After an electrifying 26-12 start to the season that fueled World Series dreams across the fan base, the Yankees have fallen back to earth after being swept by the Brewers at American Family Field this weekend. Including Wednesday's loss to the Rangers, New York is 1-4 in its last five games—its worst stretch since early April. Yankees fans wanted to see more from several players over the weekend, including Ben Rice. Although the star first baseman has been one of manager Aaron Boone's best players this season, a 0-for-13 performance at the plate—including five strikeouts without a walk—stuck out like a sore thumb. Rice's slump is unusual and might not stem from anything he's doing wrong. After all, it wasn't long ago that the MLB's OPS leader (1.093) picked up a hand contusion during a pickoff play against the Orioles on May 3. Even though X-rays came back negative, he still sat out the next four games until returning against the Brewers on Friday.…