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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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Will Price be right?

Posted Sep 28, 2010 by Roger Mooney

Updated Sep 28, 2010 at 07:15 PM

ROGER MOONEY
ST. PETERSBURG—It’s fitting that David Price can pitch the Rays to the playoffs, since he is their best pitcher and all.

But the news today at the Trop is the fallout from what Evan Longoria said about Monday’s small crowd and Price’s tweet that called it “embarassing.”

As a result, the Rays will give away 20,000 free tickets to Wednesday night’s game, the last home game of the regular season.

A Rays win or a Red Sox loss sends the Rays to the playoffs for the second time in three years, a pretty neat trick in the AL East.

Here are the lineups:

ORIOLES
Brian Roberts 2B
Robert Andino SS
Mick Markakis RF
Ty Wigginton 1B
Jake Fox DH
Adam Jones CF
Matt Weiters C
Nolan Reimold LF
Josh Bell 3B
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Brad Bergesen RHP (8-10, 4.90)

RAYS
Jaso C
Zobrist 2B
Crawford LF
Johnson DH
Joyce RF
Pena 1B
Upton CF
Brignac SS
Rodriguez 3B
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Price LHP (18-6, 2.84)