TORONTO — What started out as a good day for the Rays ended badly with a 7-2 loss Tuesday night and a split of their doubleheader with the Blue Jays.
The Rays won the opener 4-2, and led the nightcap 2-1 in the seventh inning before the Jays rallied for four runs off reliever Colin Poche.
The split left the Rays 79-62 and back where they started the long day, just behind the Blue Jays, and possibly the Mariners pending their late result, in the three-team American League wild-card race.
