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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 @ A’s: Hellickson’s last stand ... for now

Posted Aug 20, 2010 by Roger Mooney

Updated Aug 20, 2010 at 09:03 PM

The A’s nod to its past. The World Series titles won by the Philadelphia Athletics.

ROGER MOONEY
OAKLAND Jeremy Hellickson makes his fourth and final start for the Rays tonight.

The rookie right-hander is ticketed back to Triple A Durham, where he will stay sharp and prepare for his next tour with the Rays, which will occur when the rosters expand Sept. 1.

The Rays have big plans for Hellickson - think post-season roster.

In other news, Jeff Niemann and Wade Davis pitched simulated games earlier in the day and both came through fine. Pitching coach Jim Hickey said he expects Davis to start Tuesday against the angels in Anaheim and Niemann the following afternoon.

Here are the lineups:

RAYS
Jaso C
Zobrist 2B
Crawford LF
Longoria 3B
Pena 1B
Joyce RF
Aybar DH
Upton CF
Bartlett SS
—-
Hellickson (3-0, 1.35)

A’s
Coco Crisp CF
Daric Barton 1B
Kurt Suzuki C
Jack Cust DH
Kevin Kouzmanoff 3B
Rajai Davis LF
Travis Buck RF
Steve Tolleson 2B
Cliff Pennington SS
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Vin Mazzaro (6-5, 3.71)