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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 vs BoSox

Posted Jul 7, 2010 by Roger Mooney

Updated Jul 7, 2010 at 04:49 PM

ROGER MOONEY
ST. PETERSBURG There will be no pitching around David Ortiz tonight. Kevin Youkilis is back in the lineup.

Youkilis said after Tuesday’s game that the cramp in his right ankle which forced him out of the game at the start of the fourth inning would not keep him out of tonight’s game and he was right.

With Youkilis gone, the Rays intentionally walked Big Papi three times to get to rookie Niuman Romero, who was 0-for-3.

The Rays go for the sweep tonight against their division rivals, and they do it with their best pitcher on the mound.

David Price is 11-4 with a 2.42 ERA. He’ll pitch in his first All-Star Game on Tuesday. He couldn’t even be the starter.

Rays manager Joe Maddon continues to juggle his batting order, this time moving second baseman Sean Rodriguez to fifth. S-Rod has an eight-game hitting streak, batting .417 during the streak.

Here are the lineups:

RED SOX
Marco Scutaro SS
Darnell McDonald RF
David Ortiz DH
Kevin Youkilis 1B
Adrian Beltre 3B
Bill Hall 2B
Daniel Nava LF
Mike Cameron CF
Kevin Cash C
—
Tim Wakefield RHP

RAYS
Zobrist RF
Crawford LF
Longoria 3B
Pena 1B
Rodriguez 2B
Joyce DH
Upton CF
Brignac SS
Shoppach C
—
Price P