Fri 7/3/15 1:28 PM

Souza will not be in Friday's lineup against the Yankees, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Souza has been terrible since June 23, recording no hits and 14 strikeouts in 23 at-bats. He'll thus be held out of the lineup for a second straight day, avoiding a difficult matchup with the Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka. Souza's 35 percent strikeout rate remains problematic, but the Rays don't have great alternatives, so he should still have the opportunity to work out of his slump.