CC Sabathia was shaky early, but he settled down to earn his 17th win in the Yankees 8-4 victory over Minnesota. CC almost surrendered a homer in the first, but replay ruled correctly that it was foul. In the second, he surrendered two runs and he escaped a big jam in the 7th that could have turned the game. Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher had the big hits, two-run homers each and the Yankees head into the weekend with a 1/2-game lead in the AL East.