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Thanks to David Dorsey who actually typed out names and positions: #Pirates at #MNTwins: 3B Harrison RF Polanco LF Marte C Sanchez 1B Alvarez SS Kang CF Decker 2B Sean-Rod LHP Locke. #MNTwins lineup 3/27: SS Santana 2B Dozier B Mauer RF Hunter LF Arcia 3B Plouffe C Suzuki DH Schafer CF Hicks. RHP May.

TWINS Danny Santana SS Kurt Suzuki C Brian Dozier 2B Kennys Vargas 1B Trevor Plouffe 3B Oswaldo Arcia LF Miguel Sano DH Jordan Schafer RF Aaron Hicks CF Nolasco P PIRATES Josh Harrison 3B Gregory Polanco RF Andrew McCutchen CF Neil Walker 2B Starling Marte LF Andrew Lambo 1B Jordy Mercer SS Chris Stewart C Gerrit Cole P

GORGEOUS day at the ballpark today! Yes, another live game for yours truly! Will post the lineup as soon as I take a picture of it! PHILLIES Quinn CF Galvis SS Blanco 2B Franco 3B Knapp DH Goeddel LF Stassi 1B Rupp C Hunter RF Elfin P TWINS Polanco 2B Nunez SS Mauer 1B Park DH Rosario LF Kepler CF Mastroiani RF Centeno C Tovar 3B Milone P Looks like a last look for some before impending cuts. No picture lineup after all. Too hard looking at it sideways.

You're not supposed to spoil the underdogs... I'm torn today, because I want Toronto to get in the Wild Card Game. They are an exciting and young club, with an MVP AND Triple Crown candidate in Vlad Jr., along with our old friend José Berríos. It would be even sweeter to see one of Boston or New York to be booted from the postseason. By winning against the Blue Jays yesterday, the Twins knocked Toronto to a half game below the Yankees for the second Wild Card spot. Now, I love watching Bailey Ober. But I hate the Yankees A LOT, and I'm almost positive you do too. Maybe Ober can have a great start, and Colomé can do his best April impression and make Blue Jays …

The Birds come to visit Hammond Stadium, the first of a two-game set for the Twins. They will jump over the highway to JetBlue Stadium today. Joe Christensen provides us with the day game's lineup: A lineup with Nishioka - who was just lambasted as looking "lost" this spring by Buster Olney - who is playing short today and trying to prove Olney and the evaluators wrong. Keep an eye on that. Also, look to see if Blackburn's adjustments continues to pay off for him.

The Twins face the soon-to-be re-nicknamed Cleveland team in game three of a four game series at Target Field (weather permitting). Last night the Twins prevailed 8-7 despite allowing four home runs and two unearned runs. Winning pitcher Griffin Jax provided 4.1 innings of acceptable relief and some hefty hitting by Luis Arraez and others was just enough. The weather forecast for Minneapolis is for rain to start this afternoon and last through the evening hours. The ground is parched and the rain is needed, but it would be nice for the Twins to get this game in today. Here in southeast Minnesota, the rain has already begun. I think either the game starts on time or i…

Today's Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Brian Dozier SS Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau DH Josh Willingham LF Sean Burroughs 3B Luke Hughes 1B Trevor Plouffe RF Michael Hollimon 2B SP: Nick Blackburn BP: Brian Duensing, Matt Hauser, Luis Perdomo Bench: Drew Butera, Ryan Doumit, Estarlin de Los Santos, Evan Bigley, Angel Morales, Anderson Hidalgo

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Trevor Plouffe 2B Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau DH Josh Willingham LF Ryan Doumit RF Danny Valencia 3B Chris Parmelee 1B Brian Dozier SS SP: Anthony Swarzak - followed by: Matt Capps, Glen Perkins, Esmerling Vasquez, Caleb Thielbar, Bruce Pugh, Luis Perdomo Reserves: Brian Dinkelman, Ben Revere, JR Towles, Sean Burroughs, Jamey Carroll, Luke Hughes, Alexi Casilla

Nolasco v Karns. Lineups when I get to a computer and not my phone.

