Letdown for the Yankees.

Byline: Anthony McCarron

NEW YORK _ The fifth inning was over, but Phil Hughes was still staring out at the field and the mound from his perch in the dugout. Hughes, the Yankees' ace of the future, had his third straight rough start Friday night in a hideous 9-1 loss to the Devil Rays, a hangover game from the giddy sweep of the Red Sox.

"It seems," Hughes added, "like I've been doing a lot of that lately."

Hughes (2-3) was both erratic and hittable, a combination that led to sporadic boos from the crowd of 53,275 at the Stadium on a night the Yankees' lineup was flummoxed by rookie Andy Sonnanstine. Hughes allowed five runs (four earned), seven hits and four ...

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