Bronx, NY -- (Sports Network) - Adam Jones recorded career-highs with four hits and four runs batted in, and the Baltimore Orioles spoiled Alex Rodriguez's return to the New York lineup with a 12-2 blowout of the struggling Yankees in the opener of a three-game series.

Kevin Millar went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and three runs scored for the Orioles, winners in five of their last six. Luke Scott hit a two-run homer and scored three times. Brian Roberts, Ramon Hernandez, Aubrey Huff and Freddy Bynum drove in a run apiece for the Orioles, who scored seven times in the opening inning.

"It's great to do it here in Yankee Stadium, and it's great to do it against a guy like (Mike) Mussina who's got the kind of track record he does," said O's manager Dave Tremblay.

Daniel Cabrera (5-1) cruised through seven innings, holding New York to two runs on five hits. Lance Cormier threw a pair of shutout frames in relief.

Rodriguez, who had been on the disabled list since late April with a strained right quadriceps, hit a two-run homer to provide the scoring for the Yankees, who have dropped four straight and six of seven overall and continue to occupy last place in the AL East. Jason Giambi and Bobby Abreu had two hits each, but the Yankees fell five games (20-25) under .500.

While the Yankees saw the return of Rodriguez, they also witnessed Derek Jeter, their star shortstop, leave the game with a wrist injury after being hit by a pitch in the third inning.

"It'll be fine," Jeter said. "Obviously it doesn't feel good, but it's not broken and I should be good to go be tomorrow."

Mike Mussina (6-4) was shelled for seven runs -- just one earned -- on five hits in two-thirds of an inning, matching the shortest outing of his career. Mussina previously lasted just two-thirds of an inning when he was with the Orioles on July 13, 1995.

"When you don't know where the ball's going, you don't feel like you can back anyone into counts or put anyone away," Mussina said. "You're throwing the ball and hoping something happens, instead of believing something good is going to happen."

In the sixth, the benches cleared after Yankees pitcher LaTroy Hawkins threw far inside twice to Scott. Hawkins was immediately ejected by home plate umpire Chuck Meriwether and while the benches and bullpens both emptied, the opposing sides were kept apart.

"You have to ask the guy who threw it (if it was intentional)," Tremblay said. "You guys have covered the game for a long time, and you're trying to get me to say something that's rather obvious. I didn't just fall off a truck."

Mussina ran into two-out trouble in the first, and ended up digging the Yanks into a huge hole before ever coming to bat.

Roberts led off the game with a walk, and after two straight outs left him on second, Huff lined a single over Giambi's head and into right to give the Orioles the lead. Millar followed with a single to center, and the O's loaded the bases after Jeter's high throw on Scott's grounder pulled Giambi off the bag.

"You hope if you make a mistake that you can get out of it, but in that situation they just kept scoring runs," Jeter said. "When you're playing poorly, you just can't give the other team outs."

A four-pitch walk to Hernandez forced in Huff, and Jones smashed a liner to right-center that went over Abreu's head for a bases-clearing double. A sharp single to right from Bynum plated Jones, and Roberts sliced a liner to left that went past a diving Johnny Damon for an RBI triple that put an abrupt end to Mussina's night before Ross Ohlendorf came on to end the seven-run outburst.

The Orioles picked two more unearned runs in the second, as Millar worked a two-out walk, then Scott lofted a lazy fly ball to left that Damon lost track of and bobbled out of his glove for a run-scoring two-base error. After Hernandez walked, Jones singled to right to increase the Baltimore lead to 9-0.

Millar's solo shot to left upped the lead to 10-0 in the fourth.

Rising tensions caused the benches to clear in the sixth. Jeter was hit by a pitch with two outs in the third and left the game with the injured wrist, and with two outs in the sixth, Hawkins threw over Scott's head.

Rodriguez finally got the Yankees on the board in the home sixth, as Abreu reached on an infield single with two outs and Rodriguez followed with the 523rd homer of his career, a blast over the wall in left-center.

Scott launched a two-run shot to the upper deck in right off Jose Veras in the eighth to restore the double-digit gap and complete Baltimore's largest offensive output of the season.

Game Notes

The Orioles improved to 8-1 in Cabrera's starts this season...The seven-run first inning tied the biggest output in an inning for the O's this season. They previously scored seven in an inning against the Yankees on April 18...The seven runs were the most allowed by Mussina this season...Ohlendorf allowed three runs -- one earned -- on four hits over 3 1/3 frames...Garrett Olson (3-0) looks to take the second game of the series for Baltimore on Wednesday against Darrell Rasner (2-0).