CHICAGO -- The Rays had plenty of chances to win Saturday night at Guaranteed Rate Field.

They led by three runs in the fourth inning, then pulled back ahead in the fifth after surrendering that lead. They fell behind again, only to battle back and force extra innings. After scoring a run in the 10th, they were two outs away from returning their record to .500.

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But they couldn’t do enough to hang on, and Phil Maton ultimately allowed a two-run walk-off homer to Andrew Benintendi that sealed the Rays’ 8-7 defeat against the White Sox and extended a frustrating stretch for Tampa Bay.

The Rays are now 0-3-1 in their past four series. They’ve lost five of their past six games and nine of 14, including two in a row to a White Sox club that hadn’t previously won two games in the same week this season.

“We're not doing very good right now,” manager Kevin Cash said. “We've got to turn it around.”

Here are five moments that stood out in the Rays’ latest loss.

Siri’s early exit
Center fielder Jose Siri was taken out of the game in the third inning, but the club quickly clarified his removal was not injury-related. Cash revealed afterward it was due to Siri’s lack of hustle on a second-inning ground ball up the middle that Eloy Jiménez turned into a leadoff double.

“Just didn't like the way he went after the ball for Jiménez to get there,” Cash said.

Siri said he thought an infielder would get to the ball, which is why he was moving slowly. Once he saw the ball slip through, he said through interpreter Manny Navarro, “I knew I messed up a little bit.”

“They saw it a different way than I saw it, and obviously they're the ones that make the decisions, and they took me out,” Siri said. “It's something to learn from.”

Randy Arozarena moved from left to center field in the third. Niko Goodrum took Siri’s spot in the lineup and went 0-for-3 with a 10th-inning strikeout.

Missed opportunities
There were several bright spots at the plate. Richie Palacios homered and got on base six times. Ben Rortvedt was on five times. Austin Shenton hit his first Major League home run.

But the Rays still squandered too many scoring opportunities, which has become a theme lately, and stranded 11 runners overall. Even in the 10th, they went hitless and scored thanks to a pair of wild pitches.

“There were a lot of situations, I felt, throughout the game that we got one, maybe two, but we didn't keep putting pressure on and kind of allowed them to stay in the game,” Cash said, “and then ultimately win the game.”

Gone with the wind
Starter Aaron Civale allowed a three-run homer in the fourth and three straight hits to begin the fifth, including an RBI double by Gavin Sheets, before giving way to reliever Shawn Armstrong.

Armstrong induced weak contact, but the White Sox scored twice anyway. Tommy Pham beat Amed Rosario’s throw to the plate on a contact play to get one run. Benintendi lofted a popup that a Windy City gust carried from center toward left field, where it fell between José Caballero, Arozarena and Goodrum for an RBI single.

“As soon as [Caballero] turned his back, it was going to make it really difficult on himself,” Cash said. “Obviously a lot of wind, and it was going every direction tonight. They seemed to handle it well. We didn't.”

Back to first base
For a moment, it seemed Rortvedt had hit his first home run of the season to lead off the eighth. He launched a projected 371-foot, 104.8 mph fly ball to right field that, according to Statcast, would have been a home run in 27 of 30 big league ballparks.

It was initially called a homer after it bounced off the top of the wall, which is why Rortvedt broke into a trot.

But a replay review showed that it was not a homer, as it hit the yellow padding atop the fence. When the call was overturned, Rortvedt was placed at first base. He advanced to third on an error and a sacrifice bunt but didn’t score, as Arozarena and Isaac Paredes popped out on back-to-back pitches with the bases loaded.

“[The umpire] signaled home run right off the bat, so I was jogging the whole way,” Rortvedt said. “I guess I should be busting out of the box no matter what, but yeah, he was signaling home run so I was jogging the whole time.”

The final pitch
The Rays have been pleased with Maton’s stuff lately and plan to use him in high-leverage situations, especially with Pete Fairbanks and Colin Poche on the injured list. The veteran reliever is similarly happy with the quality of his pitches, saying they feel “outstanding.”

But he had one regret after allowing Benintendi’s walk-off blast: his decision to throw a first-pitch sweeper over the plate.

“I think we got a little cute there. We kind of went away from kind of a fastball-curveball approach there and tried to steal a strike there and get ahead,” Maton said. “He put a good swing on it. Happy with the pitch overall, but just the wrong pitch in that situation.”