Thursday, October 23, 2008

Oct. 23 -- GAME 2 LINEUPS

BY SCOTT LAUBER

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Your Game 2 lineups:

PHILLIES
SS Jimmy Rollins
RF Jayson Werth
2B Chase Utley
1B Ryan Howard
LF Pat Burrell
CF Shane Victorino
DH Greg Dobbs
3B Pedro Feliz
C Carlos Ruiz
RHP Brett Myers

RAYS
2B Aki Iwamura
CF B.J. Upton
1B Carlos Pena
3B Evan Longoria
LF Carl Crawford
DH Cliff Floyd
C Dioner Navarro
RF Rocco Baldelli
SS Jason Bartlett

Charlie Manuel said he decided to use Dobbs at DH and keep Feliz at third base because Feliz is more familiar with playing defense on the artificial turf. Also, Feliz had two hits last night. Manuel's other option was using Matt Stairs at DH, but Stairs is only 3-for-20 in his career against James Shields.

Finally, the Phillies went 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position last night. That was a World Series record, one that the Phils never wanted to set.

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