MONDAY'S TIDBITS Line of the Day Corey Patterson Had an Opening Day he'll remember for a long while in the Cubs' 15-2 rout of the Mets. AB H RBI HR 6 4 7 2 Hero of the day Hideo Nomo outpitched Randy Johnson in hurling a complete game four-hit shutout in the Dodgers' 8-0 win over the Diamondbacks. Goat of the day In the first-ever game at Great American Ballpark, Jimmy Haynes was horrible for the homestanding Reds. Haynes gave up six runs to the Pirates in the top of the second nning en route to a 10-1 loss. Injuries Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter suffered a dislocated left shoulder, an injury suffered while sliding head-first into third base against the Blue Jays. Jeter will undergo an MRI on Thursday to determine the extent of his injury. It's believed Jeter will be sidelined for at least a month. Giants closer Robb Nen was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Sunday, with a strained right shoulder. Nen worked one inning Sunday against Oakland in an exhibition game, his first action against major league hitters since having surgery in November. He is scheduled to be examined on Tuesday. Stat of the day The Cubs' 15-2 win over the Mets was the most lopsided season-opening victory since the Chicago White Sox beat the St. Louis Browns 17-3 on April 17, 1951, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Stat of the day II The Devil Rays' come-from-behind 6-4 win over the Red Sox was their first victory at home over Boston since the 2001 season. Tampa Bay was 0-10 against Boston last season at Tropicana Field. The last word "It's going to be awhile. This isn't getting hit by a pitch or spraining an ankle. Hopefully, there's nothing wrong. There's nothing broken.'' -- Jeter, on his dislocated left shoulder.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Twins at Tigers
Minnesota: Manager Ron Gardenhire said 3B Corey Koskie, who missed the opener with a stiff back, will play Wednesday. "Corey checked the weather forecast, and he's going to go,'' Gardenhire said. "I think he wanted to make sure it was warm enough, but he's Canadian, so maybe he was checking to see how cold it would be.'' ... Gardenhire was upset about Luis Rivas getting doubled off second base on a routine pop-up in the eighth inning. "That's just bad baseball, and we aren't going to have that kind of thing around here,'' Gardenhire said. "Those are the kind of mistakes that usually come back to bite you.'' Detroit: C Brandon Inge wasn't discouraged by Dustan Mohr's homer over the shortened left-field fence. "It didn't go out of the old stadium, but I still think the wall is going to help us more than it is going to hurt us,'' Inge said. ... Jack Morris, who won World Series with both the Tigers and Twins, was at the game in preparation for his work as a Detroit television announcer. Morris started 14 straight openers for the Tigers, Twins and Blue Jays. ... Dan Dickerson made his debut as the radio voice of the Tigers. Dickerson replaced Ernie Harwell, who was in attendance after retiring last fall following 42 years doing Detroit broadcasts. ``Ernie wants to be low-key today, but he's given me a lot of support,'' Dickerson said. ``What I learned from him is that you can have energy and enthusiasm for every game whether the team is 20-40 or 40-20.''

Indians at Orioles
Cleveland: The Indians opened the season with two rookies -- 2B Brandon Phillips and 1B Travis Hafner -- on the right side of the infield. The last time the team started rookies at first and second in the opener was 1933, with 1B Odell Hale and 2B Harley Boss. ... First-year manager Eric Wedge, 35 years and 64 days old, is the youngest major league manager since Texas' Bobby Valentine (35 years, five days) in 1985. ... Only eight players remain from Cleveland's opening day roster in 2002. ... In 13 lifetime opening days, DH Ellis Burks is 18-for-55 (.327) with four homers and nine RBI. ... The Indians received RHP Mike Fyhrie from Philadelphia as the player to be named in the March 26 trade that sent OF Wendell Magee Jr. to the Phillies. Fyhrie was assigned to Triple-A Buffalo. ... RHP Aaron Myette, on the disabled list with a strained right quadriceps, will begin a 30-day rehabilitation assignment at Buffalo on Tuesday. ... SS Omar Vizquel made his 10th opening-day start with the Indians, the longest stretch since Lou Boudreau from 1939-50. Phillips is the 30th second baseman to play beside Vizquel. Baltimore: The extra-inning game was the Orioles' eighth on opening day. The 13 innings were the most ever played in a home opener and ties 1966 for the longest opener in franchise history. ... LHP B.J. Ryan, the winning pitcher, threw only eight pitches. Seven were for strikes. ... Umpires attendant Ernie Tyler sat next to the backstop for his 3,400th consecutive game, a streak that began in 1960. ... DH David Segui, on the disabled list with a non-displaced fracture of his right thumb, hopes to be activated Saturday. ... The Orioles improved to 32-19 in season openers and 33-18 in home openers.

