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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 @ Angels: Balfour, Manny and lineup notes

Posted Aug 23, 2010 by Roger Mooney

Updated Aug 23, 2010 at 09:21 PM

ROGER MOONEY
Anaheim—The Rays do have an interest in Dodger left fielder Manny Ramirez, but they have an interest in anyone who is or will be placed on waivers.

Manny’s recent injury history is a big concern. They don’t want to spend what it will take to get him here only to see him get hurt.

Joe Maddon made a pitch for Johnny Damon to opt for Detroit over Boston.

Grant Balfour threw a bullpen today at the Trop, and Maddon said he could be back sooner than expected.

Maddon is sticking with the same lineup tonight for an unprecedented third straight game. The reason, of course, is Angel starter Scott Kazmir is the third lefty the Rays will have faced in three games. Maddon said this could be his lineup against left-handers in the foreseeable future.

Here are the lineups:

RAYS
Upton CF
Bartlett SS
Crawford LF
Longoria 3B
Pena 1B
Zobrist RF
Aybar DH
Rodriguez 2B
Shoppach C
—
Shields P (11-11, 4.82)

ANGELS
Bobby Abreu LF
Howard Kendrick 2B
Alberto Callaspo 3B
Torii Hunter RF
Hideki Matsui DH
Juan Rivera 1B
Erick Aybar SS
Jeff Mathis C
Peter Bourjos CF
—
Scott Kazmir (8-10, 6.40)