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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- After struggling against Marco Estrada in the first five innings, the Tampa Bay Rays started to break through in the sixth and Matt Duffy came up with the big hit.Duffys three-run double highlighted a five-run inning and the last-place Rays beat the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays for the second straight game, 7-5 on Saturday night.The big outburst came against Estrada (8-7) after he allowed just two singles in the first five innings. Duffys double, the fifth hit of the sixth, missed being a grand slam by less than two feet.You need to find ways to stay in a game by grinding out at bats and stringing together good at bats, Duffy said. When you do that, you find yourself in a situation like that where youve got bases loaded, nobody out and nobodys hit a ball hard yet.We found ourselves with opportunities and once you do that, you look to do damage.Rookie Blake Snell (5-7) got the win after giving up one run and two h`its while striking out seven in six innings.Torontos lead in the division was trimmed to one-half game over Boston, which played at Oakland later Saturday.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 a double to make it 5-1 and get Estrada out of the game.That last inning, a bloop hit, I couldnt make the play on a bunt, next thing you know its 5-1, Estrada said. Im not really sure what happened. Just kind of got out of hand.That inning got away in a hurry, said Toronto manager John Gibbons. Marco was rolling right along and then bam! They piled on right there.Kiermaier made it 7-1 with a two-run home run off reliever Joe Blagini in the seventh.Toronto rallied for four runs in the ninth off Enny Romero before Alex Colome got the final out for his 30th save.Forsythe had three of the Rays 13 hits and scored twice.Estrada gave up five runs and seven hits in five-plus innings, striking out six.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. The Blue Jays are 31-61 at Tropicana Field since 2006.SOUZA BENCHEDOF Steven Souza Jr., who has struck out 144 times in 105 games, was out of the Rays lineup for the fourth time in five games. We have an opportunity here this last month to see some guys play, manager Kevin Cash said. To be honest with you, the guys that are in there (Nick Franklin, Corey Dickerson) are really producing.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. Air Force 1 Schwarz Sale . Numbers Game looks into the Canadiens securing the services of Thomas Vanek in a trade with the New York Islanders. 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When Tom Lehman chipped in from 45 feet on the 18th hole Thursday, he joined six others at 3-under 67 for the first round at the Omaha Country Club. There had never been as many as seven co-leaders after the opening round of the event. The previous record was five in 1997. "In one round, 18 holes, its like a sprint," Lehman said. "Over the course of four rounds, which is more like a marathon, things really do spread out. The field will thin out." Kenny Perry shot a 67 in the morning, putting together a solid start in his bid for a second straight win in a senior major. Michael Allen and Jay Don Blake also were 3 under after their morning rounds, and Gary Hallberg, Mark OMeara, Fred Funk and Lehman came in with the same score in the afternoon. The hilly 6,700-yard course took a toll on the field of golfers age 50 and older, especially in the afternoon as temperatures reached the upper 80s with a light breeze. The small and undulating greens browned up in the heat and proved dicey. "When you get tough conditions and youre playing good, you get rewarded," Funk said. "More than likely, the guy thats playing the best in these kind of conditions will be at the top. Hopefully, it will be me." Perry, who won the Senior Players Championship two weeks ago at Fox Chapel, Pa., made five birdies against two bogeys. The season points leader started on the back nine and had birdies on three of his first eight holes. He hit an 8-iron to within 10 feet on the par-3 11th, drove the green on the 312-yard, par-4 13th, and hit hybrid-pitching wedge on the 319-yard, par-4 17th and made his 15-foot putt. He birdied both par-5s on his second nine, but came away a bit disappointed after missing a 5-foot eagle putt on No. 6. "I took care of the par 5s today and drove it nicely, kept it in the fairway, kept it in play," Perry said. "Like I said yesterday, if I hit it in the fairway, I really like my chances on this golf course.dddddddddddd." Lehman, the 2012 Champions Tour points and money leader, overcame a bogey on No. 8 with three birdies on the back nine -- none bigger than the one on 18. His second shot came to rest in thick grass to the right of the green. He used an 8-iron for his chip and watched it roll downhill slowly into the cup for what ranked as the shot of the day. "The lie was a little bit squirrely," Lehman said. "The grass was growing against the ball so its easy to kind of not catch it cleanly. I took less loft and kind of hit it a little bit thin. Once it gets out on the green, its going to get down there." Chien Soon Lu, Peter Senior, Rocco Mediate and 2010 champion Bernhard Langer shots 68s. Colin Montgomerie, who turned 50 last month and is playing in his second senior event, was in a pack that was two shots behind. Defending champion Roger Chapman struggled with his putter and was seven shots behind after a 74. Tom Watson, who played with Langer and Montgomerie and drew the largest galleries of the day, struggled with his irons while shooting a 70 that included one birdie and one bogey. "I hit a few good shots today, but for the most part, my shots werent very solid," Watson said. "One good thing about it was that I got about the best score I possibly could out of my round." Fred Couples, coming off three straight runner-up finishes on the Champions Tour, had a 1-over 71. Couples, like others, had difficulty figuring out the speed of the greens. The recent heat wave has put stress on them, and warmer temperatures are forecast this weekend. "Theyre suffering," Lehman said. "And theres differing kinds of grass. Thats probably the biggest thing. Its not 100 per cent pure. So the heat affects them each differently, which is why you see that spotty stuff. That kind of makes the putts really not quite as true as you would hope for." ' ' '