Not even Mother Nature can slow the Yankees down at this point.

The start of Tuesday night's game was delayed about an hour because of rain, but it was the Yankees who dampened Arizona's spirits with a 4-1 victory at The Stadium.  Bobby Abreu continued his torrid hitting and Chien-Ming Wang went seven strong as the Yankees reached the .500 mark for the first time since May 9.

The Good:

Chien-Ming Wang.  Wang struggled early, but his sinker improved as the game progressed and the Yankee defense made some sparkling plays behind him.  Wanger's ground ball to fly ball ratio was off (9-10), but he pitched well enough to earn his sixth win of the season.  His only mistake was giving up a blast to Chad Tracy in the fourth.  Wang improved to 6-4 with this line: 7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 Hit Batsman.

Bobby Abreu.  Abreu's three-run bomb in the first was all the runs the Yankees would need.  Abreu looks like a different hitter at the plate and his confidence has been renewed.  It even shows when he takes pitches.  Abreu finished 1 for 3 with his 4th homer of the year and also extended his hitting streak to 11 games.

Mariano Rivera.  Rivera breezed through the ninth and picked up his 8th save of the season.  Rivera hasn't allowed an earned run in his last nine appearances and has lowered his ERA to a more respectable 3.96.  Mo's line: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.

The Bad:

Kyle Farnsworth.  I was shocked Farnsworth came in to protect a 4-1 lead in the eighth.  I don't know if Torre is trying to showcase him for a possible trade or if he's trying to "straighten him out."  Farnsworth didn't give up a run, but he had to throw 29 pitches to work out of his mini-jam in the eighth. His totals: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.

The Ugly:

The unspoken family plan.  Former Yank Randy Johnson wasn't scheduled to pitch during the three-game set and therefore didn't make the trip to New York.  Arizona officials said they don't want The Big Unit to take an unnecessary plane rides due to his chronic bad back.  That's a nice story and it makes sense, but he's still separating himself from the team, isn't he?  Where's the outrage?  I'm not a big fan of The Clemens Family Plan, but at least The Rocket is being honest about it.

Mike Mussina will try and make it an even eight wins in a row for the Yankees on Wednesday night and will go up against Livan Hernandez. 

A victory on Wednesday and the Yanks can call themselves a winning team once again.