St. Petersburg, FL -- (Sports Network) - The Tampa Bay Rays optioned shortstop Ben Zobrist to Triple-A Durham Wednesday.

Zobrist, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI in a 4-3 win over the Oakland Athletics Wednesday, was optioned a day before starting shortstop Jason Bartlett is expected to be activated off the 15-day disabled list.

Bartlett has been sidelined with a right knee sprain since July 3. He is hitting .256 with 20 RBI in 77 games with Tampa this year.

Zobrist came into Wednesday's action sporting a .211 average to go with four homers and six RBI.