[h=1]Last-place New York Yankees off to worst 15-game start since 1997[/h]<address class="Author" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; align-items: center; color: rgb(165, 166, 167); display: flex; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.4;">Associated Press<time class="PublishDate" datetime="2021-04-18T23:44:00Z" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">7:44 PM ET</time>4 Minute Read
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NEW YORK -- Gerrit Cole shook his head, disgusted. Aaron Hicks put hands on hips and bowed his head. By the end of the afternoon, pretty much all of the New York Yankees were appalled, along with their loudly booing fans.
Yoshi Tsutsugo hit a tiebreaking double off Cole in the seventh inning that lifted the Tampa Bay Raysto a 4-2 win on Sunday and a three-game sweep that extended the Yankees' losing streak to five games. New York fell to an American League-worst 5-10, its poorest start since 1997.
"I'm frustrated, personally frustrated," said reigning AL batting champion DJ LeMahieu, who concluded the Yankees were "tight and pressing."
"No one's going to feel sorry for us," he said. "No one's going to throw softer or throw easier for us. We've got to find it within ourselves to continue to get better and play the way we're capable of."
Opener Andrew Kittredge, Ryan Yarbrough (1-2), Diego Castillo and Jeffrey Springs (first big league save) combined on the Rays' second three-hitter of a series in which New York managed 11 hits in all. Tampa Bay outscored the Yankees 17-7, and New York pushed across just three runs other than on homers.
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NEW YORK -- Gerrit Cole shook his head, disgusted. Aaron Hicks put hands on hips and bowed his head. By the end of the afternoon, pretty much all of the New York Yankees were appalled, along with their loudly booing fans.
Yoshi Tsutsugo hit a tiebreaking double off Cole in the seventh inning that lifted the Tampa Bay Raysto a 4-2 win on Sunday and a three-game sweep that extended the Yankees' losing streak to five games. New York fell to an American League-worst 5-10, its poorest start since 1997.
"I'm frustrated, personally frustrated," said reigning AL batting champion DJ LeMahieu, who concluded the Yankees were "tight and pressing."
"No one's going to feel sorry for us," he said. "No one's going to throw softer or throw easier for us. We've got to find it within ourselves to continue to get better and play the way we're capable of."
Opener Andrew Kittredge, Ryan Yarbrough (1-2), Diego Castillo and Jeffrey Springs (first big league save) combined on the Rays' second three-hitter of a series in which New York managed 11 hits in all. Tampa Bay outscored the Yankees 17-7, and New York pushed across just three runs other than on homers.
