Athletics' Soto in Tuesday's wild-card lineup vs. Royals

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: