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NEW YORK -- Next year, CC Sabathia might prefer to skip pitching on his birthday.Sabathia turned 36 on Thursday and still has never won on his special day, with the New York Yankees losing to Chris Tillman and the depleted Baltimore Orioles 4-1 Thursday.Sabathia slipped to 0-3 with a 6.99 ERA in five career starts on his birthday. The big lefty also stumbled on the mound while trying to throw a pitch and the ball skittered onto the grass, resulting in a balk.I just fell. Im sure Ill be seeing that all over here for a while, he said.The Yankees had won four in a row as they try to get closer in the AL wild-card race. Theyre 4-3 on a homestand that ends with three games against the NL West-leading Giants -- San Francisco ace Madison Bumgarner starts Friday night vs. Masahiro Tanaka.I think you have to look at it, you took three of four from a good Baltimore team, and you have to move on, manager Joe Girardi said. San Franciscos going to be no easy task.You cant have a letdown because you lost today. You got to get yourself back up tomorrow and know youre facing a really good pitcher.Tillman (14-2) tied for the major league lead in wins, pitching four-hit ball for seven innings. The Orioles had lost four straight overall, costing them their lead in the AL East.Baltimore slugger Chris Davis, shortstop Manny Machado and manager Buck Showalter returned from a stomach bug thats hit the clubhouse.But Orioles center fielder Adam Jones didnt play because of back spasms, catcher Matt Wieters missed his third consecutive game after being hit by a pitch in the foot and rookie outfielder Joey Rickard sat out with an injured thumb.Tillman matched White Sox ace Chris Sale for the most victories in the majors. He won his fourth straight start, allowing exactly one run in seven innings over each outing.Tillman gave up three hits and two walks to the first eight batters, capped by Starlin Castros RBI single. The tall right-hander then set down 16 of his final 17 hitters.Brad Brach pitched the eighth and Zach Britton closed for his 30th save in as many chances.J.J. Hardy grounded a two-out, two-run single off the glove of shortstop Didi Gregorius in the first inning, and Jonathan Schoop sliced a two-out, two-run double in the seventh.He didnt give up a lot of hard-hit balls and you look up and theres four runs on the board, Girardi said.BANNER BULLPENYankees relievers have pitched 31 straight scoreless innings, the teams best bullpen streak since a string of 37 1/3 shutout innings in 1998, STATS said. RHP Chad Green took over for Sabathia and didnt give up a run in 2 1/3 innings. Green was recalled before the game from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and RHP Nick Goody was optioned to the minor league club.TRAINERS ROOMYankees: 3B Chase Headley didnt start for the second straight game with an excused absence to be with his ailing child. 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With the defending NFL rushing leader healthy and available, everyone knows exactly who the Vikings will run their offense through.If we didnt have a guy like him, that would make this thing a lot harder than what it is, Minnesota coach Mike Zimmer said of the NFLs 2012 MVP.Zimmer said hed be sugar-coating it by calling the loss of Teddy Bridgewater to a dislocated knee and torn ACL on Aug. 30 as anything but a big blow. The Vikings, who went 11-5 winning the 3-13 last season to wind up with the No. 1 draft pick that was traded away for more selections, Tennessee has 22 new players .The Titans also are starting the season at home for the first time since 2012 -- two head coaches ago -- with Mike Mularkey now the third after being given the job for good in January.Linebacker Brian Orakpo said its time to show fans what the Titans can do with all the changes.Theyve been waiting all offseason for the opportunity to see the new-look Titans, and we cannot disappoint, Orakpo said.Here are some things to watch as the Vikings open against the Titans:RUN RUN RUN: Peterson led the NFL in rushing last season, and the Titans now have the running back who held that title for 2014. Tennessee believes DeMarco Murray, who was with Peterson for one season at Oklahoma, is poised to bounce back after an ugly season in Philadelphia. Whenever Murray needs a break, Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry will be ready to come in.ON THE TAKE: With all 11 starters back from a unit that surrendered an average of 19.3 points per game last season, fifth fewest in the league, the Vikings have the potential to field one of the NFLs best defenses. That means producing more takeaways after causing 22 last year, 18th in tthe league.ddddddddddddhered be no better week to get going toward that goal than this, against a Tennessee team that matched Dallas for the most turnovers in the NFL last season with 33. Weve been saying that we wanted more turnovers, more turnovers, so this is the year for us to take that next step, Vikings cornerback Captain Munnerlyn said, adding: Were just going to stay within the scheme, try to get better and try to do what we can do. Just go out there and dominate and ball out.PROTECT THAT BALL: For all the great stats Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota put up as a rookie, hes spent lots of time this offseason trying to cut down one big number: six lost fumbles. Its going to be a test this week, Mariota said. I think those guys up front for that defense do a good job of swiping up the ball and stuff. Its going to be a real test this week. Its just something that hopefully Ive kind of corrected and Ill take care of it.HES MY IDOL: Dick LeBeau, going into his 58th NFL season, is Tennessees defensive coordinator this season, and Zimmer is a big fan. Hes an unbelievable coach, Zimmer said of LeBeau. He has done it for a long time. Hes in the Hall of Fame, which is a great, great honor. He loves football, he loves coaching and he always has his guys prepared.Zimmer went against LeBeau while Cincinnatis defensive coordinator between 2008 and 2013, with LeBeau in the same job for Pittsburgh.STARTING OFF: The Titans have won three straight season openers, tied for the fourth-longest streak in the NFL. All three of those came on the road, and Tennessee went a combined 9-36 after those opening victories. The last time they opened a season at home in 2012, the Titans lost 34-13 to New England.---AP Pro Football Writer Dave Campbell contributed to this report.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Teresa M. Walker at www.twitter.com/teresamwalker ' ' '