Player Status for Thursday...

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ANH P Troy Percival Elbow is "?" Thursday vs Cleveland.

ATL 1B Julio Franco Back is "?" Thursday vs Philadelphia.
ATL OF Chipper Jones Hamstring missed Wednesday's game, doubtful Thursday vs Philadelphia

DET C Ivan Rodriguez Wrist is "?" Thursday vs Kansas City.
DET Manager Alan Trammell Flu is "?" Thursday vs Kansas City.

KC C Benito Santiago Thumb upgraded from "?" to probable Thursday vs Detroit .

MINN OF Torii Hunter Wrist is probable Thursday vs Tampa Bay.
MINN C Joe Mauer Rest is not expected to be in the starting lineup.

STL 3B Scott Rolen Concussion is "?" Thursday vs Pittsburgh.
STL C Mike Matheny Oblique is expected to miss and will likely be placed on the 15 day DL.

TBAY OF Jose Cruz Hip missed last game but is probable Thursday vs Minnesota.

TOR 1B Carlos Delgado Ribs is expected to miss Thursday vs Oakland.

 

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BALTIMORE AT NY YANKEES -- LINEUPS

BALTIMORE NY YANKEES
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Brian Roberts 2B .274 1 14 Bubba Crosby CF .238 2 7
Melvin Mora 3B .377 10 37 Derek Jeter SS .233 7 27
Miguel Tejada SS .320 8 42 Alex Rodriguez 3B .295 12 29
Rafael Palmeiro 1B .281 7 30 Gary Sheffield DH .284 6 31
Javy Lopez DH .314 6 29 Hideki Matsui LF .313 9 33
B.J. Surhoff RF .313 2 14 Ruben Sierra RF .302 5 22
Luis Matos CF .249 5 18 Tony Clark 1B .244 4 19
Larry Bigbie LF .247 6 27 John Flaherty C .146 1 3
Robert Machado C .000 0 0 Miguel Cairo 2B .271 1 11

Daniel Cabrera RHP (3-1, 4.15) Javier Vazquez RHP (5-4, 3.88)


KANSAS CITY AT DETROIT -- LINEUPS

KANSAS CITY DETROIT
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Tony Graffanino 2B .320 1 10 Alex Sanchez CF .353 2 17
Carlos Beltran CF .272 11 36 Carlos Guillen SS .318 6 31
Mike Sweeney DH .272 8 34 Bobby Higginson DH .289 2 26
Ken Harvey 1B .371 7 23 Rondell White LF .312 8 35
Joe Randa 3B .250 2 17 Craig Monroe RF .264 2 18
Desi Relaford RF .218 0 3 Carlos Pena 1B .220 8 32
Angel Berroa SS .217 2 10 Greg Norton 3B .178 2 2
Kelly Stinnett C .342 2 5 Brandon Inge C .280 5 24
Brandon Berger LF .182 0 2 Omar Infante 2B .287 3 11

Dennys Reyes LHP (1-0, 2.52) Jeremy Bonderman RHP (4-4, 5.55)


TAMPA BAY AT MINNESOTA -- LINEUPS

TAMPA BAY MINNESOTA
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Carl Crawford LF .299 1 13 Lew Ford CF .333 5 28
Julio Lugo SS .255 5 32 Mike Ryan LF .278 0 6
Rocco Baldelli CF .281 4 20 Torii Hunter DH .263 7 22
Aubrey Huff DH .263 7 29 Corey Koskie 3B .264 9 25
Jose Cruz RF .237 7 21 Matt Lecroy 1B .281 3 13
Tino Martinez 1B .304 9 28 Jacque Jones RF .267 10 33
Toby Hall C .292 3 14 Michael Cuddyer 2B .241 5 23
Geoff Blum 3B .167 2 3 Henry Blanco C .211 4 13
Rey Sanchez 2B .231 0 2 Alex Prieto SS .267 1 3

Mark Hendrickson LHP (2-5, 5.27) Johan Santana LHP (2-3, 5.61)