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Dickerson adjusting to new spot in lineup
- Updated: August 16, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — Corey Dickerson took the No. 8 spot in the lineup for the second straight night on Tuesday. And it’s simply because, amid a numbers game, his just don’t stand up to the other options.
“When [Matt] Duffy came here, we like him hitting in that five-spot,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “It moved everybody down. Nick Franklin, in my opinion, he’s deserved to move up in the lineup a little bit. He’s had some really solid at-bats. We got (Logan Morrison) back. It is a balance.”
Cash has always liked to balance his lineup with lefties and righties following each other in the batting order. So lefties have usually batted No. 2, No. 4, No. 6 and No. 8. And with Dickerson’s struggles at the plate, he’s gotten pushed toward the bottom. He has a home run and a double in his last two games, but before that he had just three hits in his first 35 at-bats in August.
On the season, Dickerson is …
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