ANAHEIM -- Bernie Williams homered twice and drove in six runs, and Derek Jeter also hit two home runs Sunday as the New York Yankees ended their longest road trip of the season with an 11-8 win over the Los Angeles Angels.
Jeff Karstens earned his first major league win, helping the AL East leaders salvage the series finale. The Yankees went 7-4 on their three-city swing, which started with a five-game sweep at Boston.
Williams had four hits in his first multihomer game since Aug. 26, 2005, against Kansas City. He also doubled home two runs in the seventh and singled in the fourth.
Jeter homered twice in a game for the eighth time in his career and first time since June 18, 2005, against the Chicago Cubs.
Robinson Cano also had four hits for New York. Adam Kennedy had three hits for the Angels, who trailed 8-0 by the third inning.
Karstens (1-0) won in his second major league start, allowing three runs and six hits over six innings. The 23-year-old righty was born less than three years before Williams signed with the Yankees as an undrafted free agent on Sept. 13, 1985.
Reliever Mariano Rivera got the final six outs, retiring Vladimir Guerrero on a grounder with two on in the eighth and the Yankees ahead 11-7.
Joe Saunders (4-2) lasted just 2 1-3 innings in his ninth big league start, allowing seven runs on eight hits and three walks.
Melky Cabrera was supposed to bat second in the Yankees' starting lineup, but was scratched because of tooth problems. So everyone moved up one notch behind Johnny Damon, who opened the game with a double. Jeter followed with a home run.
Williams made it 3-0 in the second with a towering drive into the rock formation in left-center.
Alex Rodriguez, 1-for-15 with 10 strikeouts in the three-game series, singled during the Yankees' five-run third inning. Cano hit a two-run, bases-loaded single and Williams made it 8-0 with his 11th homer.
It was the 18th career multihomer game for the five-time All-Star center fielder.
Notes: Yankees 1B Jason Giambi did not start, but grounded out as a pinch-hitter in the ninth. He left Saturday's game because of cramping in his hands and legs. "It's happened before," he said. "I mean, I'm taped from head to toe, so I'm sure that didn't help." ... Angels rookie C Mike Napoli threw out Bobby Abreu trying to steal second base in the first inning. That ended Abreu's streak of 18 straight successful attempts since he was last caught on June 5 with Philadelphia. ... Yankees pitching coach Ron Guidry, who won the AL Cy Young Award in 1978 and pitched in three World Series for them, turns 56 on Monday. ... Williams started in left field for the fifth time this season.<
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