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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 try to avoid sweep

Posted Jun 6, 2010 by Roger Mooney

Updated Jun 6, 2010 at 04:50 PM

ROGER MOONEY
ARLINGTON - The Rays try to avoid only their second sweep of this season this afternoon against the the AL West leading Rangers.

It will be another hot one here at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Temps on the field will exceed 100.

John Jaso remains at the top of the order, but will serve as the designated hitter.

The Rays are also trying to even the road trip at 3-3 and take some momentum back to the Trop, where they begin a six-game homestand Tuesday against the Blue Jays.

Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton will not play today after receiving a cortisone injection in his right knee after Saturday’s game.

Here are the lineups:

RAYS
Jaso DH
Crawford LF
Longoria 3B
Zobrist rf
Pena 1B
Shoppach C
Rodriguez 2B
Brignac SS
Upton CF
—-
Garza P

RANGERS
Elvis Andrus SS
Michael Young 3B
Ian Kinsler 2B
Vladimir Guerrero DH
David Murphy RF
Justin Smoak 1B
Matt Treanor C
Craig Gentry LF
Jilio Borbon CF
—-
Rich Harden RHP