DETROIT ? Last week, the Detroit Tigers beat Roy Halladay for the first time in his career.

Thursday, things were back to normal.

Halladay shut out the Tigers for the third time since Sept. 6 and for the fourth time in his career, pitching Toronto to an 11-0 victory.

Halladay only has two career shutouts against other teams.

“I think that after getting beat up in Toronto, we wanted to come here and have a better series,” Halladay said. “I think, for the most part, we did that.”

Halladay (1-2) allowed eight hits, walked one and struck out five. He also started out 1-2 last season before finishing with a 22-7 record and winning the Cy Young Award.

“That was vintage Doc there,” Toronto manager Carlos Tosca said. “He had real good stuff — 95 or 96 (mph) with his fastball, his two-seamer was sinking, real good breaking ball. As good as you want to see.”

Halladay pitched a 10-inning shutout Sept. 6 against Detroit in a 1-0 victory. That was the first extra-inning shutout in the majors since Jack Morris did it in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series in Minnesota’s 1-0 win over Atlanta.

“That guy is, in my opinion, the best pitcher in the American League,” Tigers manager Alan Trammell said. “It was just a matter of time before he won one. When he’s on, he can pretty much tell you what’s coming, and it will still be tough to hit.”

Toronto starter Roy Halladay pitches against Detroit. Halladay pitched a complete-game shutout, giving up eight hits in an 11-0 win Thursday in Detroit.

Halladay posted his first April victory since April 4, 2002, against Minnesota.

Jason Johnson (1-2) took the loss, giving up three runs on four hits and a walk in four innings.

The Tigers announced after the game that Johnson left the game because of a blister and that his status for his next start was uncertain.

Despite the defeat, the Tigers still are three games over .500 after setting an AL record with 119 losses last season.

“We’re 6-3, so I’m happy with that,” Trammell said. “Performances like that aren’t going to fly, though.”

Rangers 7, Athletics 2

Arlington, Texas — Kenny Rogers pitched seven solid innings, Alfonso Soriano had three hits, and Texas avoided a three-game sweep.

Rogers (2-0) gave up one unearned run and five hits in his 38th home victory, breaking a tie with Rick Helling for the most wins at The Ballpark at Arlington.

Rich Harden (0-1) gave up six runs and 11 hits in his first start this season for Oakland.

Twins 3, Indians 0

Cleveland — Brad Radke pitched eight shutout innings in a win over Cleveland.

Radke (2-0) allowed four singles, struck out five and walked one to help Minnesota take two of three games in the series. Joe Nathan pitched the ninth for his first save since 1999 for San Francisco.

Corey Koskie homered in the eighth inning and Jacque Jones connected in the ninth for the Twins.

Indians starter Jason Stanford (0-1) Stanford gave up one run and five hits in six innings.

Orioles 12, Red Sox 7, 11 innings

Boston — Miguel Tejada’s first homer for Baltimore in the 11th inning started a five-run rally that carried the Orioles to a victory. Tejada was 0-for-3 with two walks before leading off the 11th against Bronson Arroyo (0-1). Jay Gibbons’ RBI triple made it 9-7 and Baltimore padded the lead when runs scored on an error, a walk and a single. Buddy Groom (1-0) got the win and Jorge Julio got the last three outs. Boston starter Pedro Martinez allowed seven runs in five innings, including David Segui’s three-run homer that tied the game 7-all in the fifth. Baltimore starter Sidney Ponson also struggled, allowing seven runs on eight hits in four innings.

Mariners 6, Angels 2

Anaheim, Calif. — Ryan Franklin gave up four hits in eight sharp innings, and Seattle turned two Anaheim errors into five runs in the sixth inning.

Raul Ibanez drove in two runs for the Mariners, who snapped seven-game losing streak to the Angels.

Franklin (1-0) made just one mistake, a two-run homer by Adam Kennedy in the second. Eddie Guardado allowed a hit in the ninth.

John Lackey (0-2) took a 2-1 lead into the sixth before the Mariners capitalized on throwing errors by shortstop Chone Figgins and center fielder Garret Anderson to take a 6-2 lead.