Skid hits five after bullpen falters
Wang delivers solid performance in first start of '07
By Dawn Klemish / MLB.com
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- One positive run came to a halt on Tuesday night while another, more troubling one surged ahead.
Alex Rodriguez saw his Yankees-record 18-game hitting streak end at Tropicana Field. The third baseman went 0-for-3 and did not add to his record 14 home runs for April, but thanks to a first-inning walk, he has still reached base in each of the 19 games this season.
The homerless night in and of itself was enough disappointment, but it was coupled with the fact that, with the 6-4 loss to Tampa Bay, New York was swept in its last two road series.
The defeat ran the Yankees' losing streak to five games, put them in the American League East cellar and made for a very quiet postgame clubhouse.
"This is where you really test your mettle here; this is the tough part about playing our game," manager Joe Torre said. "This is where you earn your money. You have to turn this thing around and not get wallowed up in self-pity. That's something that's not acceptable. It won't happen. It hasn't happened."
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