MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) -- The Minnesota Twins have been streaky the entire season. The New York Yankees have been on a roll since Opening Day.
David Wells tossed a seven-hitter for his second complete game of the season and Alfonso Soriano hit his second grand slam of 2003 as the Yankees continued the best start in franchise history with a 15-1 rout of the Minnesota Twins.
The Yankees improved to 16-3 this season and have beaten the Twins in 13 straight games. That is the second-longest active streak of one team beating another as Minnesota has beaten Detroit in 15 straight contests.
"We can play with anybody right now," said Yankees right fielder Raul Mondesi. "With this pitching and the way we've been swinging the bats, it's going to make wins. I like the way we're playing hard and winning almost every game. No matter who we play, we're going to have a great chance to win."
Wells walked one - his first walk since September 1, 2001 - and struck out three. His lone blemish was an eighth-inning homer by Dustan Mohr.
"The lower the pitch count, the better for me, and I could care less about the strikeouts," Wells said. "As long as I'm getting the ground balls and the flyouts, that's key because it's less that I have to do out there."
New York starters are 14-0 this season, the longest winning streak to start a season since 1900.
"The staff is outstanding," Wells said. "I'm just glad I went out there and followed suit. Coming in here and watching the other guys throw, it was important for me to come out here and have a good outing. It's kind of a little game for us. No one wants to be the one to lose.
"The way we've been pitching and run support, it's just overwhelming. It's something we love and is awesome to have. It's nice to know if we give up a few runs we can still be in the ballgame."
Soriano, who hit his first career grand slam on Opening Day, turned a 3-0 lead into a seven-run cushion with his seventh homer of the season, a blast to left field off Minnesota starter Rick Reed (1-3).
"I like being up with the bases loaded because they have to throw strikes," Soriano said. "With two outs, you know they have to use good control."
Nick Johnson homered twice - his first career multi-homer game - and Bernie Williams added a two-run shot in the ninth for the Yankees, who are 4-0 on a season-high 10-game road trip.
Minnesota (9-10) has played six series this year and have swept or been swept in each one. The Twins were outscored 38-9 in these four games.
"We basically got lambasted," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We didn't do too much. We didn't play well against the Yankees this year. We'll just let them move on and we'll move on. We think we're better than this, but we didn't show it here and we have to."
Reed looked sharp early, even striking out the side in the opening inning. But Erick Almonte, who had a career-high three hits, doubled with one out in the third and took third when center fielder Bobby Kielty misplayed the ball.
Soriano reached on an error by third baseman Chris Gomez and Johnson lined a home run to left field for a 3-0 lead.
Reed had no one aboard and two outs in the fourth when he walked Robin Ventura on four pitches. John Flaherty singled and Almonte beat out a slow chopper to third base, loading the bases. Reed then grooved an 0-1 pitch to Soriano that he lined over the left field wall for a 7-0 lead.
Run-scoring singles by Ventura and Flaherty extended the lead to 9-0 and finished Reed. Tony Fiore took over and allowed RBI singles by Almonte and Johnson.
Johnson added his third homer of the season in the seventh. He went 6-for-14 with five runs, four RBI and six walks in the series.
"Two days in a row now, Nick Johnson has shown a level swing," Torre said.
Mohr's second homer of the season, leading off the eighth, accounted for Minnesota's lone run.
An RBI groundout by Jason Giambi and Williams' two-run homer, his fifth of the season - both off Twins reliever J.C. Romero in the ninth - capped the scoring.
The game featured a near-incident in the fifth as Fiore drilled Mondesi. After the two players glared at each other, Wells nearly hit Mike Cuddyer in the bottom of the inning.
Both managers were warned following Wells' second inside pitch to Cuddyer.
"I was just trying to get in his kitchen a little bit," Wells said.
