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Shortly after the South African team were told Dean Elgar would not be able to play the second Test against New Zealand, Quinton de Kock volunteered to replace him.I just thought let me just do it. I didnt see anybody else doing that job, de Kock said.Although South Africa could have used either Stiaan van Zyl or Temba Bavuma, de Kock thought the 16 times he has opened in first-class cricket would stand him in good stead to do it in Centurion, and take the heat of a team-mate who had tried and failed to do it before. I have a bit of experience at opening in red-ball cricket. I thought that since Stiaan has had a go, let me just rather go there and do it and do what I can for the team, de Kock said.Despite scoring 82 runs and featuring in the first century opening stand since 2013, when asked if it is something he would consider doing again, de Kock said one word: No.He admitted he found it difficult to stay defensive for as long as he did, although he was pleasantly surprised by his own restraint, which had him see off 79 dot balls. Opening in Test cricket is an under-rated job. Its a different level, its not the same as opening the batting in one-day and T20 cricket. The ball moves around a lot and it tests your technique and your patience, de Kock said. I actually learnt a lot about myself, like where to be tight and how to play certain balls. I think its the most Ive ever left a ball in my career. I am proud of myself for doing that. Its quite nice knowing that I can do that.And now that he knows, he is happy to hand the reins back to Elgar when he recovers from four weeks on the sidelines. I think thats more for Dean and Stephen. Ill stay at six and seven, thanks, de Kock said.In this match, though, de Kock will have to open the batting again. He is fairly confident the surface will not get any more challenging than it was on the first morning. I think its going to stay the same and maybe get a bit quicker. This morning it was soft and spongy, but its a good wicket. I think we can take the match five days.If that happens, it will likely mean de Kock will also spend a significant amount of time in the field but he is not too concerned about the effect that may have on his batting later on. Well have to see the situation, but I am just going to keep my mind open.At least conditioning is not an issue for him. De Kock has spent some time training with former international Mark Boucher and the biggest takeaway was a focus on fitness. He just grinds me, makes me work hard. He loves the fitness part of keeping and I feel fitter, de Kock said. Its the stuff I know but he just does it to an extreme level.For now, de Kock can put his feet up a little and watch the rest of the line-up build the South African total. He is particularly hopeful of JP Duminy reaching three figures after a lean patch that has stretched back more than two years. JP has been working very hard lately. For him to score a hundred will be a massive boost. I hope he does, de Kock said. It will be nice to see a team-mate who has been under pressure off the field do well.Darius Slayton Giants Jersey . Louis Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey last Sunday. The fine is the fourth this season for Goldson. He was fined $30,000 for a hit on the New York Jets Jeff Cumberland in Week 1. Daniel Jones Jersey . 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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 bbam! They piled on right there.ddddddddddddKiermaier 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. ' ' '