TAMPA -- Count Jake Bauers as one of the Rays' road warriors on Sunday afternoon in Tampa. Only Bauers wasn't at first base, he was in right field.
Rays manager Kevin Cash insisted that locale wasn't out of the norm for Bauers.
"He's pretty good at [the outfield]," Bauers said. "It's a way for him to get at-bats. We talked to Jake. I personally view him as a first baseman. But to have that versatility, and if somebody went down -- our outfield is fairly set -- I would hate that we can't call upon or lean on Jake to get his bat in the lineup that way.