Denny Bautista was struck on the right elbow by the Rays' Akinori Iwamura in the fourth inning of action tonight, according to the AP.Bautista immediately dropped his arm in agony as Iwamura beat out an infield single. We will keep you posted on the severity of his injury.

Iwamura to sit out next three games ... [...]

Akinori Iwamura's appeal of his three-game suspension was denied by MLB, this according to the St. Petersburg Times. The Rays second baseman will begin the penalty phase starting Saturday.An official announcement is expected later today on the leagues official decision.

Akinori Iwamura finally made an error at his new position, second base, on Wednesday night. The Tampa Tribune reports that the Japanese import was shook up about it too. But by Thursday morning he was back to normal. "After the game Wednesday night I was very disappointed," Iwamura said through his interpreter. "It's almost like striking out 10 times in a row." Iwamura's throwing error, which came after a tough feed from Zobrist as Iwamura attempted to complete a double play, came on his 349th total chance of the season.His errorless streak of 74 games to start the season was the sixth-longest by a major-league second baseman since 1956. Detroit's Placido Polanco set the record last year by going the first 141 games of the season without a miscue.

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Rays' Iwamura suspended three games ... [...]

Tampa Bay second baseman Akinori Iwamura led off Tuesday's game against the Red Sox with his third homer of the season. Iwamura went 1-for-3 with two walks in the leadoff spot for the first-place Rays.