Alfredo Aceves (9-1, 3.88).All wins in relieve. (LS/Bill Menzel)

Yankee Stadium - August at the new Yankee Stadium has not been kind to teams with the word "Sox" in their names. First a four-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox earlier this month, and today the Yankees (82-48) completed a sweep of the Chicago White Sox (64-67) of the 3-game variety, with an 8-3 win in which they put the game away with a five-run rally in the seventh, highlighted by Mark Teixeira's three-run homer (32) to right.

The four runs Teixeira drove in today increased his RBI total to 101, and along with his 32 homers, he joins St. Louis' Albert Pujols as the only players in the MLB to have at least 30 HRs and 100 RBIs in the last 6 seasons.

Teixeira has a 101 RBI total along with his 32 homers (LS/Bill Menzel)

For the Yankees, who had to overcome a rocky start from Joba Chamberlain (3.0 IP, 2H, 2R [earned], 1K), which Joe Girardi had planned to be short, the fact that they played at high level despite knowing that they were going to have to piece the game together with an assortment of pitchers had them feeling confident about the depth of their roster.

New Joba rule from he that rules (LS/Bill Menzel)

"He's a reliever with 9 wins; that's incredible," said Mark Teixeira of Alfredo Aceves (9-1, 3.88), who pitched 3 shutout innings (4th to 6th) after Chamberlain was removed.

"He reminds me of Ramiro Mendoza from back in the day," said Yankee captain Derek Jeter, whose complement is perhaps - especially in the modern context - the highest praise a middle reliever can receive.

"It's good that we're winning," he added. "We've had a good month; we need to have another good month."

Aceves' performance was huge for the Yankees, because they fell behind 1-0 in the first when White Sox leadoff hitter Scott Podsednik, who had lined Joba Chamberlain’s second pitch of the game down the right field line for a triple, came in to score the game's first run on third baseman Gordon Beckham's RBI groundout.

It comes down to when you're hot you are hot, let's be not. (LS/Bill Menzel)

In the bottom half of the first, the red-hot Derek Jeter, facing starter Freddy Garcia nearly tied the ballgame by hitting a double off the top of the Pepsi scoreboard in right-center. He'd move over to third on Johnny Damon's slow tapper up the first base line, and jog in to tie the game at 1-1 on Mark Teixeira's sac fly to deep right.

Joba threw a scoreless second, but in the third inning, the White Sox got to the young righty again after Alexei Ramirez singled to center, stole second, moved to third on Jayson Nix's single to right field, and scored on Scott Podsednik's RBI single up the middle to put Chicago back up, 2-1.

The Podsednik play was a key moment in the game, because in that same sequence, Nix, taking a wide turn around second after the Podsednik's single, prompted a throw from center fielder Melky Cabrera, whose throw got away from Cano, ending up in the area behind the pitching mound. Seeing this as an opportunity to reach third, Nix made a run for it, but Cano was able to retrieve the ball just in time to make a good throw to Alex Rodriguez to gun Nix down by plenty for a big first out.

Freddy Garcia had a fairly good outing but he came out in the losing end.(LS/Bill Menzel)

With one out and Gordon Beckham at the plate, Podsednik stole second and moved to third on Gordon's groundout. Still in a jam with a man on third, Joba was able reach back and strike out catcher A.J. Pierzynski to end the inning.

After 35 pitches, 23 of which were strikes, Girardi moved his starter out to preserve him for next Friday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

"Three innings for Joba, three for Aceves, and we'll see where we're at," was how the Yankee manager explained his plan coming into the game. "He gave up the two runs, but I like the way he threw the ball."

Strangely, the updated details of the "Joba Rules," his innings limit and how the Yankees are going to spread out his work load for the rest of the way, were being guarded after the game as if it involved top secret information of the highest sensitivity, which couldn't be divulged for the sake of national security.

Really!

"We're not gonna share that plan," replied Girardi to the question of how Chamberlain will be used.

Johnny Damon's 2-out, 2-run homer (24) did not come back to back this time.(LS/Bill Menzel)

Sometime later, when a reporter asked Chamberlain if he could shed light on how they plan to use him in September, he answered, "No, because everything that goes on in this clubhouse, stays in this clubhouse."

However, not everyone attributed Joba's hasty removal after the third to any particular rules. There was an alternate, and this writer dares add: a priceless explanation to the matter.

"He knew we were gonna kick Joba's ass; Girardi ... he smelled that. That's why he took him out," said White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen.

Whatever the case may be, the Yankees would go back out in front 3-2 in the bottom of the third on Johnny Damon's 2-out, 2-run homer (24) to the second deck off Freddy Garcia, who'd recover to hold the line for Chicago over the next three innings, finishing his day with 6 innings pitched, in which he allowed 3 runs on 4 hits (1 HR), with 5 strikeouts and 3 walks. He would wind up as the pitcher of record on the losing end (L, 0-2, 5.94)

With the homer, Damon, who left the game after feeling tightness in both calves, tied his career-high total of 24, previously set in 2006 –  his first year with the Yankees. He was replaced by Jerry Hairston Jr.

Melky Cabrera was safe on second, even if he says so himself, for an RBI double. (LS/Bill Menzel)

The score remained 3-2 going into the seventh, until Melky Cabrera's RBI double and Jerry Hairston Jr.'s RBI sac fly with the bases loaded off reliever Randy Williams, gave the Yankees two insurance runs to put them up 5-2. With two men on, Ozzie Guillen then summoned Scott Linebrink, but he was just as ineffective, as Teixeira put the game away with a 3-run blast that gave the Yankees an 8-2 lead. Four of the five runs in the seventh were charged to Randy Williams, who served up Cano's 10th inning walk-off shot in the first game of the series.

Let's not leave out Jorge Posada's 2 hits (LS/Bill Menzel)

After Aceves' departure, the Yankee bullpen, in the persons of Damaso Marte (.1 IP), David Robertson (.1 IP), Phil Hughes (1.1 IP) and Phil Coke (1.0 IP, 1R), combined to pitch the last three innings, allowing only one run, which came in the ninth on Jermaine Dye's homerun (25) to right off Coke.

The win is the Yankees' 7th of their last 10 games, and it improves their record since the All-Star break to 31-11.

What a Hugh(es) Success this young man has been! (LS/Bill Menzel)

"The Texas Rangers played us really well this week," Jeter told Latino Sports about the importance of finishing the home stand on a high note. "But this team knows how to bounce back. We've been doing that all year."