The Yankees have dropped to 8-11 with their 5th straight loss by losing to the should be lowly Tampa Bay Devil Rays again! The Devil Rays are now 1/2 game ahead of the Yankees in the AL East.

For the first time this season Alex Rodriguez went hitless. His 0-3 night dropped him from a .400 to .385 batting average.

The story for the Yanks isn't that A-Rod finally cooled down (for one game anyway) but that the Yankees pitching continues to be absolutely terrible. Coming into this game they were 25th out of the 30 teams in the major leagues with a team ERA of 4.67 but I think they've actually been worse than that makes it seem.

Meanwhile the Mets lead the majors with an insane team ERA of 2.59! (The Mets also lead the majors with a .294 team batting average.)