CHICAGO -- The Tampa Bay Rays helped White Sox pitcher Chris Sale match his best record, and they moved a step closer to one of their worst records in years.The Rays managed to hit the ball off Sale on Tuesday night, but couldnt match Chicagos explosive offense, falling 13-6 for their fifth straight defeat, allowing Sale (17-9) to match his career-best win total.The Rays have five games left in the season, and would need to win two of those to avoid their worst record since the 2007 season when they were 66-96.They will play two more against the White Sox, before finishing out the season with a three-game series at Texas.Tampa Bay starter Alex Cobb (1-2) allowed eight runs and eight hits in three innings. But it was just Cobbs fifth start after coming back from Tommy John surgery following an injury that had kept him out since 2014, and Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said he was pleased with another step in a long comeback process for the pitcher.Its part of the lumps and growing pains of coming back, Cash said. Its been a long road back but ... him being healthy, thats what were most concerned about.Cobb said it obviously wasnt a good start, but had a similar outlook.I walked off the mound, felt a little upset about it, then got down in the dugout and realized Im healthy, and looked back on the entire journey of it, and feel fortunate to be in the situation Im in, he said. I think with an offseason, starting from scratch, building back up, getting rid of some bad habits, Ill get there.Cobbs ERA swelled to 8.59. The right-hander has given up 15 runs over 4 1/3 innings in his last two starts.Sale, on the other hand, finished the year in top form as he matched his best record since 2012, when he was 17-8. Sale started the season on a tear, but Tuesdays win was just his third since July 2.Sale allowed eight hits and three runs in seven innings, and struck out seven, retiring the last seven batters in Chicagos fourth straight win.I feel as good now as I ever have on a baseball field, physically, Sale said. I think this year was the best overall, feeling strong at the end and still having more in the tank.The lefty had received three runs or fewer in eight of his last 12 starts, but run support was no issue this time.The White Sox hit Cobb right away, getting three runs in the first before they even made an out, culminating with Melky Cabreras two-run homer.Leury Garcia added a three-run shot in the third for the Sox. Garcia also tripled when Mikie Mahtook misplayed his liner to center in a two-run second. Tim Anderson added three hits, including a solo homer in the eighth off Chase Whitley, the 204th allowed by Tampa Bay this season.In all, the White Sox had 14 hits, eight for extra bases, as they again avoided clinching their fourth straight losing season.Ex-White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez had a two-run single in the second and Curt Casali led off the fourth with a homer for the Rays, who have scored 11 runs in five games.TRAINERS ROOMRays: CF Kevin Kiermaier (wrist) missed his second straight game since getting hit by a pitch. Kiermaier said there was still pain when swinging. Hopefully, another day will help, he said. ... Nick Franklin (hamstring) remained sidelined.White Sox: Eaton (hip) started for the first time since crashing into the wall while making a catch Friday in Cleveland. Im not going to give up a double for not feeling great, Eaton said of his hard-charging style. If its the wall we have here, I play the next day. It just happened that the wall was really hard.SALES NUMBERSSale, a five-time All-Star, has thrown a career-high 221 2/3 innings this season.QUERECUTOS FIRSTTampa Bay 2B Juniel Querecutos two-run triple in the ninth off Matt Albers was his first major league hit.UP NEXTRays rookie LHP Blake Snell (6-8, 3.65 ERA) makes his last start of the season Wednesday night against White Sox RHP Miguel Gonzalez (4-7, 3.83). Wholesale Football Jerseys . In taking its goal tally to 99 in all competitions already this season, City delivered another demonstration of its lethal firepower at Etihad Stadium to set up a fourth-round match at home to another second-tier team -- Watford. Football Jerseys Outlet .2 billion agreement with Rogers Communications for the leagues broadcast and multimedia rights. http://www.cheapfootballjerseysoutlet.com/ . Ouellette, from Montreal, already has three Olympic gold medals since joining the team in 1999. 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As well they should.The fairytale of an island of 330,000 people, invading Europe with gutsy football and fabulous fans, was always going to end sometime, because logic dictated that at some point the underdog darlings of the European Championship would bite off more than they could chew.That moment came in a quarterfinal against France on Sunday that exposed the limitations of an Icelandic team that had rocked football in the previous round by ousting England.France now faces Germany riding a wave of confidence that comes from scoring five goals in one match.Iceland goes home having proved to everyone that a great deal can be done with very little.Here are 5 things to know about Frances 5-2 victory at the Stade de France.