And we’re off!

From the book of Spring Training, Chapter 30, Vs 1: And The Managers said "We have line ups" and lo, it was so: Toronto: P. Ryan Tepera ( R ) 1. Roemon Fields (L) CF 2. Andy Burns ( R ) 3B 3. Domonic Brown (L) RF 4. Casey Kotchman (L) 1B 5. David Adams ( R ) 2B 6. K.C. Hobson (L) DH 7. Jio Mier ( R ) SS 8. Humberto Quintero ( R ) C 9. Melky Mesa ( R ) LF Minnesota: P. Ervin Santana ( R ) 1. Brian Dozier ( R ) 2B 2. Danny Santana (S) LF 3. Joe Mauer (L) DH 4. Trevor Plouffe ( R ) 3B 5. Oswaldo Arcia (L) RF 6. Byung Ho Park ( R ) 1B 7. Eduardo Escobar (S) SS 8. Kurt Suzuki ( R ) C 9. Darin Mastroianni ( R ) CF And The Umpire said "Pla…

No one else started the thread so here we go! Thanks to Joe Christensen from StarTribune for posting lineups. TWINS (3-2) 1. Denard Span, CF 2. Tsuyoshi Nishioka, 2B 3. Josh Willingham, RF 4. Aaron Bates, 1B 5. Brian Dinkelman, DH 6. Sean Burroughs, 3B 7. Ben Revere, LF 8. Drew Butera, C 9. Pedro Florimon, SS Scheduled pitchers: Carl Pavano, Alex Burnett, Luis Perdomo, Jason Bulger, Jared Burton, Esmerling Vasquez, Daryl Thompson, Casey Fien. ORIOLES (1-2) 1. Endy Chavez, RF 2. J.J. Hardy, SS 3. Adam Jones, CF 4. Chris Davis, 1B 5. Matt Wieters, C 6. Mark Reynolds, 3B 7. Wilson Betemit, DH 8. Nolan Reimold, LF 9. Robert Andino, 2B Scheduled pitchers: Wei-Yin Chen, Arma…

Twins: SP Ricky Nolasco CF Presley 2B Dozier 1B Mauer LF Willingham DH Kubel 3B Plouffe RF Arcia C Suzuki SS Escobar Marlins: SP Kevin Slowey SS Solano C Brantly 3B Baker LF Ozuna 1B Wigginton CF Bogusevic RF Johnson DH Rosa 2B Bohn Things to Think About: 1. Think About Kevin Slowey... OK that's enough thinking about him. He used to be a Twin... He's not now. 2. Think about Stretching Out... It's gotta be closer to the time when starters start going a little longer to get ready for those 100 pitch outings in the regular season. I noticed Corbin for the D-Backs threw quite a few innings yesterday. The D-Backs and Dodgers timeline is probably a little more ad…

This game is being televised on the MLB Network today, if you get it ... which means it will likely be streamed for free, yes? Anyway ... I will get to watch it on a real TV today. Yay! Lineups: TWINS Polanco 2B Rosario CF Plouffe 3B Vargas DH Park 1B Arcia LF Escobar SS Hicks C Kepler RF Milone P CARDINALS Carpenter 3B Piscotty RF Holliday 1B Grichuk CF Gyorko SS Adams DH Garcia, A LF Garcia, G 2B Molina C Leake P Umpires: Buckner (h), Hernandez (1), Estabrook (2), DeJesus (3)

The game is afoot! Twins: Jake Odorizzi is serving as his own opener! 1. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 2. Jorge Polanco (S) SS 3. Logan Forsythe ® 2B 4. Robbie Grossman (S) RF 5. Tyler Austin ® DH 6. Jake Cave (L) CF 7. Miguel Sano ® 3B 8. Johnny Field ® LF 9. Chris Gimenez ® C Tigers: Daniel Norris (L) -- not as tough as Chuck? 1. Jeimer Candelario (S) 3B 2. Christin Stewart (L) LF 3. Nicholas Castellanos ® RF 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. Jim Adduci (L) 1B 6. Mikie Mahtook ® CF 7. Grayson Greiner ® C 8. Dawel Lugo ® 2B 9. Ronny Rodriguez ® SS

