With Jason Giambi driving one ball after another into the seats, the Yankees can overcome just about any deficit these days.

Giambi hit two home runs to reach 300 for his career, and Tony Womack had an 11th-inning single through a five man infield as New York rallied from a four-run deficit for the second straight day, beating the Los Angeles Angels 8-7 yesterday.

“As long as those home runs are contributing to wins, I’m happy,” Giambi said. “I can’t stop and smell the roses now, we’ve got to keep getting wins.”

Brothers Bengie and Jose Molina both homered in a major league game for the first time, connecting against Randy Johnson, but the Angels still lost their sixth in seven games, trimming their AL West lead to 1 1/2 games over Oakland.

Derek Jeter had four hits to help the Yankees, who stranded 14 runners. New York took two of three from a longtime nemesis.

“I think it definitely builds confidence on our team, especially doing it against one of the best bullpens in the game,” Alex Rodriguez said.

Hideki Matsui tripled off the centerfield fence against Kevin Gregg (1-2) to start the 11th, and Angels manager Mike Scioscia brought Chone Figgins in from center field to give his team five infielders. But Womack, who entered as a pinch runner in the 10th, grounded a one-out single through the left side, ending a 4-hour, 20-minute game.

Tom Gordon (4-4) pitched a perfect 11th for the win.

Figgins led off the 10th with a triple against Mariano Rivera, and Vladimir Guerrero’s single on a 3-0 pitch gave Los Angeles a 7-6 lead. But with runners at the corners and two outs in the bottom half, Gary Sheffield’s grounder took a bad hop and glanced off Gold Glove shortstop Orlando Cabrera for an RBI single that evened the score.

An error by Gold Glove first baseman Darin Erstad, a defensive replacement for Jose Molina, helped New York score four times in the eighth. Matsui had an RBI single, and Jeter’s two-out single off Scot Shields tied it at six.

Making his second major league start, Chris Bootcheck held the Yankees to five hits through six innings and left with a 4-1 lead before the bullpen and some shoddy defense cost him his first career win.

Bengie Molina hit a three-run shot in the fourth, his 10th homer this year and second of the series. Jose connected leading off the fifth. It was the first time brothers homered for the same team in one game since August 11, 2001, when Jason and Jeremy Giambi connected for Oakland against the Yankees, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Yesterday, Giambi connected in the second inning off Bootcheck and in the seventh against Esteban Yan, giving the streaking slugger three homers in four at-bats. Giambi hit a major league best 14 homers in July, the most in a month by a Yankees player since Mickey Mantle hit 14 in July 1961.

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During the game, the Yankees traded 40-year-old left-hander Buddy Groom to Arizona for a player to be named or cash. Groom lashed out at manager Joe Torre after he was designated for assignment Saturday to make room for newly acquired lefty Alan Embree. Groom was 1-0 with a 4.91 ERA in 24 appearances this season.