ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Rays are coming off a 1-5 road trip in which they were swept by what was a 3-22 White Sox club and scored four runs while going 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position in losing two of three to Milwaukee. The abysmal showing has the Rays (14-18) heading into their nine-game homestand beginning Friday evening against the Mets hitting .238, which shockingly is not worse than 17th in MLB. A .229 average with runners in scoring position is 23rd. Their .301 on-base percentage is also 23rd and .653 OPS ranks 24th. The Rays have scored four or fewer runs 12 times in their…