ST. PETERSBURG — With a six-game win streak prior to playing a three-game series against the rebuilding Blue Jays, it looked as if the Rays would keep right on rolling into their West Coast road trip.
Almost, but not quite.
After falling behind 4-0 through seven innings, the Rays scored a run in the eighth and two more in the ninth but came up one run short in a 4-3 loss Wednesday afternoon in front of 10,299 at Tropicana Field. Five Blue Jays pitchers combined to hang on for the win. The fivesome of former Ray Wilmer Font, the recently acquired Brock Stewart, Justin Shafer, Tim Mayza and Ken Giles did enough to win the series.