ST. PETERSBURG — If the Rays want to finish the season with 90 wins, they are not making it easy on themselves.
They have left zero margin for error.
Despite leading the Blue Jays early in Friday's game, Tampa Bay could not hold them off late. Randal Grichuk hit a seventh-inning, three-run triple to propel the Blue Jays to a 7-6 win at the Trop.
Tampa Bay fell to 88-72 with two games left against Toronto in its last series of the season.
"We just didn't perform well tonight," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "That kind of carried in from yesterday to today.