The Toronto Blue Jays’ streak of winning series despite their vaunted offence looking either limp or unlucky came to a fairly brutal end Tuesday night, as the Jays lost the first two games of the home series in New York 3-2 and 9-1 despite .319 and .290 expected batting averages, respectively. Unfortunately, that good contact either landed in the gloves of New York defenders, and/or did not come with runners on base. The defeats came largely because of bullpen implosions, officiating blunders on the part of the baseball cops that would be embarrassing if the institution of umpiring was capable of shame, and the overwhelming strength of the Yankees’ pitching staff. Thankfully, the Jays were able to salvage something from the series thanks to Yusei Kikuchi and the bullpen’s heroics and a few RBIs off the bats of Matt Chapman and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Oddly enough, it was also the worst offensive performance in terms of expected batting average, with the Jays producing a measly .204 xBA.