BRADENTON, Fla. -- The Pirates, less than 24 hours after pounding out 15 runs, managed one hit in their 6-0 loss to the New York Yankees this afternoon at McKechnie Field.

In a split-squad game at Port Charlotte, Fla., the Pirates lost to the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-3 in 10 innings, at Charlotte Sports Park, getting good showings from three prospects: Pedro Alvarez and Jose Tabata each went 2 for 4 with a triple, with Alvarez's triple reaching the 410-foot mark in center field in the seventh. Brian Friday followed Alvarez with a two-run home run to left-center that brought a 3-1 lead.

Brad Lincoln, the top pitching prospect, made a two-inning start and allowed one run on two hits and three walks.

At McKechnie, Paul Maholm made a two-inning start and allowed two runs and three hits.

All of that came in the first: Derek Jeter singled up the middle after a 3-2 count, Curtis Granderson drew a four-pitch walk, and Randy Winn reached on an infield single. That created the most unsavory scene of bases loaded and nobody out for Alex Rodriguez, and Rodriguez fought through two full-count foul tips to send a two-run single up the middle.

"I didn't do myself any favors by falling behind to almost every guy who came up," Maholm said. "But I made some decent pitches, and the balls that were hit were just grounders up the middle. And I came back out for the second and found my rhythm."

He walked Jeter in that inning but picked him off first base.

The offense, which had 15 hits in the 15-5 romp against the Minnesota Twins Sunday, went 12 up, 12 down against New York starter Alfredo Aceves, who went 10-1 with the Yankees last year.

The only hit was a seeing-eye single by Steve Pearce in the fifth. Pearce had been hitless in his first 10 spring at-bats.

The Pirates, 2-3-1 in Grapefruit League play, will face the Yankees again tomorrow in Tampa, Fla.

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