ST. PETERSBURG -- Rays third baseman Evan Longoria was removed from Monday's 7-3 loss to the Orioles in the sixth inning due to right hand soreness. He was replaced by Matt Duffy.
Longoria was hit on the hand by a two-seam fastball from Ubaldo Jimenez in the first inning. He was looked at by trainers, but remained in the game. Longoria grounded out in his second at-bat in the third inning. An X-ray on the hand came back negative.
"I was a little nervous going into it," Longoria said of the X-ray.