As soon as the Yankees’ clubhouse opens, C. C. Sabathia is standing at his locker dutifully awaiting the usual questions, virtually all of them pointing back to one: What went wrong?
It has become a ritual, and it happened again Saturday when Sabathia followed up a promising performance in Detroit with a deflating one against the Mets, who belted three home runs off him and rode a dominating performance by Matt Harvey to an 8-2 win over the Yankees.
Sabathia’s record fell to 0-4, his E.R.A. rose to 5.96, and he is the only Yankees starter to have lost a decision since April 11.