Athletics' Soto in Tuesday's wild-card lineup vs. Royals
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Oakland Athletics catcher Geovany Soto will replace Derek Norris for Tuesday's wild-card elimination game against the Kansas City Royals. It's Soto's first time catching lefty Jon Lester this season.
Athletics manager Bob Mevin presumably elected to go with Soto, considered a superior defender to Norris, given that the Royals led the majors in steals by a wide margin.
Here's the rest of the Athletics' lineup, which does not include slugger Adam Dunn:
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