SAN JOSE — The SaberCats cruised to a 54-28 victory against the Los Angeles KISS in their home opener Saturday night at the SAP Center.

Luis Vasquez and Jason Stewart each recorded multiple sacks for the SaberCats (2-0), who had six sacks overall and have won the four meetings with the KISS (0-2) — now in its second Arena Football League season — by an average of 37 points.

Vasquez set the tone by bringing down KISS quarterback Adrian McPherson twice on L.A.’s opening drive, which started at San Jose’s 7-yard line after a 51-yard kickoff return by Marcus Trice and ended behind the 25 thanks in part to KISS penalties.

“If we can get their offense in a bind, if they get stuck and their quarterback can’t get comfortable, then we’re doing our job as a defense,” Vasquez said.

Defensive backs David Hyland and Virgil Gray each returned interceptions for touchdowns. Hyland scored from 6 yards out in the second quarter and Gray from 27 yards in the third to help put the SaberCats up 47-14.

His team’s defensive dominance aside, SaberCats coach Darren Arbet was not entirely satisfied — especially since the SaberCats were slapped with 15 penalties.

“We played well in spots, but we made a lot of mistakes,” Arbet said. “It’s still early in the season. That’s not the standard that we want to play, but our guys played hard and made lots of plays.”

Hyland also had an offensive TD in the second half, a 15-yard reception on a pass from quarterback Erik Meyer in the third quarter.

“Dave can play any position on this football team,” Arbet said. “He’s our holder, our (backup) kicker. He can play quarterback and throw the ball if we need him to.”

Meyer completed 20 of 31 passes for 222 yards and five touchdowns. Two of those TD passes went to wide receiver Reggie Gray, who had 97 yards on 10 catches, both team highs.

Ben Nelson had five catches for 56 yards and one TD for the SaberCats, a 12-yarder in the second quarter that helped widen San Jose’s lead to 27-7.

The SaberCats led 20-0 at the end of the first quarter after Meyer dumped the ball to offensive lineman Rich Ranglin for a 14-yard touchdown pass late in the period.

Fullback Odie Armstrong got the SaberCats’ first touchdown on their opening drive, scoring on a sweep from 5 yards out. Armstrong’s TD capped a 45-yard drive that was sped up by two L.A. penalties.