ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Four Toronto Blue Jays converged on a towering fly ball in front of home plate, but none of them caught it. The ball, which looked like an easy popout with two Tampa Bay Rays runners on base, instead found the turf and rolled foul.It was the sort of frustrating play that often occurs when the Jays travel to Tropicana Field, a stadium where Toronto hadn’t won a series in nearly three years. It was the sort of oddity that can spiral and turn winnable contests into crushing defeats against a division opponent that has often tormented Toronto.“Usually that turns into like a four-run inning here,” manager John Schneider said.But on Thursday, the dropped ball didn’t matter. The weirdness of Tampa’s circus tent and the quality of the American League-leading team (the Rays are 76-51) didn’t topple Toronto. Starter Shane Bieber navigated the inning unscathed and the Jays tacked on late runs to steal the finale, 5-1, and take their first series in Tampa Bay in more than 1,000 days. The weirdness, finally, went their way.“Weird things happen here. It can get into your head a little bit,” Schneider said. “It’s been a grind here. So to win another series, against a division opponent, I think is really big for us.”Aside from the two Jays wins, it was a usual series at Tropicana Field. Over the course of three games, fly balls struck three of the four roof rings. They fell fair, foul and bounced over the wall for a ground-rule double. Infielder Ernie Clement missed a game with an illness, outfielder Brett Bateman exited with a mild hamstring strain and Josh Smith battled through cramping. Assistant hitting coach Lou Iannotti was ejected for arguing a swing call. Andrés Giménez departed Thursday’s finale with hamstring tightness, though he was doing better after the contest, Schneider said.