Rays rally to beat Blue Jays, Estrada 7-5
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.
Duffy’s 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. Duffy’s 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 you’ve got bases loaded, nobody out and nobody’s hit a ball hard yet.