The rosters:
11 Rays named to the roster in all, with 7 starting (including the pitcher). Of course only 10 will play with Dan Gregory out with a broken leg.
The HR Derby:
Josh Alexander had a great first round, but had the misfortune of going against the guy who had the best.
As for the game itself:
Well this is a familiar-looking lineup:
6 Rays starting (plus Brad Jackson as the starter)! Add in 2 Astros (including a longtime Ray in Danny Ayala) and the White Sox' Joel Taylor is the only non-Ray or Astro in the lineup.
Well if this were an actual Rays game, they'd have been saddled with a loss as the dominant Tampa Bay contingent on the AL team did not acquit itself well at all. Only Josh Beckett, who had 2 hits including a triple, and perhaps Brad Jackson and Jeff Brockman, who each had a scoreless inning, can hold their heads up high. The back end of the Rays pen lost this game, with Ed Pretty losing the plot (and the plate) in the 8th, and after the AL did tie it up on Josh Alexander's sac fly, Kikuo Kawase showed why he hasn't been Mr. Automatic this year, struggling big-time in the 9th although he would have been out of it unscathed if not for Kevin Kane's error but that doesn't really excuse him. And other than Beckett, Rays hitters were 0-9.