Yankees offense in rare slump after strikeout-riddled performance

Before Monday's series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays, the New York Yankees had finished a game with 17 offensive strikeouts just nine times in their franchise history.

Fast forward through two games of the series, and that number has risen not once, but twice.

New York has consecutive games with 17 strikeouts

After mustering just three hits and striking out 17 times in Monday's win, the contact got much better in terms of hits, but not in terms of swing and miss on Tuesday. 

The Yankees collected 11 hits but also struck out 17 more times in Tuesday's loss. Along with that, New York struck out 12 times through five innings against Rays starter Ian Seymour, the first time in franchise history that one pitcher has collected 12 strikeouts through five innings against the Yankees.