Jaret Wright didn't give the Yankees a lengthy outing, but he provided five scoreless innings, combining with four relievers on a three-hit shutout.

New York took the rubber match against Philadelphia with a 5-0 win, finishing its six-game Interleague road trip with a 3-3 record.

"He pitched his tail off," manager Joe Torre said. "Whatever he gives us, he goes as hard as he can for as long as he can."

Wright (4-4) allowed three hits and walked four, striking out a season-high six hitters in his five frames to earn his first win since May 28. Wright even knocked in a run, giving his team all the run support it would need.

Ron Villone, Scott Proctor, Kyle Farnsworth and Mariano Rivera finished the job with an inning apiece.

"Jaret threw a heck of a game and the guys who came in behind him did their job," Proctor said. "It was a good way to end the series."

The Yankees, who remain two games behind the first-place Red Sox, head home to open a nine-game homestand against the Marlins, Braves and Mets.

Wright wasn't the only starting pitcher on his game. Phillies rookie Cole Hamels did a nice job against the Yankees' offense, holding New York to two runs over seven innings.

"He probably throws a little harder than Barry Zito, but he pitches like he's a dead-ringer for him," said Jason Giambi, who went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts against the 22-year-old southpaw. "He's got a good idea out there."

Johnny Damon went 3-for-3 with two walks, pushing his average to .299. Derek Jeter, Melky Cabrera and Miguel Cairo each had two hits, as five different Yankees had RBIs.

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"Our pitching staff deserves all the credit," Jeter said. "All the way up to the only run we needed. Jaret got that."

Hamels and Wright exchanged zeros through four innings, but the Yankees found a way to snap the tie in the fifth, getting a contribution from the most unlikely of hitters.

Cairo tripled to lead off the inning, bringing Wright to the plate. Wright, a .147 hitter in 77 career at-bats, launched a sacrifice fly to left field, bringing Cairo home for the game's first run.

"I got him to 2-0, so I was swinging wherever the pitch was going to be," Wright said.

Wright left the game after throwing 84 pitches, as Torre turned the game over to the bullpen. Wright has not gone more than six innings in any of his 11 starts, but Torre was encouraged by the outing.

"He may have gotten a little tired, but any time you throw some zeros up there and don't give up many hits, that's a positive," the manager said. "He made pitches when he had to."

Of the 124 pitchers in the Majors with at least 10 starts, only seven pitchers have pitched fewer innings than Wright's 58 2/3 this season.

"You're always trying to go longer, whether you go five, six or seven," Wright said. "The way it's been happening, it's been five or six."

Villone got through the sixth without a problem, Proctor pitched an easy seventh and Farnsworth worked a perfect eighth.

"Farnsworth looked like Farnsworth tonight, and [he] just took it to them," Torre said. "This is the way you draw it up. It was great."

The Yankees added some insurance runs, using a Jeter RBI single in the seventh and RBI hits by Cabrera and Damon to boost the lead to five runs.

"The guys kept plugging away, having good at-bats," Damon said. "Especially guys who don't really play that much. Miguel had a big hit. Even Jaret swung the bat."

Mariano Rivera, who threw 20 pitches on Tuesday in a two-inning save, finished the game with an 11-pitch ninth. The shutout was the first of the season for the Phillies at home.

"This is the way we're supposed to pitch," Proctor said. "We're supposed to be able to get our three outs and get the ball to Mo. It was a good result, and hopefully we can keep it rolling."