It's Josh Wilson's world ...
Josh Wilson earned another chance to start Tuesday, taking over at shortstop in place of Brendan Harris. Wilson started the last two games at second base and was 2-for-6, including a two-run double Monday and a pair of nice defensive plays Sunday.
Also, Jonny Gomes is batting second tonight.
The Rays' second-round pick, RHP William Kline out of the University of Mississippi, is here today in uniform and will throw a pregame bullpen session. Kline, the 65th overall pick, signed Monday and received a signing bonus of about $515,000.
The full lineup:
Iwamura, 3b
Gomes, rf
Crawford, lf
Wigginton, 2b
Pena, 1b
Norton, dh
Young, cf
Navarro, c
Wilson, ss
Shields, p
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"Also, Jonny Gomes is batting second tonight."
Uh, what? Joe, what are you doing? That's almost as bad as bringing in Fossum (lefty) after starting with a lefty. And especially to Toby Hall that knows exactly what he's thrown in the past.
Posted by: Dana | June 26, 2007 at 05:55 PM