Sabathia struggles in opener against Rays

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rays	0	6	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	10	12	0
Yankees	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	11	2

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6

11

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C.C. Sabathia pitches against the Rays on July 26th. (Getty Images)

The Yankees were unable to defeat the Rays in the opener on Friday night as they were defeated 10-6.

C.C. Sabathia struggles this season continued as he allowed seven runs on nine hits in five innings of work. He struck out six and walked three. He finished his outing with 102 pitches, in which 65 of them were for strikes.

The Yankee offense was able to score six runs on eleven hits, but had nothing to show for it in the loss.

The Yankees and Rays will continue their three-game set tomorrow afternoon.