Yankees Beat Rays, End Slump at Tropicana Field PETERSBURG, Fla. - It had been about 50 weeks since the Yankees last won a game at Tropicana Field. Their last victory came on July 20, 2011 after nine consecutive losses, some of them coming in unusual fashion. On Sept. 28, the Rays overcame a seven-run deficit to clinch a playoff berth on Evan Longoria's 12th-inning home run. In the opening series of this season, the Yankees were swept while Rays Manager Joe Maddon employed an infield shift on nearly every Yankee batter. On Monday and Tuesday, the Yankees played uncharacteristically bad defense and virtually handed the Rays a pair of wins. But on Wednesday the Yankees finally ended the losing, rallying through the dim light of this lopsided dome to beat the Rays, 4-3. Trailing by two runs entering the eighth inning, the Yankees scored three times off the Rays" bullpen, most notably against former teammate Kyle Farnsworth, who walked four batters and was charged with all three runs. Farnsworth walked Eric Chavez, Curtis Granderson, Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez to force in one run and was replaced by the lefty Jake McGee. Robinson Cano greeted him with a two-run single, and the Yankees took the lead. Of the previous nine losses, the Yankees had lost leads in six. They were all decided by three runs or fewer, and four had been one-run defeats. After David Phelps, who was starting in place of the injured C.C. Sabathia, and David Price matched scoreless, hitless innings for three innings, the Rays took the lead in the fourth when Ben Zobrist led off with a walk and two strikeouts later Sean Rodriguez singled to center to plate him. The Yankees first hit was a Cano single in the fifth. The Rays held on to the lead until Teixeira homered off Price leading off the seventh to even the score, 1-1. In the seventh Carlos Pena slugged a two-run shot off Boone Logan, and the Rays led 3-1 with only six outs needed to extend their home winning streak. At nine losses, it was already the longest losing streak by the Yankees at an opponent's stadium since they lost 15 at Texas from 1989-91, when Bobby Valentine was the Rangers manager. Dave Robertson looked his old self in a 1-2-3 eighth inning, striking out two. And in the ninth Rafael Soriano, who saved 45 games for the Rays in 2010, earned his 19th of the season and his fifth against his former team. The Yankees claimed Darnelle McDonald off waivers from the Boston Red Sox Wednesday to provide more outfield help. McDonald, who can play all three outfield positions and run fairly well, is expected to join the team Friday when they Yankees face the Red Sox at Fenway Park. ... McDonald is batting just .214 (he is also .214 against right-handed pitchers and .214 against lefties, too) with two homers and seven doubles in 99 plate appearances this season. He took the loss in a 17-inning defeat to the Baltimore Orioles when he allowed three runs in one inning.