronto, Mark Teahen tripled home the go-ahead run in the 11th inning as Chicago snapped Toronto's five-game winning streak and spoiled the Blue Jays' home opener. Mark Kotsay led off the 11th with a pinch-hit single off Jeremy Accardo (0-1) and was replaced by pinch runner Omar Vizquel. Teahen followed with a triple to right center. Teahen, who tied the game with a ninth-inning homer off Jason Frasor, finished 3 for 5 with three RBIs. He also singled home a run in the sixth. The White Sox snapped a 10 game losing streak in Toronto, winning here for the first time since June 1, 2007. Athletics 4, Mariners 0: At Seattle, Justin Duchscherer pitched into the eighth inning to help Oakland ruin Seattle's home opener. Rangers 4, Indians 2, 10 innings: At Cleveland, Nelson Cruz hit his fifth home run of the season, connecting in the 10th inning as Texas spoiled Cleveland's sold-out opener and manager Manny Acta's home debut. Royals 10, Tigers 5: At Detroit, Jose Guillen hit a two-run homer after his two-out foul popup was dropped by Detroit first baseman Miguel Cabrera, helping Kansas City end the Tigers' four
