BOSTON — CC Sabathia should have been the ideal pitcher to start for the Yankees on Thursday.
He had given up more than two runs versus the Red Sox just once since 2016 and had been lights-out after Yankees losses.
Since the start of the 2017 season, Sabathia was 12-0 with a 2.72 ERA in 20 regular-season starts following a Yankees loss.
That streak ended with a thud Thursday, as the lefty had nothing on a hot night at Fenway Park in a 15-7 thrashing at the hands of the Yankees’ rivals.
Sabathia gave up just two runs, but he lasted just three innings — in part because he threw 77 pitches.