ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. _ 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.
After winning the Rays' outstanding rookie award in the afternoon, Joey Wendle doubled to the warning track in the first inning to score the first run, sparking a 3-0 lead. The Blue Jays responded, though, and the Rays led only 5-4 heading into the seventh.
Solo home runs helped the Blue Jays. Teoscar Hernandez hit one in the second and Rowdy Tellez in the sixth. It was Tellez's fourth homer of the season, all but one have come against the Rays.
Tyler Glasnow gave up both. He exited the game in the sixth, giving up seven hits and three earned runs while striking out nine. "The last two innings, I wasn't able to locate as well," he said.
Adam Moore brought the Rays within one after a solo homer in the eighth, but two of the next four batters struck out.
Tommy Pham extended his on-base streak to 30, the longest active streak in the majors.
