New York Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia left in the third inning of Sunday's game against the Cleveland Indians due to a knee injury, the team announced.
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Sabathia, 35, left the game with right knee pain after giving up two runs in 2.2 innings, per Yankees PR (h/t YES Network), who added the pitcher will get an MRI to evaluate the severity of the ailment. Rookie reliever Nick Rumbelow, who has not given up a run in his last seven appearances, came in for relief.
In his seventh season as a Yankee, Sabathia has been nowhere near his former All-Star form. The high-paid lefty has a 5.27 ERA and 1.45 WHIP, and he is in line for his 10th loss of the 2015 campaign if the Yankees cannot even the score. Those struggles have made Sabathia the cause of derision among fans, perhaps culminating last week when he got into a shouting match with hecklers in Toronto.
"It was a bad decision on my part," Sabathia said, per Andrew Marchand of ESPN.com. "I probably should've kept quiet and got in a cab. I'm just glad I ended up getting in the cab before everything went down. I didn't know that big fight happened afterward. It was just a bad decision on my part."
Given his performance level, the Yankees aren't likely to miss Sabathia much if he misses an extended period. Only a week remains before September call-ups, which will give New York plenty of options of how to fill his spot in the rotation.
Still, it's another dispiriting blow in a season full of them for the former Yankees ace.
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