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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 @ BoSox: Lineups and Farnsworth, Fuld updates

Posted Sep 17, 2011 by Roger Mooney

Updated Sep 17, 2011 at 02:22 PM

J.P. Howell stretches in front of the fabled Green Monster this afternoon before his pregame sprints

ROGER MOONEY
BOSTON The Rays are four games back in the Wild Card standings with 12 games to play as they enter this afternoon’s game with the Wild Card-leading Red Sox.

This is about as must-win as you can get for Sept. 17.

Jeff Niemann (10-7, 3.97) is 1-0 in two starts this season against the Red Sox, holding them to a .089 average.

Jon Lester (15-7, 3.07) is on the hill for the BoSox. Lester had allowed just four runs and struck out 16 in his two starts against the Rays prior to his start last Sunday at the Trop. The Rays reached him for four runs on eight hits in four innings as they completed a three-game sweep with a 9-1 win.

The Red Sox beat the Rays 4-3 last night, snapping a six-game losing streak to the Rays.

Brandon Guyer, who has a hit in six career at-bats against Lester, gets the start in right field.

Dr. Koco Eaton is in town to see Kyle Farnsworth and Sam Fuld.

Farnsworth threw the ball 25 times Friday in the sock drill and did some other exercises to test his strained right elbow. If Dr. Eaton likes what he sees, Farnsworth will throw on the field Sunday and a bullpen Tuesday in New York with the idea of being ready to pitch Thursday against the Yankees.

Fuld strained the ECU tendon in his right hand. He is able to pinch-run and play defense. Dr. Eaton will look at the MRI taken Friday. If he feels Fuld can’t further damage the tendon by swinging, Fuld will be allowed to hit.

Here are the lineups:

RAYS
Jennings LF
Upton CF
Longoria 3B
Zobrist 2B
Damon DH
Rodriguez SS
Kotchman 1B
Guyer RF
Lobaton C
—
Niemann P

RED SOX
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Ortiz DH
Reddick RF
Saltalamacchia C
Crawford LF
Aviles 3B
Scutaro SS
—
Lester P