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six-game losing streak behind seven shutout innings from CC Sabathia, topping the Baltimore Orioles 7-0.

Baltimore — CC Sabathia pitched seven sharp innings, Brian McCann drove in three runs and the New York Yankees ended their six- game losing streak by beating the Baltimore Orioles 7- 0 Wednesday night.

Playing in his 1,000th major league game, Jacoby Ellsbury went 3 for 3 with two walks to help the Yankees improve to 9-16 and avoid their worst skid since April 2007.

Sabathia (2-2) turned in his best performance of the season at a time when New York desperately needed a victory. The lefty allowed six hits, walked two and struck out six.

After giving up three runs in each of his first four starts, the 35-year-old Sabathia craftily used a variety of offspeed pitches to earn his first win in nine tries at Camden Yards since 2011.

He outpitched Tyler Wilson (1-1), who took a one-hitter into the sixth before the light-hitting Yankees took a 3-0 lead.

New York tacked on four runs in the eighth against the Baltimore bullpen.

Ellsbury opened the game with a double and was thrown out trying to score on a grounder. His one-out single in the sixth, however, ignited the uprising that brought the Yankees out of their ugly slide.

Ellsbury stole second, advanced to third on a single by Brett Gardner and scored on a sacrifice fly by Carlos Beltran. McCann followed with a two-out RBI single, and another run scored on a throwing error by reliever Mike Wright.

McCann's two-run double was the big hit in the eighth.

Before the game, the Yankees put designated hitter Alex Rodriguez on the 15- day disabled list with a strained right hamstring. Despite a .194 batting average, A-Rod started the day tied for the team lead with 12 RBIs.

That's a tough loss for a struggling offense that started the day tied for last in the AL in runs.

In this game, however, one was enough.