White Sox at Royals
Chicago: Mark Buehrle is 6-3 lifetime with a 2.91 ERA against the Royals. ... The White Sox are 53-50 on opening day. It was only their second opening-day loss in seven seasons. ... Sandy Alomar, 36, is the oldest player on the roster and 23-year-old pitcher Jon Garland is the youngest. Kansas City: Tony Pena and Runelvys Hernandez are the first Dominican-born manager and pitcher the Royals have had on opening day. At 24, Hernandez is also the youngest pitcher to start for the Royals on opening day since Kevin Appier in 1992. ... Fifteen players who were on Kansas City's opening-day roster in 2002 are no longer with the team.

Red Sox at Devil Rays
Boston: LF Manny Ramirez returned to the team Sunday after missing four days of spring training to handle a family matter. ... Todd Walker was Boston's 10th opening day second baseman in 10 years. ... RHP Pedro Martinez made his sixth straight opening-day start. The last Boston pitcher other than Martinez to start a season opener was Tom Gordon in 1997. ... The opening day 25-man roster features 11 players who were not in the Red Sox organization at the end of last season. ... Martinez and C Jason Varitek were the only Red Sox making their fourth straight opening day start. Ramirez, OF Trot Nixon and 3B Shea Hillenbrand were in the opening day lineup for the third consecutive year. Tampa Bay: The Devil Rays opened the season with the second-youngest 25-man roster, with an average age of 27.41 years. The Detroit Tigers have the youngest at 27.38. ... The Opening Day outfield of Carl Crawford (21), Rocco Baldelli (21) and Ben Grieve (26) is the youngest since Seattle started Ken Griffey Jr. (19), Greg Briley (23) and Darrell Coles (26) in 1989. ... Tropicana Field sports a different look this season. The outfield wall cushions have been reupholstered, and one of the catwalks that help support the roof is covered with wallpaper in vibrant colors meant to resemble a Florida sunrise.

Yankees at Blue Jays
New York: SS Derek Jeter wasn't worried about the laid-back Blue Jays fans getting on the Yankees too much, despite an advertisement that urged fans to boo Hideki Matsui. "This is nothing compared to Boston,'' he said. "We get it everywhere. It's really nothing new. It's new to have an ad in the newspaper, but we've seen worse on signs and T-shirts in Boston.'' ... The Yankees opened the season in March for the first time in their history. It was also their first opener outside the United States. Next year, the Yankees might start the season in Japan. ... Injured RHPs Mariano Rivera (groin) and Steve Karsay (shoulder) threw on the side at the team's complex in Tampa, Fla. Rivera threw for 10 minutes from 75 feet, and Karsay threw 40 tosses from 60 feet. "It's very comforting for me,'' manager Joe Torre said about Rivera. "We're going to make sure we don't push him to come back before he's ready.'' Toronto: Manager Carlos Tosca apologized to Yankees skipper Joe Torre for an advertisement the Blue Jays took out in Sunday's newspapers. The ad urged fans to boo Japanese star Hideki Matsui and showed a Yankees' cap with bird droppings on it. "I'm certain that it probably wouldn't have sat too well with me,'' Tosca said. ... RHP Roy Halladay made his first career opening-day start. ... Lorne Michaels, the executive producer of "Saturday Night Live,'' threw out the first pitch. Michaels, a Canadian, has been a season-ticket holder for the Yankees since 1998.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Expos at Braves
Montreal: The Expos struck a deal with radio station The Team 990 to broadcast their games in English this season. The team already had a French-language radio contract in a 148-game package split between stations CKAC and CJMS. Montreal doesn't have a local television broadcaster. Atlanta: RF Gary Sheffield gave the Braves a scare in the opening inning when he crashed into the fence trying to grab Endy Chavez's triple. Sheffield landed hard on his right shoulder, but stayed in the game.

