Anaheim, Calif. ? The new-look Cleveland Indians opened the 2002 major league baseball season with the pitching they’ve been looking for.

Bartolo Colon pitched a five-hitter to become the first Cleveland pitcher in 34 years to throw an opening-day shutout, and the Indians scored four first-inning runs in a 6-0 victory over the Anaheim Angels on Sunday night.

CLEVELAND'S TRAVIS FRYMAN, left, is congratulated by third-base coach Joel Skinner following a home run in the third inning in baseball's opener on Sunday in Anaheim. The Indians beat the Angels, 6-0.

“We were aggressive and we played the kind of baseball I hope that we can play all year long,” said Cleveland’s Travis Fryman, who hit the first home run of the season.

Navy SEAL members parachuted in to deliver the ball used for the ceremonial first pitch and President Bush delivered a videotaped message to the sellout crowd of 42,697.

A day ahead of other major league teams, Cleveland and Anaheim took the field to show off their new uniforms and the season began at 5:18 p.m. PST 13 minutes late because of the ceremony.

Colon was among the many major leaguers who aged dramatically during the offseason, when new rules forced them to supply passports. At first he said he was 26, then said he was 27 and later admitted he was 28.

After throwing just one complete game in 34 starts last year, Colon allowed four singles and a double, struck out five and walked two. He needed just 99 pitches to throw the fifth shutout of his career.

“That’s the way I imagined him pitching,” Indians manager Charlie Manuel said. “He threw all his pitches, mixed in some breaking balls, threw his fastballs on both sides of the plate, was aggressive.”

It was the first opening-day shutout in the major leagues since Dwight Gooden led the New York Mets over Colorado in 1993 with a four-hitter. It was Cleveland’s first shutout in an opener since Sonny Siebert’s two-hit, 9-0 win over the Chicago White Sox in 1968.

Indians 6, Angels 0

CLEVELAND ANAHEIM

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Lawton rf 3 1 0 0 Eckstin ss 4 0 1 0

Vizquel ss 5 1 1 0 Erstad cf 4 0 1 0

Burks dh 3 0 2 0 Salmon rf 4 0 0 0

Thome 1b 4 1 1 1 Andrsn lf 3 0 2 0

Frymn 3b 4 2 2 1 Glaus 3b 4 0 0 0

Gterrez 2b 4 1 1 0 Fllmer dh 3 0 0 0

Brdley cf 4 0 1 2 Molina c 3 0 0 0

Brnyan lf 4 0 1 0 Gil 1b 3 0 1 0

Diaz c 4 0 2 1 Knnedy 2b 3 0 0 0

Totals 35 6 11 5 Totals 31 0 5 0

Cleveland 401 000 001 6

Anaheim 000 000 000 0

ESalmon (1). DPCleveland 1, Anaheim 3. LOBCleveland 5, Anaheim 6. 2BBurks (1), Eckstein (1). HRFryman (1).

IP H R ER BB SO

Cleveland

Colon W,1-0 9 5 0 0 2 5

Anaheim

Washburn L,0-1 5 8 5 5 1 6

Wall 2 0 0 0 0 2

Pote 1 0 0 0 1 1

Lukasiewicz 1 3 1 1 1 0

T2:23. A42,697 (45,050).