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Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit DH Trevor Plouffe 3B Alexi Casilla 2B Jamey Carroll SS SP: PJ Walters

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Darin Mastroianni RF Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit DH Brian Dozier SS Trevor Plouffe 3B Alexi Casilla 2B Scott Diamond SP A's Lineup: Jemile Weeks 2B Covelli Crisp CF Josh Reddick RF Jonny Gomes DH Brandon Inge 3B Kurt Suzuki C Kila Ka'aihue 1B Collin Cowgill LF Adam Rosales SS SP: Travis Blackley

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit C Brian Dozier SS Trevor Plouffe 3B Jamey Carroll 2B SP: Cole De Vries

Twins Lineup Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau DH Josh Willingham LF Ryan Doumit RF Danny Valencia 3B Chris Parmelee 1B Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Carl Pavano

Athletics (22-28) 1 Jemile Weeks, 2B 2. Collin Cowgill, LF 3. Josh Reddick, RF 4. Jonny Gomes, DH 5. Josh Donaldson, 3B 6. Kurt Suzuki, C 7. Daric Barton, 1B 8. Coco Crisp, CF 9. Cliff Pennington, SS Tyson Ross, RHP Twins (17-32) 1. Denard Span, CF 2. Ben Revere, RF 3. Joe Mauer, DH 4. Josh Willingham, LF 5. Justin Morneau, 1B 6. Brian Dozier, SS 7. Alexi Casilla, 2B 8. Drew Butera, C 9. Jamey Carroll, 3B Francisco Liriano, LHP

Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF joe mauer dh Josh Willimgham Justin morneU 1B Ryan Doumit c Dozier ss CASILLlla 2b Carrol 3b Sp- pavano

Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer C Josh Willimgham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit DH Dozier SS Carrol 2B Plouffe - 3B Sp- P.J. (the "Wall") Walters

Twins Lineup vs RHP Justin Masterson: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit C Brian Dozier SS Trevor Plouffe 3B Alexi Casilla 2B SP LHP Scott Diamond

vs. LHP Will Smith 1. Denard Span LF 2. Ben Revere RF 3. Josh Willingham DH 4. Justin Morneau 1B 5. Ryan Doumit C 6. Trevor Plouffe LF 7. Brian Dozier SS 8. Alexi Casilla 2B 9. Jamey Carroll 3B SP: Cole DeVries

Royals SP: Bruce Chen-Last 10 years v. Twins: 2-5, 5.46 ERA. Twins Lineup: 1. Denard Span CF 2. Darin Mastroianni RF 3. Josh Willingham LF 4. Justin Morneau 1B 5. Ryan Doumit DH 6. Trever Plouffe 3B 7. Brian Dozier SS 8. Drew Butera C 9. Jamey Carroll 2B Twins SP: Francisco Liriano; 1-5, 7.20 ERA, 1.88 WHIP, 39 K; Against the Royals in his career: 6-4, 4.26 ERA, 51 K

Tonight's starting lineups 1. Ben Revere, CF 2. Jamey Carroll, 3B 3. Josh Willingham, LF 4. Justin Morneau, DH 5. Ryan Doumit, C 6. Trevor Plouffe, 1B 7. Brian Dozier, SS 8. Alexi Casilla, 2B 9. Darin Mastroianni, RF Starting pitcher: RH Nick Blackburn (1-4, 8.37 ERA) 1.Alex Gordon, LF 2. Johnny Giavotella, 2B 3. Billy Butler, DH 4. Mike Moustakas, 3B 5. Jeff Francoeur, RF 6. Eric Hosmer, 1B 7. Bryan Pena, C 8. Jarrod Dyson, CF 9. Alcides Escobar, SS Starting pitcher: RH Felipe Paulino (3-1, 1.70 ERA)

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit DH Trevor Plouffe 3B Brian Dozier SS Jamey Carroll 2B SP: Scott Diamond

JoeCStrib #Twins vs. Dempster: Span 8, Revere 9, Mauer DH, Willingham 7, Morneau 3, Plouffe 5, Dozier 6, Butera 2, Carroll 4. (Liriano P) sorry just copied and pasted from Twiiter...according to several Twitter sources Gardy hinted today on his radio show that Hendriks will be called up to start on Saturday....had another great outing last night in Rochester.

