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J.A. Happ implodes as Yankees fall to mediocre White Sox

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Gary Sanchez talks to J.A. Happ during the Yankees' 5-4 loss to the White Sox on Friday night.

CHICAGO — J.A. Happ was cruising to a second straight start that wasn’t going to require the Yankees’ bullpen to go near the middle innings and appeared to be ready to match his season-high of seven innings, or even work deeper.

The first three frames were almost flawless and he navigated around a bases-loaded jam in the fourth. Then, armed with a four-run lead, Happ inexplicably fell apart in the fifth, when the White Sox scored four runs.