NEW YORK -- Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, faced with the team's worst season in more than 30 years, admitted "it's been a disaster" and promised a search to find out the cause.
New York entered Wednesday with a nine-game losing streak and was on the verge of losing 10 in a row for the first time in 110 years.
"It's definitely a shock," Cashman said before the Yankees played Washington. "We're embarrassed by it."
New York (60-65) lost nine straight games for the first time since Sept. 13-21, 1982, hitting .