Jason Giambi picked up where his teammates' bats left off, Andy Pettitte sustained the rotation's recent dominance and the Bombers continued to roll in a 5-3 victory over the Indians on Sunday.
Giambi, making his second start since returning from the disabled list, went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer that keyed an 11-hit attack.
Pettitte tossed 7 1/3 innings of one-run ball in winning for the fifth time in seven starts.
It all added up to a decisive sweep of Cleveland in front of a third straight sellout crowd at Jacobs Field, pushed the Yankees to 15 games over .500 (66-51) for the first time this season and kept New York tied atop the American League Wild Card race.
The Indians finally got to Pettitte for a run in the seventh and added another off Luis Vizcaino in the eighth.
But closer Mariano Rivera, summoned with two on, two out and the Yankees ahead, 4-2, in the eighth, escaped a bases-loaded jam and then allowed a run in the ninth for his 19th save.
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