ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays felt their somnolent offense was waking up when they won the final two games in Texas, and that certainly looked to be true when they scored four runs in the first inning Friday against the White Sox. Even more so when they added on two late, the six runs their most in a game in nearly two weeks.
That they went five innings in between, managing only two hits, somewhat disputes that narrative.
But it didn’t change the overall storyline, which was a 6-3 win that was the third straight for the Rays, an ascension to a season-best 10 games over .500 at 31-21 and a good start to a week-long homestand before an announced 8,930 at Tropicana Field.
