Minneapolis ? Lacking pinpoint control, Roger Clemens left with a six-run lead. Everything seems to be going right for the New York Yankees this season.

Clemens won his 296th career game and the Yankees hit four home runs, two of them upper-deck shots by Robin Ventura, to end Minnesota’s six-game winning streak with an 11-4 victory Friday night.

“We’re playing really well right now,” manager Joe Torre said. “We’re hitting, and we’re getting real good starting pitching. That’s something we expect, but we didn’t expect to be so good this early.”

That’s 10 straight wins for New York against the Twins the last two seasons. The last time Minnesota beat the Yankees was May 10, 2001.

“You better be good when you play them,” said Ron Gardenhire, who’s never beaten the Yankees as manager of the Twins.

Alfonso Soriano set the tone with a leadoff homer, his sixth of the season and third in as many games, and Raul Mondesi also went deep for the Yankees — whose 31 homers are second-most in the majors.

They’ve only allowed four.

Clemens (3-0) struck out eight and allowed one run in six innings, lowering his ERA to 2.08 and stretching the record of New York’s starting pitchers to a franchise-best 11-0.

“When you have a lead, you want to keep the lead,” Clemens said, “so guys can get inside and add to it.

“I just tried to make good pitches. I was fortunate enough to strike some people out.”

Twins starter Brad Radke (1-2) allowed seven runs and nine hits in five innings.

The Yankees, off to their best start ever at 13-3 and leading the AL in batting, began a 10-game road trip in impressive fashion.

Soriano sent an 0-1 pitch from Radke into the left-field seats, hushing the crowd of 37,843.

Ventura hit his fourth homer in the second inning on a high drive into the upper deck in right field, and Mondesi made it 3-1 with his fourth of the season — a line drive to left-center that had enough air under it to reach the seats.

“They’ve got guys hitting in the one hole, two hole, the three-four-five-six-seven-eight-nine hole who can hit cleanup on any other team,” Radke said. “It’s monster baseball.”

Mariners 8, Angels 2

Anaheim, Calif. — Jamie Moyer pitched seven scoreless innings and Bret Boone homered and drove in four runs to lead Seattle past Anaheim. Moyer (2-1) joined five-time Cy Young winner Randy Johnson as the only pitchers to record at least 100 victories with Seattle. Moyer did it in his 204th start for the Mariners, seven fewer than the Big Unit needed.

The Mariners, who had not allowed more than four runs in any of their previous eight games, faced an Anaheim lineup that had scored 47 runs in its previous five home games.

Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 3

Boston — Kevin Millar homered and Boston capitalized on four walks by Jeff Tam to score three runs in the seventh inning. Tam’s wildness was much worse than that of Boston knuckleballer Tim Wakefield (2-0), who walked three and threw two wild pitches in seven innings.

Doug Mirabelli homered and drove in two runs and Shea Hillenbrand also had two RBIs for Boston, which won its fifth straight game.

Orioles 9, Devil Rays 7

Baltimore — Tony Batista’s two-run single capped an eight-run second inning that carried Baltimore past Tampa Bay. Batista later hit a solo homer, finishing with three RBIs as the Orioles won their third straight.

Jason Johnson (2-0) allowed four runs — three earned — on eight hits over six innings. He walked one and struck out four.

Rey Ordonez matched his career high with his third homer for the Devil Rays, who have lost four straight.

White Sox 5, Indians 3

Chicago — Bartolo Colon pitched a nine-hitter to beat his old team in his first home start for the White Sox as Chicago won for the 10th time in 13 games. Colon (2-0), who spent 51¼2 years with the Indians before being dealt to Montreal last season and subsequently coming to the White Sox in another trade, struck out three and walked three in Chicago’s first complete game of the season. He worked out of a final jam in the eighth, striking out Travis Hafner with runners at first and third.

Athletics 9, Rangers 0

Oakland, Calif. — Barry Zito pitched a six-hitter, and Erubiel Durazo hit a two-run double and a homer as Oakland defeated Texas. Terrence Long and Ramon Hernandez homered and drove in two runs apiece for the A’s, who won seven of their first eight games this season, then lost seven of eight. On Wednesday, they finished a 3-7 road trip that included their first six-game losing streak in two years.