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Upton bats lead-off


ST. PETERSBURG - The Rays are down to six games remaining in 2009, and they’ll need to win two of them to finish above .500.

Rookie Wade Davis, who pitched a four-hit shutout against the Orioles on Sept. 17 in Baltimore, will face them again tonight. Baltimore has lost 11 in a row.

Shortstop Jason Bartlett gets tonight off, and center fielder B.J. Upton will get his old lead-off spot back in the order. Reid Brignac will get a game at short.

Here’s the lineup:

B.J. Upton, CF
Carl Crawford, LF
Evan Longoria, 3B
Ben Zobrist, 2B
Willy Aybar, 1B
Pat Burrell, DH
Gregg Zaun, C
Gabe Gross, RF
Reid Brignac, SS

Wade Davis, RHP

—Tony Fabrizio

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Roger Mooney covers the 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.

Tony Fabrizio has been a sports writer and columnist for more than 25 years and has worked at the Tampa Tribune and TBO.com since July 2002. A USF graduate, he was a former sports editor at Morris News Service in Atlanta and writer and editor at the Dallas Morning News. Although his major emphasis has been on motor sports, he has also covered the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, Olympics and has held three college beats.


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