Facing Vinnie Chulk with no outs, Damon on first and the Indians leading by a run, Teixeira saw a changeup tailing away. Instead of serving the pitch to left or taking it, Teixeira tried to pull it, bouncing a weak squibber off the end of his bat.  Chulk fielded it, squared his feet — and threw the ball away. Damon chugged home as the ball skipped past first base, and the game was tied, 5-5. That allowed Yankees Manager Joe Girardi to call for his hottest pitcher, Brian Bruney.  Bruney said he had gotten away with some pitches lately, fastballs down the middle or hanging breaking balls. But after another scoreless inning Friday, these are the results of his last six appearances: 17 batters retired in a row, 12 with strikeouts.  “He’s been extremely good,” Girardi said. “He was extremely good last year. We just continue to put him in tough situations and he continues to do the job. That’s what you expect of a guy who has the type of stuff Bruney has.”  Bruney earned his second victory in three days because Jeter connected off Jensen Lewis in the eighth. Jeter was hitless in his first four at-bats, striking out on a wicked slider from Joe Smith with a runner on second to end the sixth.  But he delivered in the eighth, after Lewis struck out the first two hitters but fell behind in the count, 3-1. When Jeter crossed the plate, he met Teixeira, who said he told him simply, “You’re a great player.” The fans agreed, calling Jeter from the dugout for a familiar curtain call.  “It’s the same dimensions, same field,” Jeter said. “It’s a little different in the stands, but it felt about the same.”  The Yankees’ starter, Joba Chamberlain, was not the same pitcher who looked so sharp in Kansas City last Sunday. He threw 47 balls and 46 strikes on Friday, walking five and allowing six hits and five runs. Girardi pulled him with two outs in the fifth after Ryan Garko doubled off the left-field wall.  The Indians ran aggressively on Damon, scoring twice from second on hard-hit singles to left. But Chamberlain hurt himself by putting too many runners on base.  Chamberlain stands on the third-base side of the rubber, and when he tried to locate pitches on that side of the plate, he said, his command was sharp. But it was shaky to the first-base side, as pitches he tried to fire to the corner wound up down the middle.  As a result, Chamberlain was gone early, leaving four relievers to collect the last 13 outs. The pitchers who faltered in the home opener, Jose Veras and Damaso Marte, did not pitch.  “Everybody presses the panic button when the bullpen does whatever,” Chamberlain said. “But those guys are awesome down there.”  They were on Friday, and so were the hitters, at least on five big swings. Besides Damon, Teixeira and Jeter, Melky Cabrera and Robinson Cano hit home runs for the Yankees. Every one — plus another by Cleveland’s Mark DeRosa — was to right field.  DeRosa made the game’s final out against Mariano Rivera, who allowed two singles with one out but struck out Grady Sizemore and DeRosa for the save. Rivera was throwing to Jose Molina, who replaced Jorge Posada for defense in the ninth.  Girardi said he would do this sometimes, especially early in the season in close games, because of Molina’s superior arm strength. Posada is recovering from shoulder surgery but threw out Sizemore on a stolen-base attempt Thursday.  A version of this article appears in print on , on Page D4 of the New York edition with the headline: Home Runs Help Yankees Hide the Blemishes. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe
A day after a bullpen implosion doomed the Yankees to a blowout loss in their stadium’s debut, four relievers held the Indians scoreless after a rough start by Joba Chamberlain.