Twins at Rays

Good morning. It’s 10:15 a.m., and the storm clouds are rolling toward Florida’s gulf coast. The wind has picked up here at Al Lang Field as the Tampa Bay Rays conduct infield fielding drills before batting practice.

More specifically, they are working on catching pop ups.

The bus carrying the Minnesota Twins must be near, because their equipment van has already arrived.

I’m Roger Mooney and I’ll be your blogging host for this afternoon’s game between the undefeated Rays (4-0) and the Twins (2-3).

Thunderstorms are expected to arrive around 2 p.m., so it might be tough to get in nine innings today. Kind of a bummer for a team that rode a bus from Fort Myers, don’t you think.

Anyway, first pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m.

Here are the lineups:

Twins
CF Denard Span
2B Nick Punto
RF Michael Cuddyer
1B Garrett Jones
C Mike Redmond
3B Mike Lamb
LF Jason Kubel
DH Howie Clark
SS Adam Everett
P Boof Bonser

Rays
2B Akinori Iwamura
SS Jason Bartlett
1B Carlos Pena
DH Rocco Baldelli
RF Cliff Floyd
3B Evan Longoria
LF John Rodriguez
C Shawn Riggans
CF Jon Weber
P Edwin Jackson