TAMPA — The Rays spent much of Saturday afternoon honoring franchise icon Evan Longoria on the day of his official retirement. They played video clips of his greatest moments, including his dramatic Game 162-ending, playoff-clinching homer in 2011.

But they fell short of what would have been the most fitting tribute — a walkoff win of their own — losing to the Marlins 11-10 in 10 action-packed innings.

Having been up 4-0, tied 4-4, up 6-4, down 10-6 and then tied again 10-10, the Rays were positioned to end the day of celebration in jubilation.

“In a game like this, you’ve got to keep adding whenever you can,” Rays shortstop Taylor Walls said. “Just kind of had a feeling from the first couple innings that it was going to kind of be a shootout. And which team could score last was going

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