Update, 6:10: RHP MItch Talbot, 24, is here and excited about making his major-league debut, even if it comes in long relief. Talbot has been a starter his whole career - the only time he worked in relief was at Double-A Corpus Christi in 2006 with Houston, when Roger Clemens made a rehab start and Talbot came in after him.

Manager Joe Maddon said his plans for the late innings without injured closer Troy Percival are not as much closer-by-committee but closer by matchup - he will use whichever reliever is best at that time of the game, and whoever matches up best with that point of the other team's lineup. Dan Wheeler, Grant Balfour, Trever Miller and J.P. Howell could all be used to get saves.

RHP Al Reyes threw off the mound again and said all felt well with his shoulder, and he is likely to throw a simulated game on Saturday and possibly start a minor-league rehab, of at least one game, on Monday.

Maddon also said he talked with Boston/A.L. All-Star manager Terry Francona about potential All-Star selections and "it's possible" the Rays would have more than one player selected. "He's right on top of things, I think, in regard to how he evaluates our players,'' Maddon said. "I really agreed with what he had to say and how he had evaluated our group.''

Maddon has previously said he would recommend C Dioner Navarro, LHP Scott Kazmir and relievers LHP J.P. Howell and RHP Dan Wheeler, but acknowledges there is no one standout choice. "He's going to have pick somebody, we talked about it, and I thought he had our team pegged perfectly,'' Maddon said.

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As the Rays seek a sweep of the Sox, and with Tropicana Field soldout for the fourth time this season, they will start the same lineup they used on Tuesday:

Iwamura, 2b
Crawford, lf
Upton, cf
Pena, 1b
Longoria, 3b
Floyd, dh
Navarro, c
Hinske, rf
Bartlett, ss
Kazmir, p

Sox
Ellsbury, cf
Pedroia, 2b
Drew, rf
Ramirez, dh
Lowell, 3b
Youkilis, 1b
Varitek, c
Moss, lf
Lugo, ss
Matsuzaka, p