Yanks’ bats meet air, set club record with second straight 17-K game

ST. PETERSBURG – The Yankees have never struck out more in consecutive games than they have the past two nights, and their most perplexing one was easy to identify: José Caballero dropped his bat in the second inning before the pitch even crossed home plate. There was plenty of competition for second place. Paul Goldschmidt’s whiff to end the seventh inning was the club’s 31st in the past two games, establishing a franchise record they’d rather not have claimed in their 6-4 loss to the Rays on Tuesday evening at Tropicana Field. Which one will you get? July 21 is…