Anaheim, Calif. ? Not even Cy Young winner Barry Zito could slow down the Anaheim Angels.

The defending World Series champions snapped Zito’s 10-game winning streak in convincing fashion Sunday, scoring in each of the first four innings and getting home runs from Tim Salmon and Troy Glaus in an 8-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics.

Eric Owens drove in two runs with his second tiebreaking, bases-loaded single in two days, helping the Angels win their fifth straight. Shawn Wooten also homered as the Angels finished a three-game sweep against the team that beat them for the AL West title last year.

“We ran into a buzzsaw here. They took care of us pretty good,” Oakland manager Ken Macha said after his team was outscored 26-11 in the series. “We’ve just got to forget about these three games here. We can’t let this drag us down. We’ve got a long, long, long way to go.”

The Angels, who finished four games behind the Athletics last season and made the playoffs as the wild card, were swept in three games last weekend at Oakland. The A’s have dropped four straight after a 7-1 start, matching their longest skid of last season.

“After getting swept up there, we put ourselves in a tough position — because if we got swept again, we’d be in a world of hurt,” Anaheim’s Darin Erstad said. “I mean, it’s early in the season, but you still want to stay close.”

Prior to this series, Oakland’s starting pitchers won 31 of 33 decisions before the Angels roughed up Zito, Tim Hudson and John Halama for 19 runs and 24 hits in a combined 16-plus innings. Their offense looks just as potent as last October, when they had an eight-run inning in the division series against the Yankees and a 10-run inning in the ALCS clincher against Minnesota.

Anaheim has scored 47 runs in its last five games at Edison Field.

“They’re on a great wave right now, and they’re going to be tough to beat,” Oakland first baseman Scott Hatteberg said. “We’re going to have some real battles with those guys. They’re swinging the bats really well, and they’re getting great pitching.”

Ramon Ortiz (2-1) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings, striking out five and walking one. The only runs off the right-hander came on Terrence Long’s two-run shot in the second. Scot Shields allowed one hit over three innings and struck out five for his first major-league save.

Zito (2-1) lost for the first time in 12 starts — not including a victory over Minnesota in the playoffs last year — and only the fourth time in 28 decisions. The left-hander allowed seven runs, eight hits and four walks in five innings.

Devil Rays 2, Yankees 1

New York — Toby Hall delivered a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, preventing New York from achieving the best start in the 100-year history of the franchise. At 9-1, the Yankees had tied the best start ever, set by the 1988 team. No Yankees team has ever gone 10-1 at the start, and Tampa Bay made sure it stayed that way. Roger Clemens, bidding for his 296th career win, allowed one run in seven innings. Bernie Williams made it 1-all with an RBI single in the eighth.

Red Sox 2, Orioles 0

Boston — Derek Lowe and Tim Wakefield combined on a six-hitter, and Nomar Garciaparra homered off Rodrigo Lopez (0-2) as Boston rebounded from a rough home opener. A day after Pedro Martinez gave up 10 runs in the worst start of his career, Lowe (2-1) held Baltimore to two hits over the first six innings before running into trouble in the seventh. He escaped, thanks in part to an unassisted double play by first baseman Shea Hillenbrand.

Twins 9, Blue Jays 3

Toronto — Matthew LeCroy hit a three-run homer, and Michael Cuddyer had a solo shot as Minnesota completed a three-game sweep. The Twins gained a measure of revenge against the Blue Jays, who sent them reeling toward a six-game losing streak with a three-game sweep at the Metrodome last weekend.

White Sox 3, Tigers 2

Detroit — Bartolo Colon won for the first time with his new team, and Chicago sent Detroit to its 10th loss in 11 games this season. The White Sox have won seven of nine, including five victories over Detroit. The Tigers, who started 0-11 in 2002, beat Chicago, 4-3, Saturday for their only win of the season.

Mariners 4, Rangers 3, 13 innings

Seattle — Bret Boone hit his second homer of the game in the 13th inning to give Seattle a victory over Texas. Alex Rodriguez had his fifth home run for the Rangers, and Todd Greene’s solo shot off Jeff Nelson tied it at 3 in the eighth.