BALTIMORE -- CC Sabathia raised both of his arms in exaltation after coercing a fifth-inning double-play ball on Monday, a high point of an effort in which he had to grind hard against a last-place Orioles club. The lefty's jubilance did not last, as Danny Valencia's go-ahead homer handed the Yankees a 6-5 loss in the first game of a doubleheader at Camden Yards.
Valencia snapped an 0-for-25 skid as he sent a Sabathia offering beyond the center-field wall for a three-run blast in the sixth inning, helping Baltimore take advantage after first baseman Neil Walker whiffed on a potential twin-killing that was scored as a double for Jonathan Schoop.