Monday, 4 a.m.

For the Tampa Bay Rays, it changed in four pitches.

Two of them, unfortunately, left the ballpark.

The Rays took it on the chin Sunday, losing a 4-2 decision against the Milwaukee Brewers. It was Milwaukee’s first win of the three-game series.

This time, the Rays seemed to be in good shape in the fourth inning. Christian Yelich drove a pitch over the left-field fence, and four pitches later, William Contreras drove a pitch over the right field fence.

The two home runs were the 55th and 56th shots of the season, good for second-worst in the majors, one behind the Baltimore nOrioles.

The Rays had their threats, but again, they were awful with runners in scoring position. They were one-for-eight. The Rays were three-for-24 with runners in scoring position for the series.

Jonathan Aranda had the one RISP hit. For the day, he had three hits. Chandler Simpson had two doubles.

Drew Rasmussen went five innings and allowed three runs. Rasmussen has given up six homers in his last four games.

The Rays are off today and play at Toronto on Tuesday at 7:07 p.m. Shane Baz will start for the Rays against Jose Berrios.

Sunday, 4 a.m.

Maybe you might have suspected this from Yandy Diaz.

Ninth inning. Two outs. A runner on second.

And a single to left.

Maybe you would have believed Jonathan Aranda. Or Brandon Lowe. Or Junior Caminero. Or someone else.

But Travis Jankowski?

Really?

Jankowski, a 33-year-old journeyman who is with the Rays largely because of injuries, slapped a 2-1 pitch to left field to drive in Kameron Misner with the winning run in a 3-2 victory over Milwaukee. Jankowski had 20 at bats with the Rays before the hit.

Jankowski has 1,542 at bats but had never had a walk-off hit before, and is a lifetime .236 hitter. This year, he is hitting .286 with the Rays. He had two hits and a sacrifice fly on Saturday.

It was the Rays’ third walk-off win of the year. Misner had one against Colorado and Aranda had one against the Yankees.

The Rays were in position to win because of a strong start by Taj Bradley, who went six innings and allowed two runs  and four hits. Pete Fairbanks got the win after working out of a bases-loaded situation in the ninth. Two of the three base-runners reached on errors.

Tampa Bay fell behind 1-0 on a home run by Jackson Chourio, but came back for a 2-1 lead on an RBI single by Taylor Walls and the sacrifice fly by Jankowski.

The Rays and Brewers wrap up their three-game series today at 1:40 p.m. at Steinbrenner Field. Drew Rasmussen will start for the Rays against Chad Patrick.

Saturday, 4 a.m.

Sometimes, you have to sneak up on home plate.

For the Tampa Bay Rays, it doesn’t matter. After the kind of skid they’ve been on, any victory beats the alternative.

The Rays found creative ways to score throughout a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night. They scored on an error. They scored on a defensive interference play. They scored on a bases-loaded walk. Oh, yeah. They scored on a solo home run by Brandon Lowe.

Again, after a blown 7-6 loss to Philadelphia, it was a preferred way to finish.

The Rays were tied 3-3 in the eighth inning when they collected singles by Christopher Morel and Junior Caminero. After that,  Jansen and Walls both walked on 3-2 pitches to force in the winning run.

In the sixth inning, Caminero was on first and Morel on third. in a botch steal attempt, Morel was interfered with by Brewers’ third baseman Caleb Durbin.

The Rays’ first run came when Jose Caballero singled to right field. The ball skipped past outfielder Jackson Chourio, allowing Walls to score from first base.

The Rays had just seven hits and left seven on base. They were 0-11 with runners in scoring position.

Starter Zack Littell went six innings and gave up one earned run. Eric Orze earned his second save.

Caminero had two hits for the Rays. Tampa Bay is 17-21 on the season.

The teams play again today at Steinbrenner Field at 4:10 p.m. Taj Bradley will start for the Rays against Tobias Myers.