Game-time forecast: Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 15-20 m.p.h. Temperature around 80. TWINS: SP, Gibson Dozier 2B Suzuki C Mauer 1B Vargas DH Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Escobar SS Parmelee LF Hicks CF INDIANS: SP, House Bourn CF Ramirez SS Brantley LF Santana 1B Kipnis 2B Gomes DH Chisenhall 3B Murphy RF Perez C -------------------------------- Okay, Brian ... I got nothing ... tossing the ball to you ... --------------------------------- And I'm tossing it back to someone else... The Game is Postponed... I'm putting my feet up.

Twins: TBA White Sox: Alejandro De Aza CF Kevin Youkilis 3B Adam Dunn DH Paul Konerko 1B Alex Rios RF A.J. Pierzynski C Dayan Viciedo LF Alexei Ramirez SS Gordon Beckham 2B (Hector Santiago P)

(Assuming no one beats me to it...) Blue Jays Jose Reyes at Shortstop Russell Martin designated to hit for the Pitcher Dioner Navarro Catching Jose Bautista in Right Field Josh Donaldson at Third Base Justin Smoak at First Base Dayan Viciedo in Left Field Dalton Pompey in Center Field Ryan Goins at Second Base Pitching: Todd Redman Twins Danny Santana at Shortstop Brian Dozier at Second Base Joe Mauer at First Base Trevor Plouffe at Third Base Kennys Vargas designated to hit for the Pitcher Torii Hunter in Right Field Oswaldo Arcia in Left Field Kurt Suzuki Catching Jordan Schafer in Center Field Pitching: Ricky Nolasco And here goes a…

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

Catch-Up How did you all enjoy your day off? I'm sure the Twins did. Buxton is playing arguably the best all around baseball of his career, the Twins so far have gotten an incredible return on investment in Kenta Maeda, and now we get to see if Odorizzi can bounceback after his rough start back from injury against a Royals team who has the 12th most strikeouts as a team batting and amongst the teams who have played every game this season, rank last in walks as a team (25th overall). With no off day in sight for 21 days, starting off this long stretch of games with a win is vital. Where to Listen WCCO 830, TIBN, 102.9 The Wolf Where to Watch Fox Sports North, MLB.TV Fr…

The Orioles have yet to win a ST game. Will this be their one? With their 'home team' lineup against our 'away team' lineup, there are possibilities. And Trevor May gets the start ... exciting times! I'm showing that this one won't be televised, but there will be radio. Enjoy! Baseball yay! Can't get enough of it, but tomorrow I head for home and the Twins don't hit Chicago for a bit. TWINS: Buxton CF Nunez 2B Quentin 1B Park DH Arcia LF Sweeney RF Britton 3B Suzuki C Tovar SS (I always think Cesar when I type that name! ) May P ORIOLES: Reimold LF Machado 3B Jones CF Davis 1B Trumbo RF Wieters C Hardy SS Schoop 2B Marte DH Jimenez P I don't know the weather in…

Twins Lineup: Revere CF Carroll SS Mauer C Morneau DH Willingham LF Parmelee 1B Valencia 3B Plouffe RF Hughes 2B Hendriks SP

