CC Sabathia didn’t make it out of the second inning in his second spring training start, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Yankees 3-0 Sunday in Tampa, Fla.

The 35-year-old left-hander from Vallejo, coming off two hitless innings Tuesday against Miami, gave up three runs and five hits in 12/3 innings. He struck out one, walked one, hit a batter, threw a wild pitch and committed a fielding error.

“You want to pitch well, obviously for sure, but for me, it’s just health,” Sabathia said. “Feeling like I can keep my delivery and make good pitches. I feel like I’m on the right track.”

Sabathia was 6-10 with a 4.73 ERA last year, when he was slowed by his surgically repaired right knee. After returning from the disabled list and using a tighter brace, he went 2-1 with a 2.17 ERA in his last five starts.

“He struggled,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “His command wasn’t very good. I don’t make too much out of one start, but if it becomes a pattern, then you worry about it. You want to see improvement next time.”

Ryan Howard went 1-for-3 with an RBI double off Sabathia in the first. The first baseman is 2-for-18 overall.

Yankees catcher Brian McCann was hurt when Sabathia hit Howard with a pitch in the second inning, and the ball ricocheted off Howard and struck the catcher on the inside of the knee. McCann finished the second and left with knee stiffness.

Kershaw in a groove: Clayton Kershaw wasn’t happy with his second start of the spring. The third, he said, was much better.

Kershaw threw five scoreless innings and Scott Van Slyke hit his third home run of the spring in the Dodgers’ 6-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Kershaw gave up two hits, both in the first inning, striking out three and walking one.

“I still went through some spurts there where I was messing up a little bit and didn’t make the adjustments as fast as I probably needed to,” he said, “but overall, it was definitely an improvement I’d say.”

The Dodgers’ left-hander, winner of the NL Cy Young Award three of the past five seasons, has allowed one run in 10 innings this spring.

Spring highlights: In the Grapefruit League, Gerrit Cole served up wind-blown home runs to Anthony Gose and Casey McGehee in his spring debut before Pittsburgh rallied past Detroit 9-5. Cole, who finished fourth in NL Cy Young Award voting last season, gave up two hits and struck out one in two innings. A minor rib-cage injury in January kept Cole off the mound for the first two weeks of spring training games. ... Pedro Alvarez made his spring debut with Baltimore and hit an RBI double in the first inning of the Orioles’ 14-5 loss to Minnesota. Alvarez went 1-for-3 in his first game since he finalized a $5.75 million, one-year contract last week. Trevor Plouffe drove in four runs for Minnesota, which finished with 15 hits. Plouffe hit a three-run homer in the second inning. ... Boston right-hander Rick Porcello was hit hard in his team’s 13-5 loss to a Tampa Bay split-squad, giving up eight runs and 10 hits in three innings. ... Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer, his first homer of the spring, and Houston beat Atlanta 7-6.

In the Cactus League, Alex Gordon hit his second spring homer and Edinson Volquez struck out six in four innings, but Kansas City lost 9-4 to a Cleveland split-squad. ... Zack Cozart, coming back from knee surgery, and Jake Cave hit back-to-back home runs, leading Cincinnati to a 5-3 win over Seattle.