The Rays fell to the Red Sox 4-2 on Tuesday night, their 24th loss of the season. They sit at 22-24, two games below .500 and 5.5 games out of the second wild card spot. Of those 24 losses, 10 of them have come against arguably the two best teams in baseball, the New York Yankees and the aforementioned Red Sox.
The Rays are 3-10 against those two mighty AL East foes. They are 19-14 against all other teams. A 19-14 record is a .576 winning percentage. The Seattle Mariners currently hold the second wild card spot with a .