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Roark, Blue Jays will have hands full with explosive Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays have grown accustomed to lighting up the scoreboard, and they look to do so again on Friday when they begin a three-game series versus the Toronto Blue Jays in Buffalo, N.Y.

The Rays extended their winning streak to six games on Thursday with a 17-8 rout of the Red Sox in Boston. All told, Tampa Bay set franchise records in runs (42), hits (59) and extra-base hits (24) during a four-game series against the Red Sox.

Gaudy numbers to be certain, but let's try this on for size: Sahlen Field, which normally houses the Blue Jays' Triple-A affiliate, has yielded 11 home runs in its first pair of games as a Major League Baseball venue.