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LAKE BUENA VISTA—Rocco Baldelli left the game after the first inning with what is being called a left hamstring strain. He hurt himself running out the groundout that dropped him to 1-for-his-last-40 in the first, pulling up a bit just before the bag.
If you’re scoring at home, it was a RIGHT hamstring problem that sidelined Baldelli for nearly two weeks at the end of spring training.
His departure forced some shuffling, with B.J. Upton going to center, Ty Wigginton to second and Josh Wilson coming in to play third base and batting in the leadoff spot.
To answer a question, Dukes is the DH, and if the Rays moved him into the field the pitcher would have to bat in the DH spot the rest of the game. Shields is a good hitting pitcher, but not that good.
Posted by Mike Creyton, New Tampa on 05/15 at 11:00 PM
Dukes was the DH tonight. If you move your DH to the field, you lose the DH. So the Rays pitcher would have to hit the rest of the game. BJ Upton played well in his short stint in CF during the spring and amy end up there long term anyway if Baldelli is traded. Great win tonight! I love Brendan Harris. He and Aki were steals this offseason.
Posted by Jay Bradley, Virginia on 05/15 at 10:16 PM
Dukes was the DH. If you use the DH in the field at any point in the game, you waive the DH and the pitcher has to hit. So for Dukes to move to CF, Shields would have had to hit in Rocco’s spot.
Posted by Linda Bailes, Sebring FL on 05/15 at 07:43 PM
Can someone tell me why Dukes wouldn’t be sent in to replace Rocco when he was injured? We needed the experience in Center Field.
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Posted by RICH BACCHESCHI, tampa on 05/16 at 11:52 AM
DOUBLE GOOD NEWS: WITH ROCCO OUT THAT WILL ALLOW HIM REST & READINESS FOR A COMEBACK.>>PLUS,MADDON IS FORCED TO SHOW US A BETTER [1-2]EXPERIMENTING WITH LEADOFF MEN.>>WHICH COMBO IS BEST: BJ & DUKES,OR DUKES & HARRIS OR HE MAY WANT [WILSON - DUKES]. MY FIRST OPTION WOULD BE .. DUKES / HARRIS!>>I STILL SEE ROCCO ANYWHERE BUT LEADOFF.>>HOPE WE CAN START SCORING RUNS FOR SHEILDS & KAZ. THEY COULD WIN 12 GAMES OR MORE.