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McClanahan Looks To Start Weekend With Another Win

photo: Will Vragovic/Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays will look to continue this strong road trip by beginning their weekend series in Minneapolis with a win over the Minnesota Twins.  Shane McClanahan (6-4, 3.75 ERA) will get the start, taking on Michael Pineda (4-7, 3.83 ERA).  First pitch is scheduled for 8:10.

Rays Starting Lineup

Lowe 2B

Franco SS

Cruz DH

Arozarena LF

Wendle 3B

Diaz 1B

Kiermaier CF

Margot RF

Zunino C

 

Twins Starting Lineup

Polanco 2B

Rooker LF

Donaldson 3B

Garver DH

Refsnyder CF

Sano 1B

Larnach RF

Jeffers C

Simmons SS

Choi Needs More Time With Sore Hammy

The Rays will not have first-baseman Ji-Man Choi in the starting lineup against the right-handed Pineda, as he continues to deal with a sore left hamstring.

Manager Kevin Cash said Choi, who came into Tuesday’s game against Boston as a pinch-hitter, but left with the issue, has been dealing with the injury for a few days, but he then started and played the entire game Wednesday.  He then sat out Thursday’s win in what Cash called a maintenance day.

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Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.

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