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Vernon Wells spent Canada Day just like the majority of the nation's population -- he had most of the day off.

While his teammates went out in their spiffy red Canada Day uniforms and snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-0 victory over Tampa, Wells was given a mental break day by manager Cito Gaston. He wasn't supposed to play but came into the game in the ninth as a defensive replacement.

When Wells returns to the lineup tomorrow in New York against the Yankees, he will be back in centre field but where he bats in the lineup is anybody's guess. He won't be third or fourth, those spots being nailed down by Adam Lind and Scott Rolen, respectively.