Times wires
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Yankees 7, Mariners 1
SEATTLE — CC Sabathia pitched eight strong innings, Andruw Jones lined a bases-clearing double to highlight a five-run third and the Yankees avoided a three-game sweep. New York knocked around Mariners starter Jason Vargas and salvaged one game in the first stop of a three-city, nine-game West Coast trip. Sabathia won for the third time in four tries when pitching after a loss, allowing two hits before giving up Justin Smoak's homer in the sixth.