Devil Rays 10, Yankees 8

Pitching spoils A-Rod's two homers
Igawa surrenders seven runs as losing streak reaches four
By Dawn Klemish / MLB.com

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Yankees aren't used to scoring eight runs and losing. That's what has happened lately, though, and it's a trend that the club wants to buck as soon as possible.
"That should be enough [runs], but as a team, we're in this together and we're going to do what we can," center fielder Johnny Damon said on Monday after the Yankees' 10-8 loss to the Devil Rays. "There's no secret why we've lost the last four games. [The starting pitchers] need to be better, and we as a core need to be better."

Early exits from the starters have plagued the Yankees, and that was the case on Monday when Kei Igawa dug his team into a 7-4 hole, bowing out after just 4 1/3 innings. It was an uncharacteristic start for a left-hander who had strung together back-to-back strong outings and been charged with just two runs in each.

But Monday was decidedly not Igawa's day. The Japanese import surrendered more runs in a single inning than he had in the previous 12 1/3 combined.

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