TORONTO (AP) -- Torii Hunter didn't need much time to find his

stroke.

Hunter hit a grand slam and tied a career high with six RBI,

leading the Twins to a 13-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on

Wednesday night.

The former All-Star missed the final two months of last season

after breaking his left ankle and experienced soreness in it during

the spring, but the Twins need him if they're going to contend for

a playoff spot.

"I'm anxious," Hunter said. "I've been hungry all offseason

trying to get back out there, trying to get healthy. I'm still

rehabbing to this day, but I'm just happy to be out there. When you

break your ankle and you are out two months that tells you that you

don't want to retire any time soon. I'm a competitor and I want to

play and that's what you saw tonight."

Hunter went 4-for-5 and scored three runs.

His fifth career grand slam in the eighth against Jason Frasor

gave Minnesota a 12-4 lead. He had six RBI in two other games --

the last when he hit his last grand slam June 1, 2005, against

Cleveland.

Shannon Stewart and Luis Rodriguez also homered and every

starter reached base for the Twins, who are looking for more

offense this year after finishing last in the AL in runs last

season.

"I've been hearing that we don't score a lot of runs but I

think we shocked a lot of people today," Hunter said.

Last season Hunter was missed in the lineup, the field and the

clubhouse while the three-time AL Central champions faded to third

place. As the longest-tenured position player on the Twins, Hunter,

who turned 30 last July, has become a leader.

"Before I got hurt we were having fun and guys were scoring

runs," Hunter said. "Then next thing you know I got hurt and

everything just went south. I don't know if it was me or not, but

maybe it was just the spirit. It wasn't just all the production and

everything, just the spirit went down. I love these guys. They are

like my brothers, so it was tough to see."

Hunter -- in the last season of his contract -- wants to have a

30-30 season for the first time.

"This year I feel like I'm better at the plate," Hunter said.

"Every year I make adjustments."

New acquisitions Troy Glaus and Lyle Overbay hit back-to-back

homers in the first inning for the Blue Jays, who beat Minnesota in

the season opener.

Attendance was just 18,156 -- a day after the Blue Jays attracted

the fourth largest crowd for a home opener.

Minnesota starter Brad Radke got off to rough start, allowing

three runs in the first. But Radke (1-0) settled down -- allowing

four runs on eight hits, while striking out two and walking none in

six innings.

"I tried to hold it to 2-0, then I tried to hold it to 3-0 and

then I tried to hold it to 4-0. It's a good thing that the fences

aren't closer to home plate because I had some luck on my side

tonight," Radke said.

Down 4-0, the Twins tied it in the fourth on five singles and

two errors.

After Hunter hit an RBI single off Josh Towers (0-1), Justin

Morneau hit a run-scoring single to center fielder Vernon Wells,

who threw wildly back into the infield allowing Morneau to reach

second.

One batter later, Jason Kubel singled off the foot of Towers,

scoring Hunter. Shortstop Russ Adams picked up the ball, but his

throw to third sailed into the dugout, allowing Morneau to score

the tying run.

Stewart led off the fifth with a homer off Towers, giving

Minnesota a 5-4 lead.

"It just got bad," Towers said. "The tough part is I gave up

a four-run lead. It was just a poor turnaround and bad effort on my

part."

Stewart -- a former Blue Jay -- homered off Halladay on Tuesday.

He was shocked when fans threw things at him when he was in left

field in the opener.

Rondell White's sacrifice fly, Hunter's RBI single and Vinnie

Chulk's run-scoring wild pitch gave Minnesota an 8-4 lead in the

seventh.

Frank Catalanotto, who entered the game hitting .429 against

Radke, doubled in the first and scored on Glaus' homer. Overbay

followed with his drive to give Toronto a 3-0 lead. Glaus added an

RBI single in the third.

Towers allowed five runs -- four earned -- on 10 hits in 4 2-3

innings.

He tied for the team lead with 13 wins and led the Blue Jays

with 208 2-3 innings last season. He also posted career bests in

ERA (3.71), strikeouts (112) and complete games (two).Game notes
Glaus went 3-for-4 with three RBI. ... The Blue Jays hit

back-to-back homers for the first time since Orlando Hudson and

Adams did it August 21, 2005 at Chicago. ... Rodriguez hit his

first career pinch-hit homer, a solo shot off Justin Speier in the

ninth.