ANGELS (2-3) 1. Maicer Izturis, SS 2. Howie Kendrick, 2B 3. Albert Pujols, 1B 4. Torii Hunter, RF 5. Mark Trumbo, DH 6. Vernon Wells, LF 7. Alberto Callaspo, 3B 8. Bobby Wilson, C 9. Peter Bourjos, CF Starting pitcher: RH Dan Haren (0-1, 8.44 ERA) TWINS (1-4) 1. Denard Span, CF 2. Jamey Carroll, SS 3. Joe Mauer, C 4. Justin Morneau, DH 5. Josh Willingham, LF 6. Chris Parmelee, 1B 7. Danny Valencia, 3B 8. Ben Revere, RF 9. Alexi Casilla, 2B Starting pitcher: LH Francisco Liriano (0-1, 11.25 ERA) Let's make it two in a row!

I highly encourage all of you to put on your Thome Is My Homey t-shirts right now. Today's Twins starting lineup brought to you by Joe Christensen: #Twins vs. RH Kendrick: Span 8, Revere 9, Mauer 2, Willingham 7, Morneau 3, Doumit DH, Plouffe 5, Dozier 6, Carroll 4 (Blackburn P) By the way, in the past 14 days, Trevor Plouffe's .800 slugging percentage is the fourth-highest in baseball. In that time Plouffe (.371 BA) and Ben Revere (.370 BA) have been hotter than hell. I'm considering borrowing the line from Major League II "Black Hammer and White Lightening" when referring to them. Help me make this so.

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit DH Trevor Plouffe 3B Brian Dozier SS Jamey Carroll 2B SP: PJ Walters Phillies Lineup: Jimmy Rollins SS Juan Pierre LF Hunter Pence RF Jim Thome DH Shane Victorino CF Carlos Ruiz C Placido Polanco 3B John Mayberry 1B Some Guy Martinez 2B SP: Cole Hamels P

Twins Lineup Span CF Revere RF Mauer C Willingham LF Morneau DH Plouffe 3B Parmelee 1B Casilla 2B Carroll SS SP: Diamond Phillies Lineup Rollins SS Polanco 3B Pence RF Thome DH Victorino CF Ruiz C Wiggington 1B Mayberry LF Martinez 2B SP: Blanton

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer 1B Josh Willingham LF Ryan Doumit DH Trevor Plouffe 3B Brian Dozier SS Drew Butera C Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Francisco Liriano

Twins Lineup Span, CF Revere, RF Willingham, DH Morneau, 1B Doumit, C Plouffe, 3B Dozier, SS Mastroianni, LF Carroll, 2B SP: Hendriks Brewers Lineup Aoki, RF Morgan, CF Braun, LF Ramirez, 3B Kottaras, DH Weeks, 2B Green, 1B Ransom, SS Maldonado, C SP: Fiers Mauer out due to a sore hamstring.

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Ben Revere RF Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Trevor Plouffe 3B Ryan Doumit DH Brian Dozier SS Jamey Carroll 2B SP: NickBlackburn

Whoops, no one started a thread today. Twins Span, CF Revere, RF Willingham, LF Morneau, 1B Ploufe, 3B Doumit, C Dozier, SS Carroll, 2B Diamond, P Pirates Tabata, LF Harrison, RF McCutchen, CF McGehee, 1B Walker, 2B Alvarez, 3B Barajas, C Barmes, SS Correia, P

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer 1B Justin Morneau DH Josh Willingham LF Ryan Doumit C Danny Valencia 3B Trevor Plouffe RF Luke Hughes 2B SP: Anthony Swarzak Rangers SP: LHP Matt Harrison

Twins Lineup Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau DH Josh Willingham LF Ryan Doumit RF Danny Valencia 3B Chris Parmelee 1B Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Nick Blackburn Rangers Lineup Ian Kinsler 2B Elvis Andrus SS Josh Hamilton CF Adrian Beltre DH Michael Young 3B Nelson Cruz RF Daniel Murphy LF Mike Napoli C Brandon Snyder 1B SP: Yu Darvish

