ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It wasn’t just the uniforms. The Rays looked like a completely different team against the White Sox on Monday night.

A week after Chicago swept Tampa Bay in the Windy City, which was a low point in a rough start to the season, the Rays dominated the White Sox 8-2 in front of an announced crowd of 12,042 at Tropicana Field.

The Rays (18-18) extended their winning streak to a season-high four games and got a little revenge.

They also wore their dark grey and neon City Connect jerseys for an unexpected fourth straight day at the players’ request. In a game of superstitions, manager Kevin Cash said he was fine with them as long as the streak continues.

“If it works for them that’s fine. Fine by me,” Cash said. “They want to keep winning we‘ll wear them as long as they want to.”

When the Rays lost the series to the White Sox last week, they also did not have Jonny DeLuca. He continued his hot start to the season with a single, a homer and four RBIs. DeLuca, acquired from the Dodgers in the Tyler Glasnow trade, missed the first 32 games of the season after fracturing his hand in spring training. He has 10 RBIs in four games this season.

Josh Lowe, who dealt with oblique and hamstring issues this spring, had two hits in his season debut. Harold Ramirez added four hits, including a double, and scored three times.

Tyler Alexander went four innings, allowing two runs, both on Tommy Pham’s third-inning home run. The White Sox (8-27) had four hits off him, he walked one and struck out seven.

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