CHICAGO (AP) -- He took one swing and all the hours of rehab, all the 4:30 a.m. wakeup calls during his stay in the minors were worth it for Brook Fordyce.

"I don't want to make an impact on this team; this team is doing fine without me," Fordyce said after his tie-breaking, three-homer off Roger Clemens helped lead the Chicago White Sox over the New York Yankees 8-2 Tuesday night.

	After spending two starts in the minors, Kip Wells got control of his control problems. He struck out seven and won.

" I just want to fit in at this point," Fordyce said. "My biggest worry tonight was to work with Kip Wells. My offense was a bonus."

The White Sox, in first place in the AL Central, hit five homers, three off Clemens (4-4).

After breaking his foot during a spring training intrasquad game, Fordyce worked long hours during his stay on the disabled list to get his body and his game ready to rejoin the White Sox, for whom he hit .297 last season.

He got the call to end his rehab assignment at Triple-A Charlotte and came to Chicago, only to face Clemens, one of the game's great pitchers, in his first game back. The home run came in his second at-bat of the season.

"I'll remember that. You usually don't get a shot like that off him," Fordyce said. "You expect when you get called up to maybe be a little tired from the flight, and you got Roger out there and you don't really know what to expect. It was a big hit for us, it made us relax. We got a couple of more and that allowed Kip to go out and pitch his game."

Wells also got the call back from the minors Tuesday. He'd been sent there for two starts to straighten out control problems.

Wells (3-3) allowed two runs and nine hits in 6 2/3 innings, striking out a career-high seven.

"When you get hit around a little bit, you question yourself like you would in another business," Wells said. "I just had the opportunity to go down and pitch a couple of games and get some confidence back and get in some good outings and come back here."

Fordyce worked well with Wells from behind the plate, but his biggest contribution was from his bat.

Following singles to Chris Singleton and Carlos Lee in the fourth, Fordyce drove a two-out homer to left-center for a 5-2 lead.

Slumping Ray Durham, his average plummeting into the .240s, hit a solo shot four pitches later to make it 6-2. Paul Konerko homered off Jason Grimsley in the fifth, and Magglio Ordonez off Todd Erdos in the seventh.

"Any time a Roger Clemens gives up three home runs, it's a letdown," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "It's not an excuse. I always get surprised when it happens, because he's Roger Clemens. His stuff was good, but his location was way off."

Clemens said his pitch to Fordyce caught too much of the plate.

"I was working so hard making pitches to get out of that inning," Clemens said. "For it to continue, it was disappointing."

Jose Valentin homered in the first before the Yankees took the lead on Tino Martinez's two-run single in the third. Frank Thomas hit a two-out RBI single that tied the game in the bottom half.

Clemens gave up six runs and seven hits in four innings, his shortest outing this season.

Game notes
Clemens beat the White Sox with seven strong innings last week at Yankee Stadium and is 19-9 against them. ... Chicago's Greg Norton left the game in the bottom of the third after spraining his left ankle on the first-base bag as he tried to get back and avoid a pickoff throw from Yankees catcher Jorge Posada. He was replaced by Herbert Perry. ... To make room for Fordyce and Wells on the roster, the White Sox sent C Josh Paul to Triple-A Charlotte and designated RHP Tanyon Sturtze for assignment. ... Chicago also hit five homers against Toronto on May 3.