Cubs at Mets
Chicago: 2B Mark Grudzielanek went 3-for-3 in the leadoff spot and left early. His back has been sore, and it began tightening up in the cold weather. ... Corey Patterson set a career high with seven RBI -- he'd had four in a pair of games -- and tied a lifetime best with four hits. He said the blustery conditions didn't bother him. "Once we got going, I didn't see anyone on our team worrying about the cold,'' he said. Patterson's big day brought back memories of the 1994 opener when another Cubs center fielder, Tuffy Rhodes, hit three home runs off Mets ace Dwight Gooden. ... The Cubs scored four runs in the first inning of the season opener for the first time since 1892. ... The Cubs are 2-5 against the Mets in openers. Their other win came in 2000 at Tokyo, when Mike Hampton walked nine in his New York debut. ... RHP Juan Cruz tied a team record by striking out six straight hitters in relief, matching Bruce Sutter's feat on Sept. 8, 1977. Cruz gave up an infield hit to Mike Piazza, then fanned the next six batters. "I wasn't thinking about striking guys out, I was just trying to hit my spots,'' he said. New York: The Mets set a team record for runs allowed in an opener (15). The previous high was 12 against Pittsburgh in 1990. ... Cliff Floyd went 0-for-4 in his Mets debut and made an error in left field. "I'm not even going to go in and watch my tape. Burn the tape,'' he said. ... The Mets had won five straight season openers at Shea. ... 3B Ty Wigginton became the first rookie to start an opener for the Mets since SS Rey Ordonez in 1996. ... Tom Glavine had a 6.85 ERA in spring training, but had looked good in his final two outings. That pattern changed in the opener as he gave up a walk and three hits to the first four batters. ... Mark McGraw, son of former Mets reliever Tug McGraw, was joined by Tom Seaver, Rusty Staub and Bud Harrelson in the first-ball ceremonies.

Phillies at Marlins
Philadelphia: The Phillies went 9-18 last April. ... John Vukovich began his 16th season as a Phillies coach, tying the team record set by former bullpen coach Mike Ryan in 1980-95. ... Mike Lieberthal started his seventh consecutive Phillies opener, tying a team record for catchers set by Darren Daulton in 1989-95. Florida: President David Samson predicts the team will win 91 games -- one less than in 1997, when Florida won the World Series. ... Charlie Hough and John Lynch threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Hough was the Marlins' first opening-day starter 10 years ago. Lynch, now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, threw the first pitch in the organization's history for the Erie Sailors in 1992.

Brewers at Cardinals
Milwaukee: The Brewers got home runs from three unlikely sources in the opener. Royce Clayton had seven last year, Eric Young had three and Eddie Perez hadn't homered since 1999. Richie Sexson, who hit a two-run homer in the ninth, hit 29 last year. The team high for a game last season was five, Aug. 31 at Cincinnati. ... Closer Mike DeJean finished last season with 15 consecutive saves, tying for the team's best run since moving to the NL, and had only three blown saves last year. ... The Brewers haven't been at .500 since they were 2-2 on April 5, 2002, and have been in last place in the NL Central since May 19, 2002. ... Twelve of the Brewers' first 15 games are against teams that made the playoffs last season. St. Louis: Manager Tony La Russa indicated that CF Jim Edmonds might get limited playing time for a while. Edmonds played in the field for the first time since March 7 in the opener, and was lifted for a pinch-runner after singling in the fifth. ``If we can get by, it's like stealing a win,'' La Russa said. ... Orlando Palmeiro, who had a pinch-hit RBI triple in the eighth, led the Angels with eight pinch-hits last year. He had 42 pinch-hits while with Anaheim, two shy of the club record held by Winston Llenas. ... Fernando Vina had been 0-for-11 against Mike DeJean before his game-tying RBI double in the eighth. ... RHP Cal Eldred's first appearance since April 11, 2001, when he was sidelined by an elbow injury, didn't go smoothly. He faced three batters in the ninth, allowing Richie Sexson's two-run homer, and didn't get an out.

