Yankees unable to get big hit in 5-4 loss to Rays in extra innings; extend losing streak to four games

Jose Caballero gave the Yankees  a late lead twice, but New York could not hold down the Rays in their 5-4 loss on Saturday evening at Tropicana Field. In the 10th, and the Yankees up 4-3, the Rays played small ball. Back-to-back leadoff bunt singles pushed the tying run across before a one-out infield single by Jonathan Aranda gave Tampa the walk-off victory.

The loss extended snapped the Yankees' losing streak to four games and they have now lost back-to-back series. All four losses were by a combined five runs. Here are the takeaways...

-Despite the Yankees' struggles to score runs over the last few games, they were not having trouble producing baserunners and that was the case in the first inning. After a leadoff walk by Trent Grisham and a one-out single by Cody Bellinger -- and an eventual stolen base -- the Yankees' best hitter so far, Ben Rice, was up with runners on second and third with one out. The left-hander struck out looking before Giancarlo Stanton -- the team's second-best hitter so far -- smoked a line drive, but it was hit right at the left fielder to end the threat.

Austin Wells got the scoring started with a solo shot that went 396 feet over the right field wall for his first long ball of the season. But the theme of the game was missed opportunities for the Yankees. Aside from the first inning, the Yankees had bases loaded with two outs for Stanton in the fifth.