The Tampa Bay Rays were on a roll. They had won six straight series including the first two series on a nine game road trip. The last stop was Seattle and it looked like a good opportunity to make it seven straight.
Seattle was playing under .500 baseball and were 14 games out of first place in the Houston dominated AL West. However, it didn’t take long for the wheels to come off the bus. The Rays lost the first game 12-4 in a very ugly manner and went on to lose the next two in similar fashion.