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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Marco Estrada was sailing along through the first five innings. Then, he couldnt get an out in the sixth.Matt Duffys three-run double highlighted a five-run sixth and the last-place Tampa Bay Rays beat the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays for the second straight game, 7-5 on Saturday night.That inning got away in a hurry, noted Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. Marco was rolling right along and then bam! They piled on right there.After getting just two hits against Estrada (8-7) in the first five innings, Duffys double was the fifth hit of the sixth and missed being a grand slam by less than two feet.I was locating pretty well, all my pitches, Estrada said. And that last inning, a bloop hit, I couldnt make the play on a bunt, next thing you know its 5-1. Im not really sure what happened. Just kind of got out of hand.Torontos lead in the division was trimmed to one-half game over Boston, which played at Oakland later Saturday night.When he began the sixth inning, Estrada had given up only two runs in 22 1/3 career innings at Tropicana Field. Bobby Wilson, Logan Forsythe, Kevin Kiermaier and Evan Longoria opened the inning with consecutive singles. After a walk to Brad Miller brought in a second run, Duffy cleared the bases with his double and get Estrada out of the game.Weve not had much success against Marco Estrada, but we got him enough tonight, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. We put one big inning together ... the big bases-loaded double looked like the hit of the night.Kiermaier had a two-run home run in the seventh off reliever Joe Biagini, the first major-league homer given up by Biagini.Rookie Blake Snell (5-7) got the win after giving up one run and two hits while striking out seven in six innings.Toronto rallied for four runs in the ninth off Enny Romero before Alex Colome got the final out for his 30th save.Estrada gave up five runs and seven hits in five-plus innings, striking out six in his first road loss since April 16 at Boston.Edwin Encarnacion drove in Torontos first run with a single for his 108th RBI. Devin Travis drove in two runs in the ninth with a single.BAD SPOT FOR BLUE JAYSThe Blue Jays will have to win their remaining four games against the Rays to win their season series for only the second time in the last 11 years. Toronto is 6-9 against Tampa Bay and 25-16 against the rest of the AL East this season, and 31-61 at Tropicana Field since 2006.This year, last year, the year before that. How far do you want to go back? Gibbons said. Historically theyve always played us tough. Who knows why? Ive often thought their pitching has always been really good. They always hold us in check for the most part. Weve always had trouble with them.TRAINERS ROOMBlue Jays: RHP Gavin Floyd (strained right shoulder) hopes to throw off a mound soon. He started a throwing program three weeks ago.Rays: RHP Chase Whitley (Tommy John surgery) will likely make his final minor league start Sunday for Double-A Montgomery. He is 2-0 with a 1.09 ERA over eight previous outings.UP NEXTBlue Jays: J.A. Happ (17-4) will try to become only the second left-hander to win 18 games for the Blue Jays. David Wells won 20 in 2000.Rays: RHP Chris Archer (8-17), who leads the majors in losses and leads the AL with 202 strikeouts, has won three of his last five starts. Custom Giants T-shirts .C. -- Calgarys Kevin Koe did it the hard way again. Custom Giants Jerseys . PAUL, Minn. http://www.customsfgiantsjersey.com/ . Jay Feely kicked a 41-yard field goal in overtime, and the Cardinals edged the Tennessee Titans 37-34 in overtime after blowing a 17-point lead late in the fourth quarter. Custom Giants Jersey China . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. Custom Mel Ott Jersey . It was the second consecutive win for the Pacers (2-5), who lost their first five preseason games. Jeff Teague led the Hawks (1-5) with 17 points and eight assists and Al Horford had 12 points and seven rebounds. Mike Scott scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half. BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Mike Daum scored a career-high 39 points, including 10 in overtime, lifting South Dakota State to an 88-84 win over Murray State on Saturday.Daum, the national leader in free throw attempts (100) and makes (89) as of Dec. 14, set a South Dakota State (6-7) record with a 16-for-16 performance at the charity stripe -- 6 for 6 in overtime. He added 11 boards.Murray States Jonathan Stark converted a 4-point play to give the Racers a 79-76 lead with 3:10 left in overtime. But the Jackrabbits goot a pair of free throws from Daum and Reed Tellinghuisen, a layup from Daum and three more free throws to cap a 9-0 run and give SDSU an 85-79 advantage with 46 seconds to play.ddddddddddddStarks 32 points were a career high, and his nine 3-pointers tied the Murray State (5-7) school record. The Racers tied a program mark for 3s made (17) and set the record for 3s attempted (45). ' ' '