"3B Evan Longoria didn't have lingering soreness in his left side Sunday, and the Rays could breathe easier.

Longoria left Saturday's game with tightness in his left side — an area of concern since he had missed a month with a strained oblique — and didn't start Sunday as a precaution.

But he said before the game that he felt better, and he showed it, delivering a key pinch-hit single in the eighth inning, then later snagging a hard-hit grounder and spinning around and throwing out the runner.

"Physically I felt good," Longoria said.

Longoria said he is "100 percent" sure he will be back in the lineup tonight when the Rays open a series against the Angels in his native Southern California.

He'll have plenty of family and friends coming out to see him, and he has a .413 career average and 1.340 OPS in 12 games at Angel Stadium, with four homers and 13 RBIs in 12 games.

"I don't want to miss those games," he said.

Wading in: Most of the 108 pitches starter RHP Wade Davis threw were good, an encouraging sign given inconsistency in his previous outings."