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Blue Jays Lineup 1. Kelly Johnson, 2B 2. Yunel Escobar, SS 3. Jose Bautista, RF 4. Edwin Encarnacion, 1B 5. Ben Francisco, DH 6. Brett Lawrie, 3B 7. Colby Rasmus, CF 8. J.P. Arencibia, C 9. Rajai Davis, LF Ricky Romero, LHP Twins Lineup: 1. Denard Span, CF 2. Brian Dozier, SS 3. Joe Mauer, 1B 4. Josh Willingham, LF 5. Ryan Doumit, DH 6. Trevor Plouffe, 3B 7. Erik Komatsu, RF 8. Drew Butera, C 9. Jamey Carroll, 2B Scott Diamond, LHP

Thought it would be fun to get some thoughts from people who have MLB Network on the Rochester Red Wings. They start at 11:00 central time. Here is the Red Wing Lineup versus Chien-Ming Wang: Ben Revere CF Pedro Florimon SS Clete Thomas RF Matt Carson LF Danny Valencia 3B Sean Burroughs 1B Ray Chang 2B Rene Tosoni DH JR Towles C SP: Cole DeVries I wish I had MLB Network!!! And didn't have to work!

BLUE JAYS (18-15) 1. Kelly Johnson, 2B 2. Yunel Escobar, SS 3. Jose Bautista, RF 4. Edwin Encarnacion, DH 5. Eric Thames, LF 6. Brett Lawrie, 3B 7. Colby Rasmus, CF 8. Adam Lind, 1B 9. Jeff Mathis, C Starting pitcher: RH Drew Hutchinson (1-1, 6.65 ERA) TWINS (9-23) 1. Denard Span, CF 2. Brian Dozier, SS 3. Joe Mauer, C 4. Josh Willingham, LF 5. Ryan Doumit, DH 6. Trevor Plouffe, 3B 7. Chris Parmelee, 1B 8. Darin Mastroianni, RF 9. Jamey Carroll, 2B Starting pitcher: RH P.J. Walters (2012 debut)

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Brian Dozier SS Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Ryan Doumit DH Trevor Plouffe 3B Chris Parmelee 1B Darin Mastroianni RF Jamey Carroll 2B SP: Nick Blackburn

Blue Jays 1. Kelly Johnson, 2B 2. Yuniel Escobar, SS 3. Jose Bautista, RF 4. Edwin Encarnacion, DH 5. Eric Thames, LF 6. Brett Lawrie, 3B 7. Colby Rasmus, CF 8. Adam Lind, 1B 9. J.P. Arencibia, C Twins 1. Denard Span, CF 2. Brian Dozier, SS 3. Joe Mauer, 1B 4. Josh Willingham, DH 5. Ryan Doumit, C 6. Trevor Plouffe, 3B 7. Erik Komatsu, RF 8. Darin Mastroianni, LF 9. Alexi Casilla, 2B P Jason Marquis

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Brian Dozier SS Joe Mauer 1B Willingham LF Ryan Doumit DH Danny Valencia 3B Erik Komatsu RF Drew Butera C Jamey Carroll 2B SP: Carl Pavano

Twins Lineup: Erik Komatsu CF Brian Dozier SS Joe Mauer 1B Josh Willingham LF Ryan Doumit C Danny Valencia 3B Trevor Plouffe RF Drew Butera C Jamey Carroll 2B SP: Diamond

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Brian Dozier SS Joe Mauer C Ryan Doumit DH Danny Valencia 3B Chris Parmelee 1B Trevor Plouffe RF Erik Komatsu LF Jamey Carroll 2B SP: Francisco Liriano Angels SP: Jered Weaver

Uff da. Nine hits in the past four games? These games are getting unbearable. Fortunately, for those who are in the Central time zone, you don't have to stay up until midnight to watch opposing pitchers celebrate their one-hitters - this one is on at 3:10 locally. Here is today's Murderer's Row via the Twins twitter feed: Couple of notes: (1) Mauer is 1-for-13 since taking the foul ball off of his left knee and has not yet hit a line drive in 15 plate appearances this month. (2) Twins lineup does not much experience with Mariners starter Hector Noesi. Willingham has the most plate appearances (4) and doe not have a hit against him. (3) That nine hits in four…

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Ryan Doumit C Chris Parmelee 1B Danny Valencia 3B Erik Komatsu RF Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Jason Marquis Mariners SP: Felix Hernandez

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

Twins Lineup: Span CF Casilla 2B Mauer DH Willingham LF Doumit C Parmelee 1B Plouffe 3B Thomas RF Carroll SS SP: Hendriks

Liriano vs. Williams Lineups: Span - CF Casilla -2b Mauer - dh Willingham - lf Valencia - 3b Doumit - C Parmelee - 1B Thomas - RF Carroll - SS Trout - CF Callaspo - 3B Pujols - 1B Hunter- RF Trumbo, DH Kendrick - 2b Wells - lf Aybar - ss Iannetta - c

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau DH Danny Valencia 3B Ryan Doumit C Trevor Plouffe RF Chris Parmelee 1B Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Nick Blackburn First day off for Joe Mauer... Well deserved... They're going to have to get a day off for Carroll and Span at some point too.

