MONTREAL (AP) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers were hitting Hideki Irabu as if they knew just which pitches to expect.

Gary Sheffield's two-run homer off Irabu highlighted a seven-run third inning Tuesday night, and the Dodgers beat the Montreal Expos 10-4 for the second straight game.

	Irabu thought he had good stuff, but the line doesn't lie: six runs and two walks in two-plus innings.

Los Angeles had 17 hits, including eight off Irabu (0-1), who was making his National League debut.

The 30-year-old Japanese right-hander, acquired from the Yankees in a Dec. 22 trade orchestrated by new owner Jeffrey Loria, gave up six runs and two walks in two-plus innings, including a leadoff homer to Devon White in the first.

Irabu, who was making his seventh career start against an NL opponent, is 1-3 with an 8.81 ERA (31 earned runs in 31 2/3 innings) against NL teams.

"Maybe the signs were stolen or maybe there was a problem with the glove, and they could see," Irabu said. "I don't know. I want to check. But something was wrong because three good splitters were hit."

Chan Ho Park (1-0) allowed four runs -- three earned -- and six hits in six innings.

"It was really easy to throw strikes because we scored a lot of runs and I got a lot of support," Park said. "I didn't face Irabu. I faced their hitters and that's what I focused on."

Los Angeles had seven straight hits in its big inning. Mark Grudzielanek, one of three Dodgers with three hits, singled leading off and Sheffield homered to put the Dodgers ahead 3-1.

Shawn Green, Eric Karros and Adrian Beltre -- who also had three hits -- followed with consecutive singles that chased Irabu.

Chad Kreuter, who went 3-for-5, hit an RBI double off reliever Miguel Batista and Kevin Elster followed with a two-run double for an 8-1 lead.

"We have a very balanced lineup, and there's not any weak link in the lineup," Dodgers manager Davey Johnson said. "There's some protection for different guys in the lineup, and that's what you've got to have if you want to have a good offensive club."

Sheffield, who went 2-for-4 for the second straight game, added a single in his second at-bat of the inning to give the Dodgers their first eight-hit inning since Aug. 31, 1996, when they had an eight-hit fourth against Philadelphia.

"Sheff's been carrying us here the first couple of games, but I'm sure you're going to see some other guys get involved, too," Johnson said.

Los Angeles added a pair of runs in the fifth on Green's RBI grounder and Karros' sacrifice fly.

White homered leading off a game for the 32nd time, one shy of the second-most ever. Bobby Bonds and Paul Molitor each had 33, and Rickey Henderson has the most ever at 73.

"It's not bad company," White said. "I wasn't always a leadoff hitter so, considering that this is my 14th season and 10 of them I probably led off, that's not bad at all -- considering I'm not a home-run hitter, either."

White, who's also played for California, Toronto, Florida and Arizona, has 191 career homers.

Montreal tied the score in the second on an error by shortstop Kevin Elster.

Rondell White's RBI grounder and Vladimir Guerrero's run-scoring single made it 10-3 in the fifth, and Geoff Blum had an RBI double in the sixth.

Game notes
White hadn't homered leading off since May 1, 1998, off Montreal's Javier Vazquez. ... Tuesday night's game was broadcast in four languages: English, French, Spanish, and Korean. ... Expos pitcher Dustin Hermanson and general manager Jim Beattie attended a funeral service Tuesday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. for Cindy Lloyd, the 26-year-old wife of Montreal reliever Graeme Lloyd. Cindy Lloyd died Monday as a result of complications from Crohn's Disease. ... Montreal closer Ugueth Urbina struck out the side in the ninth.