Toronto Blue Jays clean-up hitter Vernon Wells has gone 15 games without an RBI. (Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
With all the rookie pitchers the Toronto Blue Jays have sent to the mound, it should come as no surprise that the team is sputtering after a strong start to the season.
But pitching isn't the reason the Jays are on a season-high five-game losing streak. Lately, the Jays offence has been, well, offensive.
After averaging more than six runs a game for most of April and May, the Jays have managed just eight runs in their last five games вЂ" all losses.
Toronto manager Cito Gaston cautions followers from pushing the panic button.
Gaston presided over the 1991 Blue Jays club that lost seven in a row in August, and still went on to win th
