The Tampa Bay Rays will look to end their two-game skid Friday night when the Minnesota Twins come to Tropicana Field for a three-game series. michael Wacha (2-4, 5.70 ERA) will get the start, taking on Randy Dobnak (1-6, 7.83 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 7:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Lowe 2B
Wendle 3B
Cruz DH
Meadows LF
Arozarena RF
Kiermaier CF
Diaz 1B
Mejia C
Walls SS
Twins Starting Lineup
Arraez 3B
Buxton CF
Polanco 2B
Donaldson DH
Kepler RF
Sano 1B
Gordon LF
Jeffers C
Simmons SS
photo: Will Vragovic/Tampa Bay Rays
No Concussion For Franco
Manager Kevin Cash said Friday that shortstop Wander Franco, who was lifted in the seventh inning of Thursday’s loss to the Boston Red Sox with a headache, was reevaluated this morning, and does not have a concussion.
“Everything checked out,” Cash said. “We don’t know if it was the play the night before, or if just a headache popped up.”
It is expected that as long as the 20-year-old shortstop continues to improve, he’ll return to the starting lineup in the next day or two.