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Eric Chavez's blunder

Eric Chavez rounds the bases after hitting a

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MINNESOTA — CC Sabathia ran into trouble in the fifth, though not all of it of his making.

With runners on first and second and one out, Pedro Florimon bounced one to Eric Chavez at third, a potential double-play ball. But Chavez, thinking there were two outs, stepped on third and started walking off the field.

"I thanked their third- base coach [Steve Liddle],"...

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