BY Anthony Mccarron DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER  Originally Published:Friday, April 30th 2010, 9:27 PM Updated: Friday, April 30th 2010, 9:27 PM  The YankeesÂ were a bit road-weary going into Friday night's game, having played the bulk of their schedule this season away from the Bronx. Players still seemed to be settling into their lockers beforehand, with some unpacking boxes and placing everything from curios to sweatbands just so.  But a few hours later, they were reveling in all the comforts of home - their own ballpark with its roomy, modern clubhouse, their own cheering fans and another superlative performance by the man who seems to own big moments, Derek Jeter.  Jeter had two vital hits in the Yankees' 6-4 victory over the visiting White Sox - a two-out, two-run homer in the fifth inning that tied the score at 4 and a two-run triple two innings later that gave the Yanks the lead for good. It was the Yankees' eighth victory in 12 games and their third straight.  "You always want to start your home stand out right, especially when it seems like you're not home very often," said Joe Girardi, whose team played 15 of its first 22 games on the road. "Derek's a winner and he's always been a winner. One day, it will come to an end, but you expect him to play at a high level every time he goes out there."  Girardi wasn't the only one effusive with praise for Jeter - it came from the White Sox as well as the Yankees.  "He is God," Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen said. "He is God all the time. It's fun to watch him play the game. He's the No. 1 ambassador in this game. The guy always has good-looking women around him, too. I mean, God bless him."  "Anybody asks me who you want up at the plate out of everybody you've played with, he's the man," added Andy Pettitte. "It's going to take an awful lot of baseball and an awful lot of hits for somebody to knock him off. You need a big hit out of somebody, you want him up there. He loves it. You can see it in his eyes. He wants to be in that situation."  Then Pettitte smiled and said, "I don't need to brag on him anymore."  Jeter was 3-for-4 and his four RBI were his most in a game since 2006. He also broke a tie with Ken Griffey Jr. and is now the active leader in hits with 2,778.  Jeter's big blows bailed out Pettitte, who surrendered as many runs in the first two innings - four - as he had all season, including three in the first inning on Paul Konerko's major-league best 11th home run.  After his struggles, Pettitte soared, though, allowing only two baserunners among his last 15 batters to give the Yankees six gritty innings. Four relievers combined to add three more scoreless innings, completing the Yanks' largest come-from-behind win of the season. Alfredo Aceves (2-0) threw a scoreless seventh, Damaso Marte and Joba Chamberlain combined on a scoreless eighth and Mariano Rivera earned his seventh save by striking out two of the three batters he faced in the ninth.  The victory completed a 15-7 April for the Yankees, though the month was mostly spent living out of a suitcase. "We've had a tough schedule, a lot of opportunities for players to get distracted - some of the celebrations and awards," Girardi said. "But I thought our players played extremely well."  On the month's final day, it was Jeter most of all.
So what if Mark Teixeira's bat hasn't awakened and Curtis Granderson is slumping? The Yankees had Derek Jeter Friday night and that was more than enough against the White Sox. Jeter had three hits and four RBI to help overcome Andy Pettitte's first mediocre start of the season.