Different atmosphere ...

More than the color of the opponents uniforms changes as the Trop is a much calmer place with the A's in town instead of the Red Sox. The number of Boston hangers-on is huge, the A's don't have quote the following, though Mike Piazza can be the center of attention.

Delmon Young is back and the middle of the Rays lineup is back to its usual configuration, though Jonny Gomes is getting a night off with Greg Norton as DH.

Most of the pre-game talk was about the impressive turnaround by RHP Edwin Jackson and the ongoing success of 1B Carlos Pena.

Oakland made a late lineup change, dropping SS Marco Scutaro for J.J. Furmaniak.

The Rays lineup:

Iwamura, 3b
Crawford, lf
Upton, cf
Pena, 1b
Young, rf
Harris, 2b
Norton, dh
Navarro, c
Wilson, ss
Hammel, p