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Rays Edge Jays 65 In Tampa Bay

AM800-Sports-Baseball-Jays-Rays-1.3165462 ST. PETERSBURG, FL - AUGUST 22: Ezequiel Carrera #3 of the Toronto Blue Jays gets to home plate ahead of catcher Wilson Ramos #40 of the Tampa Bay Rays to score off of a sacrifice fly by Norichika Aoki during the fifth inning of a game on August 22, 2017 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images) (Ezequiel Carrera of the Blue Jays gets to home plate ahead of catcher Wilson Ramos of the Rays to score during of a game on August 22, 2017 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images))

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The struggling Jays lose again in Florida

Lucas Duda and Corey Dickerson homered in the first two innings and Chris Archer struck out 10 for the Tampa Bay Rays in a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Jesus Colome got his major league-leading 37th save after giving up hits to Kendrys Morales and Steve Pearce that left the potential game-tying run on third base in the ninth.

Duda's 23rd home run (sixth with Tampa Bay) came off rookie Chris Rowley in the first inning after Norichika Aoki had led off the game with a homer off Archer.

Dickerson hit his 23rd homer in the second, starting a three-run inning off Rowley that put the Rays ahead 4-1.

Aoki drove in another run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth after a double by Ezequiel Carrera and an RBI single by Ryan Goins.

The Jays will hope to avoid dropping a fifth straight game as they continue their road series agains the Rays. Marcus Stroman will start for Toronto. He's pitched six innings or more in four straight starts and has allowed four runs or fewer in 10 consecutive outings.