"CC Sabathia declined to make any excuses for his poor outing last night and refused to blame home-plate umpire Gerry Davis' strike zone, despite what his catcher and manager said.

In his first full start of the playoffs, Sabathia labored in the Yankees' 5-4 ALDS Game 3 defeat to the Tigers, delivering his shortest outing of the season in his most important.

The entire night it seemed Sabathia had spotty command and no put-away pitch. He allowed four runs on seven hits and six walks in just 5 1/3 innings for totals of 13 Tigers baserunners and 16 outs."