---ICELANDS 4-4-2Icelands formation, with two lines of four and two strikers, is a throwback to the days of mullet haircuts. Very old school. And their rigid adherence to that 4-4-2 formation was their undoing against France.Exhibit A: Olivier Girouds opening goal after 12 minutes.With a pass from the back left of Frances 4-2-3-1 formation, holding midfielder Blaise Matuidi cut out the whole of Icelands midfield and defense with a pass that landed just behind the Icelandic back four and into the path of Giroud, whod been lurking in a gap between Ragnar Sigurdsson and Kari Arnason, both big defenders but hardly the fastest out of the blocks.From there, it was fairly straightforward for the Arsenal forward: a left-footed kick straight through the legs of Iceland `keeper Hannes Halldorsson.More versatile teams might, at that point, have switched formations, perhaps got the full backs on the left and right to push high up the field in search of an equalizer.But 4-4-2 has been Icelands default through Euro 2016 and, against France and its tactical and technical limitations became starkly apparent all too quickly.---POGBA DELIVERSFrance had been waiting for a standout moment from Paul Pogba, its much coveted midfielder. It got it with a jump that came out of the playbook of Michael Jordan, His Airness himself.The tall (1.91 meters/6-foot-2) and strapping midfielder and Iceland striker Jon Dadi Bodvarsson jumped together for a looping corner-kick that Antoine Griezmann landed in the danger zone in front of Halldorsson, just out of reach of the Iceland `keeper but close enough to be a threat.The difference was that Bodvarsson wasnt moving and Pogba was. Pogba jumped a head higher than his marker, and powered the ball into the net with his head for Frances second goal after just 20 minutes.Pogba played deep in the center of the French midfield, in a distribution role that his former teammate at Juventus, Andrea Pirlo, made an art of. Pogbas pass ffrom deep that Giroud flicked on for Griezmann was the origin of Frances fourth goal.ddddddddddddPogba, although still just 23, is also taking on a leadership role. As the teams came back out for the second half, Pogba gave his teammates a vigorous talking to in the tunnel, seemingly exhorting them to not rest on the laurels of their 4-0 first-half lead.---DYNAMIC DUO:France winger Dimitri Payet kissed one of Griezmanns boots after his goal. Really, he should have kissed Girouds, too, because of the essential role the striker has played in allowing Griezmann to become top scorer, for now, at Euro 2016, with four goals.The effectiveness of their partnership is built, in large measure, on Girouds selflessness. He seems as happy making assists for Griezmann as trying to score himself. His onward flick of the ball in the center of the field that led to Griezmanns goal was just one example of that.Girouds height (1.92 meters; 6-feet-3) makes him a different sort of attacking threat to the shorter, more nimble Griezmann. Their complementarity showed in Frances third goal: Giroud headed down Bacary Sagnas cross; Griezmann passed to it Payet, who scored.----ICELANDS PARTY TRICK FAILSFrance wasnt as naive as England.In the 23rd minute, Iceland wheeled out the party trick it used to such great effect in its run to the quarterfinals: A huge 25-meter throw-in by captain Aron Gunnarsson into the box, a teammate flicking the ball on with his head and someone else getting a leg to it and diverting it into the net.This time, the leg was Bodvarssons but his effort went over France `keeper Hugo Lloris crossbar.Iceland tried the trick -- which worked in its 2-1 defeat of England in the previous round -- again in the 30th minute and in the second half, but both times French defender Patrice Evra headed the ball away.---BEST FANSFans from Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales have lit up Euro 2016 with their good humor and full-blooded support for their teams. But Icelands supporters have taken fandom to a whole other level.Their lusty rendition of the song Ferdalok before the defeat to France and again during it sent shivers down the spine.Sun shimmers in the water, see the glacier glow, all is bright for the two of us, because I am back home, they bellowed.Liverpool should invite the Iceland team for an exhibition match. Because hearing Ferdalok echo from one end of Anfield stadium and Youll Never Walk Alone from the other would be something.---John Leicester is an international sports columnist for The Associated Press. 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