As the Texas Rangers come home for Game 3 of the 2011 World Series to try to go up over the St. Louis Cardinals, there have been a few line-up changes as well. Yorvit Torrealba is now at catcher and is last in the batting line-up. Mike Napoli moves to first base and Michael Young will be the designated hitter. David Murphy is now in left field and that puts Josh Hamilton in center.
Matt Harrison gets the start for the Rangers in Game 3 and has performed adequately in the post-season thus far. On the year, Harrison went 14-9 for the Rangers with an impressive 3.39 ERA in 185-plus innings of work. He struck out 126 and walked 57.
Here's tonight's official batting line-up for the Rangers:
1. Ian Kinsler
2. Elvis Andrus
3. Josh Hamilton
4. Michael Young
5. Adrian Beltre
6. Nelson Cruz
7. Mike Napoli
8. David Murphy
9. Yorvit Torrealba