Initially in the Tampa Bay Rays starting lineup on Thursday night, Tim Beckham was scratched from the lineup with a left ankle injury just before game time with a left ankle injury. Manager Kevin Cash at the time said that the team was not overly concerned as Beckham did see the doctor and was scratched as a precaution.
However, Roger Mooney of the Tampa Bay Times reported that Brad Miller on a rehab assignment with the Durham Bulls was scratched from the starting lineup.
It’s a tough break for Beckham who is having the best year of his career considering everything that he has gone through, specifically last season when he was demoted to Durham and not recalled when the rosters expanded in September.