ST. PETERSBURG — Only so much can be made from a single four-game series as the calendar flips from May to June, but given the fact that the Minnesota Twins came to Tropicana Field with baseball’s best record, it was certainly an opportunity to gauge how the Rays matched up.
Following their 9-7 loss to the Twins, the Rays dropped three of four to Minnesota. They were without two of their top hitters -- Tommy Pham and Avisail Garcia -- in the three games they lost, and a third, Yandy Diaz missed the first three games before returning from the IL for Sunday's finale.