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Orioles make short work of Sabathia

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Associated Press

CC Sabathia failed to get out of the fifth inning Monday in a 10-5 loss to the Baltimore Orioles and Mark Teixeira couldn’t buy a hit with that $180 million the New York Yankees heaped upon him during the off-season.

Sabathia, who signed a $161-million, seven-year contract in December, gave up six runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings, walked five, threw two wild pitches and did not record a strikeout for the first time since July 25, 2005, at Oakland.

Teixeira was booed throughout the game by the crowd of 48,607, the largest on opening day in the 18-year history of Camden Yards; fans were angered that the first baseman did not sign with his hometown Orioles.

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Adam Jones and Brian Roberts each had three of Baltimore’s 14 hits. The Orioles scored four runs in the eighth inning, two on Cesar Izturis’ home run.

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