HOME ORIOLES Manny Machado 3B Steve Pearce 1B Adam Jones CF Delmon Young RF Nolan Reimold DH Dariel Alvarez LF Jonathan Schoop 2B Caleb Joseph C Paul Janish SS Miguel Gonzales, P TWINS Danny Santana SS Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer 1B Torii Hunter RF Oswaldo Arcia LF Trevor Plouffe 3B Kurt Suzuki DH Josmil Pinto C Aaron Hicks CF Tommy Milone, P AWAY TWINS Jordan Schafer LF Eduardo Escobar 2B Eduardo Nunez 3B Kennys Vargas 1B Eddie Rosario RF Shane Robinson CF Eric Fryer C Tyler Grimes DH Doug Bernier SS Trevor May, P RAYS David DeJesus DH Brandon Guyer RF Asdrubal Cabrera SS James Loney 1B Desmond Jennings LF Juan Francisco 3B Nick Franklin 2B Curt Casali C Kevi…

Twins have right hand pticher Tyler Duffey on the almond joy... i mean mound. 1. Brian Dozier ® 2B 2. Danny Santana (S) CF 3. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 4. Trevor Plouffe ® 3B 5. Oswaldo Arcia (L) RF 6. John Hicks ® C 7. Eduardo Escobar (S) SS 8. John Ryan Murphy ® DH 9. Ryan Sweeney (L) LF Red Sox pitcher is the left hander Roenis Elias 1. Mookie Betts ® RF 2. Dustin Pedroia ® 2B 3. Xander Bogaerts ® SS 4. David Ortiz (L) DH 5. Hanley Ramirez ® 1B 6. Travis Shaw (L) 3B 7. David Murphy (L) LF 8. Andrew Benintendi (L) CF 9. Christian Vazquez ® C And bean town crew is making life interesting by scoring a run in the first.

The Great American Game Thread Intro Call me Ish-male. Some years ago, i found myself betwixt and between, not knowing what to do with myself. And somehow i found myself unconsciously drawn to crack of the bat, the cheers of the crowd, feeling the irresistable urge to chase after a ball as it hurtles through the air much as a canine retriever might. Not knowing what i was doing, i signed up to write a game thread for a motley bunch of game threaders, who probably wouldn't terribly appreciate me likening them to fictional characters from an ancient Melville text. But i won't stop them from identifying themselves as such. Together we searched the diamonds for the myt…

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

The Twins will face off against the Blue Jays one more time today, as they will try to avoid losing 90 games, which will require a 4-3 finish or better. But instead of talking Twins, let's go over a few things that are more interesting than the Twins! -- The AL Wildcard Race -- With 7 games remaining, the Blue Jays find themselves 2 games back behind both the Red Sox and Yankees. The Mariners are also 3 games back (somehow), but let's have a look at who's left on the schedule for those three teams: Blue Jays At Twins Vs Yankees - 3 games Vs Orioles - 3 games Yankees At Red Sox At Blue Jays - 3 games Vs Rays - 3 games …

Here is the lineup for the Twins after their long bus ride across the state to Jupiter. Hopefully Joe Benson will be in Mike Redmond's lineup! Byron Buxton CF Brian Dozier 2B Oswaldo Arcia RF Chris Colabello 1B Aaron Hicks DH Darin Mastroianni LF Eduardo Escobar 3B Eric Fryer C Doug Bernier SS Phil Hughes SP Buxton's first start of the spring.

Twins: Ben Revere CF Jamey Carroll 2B Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham DH Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit LF Chris Parmelee RF Trevor Plouffe 3B Pedro Florimon SS (Cole De Vries P) Indians: Shin-Soo Choo RF Jason Kipnis DH Asdrubal Cabrera SS Carlos Santana C Michael Brantley CF Russ Canzler 1B Cord Phelps 2B Jack Hannahan 3B Ezequiel Carrera LF (Zach McAllister P)

TWINS Danny Santana SS Eduardo Escobar 3B Eduardo Nunez 2B Kennys Vargas 1B Adam Brett Walker RF Oswaldo Arcia LF Chris Herrmann C Eric Fryer DH Shane Robinson CF Nolasco, P ORIOLES Alejandro De Aza LF Steve Pearce RF Chris Davis 1B Adam Jones CF Travis Snider DH Manny Machado 3B Jonathan Schoop 2B Ryan Flaherty SS Caleb Joseph C Gonzalez, P