After the fifth run crossed the plate in the third inning, C. C. Sabathia was pulled from the game and headed to the dugout, receiving an assortment of jeers from an exasperated crowd feeling a case of déjà vu.
As Sabathia took off his glove, Michael Pineda gave him a sympathetic pat on the back, able to relate to the predicament he had just witnessed.
For the second straight game, the Texas Rangers pulverized a Yankees starter in the third inning by taking advantage of a series of fielding miscues. Sabathia had his shortest start of the season, only lasting two and one-third innings, as the Yankees fell, 15-4.