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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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He has 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 points in 45 games with the Colts this season.The battery case against?Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Dan Skuta?was closed Thursday after the prosecution declined to pursue charges.Skuta was arrested June 19 and charged with misdemeanor first-degree battery for an incident in Orlando, Florida. He had been accused of pushing a womans face into a glass window.From the investigation which has been made, it is the opinion of the writer that this case is not suitable for prosecution, Assistant State Attorney Natalie Loord wrote.ddddddddddddIn a statement, Skutas lawyers?Mark NeJame and Trey Flynn said Skuta was given no special consideration and that they were happy that the linebacker could now focus on the upcoming season.Skuta had 40 tackles and 1.5 sacks in 2015 with the Jaguars.Information from ESPN staff writer Mike Wells contributed to this report. ' ' '