ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- There is an urgency now for the Tampa Bay Rays, with only 24 games remaining and they trail the Minnesota Twins by four games for the second American League wild card.
Tampa Bay begins a three-game series against the Twins on Monday at Tropicana Field.
"I don't want to put pressure on anybody, but this is probably one of the biggest series of the year," Rays outfielder Steven Souza said Sunday after Tampa Bay's second consecutive loss to the White Sox in Chicago, 6-2. "We can do a lot in this (Minnesota) series.