Shane Baz seeks to end a two-month winless stretch when he takes the mound Monday night

TAMPA, Fla. – A 7-4 win Sunday afternoon in the nation’s capital to complete a three-game series sweep of the Nationals has at least put the Rays in position to make the wild-card race something interesting for their fans, who have an opportunity to watch just how interesting this week.

The Rays (67-69) begin a critical three-game series with Seattle on Monday evening (7:35) at Steinbrenner Field. With Kevin Cash’s team 5.5 games behind the Mariners, who occupy the third and final American League wild-card spot and who swept the Rays in early August, one does not have to be a mathematician to figure out how important the series is. In other words, the next three games will be about much more than Ran

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