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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. Tigers, lineups and more

Posted Jul 29, 2010 by Tribune Sports

Updated Jul 29, 2010 at 11:38 AM

By TONY FABRIZIO

ST. PETERSBURG - The Rays are set to go for their sixth win in a row this afternoon at Tropicana Field with Ben Zobrist, B.J. Upton and Jason Bartlett out of the lineup.

Upton will miss a second consecutive start after spraining his left ankle in the first inning Tuesday night, but he ran on the field and did some agility drills this morning and said he’s doing better. Upton said he can run straight ahead fine, but lateral movements are still giving him some difficulty. Manager Joe Maddon said he should be available at least for pinch-hitting.

Zobrist left last night’s game before the fourth inning with low back stiffness. He said he still feels stiff but was hopeful that some more work with the training staff might get him loosened up enough to be available off the bench. Figure on Maddon trying to rest Zobrist unless he’s absolutely needed.

Zobrist said his stiffness may have been caused by taking too many swings in the batting cage and noted that he probably ignored some warning signs.

Bartlett is getting a day off that was scheduled earlier in the week.

With the chance to complete a four-game sweep of the Tigers, and with ace David Price on the mound, the Rays will start Gabe Kapler in center field, Matt Joyce in right field, Reid Brignac at shortstop and Sean Rodriguez at second base.

For Detroit, newly acquired infielder Jhonny Peralta was due in by game time but is not in the starting lineup.

Here are the lineups:

TIGERS

Austin Jackson, CF
Ramon Santiago, SS
Johnny Damon, DH
Miguel Cabrera, 1B
Brennan Boesch, RF
Ryan Raburn, LF
Gerald Laird, C
Will Rhymes, 2B
Danny Worth, 3B
—
Rick Porcello, RHP (4-8, 5.55)

RAYS

Sean Rodriguez, 2B
Carl Crawford, LF
Evan Longoria, 3B
Carlos Pena, 1B
Matt Joyce, RF
Willy Aybar, DH
Reid Brignac, SS
Kelly Shoppach, C
Gabe Kapler, CF
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David Price, LHP (13-5, 2.90)