ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — If it happened once or twice, you might think it was just a coincidence, or a couple of bad pitches.

But Wednesday was the fourth straight start in which Aaron Civale got himself into trouble and knocked out of the game in the fifth inning.

That would make for a pattern.

And something of a problem for the Rays.

They went on to lose to the White Sox, 4-1, snapping a season-high five-game winning streak, ending the undefeated debut of their City Connect uniforms, and dropping back to .500 at 19-19.

The Rays, using an all-right-handed hitting lineup to offset the better-against-lefties effectiveness of Sox starter Chris Flexen, didn’t do much offensively, managing just three hits in six innings off him, and four total for the night.

They got their first hit when Yandy Diaz led off the fourth with a single, and a run with one out as Harold Ramirez singled and Isaac Paredes doubled. But the rally died quickly as Amed Rosario lined out and Ramirez was doubled off third.

The Rays had a bit of a rally going in the seventh with a pair of walks around a fly out. But as pinch-hitter Josh Lowe flied to right for the second out, Paredes broke from second and was standing on third when the Sox doubled him off second.

And not much else.

Civale worked quickly through the first three innings, and got out of a two-on jam in the fourth.

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