Sunday afternoon lineup: Rangers Lineup: Ian Kinsler 2B Elvis Andrus SS Josh Hamilton CF Adrian Beltre 3B Michael Young DH Nelson Cruz RF David Murphy LF Mike Napoli 1B Yorvit Torrealba C SP: Neftali Feliz Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau DH Josh Willingham LF Chris Parmelee 1B Danny Valencia 3B Clete Thomas RF Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Liam Hendriks

Happy First Day of Fall! Well, this season didn’t turn out like anybody expected or wanted. When the 2021 season started, we had hoped our beloved Minnesota Twins would be playing deep within the autumnal glory. For a myriad of reasons that have been hashed out on Twins Daily alone, the hometown nine will not be making a play-off run this season. It’s going to be a long offseason. Maybe now is a good time to pick up a hobby to occupy our lonely, baseball-loving hearts. Macramé? Decoupage? Day trading? Apparently, some of the Twins players have side interests to keep their minds off their apparent 2021 baseball playing ineptitudes. We all remember Trevor May…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature near 80. ChiTown will have those lineups for you once released to the general public. Lineups can also be purchased through Ticketmaster... Along with Creedence Clearwater Revisted Tickets. Sorry for my tardiness ... I was at a special dinner for the orchestra ... TWINS: SP, Pino Dozier 2B Suzuki C Parmelee 1B Morales DH Willingham LF Arcia RF Plouffe 3B Escobar SS Fuld CF MARINERS: SP, Wilhelmsen Chavez LF Jones CF Cano 2B Seager 3B Hart DH Morrison 1B Saunders RF Zunino C Bloomquist SS ------------------------------ Things to Think About: 1. Pacific Time -- C'mon... …

Minnesota: Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit RF Trevor Plouffe DH Aaron Hicks CF Clete Thomas LF Jamey Carroll 3B Pedro Florimon SS (Kyle Gibson P) New York: Ichiro Suzuki CF Zoilo Almonte LF Robinson Cano 2B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells RF Lyle Overbay 1B Eduardo Nunez SS Luis Cruz 3B Chris Stewart C (CC Sabathia P) Things to think about for today's game: 1. Think about a win yesterday. If we win one today... That's two in a row... If we win one on Thursday... That's called a winning streak!!! 2. Think about the all star break that starts tomorrow. Mauer and Perkins have something to do. Everyone else... can take s…

Game 2 of the four-game series features Michael Pineda versus Gerrit Cole. The Twins currently have the second-best record in MLB while the Astros are percentage points ahead in the AL West. Pineda has been inconsistent so far, while Cole has been disappointing. It would figure that many more runs will be scored tonight in cold, wet Target Field. Today marks the end of April and the Twins, in addition to their 17-9 record, have some good stats going for them. They lead in homers per game, OPS, and are in the top quadrant for runs per game. Pitching is middle-of-the-pack. They have out-homered their opponents by a 50-29 count. Even in good years, the Twins haven't outho…

The Twins finished March/April with a 17-10 record and hold first place in the AL Central. Tonight is game 3 with the Astros--I'll call it pivotal, with Berrios scheduled to go in tomorrow's finale. Playing with "house money" (a split guaranteed) with the acknowledged ace going on Thursday would be pretty sweet. The Twins have only scored five runs in the last three games after earlier having the most runs per game in MLB. Good pitching beats good hitting, or the other way around. Some of the hitters are slumping a bit--Cruz, Polanco, Rosario, Cron and one hasn't really found his stroke yet (Gonzalez). McHugh has struggled in his last couple of starts and Perez has …

The Twins entertain Texas today at Target Field today at 1:10 PM in the middle game of a three-game series immediately prior to the All-Star break. The Twins will send out big Mike Pineda while the Rangers counter with Jesse Chavez making his seventh start of the season (he's relieved in 30 other games). Pineda has pitched pretty consistently in his last 10 starts, but with a few encouraging factors. He has limited free passes, has increased his velocity and has been getting a good number of strikeouts. Crooked numbers have been his nemesis. Yesterday, the Twins got well against the Rangers. The flagging defense was good to spectacular, power was there and outside of a …