Pirates at Reds
Pitsburgh: Reggie Sanders, Kenny Lofton and Jason Kendall homered in a six-run second inning, the Pirates' first three-homer inning since Kendall, Wil Cordero and Pat Meares connected in the ninth inning at Wrigley Field on July 4, 2000. ... The Pirates will unveil a bronze statue in honor of former slugger Ralph Kiner during the April 7 home opener against Milwaukee. Kiner will join Honus Wagner, Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell, who have been honored with bronze statues outside PNC Park. ... LH reliever Scott Sauerbeck, who grew up in Cincinnati and attended a lot of games at Riverfront/Cinergy Field, was underwhelmed by the Reds' new ballpark. "It makes me appreciate PNC Park,'' Sauerbeck said. "It is an upgrade over Cinergy, but there were some of us in the dugout looking up in the stands and it seems to lack that 'wow' factor.'' Cincinnati: Ken Griffey Jr. doubled for the first hit at Great American Ball Park, but it was his only hit in four at-bats. Griffey has hit seven homers on Opening Day, tied with Eddie Matthews, Willie Mays, Babe Ruth and Carl Yastrzemski for second all-time. Frank Robinson hit eight. ... Before the game, the Reds dedicated a statue of former slugger Ted Kluszewski on the plaza outside the main gate. More statues will be added later in the season, honoring players from the Crosley Field era. ... The Reds also lost their inaugural game at Riverfront Stadium. Hank Aaron hit the first homer as Atlanta won 8-2 on June 30, 1970. A day later, Tommy Helms hit the Reds' first homer to give them their first win. ... Austin Kearns has driven in all three of the Reds' runs in their three games at the new place -- two exhibition losses to Cleveland and the regular-season opener.

Dodgers at Diamondbacks
Los Angeles: Batting coach Jack Clark remained in stable condition at a Phoenix hospital after he was injured in a motorcycle accident on the way to a team workout at Bank One Ballpark on Sunday. He broke eight ribs and had severe cuts to his face and head. ... 1B Fred McGriff needs 22 home runs to reach 500. He was just the third player to start at first base for the Dodgers in the opener in the past decade. ... Los Angeles placed OF Chad Hermansen on the 15-day DL Sunday, retroactive to March 22, and purchased the contract of LHP Tom Martin. Arizona: Randy Johnson will be presented with his fourth consecutive NL Cy Young Award before Tuesday's game. ... Johnson is 4-1 in Opening Day games with Arizona. ... After a strong spring, Matt Williams got the start at 3B over Craig Counsell. ... It was the third time in their six seasons that the Diamondbacks started their campaign against the Dodgers. ... The roof at Bank One Ballpark was closed when the game started, but it was opened after four innings because the entire field was in shadows.

Giants at Padres
San Francisco: Newcomer Ray Durham became the first Giants player to hit a leadoff homer on Opening Day since Gary Thomasson, who hit the first pitch from Los Angeles' Don Sutton on April 7, 1977, at Dodger Stadium. ... All-Star closer Robb Nen was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Sunday, with a strained right shoulder. Nen, 33, worked one inning Sunday against Oakland in his first action against major league hitters since having surgery in November. He is scheduled to be examined by Dr. Lewis Yocum of the Anaheim Angels on Tuesday. ... To take Nen's roster spot, the Giants recalled RHP Jim Brower from Triple-A Fresno. ... The Giants won their opener for the fifth time in six years. San Diego: The Padres lost their fifth straight season opener. ... An announced crowd of 61,707 _ a San Diego regular-season record -- saw the Padres open their 35th and final season at Qualcomm Stadium. The Padres will move into Petco Park downtown next spring. ... It was 80 degrees at gametime. ... Padres starter Brian Lawrence went seven innings, facing just one batter over the minimum through his final four innings.