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Roger Mooney covers the Tampa Bay Rays for The Tampa Tribune, TBO.com and News Channel 8. He has covered the Rays since their first season in 1998, including 11 years for the Bradenton Herald. Roger has also covered Florida, South Florida and Florida State football, the Bucs and the Lightning.

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Rays acquire OF Francisco from Astros

Posted Aug 31, 2012 by Roger Mooney

Updated Aug 31, 2012 at 09:24 PM

ROGER MOONEY
TORONTO The Rays acquired outfielder Ben Francisco tonight from the Astros in exchange for a player to be named later.

Francisco will join the team in time for Saturday afternoon’s game. He will be added to the 40-man roster tonight to make him eligible for the postseason roster.

Francisco, 30, is mainly a corner outfielder but can also play center field.

He split this season between Toronto and Houston, batting .244 with a .296 on-base percentage and a .370 slugging percentage.

He has a .258 career batting average during his six years in the big leagues with a .328 on-base percentage and .425 slugging percentage. For his career he has 47 home runs and 181 RBIs.