NEW YORK (Reuters) — Kevin Brown scattered five hits over seven innings to pick up his 200th career victory as the New York Yankees downed the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5-1 in American League play Wednesday.

Brown (3-0) became the 101st major league pitcher to hit the 200-win plateau, picking up the win one game after teammate Mike Mussina won his 200th career game.

The Yankee pitchers become the first teammates to accomplish the feat in the same season.

Mussina beat the Chicago White Sox Sunday for his 200th win. The Yankees were off Monday and rained out Tuesday.

All of Brown’s three wins have come against Tampa Bay this season. He beat them at the Tokyo Dome in Japan, at Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay and finally at Yankee Stadium.

Brown even posted the same numbers in all three outings, allowing one run over seven innings once again Wednesday.

He gave up five hits while striking out four and walking four, and the 39-year-old right-hander is now 200-131 in his career. He started in the majors with Texas in 1986 and also pitched for Baltimore, Florida, San Diego and Los Angeles before being dealt to the Yankees for Jeff Weaver in the offseason from the Dodgers.

Jason Giambi gave Brown all the support he would need when he hit a three-run homer off Mark Hendrickson in the first inning.

Jorge Posada also homered off Hendrickson in the fourth inning, while Gary Sheffield drove in New York’s other run.

Tom Gordon and Mariano Rivera each tossed a scoreless inning to complete the seven-hitter for the Yankees.

Hendrickson (0-1) allowed five runs on six hits over six innings with three strikeouts and two walks.

Carl Crawford drove in the lone run for Tampa Bay.

In other games, Joe Crede’s bases-loaded single over a drawn-in infield in the bottom of the ninth gave the White Sox a 10-9 win over the Kansas City Royals in Chicago.

The White Sox led 6-0 at one point but needed to score twice in the bottom of the ninth to pick up the win for reliever Jon Adkins (1-0), who got one out.

Carlos Beltran hit a pair of homers for the Royals, including a two-run shot in the ninth that keyed a four-run rally from an 8-5 deficit.

The Baltimore Orioles and the Red Sox were rained out for the second-straight night in Boston.