Royals Lineup 1. Chris Getz, 2B 2. Alex Gordon, LF 3. Billy Butler, DH 4. Eric Hosmer, 1B 5. Jeff Francoeur, RF 6. Mike Moustakas, 3B 7. Brayan Pena, C 8. Alcides Escobar, SS 9. Jarrod Dyson, CF LHP Bruce Chen Twins Lineup 1. Denard Span, CF 2. Jamey Carroll, SS 3. Joe Mauer, C 4. Josh Willingham, LF 5. Justin Morneau, 1B 6. Danny Valencia, 3B 7. Ryan Doumit, DH 8. Trevor Plouffe, RF 9. Alexi Casilla, 2B RHP Jason Marquis

Lineups per La Velle Royals Getz, 4 Gordon, 7 Butler, D Hosmer, 3F Francoeur, 9 Moustakas, 5 Pena, 2 Escobar, 6 Dyson, 8 Twins Span, 8 Carroll, 6 Mauer, 2 Willingham, 7 Morneau, 3 Valencia, 5 Doumit, D Plouffe, 9 Casilla, 4

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer DH Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit C Danny Valencia 3B Trevor Plouffe RF Ben Revere LF Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Carl Pavano Royals Lineup: Jarrod Dyson CF Alex Gordon LF Billy Butler DH Eric Hosmer 1B Jeff Francoeur RF Mike Moustakas 3B Yuniesky Betancourt 2B Brayan Pena C Alcides Escobar SS SP: Everett Teaford

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau DH Chris Parmelee 1B Trevor Plouffe RF Sean Burroughs 3B Ben Revere LF Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Liam Hendriks

9:35 central time start. Lucas French on the mound, trying to improve to 3-0. I'll update when anything interesting happens.

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau DH Ryan Doumit C Danny Valencia 3B Chris Parmelee RF Trevor Plouffe 2B SP: Nick Blackburn Red Sox Lineup: Mike Aviles SS Ryan Sweeney RF Dustin Pedroia 2B Adrian Gonzalez 1B David Ortiz DH Kevin Youkilis 3B Cody Ross LF Marlon Byrd CF Kelly Shoppach C SP: Josh Beckett

Tonight's Lineup [TABLE=width: 463] Aaron Hicks CF gunnarthor Chris Herrmann C shanewahl Evan Bigley RF striker_86 Chris Colabello 1B Republican22 Deibinson Romero 1B (homeless) Nathan Hanson 1B (homeless) Pedro Florimon SS James Danny Lehmann C (homeless) James Beresford 2B Jim Crikket [/TD] [TD]Logan Darnell P Neinstein [/TABLE]

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham DH Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit RF Danny Valencia 3B Chris Parmelee LF Trevor Plouffe 2B SP: Jason Marquis Red Sox Lineup: Mike Aviles SS Ryan Sweeney RF Dustin Pedroia 2B Adrian Gonzalez 1B David Ortiz DH Kevin Youklis 3B Jarrod Saltalamachhia C Cody Ross LF Marlon Byrd CF SP: Jon Lester

Twins hope to win a series in Tampa. Here is the lineup they'll go with: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau DH Chris Parmelee 1B Danny Valencia 3B Clete Thomas RF Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Francisco Liriano Rays Lineup: Desmond Jennings LF Ben Zobrist RF Carlos Pena 1B Evan Longoria 3B Jeff Keppinger DH BJ Upton CF Sean Rodriguez SS Chris Gimenez C Elliot Johnson 2B SP: Jeff Niemann

Tonight the Twins will try to win their second in a row in Tampa: Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer 1B Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau DH Ryan Doumit C Danny Valencia 3B Clete Thomas RF Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Carl Pavano

As if the Twins and Rays didn't play enough this spring, the Twins are headed to St. Pete for a three-game series tonight. Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Danny Valencia 3B Ryan Doumit C Trevor Plouffe RF Chris Parmelee 1B Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Liam Hendriks

That's right, the Rock Cats are back in action literally about 12 hours after a tough loss last night. Hopefully they can rebound today and start another winning streak. I'll post any noteworthy updates as they comes up.

The Twins and Yankees are set for Game 4 of their early-season series. Twins Lineup Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau DH Ryan Doumit RF Danny Valencia 3B Chris Parmelee 1B Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Anthony Swarzak Yankees Lineup: Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Alex Rodriguez 3B Robinson Cano DH Mark Teixeira 1B Nick Swisher RF Raul Ibanez LF Russell Martin C Eduardo Nunez 2B SP: Phil Hughes

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau DH Chris Parmelee 1B Sean Burroughs 3B Clete Thomas RF Alexi Casilla 2B Jason Marquis SP Yankees Lineup: Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Mark Teixeira 1B Robinson Cano 2B Nick Swisher DH Raul Ibanez RF Eric Chavez 3B Russell Martin C Brett Gardner LF SP: Hiroki Kuroda

Liriano vs. Sabathia

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit C Danny Valencia 3B Clete Thomas RF Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Carl Pavano Yankees Lineup: Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Alex Rodriguez 3B Robinson Cano 2B Mark Teixeira 1B Nick Swisher RF Raul Ibanez DH Russell Martin C Brett Gardner LF SP: Freddy Garcia