Rays' Upton out of lineup with quad injury

[July 01, 2010]  BOSTON (AP) -- 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. "He came out today and tested it and didn't feel quite right."

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 starting lineup, but said it was unrelated to the dugout confrontation Upton had with teammate Evan Longoria on Sunday. Upton entered Tuesday's loss to Boston in the eighth 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 separated after Upton failed to run hard after a ball in the left-center field gap. TV cameras showed Longoria saying something to Upton when the Rays got back to the dugout.

[Associated Press]

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