"3B Evan Longoria took himself out of Saturday's 3-2 win against the Mariners in the middle of the fourth inning because of tightness in his left side, the same side where a strained oblique kept him out of the lineup earlier this season for 28 days.

"I made a couple throws in that last inning and it just felt like the start of what I felt last time and I didn't want to re-do that and take steps backward," Longoria said. "I felt like I caught it at the right time. I was twisting and I was turning and everything fine, but I felt like at that point I might as well shut it down and come back (today) and hopefully just miss half a game instead of 10 or 20 or whatever it was the last time."

According to manager Joe Maddon, head athletic trainer Ron Porterfield said Longoria could be in the lineup this afternoon when the Rays conclude this four-game series with the Mariners."