Fausto Carmona felt that familiar sinking feeling.

So did the Chicago White Sox, who pounded his signature sinker into the dirt over and over again in the Cleveland Indians' 7-2 win Wednesday.

Carmona wasn't the only sinkerballer at the top of his game. Joe Saunders kept his infield busy on the Metrodome turf in the Los Angeles Angels' 1-0 win over Minnesota, while in Seattle, Carlos Silva added a cutter and a change-up to his repertoire to lead the Mariners to a 4-1 win over the Texas Rangers. Silva's win was saved by Mariners' No. 5 starter Miguel Batista.

Carmona, who won 19 games for the Indians last season, got 16 of his 21 outs on grounders, struck out four and kept Jim Thome in the park, something ace C.C. Sabathia couldn't do in the opener when the Chicago DH homered twice.

"I threw the sinker for strikes. I threw the slider for strikes. I threw the change up for strikes," he said through an interpreter.

On a frigid night in Cleveland with temperatures dipping below freezing, Carmona (1-0) left his outfielders out in the cold. They didn't seem to mind.

"You just run around in circles," Grady Sizemore said. "Do jumping jacks, anything you can do to stay warm."

Inside the Metrodome, the Twins' bats were still ice-cold. Saunders struck out three and kept most of the balls that were hit bouncing, mirroring what Jon Garland did in the previous game. Over the past two nights, Minnesota has made 36 groundball outs.

Saunders (1-0) threw eight shutout innings and Howie Kendrick came home on a wild pitch in the seventh to give the Angels the only run they needed with Saunders picking up a depleted starting staff.

In his Seattle debut, Silva (1-0) allowed three hits and one run. The Mariners signed the 270-pound right-hander with a lineman's build to a $48 million, four-year contract to be their No. 3 starter. He looks worth it so far.

Silva showed off his usual sinkerball for which he is known for getting ground balls, a tricky changeup, plus a new cutter he learned from pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre a few weeks ago.

Those pitches all worked better in the colder, heavier air of Seattle than they did in the Arizona desert.

"It's hard to believe how weather can affect you. The ball was moving great," Silva said.

Royals 4, Tigers 0

Brian Bannister (1-0) combined with Leo Nunez and Joakim Soria on a three-hitter to make Kansas City 2-0 for the second time in 28 years.

The Royals won their first nine games in 2003 en route to their only winning season since 1993.

Red Sox 5, Athletics 0

Jon Lester (1-1) pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning and David Ortiz broke open a scoreless game with a two-run homer to help the Red Sox win their opening series with the Athletics that began in Tokyo and came to Oakland a week later.

Blue Jays 5, Yankees 2

In New York, A.J. Burnett (1-0) overpowered the Yankees, allowing two runs in six innings, and Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer off Mike Mussina (0-1).

Alex Rodriguez hit his first home run of the season, a two-run shot that chased Burnett with none out in the seventh.

Orioles 9, Rays 6

Aubrey Huff drove in four runs to rally Baltimore past Tampa Bay in front of the smallest crowd in Camden Yards history.

Nationals 1, Phillies 0

Tim Redding took a one-hitter into the eighth inning and Ryan Zimmerman hit a solo homer to help Washington stay unbeaten with a victory.

The last time the Washington Nationals' franchise was 3-0 was 2003, when the team was located in Montreal and named the Expos. The last time a baseball team from the nation's capital won its first three games was 1951,

Brewers 8, Cubs 2

At Chicago, Jeff Suppan (1-0) held Chicago to two runs and six hits in 6 1-3 innings, Rickie Weeks homered on the game's first pitch and Jason Kendall reached base five straight times for Milwaukee.

Reds 6, Arizona 5

At Cincinnati, Edwin Encarnacion hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to give Cincinnati its first victory under manager Dusty Baker.

Mets 13, Marlins 0

At Miami, Ryan Church and David Wright each homered, Carlos Beltran had three doubles and New York pounded out 17 hits.

Cardinals 8, Rockies 3

At St. Louis, Rick Ankiel homered, singled twice and made a diving catch for the Cardinals.

Astros 9, Padres 6

At San Diego, Lance Berkman hit a three-run homer off Trevor Hoffman with two outs in the ninth inning and Houston rallied for its first win.

Giants 2, Dodgers 1

At Los Angeles, Tim Lincecum made his season debut in relief and scored the go-ahead run on Randy Winn's sacrifice fly in the sixth, and San Francisco avoided its first 0-3 start since 1984.