The riled-up Yankees spent all afternoon barking at the plate umpire, and an angry Joe Torre charged out of the dugout to argue a rare ejection.

Looks as though the Bronx Bombers are ready for their first trip to Boston.

Jason Giambi hit a two-run homer and Mike Mussina shut down the Toronto Blue Jays again, leading New York to a 4-1 victory yesterday. Andy Phillips also homered for the Yankees, who took two of three in the series and finished 6-3 on their first long home stand of the season.

The normally even-tempered Torre wasn’t around for the end – he and Toronto skipper John Gibbons were both ejected for arguing balls and strikes with umpire Adam Dowdy.

Johnny Damon had three hits for the second straight day as he prepares for his much-anticipated return to Fenway Park. He and the Yankees lead the AL East by percentage points over Boston, where they begin a two-game series tonight.

“It feels like my bat speed, I’m quick. It feels like my balance is there,” Damon said. “So, hopefully, I can keep on belting out hits and, hopefully, the guys keep driving me in.”

Mussina (4-1) outpitched Gustavo Chacin,allowing one run and seven hits in six innings for his sixth solid start in six outings this year.

Featuring what Damon calls his “Bugs Bunny changeup,” the right-hander struck out seven and walked two. He also beat the Blue Jays 3-1 on April 19 in Toronto.

“I thought I made some pitches that didn’t get called. I fought through it,” Mussina said.

Kyle Farnsworth fanned three in 1 2/3 scoreless innings, and Mariano Rivera got four quick outs for his fourth save. The Yankees improved to 10-0 in day games.

Trying to become the AL’s first fivegame winner, Chacin (4-1) gave up two runs and six hits in six innings. He failed in his bid to become the first Blue Jays starter to win five times in April, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Both teams took issue with Dowdy’s strike zone. Dowdy, a Triple-A umpire filling in for Mike DiMuro, has worked major league games since 2002. Dowdy ejected Torre in the middle of the fifth after Mussina struck out Shea Hillenbrand (for the third time) with the bases loaded. As Chacin was warming up for the bottom half, Torre said he caught Dowdy’s attention and held up three fingers.

“He asked me what it meant,” Torre said.”I told him it meant he missed three pitches. He threw me out after that.”

Gibbons was tossed in the bottom of the fifth after three consecutive walks by Chacin forced in a run, his only three walks of the game.Torre was ejected for the first time since last June 8 in Milwaukee. He was tossed twice last year.

But the ejection woke up the crowd of 52,954 and seemed to spark the Yankees.

Toronto went ahead in the third on Frank Catalanotto’s RBI double. With a runner on third, Mussina struck out cleanup hitter Troy Glaus and retired Lyle Overbay to escape further damage.

Phillips connected in the fifth. Damon doubled with two outs and Chacin walked three straight, giving the Yankees a 2-1 lead.

Chacin thought his 2-2 pitch to Rodriguez with the bases loaded caught the inside corner. Ball four also looked close, and the frustrated lefty turned his back to the plate and walked nearly all the way to third base as Gibbons popped out of the dugout to argue.

“Obviously, it was a good day to have pinstripes on,” Wells said.”

Derek Jeter doubled off Pete Walker with two outs in the seventh,and Giambi followed with a drive off the facing of the right-field upper deck to make it 4-1. Giambi came out for a curtain call after his ninth homer and second in two days. He has 27 RBI – a total he didn’t reach last year until July 5.

After the game, The Yankees activated right-hander Aaron Small from the DL and optioned left-hander Matt Smith to Triple-A Columbus.

Right fielder Gary Sheffield sat out with a bruised left wrist following a collision with Hillenbrand on Saturday.

“We’re going to look into it a little bit and do some tests,” Torre said. “Hopefully, it’s nothing more than sore at this time. If that’s the case, then he’s gotten his days off.”