Akinori Iwamura took a ball off the eye last night, and for his efforts he'll miss 4-5 days as a precautionary measure, missing the Toronto series however he should return for the Florida Marlins series this coming weekend. J.P. Howell faces his old team today, the same team that dealt him for 2B Fernando Cortez and CF Joey Gathright, neither of whom are in the Royals 'clubhouse today.
Royals:
Esteban German, 3B
David DeJesus, CF
Mark Grudzielanek, 2B
Mike Sweeney, DH
Mark Teahen, RF
Emil Brown, LF
Ryan Shealy, 1B
Tony Pena, SS
Jason LaRue, C
Scott Elarton, P
Devil Rays:
Elijah Dukes, CF
B.J. Upton, 2B
Carl Crawford, LF
Greg Norton, DH
Carlos Pena, 1B
Ty Wigginton, 3B
Delmon Young, RF
Dioner Navarro, C
Brendan Harris, SS
J.P. Howell, P