Gerut goes 5-for-5 in Indians' win

CLEVELAND — Jody Gerut went 5-for-5 with three RBIs to help C.C. Sabathia get his first win this season, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 10-3 on Friday night.

Gerut homered, doubled three times and singled as the Indians battered Nate Cornejo (1-1) while winning the first of seven games in 10 days between the teams.

The Indians also hit reliever Ugueth Urbina, whom they decided not to sign as a free agent during spring training. Urbina gave up one run and two hits in his first appearance since Game 6 of the World Series for Florida.

Detroit signed Urbina to a one-year deal after the Indians passed on the right-hander.

Victor Martinez homered and drove in three runs, and Ronnie Belliard drove in two runs for Cleveland, which finished with a season-high 19 hits.

Sabathia (1-0) had pitched well enough to win each of his two previous starts, but his bullpen blew saves both times as the Indians lost extra-inning games in Minnesota and Kansas City.

This time, the Indians made sure they gave Sabathia more than enough runs, scoring five times in the sixth inning to open a 9-1 lead.

Gerut and Martinez drove in two runs apiece as Cleveland batted around for the first time all season in the inning.

Sabathia allowed four hits in six innings to improve to 7-2 in 12 career starts against Detroit.

ORIOLES 11, BLUE JAYS 2: At Toronto, Javy Lopez homered to spark a six-run second inning, and Matt Riley pitched one-hit ball for seven dominant innings as the Baltimore Orioles routed the Toronto Blue Jays 11-2 Friday night. The Blue Jays managed just two hits in all, and Miguel Batista (0-2) had poor command throughout his four-plus innings. The Orioles, boosted by the offseason signings of Lopez, Miguel Tejada and Rafael Palmeiro, took full advantage, jumping out to a big lead en route to their second straight win. Palmeiro also homered off Batista, who gave up seven runs, seven hits and three walks. Jay Gibbons added a three-run shot in the eighth off Aquilino Lopez.

Riley (1-0) kept the Blue Jays' offense down, allowing only Josh Phelps' homer in the second and three walks. He struck out a career-high seven.

Rick Bauer pitched a hitless eighth before John Parrish gave up a double to Vernon Wells and Chris Gomez's run-scoring groundout in the ninth.