Rays’ Upton out again with quad injury
June 30, 2010
BOSTON (AP)—B.J. Upton(notes) was out of Tampa Bay’s starting lineup again Wednesdaynight against the Boston Red Sox, this time because of a sore right quadriceps.
Upton didn’t want to talk about the injury when he walked to the trainer’sroom before the game.
“Yesterday, in the game, he was a little sore afterwards,” Rays managerJoe Maddon said. “He came out today and tested it and didn’t feel quiteright.”
Maddon said Upton would probably be able to pinch hit.
“He’ll probably have a better chance of batting,” he said.
On Tuesday, Maddon said he didn’t have the center fielder in the startinglineup, but said it was unrelated to the dugout confrontation Upton had withteammate Evan Longoria(notes) on Sunday. Upton entered Tuesday’s loss to Boston in theeighth inning as a pinch-hitter and tripled.
Maddon wasn’t sure when Upton was hurt.
When questioned briefly about it as he walked to the trainer’s, Upton said:“I don’t want to talk about it.”
In Sunday’s 2-1 loss to Arizona, Upton and Longoria had to be separatedafter Upton failed to run hard after a ball in the left-center field gap. TVcameras showed Longoria saying something to Upton when the Rays got back to thedugout.
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