Shawn Chacon has been pitching brilliantly for the Yankees. It was just deserved that he got his first win in Pinstripes today as the Yankees swept the Texas Rangers by winning 10-3. He was pulled after 5 innings of work due to a lengthy rain delay. At that point it was 7-3 thanks in part to Hideki Matsui's 5th inning 3-run home run into the right field stands.

Chacon gave up 3 runs and 7 hits in the time he pitched. It's obvious he is very happy to be a Yankee, and especially glad that he is pitching in New York and not Colorado.

"Coming to the Yankees, you don't want to fail, you don't want to be the weak link," Chacon said. "Having a chance to pitch in a real baseball stadium, where games are actually played in a real kind of way, you learn how to pitch. You don't have to pitch to the stadium."

It's interesting to note that if the game was close, Torre actually was thinking of using Randy Johnson as the closer for the day.

A-Rod also homered in the game for his 35th of the season. Bernie Williams kept his bat hot by bringing in two runs (3 straight games in doing so).

Tomorrow night Jaret Wright (2-2, 9.15 ERA) takes the mound (first time since April 23rd) down in Tampa vs. Casey Fossum (6-9, 4.47 ERA). Game time at 7:15pm et at Tropicana Field.