Remember Juan Guzman?
The guy who pitches after Pat Hentgen and Rogers Clemens.
You know, the defending American League earned-run average champion.
Guzman, making his first regular-season start since an appendectomy ended his 1996 season, allowed two hits in seven innings and Joe Carter homered Friday night to lead the host Blue Jays past the Milwaukee Brewers 6-2.
“Being a third starter could work in his favor,” Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said. “Especially if he continues to throw the way he did tonight.”
Angels 8, Indians 6: Paul Shuey, filling in as the Indians’ closer for Jose Mesa, loaded the bases in the 11th and gave up Tim Salmon’s grand slam as host Anaheim rallied to beat Cleveland. Shuey, who was given a three-year contract extension earlier in the day, had been given a 6-4 lead in the top of the 11th on Tony Fernandez’s two-run double.
Royals 2, Twins 1: Tim Belcher took a shutout into the eighth inning to outduel Bob Tewksbury as visiting Kansas City handed Minnesota its first loss.
Belcher allowed seven hits over 7 2/3 innings as the Twins lost for the first time after sweeping a three-game series from Detroit to open the season.
Athletics 4, Yankees 2: Jason Giambi hit a two-run homer in the eighth to help host Oakland spoil David Wells’ debut performance for New York. Giambi hit a 418-foot shot into the right-center bleachers off loser David Weathers, who came in to pitch the eighth.
Red Sox 10, Mariners 5: Darren Bragg homered twice to lead visiting Boston. Bragg hit a two-run homer in the fourth and a solo homer in the ninth. Tim Naehring, Wil Cordero and Mike Stanley also homered for the Red Sox, and Nomar Garciaparra went 4 for 5.
Orioles 5, Rangers 4: Brady Anderson, playing with a cracked rib, went 4 for 5 with two RBIs, and visiting Baltimore capitalized on two misplays by Texas shortstop Benji Gil in the seventh inning.
