St. Petersburg, Fla. ? Two more homers by Alex Rodriguez couldn’t stop the struggling New York Yankees from stumbling again.

A-Rod tied the major-league record for home runs in April, hitting his 13th and 14th of the season in a 10-8 loss to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Monday night.

“This obviously is a tough time for us, but it’s a long season. We’ve got to keep working ourselves out of it,” Rodriguez said after the Yankees’ fourth consecutive loss on a five-game road trip that ends tonight.

“We need a win in the worst way. Again, I think hard work and grinding through it and supporting your teammates are the most important things.”

Rocco Baldelli hit a three-run homer off Kei Igawa (1-1) in the second inning. B.J. Upton lined a solo shot off the left-field foul pole in the fourth for a 5-3 lead, then added a three-run double off reliever Luis Vizcaino to finish with a career-high four RBIs.

“Against this team with their lineup, you’ve really got to hunker down inning by inning because they’re going to keep coming at you,” Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon said. “They’re never out of the game, and it’s never comfortable.”

The Yankees, swept during a weekend series in Boston, got homers in the second and ninth innings from A-Rod, whose average rose to .400 after going 4-for-5 with three RBIs and four runs scored.

The second-inning solo shot off Casey Fossum (2-1) was the 477th of Rodriguez’s career and extended his hitting streak to 18 games to start this season and 23 in a row dating to last September. The two-run shot off Al Reyes in the ninth gave him 34 RBIs, tied the mark for homers in April set by Albert Pujols in 2006 and broke the AL mark of 13 held by Ken Griffey Jr.

Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 3

Boston – Frank Thomas hit his 490th homer, a go-ahead, two-run drive off Tim Wakefield (2-2) in the sixth.

Athletics 6, Orioles 5

Baltimore – Nick Swisher homered twice, including a drive that sparked a five-run fourth against Erik Bedard (3-2).

Mariners 5, Rangers 4

Arlington, Texas – Ichiro Suzuki went 3-for-5 with a three-run triple as Seattle stopped a six-game losing streak.

Indians 7, Twins 3, 12 inn.

Minneapolis – Ryan Garko drove in the go-ahead run for the second straight game, blooping a soft single in the 12th.

Tigers 9, Angels 5

Anaheim, Calif. – Curtis Granderson led off the game with a home run for Detroit.

Detroit starter Mike Maroth was pulled by manager Jim Leyland one out shy of the required five innings for a victory, despite leading 8-3.

National League

Marlins 8, Braves 7

Miami – Awaiting the birth of his first child, Dontrelle Willis went about his business Monday, pitching 62â3 innings and hitting a standup triple.

Mets 6, Rockies 1

New York – Carlos Delgado hit his first home run of the season, and John Maine pitched into the eighth inning, leading New York. Jose Valentin had a three-run homer and four RBIs.

Phillies 11, Astros 4

Philadelphia – Jimmy Rollins hit a leadoff homer and fell a double shy of the cycle, and the Phillies had a season-high 20 hits. Craig Biggio also hit a leadoff homer, the first time this season leadoff batters went deep in the same game.

Brewers 5, Cubs 4, 12 inn.

Chicago – Prince Fielder homered twice, including a 12th-inning drive that capped a comeback from a four-run deficit and led Milwaukee over Chicago.