Indians vs. Rays Aug. 6 12:40 Start

Pitchers

Jeremy Sowers

(1-6) 5.82 ERA

vs.

Scott Kazmir

(8-5) 2.89 ERA

Lineups:

Indians

1. Franklin Gutierrez CF
2. Jamey Carroll 3B
3. Ben Francisco LF
4. Jhonny Peralta SS
5. Shin-Soo Choo RF
6. Ryan Garko DH
7. Andy Gonzalez 1B
8. Sal Fasano C
9. Asdrubal Cabrera 2B

Rays

1. Akinori Iwamura 2B
2. Ben Zobrist CF*
3. Carlos Pena 1B
4. Evan Longoria 3B
5. Dioner Navarro C
6. Willy Aybar SS
7. Jason Bartlett DH
8. Eric Hinske LF
9. Gabe Gross RF

* This is Zobrist's first start in center. He has played right as well as one inning in center on May 21. He also played center some in the spring

BJ was benched for the lack of hustle he has been showing. I have noticed that for most of the season he hasn't ran out groundballs or pop flies. I guess it's better late than never for Joe

Bartlett is not completely recovered so they aren't going to risk playing him at short yet.

Players To Watch:

Scott Kazmir: The Rays need to get his pitch count down before the playoffs so he can go deep into the games. We will hope he can go at least 7 innings today

Evan Longoria: He has been streaking of late so look for him to stay hot and pick up the team since it is a scheduled day off for a lot of starters and some are injured or struggling.