TAMPA, Fla. (AP) _ Mike Mussina allowed one run over five innings in his first start since being hit by a batted ball near his left knee last week as the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10-4 Wednesday night.

Mussina left his start last Thursday against the Toronto Blue Jays after 1 2-3 inning with a bruise on the inside of his left knee after being hit by Alex Gonzalez's one-hopper.

"It really didn't bother me anytime since I got it," Mussina said. "I felt pretty good. I threw the ball over the plate for the most part."

Mussina threw 40 of 58 pitches for strikes.

Jorge Posada hit a two-run homer and David Justice added a solo shot on back-to-back pitches in the first inning off Travis Harper.

Harper had allowed just one run over 11 innings entering the game. The right-hander, who also gave up Alfonso Soriano's second-inning solo homer, allowed five runs and six hits in four innings.

Paul O'Neill put the Yankees up 5-0 when an RBI double in the third inning.

Tino Martinez drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single during the Yankees' five-run, sixth-inning that made it 10-1. New York benefitted from four Tampa Bay errors.

Steve Cox hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning for Tampa Bay. ^Notes@ Yankees senior advisor Arthur Richman turned 75 on Wednesday. ... Harper entered with an AL-best 0.82 ERA ... Biff Henderson from the Late Show taped several comedy skits before the game.