New York ? Jeff Weaver and Derek Jeter had good days, playing in unfamiliar situations.

Jeter hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning to make sure Weaver won his debut with New York as the Yankees rallied for a 10-6 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.

New York's Jeff Weaver delivers against Toronto. Weaver won his Yankee debut despite allowing a pair of three-run homers. The Yankees defeated the Blue Jays, 10-6, Sunday in New York.

Weaver allowed a pair of three-run homers in his first start after being obtained by the Yankees from the Detroit Tigers in a three-way trade involving the Oakland Athletics on early Saturday.

“I wanted to show them that I don’t give up two three-homers very often,” Weaver said.

Jeter, who missed two games with a sprained left knee started as the designated hitter for the first time in his career and led the Yankees comeback with three RBIs, including his two-run homer off reliever Corey Thurman (1-2) that put the Yankees ahead 7-6.

“I could have played in the field,” said Jeter, who was the DH at manager Joe Torre’s insistence.

Weaver (7-8) had a 3.18 ERA with the Tigers in 17 starts this season but received just 3.4 runs of support per game. Nervous in front of the large Yankee Stadium crowd, Weaver quickly fell behind 3-0 in the first, allowing a double by Vernon Wells on his first pitch and a three-run homer to Carlos Delgado one out after an infield single by Shannon Stewart.

“It’s the last thing you want to have happen, especially in the first inning,” Weaver said.

Wells’ three-run shot in the fifth broke a 3-3 before the Yankees scored twice in their in the bottom half and then took the lead on Jeter’s homer.

Weaver allowed six runs on six hits in seven innings, walking one and striking out five.

“You want to make sure that you’re cool, calm and collected when you go out there but the crowd kind of takes that away from you,” said Weaver, of his early jitters. “Once I get my feet on the ground, it’s going to be as lot of fun.”

He had been 1-6 career against Toronto.

“He pitched tough,” Blue Jays manager Carlos Tosco said. “The one thing that he did was that even after giving up two three-run home runs he still pitched good all day long.”

With the Blue Jays ahead 3-0, the Yankees tied it off Toronto starter Chris Carpenter in the third on Jeter’s RBI groundout and RBI singles by Bernie Williams and Raul Mondesi.

Carpenter pitched five innings, allowing five runs on 10 hits.

New York’s two runs in the fifth came on Williams’ run-scoring double and Robin Ventura’s RBI groundout.

Tigers 9, Red Sox 8

Boston Carlos Pena went 3-for-4 and drove in the game-winning run in his first game for Detroit as the Tigers beat Boston despite squandering the lead four times. The Tigers led 1-0, 4-2, 5-4 and 8-6, but every time the Red Sox came back, tying it at 8 on Brian Daubach’s second homer of the game, a two-run shot in the sixth. Rich Garces (0-1) walked the bases loaded in the eighth before Pena hit a hard grounder to the right of shortstop Nomar Garciaparra. He fielded the ball deep in the hole, but had no chance to make a play anywhere.

Indians 9, White Sox 3

Chicago Milton Bradley hit a grand slam, and Matt Lawton added a three-run homer to power an eight-run third inning as Cleveland routed Chicago. Rookie Ryan Drese (8-6) allowed four hits in seven-plus innings, leaving in the eighth after he hit Ray Durham with a pitch and Travis Fryman booted Tony Graffanino’s grounder. Todd Ritchie (5-11), the White Sox’s disappointing off-season acquisition, lasted just two-plus innings, his shortest outing of the season, and was booed loudly when replaced by Matt Ginter. Ritchie allowed seven hits and six runs.

Mariners 8, Twins 2

Seattle John Olerud hit a pair of two-run homers and left-hander John Halama won his first start since May 17 as Seattle Mariners beat Minnesota. Olerud gave the Mariners a 4-1 lead in the third inning when he homered off Rick Reed (6-5) after Mark McLemore singled. He hit second two-run shot in the eighth.

Halama (4-2), making his fifth start of the season, went 52/3 innings, yielding solo home runs to Jacque Jones and A.J. Pierzynski. He allowed two runs on four hits and two walks.

Orioles 10, Rangers 4

Arlington, Texas Tony Batista had two hits in Baltimore’s seven-run fourth inning and the Orioles went on to beat Texas. Batista, the only Orioles player going to Milwaukee as an All-Star, started the fourth with a one-out single and scored the tying run when Marty Cordova followed with a triple. An RBI double by Batista later in the inning pushed Baltimore ahead 7-1. Rookie right-hander Rodrigo Lopez (8-3) worked seven innings for the win. He allowed just four hits, including homers to Rafael Palmeiro, Alex Rodriguez and Herbert Perry.

Angels 2, Devil Rays 1 (10)

Anaheim, Calif. Tim Salmon singled in the winning run in the 10th inning after nine strong innings by Ramon Ortiz as Anaheim beat Tampa Bay to complete a three-game sweep of the major leagues’ worst team. Troy Percival (3-1) earned the victory with a hitless 10th inning. The Devil Rays, whose 12th extra-inning game tied Atlanta and Montreal for the major league lead, are 6-6 in extra-inning affairs. Ortiz, who leads the Angels with three complete games, settled for a no-decision.