B.J. Upton was out of Tampa Bay's starting lineup again Wednesday night 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's room before the game. "Yesterday, in the game, he was a little sore afterwards," Rays manager Joe Maddon said.

B.J. Upton was out of Tampa Bay's starting lineup again Wednesday night against the Boston Red Sox, this time because of a sore right quadriceps.

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Center fielder B.J. Upton was not in the starting lineup against Boston on Tuesday night, and Rays manager Joe Maddon said it was not because of Upton's confrontation with teammate Evan Longoria in the dugout Sunday. Upton and Longoria had to be separated after Upton failed to run hard after a ball in left-center field during the Rays' 2-1 loss to the Diamondbacks.

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