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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: Looking for some ‘O’ in Game 2

Posted Aug 16, 2011 by Roger Mooney

Updated Aug 16, 2011 at 05:22 PM

ROGER MOONEY
BOSTON No rain for Game 1 despite a dire forecast. The clouds seem to be moving out of the area, so maybe Game 2 will be dry, too.

The Rays will try to bounce back from a 3-1 loss in Game 1 with Jeff Niemann in the nightcap of this day/night doubleheader at Fenway Park.

Niemann is 6-0 in nine starts since coming off the DL.

The Rays offense was a no-show in the first game, managing only three hits – one after the first inning.

Johnny Damon, who pinched hit this afternoon, returns to the lineup.

Matt Joyce, who spent some time in Joe Maddon’s office Sunday morning talking about hitting, is back in the lineup.

Here are the lineups:

RAYS
Jennings LF
Damon DH
Longoria 3B
Zobrist 2B
Upton CF
Kotchman 1B
Rodriguez SS
Joyce RF
Chirinos C
—
Niemann (7-4, 3.43)

RED SOX
Ellsbury CF
Lowrie 3B
Gonzalez 1B
Pedroia 2B
Reddick RF
Crawford DH
Aviles SS
Varitek C
McDonald LF
—
Bedard LHP (4-7, 3.55)