CC Sabathia pitched 6 2/3 innings and allowed four runs in Thursday’s game against the Orioles. He threw 97 pitches, but really, he attempted 98.

We won’t see it on a pitch count, but it lives here in video form, which is much better. During the sixth inning, Sabathia tried to throw a pitch, and he fell off the mound hard. The ball trickled out, rolling midway down the line between home and third.

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Chris Davis took second easily on what could have been a very sad wild pitch, but the umpires ruled it as a balk, striking the attempt from Sabathia’s pitch count. It does qualify as a balk because Sabathia was set and made a distinct movement towards home. But it also could have been a wild pitch because, well, he threw the ball.

Luckily, Sabathia was OK after the fall. He was more upset with the mound for causing the embarrassing tumble. The Yankees pitcher escaped the inning with just a bruised ego as J.J. Hardy grounded out to the end the inning.